How non-standard is Compaq?

There is a sale on a new Celeron equipped Compaq in today's newspaper that
interests me. But I have heard that Compaq used to do some pretty
non-standard stuff. Is that still true? For example, if either the disk
drive or monitor were non-standard I would immediately lose interest in this
machine. Some things I could live with, such as a non-standard power supply
or even a mouse. With a bad power supply I would discard the system; and
how bad could it be to buy a new Compaq mouse?

No longer. That was years ago. Presarios are no more proprietary than most
other PCs (Dell, Gateway, etc.) today.
HH

"kevin collins" wrote in message
news:MzH_c.134284$mD.40377@attbi_s02...
There is a sale on a new Celeron equipped Compaq in today's newspaper that
interests me. But I have heard that Compaq used to do some pretty
non-standard stuff. Is that still true? For example, if either the disk
drive or monitor were non-standard I would immediately lose interest in
this
machine. Some things I could live with, such as a non-standard power
supply
or even a mouse. With a bad power supply I would discard the system; and
how bad could it be to buy a new Compaq mouse?

I know the 5000 series were non-standard as hell,I got stuck with a 5423US
that was loaded with proprietary components.Hope they've gotten a lot
better.
"HH" wrote in message
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No longer. That was years ago. Presarios are no more proprietary than most
other PCs (Dell, Gateway, etc.) today.
HH

"kevin collins" wrote in message
news:MzH_c.134284$mD.40377@attbi_s02...
There is a sale on a new Celeron equipped Compaq in today's newspaper
that
interests me. But I have heard that Compaq used to do some pretty
non-standard stuff. Is that still true? For example, if either the
disk
drive or monitor were non-standard I would immediately lose interest in
this
machine. Some things I could live with, such as a non-standard power
supply
or even a mouse. With a bad power supply I would discard the system;
and
how bad could it be to buy a new Compaq mouse?

That series came out 2 1/2 years ago (Jan 2002) Many changes since then. The
only thing proprietary in my S5200CL (Sept 2003) is the front panel
connector to the motherboard. It uses a standard Asus A7N8X-LA motherboard,
standard memory, drives, etc.
HH

"Gojira" wrote in message
news:BzQ_c.1369$Gi5.711@trndny05...
I know the 5000 series were non-standard as hell,I got stuck with a 5423US
that was loaded with proprietary components.Hope they've gotten a lot
better.
"HH" wrote in message
...
No longer. That was years ago. Presarios are no more proprietary than
most
other PCs (Dell, Gateway, etc.) today.
HH

"kevin collins" wrote in message
news:MzH_c.134284$mD.40377@attbi_s02...
There is a sale on a new Celeron equipped Compaq in today's newspaper
that
interests me. But I have heard that Compaq used to do some pretty
non-standard stuff. Is that still true? For example, if either the
disk
drive or monitor were non-standard I would immediately lose interest
in
this
machine. Some things I could live with, such as a non-standard power
supply
or even a mouse. With a bad power supply I would discard the system;
and
how bad could it be to buy a new Compaq mouse?