HP ProBook 4510

ProBook is a business notebook for small and medium businesses. It comes with

a glossy finish on the top which is extremely prone to fingerprints and

scratches. The laptop has 4 USB ports, VGA out, HDMI out, and a 3/4 ExpressCard

slot placed neatly on the sides along with an Ethernet port and optical drive.

On the front, it has a card reader and audio ports making this notebook fully

loaded. The 15.6” widescreen display has a resolution of 1366 x 768 which gives

great viewing area. The full size keyboard is great to work on thanks to the

adequate spacing between keys.

The touchpad works great and is very responsive.

The overall build quality of the notebook is above average, but the excessive

use of plastic would have its toll during wear and tear.

We ran our standard benchmarks to check its performance and to our dismay,

the notebook could do better on this front. In 3Dmark06, it scored a mere 861,

mainly due to lack of a good dedicated graphics chipset. In PCMark 05, the

notebook scored 3986 which is average when compared with similar laptops. The

notebook gave us a battery backup of 4 hours 37 minutes which is pretty

impressive for a 15.6” notebook.

Bottomline: With a great battery backup and a decent performance, this

one is fully loaded for business usage.