HP Ultimate Guide to OmniBook Software Installation and Features

Introduction

Thank you for evaluating the HP OmniBook 3000.

The Mobile Computing Division developed this Corporate Evaluator’s Guide to facilitate your appraisal of the OmniBook. The guide discusses the machine’s major features and provides instruction on specific operating systems. Rebuilding the OmniBook if the hard drive has been formatted and loaded with your company’s disk image is discussed for each operating system, particularly addressing OmniBook-specific software, device drivers, and multimedia support. You will find information on system resources, technical specifications, solutions to common problems, and a list of support resources. Much of this information is derived from our standard documentation and is consolidated here to facilitate your evaluation of the OmniBook.

The performance-leading Hewlett-Packard OmniBook 3000 features the following:

∙Intel Pentium 200 or 233 MHz processor with MMX technology.

∙512-KB Pipeline Burst Synchronous L2 cache.

∙Up to 144 MB of RAM.

∙13.3 inch TFT display.

∙PCI BUS architecture.

∙Optional internal 20x maximum CD-ROM.

∙2 or 4 GB hard drive.

∙Zoomed video.

∙PC CardBus.

∙128-bit graphics accelerator with 2 MB EDO video memory.

These features illustrate the uncompromising performance of HP’s most powerful notebook PCs ever, laptops fully capable of replacing a desktop computer. The optional port replicator allows single-action connection to multiple peripherals, and the PC CardBus-enabled 32-bit PC Card slots allow 100-Mbps networking and other high-bandwidth applications.

Zoomed Video allows a PC Card to write data directly to graphics memory, providing lifelike, real-time video for training, presentations, or entertainment.

Power management options include several efficient power states that incorporate our unique, instant-on technology, and a convenient System Off button.

The OmniBook typically runs Windows 95, which supports hot docking, Plug and Play, infrared, wireless, data transfer, and hot swapping of accessories such as a battery and floppy disk drive. You may later decide to install Windows for Workgroups 3.11 or Windows NT 4.0: the OmniBook is certified WFW 3.11 and

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