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You might think – with all the excitement about tablets – that laptops are doomed. That is not the case – but laptop makers are having to work very hard right now. PC shipments have dropped because companies are short of money – and also any laptop refresh has to compete with trying out tablets.
Laptops still win on many fronts, and Hewlett-Packard is pushing its EliteBook series hard, as a workhorse for the people in the company who are “information producers” as opposed to tablet-toting “information consumers”.
HP hasn’t cut any corners in the building, and it hasn’t rounded any off either, or made efforts to build a thin device. The EliteBook 8460p with battery such as Hp EV088AA battery, Hp 417066-001 battery, Hp F4486B battery, Hp F4486A battery, Hp CGR-B1870AE battery, Hp bta0302001 battery, Hp Pavilion ZD7000 battery, Hp PP2182D battery, Hp 338794-001 battery, Hp PP2182L battery, Hp 345027-001 battery, Hp 342661-001 battery is hefty square-cornered block, 3.18cm thick and weighing 2kg.
I like the solid feel of the magnesium-aluminium casing, which HP describes as “business-rugged”, however, and I would not quibble with carrying this on a trip – as it feels like it would last the journey.
The laptop comes with a list of tough features, such as a shock-absorbing internal DisplaySafe rubber frame around the screen, chemically strengthened touchpad, and a spill-resistant keyboard with drain holes to deal with minor spillages (a popular feature on high-end laptops).
It also has alloy hinges, and solid latches.
The laptop has all the ports you would expect and one or two more – who uses an RJ-11 POTS modem any more? - as well as Express card reader. Next to the 720p HD webcam on the lid, there is a built-in LED light which pops out to illuminate the keyboard very effectively.
The number of buttons is minimised compared with earlier HP laptops, but nothing is missed out, and it is nice to have the “mouse” keys duplicated at the top and bottom of the touchpad. There’s also a track-button or “pointstick” in the middle of the keypad, an option I have always liked.
HP includes QuickWeb, a basic Linux operating system, so users can switch on and get to a web browser, without having to fully boot up Windows. this has a well-designed home screen, giving access to email, Skype and other features.
In fact, if it were easier to run multiple browsers, and if the Skype client actually looked usable for handling multiple chats, I think I could do all my work in QuickWeb.
Next year, of course, HP laptops will all have a third operating system on them, as the company has promised to put WebOS there, as an alternative overlay to Windows.
I have to be a bit sceptical about this, since I can remember last time HP tried to make good the failings of a version of Windows using an overlay – in the early 1990s, with NewWave – it was an improvement over Windows 3.1, but made irrelevant by Windows 95.
That may seem a long time ago, but once again, Microsoft is promising to deliver improvements – such as the tablet-friendly tile interface – in Windows 8, which could render WebOS unwanted (if eWEEK Europe readers care at all, of course).
The security features are prominent in any EliteBook demo – it includes fingerprint scanning and face recognition using the webcam. For both of these, enrollment is simple. It is easy to set the security options so that, for instance, you need to enter password and fingerprint, or face and fingerprint before using the system.
The options can be a bit complex – for instance when choosing whether to require three factor authentication, which needs a Bluteooth pairing to your phone, as well as password and face or finger.
The laptop can also encrypt the hard disk, with no major loss of performance on normal office tasks. The laptop runs a Core processor and also has optional AMD Radio HD 6470M graphic.
Battery management has been continuously improving and HP’s James Morrish explained to us that the system is now designed to drain and recharge the batteries the right amount to keep them working properly, so the battery should last three years, and there are options for additional batteries which could take you up to a 32 hour battery life.
For companies using the laptop, the remote management is impressive, and again HP claims to have gone a bit further with a power monitor that feeds back to the system management console just how much power is being used (most power management systems rely on the published specification, says Morrish).
Worth thinking about
This level of detail and solidity is obviously not going to come at the entry level price. The HP EliteBook 8640p costs £997 on HP’s own site, and only a fraction less elsewhere. If I had a budget for a long-term laptop, though, I’d seriously consider paying for it.
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