Suspicion HP was done unleashing its brandnew line of semi-rugged EliteBooks during CES? So did you, but assumingly it needed just a small bit some-more time to lift the 12.1-inch 2540p as well as 2740p out of a oven. An refurbish to a 2530p, the 3.8-pound 2540p still has a same magnesium alloy chassis that’s met all those super-tough MIL-STD 810G military customary tests, though its innards have been freshened up with a attractive smell of Intel’s 2010 Core processors. Prices begin at $1,099, but in standard HP fashion it will be configurable online with tons of juicy options, togetherwith customary and low voltage Core i5 and i7 processors as well as a operation of 7,200RPM and SSD drives.

Up subsequent is the 2740p that packs most of a same inner spec options as the 2540p (sans the low -voltage CPUs), thou gh puts them into the automobile tablet form factor. Starting during $1,599, the capacitive multitouch 12.1-inch arrangement rightaway supports both pen and finger submit as well as toillustrate pits it head-to-head with Lenovo’s ThinkPad X201t, though from our hands-on you found the 3.8-pound 2740p to be most slimmer as well as lighter. THE lot of which has to do with its flush battery, though if adding alittle juice (and density is your thing, we can add the slate battery (or dual to a bottom of a complement. Both a 2540p and 2740p will be accessible later this month, but hit a hands-on art studio b elow to get the demeanour at these magnesium puppies up close.
HP EliteBook 2540p as well as 2740p hands-on

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HP Unveils Ultra-thin, Touch-enabled Automobile Inscription as well as Cover PCs for Small and Midsize Businesses

PALO ALTO, Calif., Impetus 1, 2010 – HP today introduced a company’s first multitouch-enabled inscription for commercial operation users as good as cover PCs tailored for both enterprise and small as well as midsize businesses (SMBs).
A additions to a HP portfolio embody:

– HP EliteBook 2740p – an ultra-thin, multitouch-enabled automobile tablet which provides an interactive knowledge for businesses in health care, education, sales and some-more;
– HP EliteBook 2540p – a company’s lightest EliteBook notebook PERSONALCOMPUTER, starting at only 3.3 pounds, is ideal for tellurian and large corporate enterprises, the public zone as well as alternative businesses in need of the imperishable, high-performance cover; as well as
– HP ProBook customary array (s-series) cover PCs – four brandnew models of the high-performing array yield the new design and worldly colors for everyday makeuseof.

“The HP commercial operation hold inscription is a ultimate further to the extended brew of choices which HP offers commercial operation business to most appropriate urge manageability, capability and mobility,” pronounced Dan Forlenza, vice boss, Business Notebooks, Personal Systems Group, HP. “HP continues to exercise the latest innovations to assistance vast companies as well as SMBs exceed capability expectations.”

The notebook PCs have been a latest in the company’s array of launches onconditionthat businesses the far-reaching preference of products to modernise their aging commercial operation record.

Powerful and light cover PCs for a road warrior
Rightaway charity customary voltage Intel processors, a HP EliteBook 2740p tablet PC combines a energy and trustworthiness of an HP commercial operation cover PERSONALCOMPUTER with a flexibility of the tablet, creation it ideal for users on a go. A 2740p starts at 3.8 pounds and includes the 12.1-inch diagonal LED arrangement or discretionary outdoor-view display with reduction thoughtfulness and the aloft contrariety for easier observation in hea lthy light.(1)

A touchscreen option allows users to get work done some-more intuitively as well as faster based on their choice of submit methods. Multitouch gestures, finger taps as well as swipes across a screen allow users to navigate through applications as well as menus, as good yield entrance to report as well as websites.

A HP EliteBook 2740p offers a variety of battery solutions for lightweight configurations, including a six-cell li-ion kaleidoscopic battery, which provides up to 5 hours of uptime, as well as an discretionary HP 27 00 Ultra-Slim Battery which provides up to 11 hours whe n combined with a customary battery.(1,2)
The optional HP 2740 Ultra-Slim Enlargement Base(1) allows users to wharf their notebook PCs to utilize peripherals but needing to all the time block as well as unplug. This innovative expansion base includes the DVD+/-RW drive, fits orderly into the briefcase so the optical expostulate can simply transport, as well as supports DisplayPort so users can simply bond to an outmost guard. The enlargement bottom additionally has an eSATA pier, allowing for tie to an outmost RAID array, HDD as well as to visual drives for fast as well as easy storage.
The HP EliteBook 2540p offers commercial operation users a preference of Intel® Core™ processors in either customary voltage for maximum performance – the first for HP ultra-portable notebooks – or low voltage for increasing coherence with a preference of an optical drive or delegate hard drive.

As a lightest-weight charity in a HP EliteBook portfolio, the 2540p is versed with a 12.1-inch erratic LED display, discretionary 2-megapixel webcam with business card reader software as well as HP Fingerprint Sensor. (1)

Integrated HP Mobile Broadband powered by Gobi(3) allows users to conveniently entrance the internet, company intranet, email as well as mission-critical information in some-more places than ever prior to, w hilst HP Tie Physicaleducationinstructor 3.0 simplifies and automates connecting users with their preferred networks.

