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Review HP EliteBook 8560p Notebook

Elegant powerhouse. The HP Elitebook 8560p-LQ589AW really stands out with its new and high-end platinum-style aluminium case. And then there’s the hardware: a second generation Core i5 processor, HD graphics from AMD and a large 15.6-inch matt display. The HP notebook costs around €1200 in this configuration. A real steal, given the current price of precious metal?

This HP business notebook, the Elitebook 8560p LQ589AW, has a new and professional-looking design. Instead of using the usual black plastic or aluminium for this series, HP has opted for a compact case which is made of aluminium but looks like platinum. Only the underside of this model is made of black plastic. The aluminium case should protect the laptop very well against dust, moisture, high temperatures, jolts and falls.

The Elitebook 8560p-LQ589AW is fitted with a matt HD display with a 39.6 cm (15.6 inch) diagonal and a resolution of 1600 x 900, a fast Core i5 Sandy Bridge processor (2540M), and a dedicated ATI graphics card (HD 6470M). HP also offers these business machines with other processors and graphics options.

The price of the Elitebook 8560p-LQ589AW depends on the hardware configuration; our review model with a Core i5-2540M, 4 GB of RAM, a 320 GB hard drive and an ATI HD 6470M costs around €1200.

Case

Classy Business notebook

The case, largely made out of high-quality aluminium, is one of the highlights of the laptop along with the internal hardware. It is specially designed for the business customer who travels a lot and is particularly demanding when it comes to outdoor use. The choice of materials makes the notebook very sturdy. The lid that houses the 15.6-inch display does not flex in any direction, and nor does the top of the keyboard. Even under heavy pressure, the material does not give way in the least.

The workmanship is exemplary and makes the Elitebook 8560p LQ589AW extremely robust. As it’s a business notebook, HP has done without any further visual gimmicks; they just aren’t needed for this model. According to the manufacturer, the notebook will survive even heavy jolting, having been developed in line with military standards (MIL-STD 810G). We decided to refrain from a drop test of our own, since the laptop is on loan to us from Comtech.

The compact case and the aluminium surfaces are also very resistant to fingerprints, as well as environmental factors such as dust, heat or moisture. The integrated keyboard is protected against spills.

The notebook’s dimensions of 374 x 34 x 251 mm are normal for a 15.6-inch screen. The weight of 2.7 kg is a little more than usual. Added to that is 500 g for the 90 W mains adaptor.

Connectivity

HP has included every port that you could need in a business notebook. Expansion options are positioned on the notebook’s two sides: the laptop comes with two USB 3.0 ports as well as two USB 2.0. The USB 2.0 ports are placed on the left-hand side, while the ports with USB 3.0 support are on the right. There is also an eSATA/USB combo port on the left-hand side. The spaces between the ports are rather small; if you wanted to use two fairly wide USB sticks side-by-side, they could conflict with each other.

The HP Elitebook 8560p LQ589AW is also fitted with a VGA port, an IEEE 1394 (Firewire) port and an RS233 (serial port).

There are two audio ports, one for use with headphones and the other for a microphone. An RJ45 LAN port can be found next to the DVD burner on the right-hand side. If you then look round the corner at the back of the laptop, you will see the modem port, RS232, power socket, and the DisplayPort to the far left.

Also on the left-hand side is the reader for SD and MMC memory cards. Lastly, there is a PC Card Express/54 slot, also on the left. Despite having so many ports, the sides of the notebook do not look overcrowded.

Front: no ports
Back: Modem, RS232 (serial), power, eSATA
Left: 2 x USB 2.0, card reader, Firewire, eSATA/USB, VGA, PC Card Express
Right: 2 x audio, 2 x USB 3.0, DVD burner, RJ45 (LAN)

Communication

The Elitebook 8560p has several options for connecting to your local network or the internet. One is the Gigabit LAN port, which is included as standard. But for this you always need the appropriate network cable and it limits the user’s freedom of movement. Another option is wireless LAN, conforming to the IEEE 802.11 b/g/n standard. You can also connect via Bluetooth. An antiquated 56k modem has also been included.

Security

Security is always an important issue for business notebooks in particular. Obviously you don’t want other people to be able to view or copy the information on your notebook. For this reason the notebook is equipped with a fingerprint scanner, which only grants access to the system when the correct fingerprint passes over the sensor. Further security features include hard drive encryption, password protection for BIOS and a Kensington security lock mechanism.

