My test ElitePad 1000 arrived with the 64GB SSD option. Remarkably, on the wireless front, in addition to the common 802.11a/b/g/n 2x2 and Bluetooth 4 (Low Energy) features, HP also offers an LTE version, which can handle HSPA+ and EV-DO. Compare that to 11.5 by 7.9 by 0.36 inches and 1.75 pounds for the Surface Pro 3, or to 10.5 by 7.0 by 0.35 inches and 1.34 pounds for the Lenovo ThinkPad 10. The tablet itself measures 10.3 by 7.0 by 0.36 inches - slightly smaller than a letter-sized sheet of paper - and it weighs 1.5 pounds.
When you pick up an ElitePad 1000, you'll be impressed by the build quality, and the curved back and feathered edges that make it easy to hold. That compares to four hours or so on a standard clamshell Windows 8 machine. Using my standard battery battering test - no sound, no Wi-Fi, 70 percent brightness, continuous loop of the Windows 7 wilderness.wmv file on Media Player - the ElitePad 1000 kept going for eight full hours. Fortunately, many of the apps you'll use - Microsoft Office apps and browsers, in particular - have independent adjustments for zoom. That's a Windows problem more than anything: HP has already turned the scaling up to maximum (Control Panel, Appearance and Personalization, Display, Change the Size of All Times set to Larger). If your eyesight is, uh, suboptimal - I can relate - you'll find that the default scaling for text on the desktop side of Windows 8.1 is a bit tiny. The integrated Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail) chip drives a gorgeous 10.1-inch 1,920-by-1,200 display, which I found a delight to use, both indoors and outside, even on a sunny day. I found it more than adequate for light business use, but underwhelming in power-hungry situations, such as dealing with a sizable spreadsheet. The ElitePad 1000 runs an Atom Bay Trail-T Z3795 and 64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro. What HP offers that the others don't is a long-established assortment of docks/jackets that bulk up the machine (and the price tag!), while adding features you'll probably want. The ElitePad 1000 G2 has many of the bells and whistles you'd expect on a corporate tablet - particularly one starting at $739 list (4GB memory, 64GB drive).
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