<s>
The	O
Digital	B-Device
HiNote	I-Device
was	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
laptop	B-Device
computers	I-Device
manufactured	O
by	O
Digital	O
Equipment	O
Corporation	O
(	O
DEC	O
)	O
from	O
1994	O
until	O
1998	O
and	O
by	O
Compaq	O
from	O
1998	O
until	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
series	O
consisted	O
of	O
the	O
VP	O
and	O
Ultra	O
models	O
which	O
were	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
i486	B-General_Concept
,	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
,	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
MMX	O
and	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
II	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digital	O
introduced	O
the	O
HiNote	B-Device
brand	O
of	O
laptops	B-Device
in	O
November	O
1994	O
as	O
a	O
successor	O
to	O
their	O
x86	B-Operating_System
laptops	B-Device
marketed	O
under	O
their	O
DECpc	B-Device
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HiNote	B-Device
was	O
introduced	O
simultaneously	O
with	O
the	O
Venturis	O
brand	O
of	O
desktop	B-Device
and	O
towers	O
,	O
which	O
similarly	O
replaced	O
those	O
form	O
factors	O
of	O
x86	B-Operating_System
computers	O
that	O
bore	O
the	O
DECpc	B-Device
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
lineup	O
comprised	O
a	O
full-sized	O
laptop	B-Device
simply	O
named	O
the	O
HiNote	B-Device
and	O
a	O
subnotebook	B-Device
named	O
the	O
HiNote	B-Device
Ultra	O
;	O
Digital	O
later	O
separated	O
the	O
two	O
sub-brands	O
by	O
designating	O
the	O
former	O
as	O
VP	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digital	O
offered	O
the	O
initial	O
lineup	O
with	O
either	O
monochrome	O
or	O
color	O
passive-matrix	B-Device
LCDs	B-Device
or	O
color	O
active-matrix	B-Device
LCDs	I-Device
,	O
33MHz	O
Intel	O
486SXs	O
to	O
50MHz	O
486DX2s	B-Device
,	O
and	O
a	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
capacity	I-Device
between	O
120	O
and	O
340	O
MB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
standard	O
HiNote	B-Device
included	O
a	O
built-in	O
3.5	O
inch	O
floppy	B-Device
drive	I-Device
which	O
could	O
be	O
removed	O
and	O
fitted	O
with	O
a	O
second	O
lithium-ion	O
battery	O
pack	O
in	O
its	O
place	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
drive	O
for	O
the	O
Ultra	O
was	O
external	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
the	O
original	O
HiNotes	B-Device
proper	O
and	O
Ultras	O
included	O
built-in	O
trackballs	B-Device
as	O
its	O
pointing	O
device	O
of	O
choice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Technology	O
journalists	O
singled	O
out	O
the	O
HiNote	B-Device
Ultra	O
for	O
its	O
sleek	O
industrial	O
design	O
and	O
modularity	O
,	O
which	O
attached	O
the	O
lithium-ion	O
battery	O
to	O
the	O
back	O
of	O
the	O
laptop	B-Device
with	O
a	O
latching	O
mechanism	O
instead	O
of	O
being	O
inserted	O
in	O
the	O
bottom	O
case	O
as	O
was	O
customary	O
for	O
laptop	B-Device
designs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
battery	O
could	O
be	O
rotated	O
to	O
prop	O
up	O
the	O
Ultra	O
at	O
a	O
position	O
more	O
comfortable	O
for	O
typing	O
for	O
long	O
periods	O
of	O
time	O
and	O
allowed	O
it	O
to	O
accommodate	O
the	O
external	O
3.5-inch	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
underneath	O
it	O
when	O
placed	O
on	O
a	O
desk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digital	O
advertised	O
on	O
television	O
the	O
Ultra	O
's	O
thin	O
and	O
light	O
stature	O
by	O
pulling	O
it	O
out	O
of	O
a	O
manila	O
envelope	O
—	O
an	O
approach	O
replicated	O
by	O
Apple	O
nearly	O
15	O
years	O
later	O
,	O
when	O
it	O
advertised	O
its	O
MacBook	B-Device
Air	I-Device
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HiNote-based	O
series	O
was	O
phased	O
out	O
in	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Technology	O
writer	O
Brooke	O
Crothers	O
wrote	O
on	O
CNET	O
that	O
its	O
discontinuation	O
was	O
ironic	O
considering	O
that	O
the	O
HiNote	B-Device
received	O
high	O
industry	O
accolades	O
and	O
was	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
notebook	B-Device
designs	O
ever	O
and	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
technological	O
gems	O
that	O
Compaq	O
inherited	O
from	O
Digital	O
Equipment.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
memory	O
LCD	B-Device
technology	O
LCD	B-Device
size	O
and	O
resolution	O
Date	O
baseline	O