Accessories

HP has kept to the bare minimum here. Other than a few leaflets and various CDs, the notebook arrives only with its mains adaptor.

Warranty

HP provides a limited three-year warranty for the notebook and the battery. There is also the option of HP’s on-site repair service and an extension of the warranty to 5 years.

Keyboard
Keyboard
Touchpad
Separate number pad
Pointstick
Touchpad with a 110 x 57 mm surface

Input Devices

Keyboard

The QWERTZ keyboard is another eye-catching feature. It is spill-resistant, and its freestanding keys are comfortable to use. There is a separate number pad next to the main keyboard. Several functions are doubled up on keys, to be accessed using the Fn key. However, the number of keys doubled up in this way is not unreasonable.

The four arrow keys have ended up very small on the Elitebook 8560p LQ589AW. Fortunately the notebook is ‘only’ intended for the business market and not for gaming. In the main keyboard, to be exact between the G, H, and B keys, there is a pointstick which can be used as a substitute for the mouse or touchpad.

Touchpad

The integrated touchpad supports multi-touch inputs and gestures. It also has an area that can be used for two-way scrolling. HP has generously given the touchpad four buttons rather than the usual two; however, two of them actually perform the same function.

Using a function key combination, the touchpad can be deactivated. The buttons and the touchpad itself match the colour of the rest of the case.

The finger slides very easily across the 110 x 57 mm touchpad surface.

Display

Elitebook with matt display

The 15.6-inch display of the HP Elitebook 8560p LQ589AW has a maximum resolution of 1600 x 900 pixels, with an aspect ratio of 16:9.

The resolution is optimal for this size screen diagonal. Higher resolutions are possible only with an external monitor.

186
cd/m²
192
cd/m²
189
cd/m²
195
cd/m²
214
cd/m²
207
cd/m²
194
cd/m²
210
cd/m²
209
cd/m²
Distribution of brightness
tested with Gossen Mavo-Monitor
Maximum: 214 cd/m² (Nits) Average: 199.6 cd/m²
Brightness Distribution: 87 %
Center on Battery: 157 cd/m²
Contrast: 594:1 (Black: 0.36 cd/m²)63.5% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
90.6% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
61.4% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)

The richness of the colours on this matt display is excellent. The black level of 0.36 cd/m² results in a deep black, even during dark video scenes. The distribution of brightness is no cause for complaint, at 87%. Throughout our testing, the picture appeared very well balanced to us. For a matt screen, the colours are very vibrant.

The sRGB colour space and its Apple counterpart are almost completely covered by the Elitebook 8560p; but it is a long way from covering the Adobe RGB colour space.

Elitebook 8560p vs. sRGB
Elitebook 8560p vs. AdobeRGB
Elitebook 8560p vs. AppleRGB

This HP business notebook is also well suited to outdoor use. The matt display produces hardly any reflections. It copes with direct sunlight much better than a glossy screen would.

Websites can be read comfortably outdoors. You can even read or compose emails in the garden despite the sunlight. However, we found that watching videos was much harder than in a living room or hotel room. The vibrancy of the colours was completely lost at times, marring our enjoyment of Jack Sparrow. Apologies: that should of course be Captain Jack Sparrow.

Outdoor use
Business notebook outdoors
In the garden, we can't quite get that cinema feeling
You get more vibrant colours indoors

Viewing angles

The picture is clear from almost every viewing angle on this 15.6-inch matt panel. The brightness changes and the picture starts to invert only when the angle exceeds 45 degrees. In the typical range of viewing angles, i.e. with the display set at 90 degrees to the desk, the screen contents are clearly visible even from the side. When the screen is tipped backwards more than 40 degrees, the colours invert.

Viewing angles HP Elitebook 8560p-LQ589AW
Viewing angles HP Elitebook 8560p-LQ589AW

Performance

2.6 GHz CPU with potential for overclocking

Our review model is fitted with a Core i5-2540M (codename Sandy Bridge) with a speed of 2.6 GHz. The Intel CPU has 3072 kB of level 3 cache, and is dual core with four threads. The processor was made using 32 nm technology. It supports Turbo Boost 2.0, meaning that it can automatically overclock to up to 3.30 GHz.

The maximum clock speed also remains stable during heavy use, as this CPU does not suffer from throttling. In our simulated stress test, which ran for 180 minutes, the processor speed remained constant at 3.30 GHz.

