Compaq

Compaq is an American personal computer company that was founded by Rod Canion, Jim Harris and Bill Murto, in 1982. The name of the company is an acronym of Compatibility and Quality, qualities that the company claims to imbibe in all its products. Compaq is now owned by Hewlett-Packard. The offerings from HP include fax machines, copiers, scanners, handheld devices, monitors, projectors, etc. HP offers desktops, notebooks and tablet PCs for businesses, apart from offering similar products for use at home, in the public, health and education sectors.

The product offerings from Compaq include desktops, notebooks and monitors. The range of Compaq Personal Computing products includes the Compaq Portable, Compaq Deskpro, Compaq LTE, Compaq Presario, Compaq ProLinea, Compaq ProLiant and Compaq Armada, among others. The Compaq Desktop series includes products such as the Compaq Presario SR2100 PC series, which packs in powerful performance in sleek packaging and the Compaq Presario SR5000 PC series, which can be used both at home and the office. The Compaq notebook series includes the Compaq Presario F500 Notebook PC series and Compaq Presario C500 Notebook PC series, which are capable of handling normal computing needs coupled with the advantage of complete mobility. The Compaq Presario V6200 Notebook PC series is a high performance notebook from Compaq that features dual core mobile technology from Intel or AMD, integrated WiFi connectivity and a long battery life.