433	O
486SX	B-Device
33	O
20	O
Monochrome	O
passive	O
9.5	O
in	O
,	O
baseline	O
CS433	O
486SX	B-Device
33	O
20	O
Color	O
passive	O
9.5	O
in	O
,	O
baseline	O
CS450	O
486DX2	B-Device
50	O
20	O
Color	O
passive	O
9.5	O
in	O
,	O
baseline	O
CT450	O
486DX2	B-Device
50	O
24	O
Color	O
active	O
9.5	O
in	O
,	O
baseline	O
CT475	O
486DX4	B-Device
75	O
24	O
Color	O
active	O
9.5	O
in	O
,	O
baseline	O
CS475	O
486DX4	B-Device
75	O
24	O
Color	O
active	O
9.5	O
in	O
,	O
Ultra	O
433	O
486SX	B-Device
33	O
20	O
Monochrome	O
passive	O
9.5	O
in	O
,	O
Ultra	O
CS433	O
486SX	B-Device
33	O
20	O
Color	O
passive	O
9.5	O
in	O
,	O
Ultra	O
CS450	O
486DX2	B-Device
50	O
20	O
Color	O
passive	O
9.5	O
in	O
,	O
Ultra	O
CT450	O
486DX2	B-Device
50	O
24	O
Color	O
active	O
9.5	O
in	O
,	O
Ultra	O
CT475	O
486DX4	B-Device
75	O
24	O
Color	O
active	O
9.5	O
in	O
,	O
Ultra	O
CS475	O
486DX4	B-Device
75	O
24	O
Color	O
passive	O
9.5	O
in	O
,	O
Ultra	O
II	O
CTE5100	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
100	O
40	O
Color	O
active	O
10.4	O
in	O
,	O
Ultra	O
II	O
CTS5100	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
100	O
40	O
Color	O
active	O
10.4	O
in	O
,	O
Ultra	O
II	O
CTS5120	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
120	O
40	O
Color	O
active	O
10.4	O
in	O
,	O
Ultra	O
II	O
CTS5133	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
133	O
40	O
Color	O
active	O
10.4	O
in	O
,	O
Ultra	O
II	O
5150	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
150	O
40	O
Color	O
active	O
11.3	O
in	O
,	O
VP	O
575	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
75	O
40	O
Color	O
passive	O
11.3	O
in	O
,	O
VP	O
CSS5100	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
100	O
40	O
Color	O
passive	O
11.3	O
in	O
,	O
VP	O
CTS5100	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
100	O
40	O
Color	O
active	O
11.3	O
in	O
,	O
VP	O
LSS5100	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
100	O
40	O
Color	O
active	O
11.3	O
in	O
,	O
VP	O
520	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
120	O
40	O
Color	O
passive	O
11.3	O
in	O
,	O
VP	O
525	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
120	O
40	O
Color	O
active	O
11.3	O
in	O
,	O
VP	O
535	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
133	O
40	O
Color	O
active	O
11.3	O
in	O
,	O
VP	O
VSS5120	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
120	O
80	O
Color	O
passive	O
12.1	O
in	O
,	O
VP	O
VSS5133	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
133	O
80	O
Color	O
passive	O
12.1	O
in	O
,	O
VP	O
VTS5150	O
(	O
545	O
)	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
150	O
80	O
Color	O
active	O
12.1	O
in	O
,	O
VP	O
VTS5166	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
MMX	O
166	O
80	O
Color	O
active	O
12.1	O
in	O
,	O
Ultra	O
2000	O
VTS	O
5166M	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
MMX	O
166	O
144	O
Color	O
active	O
12.1	O
in	O
,	O
Ultra	O
2000	O
GTX	O
5166M	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
MMX	O
166	O
144	O
Color	O
active	O
14.1	O
in	O
,	O
Ultra	O
2000	O
VTX	O
5166M	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
MMX	O
166	O
144	O
Color	O
active	O
12.1	O
in	O
,	O
Ultra	O
2000	O
GTX	O
5233M	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
MMX	O
233	O
144	O
Color	O
active	O
14.1	O
in	O
,	O
Ultra	O
2000	O
GTX	O
5266M	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
MMX	O
266	O
144	O
Color	O
active	O
14.1	O
in	O
,	O
VP	O
703	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
MMX	O
166	O
144	O
Color	O
passive	O
13	O
in	O
,	O
VP	O
717	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
MMX	O
200	O
144	O
Color	O
active	O
12.1	O
in	O
,	O
VP	O
725	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
MMX	O
200	O
144	O
Color	O
active	O
13.3	O
in	O
,	O
VP	O
745	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
MMX	O
266	O
144	O
Color	O
active	O
13.3	O
in	O
,	O
VP	O
710	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
MMX	O
166	O
144	O
Color	O
passive	O
(	O
high-performance	B-General_Concept
addressing	I-General_Concept
)	O
13.3	O
in	O
,	O
VP	O
715	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
MMX	O
166	O
144	O
Color	O
active	O
13.3	O
in	O
,	O
VP	O
735	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
MMX	O
233	O
144	O
Color	O
active	O
13.3	O
in	O
,	O
VP	O
765	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
II	I-General_Concept
266	O
144	O
Color	O
active	O
13.3	O
in	O
,	O
</s>
