Compaq's Internet PC

摘要

Compaq refers to its latest product, the iPAQ, as an Internet device, implying that its primary purpose is to access the Web. Such a product is typically meant for consumers. But the Compaq iPAQ ($1,348 direct) is in fact a fully functional corporate PC—albeit an unusual one. Smaller than most mini-towers and irregular in shape, the iPAQ has no bus slots, and its lone external drive bay does not accept desktop drives. Rather, it accepts the hot-swappable drives typically used in Compaq's Armada notebooks. The system is sold only through Compaq's Web site in just a handful of different hardware configurations.