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To: VICTORIA GATE, MD who wrote (49952)	3/6/1998 8:03:00 PM
From: henry tan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

All, Does anyone one think the same ways I did... When I saw CPQ used AMD K6, my instinct tells me CPQ is in kind of trouble, 1. It is likely that CPQ is forced to adopt cheaper components to compete with Dell. The market share is dropping in advance, now CPQ has to lower price to capture lost customers. 2. It may use any components in the PCs if that is cheap enough and can be replaced to save any cost. To compete BTO, the quickest way is to find cheaper supply too. 3. CPQ is not faster enough to sell P II. I saw more co. buy P II from Dell than CPQ. Lots of the buyers/IT were old CPQ customers. These are simply my speculation and they show weakness in CPQ. I don't own CPQ stock, But I used many CPQ computers before. -Henry

To: VICTORIA GATE, MD who wrote (49952)	3/6/1998 9:25:00 PM
From: Maverick	Respond to of 186894

Compaq Presario 4540 uses K6/233 CPU Compaq Computer Corp.: Compaq Presario 4540 March 24, 1998 If any vendor has been generating headlines in the sub-$1,000 PC space, it has been Compaq Computer Corp. This is not surprising, because Compaq was the first serious player in this market, entering just over a year ago with a full lineup of low-cost PCs. The latest entry to the line--the K6/233-powered Compaq Presario 4540 ($999 street)--provides the best package of features and performance, which is why it's our Editors' Choice. The case design is unique to Compaq; the unit can best be described as a micro-mini-tower. Measuring 14 by 7.5 by 11 inches (HWD), the Compaq unit mirrors standard mini-towers in the first two dimensions but cuts approximately 8 inches off the back. The result is a housing that can easily dwell on your desktop without taking it over completely. On the front bezel you'll find an Instant Internet button (just push the button to launch your Web browser), a Sleep button (which puts the machine into low-power suspend mode), and volume control for your speakers. Getting inside the Presario's case is simple enough: Just remove three torque screws from the rear, then slide off the cover. Peer in and you'll notice that there are no internal drive bays (although there is one 5.25-inch front-accessible bay). But if you want to get to the motherboard to upgrade the memory, you'll need to get your screwdriver back out. To upgrade the RAM, you must remove two screws from the vertically mounted motherboard, swing the board out of the case, and then unplug the CD-ROM drive, floppy disk drive, hard disk cables, and power-switch connector. And because there's only one socket for SDRAM, you'll have to toss what's there to upgrade. We suggest buying this system equipped with the maximum amount of RAM you think you'll need. On the motherboard, you'll find a 233-MHz AMD K6 processor, 256K of L2 cache, and Intel's 430VX chip set. The PC performs graphics tasks using the integrated S3 Trio64 V2-DX engine with 2MB of VRAM, and it offers sound with an ESS AudioDrive chip. There are also two ISA slots and one ISA/PCI slot; a K56flex modem occupies one ISA slot.