*HP EliteBook 8440p/w Owners Lounge*

[ess1]

Does anybody know which SSD (the 160GB version) HP builts into the 8440p?

[copenhagenn]

Hey all,
I have a Vaio SZ770 and after 2.5 years I'm looking for a new laptop. After a lot of research considering a lot of factors (battery life, screen size, weight, performance...) my choice still is between two models the HP 8440w and the Dell Latitute E6410.
The 8440w seems "more solid" than the E6410, but the battery life in the other model seems better.

I visited the HP store to check the 8440w but (after read the 16 pages of this topic) I still have some concerns:

1) The touchpad buttons seems a little bit "strange", it isn't the simple "press-down anywhere in the button and release" as in the SZ770, but it's hard to evalute using only for a few minutes. Anyone has any problem with it? Is it something easy to get used to?

2) The 3.5 hours of the 6-cell battery life is using the mode with 100% brightness, the best performance and wifi ? Or reducing the brigthness of the screen and the performance of the processor you can get more time? If yes, which was the maximun time that you already got ?

3) The keyboard looks like the SZ770 keyboard. And the keyboard is one of the biggest cons in SZ, the keyboard is really noisy (people complain about the typing when you're in a quiet room). I tried the keyboard and feels a little softer than the SZ to type, but was impossible to evaluate the noise. Is the keyboard silent when you are in a quiet room - a class room for example (silent enough to don't bother the others)?

4) I read in this topic some complains about the fan noise, it happens all the time or only when you're using heavy applications ? Is the noise a "clean blow noise" or something different?

Thanks for you help .

[milesc3]

Most likely the Intel G2. I believe it's the only 160 GB drive available currently.

[TylerW]

1) The touchpad buttons seems a little bit "strange", it isn't the simple "press-down anywhere in the button and release" as in the SZ770, but it's hard to evalute using only for a few minutes. Anyone has any problem with it? Is it something easy to get used to?

I found it very easy to get used to.

3) The keyboard looks like the SZ770 keyboard. And the keyboard is one of the biggest cons in SZ, the keyboard is really noisy (people complain about the typing when you're in a quiet room). I tried the keyboard and feels a little softer than the SZ to type, but was impossible to evaluate the noise. Is the keyboard silent when you are in a quiet room - a class room for example (silent enough to don't bother the others)?

I have found it to be very quiet -- much quieter than my Dell Latitude D630 or an Inspiron e1405/640m.

4) I read in this topic some complains about the fan noise, it happens all the time or only when you're using heavy applications ? Is the noise a "clean blow noise" or something different?

I have found the fan to be very quiet... I couldn't describe the sound because I haven't really noticed it! I don't think it would bother anybody.


Overall, I feel the 8440p or 8440w is a great laptop if you want something thin and light (ish) and have something better than the 1366x768 resolution on a 14" screen.

[james2312]

Does anybody know which SSD (the 160GB version) HP builts into the 8440p?

Hi ess,
I read on this website that the 160GB ssd-version is from intel. The 256GB version is from samsung however carrying the hp-logo on it.
Have a nice day.

[zaidman]

does anybody have an answer regarding running Linux on this machine, with a Intel graphics?

[klvy]

On some Fedora forum I read a post, where was written that this problem have notebooks which internal display is connected by displayport. So it will be solved in newer kernels. But older Ubuntu 9.10 runs correctly. So you must wait or switch to an older distro.

[copenhagenn]

Thanks, TylerW . I bought mine today.

Anyone already run the Passmark or Windows Experience Index in this model?
The first times that I tried to run the WEI and Passmark the computer simply shuts down.

Using the GPU-Z I saw that the temperature in the GPU easily increases to more than 100 degrees Celsius when running these tests, is that normal? Anybody else had problems with overheating?

[james2312]

Hi, I have been using this great laptop for two months with the pre-installed winXP OS. I am switching to win7 now. Everytime I install a new OS I prefer to delete all OS related partitions. My notebook (8440w) has a 2GB D:\ drive. Can some owner help me please by telling me what kind of files are they? If I delete all partitions/drives (including D:\) I will have only one unallocated space with the whole 320GB (298GB) which according to me is the best starting point to perform a clean install. In advance thanks a lot for your help.

[crttermi]

Hi.
Does anyone got the Displayport working ok? In my 8440p with Win XP I connected Displayport to Dp-->HDMI adapter and then to TV with HDMI. The video is working ok but there is no audio. I tried to change the audio settings in control panel 'Sounds and audio devices' -> Audio -> Default device. But there is not even choice for NVIDIA audio device, only IDT audio. I have installed the display drivers couple of times but that does not seem to help.

If this works with Win 7 then it must be a driver issue, but I dont have win 7 so I cannot try this.

(In my other HP 8530p with HDMI output this works just fine.)