Yeah there's flex in the screen, but I'm reaming on it really hard. As for the appearance of flex in the keyboard, it's more likely that's the table flexing. Trust me, this thing is built like a rock. - Linus
I bought this laptop in April of 2018. I use it daily with DJing software & to manage my music files. Great for the price ($230 refurbished on Amazon) I love all the features. When I'm home I use the display port to hdmi on my TV & work with that because the display isn't that great but it's decent enough. It's tough reading the font on some things off the dj software but it's not a big deal. My son even tried playing roblox on it & he was amazed on how great the game played.
Just bought this laptop after watching this video. Found one on ebay with the hd+ display and 180gb ssd for less than 600. As someone who found no use for touchscreen on a laptop but loves long battery life, replaceable and expandable battery, this is my dream machine.
+Hents McGee The screen is matte and has good brightness. I was using it under florescent light with no problem. My biggest issue with this laptop and also the only reason I sold it was the terrible viewing angles. If you just tilt your head up and down a little bit the screen literally becomes unviewable. At this time, I wouldn't recommend getting this laptop as there are much more better options.
Bought this for $275 on Amazon certified refurbished. Came with Windows 10 pro, core i5, 180 SSD, 16 gb of ram (mistake on their end, it should have came with 8 gb). I replaced the battery with the 3rd party unit. I am pretty satisfied. Blazing fast with 16 gb memory. I wish the screen was a little better but I can't complain at this price point.
I have this laptop for work and i love it. The unit is utterly fantastic.. but you get what you pay for. With 8GB of ram and a solid state hard drive it is smoking fast.
+Hents McGee The viewing is obviously best straight on... buy that's fine for me as it's either docked and connected to a monitor or if I am using it, I am right in front of it. (if it was say: a 17" consumer model then a wider viewing angle might be something I would look for)
hi bob, you may not even using this laptop anymore. though i do have a question. What about the cooling fan, how noisy was it. Was it comfortable using in a quiet environment
$700 wireless mic. Random interference happens. I tone them down in post, but it's the best I can do until we figure out what's causing it in the studio. Have tried different frequencies, have tried everything...
Great review. Just ordered one of these, can't wait till it arrives. Had to gift my last HP, it just wouldn't wear out or break even after hauling it around the planet several times...unbelievable build quality for the price....but i need to look at something new to look at and lighter.
still using 3 of this atm, all of them is still in a great shape, considering the age. one of them running windows 10 pro + 16GB RAM + 128GB mSATA drive with 1TB HDD and runs like a champ. pretty good for a light mobile laptop, too bad the battery wont las longer than 5 hours even in new shape.
true. true. although I might have been biased cos where I work, most laptops sent for repairs are HPs and Compaqs, all with overheating and mobo issues.. but I know HP is definitely coming around
They did it in phases. A lot of people got it a while back but then switched back, some just had it all the time. It was so they could test it without rolling it out fully.
good video Linus. Don't sweat the interference. Just do your best bud. You ARE my favorite source(s) of tech. ( your own tech tips channel also of course included) \m/
I don't think you got what I said. They are cheap because they are cheap, not because they are bad. I am talking about brand name batteries from the laptop maker itself. Not some knock offs. How would you replace that older PowerBook from Apple if the battery wasn't user replacable? What happens after the 3 years? When it is most likely the battery to require the replacement? Having batteries NOT being user replaceable is bad for the customer. (same for hard drive and a bit less for RAM)
Sounds like they need to re-assess their cooling strategies. I'm still baffled that any notebook maker is using bottom-fed airflow as opposed to side drawn. Where do most people have their laptops? On their laps, beds, couches, etc. I know so many people who end up suffocating their notebooks and end up with damaged hardware. It could be that the reason most of them were HP/Compaq is because they're some of the most popular notebooks.
The Elitebook would have been on my shortlist with many outstanding features ( display port, replaceable battery, build quality, 16GB RAM max memory, Ethernet, 3 USB 3) were it not for the following 2 problems: - Ultra low res. When will PC makers understand that even business users value Hi Def and that at the very least full HD is expected? - Non touch. The time is right for a touch experience, why not offer the option?
When compared to macbook, this one actually on paper is a powerhouse and offers more for the price including a high res screen. 1300 bucks isn't bad for what it's offering.
Honestly, you can't say that build quality second to none without bringing the MacBook in, no one even comes close to what they've been doing at Apple for years now. And I know this comment will be down-voted, marked as spam etc etc, but come on people, face the facts.
