[PConline stand-alone evaluation] Some time ago, we had an initial experience with the HP ThinVice ENVY 13 notebook (taste fresh art or notebook? This is not really a problem), this notebook's all-metal (material), ultra-narrow The frame (screen and keyboard), B&O speakers, and the MX150's unique (optional) design must have left a deep impression on you. In this article, we will conduct more in-depth evaluation on the HP ThinVant ENVY 13 notebook. Next, let us come together to recognize this "artwork" that looks like a notebook.
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What is "ENVY"?The word "ENVY" in English means envy, jealousy, jealousy, and the brand names currently named "ENVY" are one of Gucci's perfumes and the other is HP's notebook series, so these are named after "ENVY." The product seems to have high-end luxury qualities since its inception, and the exquisite and elegant design is the ultimate pursuit of the “ENVY†series.
In the mind of oriental culture, “ENVY†is a kind of negative emotion. This kind of emotion originates from the negative emotions we see when others have and enjoy the things we want. Unlike the other jealous "Jealous", "ENVY" expresses extreme desire for something, and it is a kind of strong emotion for "object". The name “ENVY†also indirectly expresses the gorgeousness and elegance of this product (becomes people's admiration or jealousy), or it is like this, as Hewlett-Packard’s ENVY series of propaganda said, “At this moment, we begin to envy ourselves.â€
â— All-metal body
HP Thin Rui ENVY 13 notebook uses a full-metal body design, A surface and C surface with aluminum alloy body, D surface using stamping magnesium castings. The use of metal as the main material can make the notebook's body sturdy and durable, not easily deformed. At the same time, the unique luster and touch of the metal can greatly enhance the texture of the product. The unique characteristics of this metal are those that most synthetic materials cannot imitate.
â— Light and stylish design
In the body design style, the thin sharp ENVY 13 notebook continues the popular "light fashion" design style, 305.4mm x 215.6mm x 13.95mm body size is very portable, 13.95mm body, or even less than a The thickness of the iPad can easily be placed in a regular backpack.
In the aspect of design, A surface adopts HP's new logo design, and the simple and stylish design increases the texture of the product. At the same time, the polished shaft is matched with the color of the body, adding a contrast color trend element to the simple body. The linear frame of the fuselage gives a sense of fortitude and coldness, while the curvature of the corners is gentle and warm. In this collision of silence and passion, it presents the unique temperament of the thin sharp ENVY 13, sometimes stunning. , sometimes restrained. The solid color coating with a thin body, in the hot summer gives a refreshing feeling of relief.
On the other hand, although the all-metal body material is used, the 1.23kg weight of this machine is still light, even if the girls can easily move with one hand, the daily commuting will not carry any burden.
â— Ultra narrow screen
As a product that pursues “estheticismâ€, HP’s thin-walled ENVY 13 notebooks are painstakingly designed on the screen. This machine uses a 13.3-inch, 1920×1080 resolution IPS display, 300-nits brightness, and 178-degree visibility. Angle, 72% wide color gamut display. What does the above data (300nit, 178 degrees, 72%) illustrate? Summarized in one sentence is that you can see from the perspective of the screen from the side of the screen clear picture display without color, is not it very powerful? In the actual experience, this screen is very outstanding in the details of the image processing, the color is true and beautiful, a great reduction of the real world colorful and colorful.
From the visual point of view, the most intuitive experience of the local screen is "the screen is large and has a sense of beauty." This effect is due to the "ultra-narrow frame design" of the machine. The thin sharp ENVY 13 notebook uses an ultra-narrow and narrow edge design of only 3.06mm on both the left and right sides. This design is enough to integrate a 13-inch screen into the 11-inch body, which also gives the product a larger screen share. More impactful immersive experience.
A wide viewing angle camera is set at the top of the screen, which can increase the weight and contrast of the image in a low-light environment, 15% wider than the traditional camera angle, and can capture the foreground and background, bringing a smoother communication experience.
