HP Compaq 8710w

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Reviews for the HP Compaq 8710w

HP Compaq 8710w
Source: Inside HW
If you are the one that can use full potential of HP Compaq 8710w than price of this notebook (around 2600€) shouldn’t be much of a problem. Bear in mind that with HP Compaq 8710w (KE191ET#ABH Model) you don’t pay for fancy design or sticker of some well known and established brand name (such as car manufacturer), but for performances. One thing is for sure: for your money you get extremely powerful premium quality notebook.
Leistung sehr gut, Preis gut
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/30/2008
Rating: price: 80% performance: 90%

HP Compaq 8710w User Review
Source: Notebookreview.com
The 8710w has all the qualities that make it one of the best desktop replacement workstation notebooks in the market. It is the perfect professional mobile workstation for those who demand top performance and reliability, coupled with business class support.
Verarbeitung exzellent, Display exzellent, Leistung sehr gut, Preis schlecht
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/19/2008
Rating: price: 40% performance: 90% display: 95% workmanship: 95%

80% HP Compaq 8710w power laptop
Source: PC Advisor
The HP Compaq 8710w is an updated version of the nw9440 mobile workstation, and HP has done more than just plumb in Intel's Santa Rosa motherboard-chip-wireless combo. The HP Compaq 8710w boasts an innovative touchpanel, a new graphics chip with an HDMI output and the option to run Windows Vista.
The HP Compaq 8710w is still an ugly sister to the 17in MacBook Pro's Cinderella, but its matte grey flash is an improvement over its predecessor's dull black and HP has kept the HP Compaq 8710w's best case-design feature: icons for all of the ports around the keyboard, making it easy to find the right port without moving the laptop. The HP Compaq 8710w has a responsive keyboard with a numeric keypad, and a choice of trackpad - with three buttons and a vertical scrollbar - or pointer (not that we've ever met anyone who actually prefers a pointer to a trackpad).

(von 5): 4, Preis/Leistung 4, Ausstattung 4, Verarbeitung 4
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/20/2007
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% features: 80% workmanship: 80%

HP 8710w Workstation Review
Source: Notebookreview.com
The HP 8710w Mobile Workstation is HP's top-shelf desktop replacement notebook for business. It is based on the new Intel Santa Rosa Centrino Pro platform and features a powerful Nvidia Quadro FX 1600M graphics card. The 8710w is not a flashy machine and nor should it be. It has clean lines and a professional business class look. Up close the 8710w looks sophisticated yet simple. Everything on the machine is there for a reason. The 8710w is one of the slimmest and lightest 17” notebooks around – it starts at 8.5 pounds and has a chassis only 1.3” thin. The 8710w is constructed out of durable plastic with an inner shell of magnesium. The outside of the lid, the palm rests, and the area directly below the LCD are of a silky smooth yet durable slate gray. All of the other areas are of heavy-duty granular black plastic. It is extremely difficult to get any part of the 8710w to flex - it is one of the most solid machines I have come across. Although the chassis is quite thin, it hardly moves when twisted.
Leistung gut, Display sehr gut, Mobilität sehr gut, Verarbeitung ausgezeichnet
User Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/02/2007
Rating: performance: 80% display: 90% mobility: 90% workmanship: 95%

Foreign Reviews

Groß und flott
Source: Notebook / Organizer / Handy - 5-6/08
, Length Unknown, Date: 04/18/2008
Rating: performance: 90% emissions: 40%

89% Test HP Compaq 8710w Notebook
Source: Notebookcheck
online available, Long, Date: 04/04/2008
Rating: Total score: 89% performance: 93% display: 88% mobility: 73% workmanship: 86% ergonomy: 89% emissions: 80%

90% Workstation mit Quadro-FX
Source: Notebookjournal
online available, Long, Date: 11/13/2007
Rating: Total score: 90% performance: 80% features: 50% display: 50% mobility: 90% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 70% emissions: 80%

Comment

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M: This is a highend workstation graphic chip (for CAD and 3D programs optimized) with DirectX 10 and good OpenGL support - based on the GeForce 8700M GT graphic card.

These cards should be able to display all current games with fluent framerates but not all with high detail settings. Especially demanding games like Crysis, Age of Conan, or Mass Effect are only playable with lower settings. Less demanding (and older) games, like Fifa 08, Command & Conquer 3, or Battlefield 2142 can be played with higher detail levels.

Intel Core 2 Duo: This is the Core Duo and Core Solo successor with a longer pipeline and 5-20% more speed without more power consumption. As an addition to the Core Duo design there exists a fourth decoder, an amplified SSE-unit and an additional arithmetical logical unit (ALU).

The Core 2 Duo for laptops is identical to the desktop Core 2 Duo processors but the notebook-processors work with lower voltages (0.95 to 1188 Volt) and a lower Frontside bus clock (1066 vs 667 MHz). The performance of equally clocked notebooks is 20-25% lower than Desktop PCs because of the lower Frontside bus clock and the slower hard disks.

T9500:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

17.1": Nowadays, meanwhile the 17 inch display size is a more frequently offered standard format for desktop-replacements. 17 inch laptops are built only in 16:10 format.
The DTR-Laptops can't be carried easily, need much current, but on the other side texts can be read easily and high resolutions are no problem. DTR mainly are intended for stationary usage on desks, where the weight and the energy need are unimportant.

>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

3.379 kg: This laptop is heavy below average, compared with the average of notebooks. Therefore especially desktop replacements fit in this class of weight.

HP: HP is one of the biggest international manufacturers according market shares and reviewed models at the German- and English-speaking market. HP notebooks are often in top positions according price/value ratings.

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86.33%: This is a good rating above average. Nevertheless you should not forget, that 10-15% of all notebook-models get a better rating.

>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.