subject: HP EliteBook 8730w Mobile Workstation – Computing Powerhouse! [print this page] HP EliteBook 8730w Mobile Workstation Computing Powerhouse!
The first look would certainly confirm that it's really a MONSTER: monster in size, monster in performance and monster in price! I'm talking about HP Elitebook 8730W Mobile Workstation. If you are using a laptop for internet browsing, email, blogging like entertainment purposes, then HP Elitebook 8730W Mobile Workstation is not the right purchase for you. It's specifically designed for business professionals and developers, which gives you freedom to work beyond the limits of your desk. In true sense it gives you the flexibility of desktop's functions with laptop's mobility. With a 17" big display, you would certainly feel the weight of a 3.4 Kg laptop. But the functions are so good for high-end professionals have made it a portable workstation instead of a big laptop.
Outer Body
It's solid, shiny and silvery. The outer body of Elitebook 8730W Mobile Workstation is really solid in matter and aesthetically designed by Hewlett-Packard. The outer body is made of combined accessories made of brushed aluminium, magnesium alloy and black plastic and a bit of interesting LED colors that adds sparkle to its look.
Display
Display is one of the prime features of HP Elitebook 8730W Mobile Workstation. The 1920x1200 LED is supported with HP's advanced DreamColor technology. The DreamColor technology is the result of two years rigorous research of HP with DreamWorks to make some revolutionary development in computer display technology. As a result, the DreamColor technology supports 1 billion active colours that is 64 times more than a normal LCD display. The HP Elitebook 8730W Mobile Workstation LED display too comes with configurablefeature that enables users to adjust the display colour to their preferred colour-space requirements.
Keyboard
HP offers a full keyboard that has a nice solid yet tactile feel. Moving cursor, users have a choice of a track pad below the keyboard or a point stick. There is also a fingerprint reader which now seems to be par for the course with many high end machines. Above the keyboard is an array of touch-sensitive buttons.
Connectivity
HP Elitebook 8730W Mobile Workstation has connectivity for a number of input/output devices that a normal laptop doesn't have. On the left hand side of the Elitebook 8730W, you can find the power socket and the ExpressCard/54 slot, there is an HDMI connector, a VGA connector, one of four USB sockets and a FireWire port. On the front panel, you can find stereo speakers, headphone and microphone sockets alongside a multi-card reader and on the right side of the workstation, there are places for eSATA port, another three USB sockets and finally the RJ-45 and RJ-11 ports. On the right side, you too can see DVD+/-RW SuperMulti Double-Layer optical drive with LightScribe technology. Here follows more product specification for HP Elitebook 8730W Mobile Workstation:
HP EliteBook 8730w Mobile Workstation : Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T9600 (2.80 GHz, 6 MB L2 cache, 1066 MHz FSB), Mobile Intel PM45 Express Chipset ICH9M-Enhanced, 2 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, Upgradeable to 8 GB maximum (4 GB SODIMM in slots 1 and 2), 320 GB 7200 rpm SATA II, LightScribe DVD+/-RW SuperMulti with Double Layer, 17.0-inch diagonal WUXGA+ WVA, Intel 802.11a/b/g draft-n; HP Integrated Module with Bluetooth 2.0 Wireless Technology, Genuine Windows Vista Business with downgrade to Windows XP Professional custom installed.
Hardware
Part Number - FU470EA
Processors available - Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T9600 (2.80 GHz, 6 MB L2 cache, 1066 MHz FSB)
Chipset - Mobile Intel PM45 Express Chipset ICH9M-Enhanced
Memory
Memory - 2 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Memory upgrade - Upgradeable to 8 GB maximum (4 GB SODIMM in slots 1 and 2)
Storage
Hard drive - 320 GB 7200 rpm SATA II
Optical Drives - LightScribe DVD+/-RW SuperMulti with Double Layer
Graphics and Input/Output devices
Display size - 17.0-inch diagonal WUXGA+ WVA
Graphics - NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M with 512 MB of dedicated video memory
Integrated camera - Optional 2 MP Webcam
Audio, Slots, and Ports
I/O Ports - External:
4 USB 2.0
1 1394a
1 RJ-11
1 RJ-45
1 microphone in
1 headphone/line-out
1 docking connector
1 HDMI
1 battery connector
1 eSATA
I/O Ports - Rear:
1 external VGA monitor; 1 AC power
Slots - 1 Express Card/54
1 Smart Card Reader
1 6-in-1 media reader
Audio - High Definition Audio support w/24-bit DAC; Integrated stereo speakers; Integrated dual-microphone array; Touch-sensitive controls for volume up, volume down, and mute; Stereo headphone/line out; Stereo microphone in; Optional 2 MP Webcam with Business Card Reader Software
