Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: are, you, ready, for, hp | Themes: Business Notebooks
- 1. Who Needs A Mobile Workstation?
- 2. Stable Case And Optional Second Battery
- 3. Clearly Labeled Ports
- 4. Docking Station And Easy Memory Upgrade
- 5. Screen: Good Brightness And Contrast
- 6. Screen: Good Brightness And Contrast, Continued
- 7. Keyboard, Mouse And Speakers
- 8. Wireless Connections
- 9. Hard Disk And Optical Drive
- 10. The NW8240 Compared To Standard Mobile Computers
- 11. Benchmark Tests
- 12. Battery Time: MobileMark 2005
- 13. Battery Time: MobileMark 2005, Continued
- 14. Office Applications: SYSmark 2004 SE
- 15. Office Applications: SYSmark 2004 SE, Continued
- 16. PCMark05
- 17. 3DMark05
- 18. Open GL Workstation Performance
- 19. Viewperf 8.1 (Synthetic), Continued
- 20. 3D Studio Max 7 (Application)
- 21. Conclusions
21. Conclusions
HP's Compaq NW8240 is an absolutely convincing mobile workstation. For approximately $3,000, you get a notebook with impressive OpenGL performance, quality, functionality, and - last but not least - integrated security functions. Based on all of these attributes, the NW8240 truly deserves the MobilityGuru Editor's Choice Award.
Professional users who need maximum rendering performance should wait until the release of the Compaq nw8440, which will be equipped with a dual-core CPU and ATi's Mobility FireGL V5200 GPU. With a similar configuration, the price will be about $4,100. Though this sounds like a hefty price increase, the expected substantial increase in rendering speed - estimated SPECapc value rendering composite of approximately 2.5 - will allow professionals to quickly amortize the extra cost.
On the other hand, for students of architecture, or digital content creators, it may make sense to wait until June to consider an investment in a NW8240 at a reduced price.
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