VoodooDan from HP here.
From a scalability standpoint Firebird is very modular. First, we wanted to make sure there’s enough expansion and features on the main system. So for example, the high end system comes with almost everything most of our customers ask for: quad core processor, 640 gigs storage, blue ray, creative labs x-fi, SLI, plus a hybrid GPU. We even went as far as to add wireless ethernet – all of this on a small square PCB.
The added options come from things such as the Xpress Card slot, and there are options you can buy. There are multiple USB ports (6), and two ESATA ports, HDMI plus a dual link DVI. We aimed to build something that wasn’t lacking very much at all.
Thanks for the feedback – and let me know if you have additional questions. I’m here to help.