[subway]

The consumer gear was trash. The server lines were an entirely different story. Also worth noting that by the mid 2000s, Compaq was just a branding on the consumer side. The hardware was all the same old HP consumer junk.

[Anarch157a]

The server line was a legacy from Digital, especially the Alpha line. It was a shame when HP killed it to go with Itanium.

[tzakrajs]

Itanium is why we can't have nice things. (Wishes SGI would have never tried)