Last week we launched a new sort of buyer’s guide for AnandTech with our Best Budget Ultrabook recommendation. We’ll be fleshing out the “best XYZ” recommendations for other components and categories over the coming months, but for now my focus is on the notebook sector, and the plan is to have a new recommendation for laptops every Friday. Last week was a budget Ultrabook, and this week is the true budget category for all laptops. Let me know what you’d like me to cover next, keeping in mind that there are probably five or six categories of laptop that I’ll rotate through on a regular basis. With that out of the way, let’s talk briefly about the budget laptop sector. Laptops comprise everything from Chromebooks...
HP EliteBook Folio 9470m Ultrabook Review: Ultrabooks in Enterprise
Something funny happened when a lot of us weren't really paying attention last year: Intel's nascent "ultrabook" specification and definition quietly expanded and, in the process, sort of redefined...
68 by Dustin Sklavos on 3/29/2013HP Chromebook Confirmed: Available Now For $329
We already covered the leak, and now we've got the confirmation we knew would come. HP has officially announced the HP Pavilion 14-c010us Chromebook. Quite the name, eh? Specs...
29 by Jason Inofuentes on 2/7/2013HP Leaks Their First Chromebook
Google's venture into the desktop operating system space has been getting a lot of the right kind of attention lately. Acer's C7 Chromebook has been well received, as has...
20 by Jason Inofuentes on 1/29/2013HP EliteBook 8570w Notebook Review: The Other Side of the Coin
We recently reviewed Dell's top of the line Precision M6700 mobile workstation and found that the overall design left something to be desired compared to HP's high end EliteBooks...
54 by Dustin Sklavos on 12/18/2012HP EliteBook 2170p Ultraportable Review: Business Class, But Business Savvy?
We recently reviewed Acer's Aspire V5-171, a notebook that proves that there's a life (and a market) after netbooks but before ultrabooks. The essential gap that's materialized has been...
44 by Dustin Sklavos on 11/30/2012HP's ElitePad 900 Windows 8 Tablet: No Short Skirt, But a Couple of Long Jackets
The major vendors have been doing the rounds out here in sunny California, gearing up a series of product launches to go hand-in-hand with Windows 8's launch later this...
31 by Dustin Sklavos on 10/1/2012HP Brings Windows 8 Ready All-in-Ones
At our briefing with HP in the city, we had a chance to see just how far their Spectre branding was stretching by taking a look at their refreshed...
20 by Dustin Sklavos on 9/10/2012HP's Convertible Windows 8 Tablet and Bleeding Edge Ultrabooks
I've taken meetings with HP and Toshiba (their press release is impending) in sunny San Francisco, California to see what they have in store for us when Windows 8...
15 by Dustin Sklavos on 8/30/2012HP Envy 14 Spectre Ultrabook Review: Something More Than Envy
It's interesting, we recently met up with HP in San Francisco to see what they have planned for the future (and they do have some very compelling stuff in...
61 by Dustin Sklavos on 8/24/2012HP 2311xi IPS Monitor
HP managed to make the right choices with their 27” ZR2740w monitor, hitting a reasonable price point without sacrificing quality. Now HP has introduced their 2311xi monitor, a 23&rdquo...
68 by Chris Heinonen on 8/13/2012HP Phoenix h9-1120t System Review: HP's Gaming Desktop Round Two with Tahiti and Ivy Bridge
Less than four months ago we had in for review HP's entry to the gaming desktop market, the Phoenix. We found that it was a compelling product that served...
33 by Dustin Sklavos on 6/19/2012HP Updates Workstations with Ivy Bridge
In a move sure to come as a surprise to approximately no one, HP is updating several members of their workstation lineup with new Ivy Bridge-based processors, including Ivy...
2 by Dustin Sklavos on 6/4/2012HP Z420 Workstation Review: Competition Heats Up
Recently we had a chance to review Dell's Precision T3600, and we found it impressive. A company that seemed content to be an also-ran in the enterprise desktop space...
34 by Dustin Sklavos on 5/21/2012HP Unveils New Ultrabooks, "Sleekbooks"
At the 2012 Global Influencer Summit in Shanghai, HP announced a full slate of new thin-and-light and ultrabook systems, and we've gotten to go hands on with all of...
23 by Vivek Gowri on 5/10/2012HP Folio 13 Review: Deviating From the Norm
The initial bum rush of ultrabooks resulted in, with limited exception, a lot of designs that took most of their cues from Apple's MacBook Air. Even Dell's XPS 13...
88 by Dustin Sklavos on 4/17/2012HP ZR2740w - High Resolution IPS that Doesn't Break the Bank
Almost 15 years ago I set up my first multiple monitor system, using a 17” and a 15” CRT. At that time it was a very uncommon setup, but...
119 by Chris Heinonen on 3/16/2012HP Phoenix h9se: The Pavilion Goes Beyond Thunderdome
Outside of the Envy series and the bygone era of Voodoo (anyone remember the Blackbird?), HP hasn't exactly been a brand associated with high performance gaming desktops, at least...
40 by Dustin Sklavos on 2/29/2012CyanogenMod Team Shows Ice Cream Sandwich Running on HP TouchPad
CyanogenMod 9 is creeping closer and closer to release, and we're seeing it running on more devices all the time - the first ones to get development builds were...
12 by Andrew Cunningham on 1/16/2012HP Announces ENVY 14 Spectre Ultrabook
To keep the flow of CES coverage steady, HP has announced ENVY 14 Spectre Ultrabook. The use of glass makes Spectre special: The lid, display, palmrest and trackpad are...
32 by Kristian Vättö on 1/11/2012
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