This laptop is a tank, In the past I had bad experience with HP pavilion laptop and was skeptical but decided to give it another chance to HP and I am very satisfied with this Elitebook, bought used two+ years ago and works better than some new current gen laptops, it is really solid and it flies with SSD, amazing keyboard.
i love this laptop. in case anyone else gets same issue - for years I had an issue with it where the mouse would randomly jump around the screen and i'd get this random beeping. finally worked out that it was something wrong with the pointer thing in the middle of the keyboard- easy to disconnect, and now its all good. the fact that you can replace the keyboard yourself so easily and cheaply is a big advantage... replacing the battery is not so good though, i've found it hard to find decent replacements
I just my 8470p yesterday and that was a great choice rather than buying newer budget laptops, this one is solid and very much for office works and other programming
The fingerprint scanner actually will work on Windows 10. There is 2 different drivers. One is the fingerprint reader driver which was intended for Windows 7. The other one is a security driver (I don't remember the specific name) That adds an application to your laptop that will allow you to setup your fingerprint reader. This WILL work on Windows 10, or at least will work if you upgrade from Windows 7/8 to Windows 10.
I''ve had a few of those in different sizes, but same model generally. A quad core i7 ivy bridge with SSD indeed gets this machine flying! What a bargain, and they never, ever die:)
Here were I live most come with i5. Upgrading to i7 would cost the same as the entire laptop did. I am not convinced the speed jump will be noticeable.
I love it. Built like a tank, the metal surface, easy to service, the screws on the hinges. I don't play games, so for me it's almost perfect. I just suggest to use external speakers as the audio is really disappointing. Limited frequency range, mine is mono!
You should have two speakers. They are both placed at the left side but there are two. Can You regulate hinges manipulating these screws? Mine seems to be stiff, I'd like to loose them a bit.
It's really heavy. It's not portable friendly. Other than that, it works very well. It can even use 5G wifi. League of Legends plays perfectly on medium graphic settings.
I am still using this laptop. I have upgraded the hard to ssd. and ram to 8gb ddr3. now i am also planning to increase the ram with 16 gb. Yes i agree. That's a good laptop for development purpose also. the bad thing about this laptop is: it is heavy as compared to other laptops. its weight is higher.
im really planning to get this one at almost same specs with the 7570M, 100€ and comes with a 6 month warranty. I just could not find (Balkans) a ThinkPad in the price point that was this good or had a decent condition. Great video showcasing this monster laptop, it can handle even the strongest i7-3940xm so you can turn it into a desktop replacement for heavy CPU-bound workloads. Also the nipple was inherited from IBM aka TrackPoint.
I bought an upgraded version on ebay with an I7, 16gb of ram, Radeon 7500m, and a 232gb ssd. it’s really good for light gaming since it has a cpu. you can get over 100fps on minecraft, 50 fps on word of warcraft, and about 60 on valorant. so It can definitely be gamed on. but don’t expect to play any of the crazy modern games. I’m actually surprised it came with a gpu which makes me think, can it really not change the gpu? I gonna look into this because If I’m able to change the gpu, it’ll be a complete beast of a laptop
It actually plays modern titles. Mine is core i5, merged with an 8 gb ram. I have so far played the likes of Dishonored 2, Farcry 5, Farcry New Dawn, GTA 5, Hitman 2016, madmax, Titanfall 2 & some other AAA, titles I can't remember now. Just get a cooling pad & you are good to go.
@@emekamogbo4813 I got the same model, have been playing games on it since forever, I even managed to play Darksiders 3 and at best it managed to give me 30 fps which for me is playable, GTA V, Warframe and Ironsight, I want to get Rust but I'm not sure it'll be playable since it's online but who knows, I'll try it anyways x)
@@palerider7724 how much fps are you getting on gta? I’m currently seeing if I should upgrade my dual core i7 to a quad core i7 for better gaming performance
The fingerprint reader does work on win10 - - and for those who have the problem with their laptops getting too hot, it's usually the amd card that causes it.
I have this laptop for about a month and it's better than modern, budget laptops. Modern laptops with this built quality, costs ten times more. And I can upgrade it easily so it can run and run. One thing bothers me, is there easy way to loosen hinges? They seems a little too stiff.
How big was the battery dump when going to the 45W TDP processor from the 35W one? You also mention upgrading to a bigger battery. I bought one with more cells from China. Not worth, capacity is the same as the the original HP with less cells.
