Get Hitachi if possible

Watch out for that laptop , it has a lot of problems with it..

1. CD-ROM Drive does not work (I hope yours do work). I have asked few friends who are using this same lappy , and the CD-ROM Died after 3-4 months of usage. COMPAQ demands RM 600 for a New CD-ROM Drive (I could get a DVD Burner or even a new PDA)

2. The HDD Thingy (Connector/ATA thing) fails if you use it a lot , I meant as a programmer , I use to delete the source code , change this and that. Be really carefulllllll , if you are a gamer , or anything which requires a lot of HDD Usage..Better be carefullll

3. It does not support Linux as the motherboard is blacklisted ,as its known for its in-famous 'Battery Drain' Issue

Well , even you send to COMPAQ/HP Center , they would charge you at least RM 2,500+/- just to "fix" those problems. I even had those problems when it was under warranty itself . I also had the same issue with the keyboard thingy. Its just tooo bad , I feel that I was "cheated". But one thing for sure , I seriously fell in love with the Pentium III-M Processor.

There is nothing much you could do. I would suggest you to get a new Laptop instead spending your money on reparing the laptop..But again its up to you....