Compaq has always been the value segment brand of HP’s product line. The new stylish Compaq Presario CQ45 series shares many similarity (in a good way) with the higher-end HP Pavillion dv4 series but with a smaller price tag. The Compaq CQ45-127TX is based upon Intel’s latest Montevina Centrino 2 platform.

The touch sensitive media buttons (launch media, wifi/bluetooth, mute, increase/decrease volume) has a nice combination of LED colors. E.g. wireless on - blue, wireless off - orange, volume on - white, volume off - orange. The status indicators (power, charging, hard disk activity) uses a nice cool white LED at the lower left corner of the palmrest which is visible even with the lid closed.

As one would expect from a value segment laptop, the Compaq CQ45 is made up of mostly plastic. It is of good quality plastic that is rigid and barely flexes which does give it a fairly durable feel. Overall, the build quality of the laptop is good and at an acceptable weight for a laptop of this class, 2.4kg.

Specifications:
Model: Laptop Screen HP-Compaq PRESARIO CQ45 127TX
Size: 14.1″ WideScreen(12″x7.4″)
Resolution: WXGA(1280X800)
Backlight Type:CCFL 1-Bulb
Backlight Connector:2 Pin
Type:HP-Compaq BrightView (Glossy)
Video Signal Connection: Standard 30-pin
Condition: each one was shipped before test , 100% working .