Compaq CQ57 Laptop Under 400

A lot of the things which people like to do on their laptops these days do not require a huge amount of hardware in order to get it done. However with all of the wonderful multimedia applications available today, it does make a big difference in the overall performance of the laptop when the hardware specs are above average. Finding laptops under 400 dollars which actually have the specs which make video and multimedia experiences work quick and responsive for you has never been easier. Using the Compaq CQ57 as one such example here you can see that for a laptop under 400 you do get some impressive hardware specs often found only on higher end laptops.

The E-300 is the dual core processor from AMD which powers these 15.6 inch laptops. The model which we reviewed had the Radeon 6310 video with a ton of available video memory (up to 949MB) which has created gorgeous video that is superior to what we expected. So this is really what the multimedia uses are the best match for with these laptops. Sure, there are more expensive models out there, and you would expect to have higher end specs on those, but for these cheap laptops for sale under 400 they work really well for videos and even minor gaming applications. Several additional models offer similar capabilities.

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When you consider the abilities of this video processor being as high as it is, you can see how the specs in any of the lower priced laptops has been increasingly getting better. Another good thing for those that need to max out the system memory is that this laptop will take up to 8GB of RAM. This will be easy to upgrade if necessary, and Windows 7 will be able to make use of the additional memory as needed. Ultimately this is a very good laptop for producing high quality video on a standard screen size.