HP Elitebook 8470w is an impressive implementation of latest laptop technologies and recent workstation qualities. Casing quality is exemplary and it comes with nice connectivity upgrade options. Nevertheless, there are a few disappointing design issues, such as obtrusive grid on the 15″ (1600 x 900) display, which is downright nuisance in the long run. But if you can live with it, the HP Elitebook 8470w would easily prove to be a powerful portable laptop that can compete with larger machines.
Even a longer examination doesn’t reveal uneven gaps, manufacturing defects and weak points. The materials used make good impression and they delight the eyes with brushed aluminum appearance. HP adds a number of security measures including password options, face recognition, hard drive encryption, smart card reader, fingerprint reader and Trusted Platform 1.2.
There are a number of processor models to choose from, including Intel Core i5-3360M to Intel Core i7-3740QM. The laptop comes with a dedicated graphics card and users can’t enable Intel HD Graphics 4000 GPU, which fortunately doesn’t hurt battery life too much.
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