Posted in Tom's Guide April 7, 2015:
"[I][COLOR=#070F14][FONT=Arial]IMO, that laptop, although dated a bit is still a viable machine (especially considering the Quadro FX 3800m graphics) and the price seems good for the hardware. The only cons I noticed are that the webcam has been removed and it still sports a rather "small" 320GB HDD. I might look into an SSD to put in there which should make the whole [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://www.tomsguide.com/answers/id-2599913/1st-gen-elitebook-laptops-worth.html#"][FONT=inherit][COLOR=#009900][FONT=inherit][U]system[/U][/FONT][/COLOR][IMG]http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png[/IMG][/FONT][/URL][COLOR=#070F14][FONT=Arial] feel snappier.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#070F14][FONT=Arial]The biggest drawback is that during any intensive tasks, you'll need to use the power [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://www.tomsguide.com/answers/id-2599913/1st-gen-elitebook-laptops-worth.html#"][FONT=inherit][COLOR=#009900][FONT=inherit][U]adapter[/U][/FONT][/COLOR][IMG]http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png[/IMG][/FONT][/URL][COLOR=#070F14][FONT=Arial] since the graphics alone can eat up to 100W (that's a lot of power and heat for a laptop!). I'll recommend looking over this article [/FONT][/COLOR][URL]http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2376739,00.asp[/URL][COLOR=#070F14][FONT=Arial] to see if it mentions anything you find particularly undesirable.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[/I][COLOR=#070F14][FONT=Arial][I]Considering it cost ~$2000 when new, and I feel the hardware is still viable, I'd say that seems to be a pretty good deal[/I]""
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