Word: compaq
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What's more, Cyrix's new MediaGX chips began to integrate most of the motherboard components and the CPPU on a single chip. System integrators such as Compaq have responded by designing systems around these chips that require much less engineering and electronic assembly, slashing prices to levels unheard-of a year...
...ultraportable subnotebooks, including the Compaq Contura Aero and the Toshiba Portege, had some limited success. But most of these models had to make too many compromises in order to fit into a small, efficient package...
...already sold my Compaq and moved up to an eMate. Look for me in class sometime, still typing even as your batteries have...
...technology stocks and other hot names such as Nike or Starbucks, where robust earnings are critical to supporting the stock price. Intel seems to have a whisper number in most quarters. There's been one for Microsoft, Netscape and Cisco Systems. Strong candidates this quarter are Dell and Compaq. How do you get the whisper? You don't. Only elite investors get their lobes tickled. The rest of us get the kind of ear nuzzle that Mike Tyson put on Evander Holyfield...
...Compaq, which sells to individuals and businesses mainly through traditional computer retailers and sales offices, is on a similar growth curve. Compaq had 1996 revenues of $18.2 billion, more than triple its annual revenues just four years earlier. The industry's next wave of growth is being propelled by falling prices that put the cost of a machine closer to that of a household appliance. Houston-based Compaq introduced its Presario 2100 for $999 in February. Others have low-priced PCs too. Now the industry is bracing for a quantum leap in demand as people who previously couldn't afford...