Picture by reader T.Y.: Is this the 8740w's lid?!
It looks like we now have enough information to construct a rumors + specifications roundup, with special thanks going out for a few anonymous tipsters, a person by the name ‘HP Fan‘ who has seen an Elitebook 8740w datasheet (!!) and plenty of internet searchers =). First off, a little update about announcement time: a reliable source is “pretty confident” that the Elitebook 8740w will be coming out this month along with other products targeting designers and people who do graphics work (ie DreamColor 2 and new external display panels) – I can see the adrenaline build-up in the crowd already!
HP Elitebook 8740w processor options (Thanks, Google Cache!)
And here’s what’s been confirmed about the HP Elitebook 8740w so far (I’ve included links to old/related posts in case you’ve missed them in the past):
- Intel Core i7 720QM 1.6 GHz quad core processor and 820QM 1.73 GHz quad core processor; ‘other’ Core i5 processors
- 4 DDR3 1333 MHz RAM slots for up to 16 GB of total RAM
- ONE hard disk bay with optical drive; removable optical drive doubles as expansion bay
- NEW ATI FirePro M7820 workstation graphics; with 1GB GDDR5 memory
- Choice of new ATI FirePro M7820 graphics above, Nvidia Quadro FX3800M or Nvidia Quadro FX2800M
- 17 inch display (up to full HD); optional full HD DreamColor 2 display (same tech, but obviously different size, as 8540w DC2)
- Full-size keyboard with number pad; partial-chiclet style!
- Selective number of USB 3.0 ports
- Single-touch trackpad with pointing set; 2 sets of 3 mouse buttons
- 7.86 lbs weight AKA 3.57 kg
Oh, the Elitebook 8740w will also be compatible with some sort of new “2010 Advanced WKS Docking Station”… whatever that means, along with other newly launched Elitebooks (except 2540p and 2740p).
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Qualcomm has just posted a press release that HP is coming out with a new smartbook that runs Google’s Android OS and is powered by their 1 Ghz Snapdragon processor! Pictures and more details soon…
Well, something is brewing at HP and whatever it is, I expect it to be coming soon. Judging by the rumors and sightings compiled this week, it seems that HP may be planning a launch of products aimed at business/enterprise users. Well, we already heard about the rumored Elitebook 8440w, 8540w and 8740w notebooks last month when people were talking about the two new Envy models and other consumer notebooks/netbooks (lots of links about that out there, Google it yourself). Those notebooks are updates to the existing Elitebook 6930p, Elitebook 8530p/w and Elitebook 8730w respectively, and the 2nd digits in the model names of the yet-to-be-announced Elitebooks point to a 14 inch model, 15 incher and a huge 17 inch Mobile Workstation respectively. The last two digits (“40″ series) are indicative of minor updates, so don’t hold your breath for a major overhaul – my bets are DDR3 RAM and graphics, 7200 RPM hard disks as a standard, multi-touch trackpads with the ‘nipple’ mouse AKA trackpoint and a slim chance of a tool-less chassis for easy RAM swapping (ala the existing HP Mini 5101). Probably there will be a few more extra bells, whistles and fancy things added, if HP is feeling generous enough – afterall, the W-series are supposed to be HP’s top-range Mobile Workstation notebook series.
I’ve strayed far enough from the topic I was gonna talk about, so let’s get right back to the whispers about the HP 2810. There’s been talk and hearsay about a certain “2810 model”, some have even claimed to have seen an actual unit floating around – but getting the latest gossip is harsh in the Windows world: people tend to be a lot more interested in extremely hyped-up, potentially-staged Apple rumors and speculation (the latest hype being the rumored Apple Tablet computer). There’s a tendency for other rumors from other PC makers (HP, Dell, anyone else) to be suppressed by the sheer amount of Apple hype and speculation around – so the occasional, rare sighting/news about new HP things is always welcome.
So what is this 2810 model all about? Is it the replacement to the ultra-portable Elitebook 2530p? Perhaps a successor to the the Elitebook 2730p tablet? A completely new ultra-portable business machine from HP? Even I’m puzzled – I keep seeing and hearing the these four digits around, and reports of ‘sightings’ but no one seems to be able to cough up any description of its purpose.
