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Introduction |
| HP's flagship workstation is called super upgradeable, and touts "tool-free serviceability." Join us to see if this machine is too good to be true, or just what the doctor ordered! | | | '''Full disclosure:''' Generally speaking, iFixit will only perform a teardown on a device we've sourced ourselves through normal retail channels. This gives us the most unbiased, fair assessment of a device, without giving manufacturers a chance to pretty things up for our repairability scanners. | | So when HP offered to loan us their pride and joy for the teardown altar, we were a bit hesitant. But in the end, we couldn't resist the chance to get inside this monster and see how it compares to Apple's new fancy mini monster-tower, the [guide|20778|Mac Pro]. We told themHP to come as close as possible to Mac Pro's $3000 starting price --, so it's not so much of an Apples and we think they came closeto [guide|13470|Oranges] comparison.that spec -- but do bear in mind that this is HP's machine | | | Find our friendship on [http://www.facebook.com/iFixit|Facebook], cool contests and sweet photos on [http://instagram.com/ifixit|Instagram] and digestible nuggets of wisdom on [https://twitter.com/iFixit|Twitter]. |
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