HP EliteBook 8440w: On-the-Go Workstation
by Vivek Gowri on August 13, 2010 10:10 PM ESTHP EliteBook 8440w—Battery Life
Now, with a Core i7 processor and dedicated graphics, one wouldn't expect the 8440w to offer particularly great battery life, but HP offers a simple remedy—the higher end SKU comes specced with an absolutely massive 100 watt-hour 9-cell battery. While this adds weight and sticks out of the back of the system by an inch, the sheer amount of lithium ion stuffed into this thing means that despite the high power consumption, the 8440w ends up with pretty excellent battery life.
With everything idle, you can expect over 8 hours of runtime using an ideal (not realistic) usage model. Start browsing the internet or watching a movie, and things start looking less rosy, but you still get nearly 6.5 hours in the battery life test, which is a reasonable estimate of a regular use case scenario. Our HD video playback test gave just over 4 hours of viewing time, more than enough time to watch one movie, and perhaps enough to get through a second movie as well.
Also, due to the weak graphics card, the 8440w doesn't have the same kind of power consumption as a more gaming or CAD oriented notebook like the MSI GX640 or ThinkPad W510 would have. So even on a per-watt basis, not factoring in the gargantuan battery, the 8440w consumes less power than anything with a performance class GPU.
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AstroGuardian - Saturday, August 14, 2010 - link
This native resolution IMO is totally ridiculous unless you work CAD and rendering 100% of the time.... don't you think?teohhanhui - Saturday, August 14, 2010 - link
Many would prefer it over 1366x768 (the current par) on a 14" screen.mino - Saturday, August 14, 2010 - link
Any reasonable OS would allow for DPI customization.Not to mention that you can go for lower resolution on high-res diplay but it's kinda hard to get an WXGA screen display at WSXGA resolutions ...
mindless1 - Saturday, August 14, 2010 - link
Only if you don't mind it looking like someone smeared butter all over the screen from how blurry it is.strikeback03 - Saturday, August 14, 2010 - link
Yeah it is still a bit low, but what are you going to do...synaesthetic - Sunday, August 15, 2010 - link
1600x900 should be the standard for 13.3-14.0" displays.1366x768 shouldn't be on anything bigger than 12.1".
15.6" should have 1920x1080.
17" should have 1920x1200.
18"+ should have 2560x1600. :D
Death to low resolution crappy LCDs! Windows 7 doesn't have XP's horrible DPI scaling problems. There's no reason why you should ever want less pixels. Unless you like lots of scrolling and jaggy fonts.
japhmo - Saturday, August 14, 2010 - link
A general comment--I'd be curious is seeing where MacBook pros running windows7 compare to this other windows systems. Could you please add that test too?Daeros - Saturday, August 14, 2010 - link
Seconded. I have been waiting for a high-quality of Win7 on the new macbooks sinthey came out.dvinnen - Saturday, August 14, 2010 - link
Like it a lot. Good 15+ inch widescreen work station. No idea on price or whatever but it handles at the code I throw at it. Keyboard feels cramp though with the full number pad and the battery life is pretty bad. Runs dry in about 3 hours just browsing on the internet.zdw - Saturday, August 14, 2010 - link
HDMI is a consumer standard. Displyport is a computer display standard, and can:1. Run larger displays, such as a 30" 2560x1600 display
2. Convert to VGA/HDMI/DVI, with embedded audio (driver and adapter allowing)
3. Eventually, daisy chain monitors off one port (in the spec, but often not supported)
As this is a pro product, it makes sense if only for item #1.
This isn't a HTPC. It doesn't need HDMI.