HP EliteBook 8740w Mobile Workstation Review

Apologies for the wait, it has taken me so long to get round to this but here it is at last, Check out my review below of the HP EliteBook 8740w Mobile Workstation or
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First Impressions & Overview

The HP EliteBook 8740w has a very distinct grey metal finish to the outer casing which makes it look particularly classy and durable. its scratch resistant and also helps protect against general wear and tear.

The weight of the laptop is something to be desired as it is particularly heavy, but to be honest this can be overlooked due the specification which out performs most desktop computers.

The HP DreamColor LED-backlit screen is very bright and makes most graphics pop, it really is better than most desktop LCD displays which makes me very envious when I’m using my desktop computer.

The battery on this thing only lasts about 1.5 hours on full charge, must be all that top notch hardware draining the power!

Technical Specification

As you can see it has a bit of a power house when it comes to hardware.

Model: Hewlett Packard EliteBook 8740w
CPU: Intel Core i7 @ 1.73 GHz
RAM: 8 GB
Graphics: Nvidia Quadro 5000M
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

Who is it aimed at?

This laptop is targeted towards the creative industry whether it be for people using resource heavy applications such as Photoshop, Illustrator or Cinema 4D this laptop can handle it.

I’ve been using this laptop fine with multiple Adobe suite programs open such as Illustrator, Photoshop Dreamweaver and having Firefox open with multiple tabs…the laptop still runs very smooth.

What Others Think

If you want to find out more about this laptop check out what some other bloggers have been saying.

Solid Smack many photos and lots of reading! – Read Review
Fuel Your Creativity a series of mini reviews – Read Review
Icrontic a more technical review with photos and videos – Read Review

Author of this post: Max Stanworth

Iam the creator and editor of Design Shard, I created this blog to post my inspirations, work and free resources that I hope others find interesting too you can also follow me on twitter @designshard. See all posts by: Max Stanworth

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April 26, 2012

First time I’ve agreed with someone else’s article. Also you can easily transfer photos, music, and also other files return and forth your dslr camera as well as other peripheral devices with all the front-panel 6-in-1 memory reader. The HP Pavilion p6-2100 PC is included with Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit and has now an AMD Dual-Core A4-3420 Accelerated Processor, a 1TB disk drive, 4GB PC3-10600 DDR3 memory, AMD RadeonTM HD 6410D integrated graphics and wireless LAN 802.11 b/g/n connectivity. With HP Multi-Display Capable technology, you’ll be able to compare documents next to each other, quickly drag content collected from one of application to another location and stream digital entertainment to one monitor when you work towards additional.
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WilhelmR

@WilhelmR October 13, 2011

What a beauty. That is what a “desktop replacement” laptop should be. Something that won’t BOSD every time you try to render something.

THE true mobile computing solution for designers!

(Yes, that sounded super PR-ish, but it’s true :D)
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