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Laptop Magazine have published a review of the HP Envy 14 (2011) notebook. 'At 5.6 pounds, the Envy is on the chunkier side compared to the 13-inch MacBook Pro (4.6 pounds) and the waifish Sony VAIO S (3.8 pounds). However, the 14 x 9.3 x 1.2-inch laptop can still fit comfortably in a messenger bag or a large purse despite being noticably larger than the MacBook Pro (12.8 x 8.9 x 1 inches) and the VAIO S (13.0 x 8.8 x 0.9 inches). The Envy 14 features a black matte island-style keyboard with large flat black keys. The layout has generous spacing, but the clickpad isn't centered beneath the G and H keys. This arrangement will likely be a distraction to touch typists. Feedback was fairly strong with minimal flexing, and the layout is evenly backlit--great for typing in dim lighting.'

A review of the HP Pavilion dm1z Fusion ultralight notebook has been posted over at HotHardware. 'The Pavilion dm1z is an 11.6" machine, that is a touch larger than the myriad 10" netbooks already on the market, and honestly, we're struggling with what to classify this machine as. Is is a netbook? Is it an ultraportable? In reality, it's probably a hybrid of the two. You're getting the portability and longevity of a netbook, but the power and price of a nicer ultraportable. Is this a class of machine that has a future? It's tough to tell at this point, but you could argue this class of machine wouldn't even exist without Fusion. AMD's Fusion has put Intel's Atom in a real pinch. We've maintained that Atom was losing steam (or just too slow to innovate) over the past year or so, and now things are more glaring.'

Laptop Magazine have published a review of the HP Pavilion dm3t (2010) notebook. 'Looks-wise, the 2010 HP Pavilion dm3t is a huge departure from last year's notebook with the same name, but to us that's a good thing. Instead of a brushed aluminum lid, the new dm3t's lid and underside are coated in a soft-touch plastic that was comfortable to hold, but isn't curved like the older dm3. Inside, the deck is made of brushed aluminum and matches the island-style keyboard. Above the keyboard is the battery and the power button; this area has a dotted pattern, adding a subtle visual punch. The chassis has a slight wedge shape, which makes the dm3t taper from 1.3 inches in the back to 0.9 in the front when closed. While it's equally thin as before, the 4-pound dm3t weighs 3.2 ounces lighter than is predecessor.'

PC Advisor have published their review of the HP ProBook 5320m notebook. 'Sporting a 13.3in widescreen display, the HP ProBook 5320m is about 33cm across, 22cm deep and less than an inch thick. Helping the pace is a fast 7200rpm 2.5in hard disk and 4GB of DDR3 RAM. In the lab, we saw a WorldBench 6 score of 107 points, a very nippy turn of speed for such a totable notebook. And battery life of the HP ProBook 5320m is impressive too, thanks to an extended battery that lifts the back of the notebook slightly from the desk. We measured a little over six hours runtime (379 mins), running the MobileMark 2007 Productivity benchmark.'

Trusted Reviews have published a review of the HP ProBook 5320m notebook. 'The first thing you'll notice on taking this laptop out of its box is its feel of class, thanks to a brushed aluminium mocha-coloured top and a soft-touch black underside that's simply lovely to hold. HP's 5320m is a bit on the heavy side, starting at 1.72kg with a four-cell battery and our model, with its 62 Watt-hour battery, going up to 1.83kg. However, a lot of this weight is down to the laptop's magnesium-alloy chassis, which is a good thing. Some might bemoan the 5320m's glossy screen bezel, but it does add to the premium look and the screen itself is matt. The keyboard surround is likewise piano black, but keys are matt and the palm-rest is covered in the same brushed metal as the lid, so fingerprints won't be much of an issue. The final touch is a large, white-backlit metallic power button that somehow doesn't seem out of place.

IT Reviews have published a review of the Hewlett Packard EliteBook 8540p notebook. 'This is a 15.6-inch screen notebook that offers the unusually high resolution of 1600 x 900 pixels in some models. That is great for viewing two - or even three - documents side by side, and makes this laptop ideal as a desktop replacement machine. The weight of around 3kg, depending on the iteration you choose, is going to mean you won't want to carry the notebook often, but when you do there is a solid metal shell to offer protection. A further useful extra for when you are on the move is a pop-out keyboard light above the screen, sitting next to the 2-megapixel webcam. You can even set up an ambient light sensor to automatically backlight the keyboard in darker conditions.'

A review of the HP ProBook 4520s has been posted over at Notebook Review. 'The HP ProBook 4520s has a clean and semi-rugged outside appearance; a step up from the previous generation model. The screen cover instead of being plastic on the 4510s is now brushed metal which feels stronger and looks much nicer. The new metal cover keeps a clean appearance, hides most fingerprints and resists mild scratching from day to day abuse. The inside gets the same treatment with the bronze, anodized, brushed-metal finish for its palmrest and speaker grill.'

A review of the HP Elitebook 8540w notebook has been posted over at NoteBook Check. 'HP's Elitebook series represents the pinnacle of HP's business devices and offers quite a few unique features that allow a clear delimitation to the ProBooks positioned below them. Quad core CPUs, a FullHD display, USB 3.0 + eSATA, up to 4 RAM slots and a 3 year warranty, among other things, are available for the HP 8540w. The starting price is currently accordingly high with 1700.00 euro, and with a FullHD display not quite 1900.00 euro. The most expensive alternative with UMTS is available starting at 2300.00 euro. The top model in terms of performance, with a Core i7-720QM and Nvidia Quadro FX1800M, is listed for about 100.00 euro less (all street prices).'

Laptop Magazine have published a review of the HP Pavilion dv5t notebook. 'The dv5t resembles HP's higher-end Envy notebooks, which is to say it also looks similar to a MacBook Pro. To keep costs reasonable, HP constructed this laptop from plastic, not metal, but the classy champagne hue is similar to those bronze Envys (you can also buy it in Black Cherry, which looks black, and Sonoma Red, a cranberry shade). Although the dv5t isn't made of metal, it has a similar finish since it pairs a matte lid with a fine, metallic print on top. The result is a finish that glimmers like a metal surface, but doesn't reflect light or attract fingerprints the way a glossy chassis would.'

PC World have published their review of the HP EliteBook 2540p notebook. 'Priced at $1629 (as of May 5, 2010), the EliteBook 2540p is especially noteworthy for its solid case--a clean, metal-and-plastic design that HP says can withstand 300 pounds of pressure when closed. (If you do run into problems, however, be forewarned that HP ranked last in our most recent reader survey of manufacturer reliability and service.) The laptop feels compact and manages to hold out for a solid 5 hours, 34 minutes on a single battery charge. A 2.3GHz Intel Core i7-640LM and 4GB RAM provide the laptop's pep, helping it to a score of 102 in our WorldBench 6 test suite. The system feels powerful enough to handle Web browsing, Office apps, and virtually any productivity or content creation software.'