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With SLP 3.0, OEM SLP keys are no longer used at all. Instead, a tool is used by the OEM to embed a unique key in each computer's BIOS, making consumer versions of Windows 8 and later very difficult to pirate using the SLP insertion technique. [4] In the SLP 3.0 implementations, BIOS report the ACPI MSDM table to the operating system.
The Compaq Deskpro is a line of business-oriented desktop computers manufactured by Compaq, then replaced by the Evo brand in 2001. [1] Models were produced containing microprocessors from the 8086 up to the x86-based Intel Pentium 4. [2] The Deskpro name, in an inverted fashion as "ProDesk", is still in use by HP, which Compaq merged with in 2002.
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]
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.
A few days later, a black notebook of otherwise similar appearance called the "HP Mini 1000" was informally revealed by a banner on the company's store, and officially announced on 29 October 2008. Unlike the 2133, this device is meant for the home market. An upgrade to the 2133, the HP Mini 2140, was announced by HP in January 2009.
After the acquisition of Compaq in 2002, HP maintained the Compaq Presario brand on low-end home desktops and laptops, the HP Compaq brand on business desktops and laptops, and the HP ProLiant brand on Intel-architecture servers. The HP Pavilion brand was used on home entertainment laptops and all home desktops. [146]
HP Compaq tablet PC with rotating/removable keyboard. Microsoft Tablet PC is a term coined by Microsoft for tablet computers conforming to hardware specifications, devised by Microsoft, and announced in 2001 for a pen-enabled personal computer and running a licensed copy of the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition operating system or a derivative thereof.
HP Pavilion dv9000, dv8000, dv5000, dv3000, dv2000, dv1000 series The HP Pavilion dv6000 was a model series of laptops manufactured by Hewlett-Packard Company that featured 15.4" diagonal 16:10 displays.