HP EliteBook 8440w Review(A)

post by: Jerry Jackson, NotebookReview.com Editor, Via: HP Battery & Compaq Battery

The HP EliteBook 8440w hp 500 battery represents the HP's first 14-inch mobile workstation. For those who aren't already familiar with mobile workstations hp 510 battery,these high-performance business laptops are different from typicalnotebooks because anything labeled as a "workstation" must meetspecific hardware and software requirements in order to meet theindustry standards for PCs designed for technical or scientificapplications. In short, while there are many 14-inch business notebookson the market this is the first 14-inch laptop that packs enough bellsand whistles to be considered a "workstation."

Our review unit of the HP EliteBook 8440w hp 520 battery features the following configuration:

• Intel Core i7 620M Processor 2.66GHz (turbo mode up to 3.33GHz, 4MB L3 cache)
• Microsoft Genuine Windows 7 Professional (64-bit)
• 14-inch LED-backlit HD+ display (1600 x 900)
• NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M (512MB)
• 4GB DDR3 1333MHz RAM
• 320GB 7200RPM HDD
• Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n), Ethernet, Modem, and Bluetooth Connectivity
• 9-Cell Battery (10.8V)
• Dimensions: 13.2 x 9.2 x 1.5 inches (including feet hp 530 battery)
• Weight: 5.89lbs
• Price as configured: $1,649 (starting at $1,499)

Build and Design

The HP EliteBook line of business notebooks and mobile workstationshas enjoyed much success over the last two years. These business ruggedlaptops meet or exceed the needs hp 540 batteryof most business professionals and have quickly found a place next topopular business notebooks like the Dell Latitude series and the LenovoThinkPad line.

A huge part of the success of the EliteBooks has been the "HP DuraCase" and "HP DuraFinish" which is essentially a strong HSTNN-LB31 , HSTNN-OB53magnesium alloy inner shell strengthened by a brushed aluminum outershell that is so scratch resistant you can't even scratch it with steelwool. The EliteBook 8440w maintains the HP DuraCase heritage but adds anew gunmetal anodized-aluminum finish, metal hinges with steel pinaxels and reinforced display latch with four-point lockdown. The baseof the laptop feels very strong and would definitely survive many bumpsand bruises that other laptops might not hp 550 battery.There is no flex in the keyboard, not even directly above the opticaldrive where most keyboards tend to flex. The underside of the notebookis also similarly rigid and strong with the exception of a little fleximmediately underneath the notebook's optical drive.  Although we don'trecommend it, you can stand on this notebook and you'll barely noticeany flex beneath your feet. Teh Elitebook is rated to support up to136kg (300 pounds) of weight, so it makes sense that we didn't detectany flex during our standard lab tests.

For those who are interested, the 8440w meets or exceeds thedurability tests under military standards (MIL-STD 810G), measuringlevels of environmental reliability (dust, water, heat, and cold). Thekeyboard evo n400c battery is also spill resistant with drains located at the bottom of the chassis to protect your notebook in the event of a spill.

The outer shell of the screen casing, as previously mentioned, ismade of aluminum. Once you open the lid you'll find a convenientkeyboard light located at the top of the screen bezel. Just push thebutton on the top of the screen and a small LED pops out shining alight on your keyboard. This is perfect for typing while traveling in acar or airplane without turning on an overhead light to bother peoplesitting next to you. The laptop screen housing evo n410c battery is also extremely solid and can barely be twisted even when significant force is applied.

The 8440w also features the now standard hard drive shockprotection in the form of HP 3D DriveGuard which will help to protectyour hard drive in the event the laptop gets dropped or violentlybumped. HP also includes HP ProtectTools with drive encryption, DeviceAccess Manager, HP Spare Key (a program that helps employees accesstheir computer in case they forget their password), HP Disk Sanitizer evo n400 battery,File Sanitizer, and HP ProtectTools with Computrace LoJack so that youcan remotely delete data in the event that your laptop is stolen anduse the LoJack theft recovery services to assist law enforcement withthe recovery of your notebook.

One of the main things that business notebooks need to have thatconsumer notebooks don't is extremely easy access to internalcomponents. IT managers have to be able to open up a notebook tocustomize systems as needed or make repairs. HP engineers made it quiteeasy to access the RAM, hard drive, and wireless cards inside the8440w. Four screws are all that you need to remove in order to accessthose internals, and it's just as evo n410 battery easy to put everything back.

