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HP Introduces New Top-of-the-Line HP Vectra PC; HP Caps
High-End Vectra PCs With Advanced Security and Manageability
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Business Wire - October 05, 1998 11:40
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PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 1998--Hewlett-Packard Company today announced an HP Vectra VL PC that delivers great performance, advanced PC manageability and integrated security features, and is expected to sell for an estimated street price of just $2,499 (U.S.).
The new PC, available today, is based on Intel's Pentium(R) II 450MHz processor and 440BX AGPset with 100MHz front-side bus. With new Matrox Millennium G200 AGP 2X graphics loaded with 8MB SGRAM,
Digital Versatile Disk (DVD) drive and SCSI subsystem, it delivers industry-leading storage capacity, flexibility and faster data throughput, making easy work of power-hungry graphics and spreadsheet
applications.
The HP Vectra VL PC includes the latest version of HP TopTools PC-management software, with support for smart-card readers. This support enables IS managers to centrally view those PC clients that have the readers installed. HP TopTools also delivers compatibility with the new Web-Based Enterprise Management
(WBEM) industry standard. For added security, the HP Vectra VL PC comes with an innovative master-pass-key system, which allows IT managers to configure one master PC pass key to access all HP
Vectra PCs for routine hardware upgrades.
HP also announced today its smart-card-ready program for HP Vectra PCs, HP Kayak PC Workstations and HP OmniBook notebook PCs, which begins HP's ProtectTools initiative for secure PC clients (see separate release).
Incorporating all major industry-standard technologies such as DMI 2.0, Wired for Management (WfM) and Remote Power-On/Wake-up, the HP Vectra VL PC provides the long product life cycles, consistent
components and high degree of compatibility that IS managers require to deploy hundreds or thousands of PCs easily across their corporate networks.
HP OpenView Desktop Administrator, included with each HP Vectra VL PC, fully equips IS managers to reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) through active, centralized control of their networked hardware and
software environments across the enterprise.
HP Vectra PC Features
Performance
-- Intel Pentium II 350MHz, 400MHz and 450MHz processors and 440BX
AGPset with 100MHz front-side bus
-- Matrox Millennium G200 AGP 2X graphics with 8MB SGRAM
-- 64MB 100MHz SDRAM, upgradeable to 768MB
-- 6.4GB or 10.1GB (7200rpm) PCI Bus Master, SMART-II, Ultra ATA or
9.1GB SCSI hard-disk drives
-- Ultra-SCSI subsystem
-- DVD-ROM drive and 16-bit sound
-- Universal Serial Bus (USB) technology
Manageability
-- 3Com 10/100 EtherLink XL network interface card with remote
wake-up
-- versatile, tool-free 6x6 minitower chassis
-- integration of all major industry standards, including DMI 2.0,
WfM 1.1, SNMP, PC 97/98, DHCP, ACPI, UUID and SMBIOS 2.1
-- fast, easy LAN-card installation via HP LAN-card-ready program,
with remote power on/off and remote wake-up support for popular
LAN cards
-- Web-browser-based HP TopTools remote PC-management software
-- HP Diagtools with fast-track part-exchange facility
-- remote driver update and installation
-- software distribution via HP OpenView Desktop Administrator
(license included)
-- remote flash BIOS
Security
-- fast, easy installation of smart-card readers via HP
smart-card-ready program
-- power-loss monitoring
-- chassis-intrusion detection
-- master-pass-key system
-- remote lock of key components, including keyboard, power switch,
floppy drive and I/O ports
Usability
-- programmable HP multimedia keyboard (selected models)
-- programmable HP scrolling mouse
-- HP Safe Off, Keyboard Start, Windows NT(R) Soft Power Down and
Energy Saver
-- Microsoft(R) Windows NT 4.0 pre-loaded (Windows(R) 95 license
included) and one-step recovery CD for easy re-installation of OS
HP Vectra corporate PC information is available at hp.com.
About HP
Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global provider of computing, Internet and intranet solutions, services,
communications products and measurement solutions, all of which are recognized for excellence in quality
and support. HP has 127,300 employees and had revenues of $42.9 billion in its 1997 fiscal year. Information
about HP and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at hp.com.
Note to Editors: Pentium is a U.S. registered trademark of Intel Corp. Microsoft, Windows NT and Windows
are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp.
CONTACT: Hewlett-Packard Company
Andrea Bell, 408/553-7620
andrea_bell@hp.com
or
Copithorne & Bellows for HP
Brian Mast, 415/975-2210
brian.mast@cbpr.com
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