HP targets China with low-cost PC
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - Personal computer stocks were relatively quiet Friday as the sector focused more attention on China where Hewlett-Packard introduced a new, low-priced PC.
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A low-cost laptop, designed for children in developing countries, finally goes into mass production.
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Hewlett-Packard, the top global PC vendor, Thursday introduced a multimedia notebook packed with high-definition features, including a screen that allows users to watch full HDTV movies.The HP Pavilion HDX laptop, targeted at multimedia enthusiasts, has a 20.1-inch high-definition screen that plays back true 1080p high-definition television, according to HP. Users will have the option of selecting from an HD DVD or Blu-ray Disc drives to play back high-definition movies.Powered by the Core 2 Extreme or Core 2 Duo processors from Intel, the system includes a hybrid TV tuner that lets users watch high-definition or analog TV broadcasts. The tuner will also provide digital video recorder capabilities, with users able to record and pause live TV.The system includes an Nvidia GeForce 8800M GTS graphics card with 512MB of video memory, HP said. It also includes has four Altec Lansing speakers with a subwoofer built in. The system will support storage of up to 500GB and have integrated wired and wireless networking.The system will run on Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate. Starting at $1,999, the system will ship in the U.S. this month, according to HP.HP on Thursday also introduced the Pavilion tx2000 tablet PC, a portable laptop targeted at students and professionals. Users can rotate the screen 180 degrees and use a stylus to capture handwriting or surf the Internet, according to HP.Powered by Advanced Micro Devices&#39; Turion 64 X2 dual-core processor, the PC comes with a 12.1-inch screen and Windows Vista OS. It will have a DVD+/- RW drive, up to 250GB of storage, integrated wireless and wired networking, a fingerprint reader and a webcam. It weighs 4.29 pounds (1.95 kilograms) with a four-cell battery, according to HP.The PC will be available starting at $1,299, depending on configuration. It will ship later this month in the U.S.The laptops were announced ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show, to be held in Las Vegas between January 7 and 10, where they will be on display.
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Businesses in Europe, Asia can net bucks for outdated computer equipment, company says.
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New lineup of low-cost PCs includes with some multimedia capabilities.
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Hewlett-Packard has announced four entry-level servers for SMBs, along with updates to its remote management software.The servers are part of HP&#39;s ProLiant 100 series, aimed at companies with 100 to 500 employees. They are all two-processor rack-mount servers, with two 1U machines and two 2U machines. (The 1U refers to the height of the machine and is equal to 1.75 inches.)Rack-mount servers have lost the limelight lately to trendy blade servers, sales of which are growing at a faster clip, and even HP&#39;s vice president of marketing, Paul Gottsegen, who was charged with promoting the new rack-mount servers, advised customers to look closely at blades.&quot;When they see the blades, customers tell us there&#39;s an advantage in cooling, in cabling, in reduced power consumption and overall density, so the rack customers typically transition to blades, it&#39;s just a matter of customers in this market becoming aware of them,&quot; he said.Still, rack-mount servers account for a high proportion of sales despite their slower growth, and smaller companies tend to be more comfortable sticking with what they are used to, said Gordon Haff, principal IT adviser at Illuminata.Two of the HP servers are available now. One is the DL185 G5, a 2U system designed for high-capacity jobs like mail serving and video capture. It comes with up to 14 large-form factor drives and 10.5TB of storage, and it runs on one or two Opteron 2200 processors from AMD. Pricing starts at $1,749.The other machine on sale now is the DL160 G5, a 1U server that can act as a node in a high-performance computing cluster as well as a standard business server. It has two PCI-Express x16 2.0 slots and support for a faster front-side bus, and it runs one or two of Intel&#39;s quad-core 5400 &quot;Harpertown&quot; chips. Pricing starts at $1,399.The other two machines won&#39;t ship for another three months, HP said. They are the DL180, a general-purpose 2U server with three PCI-E slots and up to 12 large form factor drives, and the DL 165, which will be the first rack-mount server that can hold four 3.5-inch disk drives, according to HP. Pricing for those servers was not announced.HP has been doing well in the server market lately. In the third quarter last year, it sold more machines than second-place Dell or third-place IBM, although IBM earned the most revenue, research company Gartner said.Low-end servers are fairly commoditized, and there isn&#39;t a great deal that distinguishes one vendor&#39;s hardware from another, Haff said. &quot;Certainly, there are some differences in areas like management software, but for the most part, it&#39;s about the channels and the partners and what&#39;s offered around the server,&quot; he said.HP announced two Lights-Out management packages for the servers. They allow users to install software remotely and monitor the health of fans, power supplies and other components. A Lights-Out 100i Advanced Pack is $199 per license and a Select Pack is $99. Customers must also buy a Remote Management Card for $219.HP also announced two updated software packages for the machines. They are Citrix Access Essentials, for remote access to applications, and Exchange Server 2007, the latest version of Microsoft&#39;s e-mail server software.
