COMPAQ TAKES WORLDWIDE LEAD IN BRANDED MONITORS -- COMPAQ SURPASSES IBM,
NEC AND APPLE IN WORLDWIDE MONITOR SHIPMENTS

HOUSTON, August 10, 1995 -- Reflecting continued worldwide growth and an
ongoing customer preference for its products, Compaq Computer Corporation
(NYSE: CPQ) today announced that it has moved into the number one
marketshare position in branded monitors worldwide.

According to a recent Dataquest study of 1994 worldwide monitor growth,
Compaq increased monitor shipments 55.4 percent over 1993, and captured
the number one spot among the top 10 monitor vendors. Surpassing IBM, NEC
and Apple, Compaq led the pack with a 15 percent unit marketshare of the
top 10 brands. These figures reflect an increased awareness and preference
for Compaq's full line of innovative, high quality, and value-priced
monitors, as well strong customer loyalty for the Compaq brand.

"Monitor sales experienced better-than-expected growth in 1994, with new
vendors moving into top marketshare positions," said Jack Roberts,
Director and Principal Analyst, Dataquest. "Compaq has a solid reputation
for delivering high-quality, reliable products, as evidenced by their move
into the number one position in branded monitor shipments worldwide."

"As Compaq continues to expand its product line of innovative solutions for
PC users and maintains its position as the leading PC supplier, it is
crucial that our monitors reflect the same quality, reliability and value
as our PCs," said John Rose, senior vice president and general manager,
Compaq Desktop PC Division. "These figures support that strategy, as well
as a trend we are seeing toward stronger loyalty for the Compaq brand,
increased demand in the consumer market, and increased preference for
Compaq monitors by our commercial accounts."

Compaq offers a full line of high-resolution, Energy Star-compliant
monitors for business and consumer markets that embody Compaq's hallmark
of quality, reliability and exceptional value. Targeted at demanding
business users, Compaq offers an extensive line of high performance
monitors that are Plug and Play ready and come equipped with AssetControl
capabilities, enabling them to work with Compaq's Intelligent
Manageability. Intelligent Manageability is a collection of desktop
management tools and features standard on the Compaq Deskpro line that
dramatically reduces total cost of PC ownership. AssetControl allows
administrators to maintain an accurate, up-to-date inventory of desktop
PCs and their components and allows for effective and accurate tracking of
drivers and operating systems. It also helps to streamline service calls
since the administrator can provide the service person fast access to the
PC's configuration history. For its consumer products, Compaq offers
several Multimedia Presario monitors, complete with integrated speakers
and microphone for telephone answering machine capabilities or multimedia
applications and games.

Compaq Background

Compaq Computer Corporation is the world's largest supplier of personal
computers, offering desktop PCs, portable PCs and servers. Founded in
1982, Compaq reported 1994 worldwide sales of $10.9 billion. Compaq
products are sold and supported in more than 100 countries through a
network of more than 38,000 Compaq marketing partners. Compaq provides
24-hour customer support and can be reached through the Compaq forums on
America Online, CompuServe, Internet (htp://www.compaq.com) and Prodigy,
or by calling 1-800-345-1518.
 
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