Lack of client management tools sinks Kayak XA-s
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Pros and cons: + Great benchmark performance – No client management or other tools Average XA-s 400-MHz Kayak Pentium II Floating-point math 8.83 8.65 Integer math 16.08 16.02 2-D video 28.08 21.78 Small-file access 16.17 11.22 Large-file access 9.98 9.44 CD-ROM access 18.85 N/A 1.0=66MHz6 486 baseline
Pros and cons:
+ Great benchmark performance
No client management or other tools
Average Floating-point The Hewlett-Packard Kayak XA-s PC Workstation is a strong performer that isnt Its graphics subsystem, imported from Hewlett-Packard Co.s Unix workstations, The 3-D performance with public-domain OpenGL utilities left something to be desired. The Kayak rendered full-screen XGA at about 13 frames per second, compared with about Overall, the Kayaks benchmarks were among the three best the lab has examined. The Kayak comes with a special keyboard that has programmable buttons. The software Nor, despite the very nice headphones and sound card, had sound services been enabled Its problems went beyond configuration. The Kayak lacked client management services Although the interior was well-designed, component access proved quite difficult. Many Only three PCI slots, one ISA and one shared card slot were easy to reach once I freed I could see the memory slots, but a ribbon cable blocked access. I couldnt see Its usually obvious where to plug peripherals into a PC, except for the mouse and The workstation didnt indicate which peripheral went where, and I guessed wrong A three-line LCD panel on the front, called MaxiLife, gives little diagnostic feedback. MaxiLife does some hardware monitoring, such as for internal temperature level.
XA-s 400-MHz
Kayak Pentium II
math 8.83 8.65
Integer math 16.08 16.02
2-D video 28.08 21.78
Small-file access 16.17 11.22
Large-file access 9.98 9.44
CD-ROM access 18.85 N/A
1.0=66MHz6 486 baseline
much different than a high-end desktop PC.
garnered an excellent 2-D GCNdex32TM benchmark score of 28.08the highest the GCN Lab
has ever recdorded.
35 frames per second on high-end PCs from Dell Computer Corp. and Compaq Computer Corp. [GCN, July 13, Page 31].
But it showed some glaring glitches in usability.
that makes the keyboard work had not been installed.
under Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0.
such as HPs TopTools, which complies with the industry-standard Desktop Management
Interface 2.0. HP sent no other client management utilities.
minitowers have wide open spaces. The Kayak is jam-packed.
the minitowers chassis cover from its railings.
the 400-MHz Pentium II processor, which was tucked beneath a plastic tunnel that directed
a cooling fan over it.
keyboard, which have interchangeable PS/2 connections.
the first time.
Its error code for not plugging the keyboard and mouse into the correct ports was a
cryptic Error Post 0103. The frowny face was no help at all.
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