HP Kayak

Kayak
	HP Kayak XAs, dual Pentium II workstation
Developer	Hewlett-Packard
Type	Workstation;
Release date	September 1997
Discontinued	2002
Operating system	Windows NT
CPU	Pentium II; Pentium II Xeon; Pentium III; Pentium III Xeon; Pentium 4;

Kayak was a line of x86-based, optionally dual-processor workstation computers released by Hewlett-Packard from 1997 until the acquisition of Compaq in 2002. The Kayak line was aimed at the scientific computing and professional 3D graphics markets and came preinstalled with Windows NT.^[1]^[2]

History

Hewlett-Packard introduced the Kayak line in September 1997, alongside their Brio line of small office/home office desktops. Models in the Kayak line initially featured Intel's Pentium II processors;^[3] later models featured Pentium II Xeons,^[4] Pentium IIIs,^[5] Pentium III Xeons,^[6] and Pentium 4s.^[7] The Kayak line was introduced expressly to compete with Compaq, then the largest global manufacturer of personal computers, in the scientific computing and professional 3D graphics markets—particularly with Compaq's Professional Workstation line.^[1]^[2] The Kayak served as HP's introduction to the Wintel workstation market; they had previously only catered to the Unix set with their RISC-based 9000 line of performance workstations.^[8]

HP came to dominate the Wintel workstation segment with the Kayak by the turn of the millennium. However, in late 2001, they were eclipsed by Dell and their Precision workstations.^[9] In Europe, HP rebranded the Kayak as the HP Workstation with their x4000 model in 2001.^[10] By 2002, HP followed suit in the United States.^[11]

References

^ ^a ^b Gomes, Lee (September 10, 1997). "Hewlett-Packard Boldly Sets Out to Pass IBM, Compaq in PC Sales". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: E7 – via ProQuest.
^ ^a ^b Kvitka, Andre (December 22, 1997). "HP Kayak XU workstation proves to be seaworthy". InfoWorld. 19 (51–52). IDG Publications: 86 – via Google Books.
^ Kehoe, Louise (September 10, 1997). "Hewlett-Packard aims to lead business PC market". Financial Times: 41 – via ProQuest.
^ Mahon, Luke (October 1998). "Hewlett-Packard Kayak XU". PC Magazine. United Kingdom: ZDNet: 62 – via Gale.
^ "HP slashes PC prices". PC Week. Ziff-Davis: 35. August 30, 1999 – via Gale.
^ "Crece la familia Kayak" [Kayak family grows]. PC Semanal (in Spanish). 15 (353). Servicios Editoriales Sayrols: 6. May 3, 1999 – via Gale.
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^ Vijayan, Jaikumar (September 15, 1997). "HP plays both sides of the fence; unveils NT, Unix workstations". InfoWorld. 31 (37). IDG Publications: 3 – via Google Books.
^ "HP fights back in workstation market". CNET. CBS Interactive. January 2, 2002. Archived from the original on July 31, 2023.
^ "HP Workstation ready for Europe". Printing World. Haymarket Business: 18. June 25, 2001 – via Gale.
^ "Hewlett-Packard". CADalyst. 19 (6). Questex: 36. June 2002 – via Gale.