iPAQ (desktop computer)

The iPAQ Desktop Personal Computer in its various incarnations was a desktop computer produced by the Compaq Computer Corporation around the year 2000.

The Compaq iPAQ was primarily designed to be a portable desktop computer that could be used as a simple internet capable computer.

Hardware

iPaq Desktop Front iPaq Desktop Legacy RearThe iPAQ had very few limitations on upgradability; hard drives, RAM, CPU and 'Multi-Bay' drives can be readily interchanged, though the iPAQ did not contain sockets for expansion cards.

It featured an interchangeable 'Multi-Bay' slot that could accept a 3.5 inch floppy disk drives, optical drives, or a secondary hard disk device. The slot was the same as those found on many Compaq Armada and many other HP/Compaq laptop computer systems.

By a method of convection for cooling, these computers are commonly found in office environments due to their low noise (dB) output.

The iPAQ ran on either an Intel Pentium III processor or on an Intel Celeron processor; ranging from 500 MHz to 1 GHz processing speed.

It had memory ranging from 128 MB to 512 MB's user upgradable.
The first version came in two different models, "Legacy free" which had no parallel, serial, or PS/2 ports and instead 3 additional USB ports on the back; and the normal one which included the parallel, serial, and PS/2 ports but only had USB ports on the front. The second version had different styling and had a backpack which added the "legacy" ports. Both models would *almost* make good headless servers, except that a bug or oversight in the BIOS requires that a keyboard and mouse must be connected in order for the computer to boot.

iPaq Desktop Legacy Free Rear
iPaq Desktop v2 Front
iPaq Desktop v2 Rear

Source : www.wikipedia.com