The HP EliteBook 2540p includes mixed battery options for lightweight configurations or longer battery holdup, including the three-cell battery that provides up to 4 hours, the six-cell battery that provides up to 8 hours, and a nine-cell battery that provides up to 10.5 hours.(2)

A lso accessible for select EliteBook models have been three- and six-cell HP Long Holdup Batteries, onconditionthat a three-year holdup span(1,4) – up to twice as long as most li-ion cover batteries. HP Long Life Batteries revoke altogether battery rubbish by requiring fewer batteries to be used over the life of the PERSONALCOMPUTER.

Both a 2740p and 2540p have been engineered to meet a tough MIL-STD 810G military-standard tests(5) for vibration, dirt, steam, altitude, and high as well as low temperatures. They also are EPEAT® registered in a Joined States as well as suggest ENERGY STAR® subordinate configurations.

HP strives to use less element in products by improvements in product pattern and technological advances. In a company’s efforts to reduce a volume of raw materials consumed as well as help strengthen natural resources, a HP EliteBook 2540p Notebook PC employs post-consumer recycled cosmetic resin in during slightest 12 percent of the total plastic content.

In addition, the EliteBook 2740p as well as 2540p come preloaded with a hearing chronicle of HP SkyRoom,(6) an affordable, high-definition (HD) videoconferencing software(7) which offers live, real-time collaboration for face-to-face meetings.

Big performance for tiny businesses
For small businesses, a association voiced the brandnew pattern of the HP ProBook s-series, featuring the permanent brushed-aluminum steel case with a matte asp ect that is accessible in caviar or bordeaux.

A HP ProBook s-series is accessible in 4 HD(7) LED-backlit arrangement choices: HP ProBook 4320s (13.3-inch erratic, HP ProBook 4420s (14-inch erratic, HP ProBook 4520s (15.6-inch diagonal) and HP ProBook 4720s (17.3-inch erratic.
Starting at $719,(8) the HP ProBook s-series provides an affordable multiple of facilities in the full-function notebook PERSONALCOMPUTER, togetherwith all-new 2010 Intel Core i3, i5 as well as i7 processors,(9) the choice of Intel HD Graphics or dissimilar graphics for advanced multimedia support featuring a ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4350 as well as multiple wireless technologies.

Logging upon to Windows® as well as alternative websites is fast and easy with HP Face Recognition for Strengthen collection, whilst an discretionary fingerprint reader adds another covering of confidence.
A HP ProBook s-series facilities brandnew multimedia controls for video, as well as comes loaded with a new ArcSoft TotalMedia Suite to allow users to foolaround, edit as well as create video and audio files. A suite includes a following facilities: MediaImpression, TotalMedia LabelMaker, TotalMedia ShowBiz, TotalMedia Collegeofmusic, TotalMedia Drama and WebCam Companion. A ultimate ClickPad Gestures functionality taps into a some-more discerning request navigation experience for HP ProBook users.

Innovations for the mobile veteran
Available upon all new HP ProBooks as well as the EliteBook p-series, the HP DayStarter(10) allows users to get the head start on a day’s activities with access to pass report even before Windows finishes booting up. THE customized display includes the calendar (12-hour time duration as well as battery assign state, as well as the Windows loading indicator appears whilst Windows continues to load in the credentials.

The HP EliteBook as well as many HP ProBook cover series also embody HP QuickWeb, that allows users to entrance a web in seconds when a PERSONALCOMPUTER is close down; HP Energy Partner, that provides total prominence over a notebook PC’s reported power expenditure, with tools permitting users to conserve power, stretch battery run time, as well as accurately guard reported energy needs;(11) as well as spill-resistant keyboards.

Central Management for HP ProtectTools provides IT crew remote functionality to deploy and conduct pass security policies across the complete business. For e.g., IT can centrally conclude as well as muster confidence policies formed on user s as well as user sorts, guard as well as review customer activity, and recover access for remote users who have lost their passwords. Executive Government is accessible upon all HP

EliteBook as well as ProBook cover PCs being introduced in 2010.

Financing options for SMBs in the Joined States and Canada
HP is charity businesses 0 percent vendor-direct financing plans for these brandnew EliteBook and ProBook lines by HP Monetary Services, a company’s leasing as well as life cycle item government services subsidiary. There have been two plans to select from – the 12-month lease with a $1 squeeze option or the 36-month franchise with a satisfactory marketplace value squeeze choice. Subordinate exchange must be between $1,500 and $150,000 dollars in a Joined States as well as $5,000 and $150,000 dollars in Canada. Some-more sum upon these financing options have been available during www.hp.com/go/totalfinancing.

Pricing and availability (8)
– The HP EliteBook 2540p starts during $1099 and is expected to be available in a Joined States subsequent month.
– The HP EliteBook 2740p starts during $1599 and is approaching to be accessible in a United States subsequent month.
– A HP ProBook s- series starts during $719 as well as have been expected to be available in a Joined States this month.
– A HP 2740 Ultra-Slim Enlargement Base starts during $299 and is expected to be accessible in the Joined States subsequent month.

More report about a products, togetherwith product specifications and images, is accessible during www.hp.com/personal.

About HP
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