We found the keyboard to be easy to type on for long periods of time, while feeling only slightly cramped. User comfort is good despite the notebook being such as small size. It can be a little thick and heavy as a tablet, but if you hold it from the end where the hinge is located, it should be reasonably comfortable. Text didn’t look as sharp as we would have liked, though we have been looking at lots of laptops with higher pixels per inch lately (the HP Spectre 13 Pro being one of them). When using the Revolve as a tablet, the screen was responsive for actions such as using Windows 8’s settings and Modern UI apps. The 11.6in size tends to mask reflections better than a bigger screen, mainly because you can angle it a little tighter, though we did still find them annoying when looking at predominantly dark images. Since it’s a touchscreen with Gorilla Glass in front of it, it is a very glossy screen, and this could be annoying in an office depending on your environment. We found it to be rich and reasonably bright. The screen itself has a native resolution of 1366x768, and it’s a screen with wide viewing angles and decent overall quality. In tablet mode, a magnet keeps the screen planted firmly against the base. It’s not a major problem, and it can depend how far back the screen already is and how quickly you move the unit. When we moved the laptop around, the screen would sometimes drop back on its own. While the hinge that rotates the screen is a strong one overall, we found it to be a little too loose in its tilt mechanism. You get a couple of USB 3.0 ports, DisplayPort, Gigabit Ethernet, and power. The rear is where the majority of the ports exist. You might have to unplug some devices before turning the screen. This means that if you have a thick USB stick plugged in, and then you try to rotate the screen to get into tablet mode, you could end up hitting the USB stick. Since the USB ports are located at the back and can’t be seen when you use the Revolve as a laptop, it’s easy to forget about them. On the left side you can see the tablet controls, as well as the docking connector. The right side of the Revolve also has a headset port and a microSD card slot. This offers more USB 3.0 ports (four of them), Ethernet, two DisplayPorts, VGA, line in and line out. These are good enough to allow the Revolve to be used on a desk with a high-resolution monitor and external input peripherals, but there is also a docking connector that allows for HP’s UltraSlim Docking Station to be attached. These ports include Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.0 (two of them), full-sized DisplayPort, and the power connector. We like the use of spring-loaded sliders rather than regular buttons, mainly because it means they are not easy to trip by accident.Īll of the ports for this unit are located along the spine, which becomes the top when in a tablet orientation if you hold it the way it is intended. There is a physical Windows Home key at the top of the screen, while the right side of the unit contains physical volume buttons and sliders for the power switch and auto-rotate toggle. When oriented as a tablet, the thickness is about 22mm, but there is a lip at the top of the unit (where the hinge is) that makes it a little easier to hold than if you had to wrap your hand completely over the screen. The Revolve 810 G2 tipped our scales at 1.38kg, which is hefty for an 11.6in unit, and it could get tiring to use as a tablet if you have to carry it around for prolonged periods of time. The removable battery also provides access to a micro-SIM slot, which allows the EliteBook Revolve 810 G2 to be constantly connected while on the go (if the optional 4G mobile broadband module is installed). Additionally, the touchscreen is protected by Gorilla Glass.ĭespite the strong design, it’s not a completely enclosed unit, with the battery being easily replaceable from the bottom of the chassis, meaning that for field operations, a spare or two can be carried and swapped as needed (though there is no hot-swap feature). HP says it’s designed to the MIL-STD 810G specification for temperature variations, shocks, particle exposure, and its keyboard is also spill resistant. It’s built out of magnesium, and this not only makes it feel very strong, it also makes it look attractive. As an EliteBook, the Revolve 810 G2 Tablet (model F6B48PA) isn’t aimed at regular consumers, but instead at business users who need a notebook that can be converted into a tablet with a minimum of fuss, and most importantly, without having a split design and removable (and losable) parts (in any case, the CPU power is not in the screen but in the base).
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