Posts tagged HP

Gizmodo reviews HP's 15-inch Envy notebook: "Cheap"

Mark Wilson from a December 1 review:

But once removed [from the box], I can’t distinguish this $1,800 laptop from any random PC on a table at Best Buy. HP’s premium laptop, one that’s been oooh’d and ahhh’d ad nauseam, could have been a $600 budget system.

One inch thick, lacking an optical drive, and 5.2 pounds of absolute MacBook ripoff. Just look at the hinge and how that keyboard is recessed. I guess the distinguishing touch is the way the trackpad bulges into the recession like that drunk family member no one invited to Christmas.

The kicker: 1 hour and 20 minutes of battery life in a standard web browsing test with WiFi on and the display at 3/4 brightness. This about sums it up:

HP is the new Dell. Disregarding their impressive TouchSmart desktops, HP has built the quintessential drab PC laptop and labeled it as “designer.”

“Envy” indeed.

HP buys Palm - Engadget

Is it the end or beginning of an era?

HP CEO says he didn’t buy Palm for smartphones | Boy Genius Report

Palm goes out not with a bang, but in HP’s grab for IP. Rest in peace Palm. I was rooting for you.

HP EliteBook: because a tiny LED flip-out light is way, way more elite than actual keyboard backlighting.

HP EliteBook: because a tiny LED flip-out light is way, way more elite than actual keyboard backlighting.