See and feel the HP Envy 14

QuanTriMang.com - The launch of the HP Envy 14 has overcome many of the drawbacks that previous versions of Envy had, including the lack of an optical drive, no keyboard backlight, and the frustrating touchpad and heat output. due to Core i7 processor . In addition, the Envy 14 still possesses the beauty of previous Envy versions, which cost less, ranging from $ 999 or more.

Look and feel

The Envy 14 has a smaller screen, making it nicer than the 15.4-inch version and suitable for work travel. The entire body is still made of aluminum and curved edges make you think of Apple's MacBook Pro, but HP is still a bit lacking in boldness with a slightly dark metal lid structure. With small veins on the lid arranged in subtle vortices can only be seen clearly when viewed from a remote machine. However, in addition to the curve curves in the corner, the machine is quite sharp - like the MacBook Pro - making you quite uncomfortable when putting your wrist on it.

Envy 14 looks pretty sturdy, quite configurable at a reasonable price - even better. It weighs about 2.3 kg - 0.2 kg lighter than both the MacBook Pro and HP Pavilion dv5. The body is about 2.8 cm thick, just enough to place the necessary connection ports: 2 USB ports, 1 eSATA / USB combo, HDMI, DisplayPort, Ethernet, and two headphone jacks (including a headphone combination and mic). Although there is no VGA port yet, you can choose 1 device to transfer HDMI to VGA port for HP (about $ 20 - $ 50)

Keyboard and touchpad

Like previous Envy and Pavilion dm4 versions, the Envy 14 has a chiclet-style keyboard, and in a low-light space, you can turn on the keyboard backlight.

The HP Envy 14 has a fairly large touchpad, making it easy to control and double. The disadvantage is that you may like to double-click by tapping on the touchpad instead of using the physical button. Multitouch manipulation has also improved - two-finger scrolling responds well to most operations, such as zooming in to small.

Screen and sound

Owning a 14.5-inch screen and 1,600 x 900 resolution has helped the Envy 14 to blow a new dimension to recent notebooks. Not only is the resolution better than 1,366 x 768, the quality of the LCD is also better than other HP models recently. The 350 nit screen has a higher color gamut for better display, you'll notice the difference the first time you start - even the green of the Start button in Windows is much more protruding than the screen. other.

It is a visual experience, responding to it is a sound experience. HP partnered with Beats Audio to provide high-end audio and hardware software.

Performance, graphics and battery life

Envy 14 has a pretty strong configuration with a 2.66GHz Intel Core i5-450M processor, 4GB DDR3 and 500GB hard drive 7,200 rpm. In addition, it incorporates 1 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 GPU 1GB VRAM graphics card. The hot draw from the Envy 15 version is no longer on Envy 14, the keyboard and touchpad are relatively cool during use even when playing Flash video. The bottom of the device is slightly warm but does not affect or worry when placing the device on people and use.

The leading ATI Radeon HD 5.650 in the machines is a comparison on 3DMark06. With 1GB VRAM, it supports good handling of HD video processing, graphics capabilities are also quite good at playing online games.

  PCMarkVantage 3DMark06 HP Envy 14 (Core i5 - 450m, ATI HD 5650) battery life 6.0386899 / 192803: 51Sony VAIO Z (Core i5 - 450m, NVIDIA 330M) 9.9496.19304: 25ASUS U33Jc (Core i3 - 370M, NVIDIA 310M) 5,5741860 340305: 10Toshiba Portege R705 (Intel Core i3 - 350m) 5.024175904: 25Acer TimelineX 4820T (Intel Core i3 - 350m) 4.926172405: 04Dell Vostro V13 (Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300) 268755602: 39ASUS UL50Vf (Core 2 Duo SU7300) 3.724827 / 343806 :ten

In terms of battery life, the Envy 14 has an 8 cell 3800 Ah battery that lasts nearly 4 hours using video. HP lets you choose an extra battery for $ 200, which can be attached to the bottom of the device.

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