Crashing PC sales don't stop HP Inc releasing two new ones HP Inc has announced two new PC desktops: the miniscule and modular Elite Slice, as well as the new Toblerone of IT, Pavilion Wave, as a domestic entertainment machine. Elite Slice is HP’s smallest desktop. A 6.5" square, it stands only 1.38 inches tall, at least before you add the stackable modules, and is cooled by a 360- …
They come with Windows 10 I won't be buying them.
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I can't thumb this one up ENOUGH. I wholeheartedly, 110%, agree with you!
HP should ship them with 'linux flavor of your choice' as an option, with a discount even, and watch sales SKYROCKET!
I meant Windows 7 or maybe 8.1
7 goes out of support in less than 4 years
8 has that horrible "charms" bar that pops up every time you get near the right-hand side, and other inexplicable popups when you are scrolling around
10 with Classicshell FTW. Huge improvement on 8/8.1, I don't know what your objection is (apart from the still-kludgey mishmash of Control Panel / PC Settings screens, but 8 has that too. Worse.)
Crashing PC sales won't stop PC makers from selling ridiculous hardware. In fact, the hardware gets proportionally more ridiculous as the sales tumble, because for the last few years their profits have soared proportionally with their marketing and advertising budgets, irrespective of the quality of the hardware. We've reinforced bad habits through buying their crap, and by now they've fired most of their engineers and R&D, which leads them to filling the gaps with gimmicks.
Stop buying new devices every year if you want the madness to stop.
What's ridiculous about this? Not everyone wants an ordinary oversized beige or black rectangular box sitting under their desk. Are you suggesting that more choice is a bad thing, and that if the PC market was still doing well we would be happy that we have almost no choice in form factor unless we build it ourselves or buy a Mac?
I guess they finally gave thought to what to do with the thing after it breaks down. Pity the max specs don't go that far past my now 6 year old workstation apart from the CPU. Would be nice if they added a monitor that follows the same design with a curve in it. Something that might fit on top of the cookie jar or stand alone. Add a nice warped keyboard to it and then it would become a whole new experience. Something that might fit the design bureau and replace those squarish Mac at last.
Alas,.. it comes with another X. And not the one I'd like.
Given the name, Elite Slice, this is probably a business class system.
I have an EliteDesk 705 G1 desktop mini that developed a power issue. I expected to exchange twenty emails with HP, chat with someone in Hinglish, and then have to swap hardware myself. Imagine my surprise when I was contacted by HP and a repair tech was scheduled to come out to my house to fix my system.
I've never considered warranty when purchasing a desktop system, but I was glad to have it. As a result, I've been recommending Elite class systems to others.
Since my lowly G1 has a PCIe x4 m.2 drive slot, I'd guess that the Elite Slice does as well. This new system could be a speedy little thing.
It is great to see HP moving more into the very small form factor market. I'll probably be taking a closer look at this device, or its successor, in a few years.
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