â— Edge-to-edge keyboard design
While adopting a high screen ratio, the design of this notebook on the keyboard is also very unique. We can see that the two sides of the keyboard are also very “narrowâ€. Combining the screens introduced in the previous section, careful friends can certainly find both. The association between. That's right, HP's thin sharp ENVY 13 notebook uses a "edge-to-edge" keyboard design. The advantage of this design is that it can take full advantage of the space on the C-side and maximize the use of the keyboard. Although this notebook uses a standard large keycap design, and retains a 1.3mm key range, but in practice it will not feel very squeezed fingers, the keyboard's appearance is "simple and generous", which is entirely due to benefit from "Edge-to-edge" design.
The button of the thin sharp ENVY 13 is treated with three layers of coating, so unlike the jerky feel of a normal button, the touch of this button is like fingertips stroking silky, soft and smooth. The backlight design of the keyboard is also very intimate, showing a faint purple color in a dim environment, the light intensity is soft and quiet.
The touchpad below the keyboard continues the design concept of the “big†keyboard. The integrated touchpad makes full use of the remaining area of ​​the C surface. From a visual point of view, this extra large touchpad and chrome highlights complement each other, reflecting the elegance of the entire machine. From the touch point of view, the touchpad also shows a smooth touch, but unlike the keyboard, this smoothness contains more delicate feeling. This touchpad certainly supports multi-touch, with good sensitivity and stability.
â— Rich body interface
Despite the thin and light body design, the notebook's body is very rich. The interfaces on both sides are relatively evenly set. The audio interface, microSD slot, and a USB3.1 and a Type-C are located on the left side of the fuselage. The settings for the right USB and Type-C are the same as those for the left side. There is also a power supply. The jack continues the minimalist design style. The dual USB 3.1 design can meet the daily expansion needs and supports the faster USB3.1 transmission protocol. The two Type-C interfaces can also be converted to video output interfaces while bringing faster data transfer.
â— BANG&OLUFSEN audio (4 built-in speakers)
The uppermost part of the C surface has a stripe texture pattern. If you don't pay attention to the "BANG & OLUFSEN" logo next to it, you will probably think of it as a style of artistic decoration. But in fact, this piece of texture pattern is the location of the product part of the speaker, HP thin sharp ENVY 13 notebook has built-in (front 2, rear 2) 4 speakers, the overall sound field effect is quite good, Clear sound effects can also be heard from far away locations.
As for "BANG & OLUFSEN", this is a world-class audiovisual brand from Denmark. Friends who are familiar with the car must know it better, because the built-in car stereos such as Aston Martin, BMW, Audi, etc. are all supercars or luxury cars. Branded. So the thin sharp ENVY 13 notebook adopts "B&O" stereo sound equipment, which not only shows its high-end taste, but also brings a better sound quality experience.
After seeing the "artistic" appearance of the Hewlett-Packard slim ENVY 13 notebook, let's talk about the hardware performance (science) of this notebook. The test prototype used the Intel Core i5-7200U processor, HD Graphics 620 set, 8G memory, 360G SSD (Solid State Drive), and this notebook also has a higher configuration option (i7 processor, GeForce MX 150 Alone, so you can expect higher performance. Given the configuration of this test model, the following test scores are based on the test model configuration.
This machine uses Intel Core i5-7200U processor, the basic frequency of 2.5GHz, the maximum Turbo frequency 3.10GHz, 3M cache, dual-core four threads, thermal design power (TDP) of 15W.
For the specific performance of this processor, we will test it with CineBench. CineBench is a persuasive CPU and graphics test software based on MAXON's award-winning Cinema 4D effects engine for cross-system and platform performance testing. The test includes two items, each for the performance indicators of the graphics card and the processor.
From the test results, it can be seen that the single processor of the processor obtains 125cb single-core and multi-core 308cb. The overall performance of the processor is average, and it is a medium level on the mobile platform.
