![]() ![]() Fitting for a business system, the system's 180GB solid-state drive (SSD) comes with very little pre-loaded software. The system comes with three USB 3.0 ports, as well as a DisplayPort, Ethernet, smart card reader, fingerprint reader, Kensington lock port, and a VGA port. The backlit chiclet-style keyboard has a decent feel, though the keys are flat and less comfortable compared with the contoured keys on the Lenovo Twist or on the business ultrabook Editors' Choice, the Lenovo ThinkPad Carbon X1 See it at Amazon UK. It's almost a fatal flaw if you've ever used Windows 8 on a touch screen before using it on the Folio 9470m. Just the effort to swipe the news app from one side to another while reading felt like it took two to three times more effort. While you can navigate the Windows 8 Start screen with the pointing stick or the trackpad, it's so much easier to navigate on a system with a five- or ten-point touch screen. The Acer S and Lenovo Twist have another feature that makes them more useful than the Folio 9470m: their touch screens. It's a little easier to bring up Windows 8 interface on systems with single-piece trackpads like the Lenovo ThinkPad Twist and the Acer Aspire S. The glass trackpad is recessed a bit in part because the system includes physically separate mouse buttons for both the pointing stick and the trackpad. Bringing up the charms bar took more than a couple of swipes before we found the right technique. We found that you may have to get used to the setup, since the trackpad is recessed into the keyboard deck by a few millimeters. With the trackpad, you can bring up the charms bar and other functions with single, two, and three finger swipes. Zooming into the screen and scrolling through the tiles felt like it required much more effort using the pointing stick. You'll need to remember which "hot corner" brings up screens like the Charms bar, the application switcher, and the application list. But beware turning off the trackpad makes Windows 8 even less user friendly, at least the main Windows 8 Start screen (aka, the interface formerly known as "Metro"). You can turn the trackpad off with a quick double tap to the upper left corner, in case you want to use the pointing stick exclusively. ![]() ![]() Since some of your business users will never give up their pointing stick for a trackpad (and vice versa), HP includes both pointing devices on the system. It has a matte and brushed aluminum look, with a standard black plastic bottom. With a 14-inch 1,366-by-768-resolution widescreen and 13.5 by 9 inch for its other dimensions, it really follows the business laptop playbook closely. ![]() Like most ultrabooks, the Folio 9470m is thin (0.75 inches) and comes sans optical drive. Good thing, as the Folio 9470m has problems with the touch-optimized Windows 8 operating system, problems that need some ironing out before your users are ready for a non-touch Win 8 system. It maintains a link to your company's Windows 7 past with driver and downgrade support in case you don't think your mainline workers are ready for Windows 8. The HP Folio 9470m ($1,349 list) is one of the first business laptops we're seen with Windows 8 installed. The HP Elitebook Folio 9470m ($1,349 direct) is aimed at the corporate shop, where tens or thousands of identical laptops are rolled out to users en masse. IT folks are just starting to evaluate Windows 8 for use in business, whether they support a 20-person shop or a 20,000-employee enterprise behemoth. Best Hosted Endpoint Protection and Security Software. ![]()
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