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To: tejek who wrote (117028)	6/21/2000 9:31:00 PM
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Compaq's colorful 'back-to-school' PCs-Wednesday June 21 05:15 PM EDT By Staff, ZDNet News In a major revamp of the venerable Presario line, Compaq offers PCs with changeable colors and easy upgrades. Sounding more like a stationery store than a computer company, Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE:CPQ - news) on Wednesday unveiled "back-to-school" PCs whose colors can be changed after purchase. Borrowing a page from Apple Computer Inc.'s (Nasdaq:AAPL - news) iMac, Compaq said it will offer buyers a choice of up to six colors when they purchase Presario 5000 and 7000 series desktop computers. ? Virus Alerts & Solutions ? Special FREE Software ? Beginner's Guide to MP3 ? Hardware Quick Start Guides for Beginners In a press release, Compaq said the Presario 5000 starts at $649 and features Celeron and Pentium III processors and USB ports. Also included are a CD-RW drive and 40X max CD-ROM drive, along with a DVD-ROM drive on some models. The Presario 7000, which starts at $960, adds two IEEE 1394 ports, a Sound Blaster PCI audio card, AMD Athlon processors and a 16-megabit NVidia TNT2 graphics card. Several models are available immediately, with others to ship throughout the back-to-school season. In other announcements, Compaq unveiled: The Presario 1400 Series notebook, which includes a hot-swappable drive bay for exchanging floppy, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM or CD-RW drives. The system starts at $1,499. The 1800 series, which includes a 750 MHz Pentium III processor, 30-gigabit hard drive and high-speed Internet access. The 1800 Series starts at $1,899. A trio of monitors and the IJ600 color inkjet printer. In addition to an array of colors, the new Presarios feature easy upgrades, access to the customizable My Presario Activity Center Web site, and a choice of Internet service providers. The company said it was the most significant redesign of the flagship Presario line since 1996. Buyers will be able to change the color of their PCs with a free "snap-on MyStyle Accent Color Kit," which includes a front panel, keyboard insert and speaker grills, according to Compaq. The PC colors are Smokey Quartz, Emerald Green, Ruby Red, Amber Orange, Sapphire Blue and Amethyst Purple. Speak your mind Discuss this story with other people. [Start a Conversation] (Requires Yahoo! Messenger) The machines owe another design debt to Apple. The Presarios feature pop-off panels that provide easy access to memory, PCI slots and the hard drive. In addition, the machines provide a "screwless" rail design that allows easy swapping of storage devices. An e-mail waiting light on the keyboard will notify users when new mail arrives. Firewire with Athlon's Gotta love it. Milo dailynews.yahoo.com