The HP Brio was a line of business-oriented desktop personal computers made by Hewlett-Packard aimed at small businesses.
History The Brio was unveiled on September 9, 1997, with the 8000 series, designed for "power-hungry" business users. In September 1998, HP introduced the lower-cost 7000 series, targeted at mainstream business computing, with a starting street price of $2449, inclusive of a 15-inch monitor.
In June 1999, HP announced Brio models BA and BAx that included Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business. They were launched at street prices of $999 and $1,499 respectively.
Announced in October 1999 at an estimated street price of $499, the BA200 was aimed at small businesses that purchase white box PCs—non-branded PCs assembled by resellers or consumer PCs from manufacturers such as eMachines at retail. The PCs came ready for Windows 2000, and were certified for Novell network operating systems, for easy integration into a networked environment. They also shipped with HP Brio Internet Center and HP Brio Center, which together provided comprehensive Internet and e-commerce capabilities and online support.
Alongside HP's announcement of a new HP Brio Business PC line with the HP Brio Internet Center, HP also announced an agreement with AT&T; WorldNet Service to provide small- and medium-business customers with fast, easy access to the Internet. The alliance with AT&T was meant to provide small and medium businesses with an end-to-end solution—from initial connection to creating a Web site and online store.
In 1998, HP partnered with Symantec to incorporate pcANYWHERE32, a remote-control software package, on all HP Brio PCs for small and medium companies without an information technology (IT) staff.
Geared for small business users, the value lines of Brio PCs offered on-screen and online tech support. The latter came via a customized Yahoo! web site that featured news, business tips, stock reports, and product-specific service and support content from HP.
In May 2000, the HP Brio BA200 placed sixth on PC World's May list of Top 10 Budget PCs.
In January 2002, Netscape Communications announced that it had licensed its Netcenter Web portal to Hewlett-Packard for the Brio line of business computers.
Models The following is a list of all HP Brio models ever launched. "x" in the following names is a variable for models 71–85.
HP Brio 71xx HP Brio 80xx HP Brio 81xx HP Brio 82xx HP Brio 83xx HP Brio 84xx HP Brio 85xx HP Brio BA200 HP Brio BA210 HP Brio BA400 HP Brio BA410 HP Brio BA600 HP Brio BAx HP Brio BA HP Brio BA300
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