Compaq D220 Specifications

• The computer manufacturing companies Hewlett-Packard and Compaq merged into one corporation in 2001. This new company, now known only as Hewlett-Packard, continued to release a line of products under the Compaq brand. In July 2003, HP introduced the Compaq D220 as part of its line of desktop PCs designed for small businesses. Hewlett Packard discontinued the D220 in March 2004.

Processor

• Hewlett-Packard equipped the Compaq D220 with one of two processors, either the Intel Celeron or the Intel Pentium 4 processor. Prospective buyers could choose from a range of processing power in either chip. The lowest speed available started at 2.4 GHz, with a 128 KB secondary cache and a 400 MHz front side bus, while the most powerful version of the D220 featured a 2.8 GHz processor with a 512 KB secondary cache and a 533 MHz front side bus.

Memory

• A minimally equipped Compaq D220 included 128 MB of RAM and a 40 GB hard drive. Prospective buyers could upgrade to a maximum of 2 GB of RAM and an 80 GB hard drive.

Operating System

• Prospective buyers of the Compaq D220 could choose from one of three operating systems, selecting either the Home or Professional versions of Microsoft Windows XP, or opting for Mandrake Linux 9.1.

Drives, Ports and Devices

• HP built two 3.5-inch internal, two 5.25-inch external and one 3.5-inch external drive bays into the Compaq D220. Buyers could purchase a D220 with the included 48X CD-ROM drive or upgrade to a 48X Combo CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive. The Compaq D220 did not include a standard floppy disk drive, although buyers could have one installed.

  The Compaq D220 provided six input/output ports: two PS/2 ports and one each USB, serial, parallel and RJ-45 Ethernet ports.

  Each D220 also included a keyboard and a mouse. Buyers needed to purchase a monitor separately.