W520 competitors specs revealed

HP has now published the specs for their competitor to the ThinkPad W520. The EliteBook 8560w specs are at HP EliteBook 8560w Mobile Workstation specifications - HP Small & Medium Business products.



Notice it has four RAM slots and 32GB of RAM listed as the max. Notice is has several power bricks mentioned and I bet they are all huge.



Looks like a MacBook Pro.

Reply 1 : W520 competitors specs revealed

Well, this option is noteworthy: 15.6" diagonal LED-backlit FHD UWVA anti-glare DreamColor (1920 x 1080).



"Looks like a MacBook Pro"? No way: there's a red "nipple" in the middle of the keyboard!

Reply 2 : W520 competitors specs revealed

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Originally Posted by Kaso Well, this option is noteworthy: 15.6" diagonal LED-backlit FHD UWVA anti-glare DreamColor (1920 x 1080). "Looks like a MacBook Pro"? No way: there's a red "nipple" in the middle of the keyboard!

Can't wait to see the price for a well configured DreamColor 8560w. Bet it isn't close to $2000.

Reply 3 : W520 competitors specs revealed

They're saying they won't be out until May!



New HP Elitebook workstations feature FORGE design

Reply 4 : W520 competitors specs revealed

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The best part in my own opinion is the beautiful IPS LCD display that is available on the 15.6″ and 17.3″ models. It’s the same display technology (from LG) used on the iPhone 4 and the iPad 1+2. The view angle is amazing and those IPS laptop displays can reproduce 1 Billion colors – it just looks fantastic. It’s not hard to imagine why designers -or anyone who cares about color accuracy- would want that.

IPS on 15-17" screens

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Originally Posted by Mech0z IPS on 15-17" screens

They'll also be priced a lot higher.



This post says we'll have to wait until May to get our hands on one: HP EliteBook 8760w pleasing on the eyes, works great to increase mobile productivity



By May, Dell's Precision Workstation laptops based on Sandy Bridge will be out. They, too, will have great screen options. People will have plenty of options by then. I doubt I'll get the deal I just secured on a W520 so I'll give them all a skip. Maybe in a year or two I'll get back in the market for a 17"+ workstation laptop. Until then we can drool over pictures:



HP Elitebook 8460w, 8560w and 8760w photo 1/ - Ubergizmo

Reply 6 : W520 competitors specs revealed

I absolutely love the fact that the button panel of the new laptop could be taken of with two latch.

Reply 7 : W520 competitors specs revealed

Elitebook is just getting uglier with every new iteration. I am not sure why they want to use this all silver colour on their system, and make it look like a consumer grade laptop.

Reply 8 : W520 competitors specs revealed

Red trackpoint? (or point stick)

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Horrible arrow keys.

Horrible point stick buttons.

Uglier than the previous generation.

Heavy.

Consumer optics when opened (nice display cover on the outside)



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Awesome displays.

Easy to remove bottom plate.

What else?