Rugged and powerful!!
Well, this is the third HP Elitebook 8440p I've owned, gave my Dad my second and my first finally but the dust, bit I'm going to replace the keyboard and touchpad to get that working again!
These laptops are just powerful for their age, and yes, I know battery life isn't great, but for the price, they're just great! I've installed Linux on both mine and they just keep asking for more! Playing games, ah get a console, these will play some games, but these are great for audio encoding and doing more power user stuff like Software Defined Radio.
It's screen is bright, the fan on the CPU is quiet and so is the HDD! You can't ask for a decent laptop to do kids homework on to!
The speakers are loud, but headphones or external speakers either wired or Bluetooth are better 😉
The WiFi is dual band, and depending which model you get, the i5 m540 will give Quad Core at just a shade over 3GHz!
It also has Bluetooth built in for those who use headphones or speakers.
Highly recommended for those who want a rugged fast, and cheap laptop!!
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