The Compaq Portable II was the third product in the Compaq portable series

Compaq Portable series

Compaq's first computers were portable 'lunchbox' or 'luggable' computers, and as such belong to the Compaq Portable series. These computers measured approximately 1×1 foot on the side, and were approx. 2½ ft wide...

 to be brought out by Compaq Computer Corporation

Compaq

Compaq Computer Corporation is a personal computer company founded in 1982. Once the largest supplier of personal computing systems in the world, Compaq existed as an independent corporation until 2002, when it was acquired for US$25 billion by Hewlett-Packard....

. Released in 1986 at a price of US$3199, the Portable II was much improved upon its predecessors - It included an 8 MHz processor, and was lighter and smaller than the Compaq Portable

Compaq Portable

The Compaq Portable was the first product in the Compaq portable series to be commercially available under the Compaq Computer Corporation brand . It was the first IBM PC compatible portable computer...

. A model with a hard disk

Hard disk

A hard disk drive is a non-volatile, random access digital magnetic data storage device. It features rotating rigid platters on a motor-driven spindle within a protective enclosure. Data is magnetically read from and written to the platter by read/write heads that float on a film of air above the...

was also available at $4799. The Compaq Portable II was later replaced by the Compaq Portable III.