Over at HP's Connecting Your World event, there's a lot more to see than a new
color-critical display and
ultrathin all-in-one PC. More specifically, the outfit has rolled out 16 new laptop models, so we'll just cut right to it. Up first is the business-centric EliteBook premium series, which now arrives in a new slate of sizes and configurations. You'll also find a new selection of Pavilion Entertainment notebooks (dv4, dv5 and dv7) with ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection, and there's even a few HP Compaq Presarios (CQ45, CQ40 and CQ50) out there with a fresh "industrial design and HP Imprint 2 surface finish." As you can imagine, there's far too many hardware specifications to cover in this space, so bury your face in the read link for more details on the whole July-bound lot.
posted Jun 10th 2008 8:21AM
HP, you lazy bums, those TX2500 images clearly have "TX2000" stamped on the screen.
*Rolls eyes*
I might be wrong but I think HP just uses the number for the range that the laptop is on the top of the screen. With my laptop at least even though it is the dv2500, the top of the screen says dv2000.
Hmm, maybe they do. Seems a bit random though, considering that the TX2000 and TX2500 are based on different AMD platforms. Calling it an extension of the 2000 series doesn't really make sense.
they save money on stickers and shells that way.
I want a separate post for all 16.
Me too.....if Apple gets one for every model they introduce, then I think a good manufactuer should.
LOL @ Fred. = laughing with you not at you. It is true one single case can hold multiple platforms. Same case different guts. Yes they seem too lazy to clarify the actual model number on the casing. However you can find the actual model number in fine print on the service tag.
I have DV9027 but the casing reads DV9000. No big deal really. So, is it really necessary to say that there are 12 new models when they look and perform relatively the same. I do not think so.
I think the lower end Compaq has a better design and the new HP versions look like the older model compaq. I am confused.
Agreed, I really would actually like to know the specs for the dv5/7 laptops (I need one in that segment)
And BTW, Apple get far more than 1 post on Engadget for every product they introduce, just try going back a few pages
Atleast separate posts for the consumer and the business laptops.
@jay
Could not have said it better myself :)
God only hopes that they put a better keyboard on these things. I currently use one of the nc64xx for work and the keyboard on this thing horrible.
no one gives a sh** about HP. seriously who cares...
Not everyone gives a sh*t about Apple, yet last night we were subjected to a new post for every word El Jobso said.
For a lot of engadget readers (not little kids who suddenly swarm and troll when a new iPod is out) this is what would be classed as 'real news'... new, business-orientated laptops with good specs which aren't gimmicky shiny toys.
You mean aside from thirty or so percent of all computer users on the planet?
*facepalm*
Damn, just bought nx9420 a year ago, cant afford these now =/
I have an nc6400 that is begging to be updated to one of these. YAY!
I have an nc8430 which is two years old but still perfect and doesn't need upgrading! Yey!
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Damn, just bought nx9420 a year ago, cant afford these now =/
what needs changing is the HP logo itself
you mean.....more like a fruit shape?
Guys! Please get your facts right before you demand a post for each product. Apple doesn't get one post for every new product, they get the whole page for one product
Well let's be fair, they have to cover all the important steps in an apple product release. You need a post for each one:
Apple Rumors about Product X
More Apple Rumors about Product X
Even More Apple Rumors about Product X
Confirmed Apple Rumors about Product X
Fuzzy Photos of Something that Might be Product X
Fuzzier Photos of Something that We Know Is Not Product X
Less Fuzzy Photos of What Really Is Product X
OMG!!! Apple Releases Product X! We Can't Believe it!!
Product X Has Innovative Usability!
Product X Has Feature 1
Product X Has Feature 2, and We Love It Anyway Even Though it Sucks
Product X Has Feature 3, and We Love It Anyway Even Though it Sucks
Product X Has Feature 4
Product X Has Feature 5, and We Love It Anyway Even Though it Sucks
Product X Has Feature 6
Product X Doesn't Have Feature A That Everyone Else Has, but We Love It Anyway
Product X Doesn't Have Feature B That Everyone Else Has, but We Love It Anyway
Product X Doesn't Work With Anything But Apple Stuff, but We Love It Anyway
Product X Has Lots of Previously Undisclosed Restrictions, but We Love It Anyway
Product X Is Way Overpriced, but We Love It Anyway
[ok, the above isn't true of the iPhone 3G, but is true of most Apple products]
Product X In Our Hands!
Product X From the Side!
Product X From the Front!
Product X Held By A Hot Chick!
Product X Powered Up!
Product X Powered down!
Product X's Main Screen!
Product X's Other Screens!
We Love Product X!
Product X after One Day
Product X after Two Days
Product X after Getting Beaten Up For Constantly Telling Everyone How Much We Love Product X!
Product X Has Bugs, Apple Won't Fix Them for Months, but We Love it Anyway
...
Apple Rumors About Product X2 -- Sorry, Product X Early Adopters!
More Apple Rumors About Product X2
...
And on, and on, and on, and on, and on....
Let's face it, Apple is the king hype, doesn't matter what the product is.
The simple fact that I took the time to type all that crap is evidence enough of their success in generating that hype. :)
@D:
Comment of the decade.
@ D
Henceforth, you shall be known as the King of Epic.
/knighting ceremony
What's the update to the 2510p? I can't tell from the pictures, nor could I tell from the article. I don't read good though, so I may have missed it.
