Go back to home page
HP (Hewlett-Packard) Compaq Presario F572US Notebook

HP (Hewlett-Packard) Compaq Presario F572US Notebook

1.70GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Mobile TK-53, 1GB DDR2, 80GB, DVD±RW DL, Windows Vista Home Premium, 15.4" LCD - MPN: GF596UA

Rated 4 Star Review out of 24 reviews

Description: The Compaq Presario F572US Notebook Computer from Hewlett-Packard is the perfect blend of mobility, style, and performance. This notebook PC will become the center of your digital entertainment universe, whether you're home, at school, working, or on the road. Perfect for th... read more

The Compaq Presario F572US Notebook Computer from Hewlett-Packard is the perfect blend of mobility, style, and performance. This notebook PC will become the center of your digital entertainment universe, whether you're home, at school, working, or on the road. Perfect for the digital road warrior, the computer will help you get the most out of your digital devices when you are shooting photos with your digital camera, making a home movie with your digital video camera or playing music on your MP3 player. The Presario comes with software such as HP's PhotoSmart Essentials software to let you organize your digital photos and video clips, RealRhapsody to let you download and play digital media and muvee's AutoProducer Basic Edition to let you put home movies and digital photos on DVD. You can easily connect peripheral devices to the computer via the two installed USB 2.0 ports. The system is powered by a 1.7 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core TK-53 CPU and boasts 1 GB of RAM, an 80 GB 5400 rpm SATA hard drive, a SuperMulti DVD burner, wireless Ethernet and a 15.4" widescreen display powered by nVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 graphics. Windows Vista Home Premium is the platform that ties all this hardware and software together, giving you a great portable computer for the digital savvy family backed by the Hewlett-Packard name. minimize
 

Advertisement

Click to enter the Consumer Reports "Win Our Top-Rated Products" Sweepstakes! Prizes include a LCD TV, digital camera, netbook - all expert reviewed and top-rated by Consumer Reports

 

Sort Reviews by:  Most Useful | Rating | Date

gtsolutions from PA
Member Since
Jun 2005
View Member's
Profile | Reviews
User has 1 Week of experience with this product

4 Star Review Excellent Value for the Price

Strengths:

- Excellent Price Point - Fast AMD Dual Core Mobile Processor - Windows Vista Home Premium (Not the Cheaper Basic) - Good sized keyboard - 15.4" widescreen LCD is great for movies

Weaknesses:

- Short battery life (around 2¼ hours) - Gets quite hot (be careful on your lap) - Lots of bloatware (easy to remove though) - Plastic case requires some care when traveling

Posted Jul 28, 2007 - This laptop is an excellent buy for a student or a home user who wants a decent multimedia laptop without shelling out a fortune. I would recommened upgrading the RAM to 2GB if you decide to stay with Windows Vista, but the machine is quite speedy. Overall, I am very happy with my purchase!

89% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful , unhelpful, or inappropriate?

Comment about this review

 
dad5258 from VA
Member Since
Sep 2005
View Member's
Profile | Reviews
User has 4 Days of experience with this product

5 Star Review Compaq Presario F572US

Strengths:

Dual core, fast, price

Weaknesses:

none

Posted Jul 14, 2007 - I got it from staples for a pretty reasonable price. The cpu is a amd's new dual core processor TK-53. It is pretty fast if you turn vista areo off. Compared with my friend's acer intel dual core, they are almost with same speed. I am very satisfied with it and no complaint. It is enough for a basic using. If you want do more calculation work, you may consider upgrade memory to 2GB.

78% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful , unhelpful, or inappropriate?

Comment about this review

 
qubit from IL
Member Since
Dec 2006
View Member's
Profile | Reviews
User has 5 Days of experience with this product

4 Star Review Compaq Presario F572US Notebook

Strengths:

1GB DDR2 memory, DVD±RW DL, Windows Vista Home Premium, 15.4" WXGA High-Definition Brightview Widescreen LCD

Weaknesses:

Battery life is short; power hungry Athlon X2 processor. It seems a little hot when it works. NO card reader. No firwire.

Posted Jul 27, 2007 - Good 15.4" WXGA High-Definition Brightview Widescreen LCD and DVD±RW DL. The 1GB RAM is adequate for Vista Home Premium. The speed is also OK. However the battery life is short, and the laptop seems a little hot when it works. NO card reader. No firwire. In general, it is enough for internet and word processing. But for calculation and game, it needs to be upgraded.

75% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful , unhelpful, or inappropriate?

Comment about this review

 
AyaHu
Member Since
Jul 2007
View Member's
Profile | Reviews
User has 1 Days of experience with this product

5 Star Review Great Computer

Strengths:

Everything (1 Gig memory!)

Weaknesses:

Comes with all these stupid programs pre loaded into which try and start every time you start the computer, I had to delete a bajillion and turn off in options a bajillion more.

