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Compaq Presario 700 (720US)
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1 46977 09-14-2006
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100% of reviewers $200.00 8.0
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Description: AMD Duron 1 GHz (996Mhz)
256 mb memory
20Gb HD (upgraded to 30Gb)
14.1" screen
S3 pro savage 16Mb or 32Mb shared (selectable through BIOS)
DVD-ROM optical drive
Ethernet and 56K modem onboard
Floppy drive
2 USB 1.1 ports
2 cardbus/PCMCIA slots
Keywords: compaq presario 700 720 720US
/sbin/lspci output: 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 80)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP]
0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 42)
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1a)
0000:00:07.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40)
0000:00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
0000:00:09.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k HSFi Modem (rev 01)
0000:00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. VT8636A [ProSavage KN133] AGP4X VGA Controller (TwisterK) (rev 01)
0000:02:00.0 Network controller: RaLink: Unknown device 0301


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Old 09-14-2006, 09:31 PM   #1
culturejam
 
Registered: Sep 2004
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 26

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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $200.00 | Rating: 8

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.15-26-386
Distribution: Kubuntu



I did a plain-vanilla install of Kubuntu 6.06 (accepted all defaults) on this laptop. It took about 30 minutes to complete the install and reboot into the new system.

All hardware that I have tested (everything but the 56k modem) works fine without any extra work. Really. It's just amazing. Ethernet works, sound works, cardbus works, video works to spec, and CPU speed stepping and suspend-to-disk (ACPI) work as well.

Also, I put a Belkin Super G (F5D7010) wireless card in one of the carbus slots. It works out of the box with no problems. Much easier than installing wireless on Windows.
 




  



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