Great Video! I use mine daily, it rarely leaves the house though. Battery still lasts about 2hrs. i7 & 7570M with 12gb ram, I have another 8gb stick in another laptop to make it 16gb but 12gb seems good enough. Picked up a cheap 250gb PNY SSD on black Friday for $25. It runs everything fairly well. The best part is I got it for nearly free on craigslist 2yrs ago. I traded a PC I found at the dumpster and a apple router that someone gave me for it. The HP had college faculty stickers on it when I got it, so I think spent most of it's life in an office environment. Other than a few dings, it seems well taken care of. The bad... The left 2 USB ports are very finicky, I rarely use them. The SD card slot sometimes takes a few times of inserting to get it to click in. I assume, in it's early life the user used these ports a lot. I can't complain though, runs win10 well and aside from heavy gaming it does everything I need. I just wish it had a backlit keyboard.
I have an 8560p, two years ago I upgraded the motherboard for the 8570p one (they're compatible, almost all the part are compatible, except for the CPU and the motherboard extension por some usb and audio port). With 8gb it is working great. The new cpu is a I7-3630QM (last was a I7-2640m). With 2x8gb it would be absolutely perfect.
Well, the thing Is that i have a pretty low budget to buy a laptop (I'm from Uruguay and tech around here It's twice expensive than a developed country), and I just fell in love with it. I'm a Football Manager freak, do you think this device Is powerful enough to run it? At least 2020 version. Cheers brother.
Lack of official "Hello" doesn't stop the fingerprint reader working. Install Win7, register your prints in the HP software, then run the update to Win10. The HP support is retained, and actually works.
mine i7 2.9gh ssd amd 7570M my opinion abt it : i's very good and superfast and i have done everything with it , hacking gaming internet stuff , abt gaming i do play bf4, 3 , gta v , but all in low graphics but still i respect this laptop in 2020
Did you check the fan / radiator assembly? Mine was full of dust; just removed it and temperatures decreased by 30 °C - Without replacing the thermal paste!
So, did you bough it? Im also thinking of buying one because I found one with 8GB Ram, i5 3360M and 240GB SSD, good battery which last at least 3 hours and its in mint condition for just 150€. Many people say that they are built like tanks and that they very last long. The only think which I dislike is that they are pretty chunky, but you really cant complain about it considering how good upgradability they have :)
can u also show how to connect 2 monitors with 8460p? 2 separate monitors and extended display on all 3 screens...? i have tried a lot of thing but I am able to obtain display on 1 monitors so far, as per the manual (also read in some blog post) that up to 4 monitors can be attached to 8460p but nobody seems to know how.... can u like make an extended video.... thanks in advance
Regarding the webcam, it will not work under Win10. (From this point it is comical that the video maker qualifies its capabilities. Notice he uses win10.)
I just have that laptop & I having problem with the display that when I'm charging & gaming it randomly turn into black screen a while, I don't know if the gpu is the problem.
I have this laptop and in the first 2 weeks it ruined and it takes me 1 hour to load a new tab so I’m thinking of selling it and saving up for a laptop that actually works.
Dominator211 tysm for the advice but turns out I’m dumbo and I never updated and checked for viruses so I updated it and there were no viruses then it worked perfectly fine!
install new windows by formatting C drive. remember to backup anything you need from C drive. install SSD and it will run like a premium laptop. if it gets hot, then remove dirt from fan and radiator and apply new thermal paste on CPU and GPU ( if there is any)
I believe the screen and cable is it, there is a video out there of someone who upgraded theirs. I wish you best best luck to find what your looking for.
On paper they are great, in reality they are shit and that is for one single cause: the screen is bad, bad, bad. Really, if you intend using it any other way than with an external monitor (but why buy a laptop than?) forget about it. All the rest is really fine; the case, the upgradeability, the external connectors. But the LCD will drive you crazy.
3:35 - "Trackpad Nipple" that is a Pointing stick AKA "TrackPoint" ITS NOT A NIPPLE!! 4:33 - That was an alternative to a backlit keyboard. NOT for "signing important documents" LOL 12:59 - "See you guys in the next one" - *COUGH* Austin Evans *COUGH*
@@raulpavel3d Few things happened, I was at my computer when I saw your comment, I thought your comment and my reply would be beneficial for those who watch the video in the future. Yes, I do care about my fan base any good RU-vidr or content creator should.