Erm, most of the ones you'd consider swapping them in within the next few years have replaceable batteries already. They stopped making them user replaceable (which isn't actually true, they can be replaced, they're just not covered if you do it yourself, so out of warranty it really doesn't matter if you do it yourself anyway) in 2010. It really isn't an issue in any way. I wouldn't buy a cheap battery for any laptop, even if it wasn't a Mac so the price is fairly irrelevant.
LinusTechTips I was watching a review on this laptop earlier and thinking I wish linus would've reviewed this, look at the video suggestions and boom. awesome
Let me know how that goes in another year. At least if you charge the laptop at least a couple of times per week. Meaning you are using the laptop for several hours per day.
one of the only things that is bad about the folio is that they use a single band wireless NIC. Our guy that does the technology purchases bought about 200 or so of these for our business and when we were going to try to use it with our 5Ghz only wireless, i wouldn't pick it up because it uses 2.4Ghz only.
I love notebook keyboards, in fact I bought my Logitech Illuminated keyboard purely because it's very similar to a laptop keyboard :P not great for gaming but I love the short key travel and quietness.
I for one welcome the changes, though some changes should be made for the new UI to make it "as good" as the old one. Some things are still lacking, but an overall good user experience.
The comments on his video are some incorrect, because Windows 8 is a great OS,even with some other problems it might have. This is noticed from any new OS from Apple or Microsoft; however, they can fix those problem with update and patches. Thus this is a very robust laptop for professionals and businesses,because of the flexibility of switching from Windows 7 to Windows 8.
I have this as my work pc for the last 2 months and the ssd shot craps today. it worked great and rebooted and the hd could not be seen by the bios. I took it out and it is a crap no name brand and could not be seen on any other pc for data recovery. I called hp and they are sending me a whole new pc so at least the support is good, don't get me wrong I love the pc and every laptop I have bought in the past 7 years has been hp so don't think I am bashing them
Exactly up to $200 for a freaking battery which for other laptops you can get for 10% of that. I still don't know why you defend this practice. User replaceable batteries is only good for the end user/customer. That's why the change it, to charge as much as they want and even in some cases to "force" users to buy new laptop.
My 2010 MacBook Pro retains 95% of its charge still. This is one of the things you pay for with a Mac, which most people completely ignore when they look at the prices. They last. In the same period my sister and all of my friends who don't use Macs have replaced their battery at least once, and they're still in the same "it only last 30 mins at the most" boat they were in before replacing it. These are official Dell/HP/Sony/Acer batteries too. They're just crap.
I don't care about replacing the battery on the fly. The question is when (not if) the battery has had X amount of recharges, it is as good as dead (or dead). What happens then if you want to continue using the laptop? Or Apple will provide free or very low cost replacement battery and service to replace it on your 1-2-5-etc year old laptop? Cause for a laptop which has replaceable by the user batteries, you can easily find VERY cheap batteries on the market even a decade later.
Buying cheap batteries is a bad idea. Apple support their laptop line quite far back. You can still buy batteries for PowerBooks from Apple directly. Of course it's an on order part, but you can still get them (granted if you have a laptop that old you're really best off just replacing it lol). Apple batteries also last for 1000 charge cycles. It doesn't sound a lot, but thats 3 times the industry standard. They replace it free if it packs in before 3 years or 1000 cycles (within said 3 years).
Outtakes aren't needed unless they are exceptionally funny. Decent laptop. IPS matte display major plus, however I would like to see a switch over to fan less arm powered notebooks.
Linus, why is the audio just plain bad? with static like noise here and there.. thousands dollars camera, 5 dollars mic? I only hear this static on your NCIXcom channel.
Linus, listen to us, change your lighting and buy a light meter, I'm only moaning because normally your videos are great, content is good but the lighting just needs changing, I'm not trolling just getting a bit fed up with the quality, please thumbs up so he might look at and sort it out :)
Yeah there's flex in the screen, but I'm reaming on it really hard. As for the appearance of flex in the keyboard, it's more likely that's the table flexing. Trust me, this thing is built like a rock. - Linus
I bought this laptop in April of 2018. I use it daily with DJing software & to manage my music files. Great for the price ($230 refurbished on Amazon) I love all the features. When I'm home I use the display port to hdmi on my TV & work with that because the display isn't that great but it's decent enough. It's tough reading the font on some things off the dj software but it's not a big deal. My son even tried playing roblox on it & he was amazed on how great the game played.
