HP Z2 Mini G3

It tries to break workstation preconceptions, but ultimately reinforces them.

- Alan Dexter

WORKSTATIONS HAVE TO be big. Lesser systems can be smaller—even a gaming PC can be realized in a tiny space—but workstations have to be big. Don’t they? Not long ago, Apple crammed an incredible amount of power into the Mac Pro, and that was tiny, and stylish, if somewhat flawed. So, maybe workstations don’t have to be as big as we think. Take a look at this svelte little number: It isn’t quite NUC scale, but at 8.5 inches square, it’s far smaller than a standard workstation, especially when you consider that it packs an Intel Xeon and a Quadro graphics card in its tiny form.