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By pre-defining specs for the device, you can obviously create a sleak box for it with no wasted space, but I would claim it will always be impossible to create
by croon 10y ago
By pre-defining specs for the device, you can obviously create a sleak box for it with no wasted space, but I would claim it will always be impossible to create something as powerful as something 4 times its size, given the larger components are still produced, just going off physics. Otherwise no one would still build towers and just use laptops. (Of course more people use laptops, but it's not because of performance)
Since they don't mention specs other than "next gen xeon and nvidia graphics", and the only claim to power is "Building off the success of the HP Z240 SFF, the HP Z2 Mini Workstation is twice as powerful as any commercial mini PC on the market today", I won't hold my breath.
Getting better performance than "other mini PCs" is a pretty low bar for a stationary workstation. I'm unsure who this is for. It's not a laptop, so you can't bring it with you. A midtower would have better performance and can be strapped under your desk so you never see it.
- AdamN 10y agoThat was the theory with the first clocks to go on ships ... but then John Harrison realized that smaller can be just about as good for a significantly more useable product: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harrison#The_longitude_watches https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harrison#The_longitude_wa...
- m_mueller 10y agoClocks don't need cooling.
- revelation 10y agoIt's a mobile GPU and a 40 odd Watt Xeon. It's not really Workstation hardware.
- djsumdog 10y agoOff the shelf parts with the Thin-ITX form factor can help you build a pretty powerful workstation at this size. I built one myself: http://penguindreams.org/blog/building-a-thin-itx-router/ http://penguindreams.org/blog/building-a-thin-itx-router/ You wouldn't be able to build anything as powerful as these HP offerings, because they can custom fab parts to pack in ram and high end processors in a smaller density (like laptops) and build a lot of custom heat dispensations components as well. Still, there are Thin-ITX boards that can support a decent amount of ram and power, just not Xeons or high end video cards.
- rodgerd 10y agoFour times the size can also be tremendously counter-productive, in terms of having a big empty space that air swirls around in. Cooling is a pain in the arse.