A few months in the past we posted our overview of the HP ProBook 6360b, the state-of-the-art addition to HP's "b" collection notebooks and their first in a 13.3" shape thing. Today we're going to be looking at any other commercial enterprise-elegance notebook from HP, the EliteBook 8460p. As its call indicates, this gadget is a step above the same old business-minded 6360b and as such, it is billed as a Large Enterprise Business product. The "expert" EliteBook retails for approximately $300 greater than the ProBook, however is that premium profitable?

Our evaluation unit is armed with an Intel Core i5-2520M working at 2.50GHz (three.2GHz Turbo Boost), 4GB of 1333 MHz DDR3 reminiscence, a 320GB 7200RPM tough power, Intel Centrino 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, a removable 6-mobile (62WHr) Li-Ion battery, a DVD +/-RW SuperMulti DL optical pressure with LightScribe and a 14.0" LED-backlit HD anti-glare show with a native decision of 1366 x 768. Graphics are processed using an AMD Radeon HD 6470M with 1GB of devoted DDR3 reminiscence.

As configured nowadays, our pattern gadget retails for $1,061.99 at Newegg.

The gadget measures thirteen.31" x 9.eleven" x 1.25" (W/D/H) and weighs four.56lbs, making it slightly thinner than the 6360b but at the equal time, almost 1/2 a pound heavier. Even with the decreased thickness, the machine remains a little bit fatter than most other latest notebooks we've checked out.

At first glance the two business notebooks appear very similar, but there are a few pretty apparent variations. Much like the ProBook, the EliteBook functions an HP DuraFinish smudge, put on and scratch-resistant coating at the outer shell so as to preserve the device looking more recent for longer.

The color is exceptional as the EliteBook features a platinum paint scheme while the ProBook had a tungsten tint. The same stylized HP emblem can be determined at the lid. This unit featured an more suitable HP DuraCase which is designed to meet military standards (MIL-STD 810G for drop, vibration, dust, temperature, surprise, altitude and high temperature).

On the the front of the EliteBook is a push-button fashion lid latch on the lowest base. The left aspect has 4 pin-hole sized LED interest indicators. From left to proper: wi-fi, strength, charging and disk pastime.

The right facet has hotels for headphones and a microphone, an eSATA/USB combination port, powered USB port, a DisplayPort connector, cooling vents and a Kensington lock slot. On the returned of the pocket book is a modem jack, VGA-out and a community jack. The aluminum hinge and detachable battery also are without difficulty viewable from this vantage factor.

The left side suggests the electricity connector, 1394a connector, two USB 3.zero connectors, an SD/MMC card reader, a 54mm ExpressCard slot and the optical pressure.

The backside of the pocket book is nearly same to what we noticed at the ProBook, which changed into eye-catching. There are several rubber ft that offer stability and raise, a docking port and secondary battery connector. This pocket book also uses the identical quick-launch get entry to panel, making it easy to get internal for maintenance or upgrades.

Under the get entry to panel, we find that there's an extra RAM enlargement bay and it looks as if the optical drive may be taken out via casting off a screw.

We discovered the speaker placement a piece strange. This EliteBook makes use of speakers: one is left of the lid latch close to the front of the device while the alternative is in addition left of this, near the aspect of the machine with the aid of the optical power tray. We will explore the consequences of this later inside the evaluate.

The six-row chiclet-style keyboard is absolutely same to what's used at the ProBook. Again, this is a great factor as we truely appreciated the layout and feel of that board. There is no backlight, despite the fact that HP has protected a tiny pop-out keyboard light beside the webcam at the top of the display. It's a pleasing gesture but honestly vain.

One key distinction, however, is that HP has included a Pointstick and choose buttons -- very much like Lenovo's TrackPoint pointing device. Additionally, the touchpad is zero.5" wider than the ProBook's and the mouse click on buttons hold the same brilliant feel.

In a convention call to speak about the pocket book's capabilities, HP claimed the touchpad changed into built of chemically reinforced glass, but once I pressed for extra info, the HP team declined to comment further on the form of chemical or whatever else approximately it.

A fingerprint reader is situated on the right side of the palm relaxation just below the arrow keys. The 14.0" LED-backlit HD anti-glare display is surrounded by using a black bezel that appears fitting. An incorporated webcam is centered above the show with dual microphones on both facet of the lens. While we were not sent one for testing, there are elective outside batteries available that connect to the lowest of the ProBook for extended battery lifestyles, such as the BB09 Ultra Extended Life battery that says up to 32 hours of runtime.