HP Announces New Laptops for 2009

[TexasEx7]

Quad cores in general are only faster in tasks that support multi-threading, which is less than the number of applications that utilize dual core threading As far as I know.

[Phantom2k1]

Anyone know if these will be available in Canada at the same time?

[Charles P. Jefferies]

That ProBook 5310m is really starting to nag me. I like my dv5t but I don't use its power and its battery life is barely above what I use. I certainly would not mind a thinner and lighter laptop with more than two hours of battery life. Looks like a great machine.
ATM I am debating whether the C2D is worth $200 over the Celeron.
C2D SP9300 (2.26GHz/6MB L2/1066MHz FSB) vs Celeron SU2300 (1.20GHz/1MB L2/800MHz FSB).
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en...2-4021356.html

Another nice feature of the 5310m is that it uses standard 2.5-inch hard drives . . . at first I thought it wouldn't, given the 1" thin form factor.

Serg you should look up the Das Keyboard and go Dvorak

Did somebody say Das Keyboard?

Proud user since '07.

[sgogeta4]

I remember you mentioning that sometime (years?) ago lol on NBR!

[TexasEx7]

Why... the... hell... would... you... use...that...thing?

[Judicator]

Probably because a well trained typist is supposed to be able to type faster on a Dvorak than a standard QWERTY. After all, the original purpose of the QWERTY format was to slow down typing, because if you typed too fast on the old mechanical typewriters, they'd jam up. Dvorak was developed later, when jamming due to excessive speed became a thing of the past, placing the most commonly used letters/keys in the home row, where your fingers are normally supposed to rest while typing, thus involving a shorter travel period and thus faster typing. I'm unfortunately a trained touch typist on a standard QWERTY keyboard, and I've never bothered to learn Dvorak keys... even though I type fast enough that I could probably benefit from it.

[coldmack]

ATM I am debating whether the C2D is worth $200 over the Celeron.
C2D SP9300 (2.26GHz/6MB L2/1066MHz FSB) vs Celeron SU2300 (1.20GHz/1MB L2/800MHz FSB).

Depends on your usage. If they offered a dual core pentium I would have said go for that one.

[Shin Kai]

If the ProBook 5310m is only available with Windows 7, then it'll have to come out no sooner than the release date of Windows 7 right?

Has HP ever in the past done pre-orders for their buisness notebooks? If so, do they allow customization on pre-orders?

[Serg]

At Chaz. Really you use a Dvorak KB?!?!?
I cant even deal with an AZERTY! My fingers automatically find their way into the QWERTY. I recall reading that the QWERTY was designed to slow down, yes, but nowadays everyone seems to use it and is quite easy I must say (I am used to it).

WOW! I just noticed how long are the travels between keys in my KB!!! Most words require that I move my hands a lot and I see my fingers move all around the KB...where can I find a Das Keyboard?

[sgogeta4]

Google yields: http://www.daskeyboard.com/ (it's pretty expensive for a blank keyboard...)