Sevarel Question on Compaq Presario V5305Media Center Notebook?

Question

Paid $504.00 is this fare,Is this WIFI,Do I need to purchase a Wireleess Card,Can I burn CD's, Description: Hardware
Product Name V5305WM
US Product Number RG324UA#ABA
Microprocessor 2.00 GHz Mobile AMD Sempron™ Processor 3300+
Microprocessor Cache 128KB L2 Cache
Memory 512MB 333MHz DDR
Memory Max 2048MB
Video Graphics ATI RADEON XPRESS 200M IGP
Video Memory 128MB DDR (shared)
Hard Drive 60GB 5400RPM
Multimedia Drive 24X DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive
Display 15.4” WXGA High-Definition BrightView Widescreen (1280 x 800) Display
Fax/Modem High speed 56k modem
Network Card Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)
Wireless Connectivity 54g™ 802.11b/g WLAN with 125HSM / SpeedBooster support
Sound Altec Lansing
Keyboard 101-key compatible
Pointing Device Touch Pad with dedicated vertical and horizontal Scroll Up/Down pad
PC Card Slots 1 ExpressCard/54 Slot (also supports ExpressCard/34)

External Ports 2 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0
1 headphone-out
1 microphone-in
1 VGA (15-pin)
1 TV-Out (S-video)
1 RJ-11 (modem)
1 RJ -45 (LAN)
1 notebook expansion port 2
1 Consumer IR

Dimensions 10.2"(L) x 14.1"(W) x 1.38"(min H) /1.77"(max H)
Weight 6.4 lbs
Security Kensington® MicroSaver lock slot
Power-on password
Accepts 3rd party security lock devices

Power 65W AC adapter
6-Cell Lithium-Ion battery


Software
Operating System:
Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition

Microsoft® Windows® Vista Capable*
Security and Support:
Symantec™ Norton Internet Security 2006™ (including 60 days complimentary live update)

HP Total Care Help & Support Center

Wireless Home Network

PC Recovery (Softthinks Restore Solution)
Multimedia:
Sonic Digital Media Plus

Adobe™ Acrobat Reader

HP Games Powered by WildTanget

AOL Music

RealRhapsody

Muvee AutoProducer DVD Edition with Burning

Microsoft® Windows Media Player

HP PhotoSmart Premier

Vongo
Productivity and Finance:
Microsoft® Works

Microsoft® Money

Microsoft® MSN Encarta Plus

Microsoft® Office Activation Wizard

Microsoft® Office 2003 Student and Teacher Edition: 60 day trial version
Internet Solutions:
Microsoft® Internet Explorer

AOL® Dial-Up

Service and Support
Warranty and Support
1-Year Limited Hardware Warranty Toll Free Support (NA)

1-Year Free Hardware Technical Support

30-Days Free Software Support (Free 90-Day Software Support with Product Registration)

Miscellaneous
*Microsoft® Windows® Vista Capable:

Answer 1

You got a great deal on the computer. Couple of suggestions. If you're going to use the laptop at home, I'd suggest you get a laptop cooling pad. The pad has extra fans to help circulate air and takes the strain off the internal fan. Laptop will last longer. You can see what they look like at this eBay link:

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&ht=1&shortcut=0&from=R41&query=laptop+cooling+pad&category0=&Submit=Search

At some point you'll probably want to add some extras like a printer, maybe another external hard drive (if you want to save a lot of music, games, photos), plug in a digital camera, or that laptop cooling pad, etc. All of these need to be plugged in to a USB port and you've got only two of them. So I'd suggest a USB Hub. It's like an extension cord with at least 4 ports. Plug one in and your 2 ports become 5 ports. Here's another eBay link so you can see what they look like:

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?sofocus=bs&sbrftog=1&catref=C6&from=R10&satitle=laptop+usb+2.0+hub&sacat=-1%26catref%3DC6&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D2&sadis=200&fpos=78213&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=&fsop=1%26fsoo%3D1&coaction=compare&copagenum=1&coentrypage=search&fgtp=

You've got some extras thrown in that will cost you big bucks if you decide to renew the trial subscriptions. In my opinion, Norton is a memory hog. And Microsoft Office just costs too much. There's a lot of really excellent freeware available. For free antivirus and antispyware poducts look at AVG, Kapersky, SpyBot, even Windows Defender. You can do an advanced search through Yahoo Answers for links. And there's a free suite of office products from OpenOffice.org that's just as good as Microsoft Office and it's totally compatible.

And finally, if you ever want to learn more about your computer, or get the latest drivers, BIOS, scan for problems, etc., here's a link to the Compaq support page. Lots of good info here:

http://www.hp.com/united-states/cpc/presario/help_support/index.html

Hope some of this helps.

plrr

Answer 2

Good price yes-anything under 600.00 for a working new Laptop
WIFI yes-802.11b/g WLAN
CD writer yes-Multimedia Drive 24X DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive
Wirless yes -Wireless Connectivity 54g™ 802.11b/g WLAN with 125HSM / SpeedBooster support


WIFI
Short for wireless fidelity and is meant to be used generically when referring of any type of 802.11 network, whether 802.11b, 802.11a, dual-band, etc. The term is promulgated by the Wi-Fi Alliance.

Answer 3

Depends on how old it is I guess.But the battery for this particular laptop is only 53 bux.Usually they run higher than this,so if you need to replace a battery its not that bad.I dont think 175 is too much to spend on a good laptop at all.Then to replace the battery you would only have a total of less than 300.However,you could get a brand new Dell for like 399.It just depends on how much you are willing to spend on quality.And if you want quality,you should always go with a brand new one because of the warranty.But if you are just looking for a starter laptop,I believe this would be a good deal for you.The link below is to the battery for the laptop.Good Luck with it!