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    HP Llano offerings

    Discussion in 'HP Business Class Notebooks' started by FastAndLight, Jun 22, 2011.

  1. FastAndLight

    FastAndLight Newbie

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    Turns out that if you follow the links from their press release, you can find the specs for a number of HP's new Llano offerings.

    HP ProBook s-series

    HP ProBook 6465b

    Probook 6565b

    Unfortunately, they all seem rather disappointing to me with nothing better than an A6 so far. I'm holding out hope for an affordable 12-13in laptop packing an A8 which shouldn't be too difficult given the TDP assuming there's no additional discrete card.

    On that note, I don't understand the appeal of a Llano laptop with a discrete card. While it might simply be because the crossfire implementation is not working properly yet, it seems like the Llano+discrete graphics only offers a marginal improvement over the discrete card itself (and this will probably hold especially true when the discrete card is significantly more powerful). If I was going to sacrifice power/heat/size considerations to incorporate a discrete card, I'd combine it with a Sandy Bridge processor where the marginal benefit is much greater.
     
    FastAndLight, Jun 22, 2011
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    Retku Newbie

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    Pretty much my thoughts exactly.

    Hopefully some manufacturer will "get it" and offer a light, well built and decently priced 12 to 14 inch laptop packing an A8-series APU. I'm not holding my breath.
     
    Retku, Jun 23, 2011
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  3. Chris_ast1

    Chris_ast1 Notebook Consultant

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    I'm extremely interested in ProBook 6465b with A8-3510 APU! Waiting impatiently for any reviews of this chip and this laptop !
     
    Chris_ast1, Jun 27, 2011
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  4. FastAndLight

    FastAndLight Newbie

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    Probook 6465b datasheet

    It does look interesting, but I wonder how much it'll be after configuration. 1600x900 matte screen option looks particularly enticing. Potential complaints: DDR3-1333 memory and lack of USB 3.0. Hope the chipset is compatible with DDR3-1600 memory.
     
    FastAndLight, Jun 27, 2011
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  5. Chris_ast1

    Chris_ast1 Notebook Consultant

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    Well, I hope that x4 core will help with my workloads - this are light applications but many started simultaneously and that is what taxes x2 cores (even with 2,4GHz clock). Price and first reviews, will influence decision. Still, x4 cores should work great for VMs, and multi-tasking (FF 20andmoreTABS, Thunderbird, IM, Excel, PLSQL developer, VirtualBox, Word (large 20MB files) or in Ubuntu: FF, Thbird, Apache2, some other SQL servers for testing, Kadu-IM).
     
    Chris_ast1, Jul 5, 2011
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  6. Bofast

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    I'm running DDR3-1600 memory in my new ProBook 6465b, and it works fine :)
     
    Bofast, Oct 28, 2011
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  7. zaanton

    zaanton Notebook Guru

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    Hey Bofast,

    I have also 6465b and thinking about 1600Mhz memory. Amd says that A6-3410MX can support such RAM, but HP says that only 1333MHz is supported by 6465b. Could You please write what kind of CPU do you have and show screens from i.e. CPU-Z that 1600 DDR3 really works as 1600 not as 1333?

    Regards
     
    zaanton, Nov 7, 2011
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  8. heng8866

    heng8866 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Can you upgrade the CPU by yourself? they are pretty cheap on ebay
     
    heng8866, Feb 17, 2012
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  9. zaanton

    zaanton Notebook Guru

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    Yes you can. Look for service manual for further guidelines. But remember that you will void your warranty.
     
    zaanton, Feb 17, 2012
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  10. heng8866

    heng8866 Notebook Enthusiast

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    you can put the original CPU back when you need to file a warranty claim I guess. You get access to CPU heatsink only after you remove the bottom door
     
    heng8866, Feb 22, 2012
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