Geek Facts for August 27th – Presario and IE6

By Judy Novotny / 08/27/2012 / Geek Facts

In 1993,  Compaq announced its Presario line of personal computers.

Starting at $1,499, the Pentium 4 2 GHz basic system configuration included a 20 GB 7200 RPM hard drive, 128 MB of PC800 RAMBUS memory, 48x CD-ROM drive and a 17″ CV735 monitor.

Learn more at http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2001pmc/pr2001082701.html.

In 2001, version 6 of the Internet Explorer web browser was released.

It was the default browser shipped with Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, and was also made available for Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000, and Windows Home Server.

Learn more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_6.

About The Author

Judy Novotny

Judy is a computer veteran with 30 years of experience. She has owned everything from a TRS-80, Apple IIe and various Windows-based PCs. She is currently living in her Apple ecosystem at home consisting of an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, iPod nano and two Time Capsules. She is a fan of all things mobile since she got her first Palm Pilot in 1999. Check out her iPad app, Number Wizard, in the App Store. Follow her on Twitter @junovotech or at Junovo.com.

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In 1993, Compaq announced its Presario line of personal computers.

In 2001, version 6 of the Internet Explorer web browser was released.

About The Author

Judy Novotny

In 1993,  Compaq announced its Presario line of personal computers.