HP EliteBook 8730w Mobile Workstation

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videomaker.com
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2015-01-18 13:11:47
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The Bottom Line For pros in the field looking for a video editing solution, this is it. This unit will stand up to the torture of being used in the outdoors. There are no other laptops available with color-accurate screens. The performance of this lapt...
  • Durable Design, Desktop performance in small form factor, Enhanced Dreamcolor LCD, Many types of removable media devices supported, USB/eSATA/Card Reader/BluRay, Available with Windows XP...
  • Expensive, Slow Memory...
  • A top of the line performer, no setup required, and plenty of media devices for a video editor. Lance Olinger is Videomaker's IT Assistant. Hewlett-Packard Company 3000 Hanover St. Palo Alto, CA 94304...
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notebookreview.com
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2015-01-18 13:11:47
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The HP EliteBook 8730w is the largest workstation in HPs current lineup of business notebooks. Featuring the latest Intel processors and Nvidia Quadro graphics and available with HPs exclusive 17-inch "DreamColor" display, the EliteBook 8730w might...
  • Extreme processor and graphics performance, DreamColor display is bright with vivid colors, Reasonably thin and light for a 17inch workstation, Attractive and sleek design...
  • DreamColor display is pricey, but still reasonable, Third touchpad button sometimes gets in the way, Less than ideal location for speakers, Fan can run loud and push out a lot of hot air...
  • The HP EliteBook 8730w is probably the most balanced workstation-class 17" notebooks weve seen. This notebook is designed more for desktop replacement than it is for mobility, but the 8730w is thinner and lighter than other 17-inch workstations. That said...
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Laptopmag.com
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2015-01-18 13:11:47
Average rating:80
Whether you’re a designer, photographer, videographer, or other creative professional, a good mobile workstation needs to be powerful enough to stand in for a blazing desktop yet portable enough to take on location. HP goes way beyond those base requi...
  • Stunning 15-million color display, Durable, elegant design, Strong graphics and processing performance, Strong security features...
  • Shorter battery life than other desktop replacements, Not the brightest display in its class...
  • At $3,242, the HP Elitebook 8730w is a very capable mobile workstation that falls between the 17-inch MacBook Pro ($2,799) and the Lenovo ThinkPad W700 ($3,802) in portability, performance, and price. But the 8730w is heads and shoulders above the othe...
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techworld.com
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2015-01-18 13:11:47
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It's not as slim and light - although it's much closer to the size and weight of Apple's laptop than any other, and is easily portable - but the HP Elitebook 8730w boasts a much better screen and is an able performer in our tests.HP's laptop stands up...
  • The HP Elitebook 8730w has an outstanding screen and offers a long battery life. It also provides great performance and is relatively thin. It is also very expensive, however, and despite forking out £2,500 you end up with a dull-looking workhorse...
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computershopper.com
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2015-01-18 13:11:47
Average rating:85
The HP EliteBook 8730w is a high-end, transportable workstation-class notebook. Like Lenovos ThinkPad W700 series, the EliteBook 8730w offers high-end options such as a quad-core mobile processor and color-accurate LCD. HPs offering is sl...
  • Excellent display; fast; highly configurable; very good keyboard; smooth Blu-ray playback...
  • Mouse buttons dont register off-center presses; heavy; optional second internal hard drive requires you to remove the optical disc drive...
  • A stylish, highly configurable notebook with a top-notch screen and keyboard, the HP EliteBook 8730w makes a very capable, if expensive, desktop replacement...
jordanitservices.co.uk
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2015-01-18 13:11:47
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John Virata Hewlett Packard has been known for years for its solid workstations. The company has been an innovator when it comes to content creation machines, even supplying its own designed graphics adapters in the late 1990s to power its visual syste...
Geek.com
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2015-01-18 13:11:47
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So what mobile workstation should you buy? If you scroll down the list, you’ll see that the ThinkPad W700 and the EliteBook 8730w are very evenly matched. Obviously you’ll have to weight the individual categories on your own...