Hewlett-Packard will combine elements from two of its desktop PC
lines by releasing an update to its Compaq Evo D510 that borrows
from HP's e-pc, the company said at TechXNY in New York.
The Evo D510 e-pc measures 3.8 inches high by 9.8 inches wide and
12.2 inches deep and is designed to fit into small spaces. It
weighs 10 pounds and can also be mounted on a wall or under a desk.
"Enterprise customers will have the best of both worlds with the
combination of the e-pc and the Evo line," said Jeff Groudan, head
of marketing for the business PC group at HP. A slight modification
was made to the original e-pc chassis to accommodate the Evo D510's
components, he said. The Evo D510 series is now available in four
form factors: minitower, small form factor, ultra-slim desktop, and
e-pc.
The new system is designed for mainstream enterprise customers.
Besides its small size, the system was designed to be easy for
administrators to maintain, said Groudan. For example, the back of
the PC can be removed without tools, making it straightforward to
undertake repairs or upgrades.
HP included Intel's new 845G chipset in the D510 e-pc, which
features integrated graphics and either a 533MHz or 400MHz system
bus. This chipset provides the best value for users who don't need
high-end graphics to do their jobs, said Groudan.
Pricing for the Evo D510 e-pc has not been finalised, but is
expected to be around $700, not including a monitor, Groudan
said.
HP also announced updates to its consumer desktop lines, adding to
both the HP Pavilion line and the Compaq Presario line.
Three new HP Pavilions were announced, two of which feature HP's
dvd200i DVD+RW/+R drive, which allows DVD viewing and write-once
recording. A typical configuration of the Pavilion 792N, with a
2.4GHz Intel Pentium 4 processor, 512Mbytes of double data rate
RAM, a 120Gbyte hard disk drive, the DVD+RW/+R drive, and a 64Mbyte
DDR GeForce4 MX420LC graphics card, is priced at $1,799. For
$1,449, the HP Pavilion 772N comes with a 2.26GHz Intel Pentium 4
processor, 512Mbytes of DDR RAM, an 80Gbyte hard drive, the
DVD+RW/+R and a 32Mbyte DDR GeForce4 MX420LC graphics card.
The HP Pavilion 522N concludes the range, with a typical
configuration sporting a 1.8GHz Intel Celeron processor, 256Mbytes
of DDR RAM, a 60Gbyte hard drive, an HP CD-RW drive, and a DVD-ROM
drive, selling for $799. None of the Pavilions come with a monitor,
and the Pavilion 792N and Pavilion 772N will be available through
retail and HP's Web site in July. The Pavilion 522N is available
this week.
HP also announced that it will offer configurations of its Compaq
Presario 6000 and Presario 8000 lines with the DVD+RW/+R drive and
with CD-RW combo drives. The machines will include CD burning
software from Roxio. A sample configuration of the 6000, with
Advanced Micro Devices's 1.53GHz Athlon XP 1800, 128Mbytes of RAM,
a 20Gbyte hard drive, and a DVD+RW/+R drive is priced at $1,029.
The 8000, with a 1.67GHz Athlon XP 2000, 256Mbytes of RAM, a
40Gbyte hard drive, and a DVD+RW/+R drive, wll cost $1,219. These
PCs will not be available through retail channels.