Compaq Shoots For Wireless PC Compaq Shoots For Wireless PC Paul Jones
Compaq's chief executive said today that Compaq is getting ready for a total redesign of the PC as we know it, with simpler, redesigned devices with wireless links.
"Our goal should be to build really cool stuff," Michael Capellas, the computer maker's newly hired president and chief executive, told a news briefing as he completed a European tour aimed at outlining strategy for the company.
Houston-based Compaq's direction has been blurred since predecessor CEO Eckhard Pfeiffer was forced out in April by a board unhappy with repeated sales problems and slow progress in expanding beyond PCs.
Capellas told a conference organized by research group International Data Corporation that he believed one key outcome from the Internet explosion would be a dramatic change in what the PC is.
