Compaq Co-Sponsors Windows 95 World Tour From May through July, 12 Cities and 36,000 participants targeted.HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 1995--Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CPQ CPQ Compaq CPQ Conseil du Patronat du Québec (Canada) CPQ Configure-Price-Quote CPQ Conseil de Presse du Québec (Québec Press Council, Canada) CPQ Companion Parrot Quarterly ), Microsoft's lead system partner for Windows 95, today announced in conjunction with Microsoft, its sponsorship of the Windows 95 World Tour of 12 North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. cities, designed to answer the question "How will your day be different with Windows 95?" Compaq's co-sponsorship of the Windows 95 World Tour of 12 North American cities is a result of the Compaq/Microsoft Frontline Partnership between the two industry leaders, begun in April 1994, and the Compaq/Microsoft Joint Marketing Plan, announced in February 1995, that positions the two companies as the lead partner for each other's products. Audiences of up to 3,000 consumers and corporate PC users are expected in each of the Compaq-sponsored cities of Louisville (5/10), New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of (5/15), Dallas (5/22), Houston (5/23), Columbus (5/31), Detroit (6/1), Seattle (6/4), Toronto (6/5), Anaheim (6/19), Pasadena (6/29), St. Louis (7/11) and San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. (7/24). Participants will sample a typical day showing Windows 95 in operation in the workplace, on the road and at home with Compaq PCs. A Compaq PC will be given away in each city, pre-loaded with a preview version of Windows 95. "Compaq PCs with industry-leading Plug & Play functionality, Intelligent Manageability and Windows 95 pre-installed advances the PC standard, making Compaq PCs easier to use, more powerful, and an investment which lowers the total cost of ownership," said John T. Rose, Senior Vice President of Compaq's Desktop PC Division. "The powerful, 32-bit, preemptive multitasking A multitasking method that shares processing time with all running programs. Preemptive multitasking creates a time-shared environment in which running programs receive a recurring slice of time from the CPU. features of Windows 95 will allow Compaq to provide the performance required by even our most demanding customers while its new, intuitive interface (with document-centric capabilities, long filenames and shortcuts See Win Shortcuts. ) will improve productivity. And Windows 95 maintains compatibility with most customers' existing Windows and DOS operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , software and hardware peripherals." The Compaq LTE The Compaq LTE was a line of laptop computers made by Compaq, introduced in 1989. The first models, the Compaq LTE and the Compaq LTE 286, were among the first computers to be the size of a paper notebook, spurring the use of the term "notebook" to describe a smaller laptop. Elites will be used to demonstrate the effortless removal and replacement of a notebook in and out of a SmartStation desktop expansion base ("hot docking The ability to place a laptop computer into its docking station without having to turn it off first. After insertion, all the peripheral devices attached to the docking station are active. See hot swap. "), without the need to turn the base or notebook on or off, as well as other Plug and Play benefits such as auto configuration of peripheral devices (monitor, keyboard, mouse). The ROM BIOS for Plug and Play was written by Compaq and dynamically changes hardware configurations when options are added or removed. Compaq notebook and desktop products also were the first to ship with Plug and Play support. In addition, the Elites will be used to show specific Windows 95 benefits for mobile computing such as file synchronization, remote networking and deferred printing and FAXing. A Pentium-based Compaq Presario home PC with a CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). and sound card will be used to show how fast and enriching Internet access, multimedia and games are using Windows 95. The Windows 95 World Tour of 12 North American cities will be promoted by direct mail to user group members, through advertisements, and by distribution of literature via the Compaq and Microsoft field sales staffs. The Windows 95 World Tour will continue in the fall with Compaq planning to sponsor events throughout Europe. Microsoft has been developing and testing Windows 95 on Compaq PCs for more than 18 months. Compaq has spent thousands of hours testing Windows 95 on Compaq PCs for compatibility and quality, and in order to provide the smoothest possible transition for its customers. Compaq Background 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/. is the world's largest supplier of personal computers, offering desktop PCs, portable PCs, and servers. Founded in 1982, the company reported 1994 worldwide sales of $10.9 billion. Compaq products are sold and supported in more than 100 countries through a network of more than 38,000 Compaq marketing partners. Compaq also sells products directly to customers through Compaq Direct Plus at 1-800-888-5858. Compaq provides 24-hour customer support and can be reached through the Compaq forums on America Online, CompuServe, Internet (http://www.compaq.com), and Prodigy, or by calling 1- 800-345-1518. -0- Compaq, Registered U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Compaq Computer Corporation Debra Globe, Yvonne Donaldson, John Sweney, Mike Berman, Nora Hahn, Hedy Baker, Jerele Neeld, Brian Temple, Rebecca Nahas, Janet Dean 713/374-0484 or Miller Communications Donna Ruane, Jessen Wehrwein 617-536-0470 |
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