Laptop unit sales have been better than the dire predictions, but buyers are clearly choosing cheap notebooks. Lately HP has been making good use of its Compaq brand to meet this demand for budget ...

Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features and blog posts. He writes CNET's popular Cheapskate blog and co-hosts Protocol 1: A Travelers Podcast (about the TV show ...

Hewlett-Packard Co. is recalling about 15,700 H-P and Compaq notebook computer batteries worldwide for a burn and fire hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday. H-P has ...

We know, we know. A lot of you don’t like projects that consist of gutting a vintage computer (or anything else, for that matter) and replacing its internals with modern electronics. But can you ...

Compaq Computer and IBM are introducing laptop computers with built-in wireless access that allows users to connect to a corporate network. The rivals plan to introduce the machines today, following ...

The Compaq Presario line of laptops has been in production since the 1990s, and continues to be a strong seller in the consumer marketplace. As with any computer, a Presario's service life can be ...

The annual back-to-school shopping trip is just around the corner. Load the family in the mini-van, drive over to your local Walmart, and watch as your shopping cart fills with new clothes, shoes, ...

Houston teachers soon will be getting their own laptop computers from Compaq Computer Corp., a hometown vendor. The Houston school district will purchase some 15,000 Compaq laptops in an exclusive ...

Over the years I have used HP & Compaq laptops and have realized that the only support out there is those provided by general hardware websites and HP/Compaq's 'great' offshore support. <BR><BR>Unlike ...

Even with the old hard drive plugged back in I'm getting this error during POST.<P>I reset the BIOS settings back to default. There is no option to adjust the drive ...