*HP EliteBook 8560p Owners Lounge!*

[lovelaptops]

hey lovelylaptops, dont worry about it. I did read your other thread and you have every right to be upset at HP and what has happened to your order. It would have drove me insane if I was in your situation. Also thank you for trying to post and warn others cause it looks like you are not completely alone. I was lucky that my entire order arrive in a week
Well I do wish you the best of luck.

Back on topic. I finally got all the drivers downloaded and installed. One thing Dell does better than HP is telling you exactly which drivers you need. The display which was a huge concern by myself and others is definitely not a issue on the 8560p. Its very bright and actually one of the better standard laptop displays I have seen. Anyways now that I have got everything setup I'll do a quick review for everyone. I should have it up by Sunday.

Great to hear about the screen - what a relief for a lot of people. As for drivers, my Elitebooks of recrent years have a lways been factry loaded with an HP Software setup program in the All Programs list and it has several modules to pick and choose both drivvers and software, latest versions - or was that what you found inconvemient compared to Dell?

Thanks again for the moral support. Looking forward to your review.

Best, Jeff

[Yoshimeow]

Great to hear about the screen - what a relief for a lot of people. As for drivers, my Elitebooks of recrent years have a lways been factry loaded with an HP Software setup program in the All Programs list and it has several modules to pick and choose both drivvers and software, latest versions - or was that what you found inconvemient compared to Dell?

Thanks again for the moral support. Looking forward to your review.

Best, Jeff

Well as you know I installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 when I swapped my HDD for a SSD. I was able to locate the software/drivers folder on the original harddrive but it was just a huge folder and the names were meaningless. I had no clue what i was installing and what actually needed to be installed. I ended up going to the web and downloading the drivers from HP.com since it offered some description but even then there was like 4 wireless card drivers. I dont know if Dell still does this but my old dell came with a drivers CD and it would have all the drivers you need with a checkbox next to it if it was requried and your machine was missing it. Also the service tag option Dell has helped locate exact drivers for your particular build on Dells site also. So yeah I just thought it was a bit more convient. HP's site defintiely needs some work since its not the most organized and user friendly.

Well anyways I have most of my review ready. I just need to take some pics to go along with it Stay tuned and good luck again.

[Yoshimeow]

I just put my review up. Enjoy!

HP Elitebook 8560p review

[Judge22]

Nice review. Thanks. I might reconsider buying 8460p :-D

[Yoshimeow]

Nice review. Thanks. I might reconsider buying 8460p :-D

The 8460p?? I didnt review that one I review the 8560p. Everything else is equal but the main reason I didnt get the 8460p was the crappy display. So unless that is addressed I wouldnt recommend the 8460.

Has anyone looked at this site? They sell a glossy screen for the 8460p and just about any hp laptop. I wonder if the quality is better

HP Elitebook LCD Screens

[Yoshimeow]

here is a professional review on the notebook
New Zealand PC World Magazine > Business laptops: HP EliteBook 8560p

review sucks and doesnt tell you anymore than the press release info. But they do give it 4.5 stars out of 5 .

[Ahbeyvuhgehduh]

Purchased a 8560p for someone in the office ... should arrive next week some time.

[JoshK42]

The 8460p?? I didnt review that one I review the 8560p. Everything else is equal but the main reason I didnt get the 8460p was the crappy display. So unless that is addressed I wouldnt recommend the 8460.

Has anyone looked at this site? They sell a glossy screen for the 8460p and just about any hp laptop. I wonder if the quality is better

HP Elitebook LCD Screens

I was wondering the same thing myself. If I can just buy a different screen then I see no reason in having to get the larger 8560. Anyone have experience using a different monitor?

[BearLab]

Can you check type of the SATA connections you have for main drive and option bay drive ? SATA 3 Gb or SATA 6 Gb ?

[Ahbeyvuhgehduh]

Ah ha ... mine just arrived a little while ago - am setting it up.