Clearance: Compaq Presario C552US - $379.99 AR

Office Depot has the Compaq Presario C552US notebook for $379.99 after $200.00 MIR + $20.00 IR.

• Intel Celeron-M 520
• 15.4" BrightView Widescreen
• 512MB DDR2 memory
• 80GB hard drive
• CDRW/DVD Combo Drive
• Intel GMA 950 integrated graphics
• 6 cell battery
• Altec Lansing speakers
• Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic Edition
• Integrated 802.11b/g wireless LAN

You can find it on their web site or in store with the product number: 662330, or you can look in your stack of junk mail for this weeks Office Depot circular. It's on the first page.

As many of you know, the 520 is essentially a Celeron labeled 1.6GHz Core 2 Solo (with less cache), making it a reasonably performing mobile processor.



A review of the C500T (which is essentially a CTO version of this system) is available at:

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3700&review=compaq+C500T

 

Good deal for a everyday surfing laptop

 

if I upgrade the RAM, how would this work as a mobile Photoshop platform? It would be a secondary computer for when i am on the go, not at my workhorse desktop.

 

Should work just fine with more RAM. Remember that battery life will leave much to be desired though since the Celeron M doesn't have SpeedStep.