The HP Compaq 2710p has an attractive design; available with Windows Vista or XP Tablet PC edition. It has excellent screen/keyboard light. The HP Compaq 2710p stands out by virtue of its stylish design. It's not the lightest ultraportable, though, and many mobile professionals will want to specify the 3G option. The lack of an optical drive and a touchpad may also bother some potential buyers.
The first impression of this laptop is one of stylishness. Even when it's closed, this laptop has a certain elegance thanks to its rounded corners. The lid is a dark silver/gray color, while the main system unit is black and has a rubberized finish that helps to stop it sliding around on a desk or lap.
The lid and system unit are held together with a single strong clasp. The same clasp holds both together when the screen is rotated 180 degrees around its central hinge and laid flat facing outwards to work in Tablet PC mode. Build quality is very good indeed. The lid is robust and has little give, affording the screen good protection.
As befits a member of the Ultra Light range, the HP Compaq 2710p is small and lightweight. It has a footprint of 290 by 28 by 212mm. At 1.6kg the 2710p isn't as 'ultraportable' as some laptops we've seen, but it's still perfectly feasible as a regular traveling companion. The display is a relatively small 12.1-inch active touchscreen with a native resolution of 1,280x800 pixels. The stylus, which you won't want to lose, is housed at the top on the right-hand side when the screen is in (outward-facing) tablet mode and the system held in portrait orientation.
The keyboard, which is the same dark silver/grey as its surroundings, is comfortable to use and we had no difficulty touch typing at speed. Above the number row is a half sized row of function keys plus six further keys offering page up, page down, home, end, insert and delete functions. Above the keyboard is a similar touch-sensitive strip to those we've seen in HP's other new laptops. This gives access to volume controls via a sliding bar, as well as a mute button. What's different here is that the buttons are backlit (in a blue-green colour) when touched. The caps lock and num lock keys also have associated LEDs next to them.
The HP Compaq 2710p comes in several configurations. Our review sample had at its heart a 1.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo U7600 processor and 1GB of RAM, upgradable to a maximum of 4GB. You can specify either Windows Vista Business, which came on our review sample, or Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. It can also be configured with FreeDOS, a free open-source operating system.
Graphics are handled by the Intel GMA X3100 module built into the Mobile Intel GM965 chipset. This can use up to 384MB of shared system memory dynamically as required.
Specifications:
The first impression of this laptop is one of stylishness. Even when it's closed, this laptop has a certain elegance thanks to its rounded corners. The lid is a dark silver/gray color, while the main system unit is black and has a rubberized finish that helps to stop it sliding around on a desk or lap.
The lid and system unit are held together with a single strong clasp. The same clasp holds both together when the screen is rotated 180 degrees around its central hinge and laid flat facing outwards to work in Tablet PC mode. Build quality is very good indeed. The lid is robust and has little give, affording the screen good protection.
As befits a member of the Ultra Light range, the HP Compaq 2710p is small and lightweight. It has a footprint of 290 by 28 by 212mm. At 1.6kg the 2710p isn't as 'ultraportable' as some laptops we've seen, but it's still perfectly feasible as a regular traveling companion. The display is a relatively small 12.1-inch active touchscreen with a native resolution of 1,280x800 pixels. The stylus, which you won't want to lose, is housed at the top on the right-hand side when the screen is in (outward-facing) tablet mode and the system held in portrait orientation.
The keyboard, which is the same dark silver/grey as its surroundings, is comfortable to use and we had no difficulty touch typing at speed. Above the number row is a half sized row of function keys plus six further keys offering page up, page down, home, end, insert and delete functions. Above the keyboard is a similar touch-sensitive strip to those we've seen in HP's other new laptops. This gives access to volume controls via a sliding bar, as well as a mute button. What's different here is that the buttons are backlit (in a blue-green colour) when touched. The caps lock and num lock keys also have associated LEDs next to them.
The HP Compaq 2710p comes in several configurations. Our review sample had at its heart a 1.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo U7600 processor and 1GB of RAM, upgradable to a maximum of 4GB. You can specify either Windows Vista Business, which came on our review sample, or Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. It can also be configured with FreeDOS, a free open-source operating system.
Graphics are handled by the Intel GMA X3100 module built into the Mobile Intel GM965 chipset. This can use up to 384MB of shared system memory dynamically as required.
Specifications:
- Clock speed: 1.2 GHz
- Processor type: Core 2 Duo U7600
- Processor manufacturer: Intel
- RAM installed: 1024 MB
- Max supported RAM: 4 GB
- RAM technology: DDR2 SDRAM
- Chipset type: Mobile Intel GM965
- Hard drive size: 80 GB
- Maximum resolution: 1280x800 pixels
- Weight: 1.6 kg
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