Kenneth O'Donnell , lead reliability engineer at Boeing, is looking to overhaul 80 motors--between 5 hp and 7.5 hp--that run cooling fans at the company's giant server farm in Kent, Wash.
Including Fiorina, each of HP's 15 highest-ranking executives (10 from HP, 5 from Compaq) is a seller as well as a manager, calling on 7 to 15 accounts.
Because peak power arrives at different rpm for the gas engine and the electric traction motor, peak system horsepower nets out to be an even 200 hp at 5, 600 rpm, which is the rated redline.
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The base engine gives good love: 300 hp from turbo I-5 that produces 250 hp and 266 lb-ft of torque.
Offering up to 6.5 hours of battery life with the standard battery, and up to 13 hours with the optional HP Slim Fit Extended-Life battery, (5) the HP ENVY 14 Beats Edition includes powerful Intel Core processors and ATI Mobility Radeon HD(2) 5650 graphics for demanding tasks.
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Still, the advocacy organization sees much room for improvement: Even leader HP scored just a 5.9 out of 10.
The New York City pension funds opposing the two HP directors collectively own 5.5 million shares of the company's stock.
And with HP earnings up a mere 5% in the quarter, the 8.5% 2012 forecast might be too high.
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But by the same quarter of 2005, Palm's share had fallen by nearly half to 17.8%, compared with RIM's 23.2%, and 12.5% for HP.
On a year-over-year basis, HP grew units 3.5%, Gartner estimates.
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Lenovo finished in third place with a 6.5 percent slice, while HP and Dell trailed behind with 4.8 and 3.2 percent, respectively.
Apple, the third-largest maker of computers in the U.S. behind Hewlett-Packard and Dell, did see its marketshare rise (to 13.6 percent from 12.5 percent) as both HP and Dell suffered greater year-over-year declines.
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Acer followed HP with strong sequential growth of 7.5% but a declining figure from the third quarter of 2009, at -0.7%.
The HP LV1911 and LV2011 respectively measure 18.5 and 20 inches diagonally and offer VGA inputs, 3, 000, 000:1 dynamic contrast ratios and 5 millisecond response times.
Dell's Latitude 10, the ASUS Tablet 810, Acer's Iconia W510 and W700, Lenovo's ThinkPad 2, the HP Envy x2 and Samsung's Series 5 were all there.
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The base XKR is adorned with a slick 5.0 liter V8 engine that produces 510 hp.
How it goes: A brand new boxer 2.5 4 cylinder engine with CVT that produces 173 hp and 174 lb-ft of torque.
Additionally about 2, 400 senior managers are taking a 5% pay cut for three months, and HP's offices will be closed worldwide, between Christmas and New Year's.
While two are hybrids, the other is a screaming supercar, the 650-hp Mustang Shelby GT500, which features an all-aluminum, supercharged 5.8-liter V8 that has a top speed of more than 200 mph.
The Lexus' whirligig is familiar from the Toyota Camry and Avalon hybrids: a lean-burning Atkinson-cycle, 2.5-liter in-line four-cylinder (156 hp) coupled with two electric motors, one a 141-hp traction motor, the other a starter-generator.
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Offering up to 7.5 hours of battery life(5) and measuring less than 1-inch thin, the HP Pavilion dm3 gives consumers the ideal balance of mobility and performance in an affordable, slim and light notebook PC.
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Take a car like the Mustang Boss 302: 444 hp, limited-slip rear differential, race-tuned suspension and 9.5-inch-wide, 19-inch Pirelli P Zero tires.
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In the fourth position was HP with 4.8% share, however shipments of smart connected devices were down 8.5% year over year primarily for the lack of smartphone and tablet offerings.
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To me, the most interesting new machine is the Envy X2, which at first looked like a typical small ultrabook until HP spokesperson Kevin Wentzel removed the screen, turning the 3-pound laptop into a 1.5 pound tablet.
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Other bullet points for the 2014 Vanquish include an additional 55 horsepower (565 hp at 6, 750 rpm) and 37 pound-feet more torque (457 pound-feet at 5, 500 rpm) over the DBS. Aston's all-alloy 5.9-liter, mid-front-mounted V12 gets a sprucing up with variable timing on both intake and exhaust sides, as well as freer-breathing intake geometry.
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At the same time, HP's PC group is the company's weakest business, with earnings from operations that amounted to just 5.3% of the unit's revenues during fiscal year 2007.
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