Posted Jul 23, 2007 - I bought this laptop on sale at Frys. It was 499 with no further obligations. It far surpasses my other laptop which I bought July 4 2006 for 800$ It is fast and even runs windows vista without breaking a sweat or sounding like a motorcycle. It is SUPER quiet. I had a heart attack when I tried to install Sims 1 and the computer screen went black when I clicked it. But then I realized its an old game, restarted, and now it's sickeningly fast to do everything. It plays the Harry Potter 4 game with no lag, unlike my 800$ laptop which I bought at the same time as HP 4 PC Game. It is streaming music to me right now with not a hint of lag. It's really an amazing computer for the price. I was being stingy and here I've got a lovely machine. Oh yes, the best part about this is the DISPLAY. ITS BREATHTAKING. My 800$HP had really wierd colours and shadow displays. Always looked a little too light this one is perfect. The screen doesnt shine too much either and its VERY portable and lightweight, and you don't have to press a button when opening the screen.

75% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful , unhelpful, or inappropriate?

Comment about this review

 
tacit37
Member Since
Jul 2007
View Member's
Profile | Reviews
User has 2 Days of experience with this product

4 Star Review Great Laptop at Great Price

Strengths:

1) 1.7GHz 2) expandable 2GB Memory 3) Windows Vista Premium 4) AMD graphics

Weaknesses:

1) Only comes with 512x2MB -1GB 2) Heavy

Posted Jul 25, 2007 - This laptop is excellent for general web browsing and word processing. I bought it to surf and finish my work at home. So far it has served it's purpose. Recommended for those who need a decent laptop for general purposes. It is fast and sturdy.

71% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful , unhelpful, or inappropriate?

Comment about this review

 
wfli
Member Since
Nov 2005
View Member's
Profile | Reviews
User has 2 Days of experience with this product

5 Star Review Compaq F572US Notebook

Strengths:

Powerful, elegant

Weaknesses:

N/A

Posted Jul 23, 2007 - This is my first time to use AMD 64 dual core laptop. I am very pleased with the speed. Comparing with other laptop, the out color of this laptop is not very vivid. Looks dark and mood-affecting. But totally, this is a great laptop. I like it very much.

67% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful , unhelpful, or inappropriate?

Comment about this review

 
bsvasan from CA
Member Since
Jun 2005
View Member's
Profile | Reviews
User has 4 Days of experience with this product

4 Star Review Great laptop for the price

Strengths:

Fast dual-core AMD Athlon processor and vivid 15.4" high-def widescreen.

Weaknesses:

Comes with 1GB of RAM which can be expanded to 2GB. Wish RAM could be expanded to 3GB or 4GB. Shared video memory instead of dedicated.

Posted Jul 16, 2007 - I got this for my daughter and she loves it. Setting it up was a breeze (wireless internet connection etc). Some of my daughter's education software does not work and I think it is an issue with Microsoft Vista rather than the laptop. For the price we paid, we are happy with the laptop overall.

60% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful , unhelpful, or inappropriate?

Comment about this review

 
geminigx from NY
Member Since
Jan 2006
View Member's
Profile | Reviews
User has 6 Days of experience with this product

4 Star Review Compaq Presario F572US - Decent

Strengths:

DVD±RW DL, Dual Core,Windows Vista Home Premium, 15.4" WXGA High-Definition Screen, Price

Weaknesses:

Short Battery life,A bit on the heavy side, 1 Gig of ram

Posted Jul 29, 2007 - This laptop is enough for a basic using like word processing, internet. It is not enough for the latest games b/c of the video card and need more ram.

50% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful , unhelpful, or inappropriate?

Comment about this review

 
marisolita7g... from NY
Member Since
Jul 2005
View Member's
Profile | Reviews
User has 30 Days of experience with this product

4 Star Review Review for Compaq Presario F572US

Strengths:

Low price. Nice display

Weaknesses:

Short battery

Posted Jul 28, 2007 - Over all, it is a nice laptop for its current low price. I got it for $450, I think it is a good price for a dual-core processor laptop. 1GB memory is not enough though, I strongly suggest adding 1GB more to run vista home premium edition on it. The battery can only last about 1.5-2 hours, which is another weakness. But I do believe it is a good buy for daily use.

50% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful , unhelpful, or inappropriate?

Comment about this review

 
wxhuabin from FL
Member Since
Jun 2005
View Member's
Profile | Reviews

4 Star Review best lappy I ever had

Strengths:

fast

Weaknesses:

N/A

Posted Jul 21, 2007 - this is the best lappy that I ever have, compare to my compaq amd3000+ lappy, this one is really amazing. super fast speed, I like the screen also, not like other shining screen, this one is really clear. For the price , I bought it for 400 plus tax at staple, what you can complain about.

50% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful , unhelpful, or inappropriate?

