HP’s EliteBooks have been their frontlines since the innovation of business notebooks. But with HP’s enthusiasm to produce business laptops that are more feasible to the wide array of users, they released their HP ProBook Notebooks. These series of notebooks are often regarded as a step lower to the EliteBooks as prices are lower.

The ProBook series can establish rapport among its users. It has a sophisticated design with versatile functions, thus giving its users the option to use it in the office or for social activities. With its sleek design and good performance, it displays a simple and clean laptop on the outside but shows strength on the inside.

This notebook is designed to increase production and mobilize your function. Along this purpose is to provide users their basic requirement in acquiring portable notebooks through sticking up indispensable attributes such as powerful processors and long battery life. This is to maximize mobile office working hours to assure quality business performance. Hence, ProBook gives us an option to add up to 8GB of RAM. Also, you can climb up ahead with your colleagues with a 500GB optional hard disk add-up. With the upgrades, we also have the Blu-ray drive and the ATI Mobility Radeon HD430.

As a business notebook, it must cover the concern for security. With this, HP has stuffed this notebook with HP Security Setup wizard, BIOS level protection, and File and disk Sanitizer. If you are wondering why this doesn’t have any of those biometric security gears, well, those mentioned above are the cheaper substitutes, I suppose. But to be fair, it also gives appropriate protection to the notebook.

The screen sizes of ProBook series ranges from 15.6 inches to 17.3 inches with LED backlit HD anti-glare. And in the weighing scale, it starts from 5.7lbs to 6.8lbs. And its life span is up to 4 hours of wireless utilization. If you talk about ports and connections, this system is full of it making it easy for you to find links to connect for communication purposes.

There are also features of ProBooks that are borrowed from the EliteBooks like the design of the keyboard. So, it’s just like drawing the good side from the EliteBook clan and attached it on the new business laptop tribe and, viola! ProBooks are born.

With HP ProBooks, small and medium-sized business owners can really enjoy its functionality with price tag that starts from $529.00.

HP has now released a notebook that is designed perfectly for heavy multimedia and hardcore graphics applications without compromising any its stock features, in the name of HP EliteBook 8730 Mobile Workstation.

This notebook comes with an RGB LED backlit display that is capable of reproducing the Adobe RGB color space in full which is ideal for editing digital images and other color susceptible desk assignments. So far, this is the only portable computer that has a 17-inch WUXGA diagonal HP DreamColor Display which accommodates at about 16 million colors, 1,920 x 1,200 resolution, way too high amongst the traditional laptops.

This high-quality projection of images is made possible with the help of the Intel Quad-core processor, surpassing the usual dual-core processors of most laptops produced. Moreover, it can give you up to 8GB of RAM and nVidia’s Quadro FX card with up to 1GB video memory.

With these internal features, extreme use of images and other graphical-intensive software operations are nothing but a normal task. This is best in working with animations, video productions, video editing, photo editing, magazine layouts, and even in engineering designs.

Now, this might look heavy but the case of EliteBook 8730 features a classy brushed-aluminum trim. A magnesium-alloy chassis is made to protect the entire body while the keyboard is surrounded by anodized aluminium.

Speaking of keyboard, there is nothing much to talk about. A trackpoint is sitting in the middle of the keyboard without harassing the functionality of it. Just below it is a 3.5-inch touch pad with 3 mouse buttons and a pointing-stick controller. While above the keyboard are the sensitive soft-touch multimedia buttons.

In addition, its eight-cell 73Watt-hour battery works well with its 12-cell Ultra Capacity battery giving a 4-hour work period, when combined.

But what amazes me more is that HP offers a three-year parts-and-labor warranty on EliteBook 8730. A 24/7 technical support is also with the package giving the customers a direct service toll-free.

EliteBook 8730 has all the ingredients placed by HP for their voluptuous users – a beautiful screen, a fantastic image display, a long- hour battery life, a powerful processor, all in this solid casing of this remarkable notebook. Though few little things were overlooked on preproduction, such as DisplayPort, these can’t pull this powerful mobile monster machine down.

