PC vendor Maingear is turning back the clock with a custom desktop that channels the 1990s. The Retro95 is styled after ...

If you can accept a couple of missing features and a squeaky keyboard, the entry-level Compaq Presario CQ62-225nr may win you over with its pleasing design, quiet operation, respectable ...

Compaq sold off its printer division to Xerox for a mere $50 million in 1994. Compaq Presario CDS 524 (above) and Compaq Presario 2240 (below): a showcase of a typical home computer from the 1990s.

Connect your Compaq Presario desktop or laptop computer to a TV using one of several methods. Older Presario desktops and laptops have a VGA or s-video output. Newer Presario desktops use a DVI ...

Compaq's R3000 series of laptops offers several AMD and Intel processor choices and a host of configuration options making it a lineup of notebooks suitable for all types of users.

In 1981, engineer Rod Canion left Texas Instruments and co-founded Compaq, which created the first IBM-compatible personal computer. This opened the door to an entire industry of PCs that could ...

The debut Compaq machine made waves as a capable and relatively inexpensive alternative to IBM's official Personal Computer—and it did it all in a portable package the size of a large suitcase.

Although we know the outcome, “Silicon Cowboys” feels like a suspense thriller. This documentary, directed by Berkeley’s Jason Cohen, recounts how Compaq took on behemoth IBM in a battle for ...

Jalopnik visited McLaren recently, and discovered another special aspect to the F1: a 20-year-old laptop. McLaren is still servicing the existing 100 F1s with a Compaq laptop from the early ‘90s.