As a notebook for business or entertainment, Compaq's Presario 2715US offers a combination of solid features and price that is tough to beat. It boasts a 1.13 GHz Pentium III processor, 512 MB of RAM (expandable to 1,024 MB), a 15-inch, active-matrix, flat-panel screen, and both an 8x (write) CD-RW and 8x DVD-ROM drive. Also included are a 30 GB hard disk, a 56K modem, and a 10/100 Mbps Ethernet NIC. To round out this Presario's versatile package, the pre-installed operating system is Windows XP Home.