Technical Specifications:

· Operating system: Genuine Windows Vista® Business 32

Genuine Windows Vista® Business 64
Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate 32
Genuine Windows Vista® Business with downgrade to Windows® XP Professional custom installed
FreeDOS

· Processors available:

Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme Processor QX9300 (2.53 GHz, 12 MB L2 cache, 1066 MHz FSB)
Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme Processor X9100 (3.06 GHz, 6 MB L2 cache, 1066 MHz FSB)
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T9800 (2.93 GHz, 6 MB L2 cache, 1066 MHz FSB)
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T9600 (2.80 GHz, 6 MB L2 cache, 1066 MHz FSB)
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T9550 (2.66 GHz, 6 MB L2 cache, 1066 MHz FSB)
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T9400 (2.53 GHz, 6 MB L2 cache, 1066 MHz FSB)
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor P8600 (2.40 GHz, 3 MB L2 cache, 1066 MHz FSB)
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor P8400 (2.26 GHz, 3 MB L2 cache, 1066 MHz FSB)

· Chipset: Mobile Intel® PM45 Express Chipset ICH9M-Enhanced

· Specialized Design:

HP 3D DriveGuard; Intel® Centrino® 2 with vPro™ processor technology capable on select models

· Memory:

1 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
2 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
4 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

Upgradeable to 8 GB maximum (4 GB SODIMM in slots 1 and 2)

· Storage:

Hard Drive:

160 GB 5400 rpm SATA II
250 GB 5400 rpm SATA II
160 GB 7200 rpm SATA II
250 GB 7200 rpm SATA II
320 GB 7200 rpm SATA II

Optical Drives:

DVD; LightScribe DVD+/-RW SuperMulti with Double Layer; Blu-Ray R/RE DVD+/-RW SuperMulti DL

· Display size:

17.0-inch diagonal WSXGA+ WVA, anti-glare; 17.0-inch diagonal WUXGA WVA, anti-glare; 17.0-inch diagonal WUXGA DreamColor WVA

· Graphics:

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M with 1 GB of dedicated video memory
NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M with 512 MB of dedicated video memory
ATI Mobility FireGL V5725 with 256 MB of dedicated video memory
Microsoft DirectX 10 (Shader 4.0) and OpenGL 2.1 capable (models with NVIDIA graphics)
Microsoft DirectX 10.1 (Shader 4.1) and OpenGL 2.1 capable (models with ATI graphics)

· Integrated camera: Optional 2 MP Webcam

· 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

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

· Network interface: Integrated Intel Gigabit Network Connection (10/100/1000 NIC)

· Modem: 56K V.92 modem

· Wireless:

Intel 802.11a/b/g draft-n; HP Integrated Module with Bluetooth 2.0 Wireless Technology

· Weight: Starting at 7.5 lb (Starting at 3.40 kg)

· Dimensions (w x d x h): 15.5 x 11.1 x 1.3 inches (393 x 282 x 32 mm)

· Battery: 8-cell (73 WHr) Lithium-Ion

The HP Compaq 8710p is definitely a business laptop. It is lightweight, it displays good images, and a long battery lifespan. But what’s striking is its elegant look and fast processing speed.

This high-end business laptop is composed mainly of plastic casing with a mixture of magnesium alloy. This kind of casing is apparent on HP notebooks. These materials are used mainly to make strong and durable casing.

As this laptop owns a staggering look outside, we’ll try to spy on the inside.

Now, this laptop model has a 17.1” BrightView WSXGA+ display. Therefore, it emits bright colors and has good contrasts. These first-class features come alongside the glossy screen, which, however, has its consequence on reflections. But this didn’t compromise the viewing angles of the screen. All angles seem to be perfect for viewing with the 1680 x 1050 resolution screen.

Below the screen is a keyboard that sits nicely with obvious functionality. The key caps are slightly wider than most of the notebooks, which in turn, helps your typing abilities improve one way or the other. Found directly above the keyboard are the multimedia and connection buttons including a sensitive slider for increasing and decreasing volume controls. Moreover, the touchpad is unique. It has 3 mouse buttons on the bottom part and 3 more on the upper portion. The buttons found below the touchpad is your normal mouse button functions while the top part is for the touch stick that comes with Compaq 8710p package.