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InfoWorld - Hewlett-Packard&#160;introduced an entry-level rack server in India on Thursday, part of its strategy to design lower-cost servers specifically for Asian countries.
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Micro-Star International is working on an ultra-low cost notebook PC based on Intel's Diamondville microprocessor.
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Hewlett-Packard next year will take a fresh approach to its utility computing initiative with a product designed to reduce the cost of running corporate computing systems.
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SEATTLE, DEC 9: Hewlett-Packard Co will be under pressure to sell its personal computer business after IBM&#39;s decision to sell its PC operations to China&#39;s top PC manufacturer, but analysts said the No 2 computer maker would hold on to its $25 billion PC
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(InfoWorld) - Hewlett-Packard Co. has begun recycling PCs and other products for Chinese consumers and small businesses, expanding a free program that already existed for large companies. "We've offered recycling to corporate and enterprise customers in China for many years, and now we're extending this to consumers and small businesses in response to customer demand," said Ryan Donovan, an HP spokesman. Environmental protection is a growing concern in China, where cities and the countryside have been ravaged by years of headlong economic growth and heavy pollution. The country has also become a major destination for electronic waste shipped from overseas that has resulted in pollution in the towns where these items are processed. Starting Tuesday, Chinese consumers can drop off HP computers and other products, such as printers, monitors, and scanners, for recycling at service centers in 31 Chinese cities, the company said. These products will be sorted by HP and then sent out for recycling in China. Details of the hardware recycling program are available on HP's Web site (in Chinese). HP's Chinese recycling effort for used PCs will be expanded over the next year to include more cities and additional drop-off points, the company said. HP isn't the only PC vendor that offers free recycling of PCs and other equipment in China. Last December, Dell Inc. announced a program that will recycle PCs and other equipment for corporate customers in China. Under that program, returned equipment may either be refurbished and resold, or sent out for recycling. REFERENCES: Dell to recycle PCs for Chinese customers, Dec. 22, 2006
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Indian PC users can expect to see a localized, stripped-down version of Microsoft&#39;s XP operating system early next year. Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft plans to ship the low cost version of its PC operating
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HONG KONG - Hewlett-Packard Co., the world&#39;s number-two PC maker, said on Friday it has launched a 3,999 yuan ($483) computer in China, turning up the heat in the intensely competitive market.
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Red Hat Inc. is opening this week its first office in China, as part of its effort to tap demand for low-cost software in developing markets.
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A 30 percent stake in Hewlett-Packard&#39;s Chinese operations is up for sale to the highest bidder as the company&#39;s Chinese partner looks to sell its shares.In a filing (in Chinese) with the China Beijing Equity Exchange, state-owned China Electronics Import &amp; Export Co. (CEIEC) invited bids for its stake in China HP and set a minimum price of 967 million yuan ($133 million).CEIEC will accept bids until Feb. 2 from qualified Chinese companies. Offers from financial institutions or hedge funds will not be considered, it said.HP had little to say in response to CEIEC&#39;s offer, but reaffirmed the importance of China HP to its overall business.&quot;China is a critically important market to HP and continues to hold tremendous opportunities for our business. ... Whilst we do not comment on our financial or operational plans in the future, HP will ensure its business operations remain unaffected,&quot; wrote Joanne Tan, a company spokeswoman, in an e-mail.China HP was founded in 1985 as a joint venture between HP and CEIEC. Over the years, the joint venture has been successful and China HP is a major player in key local markets, such as PCs and servers.Joint ventures are a common way of doing business in China, with foreign companies tapping the experience and connections of a local partner.In the best situations, these partnerships can help the foreign company build and grow their business in China faster than would otherwise be possible.
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Upcoming chips will lead to relatively inexpensive hardware, company says.
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Hewlett-Packard Co.  will be under pressure to sell its personal computer business after IBM's decision to sell its PC operations to China's top PC manufacturer, but analysts said the No. 2 computer maker would hold on to its &#36;25 billion PC division for now.