Just bought this laptop after watching this video. Found one on ebay with the hd+ display and 180gb ssd for less than 600. As someone who found no use for touchscreen on a laptop but loves long battery life, replaceable and expandable battery, this is my dream machine.
I want to buy this laptop, how are you finding the brightness of the screen? is it a big issue?
+Hents McGee The screen is matte and has good brightness. I was using it under florescent light with no problem. My biggest issue with this laptop and also the only reason I sold it was the terrible viewing angles. If you just tilt your head up and down a little bit the screen literally becomes unviewable.
At this time, I wouldn't recommend getting this laptop as there are much more better options.
+Edward Li thanks for your feedback, what did you replace it with?
+Hents McGee Np. I bought a Lenovo Y510p, a gaming laptop
He was like NO FLEX TO THE KEYBOARD and it bended like beckam
lmfao he was like "I DARE YOU, I DARE YOU TO CALL ME OUT"
Come on man! He was clearly paid by HP for the review. I have worked for them and buying "good reviews" was standard practice by HP.
Currently using one atm.
It's a good laptop.
mine could use a new screen "small chip in in"
The battery needs replaced too.
Bought this for $275 on Amazon certified refurbished. Came with Windows 10 pro, core i5, 180 SSD, 16 gb of ram (mistake on their end, it should have came with 8 gb). I replaced the battery with the 3rd party unit. I am pretty satisfied. Blazing fast with 16 gb memory. I wish the screen was a little better but I can't complain at this price point.
lolo is it still running giod, thinking about getting the exact one on amazon
I have this laptop for work and i love it. The unit is utterly fantastic.. but you get what you pay for. With 8GB of ram and a solid state hard drive it is smoking fast.
how are you finding the viewing angles on this laptop?
+Hents McGee The viewing is obviously best straight on... buy that's fine for me as it's either docked and connected to a monitor or if I am using it, I am right in front of it. (if it was say: a 17" consumer model then a wider viewing angle might be something I would look for)
Bob Walter what type of the small SSD drive fits on that slot
hi bob, you may not even using this laptop anymore. though i do have a question. What about the cooling fan, how noisy was it. Was it comfortable using in a quiet environment
Bob Walter can you run adobe premire pro and edit in 1080p please answer with 8gb ram
$700 wireless mic. Random interference happens. I tone them down in post, but it's the best I can do until we figure out what's causing it in the studio. Have tried different frequencies, have tried everything...
I am just drooling over this. I would love one!
Great review. Just ordered one of these, can't wait till it arrives. Had to gift my last HP, it just wouldn't wear out or break even after hauling it around the planet several times...unbelievable build quality for the price....but i need to look at something new to look at and lighter.
still using 3 of this atm, all of them is still in a great shape, considering the age.
one of them running windows 10 pro + 16GB RAM + 128GB mSATA drive with 1TB HDD and runs like a champ.
pretty good for a light mobile laptop, too bad the battery wont las longer than 5 hours even in new shape.
Really mSATA 128GB ??? This laptop just support 120gb mSata M. 2 2242.
Doe's it have a slot for a hard drive?
I'm using one right now fully maxed out and it's still a great little laptop. Mine needs a new battery but other than that everything else works fine.
I like how you guys leave the blooper parts.
I know you mentioned this before, but you really need to work on that interference! Turn down the lights a bit too... Thanks Linus!
I'm having trouble with a black screen and a running fun. Your help will be greatly appreciated.
My friend bought it few days ago. It's a latest for us. I am using latitude E4310 from 2010
this is my second laptop.
These are really cheap now. I might pick one up.
Loving the Bloopers! And the lighting is much better in this video than the WD green Drives video!
i agree with you on the icons, they look shabby against the white backround.
true. true. although I might have been biased cos where I work, most laptops sent for repairs are HPs and Compaqs, all with overheating and mobo issues..
but I know HP is definitely coming around
They did it in phases. A lot of people got it a while back but then switched back, some just had it all the time. It was so they could test it without rolling it out fully.
@Michael Peter you will be able to run all those on lowest setting, unless if you get some more ram... and possibly a ssd to increase it by a few FPS
good video Linus. Don't sweat the interference. Just do your best bud. You ARE my favorite source(s) of tech. ( your own tech tips channel also of course included)
\m/
Very convincing. It is very thorough and to the point.
Great video. What year did that laptop come out on the market?
I like Linus cause he has so much more knowledge about tech stuff compared to other channels on youtube.