Screen and Speakers

The EliteBook 8440w comes equipped with a 14" anti-glare hp pavilion zd8000 batterydisplay with a 16:9 widescreen ratio. At 1600 x 900 pixels, this 720phigh-definition display is perfectly usable and features good color andcontrast. The LED-backlit panel offers excellent brightness and wetypically left the brightness set to between 50% and 70% when evo n600c batteryusing the notebook indoors. We know many people are concerned about thetransition from 16:10 to 16:9 ratio screens (because this means lessvertical resolution) but this 1600 x 900 panel offers a higherresolution than most 1280 x 800 panels used in 14-inch businessnotebooks.

Horizontal viewing angles are pretty good and you only start tonotice some color shift after you get more than 75 degrees off center.Vertical viewing angles are only average as the screen begins to washout from above and colors begin to invert from below after about 45degrees in either direction.

While we're on the topic of the nice screen, it's evo n610c batteryworth mentioning that the 8440w is one of the first HP notebooks thatwill come pre-loaded with HP SkyRoom, a new high-definitionvideoconferencing software that really impressed our editors. We willhave a more in-depth look at SkyRoom in our upcoming review of the HPEliteBook 8540p, but I couldn't resist mentioning this awesome videoconferencing technology.

The lap-firing stereo speakers used in the EliteBook 8440w have afantastic volume range and offer excellent highs and midtones with ahint of bass. Unfortunately, since these are lap-firing speakers theaudio is directed down rather than up and toward the user. If you usethe 8440w like a "laptop" then the sound will be muffled in your legs.The speakers in the 8440w more than good enough for watching a webcastor hearing system sounds evo n620c battery,and the highest volume settings are loud enough to fill an office withsound for a presentation with just a hint of distortion at peak volume.

The single  headphone jack on the 8440w works well with the twodifferent brands of earphones I used during the test. No static orother noise was noticed through the jack evo n800c battery besides imperfections in the audio source itself.

CES 2010: The Best And Worst Laptops

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HP and Lenovo made the biggest splash in terms of notebooks during this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Lenovo, makers of the ThinkPad line of business notebooks, are determined to grab a larger A1175 market share among consumers this year.

The new IdeaPad S10 Tablet is an Intel Atom-based netbook with a 10-inch touchscreen that rotates 180 degrees in either direction. Available with either a flush 3-cell ibook g4 12 battery or extended life 6-cell battery this netbook tablet looks like it will give the ASUS Eee PC T91 a run for the money. As we've come to expect with Lenovo notebooks, the keyboard on the new S10 Tablet is second to none in this form factor. The screen bezel might be large, but that was done on purpose to provide more room for the larger keyboard. The keys feel fantastic with just the right amount of throw and there is no sign of flex in the pre-production keyboard powerbook g4 12 battery we used.

Some Smartbooks Are Smarter Than Others

Smartbooks, a new category of thin and light laptops that bridge the gap between a smartphone and a netbook, will probably be a major push from several manufacturers in 2010. The Lenovo Skylight aspire 3500 battery was the first of these smartbooks to go public.

Sure, the Skylight is thin and lightweight. It's also got a great keyboard and screen. It even has the smartphone-like ability to almost instantly wake from sleep mode (a huge time saver compared to netbooks and ultraportable notebooks travelmate 2300 battery). However, the smartphone-like user interface just screams out for a touchscreen. The fact that user will have to control the Skylight with a standard touchpad and keyboard is probably the least smart element of this smartbook. Yes, a standard display makes the Skylight thinner, lighter, and cheaper but we're starting to think that smartbooks, like all modern smartphones, really need to have a touchscreen.

Thankfully, it looks like our editors aren't alone in wanting smartbooks with touchscreens. Although HP isn't ready to announce a touchscreen smartbook, they did have an extremely interesting smartbook prototype on display at CES this year. The yet-to-be-named HP smartbook is based on HP's current Mini family of netbooks, but this ultraportable is thinner, lighter, and based on the Snapdragon ARM II processor just like the Lenovo Skylight. The HP smartbook prototype runs a customized version of the Google Android operating system and, more importantly, features a touchscreen like you'd expect to see on a device that's intended fpcbp155 , fpcbp200 , fpcbp200ap to act like an enlarged smartphone.