This business notebook features an Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 processor, a 2.0GHz core clock speed, 667MHz DDR2, and supports Intel Turbocache memory. Also, the video card was clocked with 575 MHz GPU and 702 MHz VRAM. These features then made the 8710p a powerful business laptop. With a fast-processing speed and a high video card configuration, videos, image processing, and animations is a no-sweat job.

Together with the quality image are the quality speakers which are found at the front of Compaq 8710p. They are too good compared to the usual competitors.

On the ports and connections, the docking port integrated in the system is quite impressive. The left side of the notebook is the most jam-packed place for ports and connectors, namely Kensington Lock, Fan, Power Connector, HDMI, VGA-Out, 2xUSB, FireWire, PcCard, and Smartcard. On the opposite side, we have here the audio ports, 4 USB ports, DVD Drive (lightScribe), Modem, and LAN port. At the back we can see the fan and the battery. While on the front side, the CardReader stands alone.

The battery, which has 73Wh capacity, has a good life span for the notebook. It can reach up to 6 hours of working time.

Now, is there anything else?

In general, HP Compaq is a very powerful laptop. Designed for high functionality and built for endurance. No wonder this is the best bet for people walking in the business alley.

Technical Specifications:

· Operating system:

Genuine Windows Vista® Business
Genuine Windows Vista® Business with downgrade to Windows® XP Professional custom installed
FreeDOS

· Processors available:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T9300 (2.5 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 6 MB L2 cache)
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T8100 (2.1 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 3 MB L2 cache)
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7800 (2.6 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 4 MB L2 cache)
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7700 (2.4 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 4 MB L2 cache)
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7500 (2.2 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 4 MB L2 cache)
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7300 (2.0 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 4 MB L2 cache)
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7250 (2.0 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2 cache)
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7100 (1.8 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2 cache)

· Chipset: Mobile Intel® PM965

· Specialized Design: Specialized Design

· Memory:

Up to: 512 MB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
1 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

· Memory upgrade: Upgradeable to 8 GB maximum (4 GB SODIMM in Slots 1 and 2)

· Hard drive:

Up to: 120 GB 5400 rpm SATA
Up to: 160 GB 5400 rpm SATA
Up to: 250 GB 5400 rpm SATA
Up to: 80 GB 7200 rpm SATA
Up to: 120 GB 7200 rpm SATA
Up to: 160 GB 7200 rpm SATA

· Optical Drives:

DVD; DVD/CD-RW combo; DVD+/-RW SuperMulti with Double Layer; LightScribe DVD+/-RW SuperMulti with Double Layer; Blu-Ray Disc DVD+/-RW SuperMulti DL

· Display size:

17.0-inch diagonal WXGA+ anti-glare; 17.0-inch diagonal WSXGA+ WVA, anti-glare; 17.0-inch diagonal WSXGA+ WVA, BrightView

· Graphics:

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M graphics, with 256 MB dedicated video memory (512 MB TurboCache)
Microsoft DirectX 10 support

· I/O Ports:

External:

6 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 external VGA monitor
1 AC power

· Slots:

1 Type I/II PC card
1 integrated Smart Card Reader
1 secure digital

· Audio:

High Definition Audio support w/24-bit DAC; Integrated stereo speakers; Integrated microphone; Touch-sensitive controls for volume up, volume down, and mute; Stereo headphone/line out; Stereo microphone in

· Network interface: Integrated Intel Gigabit Network Connection (10/100/1000 NIC)

· Modem: 56K V.92 modem with digital line guard

· Wireless:

Intel 802.11a/b/g draft n; Intel 802.11a/b/g; Broadcom 802.11a/b/g; Bluetooth 2.0

· Weight: 7.55 lbs (3.4 kg)

· Dimensions (w x d x h): 15.5 x 10.8 x 1.3 inches (393.70 x 274.32 x 33.02 mm)

· Battery: 8-cell (73 WHr) Lithium-Ion

· Power supply:

External 120-watt Smart AC adapter, 6-foot (1.8-meter) power cord included; Total length including external AC adapter is 12 feet (3.66 meter); HP Fast Charge

· Battery Life: up to 4 hours and 30 minutes

· Warranty Feature:

HP Services offers limited 3-year standard parts and labor warranty, pick-up or carry-in, and toll-free 7 x 24 hardware technical phone support; 1-year limited warranty on primary battery. On-site service and warranty upgrades are also available.