It’s amazing how much his own channel has grown since this 👏🏻
I had this red layout 1 week ago, then it changed back to the old gray one and now its this new red one
"No flex at all"- pushes keyboard halfway into the notebook.
It's not a bad laptop, but it's still an HP :P
I couldn't really hear what you were saying at the end if the video, it was too dark in there.
I don't think you got what I said. They are cheap because they are cheap, not because they are bad. I am talking about brand name batteries from the laptop maker itself. Not some knock offs.
How would you replace that older PowerBook from Apple if the battery wasn't user replacable?
What happens after the 3 years? When it is most likely the battery to require the replacement?
Having batteries NOT being user replaceable is bad for the customer. (same for hard drive and a bit less for RAM)
Sounds like they need to re-assess their cooling strategies. I'm still baffled that any notebook maker is using bottom-fed airflow as opposed to side drawn. Where do most people have their laptops? On their laps, beds, couches, etc. I know so many people who end up suffocating their notebooks and end up with damaged hardware. It could be that the reason most of them were HP/Compaq is because they're some of the most popular notebooks.
it might be because im running adblock, so it looks nice and clean to me, i havnt seen a single ad yet. i think its nicer
I'm actually considering buying a used one now. I only need a laptop for like a 6-month project so I don't wanna spend a bunch of money on a new one.
literally I used this laptop for gaming editing and more 😢😢
really nice notebook .... especially the quality built
The Elitebook would have been on my shortlist with many outstanding features ( display port, replaceable battery, build quality, 16GB RAM max memory, Ethernet, 3 USB 3) were it not for the following 2 problems:
- Ultra low res. When will PC makers understand that even business users value Hi Def and that at the very least full HD is expected?
- Non touch. The time is right for a touch experience, why not offer the option?
Can you do a sound test for this.. Mine seems to be low volume
Install the official driver it will solve your problem
download the latest driver from official HP website because the built in driver for windows 10 is low quality
Brother mine have same problem i have tried reinstalling official hp driver but in vain
Best of luck with low volume
When compared to macbook, this one actually on paper is a powerhouse and offers more for the price including a high res screen.
1300 bucks isn't bad for what it's offering.
Sometimes i feel like im watching one of these TV Sells Channel
8 years ago wow
Honestly, you can't say that build quality second to none without bringing the MacBook in, no one even comes close to what they've been doing at Apple for years now. And I know this comment will be down-voted, marked as spam etc etc, but come on people, face the facts.
The keyboard DID flex, and quite much too! @ 6:25
Erm, most of the ones you'd consider swapping them in within the next few years have replaceable batteries already. They stopped making them user replaceable (which isn't actually true, they can be replaced, they're just not covered if you do it yourself, so out of warranty it really doesn't matter if you do it yourself anyway) in 2010. It really isn't an issue in any way. I wouldn't buy a cheap battery for any laptop, even if it wasn't a Mac so the price is fairly irrelevant.
Amazon refurb for 250 with this kind of value? dang.
You can buy it second hand for a cheap prize. It's 2020 and it's fast enough for most (non gaming) people.
Worst for me is they got rid of the thing that shows previous videos right above the video.
Yes but the sound is simply terrible. Can I somehow fix the sound problem?
Is it just me or is the audio screwed up?
don't know why it's recommended but I dig it
LinusTechTips I was watching a review on this laptop earlier and thinking I wish linus would've reviewed this, look at the video suggestions and boom. awesome
Max Howard that is linus
Let me know how that goes in another year. At least if you charge the laptop at least a couple of times per week. Meaning you are using the laptop for several hours per day.
one of the only things that is bad about the folio is that they use a single band wireless NIC. Our guy that does the technology purchases bought about 200 or so of these for our business and when we were going to try to use it with our 5Ghz only wireless, i wouldn't pick it up because it uses 2.4Ghz only.
Smart for them to include both licenses. Windows 8 is a no go for now for non touch PCs
I love notebook keyboards, in fact I bought my Logitech Illuminated keyboard purely because it's very similar to a laptop keyboard :P not great for gaming but I love the short key travel and quietness.
I think it is USB 2.0 because there is on connection in the from of the USB and its black not blue
I for one welcome the changes, though some changes should be made for the new UI to make it "as good" as the old one. Some things are still lacking, but an overall good user experience.
There must be an app for that...
ah i see i actually quite like the new setup now i've gotten used to it. im sure everyone else will too.
hey Linus, why are the videos that have been popping up on the NCIX channel so bright? are you planning on fixing that? or is it just me?
