HP Unveils Mini Workstation • Hacker News Board

Re: HP Unveils Mini Workstation

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Post by ksk » Tue, Nov 15, 2016, 4:37 PM UTC

JadeNB wrote: post #3

What is the etiquette on posting literal company press releases? I'm not asking snarkily, but mean it as a serious question. I don't want to see an HN that's dominated by ads for the latest gadgets, but I understand that this is something of interest to hackers, and perhaps that criterion dominates all others.

Well everytime Apple, MS, Google launch something, no matter how irrelevant, it ends up on the front page. As a point of principle, if that's OK with folks, why shouldn't it be OK here too. Heck I remember seeing a _font_ change, (by either Apple or Google), ending up on the front page.

Re: HP Unveils Mini Workstation

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Post by pavlov » Tue, Nov 15, 2016, 4:37 PM UTC

Seems like this is what I always hoped the Mac Mini would be...

Re: HP Unveils Mini Workstation

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Nov 15, 2016, 4:38 PM UTC

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Re: HP Unveils Mini Workstation

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Post by theandrewbailey » Tue, Nov 15, 2016, 4:40 PM UTC

wvenable wrote: post #6

JadeNB wrote: post #3

What is the etiquette on posting literal company press releases? I'm not asking snarkily, but mean it as a serious question. I don't want to see an HN that's dominated by ads for the latest gadgets, but I understand that this is something of interest to hackers, and perhaps that criterion dominates all others.

There are upvote/downvote buttons -- I'm unsure why any other criteria is needed.

I was unaware that stories could be downvoted, or I lack the karma to do so.

Re: HP Unveils Mini Workstation

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Post by andrewmcwatters » Tue, Nov 15, 2016, 4:40 PM UTC

Seeing stuff like this on HN brings excitement back into tech for me. New hardware and debatably a challenger to the Mac mini and Intel NUC? Very cool stuff.

Re: HP Unveils Mini Workstation

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Post by toisanji » Tue, Nov 15, 2016, 4:40 PM UTC

this does not seem interesting to hackers at all

Re: HP Unveils Mini Workstation

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Post by spiderfarmer » Tue, Nov 15, 2016, 4:40 PM UTC

zeckalpha wrote: post #8

Wow. The Mac Mini used to have a quad core version.

I loved that thing. I used it 24/7 for two years and then sold it for just 250 euro below the original price. Overpriced Macs do have their advantages.

Re: HP Unveils Mini Workstation

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Post by mi100hael » Tue, Nov 15, 2016, 4:40 PM UTC

Support for six displays out of the box is pretty cool. I'm glad manufacturers are finally supporting more than just one or two displays by default.

Re: HP Unveils Mini Workstation

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Post by detaro » Tue, Nov 15, 2016, 4:41 PM UTC

petepete wrote: post #9

So how much RAM could be stuffed in one of these? Edit: The Z2 Mini supports Intel Core i3, i5 and i7 processors, in addition to Xeon E3 processors. It also supports up to 32GB of DDR4 SO-DIMM memory, and the unit can be equipped with Nvidia Quadro M620 graphics with 2GB of memory. (from http://www.tomshardware.com/news/hp-z2-mini-g3-workstation,3... )

and ECC RAM!

Re: HP Unveils Mini Workstation

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Post by colanderman » Tue, Nov 15, 2016, 4:42 PM UTC

"Based on publicly available information of workstation competitors as of October 3, 2016 with volume of at least 1 million units annually as of October 3, 2016 having This fine print, particularly the words "Xeon" and "ECC", let them conveniently ignore the 6th gen i7 NUC: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/nuc/nuc-kit-nuc6i7kyk...