HP Compaq Presario CQ57-410US

I bought this computer because my old one(Emachine; which is also a great laptop) started to overheat. I was worried that it might start on fire because it got so extremely hot. Well I bought the Compaq with a big of concern because my Mom has one and ...

decent laptop for a good price. this was a gift for grandma, she loves it and there's been no problems.

i got the compaq CQ57 because my old netbook crashed and i wasnt getting another one of those because there not very good. i love the compaq because its easy to use.

I have to say that I do not understand why HP/Compaq can make such inferior poorly designed laptops!!! We are living in the age of sexy designs that have been created by companies like Apple...while HP is putting these extremely bad laptops on the market. ...

CQ 57 screen developed black blobs 6 months after purchase. HP's catch 22 is that those "blobs' could only be caused by an accident and therefore not covered by warranty. When I told them the machine had never been dropped - it looks brand new with not ...

I'm done buying HP products. They don't last long. My first HP lasted 2 years. My first Compaq lasted 23 months. This Compaq lasted 3 months before they had to replace the motherboard. It had a stuck key as well. When I got it back from being serviced ...

After activating Microsoft Office, doing some updates, and removing some startup programs, I feel this is a good speed computer for the money...Upgrade the memory to 4 or 8GB, and bear in mind you will end up using the two internal memory sticks for earrings, they aren't really worth much...Once again, Amazon has provided excellent service, products, and prices! My new Presario CQ57 was a snap to set up and comes with lots of bells and whistles......

decent laptop for a good price...this was a gift for grandma, she loves it and there's been no problems...

HP's catch 22 is that those "blobs' could only be caused by an accident and therefore not covered by warranty...I got nowhere with customer service maintaining that a customer has a reasonable expectation of performance including opening a laptop with one hand and if that caused the screen to "leak" then it was too poorly made - but to no avail...DO NOT BUY without an extended warranty that covers "accidents" or HP will not honor their warranty...