HP Rolls out Last Intel Core Duo Desktop

According to HP business desktop product manager Greg Morris, this desktop system is likely to be the last desktop PC that HP rolls out using this class of Intel processors before moving to Intel Nehalem processors that are currently used in workstations and servers.

The end result is that HP and most other PC vendors are going to be selling two different classes of desktop PCs throughout most of 2010.

To protect customer investments, HP is placing added emphasis on an existing Intel Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP) that guarantees customers the components that make up the Compaq 8000 Elite Business PC series will be available for at least 15 months, which gives customers a stable platform they know will be superseded by another platform should they opt to standardize on the Compaq 8000 Elite Business PC series.

In the meantime, customers will have to weigh their options carefully as they prepare to move to Windows 7 on a range of divergent Intel desktop PC architectures that at least for the next year or more will be actively marketed to enterprise customers.

Pricing for the Compaq 8000 Elite desktop PC starts at $799.