The most popular series of Compaq computers is the Presario range, they are very reliable computers and are also very reasonable on price which makes them very popular among first time buyers.

Compaq Computers have been around since 1982 when three senior managers from semiconductor manufacturer each paid one thousand dollars to start up the company, in 1983 they even realised an early version of the laptop computer which was known as a Compaq Portable, at the time it was cheaper than its competitors and lead to it being very successful in its first year of sales.

Presario Desktop computer are a great choice if you're going to share your computer with the family, they come with everything you need to get started and the set up is very easy, you can be surfing the web in a matter of minutes.

Compaq was one of the first computer companies to release a machine that costs less than one thousand dollars to purchase this machine was known as the Presario and this sparked a price war between the company and its 2 main rivals who at the time were IBM and Packard Bell.

Compaq has now merged with Hewlett Packard, the merger took place in 2001 despite some opposition from shareholders of the company.