http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/ Engadget Comments for HP EliteBook 8440w lives up to its "workstation" title, says the reviewing masses http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/Jan 16th 2010 1:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/asuss-ul30vt-announced-somehow-finds-room-for-discrete-graphic/]]>Jan 16th 2010 2:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/Jan 16th 2010 5:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/Jan 16th 2010 5:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/
We are talking about workstations here, not ULV slimtops. This thing needs horsepower.]]>Jan 16th 2010 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/Jan 18th 2010 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://bit.ly/hp-elitebook-8440w]]>Jan 18th 2010 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://bit.ly/hp-elitebook-8440w]]>Jan 18th 2010 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://hpfansite.com/hp-elitebook/hp-elitebook-8440w-review/]]>Jan 16th 2010 2:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/
Good battery life. Quad Core performance smokes everything else out there. The only concern is the small screen, I'd get the 15" model. Matte screen too. Yum. What's not to love. Now the design might look a bit like ass as you'd expect but features and functionality more than make up for that here.

So OK, it's very heavy - the 14" is heavier than a 15" MacBook Pro, and almost as heavy as a 17". But something's got to give.

Now if they'd only run OS X... ;)]]>Jan 16th 2010 9:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/Agreed. The HP Elitebooks are one of the few PC laptops I can stand for build quality. I had one at my last consulting job and it was excellent. Installed Linux on it as well. Surprising HP offer such good business products and support while their consumer offerings and support are crap. My current gig has me with a Thinkpad T400 which is not nearly as well made as the two IBM made Thinkpads I have sitting around the house. Still prefer a MacBook Pro in any and all circumstances though.]]>Jan 18th 2010 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/Jan 16th 2010 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/
It's called a real computer.

But, of course, you wouldn't know that. ]]>Jan 16th 2010 2:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/
Say, one of those Paul _ Chapel guys is using the Engadget Podcast logo. Can we ban him for that?]]>Jan 16th 2010 3:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/Jan 16th 2010 3:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/Jan 16th 2010 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/
Exactly I'm fed up with that dickheads legend living on.]]>Jan 16th 2010 9:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/
I publish my newsletter every two weeks with all the amusing and hilarious silly things these MS Fanboys (and their kind) say in defense of their Great Leader Ballmer and his company. So send those emails for a good laugh! ]]>Jan 16th 2010 10:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/
If I had a dollar for every stupid thing an Apple fanboy said, I would be a billionaire.]]>Jan 16th 2010 10:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/Jan 16th 2010 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/
Yes it does, as shown in these photos:
http://www.engadget.com/photos/hp-probook-and-elitebook-press-shots/2583949#2583940]]>Jan 16th 2010 3:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/Jan 16th 2010 2:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/Jan 16th 2010 3:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/Jan 16th 2010 3:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/This is an over kill for a grahic designer unless you're doing Videos. This is for 3D artist. ]]>Jan 16th 2010 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/
Ps. HP your TM2 is nice and all but rather weak. ]]>Jan 16th 2010 3:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/ I don't understand this trend either. Toshiba for example has a laptop with Multi-touch but that option is only available if you don't go with discrete graphics.]]>Jan 16th 2010 3:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/Jan 16th 2010 3:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/Jan 16th 2010 3:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/Jan 16th 2010 3:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.notebookreview.com/assets/49006.jpg

To be honest I'm not that fussed that the underside of a notebook looks like. As long as the requisite hatches for access are present it can be plastered in stickers and I wouldn't mind. It is facing the desk most of the time isn't it?]]>Jan 16th 2010 6:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/Because you look at the underside of a notebook how many times a day? If you find yourself looking at the underside of your notebook, you're doing something wrong.]]>Jan 16th 2010 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/
Twice, at least. Whenever I put it in or take it out of my bag.]]>Jan 16th 2010 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/
@PBB Often enough that I'm sick of ugly PC bottoms. And you don't just look at it, you feel it on your lap and whenever you lift or carry the laptop. If I ever buy an Apple product (haven't yet) it'll be because they don't half-ass their design work. Like it or not, your biology notices little things like that and it does affect your creativity, mood, and performance. You might think you're immune to the effects because you're all utilitarian and productivity-focused or something, but you're not. Try asking a woman sometime why she'll occasionally wear sexy underwear to work even though she *knows* she won't be showing it to anyone that day. It makes a difference.

(I don't suggest asking any women *at* work as that would be pretty illegal in most places)]]>Jan 17th 2010 7:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/Jan 16th 2010 3:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/Jan 16th 2010 5:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/Jan 18th 2010 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/Jan 16th 2010 5:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/Jan 16th 2010 5:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/
http://www.notebookreview.com/picture.asp?f=37708]]>Jan 16th 2010 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/
What a total rip-off of any Thinkpad
http://www.notebookreview.com/picture.asp?f=42198]]>Jan 16th 2010 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/What a rip off of a box top!]]>Jan 16th 2010 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/Jan 16th 2010 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/Jan 16th 2010 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/Jan 16th 2010 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/
Work light because it is more versatile than a backlit keyboard. I use a thinkpad and just because a person could be working on a computer, does not mean that they do not also have other pieces of information on regular paper or other media. Holding them under the thinklight will provide a sufficient amount of light to view them.]]>Jan 16th 2010 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/While I do agree the work light is very handy, I still prefer a backlit keyboard. ]]>Jan 16th 2010 7:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/Jan 18th 2010 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/Jan 16th 2010 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/16/hp-elitebook-8440w-lives-up-to-its-workstation-title-says-the/
The keyboard was hard, very hard to get used to in the few times I used it. Apart from that, it was an okay notebook.]]>Jan 16th 2010 2:48PM