HP Laptop 840
installed with Windows 10 Home 64bit. Intel Core i5 2.5GHZ with
4GB
DDR3 RAM. Laptop comes with a
500
GB hard drive and DVDRW drive. It includes a 14.1" Display, Webcam, AC Adapter, Charger, and battery. The Elitebook 8460p also includes 802.11b/g/n wireless WiFi, TWO USB 2.0 ports, TWO USB 3.0 ports, VGA out, speaker and headphone ports, E-Sata, firewire, SD card reader port, SmartCard slot, ExpressCard/54 slot.The Elitebook 8460p is solidly made, featuring a very tough platinum chassis. The lid section exhibits very little flex, and there's enough airspace between the lid and the screen so that any flexing only slightly affects the display. You could rest a couple of books on this notebook with the lid closed and be pretty confident it will withstand the weight.The upper part of the base section is also metal, with the underside a tough plastic. The silver colour of the lid and keyboard surround won't appeal to all tastes, but there's no doubting the robust build.A clasp holds the lid and base sections together securely — a sure sign that this is a notebook that's made to travel. However, it's relatively heavy: considering the moderate 14in. screen size and dimensions of 33.8cm wide by 23.13 deep by 3.18cm thick, a starting weight of
2.07
kg is rather a lot. Add to that a relatively bulky AC adapter, and you won't exactly feel you're travelling light with this notebook in your bag.The 14in. screen is superbly designed for the business traveller. Its matte, totally non-reflective, finish helps ensure excellent viewing angles on the horizontal plane and good (but not perfect) angles on the vertical plane. With 1,600 by 900 pixels of viewing area, there's a little more screen real-estate than you normally get at this size, which helps when you're working with two application windows side by side. Some models in the range only have resolutions of 1,366 by 768 pixels, though. An ambient light sensor, which you can toggle on and off via a Fn key combination, helps conserve battery life by dimming the screen where appropriate.
