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HP Introduces the Three New EliteBook PCs: 8530p,8530w, 8730w

August 11th, 2008 by Jeffrey L. Wilson

Today, HP took the wraps off a trio of notebooks aimed at business users that want the security and durability of a business machine, but with the multimedia functionality (Blu-ray, discrete ATI and Nvidia graphics) of a more mainstream machine. Check the specs:

HP EliteBook8530P

  • 15.4-inch display (with optional 1280 x 800, 1680 x 1050, and 1950 x 1200-pixel resolutions)
  • Windows Vista Business, Vista Basic, or Business downgrade to XP
  • Intel Core 2 Duo processor (up to 2.8-GHz)
  • Supports up to a whopping 8GB of RAM
  • 120GB/160GB/250GB 5,400-rpm hard drives; 160GB/250GB/320GB 7,200-rpm hard drives (with HP 3D DriveGuard); 80GB SSD
  • Blu-ray R/RE optical drive; DVD+/-RW SuperMulti DL drive. The optical bay can also be used to store a secondary hard drive (250GB, 5400-rpm or 320GB, 7,200-rpm) that allows RAID 1 mirroring or RAID 0 striping
  • ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 graphics with 256MB of video memory (512MB of HyperMemory)
  • Optional EV-DO or HSDPA mobile broadband
  • 2-megapixel webcam
  • 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi
  • Bluetooth 2.0
  • ExpressCard/54, memory card reader
  • 4 USB 2.0, HDMI, eSATA, FireWire, VGA, headphone, mic, Ethernet
  • TPM, fingerprint sensor, HP ProtectTools, Disk Sanitizer, Drive encryption, Enhanced Drive Lock, Credential Manager, integrated SmartCard reader, Intel Centrino 2 with vPro capable
  • 8-cell battery
  • 14.0 x 10.4 x 1.1 inches
  • 6.3 pounds
  • Certified SuSe Linux Enterprise Desktop 10

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Dash Diary: Third-Party Apps

August 6th, 2008 by Troy Dreier

WeatherbugEditor’s Note: One of the main features of the Dash Express GPS navigator, which we reviewed in March, is that it is the first plug-in navigator with an always-on cellular connection to the Internet. This lets you conduct live Yahoo searches for destinations, but, more importantly, it lets you receive live traffic data from other Dash-using drivers. Here is a video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH9f2zUXct0) showing how it works.

Theoretically, the Dash will become more useful as more people buy the device, and their driving data is added to the collective. To see if the service is actually improving, we gave one to our resident GPS expert, Troy Dreier, to test out over a number of weeks. This is his third entry.

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Dash Diary: Testing Out New Features

July 17th, 2008 by Troy Dreier

Editor’s Note: One of the main features of the Dash Express GPS navigator, which we reviewed in March, is that it is the first plug-in navigator with an always-on cellular connection to the Internet. This lets you conduct live Yahoo searches for destinations, but, more importantly, it lets you receive live traffic data from other Dash-using drivers. Here is a video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH9f2zUXct0) showing how it works.

Theoretically, the Dash will become more useful as more people buy the device, and their driving data is added to the collective. To see if the service is actually improving, we gave one to our resident GPS expert, Troy Dreier, to test out over a number of weeks. This is his second entry.

One nice thing about being a Dash subscriber, besides getting current traffic conditions for most of the major roads in your area, is the free updates. The company recently released its first major software update for the Dash Express, so if you’re a subscriber and your Dash is connected to your home Wi-Fi network, you can get several important new features at no extra cost. I took the Dash on a weekend trip to New Hope, Pennsylvania, and here’s what I thought about the improvements:

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