HP EliteBook 2530p Review

Just The Laptop For Road Warriors

If you are a road warrior, the HP EliteBook 2530p laptop could just be what the doctor ordered.

It offers a combination of design and performance that will make you smile for ear to ear. Specifically, you'll get rugged, sleek design, mobile broadband and long battery life with this laptop.

Take battery life for example. It has the capability of offering enough juice to take you through your mid morning meeting to a late afternoon lunch. It yields around 8 hours of battery with the 9 cell battery and around 6 hours with the 6 cell.

The 2530p is a highly configurable laptop, which means that prices and the components it is shipped with will vary. The model we reviewed came with a low-voltage 1.86-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SL9400 LV CPU.

This is one HP compilation that has the looks to go with its performance. Its manufacturing revolves around an anodized aluminum, a moldable metal that is both sleek and durable.

It has a charismatic, appealing look with a thickness of 1.1 inches and a weight of around 3.8 pounds. Even with the optical drive and standard battery, the HP EliteBook 2530p is fairly light and can minimize the hassle experienced at the airport security check.

The touchpad is appropriately sized and very responsive. The stick is also responsive and has a good rubbery texture.

This notebook is also ideal for watching movies and viewing photos. The 16:10 format, 12 inch LCD widescreen offers fantastic vision.

A matte screen is another great feature of this laptop as it offsets any glare coming from a bright light source. This feature makes it very suitable for viewing outdoors, traveling and business purposes.

Even with the lid pushed far forward or the laptop turned at a 90-degree angle, the screen can be viewed quite comfortably.

The laptop also has a built-in dual layer DVD burner.

HP EliteBook 2530p’s durability is further enhanced with its 120GB solid-state drive. Like its business peers, the 2530p includes the gamut of wireless technologies, including Wi-Fi, WWAN, and Bluetooth.

With cellular-based wireless, or WWAN, you have the advantage of using several carriers (Verizon, AT&T, Vodafone and Sprint) with Qualcomm’s Gobi.

You can also stream videos to an external monitor with the help of a VGA port. Other than this, the powering palette also includes an SD slot, USB ports, a FireWire port, Ethernet and a webcam.

CPU: 1.86-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo LV SL9400

Operating System: MS Windows Vista Business

RAM: 3GB RAM Upgradable to 8GB

Hard Drive: 120GB

Hard Drive Speed: 5,400rpm

Hard Drive Type: SATA Hard Drive

Display Size: 12.1 inches

Optical Drive: DVD+/-RW DL

Graphics Card: Mobile Intel GMA 4500MHD

Video Memory: 384MB

Wi-Fi: 802.11a/b/g/n

Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.0

Ports: Docking Connector; Ethernet; Firewire; Headphone;
Microphone; Modem; USB; VGA; Security Lock Slot

Card Slots: ExpressCard; SD/SDHC Card reader

Weight: 3.8 pounds

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