They were all 14" to 17" on the business side, best I could tell. I imagine they'll wait for a ULV 45nm processor from Intel for their 12" machine
@Steve
"Not everyone gives a sh*t about Apple, yet last night we were subjected to a new post for every word El Jobso said.
For a lot of engadget readers (not little kids who suddenly swarm and troll when a new iPod is out) this is what would be classed as 'real news'... new, business-orientated laptops with good specs which aren't gimmicky shiny toys."
Yes, lets see. Fortune 500 companies...that would be 500 of them.
People... over 7 billion in the world.
Oh, I see. The only thing in life that matters is what businesses think. So businesses are in business to sell their trinkets or services to that 7 billion or so people, but it does not matter that the "people" seem to want and like Apple products.
And you wonder why Microsoft is losing market share every month.
i think u'll find there is more than 1 person in each of the fortune 500, lol
but you don't have to be a top businessman to want a laptop what isn't white, plasticky and 1mm thin
Nice job missing the point.
You think it's absurd to have a ton of posts about one segment of the market and pretending that it overshadows all others?
You're right.
Steve was just implying (well over your head, obviously) that it's absurd for Apple too.
Underlying point, for the slow among us: We don't need Apple-like posting for everything, we need everything-like posting for Apple.
Reign in the hype.
Since when are there over 7 billion people on earth??
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Stop with the front audio plugs. I have an Inspiron 6000 that I am happy with but is getting a little slow for my needs. I was holding off on getting a new laptop because everything decent on the market (except for Sony) has those stupid front audio plugs. I often plug my laptop into external speakers and do not want a friggin plug hanging out the front while I am typing. Its ugly too. And why do the VGA / S-Vid plugs need to be on the side? I hate having to take up desk real estate with plugs running every which way out of a laptop. When did it become taboo to have plugs on the back of a laptop?
I agree!!! I use a laptop at the dance studio, and I hate having plugs hanging off the front! I use the right angle plugs... but it still sucks!
I hear ya. I hate front audio plugs.
Which is why I love both my Lenovo lappies
Lenovo 3000 N200 and others have right-mounted audio and mic.
16?!
Why do you need 16?!
You don't have to buy all of them!
It can't be any worse than Canon point n shoot cameras:
SD950
SD890
SD870
SD850
SD790
SD770
SD750
...all current models...
@D
I got the point...
It is over "some" peoples head.
You know why there are a lot of posts about Apple? Apple does not make many products so it is big news when something from them is released.
How many computer models does HP make, can you name them all?
Apple makes an iphone. One...uno....just one. Ok, 2 if you count the 2 memory sizes. How many windows mobile devices are there or models of the blackberry, or nokia phone models are there? I have no idea either.
I did not say they were not good devices.....just that there are a lot of them.
And maybe just maybe there are a lot of posts about one segment of the market because there "are" a lot of people interested in it.
I'm sure engadget looks at the number of clicks stories get and since they are in business to make money, they find it profitable to print those stories.
Even people that lets say, that hate apple, read those stories judging from negative comments after those stories by people saying they are sick of those stories.
Not quite what you were getting at, buuuuuuuuut...
The first iPhone had several model numbers (stemming from revisions). Some had common issues while others didn't. The most common models were...
MA712
MA501
A1203
The iPod video (5g and 5.5g) had various model numbers...
MA002LL/A
MA146LL/A
MA003LL/A
MA147LL/A
MA452LL/A
MA444LL/A
MA446LL/A
MA448LL/A
MA450LL/A
MA664LL/A
Just because they hit you with a simple marketing name, doesn't mean the scary model numbers, batch numbers, manufacturing faults in dodgy shipments, serial numbers and stuff aren't there.
Nice that some of the models can swap the optical drive for a hard drive. We need more notebooks to do this, especially if we can swap with another battery, I love modular bays!
Modularity rules.
I'd love to stick a second batt in a lappy when the optical isn't being used (and ideally find this feature in entry-level models).
I don't think HP's modular bays accept a battery.
BLUE+BLACK awesome!
For goodness sake. Why don't you lot grow up !!!!!!
Let's set the record straight. WE don't hate Apple. WE don't even hate Apple fanboys. What we hate are Apple Fanboys hi-hacking every post to bring the subject around to Apple and how much THEY think that Windows sucks.
For the rest of us, this is really quite annoying. In fact some HATE it.
WE won't tell you to "go away", that would be school-ground childish... OR to shut-up, that would be overbearing.... just pipe down...Keep your preference for Apple products down. Let's talk about OBJECTIVELY the gadgets not the your personal SUBJECTIVE preferences.
Today was quitee a ground breaking day; we even have Clak
1. Making statements almost tantamount to stating that aesthetically Apple and Non-apple products MAYBE on a par.
2. Almost breaking down his preference for Apple OSX to actual definable OBJECTIVE aspects.
We might even 'one day' have a debate about the actual working elements of Vista and OSX Kitten (or whatever is the current release in 2016) and why we think that each has their merits.
In a BEST Scottish accent....
IN MY SINCERE OPINION, OS BASHING ON THIS WEBSITE WILL NEVER END, NOT AS LONG AS THEY ARE SHITTING IN OUR SHOES AND WE ARE PISSING IN THEIR BOVRIL.
http://video.timnhanh.com/xem/70178/?l=en
Agreed, this article says nothing about the A word. Lets keep it that way
Not a single laptop with Windows Sideshow. When is anyone ever offer a PC with that?
@noodle469:
LMAO.