HP ElitePad 1000 G2 Windows 8.1 Tablet Review: Faster, better, still rugged - bordeauxhaptand1963

At a Glance

Skillful's Rating

Pros

• Fairly thin for a Windows 8.1 tablet
• Designed for Cubic centimeter-STD810G milpecs.

Cons

• 64GB eMMC ISN't fast nor practically space on our review framework.
• No USB ports on tablet itself.

Our Verdict

H.P. has updated its ElitePad with a higher resolution screen and faster CPU while keeping the milspec rating intact.

Seen here in its dock, the ElitePad 1000 G2 is fairly thin for a Windows 8.1 tablet.

Make it better and they will come. That's a common vendor mantra, but rarely are the improvements as compelling as those on HP's $800, 10.1-inch ElitePad 1000 business tablet. The successor to the ElitePad 900 replaces the concentrated-core Intel Spec Z2760 with a significantly faster quad-core Intel Spec Z3795 Central processor, features a high-resolution display (1920×1200 versus 1280×800), and has twice the memory at 4GB. Those adds assuage just about all complaint we had about the ElitePad 900—without killing what we likable about it. Straight-grained the battery life has improved.

Part of what we already appreciated are the rugged Gorilla gorilla Glass 3 covering the presentation and the milled aluminum edge and backplate. The ElitePad 1000 is designed to fulfill the MIL-STD810G (military) standard, though I doubt it would last stretch in my god-girl's backpack. Kidding—even she would have a hard time dinging this thing.

While the ElitePad 1000's display looks majuscule during workaday consumption and rendering movies, I noted uneven backlighting around the edges when the ElitePad 1000 was powering up. It's noticeable only with a solid-dreary background, and I quickly forgot about it. Just 2.3 million pixels in only 10.1 inches of diagonal display space makes for some rather tiny icons, text, and window elements. I goosed them up clear victimization the "change the size of all items" slider, merely I finally had to resort to increasing the text edition size for individual elements.

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The ElitePad 1000 G2's dock features a standard d-hero, HDMI, Gigabit Ethernet, iv USB and a Kensington lock port.

If you require semifinal-rugged, accept that your tablet is sledding to be a bit heavier than the norm—a tiny monetary value to invite survival along the road. At 1.5 pounds, the ElitePad 1000 is an ounce or cardinal heavier than the 900, but still relatively easy to carry around. It's a bit too backbreaking to hold single-handed for some length of time. With some custody, arm weary is minimal, but it's best propped up along your stomach or docked.

Subjectively, Windows 8.1 feels lively enough on the ElitePad 1000—at no time did I feel impatient waiting for windows to barefaced or files to keep. The PCMark results bore out that impression: 1595 connected the creative test, 2399 on the piece of work test. Battery life clocked in at a cool 8 hours and 16 minutes. Information technology also handles 1080p video with assuredness, playing my 30GB rip of Professional and Commander with no a buck.

Tune connectivity on the ElitePad 1000 includes 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth, and broadband modules. Spell 802.11ac would beryllium nice, 802.11n is accepted.

Unfortunately, when it comes to physical ports, the unit is hurting. A headset jack, MicroSD and SIM card slots hide bottom a panel that pops open when you press the recessed release button with a paper clip. That's IT. There are, however, a variety of accessories to even off. Slide the whole into the optional $149 ElitePad Docking Station and you sustain four USB 2.0 ports, HDMI and VGA out, as well as an audio line out. Information technology's a act bulky, but it's nice to have just about.

You may also opt for the small $49 HDMI/VGA dongle, $39 ethernet adaptor, and $29 USB adapter, which are easier to load down, if non as convenient. At that place's also a $249 productiveness jacket crown with a full-size up keyboard, USB ports etc. and a $149 assault and battery jacket that will ratchet rising runtime to about 20 hours. However, both add considerably to the ElitePad 1000's 0.36-inch heaviness and weight. When you start to accessorize whatever lozenge to this point, you have to ask in yourself wherefore exactly you're purchasing a tablet rather than a laptop.

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HP moves to Intel's quad-kernel Atom Z3795 and doubles the RAM over its predecessor.

Storage too continues to live a problem. Our unit came with a 64GB in eMMC which is believably the unornamented minimum for even a business-class pad in terms of place. As luck would have it, HP sells a model with 128GB too.

Oddly, aft touting the ElitePad 1000's hardness, HP's warranty for IT lasts only a single year. A mixture of paid support plans to come to five years of protection. The ElitePad 1000 is also fully decked out with HP's occupation-targeted software bundle, which includes Trust Circles, Client Security Manager, and Device Access Manager.

It doesn't get much better than the ElitePad 1000 in a Windows 8.1 business tablet, and kudos to HP for improving what required to be built without drastically increasing the burden. It's fast enough, lasts long enough, and has a capable set of accessories.

Source: https://www.pcworld.com/article/436311/hp-elitepad-1000-g2-windows-81-tablet-review-faster-better-still-rugged.html

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