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Compaq Presario 6235IN Reviews

The Compaq Presario 6235IN, built on the Pen-tium 1.9 GHz sports a solid cabinet that combines shades of black and silver, with a DVD/CD-RW combination drive. The innards have the regular 256 MB DDR RAM, a 40 GB hard drive, standard 1.44 MB FDD, six USB ports, four PCI expansion slots, a modem, Eth-ernet card, onboard graphics con-troller and audio codec. The hard disk was a bit of a disap-pointment as it runs at 5,400-rpm. Considering that the price difference between this and a 7,200 rpm drive is mar-ginal, a faster drive should have been in order. Heat is not an issue, as Compaq has taken special care to provide suffi-cient and noiseless cooling. The machine comes loaded with Windows XP, along with the necessary soft-
ware for using the CD-RW. It includes two games—Fate of the Dragon and Project Eden. It also bundles Microsoft Money 2002, Microsoft Works 6.0 and the Encyclopaedia Britannica 2002 edition CD. The keyboard has a good feel and has several hotkeys. The optical mouse too pro-
vides a happy mix of ergonomics and sensitivity. The two USB ports are placed in the front for easy access. In the Content Creation 2001 test, the Presario logged 55.6 which is a good score if
your application list consists of Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Pre-miere, Macromedia DreamWeaver, etc. The Quake III Arena scores were also com-mendable, consider-ing the onboard graphics controller, and were surprising-ly, at a resolu-tion of 1024 x 768—bet-ter than the scores at a resolu-tion of 800 x 600. Considering the configu-ration and make, the PC is rea-sonably priced. It does take a beating by excluding an AGP slot. Since most people upgrade their computers, this
is a sure limiting factor.
SPECIFICATIONS:
P4 1.9 GHz, 256 MB PC2100 DDR RAM, 40 GB, 5,400-rpm hard disk drive, 32 x 10 x 12 x
40 DVD/CDRW combination drive, PS/2 optical scroll mouse, Easy Access Internet Keyboard,
1.44 MB FDD, onboard sound codec and graphics controller, Integrated 10/100 Mbps Ethernet controller...

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