The Contura is a line of notebook-sized laptops produced by Compaq from 1992 to 1996.

The Contura was Compaq's first attempt at making an affordable, entry-level laptop.

The Compaq Contura Aero 4/25 and 4/33c were among the earliest subnotebook computers that acted as a precursor to netbooks.

They were similar to the Armada line of laptop computers, but smaller.

[6] The line of handheld devices starting from the Aero 1550 Pocket PC were finally moulded into the iPAQ line of handheld devices, which was handled by Hewlett-Packard, after their acquisition of Compaq.