HP Enhances Blade PC Solution to Deliver True Desktop Experience for Business Customers

Business Wire, June 11, 2007

The HP BladeSystem bc2000 Blade PC starts at $1,000 per bc2000 blade (when purchased in a 10 pack)(1) featuring a single-core AMD Athlon[TM] 64 2100 processor, 80 gigabyte (GB) SATA hard drive(2) and 1 GB of DDR2 memory.(3)

The HP BladeSystem bc2500 high-performance blade PC starts at $1,500 when purchased in a 10 pack(1) featuring an AMD Athlon 64 X2 3000 dual-core processor,(4) 80 GB SATA hard drive(2) and 1 GB DDR 2 memory.(3)

"AMD and HP are committed to providing customers with innovative technology solutions, such as CCI, that provide outstanding total cost of ownership," said Bob Brewer, corporate vice president and general manager, Desktop Division, AMD. "Powered by energy-efficient AMD Athlon processors, these new blade PC offerings will help provide customers with increased power efficiency and high performance."

Both new blade PCs come with Microsoft Windows[R] Vista[TM] Business edition(5) and are available with the choice of either HP Remote Graphics Software 5.0 or Microsoft RDP 6.0, which both support dual-monitor functionality for even more advanced graphic capabilities. They also include the HP ProtectTools Trusted Platform Module 2.0 embedded security chip for added data security.

More information about the HP Consolidated Client Infrastructure solution is available at www.hp.com/go/cci.> About HP

HP focuses on simplifying technology experiences for all of its customers -- from individual consumers to the largest businesses. With a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure, HP is among the world's largest IT companies, with revenue totaling $97.1 billion for the four fiscal quarters ended April 30, 2007. More information about HP is available at www.hp.com.

Note to editors: More news from HP, including links to RSS feeds, is available at www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/.> (1) Estimated U.S. list price. Actual prices and configurations may vary.

(2) 1 GB = 1 billion bytes. Actual formatted capacity is less. Up to 8 GB (for XP and XP Pro) and up to 12 GB (for Vista) is reserved for system recovery software.

(3) Above 3 GB, all memory may not be available due to system resource requirements.

(4) To take advantage of the 64-bit processing capabilities of the Athlon 64 X2 3000 dual-core processor, this system requires a separately purchased 64-bit operating system and 64-bit software products. Given the wide range of software applications available, performance of a system including a 64-bit operating system will vary.

(5) Certain Windows Vista product features require advanced or additional hardware. See www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/hardwarereqs.mspx and www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/capable.mspx for details. Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor can help determine which features of Windows Vista will run on a computer. To download the tool, visit www.windowsvista.com/upgradeadvisor.> AMD and AMD Athlon are trademarks or registered trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. Windows Vista is either a registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.