HPs EliteBook 8440p is targeted at corporate professionals and even while it lacks the entertainment options that come with its rivals, its resilient construction, great usability and stunning power allow it to become well suited for college studies.
Design
Finished in brushed aluminium, this is certainly one of the toughest machines around, after the Apple MacBook Pro.Its 247-minute battery life is very useful for such a powerful laptop, although its bulky design and thick dimensions allow it to become a great deal less comfortable to hold than the slim and smooth MacBook Pro.
Keyboard and Touchpad
Hp changed the key design slightly; no more are the keys the traditional chamfered style, nor are they chiclet-shaped. Rather, theyre combining the two: while abutting one other at their base, the keys tier up in a terraced fashion. We found the layout to become comfortable and fairly quiet. The keyboard isnt backlit, but a smallish light to the right of the webcam provides plenty of light when your darkened area, such as over a plane during an overnight flight; however, its better intrusive to a seatmate whos trying to sleep. The 2.8 x 1.4-inch touchpad may be squashed-we had to backtrack somewhat while scrolling down pages. On the plus side, it offered very little resistance, unlike the glossy touchpads located on the Mini 5102 and the Pavilion lines.
Display and Audio
14in 1,366×768 widescreen display, which doesnt experience glare or unwanted reflections under even the most intense sunlight or fluorescent lighting. We had arrived generally thrilled with the quality and evenness of the display, although colours looked a little bit dull and contrast suffered at lower brightness settings.
Features
The metal lid on the 8440p is not merely for looks; vitamin c also helps protect the laptop from the hazards of travel, having the ability to withstand nearly 300 pounds of pressure. The optional Hp fingerprint sensor in the lower right-hand corner of the keyboard deck also lets users secure the notebook without the dependence on your password.
Ports and Webcam
You will find three USB ports, a combined USB/eSATA port as well as a FireWire port, which supplies loads of scope to get in touch peripherals like printers, audio devices and external storage drives. An ExpressCard/54 provides further upgrade potential.You will find 3.5mm audio in- and outputs, while the built-in speakers are what youd expect from the laptop: clear enough, but somewhat weedy and missing in both volume and bass. Theres a modem connection alongside the Gigabit Ethernet port; in addition theres dual-band 802.11n WiFi.
Performance
Outfitted that has a 2.4-GHz Intel Core i5-520M processor, 2GB of RAM, as well as a 7,200-rpm, 250GB hard disk drive, the 8440p fared well. While its no SSD, the 7,200-rpm hard disk drive booted into Windows 7 Professional (32-bit) in a speedy 44 seconds. Thats about Just a few seconds substandard, and 1 second a lot better than the T410. Its file transfer speed of 29.6 MBps have also been comfortably above average (23.5 MBps). With Oxelon Media Converter, a multithreaded app that takes advantage of the 8440ps several cores, transcoding a 114MB MPEG-4 to AVI took 53 seconds, a matter of seconds faster than the thin-and-light average. the 8440p eschews discrete Nvidia graphics for an integrated Intel GMA HD GPU. Of course, its 3DMark06 score of 1,766 may be less than average (2,127), but above such systems as the ThinkPad T410 with integrated graphics (1,374).
Battery life
Hp advertises battery life as high as 6 hours and 30 minutes from the EliteBook 8440p, in our testing, we never watched it. Despite having mobile mode on, we had arrived lucky to stretch battery life over four hours, sufficient reason for good performance, youre taking a look at much more three and change. Neither really seems like an embarrassment for any machine this powerful, but serious road warriors will need to consider HPs extended batteries to wring a complete workday from the 8440p while far from wall outlets.
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