HP is manufacturing portable computing machines since 1991. Its first release was a palmtop weighing only 11ounces. It has very simple softwares, yet advanced during its time, such as text editors and word processors. It also has an infrared connection used for linking units and transferring data.

Now, HP is making its design that is adaptable for business uses.

HP EliteBook Notebooks are designed purposely for powerful computing which is vital for all sorts of businesses. These notebooks vary in sizes to accommodate each individual’s preference for mobility. For people on-the-go, toughness and dependability is a must. And these HP business laptops happen to possess these particular characteristics. Moreover, its design is compliant for IT environment.

HP also has another series of products that provides an avenue that combines business and pleasure. Other than its mobility, it has an enhanced business features such as security and extensive battery life. These can all be found in HP Compaq Notebooks.

HP business laptops are for people who love doing business and, at the same time, is travelling a lot. Business professionals and corporate owners are the target users for these portable computers in the first place.

The key features of HP’s business notebooks are its size, thickness, weight, security and performance.

When it comes to size, HP’s EliteBook and Compaq come with the usual. But what makes them extraordinary is the strength of its material. From the covering down to the chassis, it is drawn towards perfection giving the users the sense of durability.

With its thickness, or thinness, it is also at its top, offering us practicability for its mobile uses. That means, bringing your virtual office anywhere at any given time will never be an uproar.

Furthermore, hand-carrying one of these machines is a no-sweat chore. With a weight starting from 2.8lbs, these business laptops are featherweight monsters.

HP also has security features that every business person dreams about. With its enterprise-class manageability, it is integrated with software applications that allows user to maximize security level to safeguard every important details of the laptop and the data that are stored to it.

And, as I have mentioned earlier, these HP business laptops are monsters. Because of its excellent performance, these are powerful beasts clad in memory cards so fast and a processing unit so adequate that it can make business management an unperturbed effort.

All in all, HP has done a good job in giving us choices on what business laptops to use and what specific models to acquire in order for us to do our business tasks comfortably. As we are moving from different places with different kinds of businesses, interacting with different kinds of people, one of these superb business notebooks might be the right one for you.

Small business does not require undersized performance. In fact, such businesses often demands greater effort among its owners. Moreover, with limited number of people working with them, managing business transactions and other trade details will be a brain-drain. Thus, running the business must involve a management system with speed and precision. This is where business laptops enter the picture.

You can find a business laptop everywhere, in malls and on the web. But here’s a list of notebooks that you will surely consider before pulling off the trigger:

1. Acer Travelmate 6593

Travelmate 6593 is a laptop designed to match the needs of small business owners and self-employed individuals. It has a classy casing with magnesium-alloy chassis that gives strength and an optional docking solution for speedy secondary connections. Security features is a plus for this business notebook at an affordable selling price. If business is your life, this will definitely make your life richer.

Tech Specs:

· Fingerprint log-in feature

· Intel® Wireless WiFi Link network connection supporting 802.11a/b/g/Draft N wireless LAN, Acer® SignalUp technology for enhanced antenna efficiency

· Up to 4GB DDR3 1066 SDRAM

· From 4 to 6 hours battery life

· 6.6lbs

· 15.4” WXGA (1280×800) TFT LCD with white LED backlight

· $999.00

2. Lenovo ThinkPad T400

This notebook is in a perfect state of equilibrium – a great balance between power and portability. It has the fastest processor ever made at present. Moreover, it has a tremendous display with a 16:10 aspect with LED backlit. And if you are working under the glaring sun, reflections are never a problem for it has a matte finish on its screen. With all these features, who would expect this laptop will only cost you less than a thousand dollars?

