The Decline of Compaq...What Happened?

The Decline of Compaq. Compaq was a well-known personal computing company established in the early 1980s. The company was founded by Rod Canion, Bill Murto, and Jim Harris in 1982, in Houston, Texas.

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Companies related to Compaq: HP, IBM, DELL.
First ever notebook Compaq SLT/286 (1988).

[Nedula]

i saw a compaq laptop once, in 2002 or 3. Computer class in middle school, a vietnamese kid had it with spiked gelled hair. I wonder where he is these days

[amelieviennot]

Compaq was one of the first in the computer game

[johncocktoasten]

Compaq servers were way ahead of everybody else. The ProLiant series ran circles around the competition. Their worst move was the Digital Equipment, it drained the company. HP's acquisition killed off a powerhouse.

[nwmusic]

Microsoft wasn’t a competitor to Compaq…

[entropy_of_principles]

....without talkin' too much is very simple and is quite a "disease" (still) today, is about greedin' or "savin' " money or whatever is called is same thing..😅😅😅

[me-cqwv]

HP f it up after they bought it over. SIMPLE I worked for them Compaq and DEC