How non-standard is Compaq?

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There is a sale on a new Celeron equipped Compaq in today's newspaper that
interests me. But I have heard that Compaq used to do some pretty
non-standard stuff. Is that still true? For example, if either the disk
drive or monitor were non-standard I would immediately lose interest in this
machine. Some things I could live with, such as a non-standard power supply
or even a mouse. With a bad power supply I would discard the system; and
how bad could it be to buy a new Compaq mouse?

 

[hh]

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq (More info?)

No longer. That was years ago. Presarios are no more proprietary than most
other PCs (Dell, Gateway, etc.) today.
HH

"kevin collins" <kevcollins@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:MzH_c.134284$mD.40377@attbi_s02...
> There is a sale on a new Celeron equipped Compaq in today's newspaper that
> interests me. But I have heard that Compaq used to do some pretty
> non-standard stuff. Is that still true? For example, if either the disk
> drive or monitor were non-standard I would immediately lose interest in
this
> machine. Some things I could live with, such as a non-standard power
supply
> or even a mouse. With a bad power supply I would discard the system; and
> how bad could it be to buy a new Compaq mouse?
>
>

 

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Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq (More info?)

I know the 5000 series were non-standard as hell,I got stuck with a 5423US
that was loaded with proprietary components.Hope they've gotten a lot
better.
"HH" <hahunt42@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:t3K_c.231$KQ5.32@fe25.usenetserver.com...
> No longer. That was years ago. Presarios are no more proprietary than most
> other PCs (Dell, Gateway, etc.) today.
> HH
>
> "kevin collins" <kevcollins@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:MzH_c.134284$mD.40377@attbi_s02...
> > There is a sale on a new Celeron equipped Compaq in today's newspaper
that
> > interests me. But I have heard that Compaq used to do some pretty
> > non-standard stuff. Is that still true? For example, if either the
disk
> > drive or monitor were non-standard I would immediately lose interest in
> this
> > machine. Some things I could live with, such as a non-standard power
> supply
> > or even a mouse. With a bad power supply I would discard the system;
and
> > how bad could it be to buy a new Compaq mouse?
> >
> >
>
>
>

 

[hh]

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq (More info?)

That series came out 2 1/2 years ago (Jan 2002) Many changes since then. The
only thing proprietary in my S5200CL (Sept 2003) is the front panel
connector to the motherboard. It uses a standard Asus A7N8X-LA motherboard,
standard memory, drives, etc.
HH

"Gojira" <nospam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:BzQ_c.1369$Gi5.711@trndny05...
> I know the 5000 series were non-standard as hell,I got stuck with a 5423US
> that was loaded with proprietary components.Hope they've gotten a lot
> better.
> "HH" <hahunt42@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:t3K_c.231$KQ5.32@fe25.usenetserver.com...
> > No longer. That was years ago. Presarios are no more proprietary than
most
> > other PCs (Dell, Gateway, etc.) today.
> > HH
> >
> > "kevin collins" <kevcollins@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:MzH_c.134284$mD.40377@attbi_s02...
> > > There is a sale on a new Celeron equipped Compaq in today's newspaper
> that
> > > interests me. But I have heard that Compaq used to do some pretty
> > > non-standard stuff. Is that still true? For example, if either the
> disk
> > > drive or monitor were non-standard I would immediately lose interest
in
> > this
> > > machine. Some things I could live with, such as a non-standard power
> > supply
> > > or even a mouse. With a bad power supply I would discard the system;
> and
> > > how bad could it be to buy a new Compaq mouse?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>