Design
The first impression of this laptop is one of stylishness. All too often, business laptops are somewhat clunky affairs, styled in predictably dull colours and somewhat boxy in their design. The HP Compaq 2710p bucks that particular trend.
Even when it's closed, this laptop has a certain elegance thanks to its rounded corners. The lid is a dark silver/grey colour, while the main system unit is black and has a rubberised finish that helps to stop it sliding around on a desk or lap.
The lid and system unit are held together with a single strong clasp. The same clasp holds both together when the screen is rotated 180 degrees around its central hinge and laid flat facing outwards to work in Tablet PC mode. Build quality is very good indeed. The lid is robust and has little give, affording the screen good protection.
Even when it's closed, this laptop has a certain elegance thanks to its rounded corners. The lid is a dark silver/grey colour, while the main system unit is black and has a rubberised finish that helps to stop it sliding around on a desk or lap.
The lid and system unit are held together with a single strong clasp. The same clasp holds both together when the screen is rotated 180 degrees around its central hinge and laid flat facing outwards to work in Tablet PC mode. Build quality is very good indeed. The lid is robust and has little give, affording the screen good protection.
Features
The HP Compaq 2710p comes in several configurations. Our review sample had at its heart a 1.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo U7600 processor and 1GB of RAM, upgradable to a maximum of 4GB. You can specify either Windows Vista Business, which came on our review sample, or Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. It can also be configured with FreeDOS, a free open-source operating system.
Graphics are handled by the Intel GMA X3100 module built into the Mobile Intel GM965 chipset. This can use up to 384MB of shared system memory dynamically as required.
Graphics are handled by the Intel GMA X3100 module built into the Mobile Intel GM965 chipset. This can use up to 384MB of shared system memory dynamically as required.
Performance
The HP Compaq 2710p delivers a Windows Experience Index (WEI) rating of 2.4 (out of 5.9). The WEI takes the value of the lowest component score, which in this case is for Graphics (desktop performance for Windows Aero).
Other scores range from 4.4 for Processor (calculations per second) to 3.0 for Gaming Graphics (3D business and gaming graphics performance), taking in 4.2 for RAM (memory operations per second) and 3.7 for Primary hard disk (disk data transfer rate) along the way.
None of these scores is particularly high, which illustrates that if you choose an ultraportable laptop you inevitably sacrifice some performance. The best way to squeeze more speed from the system would be to upgrade the RAM to at least 2GB.
Other scores range from 4.4 for Processor (calculations per second) to 3.0 for Gaming Graphics (3D business and gaming graphics performance), taking in 4.2 for RAM (memory operations per second) and 3.7 for Primary hard disk (disk data transfer rate) along the way.
None of these scores is particularly high, which illustrates that if you choose an ultraportable laptop you inevitably sacrifice some performance. The best way to squeeze more speed from the system would be to upgrade the RAM to at least 2GB.
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