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With AMD's recent launch of their Zen 4 architecture-based Threadripper 7000 series CPUs, the company and its OEM partners have unleashed a new wave of high-end PCs and workstations based on the considerable-core-count processors. Though not a massive market in and of itself, the workstation market is by most respects the pinnacle of the PC market, with systems employing the biggest and fastest hardware available, and often a whole lot of it. As a result, the workstation market is still a very important one to PC OEMs and chip vendors who are looking to move big silicon for big prices – but it's also a fun one for consumers to watch, if only for a glimpse of what all of this PC hardware is...
HP Introduces Multiple Monitors At CES Including 5K 27” Display
HP has announced a staggering number of monitors today, and have reset the bar on pricing. A total of seven monitors have been announced today, and all offer something...
23 by Brett Howse on 1/5/2015HP Sells Palm Brand To Alcatel OneTouch
We haven't heard much from Palm since they were purchased by HP in 2010. The Palm Pre 2 was unsuccessful, the Pre 3 was cancelled, and after the failure...
21 by Brandon Chester on 12/31/2014HP Stream 7 Review: A $119 Windows Tablet
Late last month, we published our yearly holiday guide for people interested in buying tablets. We took a look at what we considered to be the best tablets running...
157 by Brandon Chester on 12/19/2014Best High-End Laptops: Holiday 2014
High-End Laptop Recommendations Our holiday guides have covered a lot of products so far, and just on the laptop side of things we've looked at budget laptops, Chromebooks, and mainstream...
85 by Jarred Walton on 12/18/2014HP Stream 11 Review: A New Take On Low Cost Computing
The low cost Windows laptop world has been a rather frustrating experience over the last several years. Manufacturers created big, bulky designs packed with low resolution TN displays and...
59 by Brett Howse on 12/17/2014HP z27x Review
The HP z27x is loaded with features. Beyond the usual features like a USB hub and multiple inputs it offers multiple color space support for AdobeRGB, DCI P3, and...
47 by Chris Heinonen on 12/2/2014Best $500 Laptops: Holiday 2014
[Note: prices are changing a lot right now; there are sales that come and go, and some of the prices we quote will inevitably change. Please view these recommendations...
59 by Jarred Walton on 12/1/2014Chromebook Buyer's Guide: Holiday 2014
If you want something more than a tablet, the cheapest options are undoubtedly Chromebooks. These are basically the least expensive laptops you can find, and while we're working on...
64 by Jarred Walton on 11/26/2014HP Launches Omen: A Thin Gaming Laptop
HP today announced the availability of their new Omen laptop, a name that hearkens to their acquisition of Voodoo PC clear back in 2006. It's been a while since...
32 by Jarred Walton on 11/4/2014HP Inc Unveils The Sprout All-In-One To Blend The Physical And Digital World
The newly formed HP Inc took the wraps off a fairly unique PC. The Sprout is a traditional all-in-one computer that has been coupled with a 3D camera system...
13 by Brett Howse on 10/30/2014HP Splits In Half: Consumer & Enterprise Businesses To Separate
After a weekend of rumors spurred on by a Wall Street Journal report, HP has confirmed this morning that the company intends to split in half next year. The...
16 by Ryan Smith on 10/6/2014HP, AppliedMicro and TI Bring New ARM Servers to Retail
Yesterday HP announced retail availability of two ARM based servers, the ProLiant m400 and m800. Each are offered in a server cartridge as part of the Moonshot System. A...
34 by Stephen Barrett on 9/30/2014HP Announces Low Cost Stream Laptops And Tablets
Several weeks ago, Hewlet-Packard announced the HP Stream 14” Notebook. The Stream series is HP’s version of the low cost Windows laptop, meant to compete head to head with...
49 by Brett Howse on 9/29/2014AMD Kaveri Laptops Sighted
While AMD's Kaveri APUs initially launched on the desktop at the beginning of the year, for many the APUs looked like a better fit for laptops and notebooks. In...
42 by Jarred Walton on 7/28/2014HP Labs: the Science of Technology
Recently HP invited journalists from a variety of publications down to their Houston location for a tour of the Science Labs – facilities and labs dedicated to designing, testing...
15 by Jarred Walton on 7/1/2014HP ZBook 14 Review: Mobile Workstation Meets Ultrabook
What do you get when you cross an Ultrabook with enterprise features including an optional professional OpenGL GPU? This is apparently the question HP's engineers were asking, and the...
66 by Jarred Walton on 6/20/2014HP Chromebook 11 with LTE Arrives at Best Buy, Altair's LTE Modem Inside
We reviewed HP's Chromebook 11 a while back in the WiFi-only variety and found it to be an interesting value play for Chromebooks, even though the Exynos 5250 left...
6 by Brian Klug on 1/15/2014Best Budget Laptops - Holiday 2013
Introduction Over the past decade, we've seen a dramatic slowing in the rate of performance increases on PCs and laptops. Where it was typical to see a doubling in performance...
30 by Jarred Walton on 11/28/2013HP Chromebook 11 Review
We’re in the midst of a netbook renaissance. Armed with lighter weight OSes, faster hardware and a better appreciation for what matters in a consumer device, OEMs are giving...
90 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/15/2013HP Announces Spectre 13 x2 Hybrid Ultrabook
Since the launch of Windows 8, many users have been waiting for something that does a better job of spanning the gap between laptops/Ultrabooks and tablets. We’ve seen sliders...
48 by Jarred Walton on 9/19/2013