HP XW4400 Series Desktop Computers

Not long ago, Hewlett-Packard freshened up its workstation line to provide new processor, configuration and video options in most systems. This month, Cadalyst looks at the HP xw4400, a low-cost entry-level workstation targeted toward engineers,...

Spacious and easy to work on, fast, quiet, dual monitor ready, no pre-installed bloatware and comes with XP Pro NOT VISTA! My USB ports are 2.0, front and rear. Runs every piece of software I own and runs it well, including AutoCAD Land Desktop 2007,...

Specs are in error as there are no firewire ports, front or rear. Not really a con because I could see that by viewing all the pics

Everything except the USB ports

front panel port disabled and all the other ports are low speed usb circa 2001

It still has lots of available expansion card slots

But it does not have the specified 3 available PCI slots. It only has 2

Booted and installed Ubuntu 7.10 and everything works flawlessly. I've got 2 lcd monitors, compiz fusion, vmware, etc ; It runs fast ; It is extremely quiet

I ditched the keyboard and mouse. I didn't even try them so I can't really say they're a con

Great workstation with no junk software. Extremely fast boot time

None

Easy to open for upgrading. Very ; neat interior. Performs extremely well. I could go on and on

No Spare cables to install additional drives

Great, nice and quiet and fast for many things

Low HDD space compared to home PC's. This makes a degrade in one star