At Hewlett Packard’s press event in New York last week, the company announced several new desktop and mobile workstation models which boast the third-generation of Intel’s Thunderbolt connectivity, together with other notable hardware advances not present in any current Apple Mac computer. Ahead I will clarify many of the advances, and preview pending articles and reviews.

At Hewlett Packard’s press event in New York last week, the company announced several new desktop and mobile workstation models which boast the third-generation of Intel’s Thunderbolt connectivity, together with other notable hardware advances not present in any current Apple Mac computer. Ahead I will clarify many of the advances, and preview pending articles and reviews.

Thunderbolt 3 in HP’s new workstations

So far, I have reviewed several Thunderbolt devices, including disk arrays (RAIDs) and audio/video interfaces. To date, no Apple computer yet to be released offer’s Thunderbolt 3, only 1 and 2. Although I will go into much more detail in upcoming articles, here I will summarize that Thunderbolt 3 reportedly offers double the bandwidth to 40 Gbit/s (5 GB/s or gigabytes per second) of Thunderbolt 2 and also allows multiple 4K Ultra HD monitors to be connected. See my upcoming article Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C: How do they relate?

A matte display is available with all of HP’s newest mobile workstations/laptops

Unlike Apple, which unfortunately stopped offering a matte option in all MacBook models several years ago, all of HP’s newest mobile workstations/laptops are available with a matte screen either at 1080p or DreamColor 4K UHD. The only glossy screens on these new HP mobile workstations/laptops come if you order the touchscreen version.

This includes the new HP ZBook Studio (shown above) which I’ll be reviewing soon.

HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro

The HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro resolves the storage bottleneck by permitting users to power through large data storage challenges with amazing performance speeds.

Desktop Z Workstations can be equipped with up to four super-fast HP Z Turbo Drive G2 modules into one PCIe x16 card. This solution delivers sequential performance up to 9.0GB/s (9.0 gigabytes per second). Additionally, the HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro enhances data integrity from power loss protection circuitry to save work in the event of a power failure. The HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro can be used with HP Z440, Z640 and Z840 Workstations.

Other video editing advantages, TBA

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My latest book (paperback + ebook)

My most recent book is available in two languages, and in paperback as well as an ebook. The ebook format is Kindle, but even if you don’t have a Kindle device, you can read Kindle books on many other devices using a free Kindle app. That includes iPad, Android tablets, Mac computers, and Windows computers. Although generally speaking, Kindle books are readable on smartphones like Androids and iPhones, I don’t recommend it for this particular book since it contains both color photos and color comparison charts. The ebook is also DRM-free.

In English, it’s The Castilian Conspiracy. Click here and you will be automatically sent to the closest Amazon book page to you based upon your IP address. Or request ISBN–10: 1456310232 or ISBN–13: 978–1456310233 in your favorite local bookstore.

En castellano, se llama La conspiración del castellano. Haz clic aquí para llegar al instante a la página del libro correspondiente a tu zona y moneda en Amazon, según tu dirección IP. De lo contrario, solicítalo en tu librería preferida con los ISBN–10: 1492783390 ó el ISBN–13: 978–1492783398.

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