The build of the refresh is the same as last time – strong enough to be thrashed about in a backpack or purse without any harm coming to it. The fact that it is no longer glossy will help to prevent minor scratches that may have been a problem before.
On the downside, it’s still built with an Intel Atom; but on the upside, the Atom is significantly improved with speed and cache size – last time the model we reviewed featured a HP EliteBook 8740w Notebook Intel Core i7 620M(2.66GHz) 17.0" Wide SXGA+ 4GB Memory DDR3 1333 320GB HDD 7200rpm DVD Super Multi NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M and our refreshed model features a Z550 Atom at 2.00GHz, 512 KB cache.