Q: Is this a good laptop computer....Compaq Presario? http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp;jsessionid=1QMXTCKHNA1ZDKC4D3GVAFQ?skuId=8898348&type=product&id=1212192622613 It sounds like a good deal....do ya think its ok for watchin videos dowloading music? ...No hardcore gaming.... I have heard not to deal with Best Buy on computers...
A: That is a great price for that machine! The RAM itself makes it a great deal as that is very expensive and usually is what makes the computer so expensive so when you can get a system with all of that stuff AND 3GB of RAM is a great deal. The 5-in-1 media card reader is also very helpful and the screen is pretty big. Vista Home Premium with SP1 makes the deal better and don't worry about all of the bad stuff said about Vista. It actually isn't all that bad of an OS. I use it and can tell you that I did have a few problems the first few months but after a while, after getting SP1, it is much better than it was at release, just make sure you've installed all updates! Hope you find this helpful! P.S. Oh, and to answer your question, yes this is a great laptop for watching videos. Really wouldn't do any hardcore gaming on it though it should work with most games on medium-low to low-high settings. My laptop is 3 years old and really not nearly as good as that and it does all of that anyways.