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HP Announces Compaq CQ61: Capable Laptop at $399

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Four C-notes is about the going rate for 10.1-inch netbooks with a single-core Atom N280 processor and 1GB of RAM. That doesn't sound like much, but that's because you're paying a premium for portability. If you have trouble wrapping your head around that, then HP's new Compaq-branded CQ61 may be more your style.

For the same price as a high-end netbook, the Compaq CQ61 nets you a 15.6-inch dispay powered by a dual-core AMD Sempron M100 processor (2GHz, 512KB L2 cache). Other specs include 2GB or RAM, ATI Radeon HD 4200 graphics, a 160GB hard drive, a DVD burner, Windows 7 Home Premium, and a 6-cell battery.

HP didn't mention what kind of battery life you can expect from the CQ61 and we'd guess it to be nothing to write home about. But still, if you're not sold on the whole netbook thing, the CQ61 looks pretty serviceable at its price point.

Image Credit: Compaq

5 comments
avatarjust 399$

 just wondering why anyone would bother to buy netbook.

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avatarbuddy i was just as

buddy i was just as skeptical about netbooks as you are...but i recently bought a asus 1005ha netbook and I can honestly say it has been one of the best purchases i've made yet! the portability/performance ratio is off the charts! This thing weighs less than many of my textbooks (i am a college student) and I can do pretty much every single regular tasks like microsoft office 07, web browser, messenger, watch videos (youtube, hulu etc), listen to music, see pictures....i mean common what more would you want from something as small and portable for the price of around 350$

And if thats not enough...the battery literally lasts for over 8+ hrs pretty much good for a full day of computing

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avatarCan't wait to buy.

This is really good news . I will wait for Fry's Electronics  to have it on sale for 300 bucks or less .

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avatari like how the article says

i like how the article says it comes with Win7 but the picture shows Vista

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avatarIt probably has a coupon to

It probably has a coupon to upgrade to Seven, which is still not a bad idea.

-Santos

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