Tag archive: Presario

Technology giant Hewlett-Packard has reached a settlement (PDF) with the Consumer Product Safety Commission that has the company paying a civil penalty of $425,000 for failing to notify the CPSC over reported problems with lithium-ion batteries in some of the company's notebook computers. The recalled lithium-ion battery packs could overheat, posing a risk of burning or fire. At least two of the incidents where the batteries malfunctioned… Read More

Is it just us, or is all that software bundles on new PCs getting louder? Hewlett-Packard and Omnifone have just announced a deal to bundle Omnifone's online music service in Pavilion, Presario, and Envy PCs sold in ten European countries. The software provides 14 days of free trial access access to millions of tracks from major and independent record labels—the tracks keep working as long as the users are in their trail period or… Read More

Introduced in time for the holiday season, the feature-rich and reliable Compaq Presario S5000 lineup provides families, students and home office workers with great performance and value for all of their computing needs. The powerful new S5000 systems offer a variety of useful options for consumers needing a computer for tasks such as completing school projects, tracking the household budget, surfing the Internet,(1) checking e-mail,… Read More

The Presario X1000 is ideal for working on multiple applications side by side or when editing with digital images and video for desktop publishing or other graphics-intensive work. The widescreen display is 20 percent brighter, features 33 percent wider viewing angles and includes an improved contrast ratio compared to traditional notebook displays. To meet the needs of multimedia users, the Presario X1000 is available with ATI's… Read More

The new notebooks provide higher data transfer speeds over longer distances than other wireless LAN technologies while providing backward compatibility to existing 802.11 standards, thus enabling mobile customers to significantly enhance their productivity from work, home or on the go. The redesigned Compaq Presario S3000 series desktop PCs feature high-capacity hard drives and DVD or rewritable CD drives at affordable prices — making… Read More