COMPAQ DELIVERS TWO POWERFUL NEW WIRELESS READY NOTEBOOKS.Compaq Computer Corporation (company) Compaq Computer Corporation - The largest US manufacturer and vendor of IBM PC compatible personal computers and servers. Compaq was started in 1982 by three ex-Texas Instruments employees. Quarterly sales $2499M, profits $210M (Aug 1994). http://compaq.com/. has announced the Presario 2800 and Evo N800 notebooks, two new powerful wireless-ready notebook computers that deliver desktop equivalent performance in sleek, stylish designs. Both the Presario 2800 and Evo N800 take advantage of the powerful new Mobile Intel 1.7 GHz Pentium 4-M processor to conquer the most demanding processor intensive applications without sacrificing the mobility that customers demand. "The Presario 2800 and Evo N800 will be the fastest Compaq notebooks available on the market," said Kevin Frost, vice president, Mobile Products, Compaq's Access Business Group. "The performance of the Pentium 4, coupled with our MultiPort wireless solution allows mobile users the power and freedom to stay connected to their information anytime, anywhere." Originally introduced with the Evo line of notebooks and already recognized as the most innovative wireless solution on the market(1), the MultiPort wireless solution will now be available on a variety of future Compaq Presario Presario is a series of desktop computers and notebooks from Compaq. The Presario family of computers was launched for the consumer marketplace in September 1993. Although HP has since acquired Compaq, the Presario name was not discontinued due to its marketability. and Evo Notebooks. MultiPort provides users the convenience to access the Internet or their enterprise network without cables. Currently available in either an 802.11b or Bluetooth module, MultiPort provides customers with greater performance than traditional wireless PC cards and increased flexibility for upgrading and expanding. Customers are no longer limited by the location of their PC. They now have the power and freedom to stay connected anytime, anywhere. Designed for businesses that demand reliability and stability with leading edge performance, the new Evo N800 packs the power of the new Pentium 4 processors in a slim 1.3" thin design. The Evo N800 includes the most advanced portable product features in the marketplace. Its modular design In the context of systems engineering, modular design — or "modularity in design" — is an approach aiming to subdivide a system into smaller parts (modules) that can be independently created and then used in different systems to drive multiple functionalities. includes MultiPort and MultiBay which provide outstanding flexibility and investment protection, allowing for easy integration of wireless, removable media In computer storage, removable media refers to storage media which can be removed from its reader device, conferring portability on the data it carries. A removable drive is a reader device for such media. , and other performance enhancements. A three-year warranty is also standard on select Evo N800 models. The Evo N800 will feature the latest Mobile Intel Pentium 4-M processors, up to a 60 GB hard drive, choice of up to 15" panels including UXGA (Ultra XGA) A screen resolution of 1600x1200 pixels. See PC display modes.  + resolution, ATI (ATI Technologies Inc., Markham Ontario, http://ati.amd.com) A leading manufacturer of graphics chips and display adapters. Founded in 1985 by K. Y. Ho, Benny Lau and Lee Lau, ATI chips and boards are widely used by OEMs. Mobility Radeon 7500 graphics with up to
64 MB of DDR (Double Data Rate) Refers to an SDRAM memory chip that increases performance by doubling the effective data rate of the frontside bus. For more details, see SDRAM. DDR - Double Data Rate Random Access Memory memory, various optical drives including a DVD/CD-RW combo drive and USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. 2.0 support. The Evo N800 is expected to be available in the second quarter of 2002. |
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