For all intents and purposes, HP’s Compaq Presario CQ60 is a pretty unremarkable HP laptop battery – but slap a $300 price tag on it like Walmart has done, a price comparable to most netbookson the market, and that reframes the entire conversation. Computer Shopper has gotten some hands-on time with the machine, and while not spectacular, it seems to outperform Intel Atom-based machines. You’re still not gonna be able to do much more than check your email and browse the web, though, and the tradeoff for having a 15.6-inch display and DVD burner is a bulkier, less travel-friendly form factor. Still, this seems to do an apt job at filling in that gap between netbook and laptop battery, and we’re sure someone out there will appreciate or feeling nostalgic over that modem jack.

The post from : engadget.com