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Testseek.com have collected 22 expert reviews of the HP EliteBook 8740W and the average rating is 82%. Scroll down and see all reviews for HP EliteBook 8740W.
 
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The editors liked

  • Huge
  • Coloraccurate 1920x1200 LED display
  • 2 fast USB 3.0 ports
  • Rugged design
  • High performance
  • Durable chassis
  • Eyefinity multidisplay option
  • Gorgeous screen
  • Business-rugged
  • Quadcore processing power and workstation graphics. Brilliant RGB display. Rugged construction inside and out. ISV certification. Spillresistant keyboard. A slew of programs and features to help you get the most out of your machine
  • Quad-core processing power and workstation graphics. Brilliant RGB display. Rugged construction inside and out. ISV certification. Spill-resistant keyboard. A slew of programs and features to help you get the most out of your machine.
  • Professionalcaliber display
  • Sturdy build
  • Great performance.
  • Aesthetically it looks great
  • Excellent keyboard
  • Decent performance
  • Beautiful screen
  • Excellent case stability
  • Comprehensive connectivity
  • Good expandability
  • Circumferential accessories optionally available
  • Very good keyboard
  • Display with a high contrast and vast color spectrum coverage
  • IPS display's high viewing angle stability
  • Very

The editors didn't like

  • Very expensive
  • Difficult to activate touchsensitive control strip
  • Awkward middleclick button
  • HewlettPackard Company
  • 3000 Hanover Street
  • Palo Alto
  • CA 94304
  • Www.hp.com
  • $5
  • 291
  • Flexible keyboard
  • Weak battery life
  • Thick and heavy
  • Artifacting and shimmering in high-def video
  • Touch buttons on top are not super-responsive
  • Short battery life.
  • Heavy
  • Poor battery life
  • Middling SpecViewperf11.
  • Battery life
  • Port distribution in the front area
  • Only one hard disk bay available
  • Short battery life with standard battery
  • Basic warranty without onsite service

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  Published: 2011-06-16, review by: dv.com

  • Abstract:  Tweet print ShareThis rss When you edit on the road, it’s often a challenge finding the right machine to be your reliable road warrior. This is when it becomes time to bump your laptop up a notch into the mobile workstation class of machines. M...

 
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  Published: 2011-03-23, review by: notebookreview.com

  • High performance, Durable chassis, Eyefinity multidisplay option,
  • Flexible keyboard, Weak battery life, Thick and heavy,
  • At the end of the day the HP EliteBook 8740w is a powerful 17-inch mobile workstation that genuinely bridges the gap between desktop workstations and mobile workstations. The ATI Eyefinity technology comes in handy when you want to use multiple displays and the combination of quad-core processor and high-performance graphics really deliver the goods. I was more than a little disappointed by the f

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  Published: 2011-02-10, review by: techreviewsource.com

  • Quadcore processing power and workstation graphics. Brilliant RGB display. Rugged construction inside and out. ISV certification. Spillresistant keyboard. A slew of programs and features to help you get the most out of your machine,
  • Short battery life.

 
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  Published: 2011-02-07, review by: pcmag.com

  • Quad-core processing power and workstation graphics. Brilliant RGB display. Rugged construction inside and out. ISV certification. Spill-resistant keyboard. A slew of programs and features to help you get the most out of your machine.
  • Short battery life.
  • From quad-core processing and WorkStation graphics to ISV certification and a billion-color screen, the HP EliteBook 8740w is HP's top-of-the-line offering for serious professional needs. Buy it now...

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  Published: 2011-01-28, Author: Daniel , review by: maximumpc.com

  • Professionalcaliber display; sturdy build; great performance.
  • Very expensive; heavy; poor battery life; middling SpecViewperf11.

 
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  Published: 2011-01-18, review by: technogog.com

  • Aesthetically it looks great, Excellent keyboard, Decent performance, Beautiful screen
  • battery life
  • The Elitebook 8740w is not something that I would want to carry around with me surely, it’s just very heavy. It is a mobile workstation and basically a desktop replacement, and therefore powerful and fast. One of the most amazing things is the screen,...

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  Published: 2011-01-15, Author: Brian , review by: icrontic.com

  • Abstract:  This is the final part of our in-depth look at the HP EliteBook 8740W. The story begins here. Back in November, I got my hands on the HP EliteBook 8740W mobile workstation. I’ve been using it every single day, almost all day, since then. I’ve used it ...

 
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  Published: 2010-12-12, review by: notebookcheck.net

  • Excellent case stability, Comprehensive connectivity, Good expandability, Circumferential accessories optionally available, Very good keyboard, Display with a high contrast and vast color spectrum coverage, IPS display's high viewing angle stability, Very
  • Port distribution in the front area, Only one hard disk bay available, Short battery life with standard battery, Basic warranty without onsite service
  • It is accomplished. HP's top model of the business range has successfully completed our tests. The result Remarkable. The HP Elitebook 8740w clearly illustrates the limit between a "very good" and a just "only" good device.Once again, the notebook's most...

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  Published: 2010-12-10, review by: videomaker.com

  • Huge, coloraccurate 1920x1200 LED display, 2 fast USB 3.0 ports, Rugged design
  • Very expensive, Difficult to activate touchsensitive control strip, Awkward middleclick button, HewlettPackard Company, 3000 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA 94304, www.hp.com, $5,291
  • With its bevy of high-end features, the HP Elitebook 8740w is a laptop that is ready for both a life on the road and for the future as well. Dan Bruns is an Associate Editor at Videomaker. Dan Bruns ...

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  Published: 2010-12-08, review by: anandtech.com

  • Let it be said that the HP EliteBook 8740w really is a fantastic piece of hardware. It's fast, extremely flexible and capable, and boasts a healthy amount of expansion and potential upgrades. You can configure it with the fastest mobile workstation graphi...

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