I wonder if they will call it Compaq
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Compaq were built like tanks. Trust me, I did service work on corp PCs from 1985 to about 2000, well before HP bought Compaq. I was fixing IBM PCs far more often than Compaqs. We were shipping more Compaqs than IBMs at the time too so it wasn't market share making that difference for us.
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Dave KreskowiakThen again I suppose I only worked on em after 2000 really hard core in about 2005 so I might have a bad impression of them. But if it was not an HP it was a friggin Compaq. My parents have had a string of them that were nothing but trouble
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Compaq were built like tanks. Trust me, I did service work on corp PCs from 1985 to about 2000, well before HP bought Compaq. I was fixing IBM PCs far more often than Compaqs. We were shipping more Compaqs than IBMs at the time too so it wasn't market share making that difference for us.
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Dave KreskowiakDave Kreskowiak wrote:
Compaq were built like tanks.
I encountered a few around 1986 and that was the consensus, too.
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Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
from 1985 to about 2000
Bloody hell 15 years in service, my hat ascends. I have zero knowledge of hardware and therefore am really impressed by your perseverance. 1986-1990 I was selling Compaqs and yeah they were robust and by far the most reliable machines. Really pissed me off when HP killed the brand.
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1986 did they have little dinosaurs in them and did you say yabba dabba do? And get mad when you got locked out by the dog;P That was well before my time all I know about is what I get from playing with relics and the old guys telling horror stories. GASP booting from a cassette tape, no internal hard drive? No 3d graphics, limited interwebz how did ya'll live?
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1986 did they have little dinosaurs in them and did you say yabba dabba do? And get mad when you got locked out by the dog;P That was well before my time all I know about is what I get from playing with relics and the old guys telling horror stories. GASP booting from a cassette tape, no internal hard drive? No 3d graphics, limited interwebz how did ya'll live?
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HP want to spin off their PC business[^]. Now that would be irony, if they called the spin off Compaq. I liked Compaq, they did an excellent job with quality and innovation, it was a sad day when HP killed them. A great brand was lost.
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How about Hewlett Craphard ;P
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HP want to spin off their PC business[^]. Now that would be irony, if they called the spin off Compaq. I liked Compaq, they did an excellent job with quality and innovation, it was a sad day when HP killed them. A great brand was lost.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
I am quite suprised they are spinning off their whole PC Business, HP/Compaq is a trusted brand when it comes to Office PC's and Servers. Prehaps they are just spinning off their Retail PC Operation, I suspect not much money is made there as there is less Brand Recognition, people are more inclined to choose the likes of Advent, Sony or Dell if they are in PC World or Currys..
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prdshukla wrote:
its a sorry state of affair
prdshukla wrote:
decided to cut it off...for good hopefully...
Sorry, but not sure what you mean.
I was HollyHooo but got tired of it and Sebastien was taken.
I meant its heartening to see a PC giant moving away from its primary business... But as an organization...you may have to make such calls to keep the balance sheet in green..
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HP want to spin off their PC business[^]. Now that would be irony, if they called the spin off Compaq. I liked Compaq, they did an excellent job with quality and innovation, it was a sad day when HP killed them. A great brand was lost.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
I loved Compaq, I had a machine in the late 90's, early, 00's. Powerful, never an issue, the think was useful far beyond its life expectancy.
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I meant its heartening to see a PC giant moving away from its primary business... But as an organization...you may have to make such calls to keep the balance sheet in green..
Ok. I did not downvote you by the way.
I was HollyHooo but got tired of it and Sebastien was taken.
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Kyle Sponable wrote:
did they have little dinosaurs in them
That just shows how much you know. They were big dinosaurs!
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Yes that is true, hey I can't help it they were made before I was born. :-p and I don't speak dino very well