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NetworkWorld: Compaq announces thin clients, wireless LAN

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 26, 1999

“Under the theme of accessing information anywhere and anytime,
Compaq today launched a series of new products including
thin-client products, wireless LANs and new laptop computers.”

“The T1000 thin client runs on Windows CE, has a 233MHz
processor and comes with 8M bytes of flash memory and 32M bytes of
RAM. The T1500 runs on the Linux operating system, has a
233MHz processor and comes with 32M bytes of flash memory and 72M
bytes of RAM. The T1500 has the Netscape 4.5 browser and
therefore needs more memory than the T1000, which does not include
a browser.”

“The T1000 will be available in November and will be priced at
$626. The T1500 will ship in December, but the price is
not yet announced…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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