Compaq Presario CQ50 139WM: US and WM difference
Filed under: Computers, Laptops | By: Daniel
Posted on: November 8, 2008 | 15 Comments
You may have heard about the great deal today at Walmart stores for a Compaq Presario CQ50 139WM laptop, we just wanted to touch on something obvious.
Most Compaq laptop model numbers end in “US” but this CQ-50 one ends in “WM.” The difference means that it’s most probably exclusive to Walmart with a few changes (although this is not confirmed).
With that in mind, this would be a special model made custom for Wal-Mart and their online store does not list the full features. Below are what we believe are the main features for the Compaq Presario CQ50 139WM.
Main Features include:
- SuperMulti 8X DVD±R/RW drive with double-layer support
- Genuine Windows Vista Home Basic
- 160GB (5400RPM) Hard Drive (SATA)
- Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD (shared)
- 15.4-inch High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen (1280 x 800)
- 2048MB DDR2 System Memory
- 2.00 GHz Intel Celeron Processor 575 with 667MHz FSB
- 1 microphone-in and 1 Headphone out
- 3 USB 2.0 ports
- Wireless Option - 802.11b/g WLAN
- HP Imprint finish and Integrated Microphone
- Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN
- 6-Cell Lithium-Ion battery
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I was first in line for this laptop last saturday. It is a early Christmas present for my wife. Every site ive looked at online says this is a single core proc. Its a dual core!! Vista even says its dual core. I havent installed any graphic intensive games(it is my wifes after all) but this thing flies through every other program. One negative. The dvd burner burns cd’s at a max of 24x
Great for the money. Totally worth it.
Although I dont know if its Dual Core… Just says celeron.
I Installed halo, and played it. It works like a breeze. For $300, I cannot even complain about that. It manages heat effiectively, and has lots of memory to handle my tasks.
Although Vista on this machine - i would not generally recommend. XP, or possibly Linux would allow this machine to release its inner potential, quite possibly.
how do u if its a duo core i got mine in walmart on black friday for $300 are u sure it a duo core it just says celeron
How did you get it at the sale price if it has not gone on sale yet. Is the price for Black Friday or is that the every day price?
This ws the black friday price. It was set low in order to try to motivate consumers to stop saving and start spending. I believe it worked. Most people that bought this machine, bought 4 machines and sold them on ebay for $450.
I bought this computer with the intention of getting rid of Vista and installing XP
What a mistake!!! It is all but impossible as Microsoft has found a way to shove Vista up our back sides…. DO NOT BUY THIS MACHINE if your intending on loading XP. Do your homework.
Mike,
Format the NTFS or FAT32 Partition that has windows vista on it. - DO NOT FORMAT DRIVE D - (* This contains factory backup partition *)
WindowsXP disk should let you format the partitions. I dont know what kind of problems your experiencing but if your going to give potential customers of this product misleading viewpoints at least provide some facts, like HOW you cannot get rid of vista.
Aric
This looks so cool, and to chris, im pretty sure only the cq50″z” has a dual, but i dont really know, i have yet to open mine.
Vista works fine on this, - you should disable windows defender (* as it is quite aggravating *) to have a program call define as a security attempt, when it can’t even stop background virus services from running.
Either way, I highly recommend this computer to anyone seeking a laptop w/ a budget perspective. You can always upgrade the processor & hard drive in this computer - remember that.
If your looking for an affordable computer - http://www.odpoa.com we can make you an energy efficent computer for under $300 - w/ 2GB memory, 2.0GHZ processor, 80GB Hard drive - why look anywhere else?
i got the cq50-139wm for christmas, i thought it was a bit slow, so i installed xp mce instead, seems to be a lot faster now. for those of you who would like to downgrade to xp, you will need to download nlite http://www.nliteos.com, and the xp drivers package with instructions http://rs422.rapidshare.com/files/162621776/CQ50_139WM_XP_Drivers.zip
make a nlite disk of your xp install disk and slipstream the drivers in and you are good to go.
I got this laptop for my daughter for Christmas. She absolutely loves it and has had no problem with it. I think it’s a great starter laptop for a teen. Especially at the $300 price, and I beleive we got it just after Thanksgiving a sort of pre black friday sale. I highly recommend it, as long as you remember you get what you pay for.