HP has expanded its business PC line-up as well as launched a new line of workstations. The HP Compaq Business Desktop dc7100 is the first of the 7000 series desktop PCs. Based on the new Intel 915G chipset, the dc7100 offers customers advanced manageability features with HP Lifecycle Solutions, including the new Altiris Local Recovery solution for PC back-up, restoration and recovery. The dc7100 also includes the HP ProtectTools Embedded Security Manager, a combined hardware and software solution for users, with an easy-to-use, single interface for security operations such as authentication, data encryption and secured communications.
The HP Compaq Business Desktop dc7100 is available in three designs — ultra-slim desktop, small form factor and convertible minitower. Customers can choose pre-configured models or fully customize their own solution with Intel Pentium 4 HyperThread-enabled processors (with speeds up to 3.6 gigahertz), up to 160-gigabyte hard drives, up to four gigabytes of DDR SDRAM and a choice of optical drives. The HP Compaq Business Desktop dc7100 starts at an estimated street price of $700 and is planned to be available by the end of August.
As far as workstations are concerned HP has announced a new line that focuses on personal performance. The HP Workstation xw4200, xw6200 and xw8200 are engineered to offer customers personal workstations with increased power, reliability and support. Offered directly from HP and through its broad network of distribution partners, the new HP Workstations support Windows XP Professional as well as Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3.0 operating systems. The estimated street prices for the desktops are $1999 for the xw6200, $2299 for the xw8200 a $1499 for the xw4200.
