Rating: - Chunky but powerful Compaq NC8000
I have my Compaq NC8000 for about 9 months and I have to say that I was both surprised and let-down by its features. I am a University Professor, and I use my laptop to give lectures and seminars at work and at other Universities. Also, I travel to many meetings and conferences, as well as between the University and the Hospital. This notebook has handled all of this quite well.
I configured the NC8000 with the following specs:
Intel Pentium M Processor 755 2.0 GHz
1 GHz 333 MHz DDR DIMM
80 GB 7200 RPM hard drive
15" UXGA screen
128 MB VRAM ... Read More
Rating: - Chunky but powerful Compaq NC8000
I have my Compaq NC8000 for about 3 months and I have to say that I was both surprised and let-down by its features. I am a University Professor, and I use my laptop to give lectures and seminars at work and at other Universities. Also, I travel to many meetings and conferences, as well as between the University and the Hospital. This notebook has handled all of this quite well.
I configured the NC8000 with the following specs:
Intel Pentium M Processor 755 2.0 GHz
1 GHz 333 MHz DDR DIMM
80 GB 7200 RPM hard drive
15" UXGA screen
128 MB VRAM ... Read More
Rating: - Glad I did not pay for my nc8000
The Compaq nc8000 comes with fair share of softwares and is quite stable. It conforms to the industry standard so it is a breeze to install OS or other softwares (I installed Win 2k, Win XP Pro, Knoppix, Slax, and they all were able to sniff out every piece of hardware this laptop has).
However, the display panel started going dark on the right edge of the unit, and the fadeout is spreading. Almost 30% of the screen to the right is now dim - I am having to crank the brightness to its max value to be able to see the right portion of the screen.
