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This move enabled HP to enter the plotter market, the precursor to its leading role in the printer business. [4] In 1989, HP purchased Apollo Computer for US$476 million, [5] [6] enabling HP to become the largest supplier of computer workstations. [5] In 1995, the company bought another computer manufacturer, Convex Computer, for $150 million. [7]
However, the HP EliteBook line became the top of the business notebook lineup while the HP Compaq B series became its middle business line. [132] As of early 2009, the "HP ProBook" filled out HP's low end business lineup. [133] An HP Compaq laptop. In 2009, HP sold part of Compaq's former headquarters to the Lone Star College System. [134]
In 2002, Hewlett-Packard (HP) purchased Compaq. [109] Compaq itself had bought Tandem Computers in 1997 (which had been started by ex-HP employees), and Digital Equipment Corporation in 1998. [110] [111] Following this strategy HP became a major player in desktops, laptops, and servers for many different markets. The buyout made HP the world's ...
Compaq struggled as a result of the merger with DEC, [77] and was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2002. Compaq, and later HP, continued to sell many of the former DEC products but re-branded with their own logos. For example, HP now sells what were formerly DEC's StorageWorks disk/tape products, [79] as a result of the Compaq acquisition.
Compaq Presario 425 all-in-one (1993) In September 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 three models: the all-in-one 400 series, the horizontal desktop 600 series, and the tower-based 800 series.
That was in addition to the $8 billion impairment related to HP's 2008 acquisition of EDS and the $3.3 billion in restructuring charges from the 2010 purchase of Palm while it was on its deathbed.
HP Brasil Indústria e Comércio de Equipamentos Eletrônicos Ltda.-Branch 3 (Porto Alegre) Nur do Brasil Ltda Palm Comércio de Aparelhos Eletrônicos Ltda. Simpress British Virgin Islands: AOME Holdings Ltd. Bulgaria: HP Inc Bulgaria EOOD Canada: HP Canada Co. / HP Canada Cie Teradici Cayman Islands: Compaq Cayman Holdings Company
HP Compaq d325 [31] Nvidia nForce 2: AMD Athlon XP: Socket A Nvidia GeForce4 MX Nvidia GeForce4 MX440-8x DDR, 2 2 GB MT, SFF Q3 2003 HP Compaq d330 [32] Intel 865G: Intel Pentium 4: Socket 478 Intel Extreme Graphics 2 Nvidia Quadro4 100NVS AGP Nvidia Quadro4 100NVS PCI Nvidia GeForce4 MX440-8x DDR, 4 4 GB DT, MT, SFF May 21, 2003 [33] HP Compaq ...