One of the leading brands in the market in the field of computers and printers introduces its latest notebook PC the Compaq Armada E500 Laptop. The elegant Black coloured notebook PC is introduced to the market with a configuration of Intel Pentium III 450 MHz processor with 100 MHz data bus speed. It has a pipeline burst L2 cache with an installed size of 256 KB. It has an SO DIMM 144-pin SD RAM with an installed size of 64 MB and is expandable up to 512 MB maximum. It has an IDE type storage controller with a legacy 3.5” 1.44 MB plug n play floppy disk module, removable plug n play CD ROM optical drive with a read speed of 24x and a hard drive with storage capacity of 12 GB.

The unit has a 14.1” integrated TFT 24-bit (16.7 million colours) colour display with a maximum display resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels (XGA). It has a SDRAM 8MB video memory with support for NTSC and PAL video output types. The unit also has an integrated audio output sound card and a microphone. The notebook is provided with keyboard and touchpad as the input devices and a mini PCI fax modem with a maximum transfer rate of 56 Kbps.

Compaq Armada E500 Notebook has 1 memory expansion slot, 2 front accessible expansion bays, 1 IEEE 1284 (EPP/ECP) – 25 pin D-sub (DB-25) parallel port, 1 serial RS232 9 pin D-sub (DB-9) port, 1 4pin Type A USB port, 1 infra red port, 1 keyboard/mouse generic 6 pin mini DIN (PS/2 style) port, RJ11 port and a docking/port replicator. The unit works with an AC voltage of 110/220V at 50/60 Hz and 60 Watts power. The notebook is compliant to EPA Energy Star standards and is backed by a Lithium ion battery which has a run time up to 3.5 hrs.

This Compaq laptop is specially designed for corporate business use with dimensions 31.5 x 25.4 x 4.1 cm and it weighs 2.6 kg. The unit is pre installed with Microsoft Windows 95/98 operating system and some of the softwares such as Drivers & Utilities, Compaq Insight Manager, Compaq Diagnostics and Adobe Acrobat Reader. The unit is supported with a 1 year carry-in parts and labour warranty. The environmental parameters are as follows:
1. Min Operating Temperature: 10 °C
2. Max Operating Temperature: 35 °C
3. Humidity Range Operating: 10 – 90%
4. Shock Tolerance: 10 g @ 11ms half-sine pulse (operating) / 240 g @ 11ms half-sine pulse (non-operating)
5. Vibration Tolerance: 0.5 g @ 10-500 Hz (operating) / 1.5 g @ 10-500 Hz (non-operating)
6. Max Altitude Operating: 3 km

General Info
Brand	Compaq
Model	Compaq Armada E500 Laptop
Colours Available	Black
Weight	2.6
Dimensions	31.5 x 25.4 x 4.1 cm
Processor Type	Intel Pentium III 450 MHz
Hard disk capacity	12 GB
RAM capacity	64 MB
RAM type	SD RAM
Speed	450 MHz
Screen size	14.1” TFT
Screen resolution	1024 x 768pixels (XGA)
Graphics card	ATI RAGE Mobility AGP
USB ports	1
Optical drives	CD ROM
Removable media slots	Yes
Battery capacity	3.5 hours
Mouse pad	Yes
Modem	Yes
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 95/98
Features
CD/ DVD Read/write	CD ROM read only
Infra red port	Yes
Accessories
Carrying case	Yes