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However, the HP EliteBook line became the top of the business notebook lineup while the HP Compaq B series became its middle business line. [132] As of early 2009, the "HP ProBook" filled out HP's low end business lineup. [133] An HP Compaq laptop. In 2009, HP sold part of Compaq's former headquarters to the Lone Star College System. [134]
Dock/Base: The HP xb3000 Notebook Expansion Base was designed for use with this system. It uses the proprietary PCI expansion port 3 docking station port. The HP Notebook QuickDock is also available for this laptop, connected via the same docking station port.
This BIOS enabled OEMs to build essentially fully compatible clones without having to reverse-engineer the IBM PC BIOS themselves, as Compaq had done for the Portable; it also helped fuel the growth in the PC-compatibles industry and sales of non-IBM versions of DOS. [69] The first American Megatrends (AMI) BIOS was released in 1986.
In November 2007, HP released a BIOS update covering a wide range of laptops with the intent to speed up the computer fan and have it run constantly while the computer was on or off [154] to prevent the overheating of defective Nvidia graphics processing units (GPUs) that had been shipped to many of the original equipment manufacturers ...
The LTE 5000 series was the debut of Intel's multimedia-oriented Pentium processor in a Compaq laptop; as well, it was Compaq's first laptop with built-in 16-bit audio synthesis and playback (beyond the PC speaker); hardware acceleration for video; and an infrared port for communicating with PDAs. [14]
The LTE Elite was the first notebook-sized laptop to house the AC adapter inside the case itself, eliminating the need to carry an external power brick. The LTE Elite line was replaced by the LTE 5000 series in 1995. [2] Compaq ceased manufacturing the LTE Elite line in March 1996. [3]
HP EliteBook is a line of business-oriented laptop computers made by Hewlett-Packard (), [1] marketed as a high-end line positioned above the ProBook series. [2] The line was introduced in August 2008 [3] [4] as a replacement of the HP Compaq line of business laptops, and initially included mobile workstations until September 2013, when they were rebranded as HP ZBook.
The Compaq Portable has basically the same off-the-self hardware as an IBM PC, transplanted into a luggable case (specifically designed to fit as carry-on luggage on an airplane), with Compaq's BIOS instead of IBM's. [2] All Portables shipped with 128k of RAM and 1-2 double-sided double-density 360 KB disk drives.