Hardware Geeks

This review is a bit overdue, it was meant to be posted early October but for some reason it got stuck in the queue and I am posting it now.

HP recently made available the HP Elitebook 2730Pp upgrade to the HP Compaq 2710p which in my opinion was one of the best tablet PC’s ever made available. I personally did not think it could get any better I loved the light, the built in business card reader. I thought the HP Compaq 2710p was great and could not get any better.

But the 2710p had it’s flaws, it did not have a touchpad and a lot of people diliked that, also when you removed the stylus from the holder it often times launched out like a projectile, some people also wished it had a scroll wheel on the side so that they could scroll through webpages and documents while in tablet mode easily.

So HP gave us what we wanted, they put in a touch pad, gave us a scroll wheel and made it so that the stylus ejects from its holder slowly, essentially making the perfect tablet PC even more perfecter. (I know that isn’t the proper way to use that word)

The Elitebook 2730p is a powerful machine, with the Intel Core2 Duo ULV processor under it’s hood you are sure to get a lot of power from the 2730p. I personally tested it out on spreadsheets and word documents and every single office application loaded quickly. Windows Vista even loaded up quickly, made me jealous as my personal notebook didn’t load Vista as fast as the Elitebook 2730p did. If you do not like Vista HP allows you to get XP Premium on the 2730p.

One of the coolest features on the 2730p is the built in business card reader, I personally get hundreds of business cards handed to me every month and some of those cards actually make their way into my contacts in outlook. Normally I would have to type in the information by hand but with the business card reader I simply place the business card in a slot just under the touch pad and lower the screen, the system will alert me when the built in webcam is at the perfect angle to take a snapshot of the business card. Once the snapshot is taken the information is pulled from the card and I can sync it into my outlook contacts.

Another cool feature is the built in light. I personally did not think it would do me any good, I mean after all why would I need a light on my notebook. But it comes in handy so often. For example the added brightness from the light often helps me on sunny days when I was outside or in a dark room. I actually found my self using it more than I thought I would. When HP firs showed me this feature on the 2710p, it was one of those features that made me go hmmmm. But after using it I realized how great of an idea it was to put it there.

Something I was really impressed with was how comfortable and light the system is when you are holding it in tablet mode. I also like how HP conveniently placed an esc, ctrl+alt+delte button, a finger print and the scroll wheel around the monitor. The positioning of these buttons finger print reader made the 2730p one of the easiest tablets to use, atleast for me.

Battery life was pretty good on the 2730p, and while you won’t get the 24 hours of battery life that you can get from them Elitebook 6930p you will get a little over 3 hours wth the 2730p. The battery for the 2730p also has a quick meter that when press allows you to see how much battery you have with out having to have the system turned on.

You also can get wireless broadband for the 2730p making it the ultimate mobile system.

Overall the 2730p is a great machine for the professional on the go who needs a constant Internet connection but isn’t always near a wi-fi access point. I think doctors would love this machine. We award the HP Elitebook 2730p our “Best for Mobile Professionals Award”.

The HP Elitebook 2730p is currently available now from HP Shopping.

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