HP's The Machine kicks Microsoft to the curb in favor of Linux - TechRepublic

[William Muriithi]

> The Itanium, which everyone now reviles, started as an HP project.  I
> actually give them credit for that one, up to a point.  It was an
> interesting technology.  Sadly, its biggest accomplishment was to
> kill or weaken all RISC architectures in the marketplace.
>

In my opinion, seemed like they were only interested in forcing a more
expensive CPU to the market. Though it was an interesting technology, it
never did better in performance against x86/x86-64.  Was petty ambitious
that they expected it to sell even after pricing it horribly against x86.

> |  This article makes me feel better about buying a HP box.  ;-)
>
> HP has a long and honourable history.  But that got washed away in
> recent years due to the forces in the PC world.  As an example, they
> sold off their instrument business, the one that was their foundation.

That's all thanks to Carly Fiorina. It was her who put HP properly in PC
market. I suspect if they didn't have her leadership, they would be far
less exposed to the dying PC market. Now, its too late to get away from PC
industry and will have to shrink with it. Its amazing the damage one bad
leader can do to a company. '
>
> Their consumer PCs are generally getting cheaper and nastier.  I know
> because I have bought a sequence of them.  I'm one of the bad guys: I
> often consider price when I buy.
>
> | Incidentally, the specs for this computer say Linux is a supported OS
> | and it's also certified for Red Hat.
>
> That means you got a busness machine or server.  Those are generally
> better built than the consumer machines.  They cost (new)
> significantly more than consumer machines.
>
> I'm still running Compaq business desktops from the previous millenium
> as gateways.  Reliable, but not energy efficent.
>
> If you are only running a firewall, I would guess that a wireless
> router with the right third-party firmware would have some advantages.

+1, its wasteful energy wise to run a full PC just for firewall. A cheap
Asus router would do the same job better after installing tomato firmware.
> --
William
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