Word: compaq
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...however, isn't neccessarily the best place to buy a complete computer system. They sell only systems from top companies like Dell and Compaq; as a result, their prices on PC desktops and notebooks tend to relatively high. On the other hand, their prices on Apple Macintosh systems tend to be quite competitive with other retailers...
...national chain CompUSA has an outlet nearby (Corner of N. Beacon and Market St., Brighton), but I would steer clear if you're looking for quality systems. CompUSA's prices are rock-bottom, but the machines they sell--IBM Aptivas, Compaq Presarios, and Packard Bells--are all designed for the home market, not a college dorm. These computers may seem like good deals in the short-run, but you may have problems expanding them in the long term...
...that raw computing power was growing and the price dropping so quickly that one day every office and home in America would have a computer. With his partner L.J. Sevin, he helped launch Silicon Valley legends such as Lotus Development, Cypress Semiconductor, Borland International and an outfit called Compaq, the world's largest personal-computer maker. He's still chairman. "My brother has done pretty well for himself," says Harold with a smile. Little brother is worth about $100 million...
...attractive to computer makers, although most would prefer to add TV reception to their PC lines than get into the TV business. Direct-mail giant Gateway 2000 is already selling Destination, a $3,500-to-$4,500 hybrid TV-PC. NetTV, Inc. introduced its competing WorldVision in March, and Compaq and RCA are expected to follow suit early next year...
...William and Rhonda Smith to face the wrath of shareholders who sued the company in December over the slump in price. Investors who initially paid $7 a share in 1993 for Golden Systems, a Simi Valley, California, maker of electric-current converters for personal computers, fared even worse when Compaq Computer, the firm's biggest customer, twice rejected shipments last year because of quality-control problems. The stock virtually ceased trading in January, at 37 1/2¢ a share...