NOW AVAILABLE/ANNOUNCED: HP ZBook 14 / 15 / 17

I think the Zbook 14 uses the smaller m.2 card. I don't know for sure but it looks like it probably is just glancing at it.

Edit: Weird. Specs say PCI express half mini card but it definitely looks smaller than the one in the 8570w did... hmmm.

 

I confirm that the 14 uses the mini: http://www.hwtools.net/jpg/intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260.jpg

 

For those who are interested in the Zbook 15, it appears that Micro Center is now carrying them at their local retail stores. It is only the model with the Dreamcolor LCD, and it is priced at MSRP ($2999) but its a good option if you need that display for work.

No word yet on QHD+ availability. My guess is probably when they refresh the lineup with the 4810MQ/4910MQ in the next couple of months.

 

Does anyone know if there is, in fact, a whitelist for wifi cards? I need to use Atheros.

 

I think someone did put a non-HP card for the zBook 15. But no one seems to have confirmed clearly if whitelists are still used (even if it seems their stopped doing that).

 

I put an off the shelve (non HP) Intel AC7260 in my zBook 15. Works great with my Asus AC AP.

 

im thinking about getting back to the hp elitebook resp. now zbook series, since their disappointing consumer product development hints a complete death of hp consumer notebooks, at least of any usable ones (envy), except pavillion crapbooks.
and i would go for a zbook 17, quadro k3100m, i7 4700mq, 1080p.

now i dont really need the professional features of the quadro gpus, but would use the notebook for gaming on top of regular daily basic usage.
since the quadro gpus are based on the same chips as the geforce gpus, but their drivers are optimized for professional usage, it would be great if i could mod the geforce drivers to treat the k3100m as its geforce counterpart, so i can get better gaming performance out of it.

i used to do that very successfully on two of my old elitebooks, but with ATI gpus; on one i modded radeon desktop drivers to detect the mobile radeon, on the second i modded radeon drivers to detect the firepro (= professional ATI gpu, same as quadro by nvidia) and treat it as a radeon (= gaming line; same as nvidia geforce) gpu, which both yielded me great gaming performances compared to having used the drivers provided by hp.

now i wanted to ask whether anyone has already tried some gaming on a k3100m, and how it was (compared to a mobile geforce gpu; but no synthetic benchmarks, as they dont really reflect the true gaming experience, and are even more driver-dependent than real gaming)?
and secondly, whether anyone knows whether modding geforce drivers to treat the quadro as a geforce gpu is possible, and how it improves the quadro's gaming performance? maybe someone could just try to install a geforce driver for the quadro - if it works, even better! would be very grateful if somebody could try that!

ive already asked in the nvidia forum about that, so i hope this gets clarified, since it would mainly decide whether i would go for a zbook 17 or leave hp after more than 10 years... :/


thanks!