EliteBook Folio 9470m – 14″
Positioning and Specs
The Folio 9470m is a refresh of the Folio 13, and this is being clearly positioned as HP’s enterprise Ultrabook. In fact, it you won’t even find the Folio 9470m anywhere on HP’s consumer website. The Folio 13 seemed to be a sort of experiment in the Ultrabook waters. It seems to have proven successful, as the Folio 9470m packs in a lot of business-focused features and brings things up to speed with and Ivy Bridge CPU.
For business folks, you’ll find a removable battery, a secondary battery port (for an extra ‘slice’ battery), optional integrated 3G/4G data connectivity, SC card slot, docking port, and biometric fingerprint scanner for security. The Folio 9470m Ultrabook is 19.8mm thick with a 14″ 1366×768 screen.
Furthermore, the Folio 9470m is part of HP’s Global Series Program which allows businesses to buy standardized configurations of this device in 151 countries.
With support for up to 16GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD, the Ivy Bridge-based Folio 9470m Ultrabook could pack a serious punch. CPU options aren’t specified yet, but we’re likely looking at a Core i5 (with integrated HD 4000 graphics), and possibly an option for Core i7.
Ports have been improved over the older Folio 13. You’ll find 3xUSB 3.0, full VGA, full DisplayPort (1.1a), combined mic/output 3.5mm headphone jack, full SD, and a full RJ45 (ethernet/lan) port.
Price and Release Date
HP’s EliteBook Folio 9470m business Ultrabook is due out in October. Pricing has yet to be announced (likely because HP expects it to be purchased in bulk).
If you’d like to learn more about the Folio 9470m, see our full article here and also have a look at the 9470m gallery.
The HP envy 4t-1000 sleekbook is currently available and it has an intel core i3-2367m. It doesn’t have to have an AMD processor to be a sleekbook. In the customization area under the Hard Drive Acceleration Cache it states:
32GB mSSD Hard Drive Acceleration Cache
Select this Solid State cache to upgrade the ENVY 4t to an Ultrabook (TM). Supports Intel Rapid Start Technology for quick resume from power off and Intel Smart Response Technology for fast access to files.
So it is a sleekbook to start and adding the 32GB mSSD upgrades it to an ultrabook. The current article on HP’s new lineup isn’t completely accurate pertaining to the sleekbook designation.
The HP envy 6t-1000 is considered an Ultrabook because the 32GB mSSD Hard Drive Acceleration Cache comes standard (already included in the price).
Thanks for pointing this out, Aaron. According to HP’s press release, the Sleekbooks are supposed to come equipped with AMD APU (which would mean the Fusion platform). This is wholly different than an Intel CPU with an AMD GPU.
It’s quite possible that the PR folks got it wrong (the release was a mess), but it still seems like HP intends to offer the Sleekbooks with AMD processors given that if the Envy 4 without the mSSD is a Sleekbook, why wouldn’t the Envy 6 Sleekbook be available until June 20th… even though the Envy 6 Ultrabook is currently being offered with the mSSD by default (surely it wouldn’t take a lot of effort to offer an Envy 6 sans an additional hardware part — you don’t even need to wait for a shipment, just don’t include the part!)?
Here are the official release words:
“The HP ENVY Sleekbook—available with either a 14-inch diagonal display and the latest Intel Core processors,(6) or a 15.6-inch diagonal display and the latest AMD Accelerated Processing Units (APU)—boasts up to eight or nine hours of battery life,(4) respectively. With optional discrete graphics on Intel platforms and discrete-class graphics from AMD on AMD platforms, users can create and edit videos quickly and experience incredible gaming and multimedia.”
Rather dissapointed with the “premium” Spectre XT. The downgrades seem more significant than the upgrades. Hopefully it can be customized to restore its resolution to its former glory.
Im also disappointed in the Envy 6. There’s no reason to solely offer a low resolution for a 15.6″ screen. I guess I like my laptops screens like I like my land, with plenty of real estate.
Do you not think the current spectre 14 will be refreshed?
Does the xt have a backit keyboard as well?
Yes, backlit keyboard has been confirmed on the XT.
For the Envy 4 and 6, the backlit keyboard is optional (+$20).
The Spectre XT is pretty exciting, except for the screen.
Despite the fanatics that will state that any metallic, thin laptop is a Macbook Air rip-off, I think it’s a pretty unique design, too. Very “stealth-bomber” looking.
The screen and the price considering it includes a fake hybrid SSD are the only downsides assuming that it’s battery is as good as the Folio 13.
$1000 computer should include a REAL SSD.
Adam
Adam what do you mean about a fake SSD hyrbid? The XT can be equipped with a 128GB or 256GB SSD — I haven’t see anything about a hybrid HDD.
I can understand your sentiment, but the 32GB mSATA SSD gives you much of the perceived benefit of an SSD, but with the larger 320 or 500GB hard drive too. Boot times with the mSATA cache SSD are very similar to actual SSDs.
HP Spectre XT or Acer S5, which is more premium and is there a big difference in price between those ultrabooks.
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