Super HP belated Valentine’s day rumors roundup
Okay, fine, so this may have little to do with Valentine’s day… but let’s spread some love for the several HP notebooks that have been and continue to stay elusive.
Elitebook 8740w: So it seems a lot of people have a couple of grand lying around and are all set to drop it on this long-awaited Mobile Workstation on the precise millisecond it comes out. Question is WHEN?! There was a gap of roughly one month between when the Elitebook 6930p and 8530/8730w series were announced back in 2008. It’s been over a month since the Elitebook 8440 and 8540 models were announced at CES 2010, so where is the 8740w?! (And oh, before I forget 8740w, where are your smaller friends as well?). I suspect the Elitebook 8740w’s elusiveness has something to do with ATI launching FirePro mobile, HP launching DreamColor 2 displays or both. Most likely DreamColor 2 is the culprit. You see, DreamColor displays are a wonderful technology that you don’t see on notebooks everyday… so what a great party/bash it would be for HP to launch the flagship Elitebook 8740w FEATURING DreamColor 2?! It’s very, very, very likely that the 8740w and DreamColor 2 will debut hand-in-hand, at least that’s the way speculation seems to be pointing…
Envy 14 and Envy 17: Cooler than ever. Not that the Envy 13 and 15 aren’t cool enough, in the cool dude sense of the word, because they look awesome. Word is the Envy 14 and Envy 17 will not only LOOK awesome, but stay cool as well… as in, not burn up your palms and thighs as you work on an Office 2010 document or play Crysis 2 at high settings in the future.
Envy 17′s first sale?! Everyone rush out and check your local consumer electronics store(s) now! An enthusiastic reader claims (multiple times) that he’s bought an Envy 17 less than a week ago, from some place that he would’ve never gone to buy a computer from (he doesn’t mention where) and that he got a good deal on it. In another of his comments, he emphasizes that it has a “number pad”, though little else is mentioned. False alarm? Or could someone else really hit the jackpot and find a store selling the Envy 17? Pictures or it didn’t happen!
Shifting things around: If anyone has noticed, HP has shifted their new 8440 and 8540 forwards on their Elitebook page, and relegated the 6930p, 8530p and 8540w to the back seat (or right edge of the page). Perhaps this is a sign of the Elitebook 8740w to come? Or is this just HP doing some website spring cleaning, again?
Okay, I’m done shifting through rumors and whatnot for the day. Back to putting on the finishing touches to my Envy 15 + ATI Mobility Radeon 5830 review…
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By necrophyte, February 18, 2010 @ 3:03 am
great!
2x mobility radeon 5870 crossfire would be a suitable gpu solution for the envy 17 with challenging looks towards alienware
BUT I AM STILL WAITING FOR A MOBILITY RADEON 5830 INSIDE THE 8540P!!!
By domiel, February 18, 2010 @ 7:33 pm
So would anyone care to hazzard a guess as to when we might see this big launch party?
Not that it will affect me in any case – none of the new machines is even mentioned on the hp.com.au site yet. Is it only North America that they are currently available in, what about Europe or Asia? Is anyone else who lurks here in the same position of waiting for local availability?
By Brad, February 18, 2010 @ 8:16 pm
Hi Domiel, as far as I’ve heard, the Elitebook 8440p and 8440w are already shipping in some parts of Europe and (eastern) Asia, so expect them (8440, 8540, new Probook 6000 series) to be available in Australia pretty soon.
As for the Envy 14, 17, Elitebook 2540p, 2740p and 8740w, the wait goes on for the whole world…
By Dom, February 21, 2010 @ 4:53 am
Any news on 13″ ProBook with i3/i5 processors?
By le_pierre, March 27, 2010 @ 6:04 am
I saw that ENVY 14 and 17 and dm4 apparessent in a document dating from February(http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=470100&page=2). What seems to confirm their coming. I am particularly interested in the ENVY 17 for the power compared with the 8740W comes out. If you have any other information on ENVY 17 made knowledge. I’m so impatient.
By Brad, March 27, 2010 @ 2:40 pm
We actually found out about the Envy 14 and 17 way before that in December (http://hpfansite.com/hp-mini/alert-hp-envy-17-envy-14-elitebook-2540p-2740p-pipeline) What sources say so far is that the Envy 17 will have much better cooling than the current Envy 15 and that it will feature newer/better processors and graphics (either ATI Mobility Radeon 5850 or 5870) than the Envy 15.