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The Elitebook 8730w is a series of 17″ notebook computers from Hewlett Packard. Processors available are Intel Core 2 Duo dual-core chips, as well as Intel’s Core 2 Extreme quad-core processor. The standard display is 17″ LCD with a resolution of 1680×1050. An enhanced display is available with a resolution of 1920×1200. The standard graphics adapter is an ATI Mobility FireGL V5725, featuring 256MB of dedicated memory, with an optional webcam. Two other graphics adapters are available for this line: the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M, featuring 512MB of dedicated memory, and the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M, featuring 1GB of dedicated memory.
Wi-Fi networking is included, using the 802.11b/g standard; A and N compatibility are available, using Intel’s Link 5300, and Bluetooth support is optional as well. The optical drive is a LightScribe DVD+/-RW SuperMulti with Double Layer support, and a Blu-ray ROM DVD+/-RW SuperMulti DL Drive is available as well. The operating system is Windows Vista Business (32 or 64-bit) and upgrades to Vista Ultimate (32-bit) are available. The option to downgrade from Vista to Windows XP is also available. The 8730w uses HP’s 3D DriveGuard, which lessens the impact of shock on the hard drive. The notebook also uses HP’s ProtectTools Security Manager, a suite of security tools for airtight business-level protection. The standard battery is a 8-cell LiOn. The weight on the average configuration of the Elitebook 8730w series is 7.5 lbs.
Features
* Processor Options: Intel Core 2 Extreme Processor X9100 (3.06 GHz, 6 MB L2 cache, 1066 MHz FSB), Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T9600 (2.80 GHz, 6 MB L2 cache, 1066 MHz FSB), Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T9400 (2.53 GHz, 6 MB L2 cache, 1066 MHz FSB), Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P8600 (2.40 GHz, 3 MB L2 cache, 1066 MHz FSB), Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P8400 (2.26 GHz, 3 MB L2 cache, 1066 MHz FSB)
* Display: 17″ LCD (1680×1050), enhanced 1920×1200 version available.
* RAM: 1-4GB DDR2 (maximum 8GB)
* Hard Drive: 160-320GB 5400 or 7200RPM SATA II HD
* Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility FireGL V5725, NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M, NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M
* Webcam optional
* Networking: 802.11a/b/g/n with Bluetooth support optional
* Optical Drive: LightScribe DVD+/-RW SuperMulti with Double Layer support, Blu-ray ROM DVD+/-RW SuperMulti DL Drive
* Connectivity: 4 USB ports, 1 RJ-11, 1 LAN, 1 VGA output, 1 Firewire, 1 HDMI, 1 eSATA, optional 6-in-1 flash memory-card reader
* OS: Windows Vista Business (32 or 64-bit) , Vista Ultimate (32-bit), Windows XP
* Battery: 6-cell LiOn
* Weight: 7.5 lbs
Review By Videomaker
HP’s EliteBook 8730w laptop is very powerful, but fits into a small form factor. It is 1½” tall, 15 1/2″ wide, 11″ long, and weighs 8 lbs. It comes with a 17″ HP Dreamcolor LCD that displays 1920×1200 resolution. Unlike most laptops, it’s keyboard includes a 10-key number pad and fingerprint reader. To top it off, the laptop has just about every kind of input/output device needed; Blu-ray Disc drive, 4 USB, eSATA, FireWire, SD/PRO/MMC/XD card reader, Bluetooth, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11n wireless, a dial-up modem, HDMI and SVGA.
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Review By Zdnetasia
A notebook aimed at graphics professionals is going to need a high-quality screen, and here the EliteBook 8730w — specifically, models (like the FU471ET reviewed here) with the DreamColor display technology — delivers big-time. What hits you when you put a high-quality test image on-screen (like those available on HP’s Graphic Arts Image Bank) is the sheer depth and vibrancy of colour — no illusion, as this screen can display 16.7 million colours (24-bit colour) rather than the 262,144 (18-bit colour) of regular notebook LCDs.
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Review By Pcadvisor
HP’s laptop stands up to some staunch competition in terms of speed. While the MacBook Pro was fastest in pure chip speed, beating the HP Elitebook 8730w in our Cinebench rendering test, HP’s notebook pulled ahead in Photoshop and After Effects, where it was helped by the nippy 7,200rpm drive. Unsurprisingly, it can’t match quad-core laptops in AE, but it was marginally faster than even the Asus G71V in Photoshop.
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Review By Computershopper
The keyboard is a pleasure to use, with deep key-throw distance and a full numeric keypad. Above the keyboard is a touch-sensitive strip with a sliding volume control and quick-launch buttons to enable/disable the wireless radios and launch the HP Info Center software. This strip is very sensitive, and more than once we inadvertently switched off Wi-Fi when overreaching for a function key. The 3.5-inch diagonal touch pad features three mouse buttons, and there’s a pointing-stick controller as well. The mouse buttons are the only real ergonomic misfire: If you press the lower part of one of the buttons, it will move, but not register a click. A fingerprint reader sits in the lower right corner of the touch pad.
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Review By Geek
These systems are mobile workstations, but we can’t forget that they are also desktop replacements. That means that they should have a lot of features built right in, so you don’t need USB hubs and card readers cluttering up your work area. The Lenovo, being a thicker system overall and not placing the battery in the rear was able to use a DVI connection, as well as the forward-looking Display Port and VGA. The HP’s battery takes almost the entire rear side so this cannot but used for connections which means it does doesn’t have room for the large DVI connector, instead getting HDMI and VGA. The Lenovo gets and extra USB port and as an upgrade it gets a CF reader, but HP has external SATA, which the best way to add lots of high-speed storage to a notebook. If you want this from your ThinkPad, you need to buy the dock. Similiarly, if you want dual-link DVI from the HP, you’ll have to get the dock.
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Review By Neweggvstigerdirect
Get the broadest color support, richest visual quality, and consistently accurate results with the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M graphics with 512MB of video memory. Connect to high-resolution displays with the HDMI port. Blu-ray Drive plays HD content or stores up to 50 GB on a dual-layer disc. The eSATA port provides a fast connection to an external storage device.
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Posted on April 17th, 2009 Written by: PCMAN
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