System info CPUZ CPU
System info CPUZ
System info CPUZ Cache
System info CPUZ
System info CPUZ Mainboard
System info CPUZ
System info CPUZ RAM
System info CPUZ
System info CPUZ RAM SPD
System info CPUZ
System info GPUZ
System info GPUZ
System info HDTune
System info GPUZ
System info HWInfo32
System information for the HP Elitebook 8560p-LQ589AW
Catalyst Control Center for the ATI graphics card

The dual-core CPU also contains a graphics card which is not called upon to work in this notebook. Instead of the integrated Intel HD Graphics, HP rely on an AMD Radeon HD 6470M. This has a core speed of 750 MHz and 1024 MB of its own DDR3 video memory.

The dedicated AMD graphics card can be classed as a basic mid-range card. It is based on the Seymore XT chip and contains the UVD 3 video processor and Eyefinity+. The hardworking AMD graphics card also supports DirectX 11, Shader Model 5.0, OpenGL 4.1 / Open CL and DirectCompute 11.

You can read more about the graphics chip by clicking here.

5.3
Windows 7 Experience Index
Processor
Calculations per second
7.1
Memory (RAM)
Memory operations per second
7.2
Graphics
Desktop performance for Windows Aero
5.3
Gaming graphics
3D business and gaming graphics
6.3
Primary hard disk
Disk data transfer rate
5.9
Cinebench R10 Rendering Single 32Bit
4225
Cinebench R10 Rendering Multiple CPUs 32Bit
9109
Cinebench R10 Shading 32Bit
6707
Cinebench R10 Rendering Single CPUs 64Bit
5214 Points
Cinebench R10 Rendering Multiple CPUs 64Bit
10955 Points
Cinebench R10 Shading 64Bit
6818 Points
Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64Bit
17.52 fps
Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64Bit
2.98 Points
Help
PCMark Vantage Result
7935 points
PCMark 7 Score
2011 points
Help

If you compare the HP notebook’s benchmark results with the scores from our database, you will see that its scores are higher in almost every area. And in the direct comparison against other manufacturers’ business notebooks, the Elitebook has nothing to be ashamed of.

The PCMark Vantage benchmark tests a number of components at once, evaluating the complete package of the CPU, GPU, RAM and hard drive. In this test the HP notebook scored 7935 points. In the latest benchmarking tool PCMark 7, it scored 1866 points. We currently do not have any scores for this benchmark and this processor/ GPU to use as a comparison.

In the synthetic gaming benchmarks, from 3DMark 2001SE to 3DMark11, it is the AMD Radeon HD 6470M’s turn to show what it is capable of. In these tests the HD 6470M ranks on the same level as a GeForce GT 130 or 9600M GT.

3DMark 2001SE Standard
28522 points
3DMark 03 Standard
12080 points
3DMark 05 Standard
8414 points
3DMark 06 Standard Score
4988 points
3DMark 11 Performance
595 points
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Hitachi Travelstar 7K500 HTS725032A9A
Transfer Rate Minimum: 37.4 MB/s
Transfer Rate Maximum: 109.4 MB/s
Transfer Rate Average: 83.1 MB/s
Access Time: 16.6 ms
Burst Rate: 156.5 MB/s
CPU Usage: 3.1 %

The Elitebook  8560p LQ589AW’s mass storage device is a 2.5-inch Hitachi hard drive from the Travelstar 7K500 series. The memory capacity is 320 GB. This is not especially large, but should be enough for storing business data. The drive is connected to the system via Serial ATA and rotates at 7200 rpm. The hard drive performance falls within the expected range. The transfer rate was measured to be a maximum of 109.4 MB/s by HD Tune.

This rate was not quite reached with CrystalDiskMark 3.0. The test delivered an average read rate of 97 MB/s and write rate of 91 MB/s during the course of nine sequential runs.

Write/read test
Transfer test
File benchmark
Random access
Extra tests with HD Tune

Gaming Verdict

If you want to use this classy HP notebook for gaming, you will have to accept some sacrifices when it comes to graphics and detail settings. All that glitters is not gold. The dedicated AMD graphics, as already mentioned, is a basic mid-range card. This means that you can play even the latest games out there, as long as you scale back your demands on the graphics card by choosing a lower resolution and also lowering the details level. Otherwise you will find it very frustrating to play these games.

