New HP laptop: 24 hours on one charge
Hewlett-Packard Co., the world’s largest personal-computer maker, introduced a notebook PC that can run for as long as 24 hours on a single battery charge. Customers would have to buy an optional battery, a special display and a so-called solid-state hard-disk drive to get the extended running time, Hewlett-Packard said. With those options, the EliteBook 6930p costs about $2,200. After an online discount, the price will be $1,816. Hewlett-Packard has added new PCs over the last two months to capture consumer demand for notebooks and extend its lead over Dell Inc. The new notebook will compete with Dell’s Latitude E6400, introduced in August, which can run for as long as 19 hours on a single charge.
The company’s notebook sales rose 26% in the quarter ended July 31, while desktop revenue increased 6%. PCs account for a third of the company’s revenue. Customers wanting the 24-hour battery life will also have to download additional graphics and system software, HP said. The machine will be available in October. A basic version of the PC costs $1,199, Hewlett-Packard spokesman Mike Hockey said. The additional battery costs $150, and the solid-state hard disk, which stores information on chips rather than a magnetic disk, is an extra $900.
Source: LA Times
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Stick to posting releases rlslog…
they can post whatever they like it is their site and I found it a great article
rapidshare links, please…
$900 for a flash drive
…hope it stores a couple of TBs for that price
my hp pavilion 6700 would be lucky to last 1.5 hours!
It will probably store 64GB.
@5 If you have researched on the web.
SSD’s which are made for being main hard drives are VERY different to USB Memory Sticks and other types of Flash Memory.
SSD’s have alot i mean ALOT higher life than other Flash Memory. It has inbuilt chips which have algorithms on there to allow minimum writes on the drive etc.
Yes you can make a SSD Drive using a Compact flash to SATA converter, However i wouldn’t trust using one of those, give it about 2 months and you will have a dead CF card, since CF wasn’t made for so many reads and writes.
Although YES it maybe expensive, since it is relatively new technology, where they create Flash SSD’s specially for drive purposes. However as all technology it will eventually fall in price, like my first DVD Burner was $600 now its less than $40 for one.
The question we should ask is WHY people get stingier when time passes by? It was ok before to pay $600 for a burner now people are like Hell no i aint paying that!
Meh! Sounds like another example of marketing hype! My guess is that the thing would have to run with ALL the bells and whistles turned down or off in order to get close to their claims! Not convinced!
“Meh! Sounds like another example of marketing hype! My guess is that the thing would have to run with ALL the bells and whistles turned down or off in order to get close to their claims! Not convinced!”
Don’t care !