Compaq took the wraps off its first product in November 1982, revealing the computing world's first true IBM PC clone, and an ...

Sheathed in a hypnotic, swirled-gray front casing, the Compaq Presario 5000 looks flashier than it is. In reality, it's a fairly pedestrian computer with few interesting extras. Compaq bills it as an ...

The Compaq Presario line of laptops has been in production since the 1990s, and continues to be a strong seller in the consumer marketplace. As with any computer, a Presario's service life can be ...

Compaq seems to use a trio of construction materials in the design of the V4000: carbon fiber, polycarbonate, and ABS plastic. The black top and bottom part of the notebook use ABS plastic, while the ...

NEW YORK--Summer vacation has just begun, but one computer maker is already getting ready for back-to-school shoppers. Compaq Computer on Wednesday announced three new models of Presario desktops, ...

I have a pentium 166mhz compaq presario 4712 sitting in my basement collecting dust. I would like to install mandrake linux on a spare maxtor 20gig drive in it, but I've run into some problems. In ...

The annual back-to-school shopping trip is just around the corner. Load the family in the mini-van, drive over to your local Walmart, and watch as your shopping cart fills with new clothes, shoes, ...

The Compaq Presario 711 is a nice upgrade from my 475MHz AMD desktop system. The configuration I recently bought from Costco.com includes too many features to list here, but it has more than two times ...

January 1982 Former Texas Instruments manager Rod Canion comes up with the idea of a portable computer that runs all the programs that operate on the IBM PC without any modification. Canion, Jim ...

The days of Compaq and Gateway laptops are long gone. But if you have fond memories of buying your first Compaq laptop down at Circuit City, there’s good news. The brand is back — but in a different ...