The games we are referring to, such as GTA VI, Risen or Crysis 2, all show that they are only playable at a low resolution. At times the frame rates fell below 40 fps. The higher the resolution, the worse the stuttering, and this had a big effect on our gaming enjoyment.

low med. high ultra
GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008) 51 26 17
Risen (2009) 54 21 14 9
StarCraft 2 (2010) 153 31 21 15
Mafia 2 (2010) 37 27 19 11
Fifa 11 (2010) 202 112 56 35
Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010) 70 42 29 16
Crysis 2 (2011) 39 27 20 6

Emissions

Simulated stress test

System noise

The Elitebook has a good system for quickly moving the waste heat away from the CPU and graphics card: it consists of a heat pipe, which transfers the heat towards a fan which runs constantly. The fan is clearly audible, especially in a quiet environment. However, it always remains an unobtrusive background noise; we did not find it distracting at any point during our testing.

Our noise measuring device gave a reading of 33 dB(A) in idle mode. The volume increased only slightly during DVD playback, reaching 35.6 dB(A). It was a different story when the notebook was under stress. The noise from the fan got noticeably louder during our stress test (100% CPU and GPU usage with Prime95 and Furmark amongst others), hitting 41.5 dB(A).

Noise Level

Idle
32.1 / 33.3 / 33.3 dB(A)
HDD
33.6 dB(A)
DVD
35.6 / dB(A)
Load
36 / 41.5 dB(A)
  red to green bar
 
 
30 dB
silent
40 dB(A)
audible
50 dB(A)
loud
 
min: dark, med: mid, max: light   Voltcraft sl-320 (15 cm distance)
The cooling system is very efficient

Temperature

The Elitebook 8560p LQ589AW does an exemplary job of preventing temperature build-up on its case. You will always want to use a laptop on your lap from time to time. The underside of the notebook only gets warmer in the area where the CPU and GPU heat pipe is located; and we only measured 33 degrees Celsius here under stress. The air coming from the ‘exhaust’ was not quite so cool, however. Here, where the waste heat is expelled, the temperature rises noticeably. During the stress test we measured up to 44 degrees Celsius there, while the CPU temperature rose to more than 80 degrees.

It is important for the cooling system of this Elitebook that the fan is able to suck in enough air from underneath. If you put the laptop on a duvet then it can quickly get overheated. A flat surface is recommended.

Max. Load
 27.6 °C
82 F
28.7 °C
84 F
24.6 °C
76 F
 
 30 °C
86 F
29.2 °C
85 F
24.9 °C
77 F
 
 26.4 °C
80 F
27.5 °C
82 F
25.5 °C
78 F
 
Maximum: 30 °C = 86 F
Average: 27.2 °C = 81 F
25.5 °C
78 F
33.1 °C
92 F
33 °C
91 F
26 °C
79 F
33 °C
91 F
30.3 °C
87 F
26.3 °C
79 F
30.9 °C
88 F
29.7 °C
85 F
Maximum: 33.1 °C = 92 F
Average: 29.8 °C = 86 F
Power Supply (max.)  28 °C = 82 F | Room Temperature 18.8 °C = 66 F | Voltcraft IR-360
(+) The average temperature for the upper side under maximal load is 27.2 °C / 81 F, compared to the average of 29.5 °C / 85 F for the devices in the class Office.
(+) The maximum temperature on the upper side is 30 °C / 86 F, compared to the average of 34.2 °C / 94 F, ranging from 21.2 to 62.5 °C for the class Office.
(+) The bottom heats up to a maximum of 33.1 °C / 92 F, compared to the average of 36.7 °C / 98 F
(+) In idle usage, the average temperature for the upper side is 22.8 °C / 73 F, compared to the device average of 29.5 °C / 85 F.
(+) The palmrests and touchpad are cooler than skin temperature with a maximum of 27.5 °C / 81.5 F and are therefore cool to the touch.
(±) The average temperature of the palmrest area of similar devices was 27.7 °C / 81.9 F (+0.2 °C / 0.4 F).

Speakers

The Elitebook’s loudspeaker system consists of two speakers positioned on the underside of the case. The sound during DVD playback was very stereophonic. At times we had the feeling that there were more than two speakers, but we couldn’t find any others.

The sound quality from the speakers is acceptable for their size. However, the mini-speakers do sound very tinny at times. There are two 3.5 mm stereo ports on the side of the notebook for a headset, or headphone and microphone. You will not find an optical output port or HDMI port on the HP notebook, however.

Battery life

Our various battery use scenarios show that the Elitebook 8560p LQ589AW cannot last a full working day with its six-cell lithium ion battery.

