5200/5300 Armada is a line of classic business laptops, with hot-swappable bays (include the easy-removable MultiBay CD/DVD-drive), magnesium alloys (except some models), and have a dual battery and docking stations as common option.

Some models have a small lifting feet; some models could be ordered with internal power supply, and most of the Armada laptops have a screen latches (except 1100 line).

These haves a trackball (or touchpad option for 4100/4200 series), instead of high-end LTE 5#00 line with pointing stick.

[1] Like other Pentium I laptops, soldered RAM placed in the same replaceable board with CPU and can be easily upgraded.

The Armada 1100 offers a mainstream feature set in order to provide a compelling price-performance equation for the target market.

It is meant to give customers all they need to run standard business applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, mail, etc... For customers that desire multi-media features, Compaq offers the LTE 5000 and the new Armada 4100 family of notebook computers.

[2] An affordable version of the Contura 420 & 430C(X) models with same case and base specs which started at less than $2,000.

The Armada version has a larger HDD and better CPU, but less warranty and no docking port.

Mainstream lines; 2 RAM slots, CD drive option, gray plastic case with internal magnesium alloy and with speakers in palmrest.

High-end models with conservative white cases and with similar to last gen LTE laptops design.

Both of them have a lifting feet, multiple bay option (include MultiBay) and both of them support a same docking stations (ArmadaStation, Armada MiniStation (E and EX).[9]).

New white case with hiding keyboard, MultiBay, palmrest with speakers.

Both model lines supported the Convenience Base II dock.

Released in 2000; New case design with light blue touchpad buttons.

The Compaq Armada E500 and Armada V300 Series of Personal Computers offer advanced modularity, Intel Pentium II, III, and Celeron processors, AGP port implementation, and extensive multimedia support.

High-end thin-and-light ultraportable laptop without a CD or FDD-disk drive, successor of DEC HiNote Ultra line; they started around $1,999 with base configuration.

[31] Intel Pentium II or III Processor (333-600 MHz), Touchpad; ATI Rage LT Pro graphics card with 4 MB VRAM.

ATI Mobility PRO graphics card with 8 MB VRAM.

[34] A larger version of the E500, with 2 MultiBay slots to insert either an optical drive or battery.

[35][36] Last generation with low-end models only; the hi-end lines now branded as Compaq Evo.

This sub-line also has a similar dark-gray case design (with touchpad option only, and the blue buttons is only featured with 110/110s models).