Compaq Web Advisory: Compaq Deskpro Family Takes Top Industry Honors.

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 1998--Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE:CPQ), closing out its most successful year for its Deskpro Family of commercial desktop PCs, has received this year 20 awards from industry-leading publications in such categories as best power computer, best managed computer, and best price/performance, as well as several overall excellence awards. These include:

-- Two "PC Magazine" "Editor's Choice" awards. The Deskpro EN Series

was recognized as the high-end corporate system of choice:

"nearly ideal for any office LAN -- vast, large or small."

-- "Windows Magazine's" "Desktop Reference System." The Deskpro EP

Series will be used to measure all other reviewed products for

the next six months: "a great choice for the enterprise...a

powerful, flexible and manageable system that's built to last."

-- "Windows Magazine's" "WinList." The Deskpro EN Series and Deskpro

EP Series made the WinList. The Deskpro EN Series was called "the

new NT system to beat for the enterprise."

-- The "PC World" "Top 5 Best Buy" award. The Deskpro EP Series is

"one of the few corporate PCs...to include both a network

interface card and a 56-kbps modem."

-- The "Government Computer News" "Best Buy" and "Bang for the Buck"

award: "Wow Again! The Deskpro EN improved on Compaq's older PC

lines."

-- The "VARBusiness" Top 100 Products -- "Best Desktop Line" award:

"(The) newest Deskpro models deliver some of the highest levels

of processor performance available in a desktop."

For more information and a complete list of awards see Compaq's web site at www.compaq.com/products/desktops/awards.html.

Company Background: Founded in 1982, Compaq is a Fortune Global 100 company. It is the second largest computer company in the world and the largest global supplier of personal computers. To contact a reseller or for more corporate information, see www.compaq.com.

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