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ACCELERATION, COLLABORATION, PROTECTION | CONNECTION HP & Windows® 7: Business solutions for worry-free work

Moving to new PCs and a new operating system can be a big decision for your customer's business, but the time is now to take a closer look at how the numbers, benefits and solutions of new HP PCs with Windows 7 Professional truly add up:

  • PERFORMANCE:

    The failure rate in year four of a PC’s life is about 24%, which is twice the rate in year one. Holding onto old technology is more risky than it seems.1

  • COST:

    As PCs age, the number of IT issues and the cost of resolving security incidents increase. PCs also become more costly over time; the expense of maintaining PCs that are three years old or older actually costs 1.5 times more than new PCs.2

  • ENHANCED SECURITY:

    Windows 7 Professional and HP business PCs offer an extremely robust security combination. HP ProtectTools, built into every HP commercial PC, helps protects your system and critical data while Windows 7 professional offers data protection, encryption and recovery tools.

  • PRODUCTIVITY:

    By moving from Windows XP to Windows 7, your customer can have increased productivity by an average of 43 hours per PC per year and have realized an average of $1400 per PC per year in labor cost reduction and productivity increase.3

  • RELIABILITY:

    With HP’s expertise in integrating, testing, and innovating, HP notebooks deliver reliability your customers can count on. HP business notebooks undergo over 95,000 hours of testing. HP’s proven testing program delivers superior quality and reliability and includes 50,000 test steps with 240 industry-standard hardware and software products tested for compatibility.

  • MOBILITY:

    HP offers a broad range of notebook PCs to keep your customers working productively from more places. Check out some of HP’s featured mobile products—all which come pre-installed with Windows 7 Professional so your customers can reach new levels of productivity, collaboration and protection.

HP ELITEBOOK NOTEBOOK PCs

HP’s Elite notebook PCs—HP’s toughest, most reliable PCs—are designed for powerful computing, as well as demanding workstation applications and essential enhanced security.

  • Put to the test:

    HP’s Total Test Process—100,00 hours of extreme temperatures, drops and shocks— helps ensure the utmost durability.

  • Elite support:

    HP Elite Premium Support is a dedicated team of support specialists are available 24/7/365 to keep your customers up & running.

  • Enhanced protection:

    Sign in with the swipe of a finger and protect data with TPM chip while encryption and data recovery tools from Windows 7 give your customers a more reliable system.

HP SLATE 500 TABLET PC

Running a business requires a special touch. Be highly productive and highly mobile with this powerful, portable HP solution. It lets them run Windows—and their business—from more places:

  • See the big picture:

    The HP Slate 500’s 8.9-inch diagonal touchscreen and 2 integrated cameras help your customers get a view of their business—even from afar.

  • Work how you want:

    Since it’s based on Windows 7 Professional, your customers can run familiar Microsoft business applications on-the-go.

  • Be more productive:

    Along with Windows 7 Professional & Office 2010, your customers can reach new levels of productivity.

HP PROBOOK 5330m NOTEBOOK PC

This PC helps your customers effortlessly transition from work to home while they stay productive and connected. HP’s thinnest full-featured business notebook keeps them working efficiently—in and out of the office:

  • Accelerate business:

    Work from more places with a backlit keyboard & tough design to hold up to wear & tear.

  • Connect at work or home:

    Control connections with HP Connection Manager while Beats Audio™ unlocks sound clarity for music, webcasts or presentations.

  • Be more productive:

    With Windows 7 Professional & the addition of Office 2010, your customers can reach new levels of productivity, connect with more people and collaborate on documents when and where they need to.

This system may require upgraded and/or separately purchased hardware and/or a DVD drive to install the Windows 7 software and take full advantage of Windows 7 functionality. See http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7 for details.

Download the Windows 7 Tips & Tricks Guide to see the specific ways it can help your customers every day.

Visit www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7 for more Microsoft-specific product information and http://www.microsoft.com/windows/business for SMB.

1 “Keeping Notebooks Past Their Prime”, J. Gold Associates Research Report, April 2009: http://download.intel.com/business/resources/reports/keepingnotebookspastprime.pdf

2 Source: Microsoft, http://www.microsoft.com/windows/enterprise/products/windows-7/features.aspx#bitlocker

3 IDC White Paper sponsored by Microsoft, The Benefit of Using Windows 7 in Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Doc #223595, June 2010.