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Compaq Armada 100S review

5.3

Members' Rating

Average

Typical price:£ 946

Verdict

Good value if you want a reasonably portable all-in-one notebook for running mainstream rather than demanding applications... Read Full Review.

Pros

  • AMD PowerNow! CPU helps to deliver good battery life
  • Compact all-in-one design
  • Good keyboard.

Cons

  • Moderate performance
  • No modular drives.

Key Specs

Processor manufacturer: AMD
Processor model: K6-2+
Clock speed: 0.533 GHz
RAM installed: 64 MB
Hard drive size: 5 GB
Graphics processor: Trident CyberBlade i7 AGP
Graphics RAM: 8 MB
Display diagonal size: 12.1 in
Dimensions (W x H x D): 29.7x4.4x23.9 cm
Weight: 3.08 kg
Operating system: Windows 98 SE

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Member Opinion

5.3

Average Member Rating

Average

3 Members have reviewed this product

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George Scarfe

George Scarfe

The Black Sheep of the Compaq Range

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3.5

Poor


Pumbila Gocopide

Pumbila Gocopide

A computer for those who don't use it very often and don't do anything special with it.

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5.0

Average


barabba (italy)

barabba (italy)

compaq armada 100s

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7.5

Very Good


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We need to combat the sprawl!

Wednesday 25 November 2009, 2:07 PM

1 comment
muller6 muller6

ahh

Wednesday 25 November 2009, 11:10 AM

2 comments
J.A. Watson J.A. Watson

Less than an OS, less than free

Wednesday 25 November 2009, 9:40 AM

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