The EliteBook 8740w provides high performance and fantastic options for graphic artists.
HP EliteBook 8740w was on the market for a while now, but it is still the largest and most powerful workstation in HP’s current lineup of business notebooks. This massive work horse has Intel processors with your choice of NVIDIA or ATI workstation graphics and is available with HP’s exclusive 17-inch “Dreamcolor” display. It was a long time coming, but we finally have a closer look at this desktop replacement, whether it is best friend really the graphic artist.
Our review unit of the EliteBook 8740w has the following configuration:
Intel Core i7-820QM quad-core processor (8 MB cache, 1.73 GHz, 3.06 GHz Turbo frequency) Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (64-bit) 17.0 inch WUXGA + anti-glare DreamColor display (1920 x 1200) 1 GB (GDDR5) ATI FirePro M7820 workstation GPU8GB DDR3 RAM320GB 7200 RPM HDDDVD +/-RW of optical Drive802. 11 a / b / g / n Wi-FiEthernet, Modem and Bluetooth Connectivity8 cell 73WHr Battery3 year ago place WarrantyDimensions: 1.3 “x 15.5″ x 11.1 “weight: 7.9lbsMSRP: $3,552 as configured (starting price: $1999)”
Build and design
HP EliteBook 8740w is a “mobile workstation” for very specific requirements for performance, durability, power consumption and a host of other features. In any case based the EliteBook line meets or exceeds these standards, so before you try even to the lives of these almost eight-pound laptop you know it hard.
The main part of the laptop is in the “HP Duracase” and “HP Indura finish”, essentially a hard plastic and strong magnesium alloy inner shell similar to strengthened by an outer shell made of brushed aluminium, scratch-resistant, covered as its predecessor. HP used a darker color on the outside of mobile workstations and a lighter surface on EliteBook standard series. The outer shell of the screen housing is made of metal, but the inner screen aperture is plastic. The entire body from the base of the screen lid is extraordinary strong and resistant to flex. The keyboard is the only exception to this rule, because it has a tendency to “under the fingers bounce” If you give with heavy pressure.
HP says that this mobile workstation “has been tested and complies with the military standard MIL-STD 810F tests” and we have seen, HP demonstrations where this EliteBook of excessive heat, vibration and water was exposed to and kept running. In addition, the 8740w offers also hard drive shock protection in the form of HP your hard disk in the case of the laptop gets 3D DriveGuard that protects deleted or violently pushed. You can configure the 8730w also, with a solid state drive (SSD), you need extreme speed and vibration.
With regard to the extension, the EliteBook 8740w kept used two simple plastic covers on the bottom of the notebook (both in position with standard Phillips head screws), so that you or your IT Department simply cannot access the hard drive, wireless cards or RAM for fast upgrades. The optical drive can also removed and replaced with a second hard disk or SSD if you need more disk space. Station port, external battery port, and a convenient place the bottom of the notebook also has a dedicated docking to save your business card.
Ports and features
The 8740w has a good number of ports on all sides, so let us take a brief tour…
Left side: security security lock, heat exhaust, power socket, DisplayPort, VGA port, USB 2.0, FireWire, an ExpressCard/54 slot, and a smart card slot
Right: eSATA port, two USB 3.0 ports, a USB 2.0 port, optical drive, Ethernet and modem connection
Back: the battery and heat exhaust
Front: Headphone jack, microphone jack and multi card reader
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