Nice size with full HD screen and 3 year warranty. There also appears to be an empty M2 so you can add an additional hard drive, can't be certain though.
In my experience, HP business laptops are reliable but home laptops tend to experience problems and can have relatively noisy fans. I presume from the 'pro' this is more aimed at business so might be okay. Overall a pretty good deal on the face of it if you don't mind a 14" screen rather than 15.6".
Gkains to MarkShopper
19 Feb 171#2
ProBook is the cheapest business range similar to a Dell Vostro or a Lenovo Thinkpad L or E range.
My i7 640 is falling to bits. It's lived on a dock for most of its two years, but the lower panel doesn't stay attached, and the screen bezel is coming away on the lower right corner - coincidentally where the fan/heatsink is when the machine is run closed. In the BIOS it's set to fan always on when on A/C so should really be OK being run closed.
The older 84** Elitebooks were like tanks but seemed a lot more robust.
Musicrab
19 Feb 17#3
Good deal during rising prices; 3 year warranty is worth about £50; may be worth taking a picture of the screen if you buy just to ensure that its not an error ; part number X0Q83ES#BUN is consistent across the BT sites to include the 3 year warranty.
K1LLER_HORNET
19 Feb 17#4
TN Panel :disappointed:
winchman to K1LLER_HORNET
19 Feb 17#6
I know they are cheaper but they also use less power than IPS screens. It's not as if this is a gaming machine.
hatchers
19 Feb 17#5
I really need a Windows 7 laptop that I could dual boot W8.1 on. Would this fit the bill or does anyone know of anything cheaper? I prefer something new rather than a refurb.
It seems hard to find W7 laptops now (except for really expensive ones or really old refurbs).
I've seen ones like this but I heard bad stuff about HP so wasn't sure:
I have a W10 PC from the Dell outlet and am very happy with it and would buy another one but they only seem to do W10 laptops now so it's too late for a W7 one it seems.
K1LLER_HORNET
19 Feb 171#7
What?
A gaming machine would have a TN panel for fast response times. That's the argument thrown around anyway.
Not that I'd accept that as an excuse to use a **** poor panel type in anything you have to look at for extended periods of time.
CampGareth
20 Feb 17#8
Cheaper yes, use less power? I suppose they have dimmer backlights with worse colour space coverage and hence they consume less but how much power are we talking here?
I can see why they've gone with a TN panel but it's still disappointing in an age when even a £50 tablet gets an IPS display. The thing I spend 95% of my time doing with a laptop is looking at the display so make it a nice one!
plewis00
20 Feb 17#9
You can still get good high-contrast TN panels as well as poor IPS panels. I would say resolution is more important than anything else on a non-gaming machine but I guess that can differ for others.
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HP ProBook 440 G3 - 14" - Core i3 6100U - 8 GB RAM - 256 GB SSD
Product Type
Notebook
Processor
Intel Core i3 (6th Gen) 6100U / 2.3 GHz / 3 MB Cache
Memory
8 GB DDR4
Storage
256 GB SSD
Optical Drive
No optical drive
Display
14" LED backlight 1920 x 1080
Graphics
Intel HD Graphics 520
Integrated Webcam
Yes
Networking
Gigabit Ethernet
Dimensions (WxDxH)
33.92 cm 2.09 cm
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In my experience, HP business laptops are reliable but home laptops tend to experience problems and can have relatively noisy fans. I presume from the 'pro' this is more aimed at business so might be okay. Overall a pretty good deal on the face of it if you don't mind a 14" screen rather than 15.6".
The hardware manual doesn't say the M.2 is optional so it should be on all of them. The two official HP part numbers are a 256GB drive (826393-00) and a 128GB drive (826392-00) which both seem to be 80mm which is good and from the NBC review:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/HP-ProBook-440-G3-Notebook-Review.156151.0.html
it seems to have the thread for the 42mm size too. (But not 60mm from the look of it.)
EDIT: Crucial also list 2280 M.2 drives on their page:
http://uk.crucial.com/gbr/en/compatible-upgrade-for/HP---Compaq/probook-440-g3-(ddr3)
The older 84** Elitebooks were like tanks but seemed a lot more robust.
It seems hard to find W7 laptops now (except for really expensive ones or really old refurbs).
I've seen ones like this but I heard bad stuff about HP so wasn't sure:
http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/hp-250-g5-core-i3-5005u-2ghz-4gb-500gb-dvd-rw-15.6-inch-windows-7-professio-w4m90ea/version.asp
http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/hp-250-g5-core-i5-6200u-2.3-ghz-4gb-500gb-dvd-rw-15.6-inch-windows-7-profes-w4n13ea/version.asp
I have a W10 PC from the Dell outlet and am very happy with it and would buy another one but they only seem to do W10 laptops now so it's too late for a W7 one it seems.
A gaming machine would have a TN panel for fast response times. That's the argument thrown around anyway.
Not that I'd accept that as an excuse to use a **** poor panel type in anything you have to look at for extended periods of time.
I can see why they've gone with a TN panel but it's still disappointing in an age when even a £50 tablet gets an IPS display. The thing I spend 95% of my time doing with a laptop is looking at the display so make it a nice one!
Previous deal for the 440.