Remember COMPAQ? – Where Are They Now

What happened to major computer manufacturers of yesteryear like Packard Bell, Compaq, and Gateway?

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[hisshame]

Linus: "Starting with one of the industries oldest heavy hitters..."
Me: "Compaq."
Linus: "Tandy."
Me: *Double checks video title*

[Alphax]

Oh man, you're making me feel old. I remember alll these.

[mvl]

I've got an _Accredited Compaq Technician_ certificate somewhere.

That's got to be at least 20 years old now... [sigh] I'm getting old.

[hammrhad]

Watched this entire video on a more than a decade old compaq presario cq40.

[dy]

Linus: "Where are IBM laptops?"
Me: Lenovo.

[Gofr]

Man I remember seeing all those brand PCs as a kid. Feelsold man.

[tarikkaramehmedovic]

Linus: Remember COMPAQ? – Where Are They Now
Me: well apparently my school bought them

[davidfuller]

"where are they now?"
part of HP.

[shreysaini]

I still have my Compaq pc from 2009, and it's still working fine, it Originally had windows xp, then windows 7 ultimate and now it has windows 10.

[heyspookyboogie]

I LOVED my compaq laptop. The screen was gorgeous, and while the trackpad was horrible, and it was the only laptop I ever had whos hinge snapped in half, I love the front facing speaker design when it’s closed, the IO, and it was just generally great for the price.

[TrollFaceTheMan]

"Compaq became known for unexceptional, poor quality..."

Trust me I know that one all too well... Bought a Compaq laptop awhile back and not even a few months later the screen data ribbon went bad.

Paid a lot of extra money for a warranty from them that was 'Supposed to cover everything!!' Even and I quote "If you were to accidentally throw your laptop down the stairs..." (Yes that is actually what the rep told me...)

When trying to use said warranty they basically told us to get screwed and that their warranty doesn't cover basically anything...

'Except' blatant manufacturer defects which they said this wasn't (it clearly was) and that It was instead 'User Damage...'

They then tried to sell us a repair for 1, 100 which was 300 more than the laptop was worth. Needless to say I am glad they are gone...

[Gurj]

videos i would like to see:
1. risc-V vs ARM vs x86 instruction set
2. li-fi and what happened to it ?

[katerwhall]

"dude, your getting a dell" those where the days.

[charlestilley]

COMPAQ was last seen by me as Black Friday Walmart specials (budget HP models) a few years back. Gateway (or COMPAQ) could make a great comeback in stores such as Walmart as Ubuntu & Linux Mint PC's. Only Dell carries Linux based notebooks online & one has to look deep to find these, usually in the business section.

[starguard]

At 2:22 I still have my Compaq Presario complete with its whopping 7GB Hard drive, and believe it or not, IT STILL WORKS

[s.baldrick]

My Dad's Presario laptop running Windows ME still boots up fine to this day.

[krieger]

Me: yeah someone is going to tell me about Compaq
Linus: Tandy
Me: hold up

[funkmetal]

It almost felt like a sponsor segway when you started talking about Tandy lol

[neoasura]

You snickering at the fact Sears sold PCs makes me feel old as hell, I remember always combing through the Computer aisles at Sears as a kid, and my family bought their PCs at Sears back then (Packard Bells of course).

[CCharlesHahn]

Gateway may not have been very aggressive with their business offerings, but they were quite aggressive in the education space in the mid to late 90s. I worked for the IT department of the local public school district between '99 and '01, and unboxed/installed hundreds of Gateway desktops in school computer labs. In fact, I've still got some of their promotional materials from the time kicking around in a cabinet. Good memories from my youth!