HP EliteBook 8540p
Specifications
Notebook: HP EliteBook 8540pProcessor: Intel Core i5 540M
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 5100M 1024 MB
Display: 15.6 inch, 16:9, 1600x900 pixels, glossy: no
Weight: 2.949kg
Price: 1000 euro
Average of 3 scores (from 6 reviews)
Reviews for the HP EliteBook 8540p
Source: IT Reviews
The Hewlett Packard EliteBook 8540p is a nice notebook. The relatively high screen resolution is a real draw, and we found the keyboard to be well made and easy to use at full touch-typing speed. It is big and heavy and so not designed for portability, though. And it is expensive too.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 08/02/2010
Rating: price: 40% display: 80% mobility: 40%
Source: Geek.com
In summary, you can’t go wrong with the EliteBook 8540p (or the 8xx0 series for that matter). With this flagship business line HP has combined good looks, ruggedness, high performance, and tons of features into one extremely attractive package. The 8540p has a reasonable starting price (for an enterprise notebook) and a lot of options to jack it up if you’d like (quad-core processors, 8GB RAM, SSDs, etc.), but even this base-level unit was impressive.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/23/2010
Rating: price: 80% performance: 80% features: 80%
Foreign Reviews
Source: Notebookcheck
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 06/22/2010
Rating: Total score: 91% performance: 90% display: 92% mobility: 82% workmanship: 96% ergonomy: 96% emissions: 82%
Source: Chip.de - 7/10
Single Review, , Short, Date: 06/01/2010
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Notebookinfo
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 05/16/2010
Rating: Total score: 90% performance: 80% features: 90% display: 90% mobility: 80% ergonomy: 90%
Source: Notebookforum.at
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 04/03/2010
Rating: performance: 80% display: 80% workmanship: 90% emissions: 80%
Comment
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 5100M: Business Graphics card that is most likely based on the GeForce GT 330M with special BIOS and drivers for business applications.
Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
540M: The Core i5-540M has only 3 MB L3 Cache (compared to the I7-620M) and clocks between 2.53-3.06 GHz (Turbo Mode). Thanks to Hyperthreading, 4 threads can be processed simultaneously. An integrated graphics card (GMA HD 3150) and a DDR3 memory controller are also included in the package.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
15.6": 15 inch display-variants are the standard and are used for more than the half of all notebooks. 15.4 inch display with 16:10 are the standard for notebook displays. However nowadays, more and more 16:9 displays with 15.6 inch appear. The reason why so many people like displays with medium size is, that this size is not exhausting for the eyes, does not need too much energy and the laptops can be kept quite compact.» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2.949 kg: This weight is average for notebooks. Therefore the numerous mass of laptops with 15 inch display fits in this class of weight.
HP: The Hewlett-Packard Company, founded 1935, commonly referred to as HP, is a technology corporation headquartered in California, United States. HP specializes in developing and manufacturing computing, storage, and networking hardware, software and services. Major product lines include personal computing devices, enterprise servers, related storage devices, as well as a diverse range of printers and other imaging products. Other product lines, including electronic test equipment and systems, medical electronic equipment, solid state components and instrumentation for chemical analysis. HP posted US $91.7 billion in annual revenue in 2006, making it the world's largest technology vendor in terms of sales. In 2007 the revenue was $104 billion, making HP the first IT company in history to report revenues exceeding $100 billion. Market share regarding sales of personal computers in 2007 (market research IDC): HP 18.9 %, Dell 16.4 %, Acer 9.9 %, Lenovo 7.5 %, Apple 5.7 %
87%: 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.
