Compaq Armada provides the industry's best portable solution for the corporate environment by presenting a complete line of corporate notebook products to meet every user need.... more
Protocols & Specifications: ITU V.22, ITU V.22bis, ITU V.32, ITU V.32bis, ITU V.34, ITU V.90 , Hayes AT command set
Manufacturer's product description
Compaq Armada provides the industry's best portable solution for the corporate environment by presenting a complete line of corporate notebook products to meet every user need. These notebooks combine stability and consistency with low total cost of ownership, as well as offer superior manageability, and excellent reliability and support. To make your mobility solutions selection easier, Compaq has developed the Value line within the Armada Portable family. The Value line offers full expandability, providing all-in-one solutions for active professionals who need a combination of features in a single notebook. The Compaq Armada 100S delivers essential notebook computing solutions at groundbreaking prices. Armada 100S is designed for budget conscious business users who need instant productivity.
Expansion / connectivity
Expansion Slots Total (Free):
1 ( 1 ) x CardBus - type III (2 x type I / II)
1 ( 1 ) x memory - SO DIMM 144-pin
Interfaces:
1 x serial - RS-232C - 9 pin D-Sub (DB-9)
1 x USB - 4 pin USB Type A
1 x infrared - IrDA
1 x display / video - VGA - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15)
Features: Security lock slot (cable lock sold separately), system password, power-on password, diskette I/O control, hard drive I/O control, parallel port I/O control, serial port I/O control
Power
Power Device: External
Voltage Required: AC 110/220 V ± 10% ( 50/60 Hz )
Compliant Standards: EPA Energy Star
Battery
Technology: Nickel metal hydride
Installed Qty: 1 / 1 (max)
Capacity: 3.8 Ah
Operating system / software
OS Provided: Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
Software: Drivers & Utilities, Norton AntiVirus
Manufacturer warranty
Service & Support: 1 year warranty
Service & Support Details: Limited warranty - parts and labor - 1 year - carry-in
Environmental parameters
Min Operating Temperature: 50 °F
Max Operating Temperature: 95 °F
Humidity Range Operating: 10 - 90%
Shock Tolerance: 10 g @ 11ms half-sine pulse (operating) / 60 g @ 11ms half-sine pulse (non-operating)
Vibration Tolerance: 0.5 g @ 10-500 Hz (operating) / 1 g @ 10-500 Hz (non-operating)
Advantages Good prices Disadvantages Low specification for age, Not Upgradable
...The CompaqArmada100s was the first laptop that I ever purchased, I bought mine second hand, (from a company dealing in refurbished laptops,) last year, as something to use for basic wordprocessing at school. I parted with a months pay and the machine was delivered. Out of the price I could spend on a laptop, I was amazed I could get a Compaq system with a 550mhz processor, whilst the other laptops in this range where lucky to break past the 233mhz barrier, feeling like I'd got a very good deal, I opened the box and booted up.
The machine, seemed to "fit like a glove," out of all the laptop keyboard that I have used, none of them have ever come close to the one on my Armada, as a touch typist, who takes dictations via. a keyboard, I find it is vital to have a good, responsive keyboard, over a year of me bashing away at 40...
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