This is the Compaq Presario C794TU, one of many Compaq laptops that has your well desired specs and performance. This Laptop comes with a pre-installed Windows Vista® Home Basic.

For a Vista laptop, I can say that it performs well given the limited 1 x 1 GB DDR 2 RAM that came pre-installed. Typical applications such as Yahoo Messenger, Skype, MS Office 2007, and Adobe Photoshop CS2 load in under six (6) seconds. The manual says that this lappy can accomodate an additional 1 GB for a maximum of 2 GB system RAM.

As for the optical media drive, it can read and write double layer DVDs (8.5 GB) which can store twice the capacity of regular DVDs (4.7 GB). This is particularly useful when burning large files like making recovery discs for the pre-installed Microsoft Windows Vista image stored in the 160 GB hard drive.

• Processor                               Intel® Pentium® dual core processor T2390
  1.86 GHz, 1 MB L2 Cache, 533 MHz FSB
• Operating system installed    Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic
• Memory                                  1024 MB DDR2
• Hard disk                               160 GB SATA
• Optical drive type                  SuperMulti 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support
• Memory card device              5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards,
  MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards
• Modem                                  High speed 56K modem,Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN
• Wireless                                802.11b/g WLAN
• External I/O ports                 3 USB 2.0, VGA, RJ-11 (Configurable), RJ-45, 1 Stereo Headphone out,
  1 Microphone in, TV-Out (S-video), AC Adaptor
• Display                                 15.4” WXGA High Definition BrightView Widescreen,
  Resolution 1280 x 800
• Video adapter                       Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
• Speakers and microphone    Altec Lansing® speakers
• Pointing device                     Touch Pad with dedicated vertical and horizontal Scroll Up/Down pad

Based on my limited run, my presario’s 6-cell lithium ion battery’s power went down from 100% to 39% after one (1) hour and twenty (20) minutes of full-screen skype video conferencing over WiFi. The heat vent on the laptop dissipates the heat well keeping the laptop relatively cool despite hours of non-stop use in a non-airconditioned room.

This Unit Cost about Php 35,000, but that dosen’t have the added warranty and other added things when you buya brand new laptop.

The Compaq Presario V3811Tu laptop is one of many laptops to please ones liking. The full specifications and features of Compaq Presario V3811TU are impressive. It’s true, the highly mobile Compaq Presario V3811TU Notebook PC packs enough features to make computing easy. Whether you’re working on a spreadsheet, or catching an episode of your favorite DVD, this notebook delivers value and performance.

• Processor                         Intel® Core 2 Duo T5550 (1.83 Ghz, 2MB L2 Cache, 667Mhz. FSB)
• Chipset                            Mobile Intel 965
• Operating System             Windows Vista Home Premium
• Graphics                           Intel X3100 Graphics
• Display Panel                    14.1-inch WXGA Display
• Standard Memory              1GB
• Memory Slots                    2 slots, 2 in use
• Hard Drive                         160GB
• Optical Drive                      Super Multi 8X DVD±RW (Slot-in)
• Networking/Wireless         High speed 56K modem, integrated 10/100/1000 LAN, 3945 a/b/g WLAN, Bluetooth
• External Card Expansion -NA     NA-ExpressCard slot/54 slot (supports both 34 and 54 form factors)
  Media card Integrated 5-in-1 digital memory reader slot
• I/O Ports             Built-in 1.3MP webcam, RJ-45, headphone, microphone jack, Omni-directional microphones (2), AC adapter, S-video out, Kensington lock, VGA, USB 2.0 (3), Rj-11
• Battery             6-cell Li-ion
  Approximate Weight         2.45kg (5.39lbs

Prices of Compaq Presario V3811TU in the Philippines range from Php 45,900-49,500. The difference in the prices could be brought about by softwares installed and other post-sales features and services like warranty, free repair and other software. Accessories bundled with this laptop/notebook can also contribute to the price of the item as well.