Mar 31

HP Z800 workstation supports SLI Multi-OS, newest Xeon processors

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What do you get when you mash up yesterday’s Intel Xeon 5500 and NVIDIA Quadro FX announcements with a bruiser BMW DesignWorksUSA case? The HP Z800 workstation, that’s what — and while it’s clearly more machine than most of us need, it’s almost just as certainly the machine we deserve. Right? Right. Inside the super-configurable case beats two quadcore Nehalem Xeon 5400 CPUs that appear as 16 cores to Windows, and optional SLI Multi-OS-capable NVIDIA graphics cards that allow you to use SLI under virtualization. Pricing starts at a seemingly-reasonable $1,999 and cruises north of $14K — anyone want to lend us some cash?

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HP Z800 workstation supports SLI Multi-OS, newest Xeon processors originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 26

HP promises fix for Mini 1000 webcam problem

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Well, that was fast — we were wondering where that Gear Diary video of an HP employee fixing the defective webcam on a Vivienne Tam Mini 1000 went, and it turns out that it was pulled at ol’ Hewpie’s request. The company’s promised to release an official statement with instructions for sending in affected machines, and we’d guess it doesn’t want customers taking matters — and display bezels — into their own hands while they sort out a plan. Sounds reasonable to us — and we know you understand it too, which is why we’ve posted a similar video after the break.

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HP promises fix for Mini 1000 webcam problem originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 23

HP Firebird 802 unboxing and hands-on

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HP was nice enough to send us a prototype Firebird 802 gaming rig, and while we haven’t had a chance to fire it up and start sucking at Crysis quite yet, we thought we’d throw up a quick unboxing for you. It’s pretty slick stuff, all around — the box has big plastic latches that pop open, and the machine itself is held in by swing-out cardboard panels, giving everything that “top-secret missile codes” feel you’d expect from a gaming PC. The Firebird itself looks just as nice in our living room as it did at CES, but there are some sad surprises here — the super-heavy external power brick has a troublesomely lame connector, and the included wireless keyboard is pretty simply crap — the slightest downward pressure basically bends it in half. Plus, we’re not at all sure why the mouse and keyboard require a plug-in USB dongle — why not just build the receiver into the gigantic chassis? We’re guessing the lameness of these two is why HP also sent along a Gaming Keyboard and Laser Gaming Mouse with our tester — we’ll have those two unboxed along with our in-depth Firebird impressions a little later. For now, hit up the gallery for the full unboxing!

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HP Firebird 802 unboxing and hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 21

Specs for HP’s Mini 1100 pop up, ExpressCard/54 slot is a go Update: maybe not

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Looks like HP’s web monkeys are filling in the product pages for those unannounced Mini 1100s we spotted earlier — spec pages for the 1133CL, 1135NR, 1140NR and 1141NR have been posted, and those rumors of an ExpressCard/54 slot are apparently true. It sounds like the 1141NR is the Vivienne Tam edition — it comes with a “Vivienne Tam sleeve” — but apart from that and Bluetooth in the 1135NR and 1140NR, they’ve all got the same 10.1-inch 1024 x 576 display, 1.6GHz Atom N270, 1GB RAM, 60GB drive, and three-cell battery. No idea why HP’s got so many different confusing model numbers for what seems like the exact same product, but we’re guessing we’ll find out more soon — hopefully there’s a bit more sense behind this silliness than with the Eee alphabet soup.

Update: HP’s told Lilliputing that the ExpressCard listing is a mistake and that the 1100s are just minor variations on the 1000s, but the entries are all still up with no changes. Guess we’ll wait and see when these things go official.

[Thanks, Ricardo]

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Specs for HP’s Mini 1100 pop up, ExpressCard/54 slot is a go Update: maybe not originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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