Ordered HP EliteBook 8460w

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Thomas Maurer

Some days ago I compared the new HP EliteBook and ProBook series. Now I decided to buy the HP EliteBook 8460w mobile workstation. I think this is the best option between performance and batterylife.

Here the 8460w configuration I ordered:

HP EliteBook 8460w Mobile Workstation
Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM Processor (2.0 GHz, 6 MB L3 Cache)
Mobile Intel QM67 chipset
14.0-inch diagonal LED-backlit HD+ anti-glare (1600 x 900) with 720p HD Webcam
AMD FirePro™ M3900 w/1 GB gDDR3
8GB 1333 MHz DDR3 SDRAM (2D)
500 GB 7200 rpm 2.5-inch hard drive
DVD+/-RW SuperMulti DL Drive
DualPoint (TouchPad and PointStick)
Intel Centrino® Ultimate-N 6300 (3×3)
Bluetooth® Wireless Technology 2.1
TPM & Fingerprint
HP 9-Cell 100 Wh Li-Ion Battery
56K v.92 high speed modem
HP Elite Support with limited 3 year standard parts and labor warranty 3/3/3

As I said the main reasons for me to buy this notebook, are the performance, the form factor, the batterylife and of coure the design. I am sure the EliteBook 8460p would be enought performance for me, but I really like the color of the EliteBook w-series notebooks.

Since HP will not release the EliteBook 8460w in Europe I ordered the notebook directly in the HP Online Store with my myus.com account.

New Awesome HP Notebooks (Elitebooks and ProBooks)

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Thomas Maurer

After some years with my Apple MacBook Pro its time for a new notebook. Now since my work now is really in the Microsoft field, it does not really make sence to buy a MacBook Pro again. So first I check out the new Dell Latitude E-Series, and now HP released the new Elitebook Workstations.

Now I don’t really like the new HP Elitebook p-series, but I really like the black desgin of the ProBook or the new gunmetal black of the Elitebook w-series.

What is important for me:

Screen resolution – 1600 x 900 or even 1920 x 1200
battery – life 6 hours or more
Size 14 inch or 15 inch
cool desgin
docking station
multiple monitor support

If you need more information you can get them here.

HP Network Interface does not start.

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Thomas Maurer

I just installed two new HP ProLiant DL360 G6 with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2. Everything worked fine until I installed the HP Support Pack which includes Drivers and Firmware for the HP Server.

After I installed the HP ProLiant Support Pack one of my Network Interfaces could not start. I got the following error in the Device Manager:

HP NC382i DP Virtual Bus Device
This device cannot start. (Code 10)

I tried to uninstall the device and rebooted the server but this didn’t work. I had still the same error.

The problem was that just uninstalling the driver does not work, you also have to check the checkbox on “Delete the driver software for this device.”

After doing that you can rescan for new hardware and the system will find this adapter again and everything will work fine.

HP iPrint iOS App

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Thomas Maurer

HP iPrint 3.0

Yesterday Hewlett-Packard released iPrint version 3.0. And this is a perfect App for printing and scanning documents directly from your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. You can print to HP Network Printers or USB Printers. For example printers which are connected with the Apple Airport Extreme or Express USB port.

What’s New In Version 3.0

Print PDF and text documents
Native iPad resolution & user interface for enhanced iPad viewing and use
Document Support – View and wirelessly print attachments (text and PDF files) from mail clients and apps compatible with iOS “Document Support” feature (requires iPad and/or iPhone iOS 4)
WebDAV – Turns your device into a wireless flash drive. Copy documents directly from your PC or Mac to/from your device and take them with you
File Sharing support – When connected via USB cable, transfer documents to iPad & iPhone (iOS 4) from PC or Mac
Scan to device – Scan photos & documents wirelessly from HP e-All-in-One printers to iOS devices (iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad)
Available in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish