HP Compaq 2510p, the Hewlett-Packard’s recently announced ultra-portable business notebook built upon Intel Centrino Pro “Santa Rosa” platform, is now available for purchase.
Along with 12.1-inch 1280×800 widescreen display with LED backlight and ambient light sensor, HP Compaq 2510p features Intel Core 2 Duo Ultra Low Voltage processor and Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 incorporated in GM965 chipset. The 2510p supports up to 2GB of main DDR2 memory and comes with 1.8-inch SMART PATA hard drive at 4200rpm, providing up to 100GB of data storage capacity. This ultra-portable has built in optical drive, with a choice of combo drive or DVD burner.
As same as 2710p tablet PC, the Compaq 2510p has a variety of wireless connectivity options: integrated HP ev2200 1xEV-DO Broadband Wireless Module; integrated HP hs2300 HSDPA Broadband Wireless Module; Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN (with 802.11n draft wireless capability); Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AG; Integrated Broadcom 4311AG WiFi Adapter; and HP Integrated Module with Bluetooth 2.0 Wireless Technology. It also has Gigabit Ethernet and a 56k modem.
HP Compaq 2510p provides PCMCIA card slot, secure digital slot, two USB ports, Firewire, external VGA monitor output, a fingerprint reader and TPM 1.2 module for enhanced security.
The 2510p’s weight starts at 2.9 lbs. The currently offered system configurations come with 32-bit or 64-bit Windows Vista Business preloaded, but the product specification say there are also Vista Home Basic 32, Windows XP Professional, and FreeDOS options.
HP Compaq 2510p starts at 1,549 and is available via PC maker’s online store.
This article, initially published on 05/12/2007, is updated on 07/16/2007 with official information.
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After 2.5 months with the HP 2510p here are my second impressions and some critique. To summarize: good specs but design could have been better:
* The battery lasts longer than expected when the backlight is sufficiently dimmed. Using the standard battery I could get close to 7 hours writing text and editing Visio diagrams in Vista.
* The brightness auto-adjust is nice when working in some conditions but it lacks damping. That is, when working on a train, every passing electric line pole causes the screen to brighten briefly. Also, hand movements (I have white skin) on the keyboard may cause the screen to adjust brightness.
* Screen brightness is great, even outdoors
* The touch-sensitive volume adjustment is barely usable
* I miss a middle mouse button for Linux. Pressing the big rubber buttons together under the space bar is difficult
* The fact that the keyboard is black and the overall design has crevices means that dust accumulates and is very visible.
* The microphone works wonderfully. The unique speaker gives great sound. Great for Skype.
* ACPI works well in Vista and more or less well in Linux: under Ubuntu+Gnome you’ll probably have to change to HIBERNATE_MODE=platform. At the time I write this there is a bug in KDE that will leave you with no backlight after suspend-resume. This means that Kubuntu won’t work perfectly on this laptop yet.
* Something probably has to be tweaked to get the SD card reader to run in Linux
* Assembly defficiencies: the trackpoint blue tip was hard to insert because the protective black sheet under the keyboard is misaligned. The trackpoint tip touches the screen when it is closed and leaves a mark. There is also a bump close to the touch-sensitive area above the keyboard near the screen. This area rubs against the screen frame and leaves a 3cm mark just left of the HP logo. The PCMCIA guide rail is not properly fastened to the motherboard. The fingerprint reader’s electronic board is not fastened properly to the upper hand-rest plate and rubs against PCMCIA cards when they are inserted or retrieved (ugly friction sound). I plan to send my laptop back to have it fixed. But hey guys, this is Made in China, right? We shouldn’t ask for too much, even from an HP business-level computer that wasn’t designed to be an object to fall in love with.