<s>
The	O
iPAQ	B-Device
Desktop	I-Device
Personal	O
Computer	O
in	O
its	O
various	O
incarnations	O
was	O
a	O
legacy-free	B-Protocol
PC	I-Protocol
produced	O
by	O
the	O
Compaq	O
Computer	O
Corporation	O
around	O
the	O
year	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iMac-inspired	O
Compaq	B-Application
iPAQ	I-Application
was	O
primarily	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
portable	O
desktop	B-Device
computer	I-Device
that	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
simple	O
internet	O
capable	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iPAQ	B-Application
had	O
very	O
few	O
limitations	O
on	O
upgradability	O
;	O
hard	O
drives	O
,	O
RAM	O
,	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
and	O
'	O
Multi-Bay	O
'	O
drives	O
can	O
be	O
readily	O
interchanged	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
iPAQ	B-Application
did	O
not	O
contain	O
sockets	O
for	O
expansion	O
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
slot	O
was	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
those	O
found	O
on	O
many	O
Compaq	B-Device
Armada	I-Device
and	O
many	O
other	O
HP/Compaq	O
laptop	B-Device
computer	I-Device
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iPAQ	B-Application
ran	O
on	O
either	O
an	O
Intel	B-General_Concept
Pentium	I-General_Concept
III	I-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
or	O
on	O
an	O
Intel	B-Device
Celeron	I-Device
processor	I-Device
;	O
ranging	O
from	O
500	O
MHz	O
to	O
1	O
GHz	O
processor	O
in	O
a	O
PGA370	O
socket	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
RAM	O
limit	O
of	O
the	O
Intel	O
815	O
series	O
chipset	O
,	O
the	O
BIOS	O
in	O
the	O
iPAQ	B-Application
prevents	O
the	O
system	O
from	O
booting	O
if	O
there	O
is	O
more	O
than	O
512	O
MB	O
installed	O
,	O
instructing	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
decrease	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
RAM	O
in	O
the	O
system	O
to	O
no	O
more	O
than	O
512	O
MB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iPAQ	B-Device
Desktops	I-Device
were	O
typically	O
sold	O
with	O
Windows	O
98	O
or	O
Windows	O
2000	O
already	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
a	O
short	O
time	O
,	O
around	O
the	O
year	O
2000	O
,	O
Compaq	O
released	O
a	O
few	O
models	O
of	O
an	O
iPAQ	B-Application
that	O
functioned	O
as	O
internet	B-Device
appliances	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
drive	O
and	O
offered	O
very	O
few	O
ports	O
to	O
connect	O
to	O
for	O
very	O
basic	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
two	O
variants	O
of	O
the	O
flat-panel	O
iPAQs	B-Application
,	O
a	O
common	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
based	O
version	O
in	O
a	O
white	O
case	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
less	O
common	O
blue	O
version	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
'	O
Clipper	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
sometimes	O
called	O
the	O
'	O
MSN	B-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
version	O
 '	O
and	O
worked	O
exclusively	O
with	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
Network	O
over	O
a	O
dial-up	O
connection	O
using	O
the	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Clipper	O
appeared	O
to	O
be	O
designed	O
more	O
for	O
commercial	O
environments	O
and	O
used	O
a	O
compact	O
operating	O
system	O
based	O
on	O
BeOS	B-Application
called	O
BeIA	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
built-in	O
"	O
Wagner	O
"	O
web	O
browser	O
application	O
was	O
a	O
customized	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Opera	B-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Clipper	O
also	O
included	O
a	O
standard	O
10BASE-T	B-Protocol
Ethernet	O
port	O
,	O
and	O
shipped	O
with	O
the	O
ability	O
for	O
the	O
end-user	O
to	O
access	O
the	O
command	O
line	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
tailor	O
the	O
device	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
company	O
logo	O
on	O
the	O
start-up	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
included	O
a	O
Minitel	B-Application
client	O
for	O
use	O
where	O
Minitel	B-Application
was	O
available	O
(	O
mainly	O
Canada	O
and	O
France	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