Would have been nice to know how easy or not it is to replace hard drive and RAM. Maybe next time.
The comments on his video are some incorrect, because Windows 8 is a great OS,even with some other problems it might have. This is noticed from any new OS from Apple or Microsoft; however, they can fix those problem with update and patches. Thus this is a very robust laptop for professionals and businesses,because of the flexibility of switching from Windows 7 to Windows 8.
Is it good enough to edit videos using adobe premiere pro cc without hanging and stuff?
Love the way you talk! Subscribed!
Linus the lighting is bad in the NCIX blue corner i do not know why just fix it please ...
PS.
I'm using an IPS monitor ...
Was apple the ones that started the glass touchpad trend?
Did I miss something? What are the specs of the laptop?
Awesome vid . Commenting without seeing.
That's my thought too. I totaly agree.
Pretty sure I'm one of the few who doesn't hate the new TH-cam layout.
I have this as my work pc for the last 2 months and the ssd shot craps today. it worked great and rebooted and the hd could not be seen by the bios. I took it out and it is a crap no name brand and could not be seen on any other pc for data recovery. I called hp and they are sending me a whole new pc so at least the support is good, don't get me wrong I love the pc and every laptop I have bought in the past 7 years has been hp so don't think I am bashing them
This is a common theme among many recent HP computers.
Why are the dislike bars grey now? Did youtube run out of red pixels?
I don't know much about laptops. But i haven't seen any other laptop that can offer 2 GTX 680M's in SLI and pack 3 SSD's in RAID 0.
Exactly up to $200 for a freaking battery which for other laptops you can get for 10% of that. I still don't know why you defend this practice. User replaceable batteries is only good for the end user/customer. That's why the change it, to charge as much as they want and even in some cases to "force" users to buy new laptop.
and with the micro from the camera, or a directional mic?
If it's the garage set, it looks good! :D
r.i.p billy mays
Same
My 2010 MacBook Pro retains 95% of its charge still. This is one of the things you pay for with a Mac, which most people completely ignore when they look at the prices. They last. In the same period my sister and all of my friends who don't use Macs have replaced their battery at least once, and they're still in the same "it only last 30 mins at the most" boat they were in before replacing it. These are official Dell/HP/Sony/Acer batteries too. They're just crap.
I don't care about replacing the battery on the fly. The question is when (not if) the battery has had X amount of recharges, it is as good as dead (or dead). What happens then if you want to continue using the laptop? Or Apple will provide free or very low cost replacement battery and service to replace it on your 1-2-5-etc year old laptop? Cause for a laptop which has replaceable by the user batteries, you can easily find VERY cheap batteries on the market even a decade later.
Buying cheap batteries is a bad idea. Apple support their laptop line quite far back. You can still buy batteries for PowerBooks from Apple directly. Of course it's an on order part, but you can still get them (granted if you have a laptop that old you're really best off just replacing it lol). Apple batteries also last for 1000 charge cycles. It doesn't sound a lot, but thats 3 times the industry standard. They replace it free if it packs in before 3 years or 1000 cycles (within said 3 years).
love the bloopers at the end of your vids :D no touch screen ?? :/
i am watching on the same laptop
How to find it it is
Hp folio elitebook 9470m elitebook
or
Hp folio elitebook 9470m notebook pc
Outtakes aren't needed unless they are exceptionally funny. Decent laptop. IPS matte display major plus, however I would like to see a switch over to fan less arm powered notebooks.
He only does unboxings on cool things!
i don't see any changes???
linus, good vid ... pity you cant buy it cause the links dont work!
Hey i have this laptop, do you guys know if where i can find a laptopcase for this laptop please?
Wheres the backdrop??
It's Linus!!!
Was this before he made his company?
Ah yes.. That's all very well and good but there is still a pressing question to be answered.
Will it blend?
Linus, why is the audio just plain bad? with static like noise here and there.. thousands dollars camera, 5 dollars mic? I only hear this static on your NCIXcom channel.
Linus, listen to us, change your lighting and buy a light meter, I'm only moaning because normally your videos are great, content is good but the lighting just needs changing, I'm not trolling just getting a bit fed up with the quality, please thumbs up so he might look at and sort it out :)
Found uploads only, I'm blind as hell to not see it for like ten minutes lol.
That's the whole laptop moving.
Does it have hdmi port
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Something wrong with your mic Linus?
Hi
please let me know
How to reset bios password on hp elitebook folio 9470m
Not that it matters now but I dropped a like anyway. RIP ncix