HP cuts to the chase

The computer maker moves aggressively to boost its market share across a range of product lines.

CNET News staff

Feb. 23, 1998 12:20 p.m. PT

Hewlett-Packard has been moving aggressively to boost its share in a host of markets. The company today cut prices on its OmniBook notebooks and some Vectra desktop PCs while rolling out new workstation models.

Notebook prices heading south
update HP's OmniBooks have seen four rounds of price cuts in the past five months.

HP trims desktop prices
The company lowers its Vectra line of business PCs by up to 10 percent in an effort to gain ground in the low-cost desktop PC market.

New Pentium II workstations for HP
Five new Kayak workstations based around the Intel's fastest Pentium II come on the heels of a study showing HP has gained the No. 1 market position in this segment.