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Presario Users Still Hot Over Freezes
News A number of Presario 5800 and 5900 series customers who purchased machines in the past few months have reported inexplicable freezing of their PCs. Presario Customers who purchased 5600 and 5700 series PCs in the past year report having similar...
[January 5, 2000, 8:44]
New HP Regime Prepares First PCs
News HP Pavilion PCs will range in price from $529 (about £350) to $1,799 (£1,200) and will focus on digital imaging, while Compaq Presario machines will aim at the more value-oriented buyer. Presario PCs will aim at the value-conscious crowd with...
[June 26, 2002, 11:31]
Microsoft Forced Hand Of PC Makers - DOJ Papers
News Stephen Decker, director of software procurement at Compaq, told DOJ investigators in a sworn deposition how Microsoft had threatened to terminate the Houston company's Windows 95 license after Compaq removed the IE icon from its line of Presario...
[October 23, 1997, 9:11]
AMD's 750MHz Attack - Kicks Intel When Down
News Compaq will offer the new chip as part of its "Built for You" program, which allows customers to purchase custom-configured Presario PCs directly from the Houston company. It will be fitted in PCs from manufacturers including a new Presario model...
[November 29, 1999, 14:17]
HP Hopes New Blue PCs Will Tempt Consumers
News HP's Compaq Presario line and some of its less expensive Pavilion desktops take on companies such as low-price PC seller Emachines. HP will offer the Pavilions alongside a fresh line of Compaq Presario desktops, which start at $399 after rebates.
[June 19, 2003, 15:51]
TechXNY Refocuses On Corporate IT
News The desktops will come with enhanced software packages, designed to help increase the productivity and security in Presario models and the multimedia utility of Pavilion models. HP's Presario S5000 desktops will come with antivirus and Internet...
[September 15, 2003, 11:00]
Windows XP To Get Bluetooth Support
News HP is in the best position to quickly begin offering Bluetooth, particularly on Evo business and Presario consumer portables. One such model is the Presario 2800. Microsoft expects PC makers to start offering the update on new PCs within three to...
[September 27, 2002, 7:23]
Compaq's Colourful 'back-to-school' PCs
News Borrowing a page from Apple Computer's iMac, Compaq said it will offer buyers a choice of up to six colours when they purchase Presario 5000 and 7000 series desktop computers. In a press release, Compaq said the Presario 5000 starts at $649 (about...
[June 22, 2000, 14:48]
1GHz: A New Standard
News The Gateway Select 1000 stood out on Content Creation Winstone, with a score (34.0) that was 9 percent better than the Dimension XPS B800r and 13 percent better than that of the 850MHz Presario. The difference between 850MHz and 1GHz Compaq...
[March 7, 2000, 9:51]
HP-Compaq: Both PC Brands Will Stay
News HP's Pavilion is more popular, but some stated that the Compaq Presario had a chance of surviving by riding on the coattails of Compaq's business PCs. HP will continue to sell both the HP Pavilion and Compaq Presario computer lines to consumers...
[May 7, 2002, 17:31]
IMac Beats Out Presario In Q4 Sales
News Compaq Computer Corp.s Presario line had three PCs in the top five for the quarter. Apple Computer Inc.s iMac was the top seller in US retail and mail order channels during the fourth quarter, research firm PC Data.
[January 21, 1999, 16:33]
Compaq Issues New Presario Fix
News Litigation or not, Compaq officials maintain that Presario PCs with the code in question work as intended. Compaq Computer has issued a new Presario fix, which was released last week. The fix -- Softpaq No.is an update for a controversial piece of...
[March 2, 2000, 9:39]
HP Updates Presario, Adds 802.11g
News The four new Presario S3000 desktops, available from Friday, feature a silver and black chassis with slightly rounded edges and a bay for USB (universal serial bus) ports located in front that can covered by a tiny sliding door.
[March 31, 2003, 10:38]
One Year Ago: Compaq Adds MMX To Transportable PC
News Compaq is continuing to plough the lone furrow of transportable PCs by releasing the Presario 3060. Like the firm's original transportable, the Presario 3020, the desktop unit has a very small footprint and dispenses with a CRT monitor so it can be...
[April 28, 1998, 6:00]
AMD Revs Up Athlon 4 And Duron Chips
News The chipmaker announced a 1.1GHz Athlon 4 and a 900MHz Duron -- both for notebook PCs -- and said Compaq Computer will offer the new mobile chips in its Presario 1200 line. Meanwhile, MicronPC announced Monday that it will continue to offer only...
[August 21, 2001, 9:09]
HP Cuts 'don't Mean Price War' With Dell
News HP is selling consumer-oriented Compaq Presario PCs, for instance, that start at $399 (or £375 ex VAT in the UK) after rebates, matching Dell's lowest-priced desktops for consumers and small businesses.
[February 14, 2003, 11:48]
HP Increases PC Competition With Itself
News The Presario ranks include some very basic PCs, but HP includes a CD burner in even the least expensive of its new models. Hewlett-Packard, which merged last year with Compaq, plans to tweak its two-brand consumer PC strategy with the introduction...
[June 6, 2003, 11:08]
Logitech Mice Go For Style
News The styling of the mice comfortably matches new Gateway PCs, including the Profile 4, and HP Presario consumer computers. The mouse motif matches new PCs from Gateway and Hewlett-Packard. Logitech on Monday debuted a new line of sleek, curvy...
[September 24, 2002, 11:27]
800MHz Athlon Storms CES
News Compaq, for example, will offer the 800MHz Athlon in its Presario 5900Z PC line. The company has already begun taking orders on the Presario 5900Z-800. The chip will be available immediately in PCs from manufacturers including Compaq Computer and IBM.
[January 6, 2000, 9:53]
Intel Reaches 1GHz Mark
News Compaq Computer will start taking orders on 1GHz Athlon-based 5900Z Presario PCs on Thursday. For them, reaching the gigahertz mark will mean more powerful, lower priced chips for midrange PCs as Intel and AMD cut prices on their older chips to...
[March 8, 2000, 13:18]
