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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Good article Шаблон:Infobox computer The Digital HiNote was a series of laptop computers manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) from 1994 until 1998 and by Compaq from 1998 until 2002. It was generally positively reviewed by technology journalists. The series consisted of the VP and Ultra models which were based on the i486, Pentium, Pentium MMX and Pentium II. After Digital was acquired by Compaq in 1998, the series was phased out.

History

Digital introduced the HiNote brand of laptops in November 1994 as a successor to their x86 laptops marketed under their DECpc brand. The HiNote was introduced simultaneously with the Venturis brand of desktop and towers, which similarly replaced those form factors of x86 computers that bore the DECpc name.[1] The initial lineup comprised a full-sized laptop simply named the HiNote and a subnotebook named the HiNote Ultra; Digital later separated the two sub-brands by designating the former as VP units. Digital offered the initial lineup with either monochrome or color passive-matrix LCDs or color active-matrix LCDs, 33 MHz Intel 486SXs to 50 MHz 486DX2s, and a hard drive capacity between 120 and 340 MB. The standard HiNote included a built-in 3.5 inch floppy drive which could be removed and fitted with a second lithium-ion battery pack in its place, while the drive for the Ultra was external only. Both the original HiNotes proper and Ultras included built-in trackballs as its pointing device of choice.[2] Шаблон:External media Technology journalists singled out the HiNote Ultra for its sleek industrial design and modularity, which attached the lithium-ion battery to the back of the laptop with a latching mechanism instead of being inserted in the bottom case as was customary for laptop designs.[3] This battery could be rotated to prop up the Ultra at a position more comfortable for typing for long periods of time and allowed it to accommodate the external 3.5-inch floppy disk drive underneath it when placed on a desk. It weighed 4 lb (1,8 kg) and measured only an inch (2,54 cm) high.[4][5] Digital advertised on television the Ultra's thin and light stature by pulling it out of a manila envelope—an approach replicated by Apple nearly 15 years later, when it advertised its MacBook Air in 2008.[6]

When Compaq acquired Digital in June 1998 for $9.6 billion,[7][8] they left the design intact but changed the name to Armada 6500. The HiNote-based series was phased out in 2002. Technology writer Brooke Crothers wrote on CNET that its discontinuation was ironic considering that the HiNote received high industry accolades and was "one of the best notebook designs ever and one of the technological gems that Compaq inherited from Digital Equipment."[9]

Models

Line Model
no.
Processor Clock speed
(MHz)
Max. memory LCD technology LCD size and resolution Date
baseline 433 486SX 33 20 Monochrome passive 9.5 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[10]
baseline CS433 486SX 33 20 Color passive 9.5 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[10]
baseline CS450 486DX2 50 20 Color passive 9.5 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[10]
baseline CT450 486DX2 50 24 Color active 9.5 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[10]
baseline CT475 486DX4 75 24 Color active 9.5 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[11]
baseline CS475 486DX4 75 24 Color active 9.5 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[11]
Ultra 433 486SX 33 20 Monochrome passive 9.5 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[10]
Ultra CS433 486SX 33 20 Color passive 9.5 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[10]
Ultra CS450 486DX2 50 20 Color passive 9.5 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[10]
Ultra CT450 486DX2 50 24 Color active 9.5 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[10]
Ultra CT475 486DX4 75 24 Color active 9.5 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[10]
Ultra CS475 486DX4 75 24 Color passive 9.5 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[12]
Ultra II CTE5100 Pentium 100 40 Color active 10.4 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[13]
Ultra II CTS5100 Pentium 100 40 Color active 10.4 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[13]
Ultra II CTS5120 Pentium 120 40 Color active 10.4 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[13][14]
Ultra II CTS5133 Pentium 133 40 Color active 10.4 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[13]
Ultra II 5150 Pentium 150 40 Color active 11.3 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[13]
VP 575 Pentium 75 40 Color passive 11.3 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[13]
VP CSS5100 Pentium 100 40 Color passive 11.3 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[13][14]
VP CTS5100 Pentium 100 40 Color active 11.3 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[13][14]
VP LSS5100 Pentium 100 40 Color active 11.3 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[15]
VP 520 Pentium 120 40 Color passive 11.3 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[16]
VP 525 Pentium 120 40 Color active 11.3 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[16]
VP 535 Pentium 133 40 Color active 11.3 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[16]
VP VSS5120 Pentium 120 80 Color passive 12.1 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[17]
VP VSS5133 Pentium 133 80 Color passive 12.1 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[17]
VP VTS5150 (545[18]) Pentium 150 80 Color active 12.1 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[17]
VP VTS5166 Pentium MMX 166 80 Color active 12.1 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[17]
Ultra 2000 VTS 5166M Pentium MMX 166 144 Color active 12.1 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[19][20]
Ultra 2000 GTX 5166M Pentium MMX 166 144 Color active 14.1 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[20]
Ultra 2000 VTX 5166M Pentium MMX 166 144 Color active 12.1 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[19]
Ultra 2000 GTX 5233M Pentium MMX 233 144 Color active 14.1 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[21]
Ultra 2000 GTX 5266M Pentium MMX 266 144 Color active 14.1 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[21]
VP 703 Pentium MMX 166 144 Color passive 13 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[22]
VP 717 Pentium MMX 200 144 Color active 12.1 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[22]
VP 725 Pentium MMX 200 144 Color active 13.3 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[22]
VP 745 Pentium MMX 266 144 Color active 13.3 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[22]
VP 710 Pentium MMX 166 144 Color passive (high-performance addressing) 13.3 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[22]
VP 715 Pentium MMX 166 144 Color active 13.3 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[22]
VP 735 Pentium MMX 233 144 Color active 13.3 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[23]
VP 765 Pentium II 266 144 Color active 13.3 in, Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Start date[22][24]

References

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Further reading

External links

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