HP Elitebook 2810 whispers?
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.