In idle mode and with all connectivity switched off, the battery lasted 8 hours and 22 minutes. But the battery run times are very different when the laptop is actually in use. With continual web surfing, and reading and writing of emails, the battery life shrinks to 4 hours and 37 minutes.

The battery drains even more quickly when you watch a DVD film. After only 2.5 hours the notebook has to return to the wall socket.

The empty lithium ion battery then needed 130 minutes in our test to recharge to its full capacity.

Battery life internet surfing
Battery life DVD playback
Battery recharging
Battery Runtime
Idle (without WLAN, min brightness)
8h 22min
WiFi Surfing
4h 37min
DVD
2h 27min
Load (maximum brightness)
2h 12min
Power Consumption
Off / Standbydarklight 0.2 / 0.7 Watt
Idledarkmidlight 13.6 / 18.1 / 19 Watt
Load midlight 56.3 / 76.1 Watt
 color bar
Key: min: dark, med: mid, max: light        Voltcraft VC 940
Currently we use the Metrahit Energy, a professional single phase power quality and energy measurement digital multimeter, for our measurements. Find out more about it here. All of our test methods can be found here.

The energy consumption log shows that the 90 W mains adaptor still draws power from the mains even when the HP notebook is switched off. In fact, somewhat more than it draws when on standby.

Under stress, our review model was consuming between 56 and 76.1 Watts. This is about average for this class of notebook.

QuickWeb

Windows 7 Professional (64-bit version) is pre-installed as the operating system. But the notebook can also run with an alternative user interface called QuickWeb.

With this interface, which can be selected after switching on the computer, the click of a mouse gives you quick and easy access to the internet, your emails and contacts, and many calendar functions.

The interface loads within 10 seconds and so you can access the web more quickly than with Windows 7. QuickWeb gives you access to the internet if it is set up. Contact details from Outlook can be loaded and edited via QuickWeb.

QuickWeb also includes a Skype client. The battery life when running QuickWeb is substantially longer than under Windows. We measured 12 hours of run time.

Verdict

This business notebook, the HP Elitebook 8560p LQ589AW, is convincing in every respect. It has a very smart, high-end appearance with its platinum-look aluminium case. Nor has HP taken any shortcuts with the workmanship. The display lid opens easily without lifting the rest of the notebook along with it.

You can tell upon closer inspection of the case that HP have followed military standards (MIL-STD 810G) in making this notebook. The case is very robust, and optimized to withstand jolts, drops, dust, moisture and high temperatures.

Working is actually fun on the HP Elitebook 8560p LQ589AW. This is also down to the internal hardware: a fast dual-core Core i5 CPU with 2.6 GHz and lots of potential for overclocking, 4 GB of RAM and dedicated AMD graphics. The matt 15.6-inch display is the icing on the cake. It doesn’t pick up reflections or act like a mirror.

System noise and temperature build-up are not really issues with the HP Elitebook 8560p LQ589AW. The fan could be a little quieter, but that really would be the cherry on top of the icing on the cake.

Because of the graphics card, the notebook is limited to home and office use, perhaps with some light gaming aspirations.

The price is the only thing that doesn’t sound good. In this hardware configuration, the notebook costs around €1200. Enough to make you think twice about that cake.

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Specifications

HP Elitebook 8560p-LQ589AW (Elitebook 8560p Series)
Processor
Intel Core i5-2540M 2 x 2.6 - 3.3 GHz, Sandy Bridge
Graphics adapter
AMD Radeon HD 6470M - 1024 MB VRAM, Core: 750 MHz, Memory: 900 MHz, 8.821.1.0
Memory
4 GB 
, MT16JSF51264HZ-1G4D1
Display
15.60 inch 16:9, 1600 x 900 pixel, LP156WD1-TLD3, glossy: no
Mainboard
Intel QM67
Storage
Hitachi Travelstar 7K500 HTS725032A9A, 320 GB 
, 7200 rpm, Travelstar 7K500
Soundcard
IDT 92HD81B1X @ Intel Ibex Peak PCH - High Definition Audio Controller
Connections
1 Express Card 54mm, 2 USB 2.0, 2 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, 1 Firewire, 1 VGA, 1 DisplayPort, LSI HDA Modem Modem, 1 Kensington Lock, 1 Serial Port, 1 eSata, 1 Docking Station Port, Audio Connections: line out/ headphone output, Card Reader: SD, MMC, 1 SmartCard, 1 Fingerprint Reader
Networking
Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection (10/100/1000MBit/s), Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 (a/b/g/n = Wi-Fi 4/), Bluetooth Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
Optical drive
HP CDDVDW TS-L633N
Size
height x width x depth (in mm): 251 x 374 x 34 ( = 9.88 x 14.72 x 1.34 in)
Battery
52 Wh Lithium-Ion
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit
Camera
Webcam: HP HD Webcam
Additional features
Handbook, CD-ROM, mains adaptor, Roxio My DVD 2010 SE, Microsoft Office 2010 (trial version), Norton Internet Security 2011 (60 days), 36 Months Warranty
Weight
2.7 kg ( = 95.24 oz / 5.95 pounds), Power Supply: 480 g ( = 16.93 oz / 1.06 pounds)
Price
1199 Euro

