Comments on: Alert: HP Envy 17, Envy 14, Elitebook 2540p and 2740p in the pipeline

By: james braselton

james braselton — Thu, 06 May 2010 00:33:34 +0000

hi there found out that all these new moiodels will have ssd options the envy 14 inch will have a 256 gb ssd the envy 17 320 gb or 2 160 gb ssd’s and the other 2 should have big large capacity ssd solid state flash drives and all three macbook pros have upgraded ssd capacity too 512 gb ssd just like the toshiba R-600

By: Rbennett

Rbennett — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:27:29 +0000

I hope they fixed the heat issue with the Envy & i7 processors. I also hope it come with a backlit keyboard and a better graphics card like a ATI 5870m. The 5870 my be a bit much in that thin case though. Wishfull thinking.

By: JC

JC — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 09:26:11 +0000

I just bought the Envy 17… I’VE GOT A NUMBER PAD!!!

The Windows 7 deal? I don’t know yet. I’VE GOT A NUMBER PAD
!!!

By: Brad

Brad — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:49:03 +0000

Hi anonymous, thanks a bunch for the tip. Something tells me we’re going to see education institutes and students get one of the first few new Elitebooks then…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:08:39 +0000

I am not sure if anyone noticed, but after a quick Bing search, you also come to this site:

http://www.mhsmi.org/technology/computing_package.html

which specifies “The designated HP 2740p tablet is not scheduled to be manufactured until Spring 2010″, which may help indicate the release date.

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:32:46 +0000

Hi Chris. That’s odd. As far as I know, the G-series are HP branded, but they also seem to be available in North America. The CQ series on the other hand, are very similar models (same notebook casing?) which are sold mostly in Asia and Europe. Also, the G series are not budget “workstations”, they’re just pure cheap notebooks.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:41:11 +0000

Just as an FYI, the G/CQ are not region specific naming conventions. The G series would be the HP branded budget workstation/laptop, whereas the CQ is the actual Compaq Presario line.

By: Dana

Dana — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:09:01 +0000

Hmm, going to 16:9 can be considered either good or bad… going from 1920×1200 to 1920×1080 (on 15 inches) means I’d lose 120 rows of pixels, which rather sucks. This is especially bad for non-dpi-aware software such as Rollercoaster Tycoon 3, which would no longer fit on the screen with a virtualized 1024×768 resolution.

16:9 aspect ratio also means you get a numeric keypad on 15.4″ — but at the expense of the laptop being wider — picture trying to fit the thing on one of those annoying college arm-desks.

By: Chema P.

Chema P. — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:33:38 +0000

Thanks for the news! I’m still waiting for confirmation about “Night Light” support on the 8740w