Comment about this review

 
azygous1 from OH
Member Since
Oct 2004
View Member's
Profile | Reviews
User has 10 Days of experience with this product

5 Star Review Really good lappy

Strengths:

fast dual core and 1 gb ram

Weaknesses:

not much

Posted Jul 21, 2007 - just bought this unit on sale for $400.00 with HP rebate from Fry's. The unit comes with an 80 GB 5400rpm hard drive and a 512 PC2-5300 memory (I believe one memory chip only, there are usually two standard slots in the machine) and loaded with basic VISTA Operating System.

0% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful , unhelpful, or inappropriate?

Comment about this review

 
belobr from NY
Member Since
Oct 2005
View Member's
Profile | Reviews
User has 1 Year of experience with this product

3 Star Review Good, but slow

Strengths:

Great Price!

Weaknesses:

Heavy and 1GB RAM is not enough - Vista makes it very slow!

Posted Apr 29, 2008 - Great Machine for its price, however, 1GB RAM is too little for VISTA. It is very slow, takes a couple of minutes to turn on/off. New design is great and price is beautiful! If you add 1GB ram it should be running pretty smoothly.

Did you find it helpful , unhelpful, or inappropriate?

Comment about this review

 
rainhopper
Member Since
Dec 2007
View Member's
Profile | Reviews
User has 4 Days of experience with this product

5 Star Review amazing laptop let alone the price

Strengths:

1gig ram, athelon processor instead of mobile turion, clear screen,

Weaknesses:

came with vista

Posted Dec 7, 2007 - I got the laptop toyed around with it, it was decent, barely ran secondlife in 240 x 240 mode, made me a bit sad, but it was pretty slick otherwise..then I upgraded from Vista to XP, oh man, the diffrence!I run secondlife in full screen mode flawlessly, at idle its using 240meg of ram, and the vidcard reallocates from a 64 meg card to a 256 meg vid card..... its quiet, reliable, cant beat the price, got mind new for 475 off ebay brand new, I see people crying about firewire, they really have no clue what firewire is for, half the people who dont have it and are complaining doing have anything that uses it soooo.. long story short, there are firewire to usb adaptors and when transfering photos theres no noticable diffrence aside from a few seconds for a full album dump....to sum it up, if you want something new, powerful and that is able to handle some gaming, tons of media and you want it portable, this is your laptop. the only step up from this is an XPS Dell

Did you find it helpful , unhelpful, or inappropriate?

Comment about this review

 
looneyej from NY
Member Since
Mar 2004
View Member's
Profile | Reviews
User has 2 Months of experience with this product

5 Star Review Great Laptop for the Money

Strengths:

Low Price, Screen size, Speed

Weaknesses:

Battery Life, hard drive size

Posted Sep 25, 2007 - We have owned this laptop 2 months now. We are very pleased with it. We bought it to replace a 5 yr old desktop which had died. Got the laptop at Staples for $439 after rebate. Our requirements were as follows: Laptop with price as low as possible, Wireless Capability, Vista Home Premium, Reads and Writes CDs and DVDs, 1 GB Ram,Dual Core Processor. This laptop meets the above requirements at the lowest price. We have not used the wireless capability to access hot spots yet. I understand we will be disappointed by the battery life which is supposed to be in the 1 1/2 to 2 hr range. We have not tested this yet either. Overall we are very happy with it and it meets all of our needs so far.

Did you find it helpful , unhelpful, or inappropriate?

Comment about this review

 
yaya5258 from VA
Member Since
Sep 2005
View Member's
Profile | Reviews
User has 19 Days of experience with this product

4 Star Review Fats laptop

Strengths:

Good price

Weaknesses:

no hp imprint

Posted Aug 21, 2007 - Got it from Staples under $500. Compared with Intel Dual Core processor, AMD TK53 seems more attractive since the price is lower and performance is comparable. TK53 seems better than old turion TL-50 and 52 since it is based on 65nm. The laptop has Vista home premium which is good to me with 1GB shared memory. DVD double layer burner is a plus. However the chasis is not inlaid hp imprint so it is not as beautiful as some hp product.

Did you find it helpful , unhelpful, or inappropriate?

Comment about this review

 

Write a Review


There are currently no sellers for this product

But we can email you when it's available! Send Me an Alert

 

Advertisement

Advertisement

The Perfect Gift Just Got Better.
The NEW American Express Gift Card. NO monthly fees. NO expiration of funds. NO lost value. Some gift cards lose value to monthly fees. Give the one that doesn’t. Order now.

Expert Reviews

What the experts think of this product

See more reviews

One hot product. One exclusive deal. Available for only 24 hours, or until supplies run out.

16 hours 16 mins left!

 




Error while processing your request, please try again
Email This Page

Want to email this page to yourself or share with someone else? Fill out the form below and we'll send a link to this page.




(Please note: The details you provide above will only be used for this one-time notification. We hate spam. Your information is safe with us.)

  Send »  

Terms of Use and Privacy Policy PriceGrabber is an Experian companyCopyright © PriceGrabber.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved