HP's EliteBook goes 24-hours non-stop

Intel's new SSDs may only have been announced today but HP's already made god use of them. It's slotted an 80GB one and a new Illumi-Lite screen into its EliteBook 6930p to achieve an incredible 24 hours' battery life.

And while Dell may claim to have hit 19 hours' battery life with its E-Series Latitudes using a combination of a giant 9-cell internal battery and a whopping 12 cell external one, HP's managed it all with just the one internal battery.

The ultra-high capacity battery is an optional extra to the standard EliteBook 6930p. You'll also need that 80GB SSD, which HP reckons adds seven percent to the laptop's longevity vs bog standard hard drives. But we're not done with the optional extras yet. To make 24 hours you'll also need to spec HP's new Illumi-Lite LED display, which it reckons boosts run time by up to four hours compared to traditional LCDs.

Finally, you'll need to download the latest drivers and BIOS and use Windows XP rather than Vista but after all that you should end up with a laptop that can last an entire day without stopping - whether you will last that long is another matter entirely.

[ Press Release]