Normally I wouldn't look twice at a laptop made in 2011 let alone use one. But there's something about this HP Elitebook 8760w. I can't let it go.
Why is it so tasteful, anon? Every inch of this device screams top quality.

Most surfaces are brushed metal. Hinge area is sturdy aluminum with a tasteful orange text. The bottom half of the laptop is wider than the top half, and this asymmetry gives this powerhouse an almost aggressive look for some reason. The HP logo lights up. I could go on and on about this laptop and I can't say the same about anything built after 2020.

What's wild is that this old HP outperforms many of today's models.

>Intel Core i7 cant remember exact model
>16 GB RAM (DDR3, takes up to 32 GB)
>NVIDIA Quadro 3000M 2 GB GDDR5
>250 GB SSD + 500 GB HDD

Get any 500 euro laptop from the supermarket and it will have an integrated GPU and 8 gigabytes of RAM

>>105976099 (OP)
these had the shittiest displays ever
also screens picked up a yellow tint after few years usage.
i like the outside design too but this, coupled with a screeching loud fan, coupled with a hdd enclosure that made the drive cook itself, was absolutely horrible.

>>105976099 (OP)
im not a macfag
but
>brushed metal
>backlit logo
if thats what youre after you want appo

>>105976099 (OP)
Those where always cool. Orange clit is also kino.
Only thing that didn't age quite well is brushed look, should have been textureless.

>>105976226

>>105976099 (OP)
i've used a few different elitebook models at work and they're all flimsy trash

thoughebit i had a 2760p (picrel) and it was underpowered and loud and kinda heavy but the full swivel touchscreen display was a cute feature. if only the laptop was maybe 3/4 the size, it would have been perfect as a portable workhorse. but i spilled shit on it once so now it's dead and sitting in a milk crate somewhere

>>105976272
>flimsy trash
I used cheap nx6110 back in the day and build quality was very good and I also liked design fore cheapo laptop.
But like with all older laptops from that era you'll have to retighten all the screws especially hinge ones from time to time.
Also fuck that screen looks so nice today....

>>105976099 (OP)
>>105976226
>>105976236
>numpad
it's shit
so fucking annoying on laptops
nobody's buying your ewaste stop making this fucking thread

>>105976739
>so fucking annoying on laptops
can't be so called "desktop replacement" with no numpad.
can't really work on numpad-less laptop tho it seems IT kids can do without both mouse and numpad these days.

you idiots have shit taste holy fuck. Old thinkpads (especially the IBM ones), toughbooks and ibooks are a good start.

>>105976167
>these had the shittiest displays ever
you couldnt be more wrong

Dell Adamo
Late core2 era, dell had this idea they were going to compete with apple in the fashion laptop market and lost horrifically but damn did they try.
These machines still look beautiful today except for the screens.

>>105978743
But it is worth noting that those design concepts that ended up in the adamo, despite failing, resulted in this era of dell latitude >>105978533
which is a 100% god tier product design

>>105976214
>>105976566
These are the only acceptable answers in this thread. OP is a massive faggot.

The chiclet keys and non-7-row keyboard instantly disqualify all these other devices as even remotely good.

I put my money where my mouth is, pic related is the most up-to-date device that is still made for working. It's a superb device, but the sad part of it is that it only exists thanks to a group of fanboys in China actually designing a replacement mainboard.
No companies make anything portable that's worthwhile, not even the Framework people with their modular laptop want to offer a keyboard with trackpoint and 7-row layout.

>>105978865
Cool story Chang.
You can go and get your organ harvested now.
Nobody is going to miss you.

>>105978890
>assuming assumptions
I'm not in China, retard.

>>105976167
>>105978366

I have that Elitebook and the display is awesome.
Full HD, deep colors, anti glare... that's more than you'd get in a much more modern Thinkpad.
I had a 2016 Thinkpad and the resolution was shit and the colors were all gray and blue. Hated that peice of shit.

>>105978865
Come on man. Your Thinkpad's only advantage over the Elitebook is portability. You wouldn't even want to enjoy a movie on a 13" screen.
My laptop rarely leaves the house so portability is not an argument for me. And if it fits in my backpack that's all that matters, I don't care about the weight if it gives me a discrete GPU, swappable parts and military grade shock absorption.

For me, it's the Elitebook 6930p
I always liked the lit up top row with dedicated volume and wifi buttons. Looked pretty sleek.

>>105979096
>You wouldn't even want to enjoy a movie on a 13" screen.
That's what you have a TV for. Why would I watch a movie on the go?

>Your Thinkpad's only advantage over the Elitebook is portability.
I listed why I dislike it and most other laptops. There are plenty of lighter laptops than my X2100, but they're all shit in terms of keyboard/mouse.

Regardless of that, heavy laptops are pointless, just get a desktop at that point.

>>105978533
These were decent but the following series were better. The latitudes after the 2013 line were trash and still are.

>>105976099 (OP)
Had one of those, way too heavy and noisy to justify actually using as a laptop instead of as a desktop.

I don't want to hear any bitching about the display ratio. This design is outstanding and perfect for field diagnosis and light office work.

>>105978865
How much is it?

>>105976099 (OP)
>>105976125
Nice, I picked up a HP Elitebook 8460p from a thrift shop for $10 in 2023. It had a 500GB hdd and only 4GB of ram, so I upgraded it to 16GB of ram and a 512GB ssd. It works very well.

>>105976236
It's a shame, they discontinued the chassis model

>>105976099 (OP)
I've got an 8760w. Spilt water on it and it stopped turning on. Bought a replacement mb from aliexpress which lasted two boots before something on the board popped. One day I'll use one board to repair the other.

Fantastic screen on it.

>>105976167
>>105978366
Mixed bag, EliteBooks could be configured with what HP was calling Dreamcolor or something, which were just high brightness IPS panels and were fairly good for the time, or they used the most dogshit TN panels which were absolutely hideous. Workstation models that ended with w were more likely to have the higher tier panels.

Looks old as fuck to me

>boot up windows XP
>Take five minutes to boot up due to manufacturer bloatwares and HDD
>Norton antivirus slows your PC to a crawl for 15 minutes or so after that.
>Intel GMA iGPU that could only run Warcraft 3 at best.
>WHHHRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

>>105983627
>running Windows XP on 2011 hardware
Grim

>>105983555
Mine >>105981843 has one of those hideous panels sadly. But it's still a nice machine once upgraded.

>>105984013
XP on 2011 hardware is fine, just skip all the bloatwares. Clean install is really snappy.

>>105984013
because hdd were shit and the main bottleneck for windows7