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Compaq Presario
Presario is a discontinued line of consumer-oriented personal computers originally produced by Compaq and later by Hewlett-Packard following the 2002 merger. Introduced in 1993, Compaq has used the name for desktops, laptops, all-in-ones and monitors for home and home office use.
After acquiring Compaq in 2002, HP sold both HP- and Compaq-branded machines under the Pavilion and Presario names respectively from 2002 to 2013.
On August 26, 1993, Compaq introduced the Compaq Presario brand of IBM PC compatible computers as the company's first foray into the retail computer market with the release of the all-in-one 400 series, which later expanded with the horizontal desktop 600 series and the tower-based 800 series in November 1993. They became one of the first manufacturers of the 1990s to market a sub-$1000 computer, as well as the first major computer manufacturer to utilize CPUs from AMD (which began supplying CPUs to Compaq in early 1994) and Cyrix in order to maintain the prices they wanted.
The Presario brand has gone through a number of iterations over the years, with five generations (or "Series") of computers being produced by Compaq prior to its acquisition by HP in 2002. These generations included new computer models at the time of introduction, used several different design changes to the desktop and tower cases for each series of computers, utilized many generations of Intel and AMD processors (with Cyrix processors being offered up until the mid-to-late 1990s), and introduced newer hardware at the time of each generation. In the mid-1990s, Compaq began manufacturing PC monitors under the Presario brand to complement other monitors that were made by Compaq at that time. From 1993 to 1998, a series of all-in-one units, containing both the PC and the monitor in the same case, were also released. The first laptop and notebook computers in the Presario family came to the market in 1996.
In May 2002, Hewlett-Packard (HP), a former information technology company known for their line of personal computers such as the Pavilion among others, acquired Compaq that year. At this time, the Presario brand name would be repurposed for a line of low-end home desktops and laptops made by HP under the Compaq brand name as part of HP's strategy to use the Compaq brand for its consumer and budget-oriented products, being sold concurrently with HP's other products. The Presario line of laptops meanwhile replaced the then-discontinued OmniBook line of business notebooks around that same year (with the brand name being reintroduced 22 years later as a line of consumer-oriented laptops with AI technology as part of HP's restructuring of its consumer products in 2024). The Presario line of computers would continue to be produced for a few more years up until the Compaq brand name was discontinued by HP in 2013.
Over five generations of computers produced by Compaq under the Compaq Presario brand were made before the company was acquired by HP in 2002. These generations are also known as "Series".
The Compaq Presario brand was introduced with the launch of a singular model, the Compaq Presario 425 computer (as part of the 400 series) on August 26, 1993, with the 600 and 800 series later coming to the market on November 1993. Designed for ease-of-use, the first computers of the Presario brand included i486 processors from either Intel, AMD, or Cyrix, 4–8 MB of RAM, onboard video display controllers, 200–340 MB hard disk drives, a floppy disk drive, and a built-in V.32 modem. These models came shipped with MS-DOS 6.x and Windows 3.1x preinstalled, with additional software included such as TabWorks. The 400 series came with a built-in 14-inch (36 cm) cathode ray tube (CRT) display, while the 600 and 800 series came with an additional configuration known as the "CDS", which includes a CD-ROM drive and an additional Sound Blaster 16 sound card as standard, in addition to all of the features of their non-CDS counterparts.
These computers were superseded by the next series of computers that were introduced in the Presario brand in 1994, and these computers became part of the first generation of Presario computers otherwise known as "Series 1", which were produced from 1993 to 1996.
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Compaq Presario
Presario is a discontinued line of consumer-oriented personal computers originally produced by Compaq and later by Hewlett-Packard following the 2002 merger. Introduced in 1993, Compaq has used the name for desktops, laptops, all-in-ones and monitors for home and home office use.
After acquiring Compaq in 2002, HP sold both HP- and Compaq-branded machines under the Pavilion and Presario names respectively from 2002 to 2013.
On August 26, 1993, Compaq introduced the Compaq Presario brand of IBM PC compatible computers as the company's first foray into the retail computer market with the release of the all-in-one 400 series, which later expanded with the horizontal desktop 600 series and the tower-based 800 series in November 1993. They became one of the first manufacturers of the 1990s to market a sub-$1000 computer, as well as the first major computer manufacturer to utilize CPUs from AMD (which began supplying CPUs to Compaq in early 1994) and Cyrix in order to maintain the prices they wanted.
The Presario brand has gone through a number of iterations over the years, with five generations (or "Series") of computers being produced by Compaq prior to its acquisition by HP in 2002. These generations included new computer models at the time of introduction, used several different design changes to the desktop and tower cases for each series of computers, utilized many generations of Intel and AMD processors (with Cyrix processors being offered up until the mid-to-late 1990s), and introduced newer hardware at the time of each generation. In the mid-1990s, Compaq began manufacturing PC monitors under the Presario brand to complement other monitors that were made by Compaq at that time. From 1993 to 1998, a series of all-in-one units, containing both the PC and the monitor in the same case, were also released. The first laptop and notebook computers in the Presario family came to the market in 1996.
In May 2002, Hewlett-Packard (HP), a former information technology company known for their line of personal computers such as the Pavilion among others, acquired Compaq that year. At this time, the Presario brand name would be repurposed for a line of low-end home desktops and laptops made by HP under the Compaq brand name as part of HP's strategy to use the Compaq brand for its consumer and budget-oriented products, being sold concurrently with HP's other products. The Presario line of laptops meanwhile replaced the then-discontinued OmniBook line of business notebooks around that same year (with the brand name being reintroduced 22 years later as a line of consumer-oriented laptops with AI technology as part of HP's restructuring of its consumer products in 2024). The Presario line of computers would continue to be produced for a few more years up until the Compaq brand name was discontinued by HP in 2013.
Over five generations of computers produced by Compaq under the Compaq Presario brand were made before the company was acquired by HP in 2002. These generations are also known as "Series".
The Compaq Presario brand was introduced with the launch of a singular model, the Compaq Presario 425 computer (as part of the 400 series) on August 26, 1993, with the 600 and 800 series later coming to the market on November 1993. Designed for ease-of-use, the first computers of the Presario brand included i486 processors from either Intel, AMD, or Cyrix, 4–8 MB of RAM, onboard video display controllers, 200–340 MB hard disk drives, a floppy disk drive, and a built-in V.32 modem. These models came shipped with MS-DOS 6.x and Windows 3.1x preinstalled, with additional software included such as TabWorks. The 400 series came with a built-in 14-inch (36 cm) cathode ray tube (CRT) display, while the 600 and 800 series came with an additional configuration known as the "CDS", which includes a CD-ROM drive and an additional Sound Blaster 16 sound card as standard, in addition to all of the features of their non-CDS counterparts.
These computers were superseded by the next series of computers that were introduced in the Presario brand in 1994, and these computers became part of the first generation of Presario computers otherwise known as "Series 1", which were produced from 1993 to 1996.
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