HP EliteBook Folio 9470m is a 14” laptop that offers a lot for the money. Its case, ports, performance, input devices and battery life easily fulfill high expectation that come with the hefty 1500 Euro price tag. The HP EliteBook Folio 9470m stands out prominently from the crowd with a collection of useful ports, DisplayPort, docking port and SmartCard reader among the highlights.
HP keeps the stability and quality requirements of the EliteBook lineup into Folio 9470m’s slim format. The aluminum unibody case is torsion free and can be twisted only very slightly. The top model of Folio 9470m comes with built-in HSDPA modem, while cheaper models have only SIM card slot and antennas. Other wireless connectivity options are WLAN and Bluetooth 3.0.
It’s impossible to achieve silent typing with this laptop, but the muffled clicking noise should be tolerable in most office settings. A 14” display with 1366 x 768 resolution may be considered as sufficient, but it can cause issues when opening software with inflexible height and Excel file with many columns. The laptop also has Intel Core i5 3427U processor, 180GB SSD and Intel HD Graphics 4000 GPU.