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.

HP Elitebook comparison

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Thomas Maurer

HP-EliteBook-8460w-8560w-and-8760w-header

I thinking about buying a new notebook and since HP, Dell and other vendors released new notebooks based on Intel Sandy Bridge this would be the perfect time to replace my current MacBook Pro with a new Windows Laptop.

So basically I made this HP Elitebook comparison for all Important things for me based on the Swiss data. (In Switzerland not every model is available.) I also took always the best available option for me.

	Probook 6460b	Probook 6560b	Elitebook 8460p	Elitebook 8560p	Elitebook 8460w	Elitebook 8560w
CPU	i5-2520M	i5-2520M	i7-2620M	i7-2620M	i7-2630QM	i7-2630QM
RAM	16GB	16GB	16GB	16GB	16GB	32GB
Graphics	AMD HD 6470M 512MB	AMD HD 6470M 512MB	AMD HD 6470M 1GB	AMD HD 6470M 1GB	AMD FirePro M3900 1GB	AMD FirePro M5950 1GB
Display	14.0 1600×900	15.6 1600×900	14.0 1600×900	15.6 1920×1080	14.0 1600×900	15.6 1920×1080
3G	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Glass Trackpad	no	no	yes	yes	yes	yes
USB 3.0	no	no	yes	yes	yes	yes
Weight	2.02kg	2.46kg	2.07kg	2.73kg	2.22kg	3kg
Thickness	3.4cm	3.4cm	3.4cm	3.4cm	3.2cm	3.45cm
Design	good	good	okay	okay	awesome	good
Battery life	okay	okay	very good	good	good	bad
Battery life+	no	no	yes	yes	yes	yes
Docking station	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
incl. warranty	1 year	1 year	3 years	3 years	3 years	3 years
Price	good	good	okay	okay	okay	okay

Maybe there are some mistakes in this chart but the most things should be right. And I don’t say one is better than the other one, clearly they are made for different tasks and workloads.

Other things:

I will add a Intel SSD
I will use 8GB RAM
I will not use an optical drive

What’s important for me:

I need long battery life up 6-8h (more would be better)
I need fast disk speed. Since I used a SSD I will never use a HDD again.
I don’t need a lot of graphic power
Resolution should be 1600×900 or higher
the notebook should be light and not to think
CPU power, should be enough to run Hyper-V for demos (boot from VHD)

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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 with new SMB Notebooks

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Thomas Maurer

HP ProBook 4510s

A few days ago, HP released a new business productline for notebooks. I am not a big fan of the s-serie but the first notebooks look pretty cool for small businesses.

The HP ProBook s-series includes: (from the HP press release)

HP ProBook 4410s and HP ProBook 4415s – Feature a 14-inch diagonal 16:9 HD widescreen LED backlight display, integrated optical drive with Blu-ray option and choice of ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4330 or Intel® GMA X4500 HD graphics controller. Wireless connectivity includes standard Wi-Fi certified WLAN and optional integrated Bluetooth® wireless technology. The notebooks also incorporate an HDMI port to connect to HD displays, and include Intel (4410s) or AMD (4415s) processors to offer a variety of options for mobility and longer battery life.

HP ProBook 4510s and HP ProBook 4515s – Offer a 15.6-inch diagonal 16:9 HD widescreen LED backlight display. Customers can select the optional HP Mobile Broadband connectivity with built-in Gobi technology, while standard Wi-Fi certified WLAN and optional integrated Bluetooth wireless technology round out the wireless connectivity technologies. They also feature an integrated numeric keypad. The notebooks include a choice of Intel (4510s) or AMD (4515s) processors to meet high demands for performance and connectivity and choice of discrete or UMA graphics. There is also an integrated numeric keypad on the 15.6-inch and 17.3-inch models.

HP ProBook 4710s – Features a 17.3-inch diagonal HD widescreen display, the largest of the lineup. For more graphics-intensive environments, the notebook includes the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330, with up to 512 megabytes of GDDR2 for video memory. It also features the latest Intel Core™ 2 Duo processors. Wireless connectivity includes standard Wi-Fi certified WLAN and optional integrated Bluetooth wireless technology. The notebook incorporates a HDMI port to connect to HD displays, as well as an integrated numeric keypad.