 

Business notebook with a platinum look.
Business notebook with a platinum look.
Fingerprint sensor.
Fingerprint sensor.
Underside of the notebook.
Underside of the notebook.
Port for an optional docking station.
Port for an optional docking station.
The insides exposed.
The insides exposed.
Cooling system.
Cooling system.
Heat pipe.
Heat pipe.
Hitachi hard drive.
Hitachi hard drive.
4 GB SODIMM module.
4 GB SODIMM module.
One of the DIMM sockets is still free.
One of the DIMM sockets is still free.
Relatively small speakers.
Relatively small speakers.
WLAN module.
WLAN module.
The six-cell lithium ion battery.
The six-cell lithium ion battery.
Space for the battery.
Space for the battery.
Release mechanism.
Release mechanism.
Special function keys, e.g. for QuickWeb.
Special function keys, e.g. for QuickWeb.
This spacer is not so attractive.
This spacer is not so attractive.
Touchpad with four buttons.
Touchpad with four buttons.
The lid is easy to open.
The lid is easy to open.
The display can go back as far as 180 degrees.
The display can go back as far as 180 degrees.
There is an HD webcam built into the screen bezel.
There is an HD webcam built into the screen bezel.
RJ45 port and Kensington lock slot.
RJ45 port and Kensington lock slot.
Audio ports and two USB 3.0 ports, along with DVD burner.
Audio ports and two USB 3.0 ports, along with DVD burner.
Firewire and an eSATA/ USB combo port.
Firewire and an eSATA/ USB combo port.
Under this cover is a PC Card Express/54 slot.
Under this cover is a PC Card Express/54 slot.
Two USB ports, one with a power charging function.
Two USB ports, one with a power charging function.
DisplayPort.
DisplayPort.
Modem and serial port.
Modem and serial port.
Opening mechanism for the lid.
Opening mechanism for the lid.
Side view of the DVD burner.
Side view of the DVD burner.
Professional-looking keyboard.
Professional-looking keyboard.
Separate number block.
Separate number block.
90 W mains adaptor.
90 W mains adaptor.

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Pros

+Classy design
+Powerful CPU
+Alternative OS (QuickWeb)
+Spill-resistant keyboard
+2x USB 3.0 ports
+Matt display
 

Cons

-Price
-Heavy in total (>3.2 kg)

Shortcut

What we like

We particularly liked the choice of material for the case, and the way it looked. HP really shows what you can do with aluminium: a robust business notebook with a classy design.

What we'd like to see

An HDMI port would have been nice. Then you could hook the notebook up to a TFT monitor when you’re staying in a hotel.

What surprises us

QuickWeb; it should be on every laptop. Firstly it prolongs battery life, and secondly the interface is all you need to read emails, access contact details and be available via Skype when you are on the go.

The  competition

Toshiba Tecra R850-11P, Dell Latitude E6520 i5/HD, Asus P42JC, Dell Latitude E5420 Essential, E6420, HP Elitebook 8460p, Lenovo ThinkPad T420, ThinkPad T520, Acer Travelmate 8472T, HP ProBook 6550b

Rating

HP Elitebook 8560p-LQ589AW - 06/01/2011 v2(old)
Siggy Moersch

Chassis
95%
Keyboard
90%
Pointing Device
85%
Connectivity
83%
Weight
78%
Battery
89%
Display
86%
Games Performance
71%
Application Performance
90%
Temperature
93%
Noise
87%
Add Points
87%
Average
86%
88%
Office - Weighted Average
Siggy Moersch, 2011-06-11 (Update: 2013-06- 6)