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Moving The Workstation Beyond Its Tower

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On Feb 14 2012 in Workstation
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The HP Z1 Workstation is about to turn the professional workstation market on its head.

The breakthrough HP Z1 Workstation was unveiled today as the world’s first 27-inch all-in-one workstation, featuring a sleek, space-saving design, and NVIDIA Quadro professional graphics.

The HP Z1 with its hood open for easy upgrading

To help design and engineering professionals stay ahead of the curve, the HP Z1’s display swings open like the hood of a car so you can easily and quickly upgrade the system. This innovative design allows you to swap out parts and make upgrades to the GPU and other components without the need for any tools.

As you guessed by now, a key part of the Z1 is the introduction of a new, custom line of NVIDIA Quadro GPUs – developed through a multi-year collaboration between HP and NVIDIA. These GPUs, designed for all-in-one workstations, consume less power, generate less heat and require less cooling compared to a traditional workstation. The result is whisper-quiet operation and blazing fast performance.

The HP Z1 gives designers, engineers, digital media and entertainment professionals the kind of uncompromised 3D graphics capability they demand, packaged into a convenient All-In-One form factor.

Check it out for yourself in the video below.

Freedom from the tower. No compromise on graphics power. NVIDIA and HP deliver beauty and brawn with the Z1. Go to http://www.hp.com/z1, open the hood, and kick the tires for yourself. We think you’ll like what you see.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=587790627 Dan Bennett

    I hate to break it to you, but it isn’t the world’s first 27-inch all-in-one workstation:

    http://www.apple.com/uk/imac/specs.html

  • Frans van Terwisga

    Sorry to break it to you Dan, but the iMac does not have the Quadro GPU’s meaning it’s a nice toy but not a professional 3D graphics HW accelerated  (all-in-one) computer a.k.a. workstation. Nice toy nonetheless though :)

  • Anonymous

    Thanks for the clarification, Frans. Dan, to elaborate a bit further — while the 27″ iMac is an all-in-one, it is not a “workstation” as defined by design and engineering professionals. The Xeon Processors, ECC memory and the Quadro Professional GPU’s inside the HP Z1 is what really makes this ‘All-In-One’ a true workstation. The Quadro GPU’s are key here as they provide the reliability & performance to accelerate the various professional workflows that is unmatched by other consumer-grade all-in-one computers.

  • Al Key

    Having seen it in person I am pretty impressed by the Z1, and takes alot to impress an old dog like me!

  • Al Key

    Having seen it in person I am pretty impressed by the Z1, and takes alot to impress an old dog like me!