HP representatives were all quick to point out that this prototype may never see the light of day, but it should serve as an indication of what form factor HP thinks will work best for the smartbook category.

Not to be outdone, Lenovo also debuted the Lenovo IdeaPad U1 hybrid netbook and slate tablet/smartbook. Our entire staff was pretty impressed with this innovative concept ... and even more impressed that it's ready for sale. The IdeaPad U1 works just like a standard Intel Atom-based netbook with a full keyboard and touchpad running Windows 7, but with the flip of a switch you can unplug the touchscreen display and you've got an ARM-based tablet PC ready for travel with it's own operating lifebook T5010 battery system and flash storage. What makes the U1 even cooler is that you can connect the bottom half of system to an external monitor and use it as a Windows desktop PC while the top tablet portion of the laptop is being used by someone else. When you reconnect the tablet to the bottom half of the laptop then the data will automatically synchronize so that you don't lose your work. Time will tell whether consumers want smartbooks with thin standard screens or if they're willing to buy a slightly thicker smartbook with a touchscreen interface.

Best Buy Gives You The Blues

One of the major stories fujitsu t4220 battery from Sony, Dell, and Toshiba at the 2010 CES was their partnerships with Best Buy. Best Buy's Blue Label 2.0 program will introduce exclusive notebooks that will only be available from Best Buy. The lineup includes a 14" Toshiba notebook, 15.6" Dell, and a 13" Sony. All of the Blue Label 2.0 notebooks feature Intel Wireless Display technology, enabling consumers to wirelessly stream HD video and pictures directly from the notebook to HDTVs. For example, Hulu and Netflix shows can be streamed in up to 720p quality. The notebooks feature the latest Intel Core i5 processors and start fujitsu t4210 battery at $899.99.

While the Dell and Sony Blue Label notebooks are nice, we were most impressed by the Toshiba Blue Label laptop we saw at CES. The fresh design of the new Toshiba Satellite E205 14-inch notebook looks quite different from previous Toshiba offerings, and the addition of Intel Wireless Display technology should prove to be extremely exciting for consumers. Research suggests that many shoppers ask for laptops with HDMI out so that they can connect their notebooks to their HDTVs, but most of those same consumers never bother to connect the two devices because running a physical cable from your laptop GD761 , GK479 to your TV is rather inconvenient. Wireless display technology finally solves this problem and should help the laptop become the wireless center of your home theater.

2010: The Year of AMD?

One of the biggest and perhaps most welcome changes on the show floor at this year's CES was the high visibility of laptops inspiron 1501 battery with AMD processors and ATI graphics. Dell, HP, Toshiba, MSI, Acer, ASUS, and Lenovo are just a few of the manufacturers offering high-profile laptops with AMD processors and/or ATI graphics in 2010. Although Intel still dominates the top of the CPU food chain with while multi-core CPUs like the Core i3, i5, and i7 processors, AMD is in a great position to dominate the ultraportable and budget mainstream laptop market in 2010. Ultraportable laptops like the Lenovo ThinkPad X100e and Acer Ferrari One offer fantastic performance and usability thanks to AMD processors and ATI graphics while keeping costs inspiron 1520 battery low enough for people to afford during rough financial times. ATI may likely continue to hold the largest market share for laptop graphics thanks to a strong price-to-performance ratio, but let's hope AMD/ATI learn a lesson from NVIDIA in 2010 and start offering mobile GPU drivers on their website.

Worst In Show: Rebadged Netbooks

If there was a single blemish on the inspiron 6000 battery shine from this year's CES it has to be in the netbook category. Despite new graphics options such as NVIDIA's ION or entirely new platforms such as AMD's CONGO processors and graphics, most of the netbooks we saw at CES were just minor refreshes of old netbooks with the latest Intel Pineview Atom processors. While it's true that the newest Intel Atom processors are a little beefier than previous models and the latest Intel integrated graphics are better (particularly when paired with the latest Adobe Flash plugin), these Atom-based netbooks are still horribly underpowered and simply don't deliver a great user experience. Manufacturers still haven't realized that consumers want more than just the same weak hardware inside a new netbook inspiron e1405 battery , inspiron e1505 battery shell.