Tech Specs:

· 1440 x 900 WXGA+ LED Backlit (Matte finish)

· Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 (2.83GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 6MB Cache)

· Graphics with ATI Mobility Radeon 3470 w/ 256MB (hybrid switching)

· 2GB DDR3 RAM

· 5.6lbs

· 14.1” display screen

· $749.00

3. Sony Vaio P Series

Sony has released a fashionable, yet functional, laptop in the form of Sony Vaio P-series. Its small size is a plus factor for mobility amongst business people. However, below its high-resolution 8-inch display is a huge keyboard which provides comfort to the user’s fingers in spite of its bantam range. Doing business with notebook at this size won’t make you feel smaller at all.

Tech Specs:

· 8-inch screen

· 2 GB of RAM DDR2 SDRAM – 533 MHz

· High-resolution display

· High Definition Audio

· 1.4lbs

· Huge keyboard

· $899.99

4. Dell Studio 15

As Dell continues to come up with a superior design that caters the needs of small businesses, Studio 15 was born. It is composed of a sensible battery life at about 3 hours and 40 minutes and a practical 3GB of RAM running with an Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 processor (2.0GHz). Plus, you can customize the color by choosing among seven options. It is indeed a stylish way to finish your business proposals.

Tech Specs:

· 3GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 800MHz

· 250GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)

· Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD

· Glossy widescreen 15.6 inch LED HD display (1366 x 768)

· Intel WiFi Link 5300 802.11 a/g/n Half Mini Card

· 5.54lbs

· $649.00

5. HP Elitebook 6930

This business laptop fits for the workaholics. This notebook will not only be the most hardworking portable computing device but an ideal business machine for people with the busiest schedules. Along with its great performance and durability, this notebook can surely finish your presentations and business transactions ahead of schedule. Also, it comes with a lesser price. So, businessmen will find it hard to say no to this laptop.

Tech Specs:

· 24-hour battery

· Up to 4GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

· HP Mobile Broadband (powered by Gobi™); Intel 802.11a/b/g draft-n

· Spill-proof keyboard

· 4.7lbs

· 14.1-inch screen

· $1,149.00

Nowadays, everyone is eyeing for gadgets that are practical – it may be for work or for personal use. But when it comes to laptops, the primary concern of a potential user is its performance, durability, and portability. Whatever their needs that does not belong to any of the categories that are mentioned earlier, then they are searching for an add-on features.

When it comes to business professionals, their primary concerns go with the adaptability of the laptop. As much as possible, businessmen want to have a laptop which does not only allow them to make technical documents but also enables them to provide quality business presentations. And about add-on features, corporate folks also want to engage in high-tech, inexpensive video conferences. These virtual meetings are very common on huge companies that have different geographical bases around the globe. And running these establishments without being there physically saves a lot of time, money, and effort.

Now, as business laptops are meant for corporate people, this has to be basically portable. As mentioned a while ago, it is one of the primary concerns of a possible consumer. Although there are laptops with sizes like 17 inches or more, the ideal notebooks for business professionals would be 15 inches or less, depending on your comfort zone. If you think you’re old enough to acquire the smallest screen size, yet not rich enough to buy the most expensive one, there are a lot of business laptops available that is cheaper compared to other laptops within size range.

Weight does go along with the size usually. That is, the bigger the size, the heavier the weight. But it doesn’t really follow. All you need is just the right weight for you to gain access and save strength for the rest of the day’s work. A 2.2-lbs notebook is ideal for a business laptop. But a little bit heavier will do.

In business, functionality is very important. If you have the brains but none of those could function well, then you’re nothing. It’ll be the same with our laptops. All laptops have brains but the speed and stability is relative to its hardware components. This is the part where you have to take a glimpse on. If you are into graphics and image processing or photography and videography, then you need to have a faster and heavy-running processor. But if you’re a writer, I don’t think you need to maximize your video card to cater an intense gaming task. But, nonetheless, everything is not exclusive for anything. It doesn’t matter if you don’t play games on your laptop and you want the latest video card. If you are comfortable using higher specs than your basic requirement, so be it. As long as it doesn’t compromise your business function and productivity.