HP's adding a little bit of freshness to its portable lineup this evening with the new ProBook s-series, designed as affordable business-centric laptops but should be capable of pulling off a decent game or two for those long flights. The 14-inch 4410s and 4415s pack Intel / AMD processors, respectively, optional Blu-ray drive, HDMI port, and choice of GMA X4500HD or ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330. The 15.6-inch 4510s (Intel) and 4515s (AMD) includes an optional mobile broadband connectivity module and an integrated numeric keypad. Grandaddy of them all 4710s lacks the mobile broadband and AMD processor options but does sport a larger 17.3-inch screen. In what's being touted as a first for the company, you can have Linux preinstalled if you're interested in using Novell SuSE Enterprise Desktop 11. According to the presser, prices start around $529, and there's a USB 2.0 docking station available for $139.
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posted Apr 28th 2009 12:52AM
Linux is not a first for HP, they offered Suse Enterprise for the 2133 netbook when it came out last year with the Via processor.
I recommend laying off the Vault ....
center that trackpad!!!!
bah!!!
Well it's centered with the keyboard, is that not good enough for you?
it's actually not really... the only thing it is center with is the space bar.
and no. that's not good enough for me.
So you'd rather have it under your palm while you're pressing the arrow keys? Why?
Admit you're wrong.
Can someone explain me why they put the trackpad at the left when most people use the right hand for mousing...
Because shifted track pads are cool... from HP perspective. Or it could be a design problem where the trackpad can't be on the center for some reason (too hot?!). Who knows.
Trackpads are placed so that you don't accidentally hit them while your hands are in a normal typing position. Unless you planned on keeping one hand on the number keys?
Ha its true, its centered with the keyboard, quite logical actually. Its the numeric pad the problem. I never use mine... waste of space for me.
Aren't track pads in laptops positioned between the F G H J K buttons and not the actual space bar? If I'm right then it looks centered to me, just not centered according to actual center of the laptop as the numeric key pad is there, centering the track pad with these buttons allows your hands to be in typing position (Assuming you took typing in School) with out your wrist constantly hitting the track pad.
I don't see any ProBook or $529 laptop in that listing.
Hasn't business always need more power? or when did they started demanding less power in notebooks?
16:9 for business, way to go! =/
The ProBook will be HP's beginning of the end for the 16:10 business laptops. All the new business models that will show up later this year will probably also have 16:9, except the EliteBook models perhaps. 16:10 will become a high end option.
I like the 14inch ones...I just hope they sell em for a good price
boy that thing is ugly.
Glosy display on a business laptop ... bad choice