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Re: HP Unveils Mini Workstation

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Post by davidgerard » Tue, Nov 15, 2016, 4:47 PM UTC

Does it sound like a jet engine? I was disappointed how noisy even the small Lenovo Thinkcentre desktops were.

Re: HP Unveils Mini Workstation

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Post by plucas » Tue, Nov 15, 2016, 4:47 PM UTC

gjem97 wrote: post #26

mi100hael wrote: post #18

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.

Was looking for info on multi-head support. Where did you see this? EDIT: ah, I see it now. Three dual DisplayPorts: http://store.hp.com/us/en/ContentView?storeId=10151&catalogI...

Third paragraph:

> ...and has the ability to support six displays right out of the box.

Re: HP Unveils Mini Workstation

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Post by honkhonkpants » Tue, Nov 15, 2016, 4:48 PM UTC

mi100hael wrote: post #18

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.

Even a Macbook Pro can drive 4 external displays and the internal display at the same time. The Mac Pro that came out in 2013 can drive 6.

The question is really up to the GPU makers to put the right output capacity on their cards, and the integrator to hook up all the ports and make sure the software actually works.

Re: HP Unveils Mini Workstation

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Post by walshemj » Tue, Nov 15, 2016, 4:49 PM UTC

Only $799 the average full sized workstation has CPU's that cost more than this.

Re: HP Unveils Mini Workstation

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Post by protomyth » Tue, Nov 15, 2016, 4:49 PM UTC

mi100hael wrote: post #18

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.

I get the feeling people who have security folks that need 6 monitors will be ordering this. It sure would be a nice replacement for the box we have now. The small size is a big benefit.

Re: HP Unveils Mini Workstation

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Post by Tempest1981 » Tue, Nov 15, 2016, 4:50 PM UTC

r1k wrote: post #30

Tempest1981 wrote: post #25

Tangent: I'm curious about HP's hostname taxonomy. I.e. What products or content live under www8 vs www2 or www7. http://www8.hp.com/.. .

I assume that's just their way of pinning you to a load balancer.

Me too, but then try the same URI at www, www2, www3... it's a 404

Re: HP Unveils Mini Workstation

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Post by walshemj » Tue, Nov 15, 2016, 4:50 PM UTC

r1k wrote: post #30

Tempest1981 wrote: post #25

Tangent: I'm curious about HP's hostname taxonomy. I.e. What products or content live under www8 vs www2 or www7. http://www8.hp.com/.. .

I assume that's just their way of pinning you to a load balancer.

Or there web presence is to use a technical term "$%^T"

Re: HP Unveils Mini Workstation

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Post by detaro » Tue, Nov 15, 2016, 4:50 PM UTC

walshemj wrote: post #34

Only $799 the average full sized workstation has CPU's that cost more than this.

For the most basic model, I wouldn't be surprised if there are going to be options at more than double the price...

Re: HP Unveils Mini Workstation

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Post by walshemj » Tue, Nov 15, 2016, 4:51 PM UTC

pavlov wrote: post #12

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

and if it was my firm might actually buy some other wise the mini pc's that levano do look like our next desktop.

Re: HP Unveils Mini Workstation

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Post by detaro » Tue, Nov 15, 2016, 4:51 PM UTC

colanderman wrote: post #20

"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...

To be fair, that is a fairly defining feature of "Workstation" vs "Office PC" if selling PCs.