Tag archive: personal systems group

Hewlett-Packard chief technology officer of its PC division, Phil McKinney, announced late Monday that he plans to retire from the company to help build startups. McKinney's retirement comes just days after HP announced that it will continue to produce PCs through the Personal Systems Group (PSG).  “This is not the traditional retirement,” writes McKinney on his blog. “I’m not planning on spending my days playing golf or… Read More

Hewlett-Packard's newly crowned chief executive Meg Whitman announced today that the company will continue to produce PCs.  Prior to his ousting, former CEO Leo Apotheker said he planned to eliminate production of the webOS-based TouchPad tablet, and was considering selling or spinning off HP's Personal Systems Group (PSG) to focus on other areas of business. Following Whitman's appointment as CEO in September, she said during… Read More

From HP's press release: HP Friday announced that during routine testing of notebook PCs, the company identified a design flaw in certain notebook memory modules used across the industry that could potentially cause users to experience serious problems with their notebooks. The memory modules in question are not manufactured by HP and were supplied by third parties. When used with a prevalent technology architecture found… Read More

The new HP Business Desktop d325 Microtower is HP's update to the Compaq D315 Business PC. The new series of desktops are powered by AMD Athlon XP processors ranging from model numbers 2000+ up tothe 3000+. "Less than a year ago, HP, AMD and NVIDIA partnered to deliver an innovative desktop system for SMB and Public Sector customers. The positive response from these customers to the Compaq D315 BusinessPC has resulted in the introduction… Read More

The HP Pavilion ze5300 series notebook PCs with rewritable DVD drives provide users the power, connectivity and convenience demanded by today's multimedia applications in a full-functioned device that doubles as a mobile entertainment center when connected to compatible DVD players. HP Pavilion desktops offer a full range of powerful, easy-to-use PCs packed with hardware and software tools to make digital entertainment capture and… Read More