On the hard disk side, the HP Slim ENVY 13 laptop supports the new NVme PCle storage protocol (up to 1TB PCle), NVme streamlined the call mode, do not need to read the register when executing the command, thus greatly reducing the read and write The delay.
AS SSD Benchmark is an SSD solid-state drive transmission speed tool. This software can test the performance of continuous reading and writing, 4K alignment, 4KB random read and write, and response time, and gives a comprehensive score. We used this software to perform a series of tests on the notebook hard drive. The continuous read speed of the hard drive is 1620.86MB/s, continuous write speed is 547.09MB/s, and the overall score is 1432 points. In terms of scores and performance, this is a medium-to-high-end SSD. For practical results, the direct experience of this kind of performance is “fastâ€. Do not wait too much for booting, copying files, and opening large software. There is more to open. We tested the boot speed in the following sections.
The PCMark 8 Home Benchmark (Home) contains workloads that reflect typical tasks for typical home users. Home testing includes workloads such as web browsing, authoring, games, photo editing, and video chat. The overall result will give the system a PCMark 8 home test score. Hewlett-Packard thin Rui ENVY 13 notebook at home but in the home benchmark to 3537 points, the overall performance is still very good.
From the point of view of scores, we can basically prove this, and we can have a deeper understanding of product positioning from the rankings.
In the official data, HP's Bosch's ENVY 13 notebook has 14 hours of battery life. This kind of battery life is quite outstanding in its class. In order to better verify the product's endurance, we use PCMark 8's Home mode. Life tests were conducted. During the test, the software will cycle through the test items until the battery runs out, giving a relatively realistic battery life. However, it should be noted that PCmark 8 will cycle through all test items under high load conditions. The results obtained are also under cyclic and high load conditions. However, in our daily use, long-term high loads are not common. , so the actual use of time is much higher than the following battery life test results.
PCMark 8's Home benchmark includes workloads that reflect common tasks for typical home users. Compared to Work tests, there are more games and photo editing projects, so the power consumption is greater.
From the side of the home test results can be seen, life can reach 4 hours and 47 minutes, combined with the content mentioned before, this is the result of the cycle test under high load, so the actual life is obviously higher than this test Achievements. If you only use it as an office, you should be able to meet your two-day work needs. On the other hand, simply taking this point of view does not make much sense. By comparison with the endurance capabilities of mainstream business books, we can have a deeper understanding of the battery life of HP's thin sharp ENVY 13.
At the same time, this machine also supports fast charging technology. It can charge about 90% of electricity in 90 minutes, which is suitable for use in some special situations.
Next, let's take a look at the effect of heat dissipation. The design of the heat sink of the HP ThinElite ENVY 13 notebook is very special. Therefore, this time we were in an abnormal situation and analyzed the measured temperature of the product.
We will use the system stability test of AIDA64 to test the heat dissipation of notebooks. Under high load conditions, AIDA64 can test temperature, fan speed, and voltage according to real-time updated charts to monitor heat dissipation performance. The test data can be used to register the lowest, highest and average values ​​displayed by the sensor.
In this test, the ALAA64 will be used to carry out an hour or so of “roasting†on the notebook (the notebook will continue working for one hour under 100% CUP load), and then the temperature will be measured and analyzed.
From the image generated by the thermometer, it can be seen that most of the heat is concentrated at the junction of the A surface and the C surface at a temperature of about 29 degrees Celsius, and the maximum temperature is about 46.3 degrees, since the high temperature area is also away from the keyboard as a whole. There is a certain distance, so in the actual use, there is no obvious feeling of “bake†the hand, and the temperature effect of the keyboard is fairly moderate.
From the heat dissipation of the back of the product, it can be found that most of the temperature is still concentrated near the shaft, and the D surface of the metal material also bears part of the heat dissipation effect, but the overall temperature does not change much, and the surface temperature around 35 degrees is relatively moderate. The design of the bottom vents also played a role in the use of airflow to dissipate heat to prevent overheating of internal components.
After looking at the temperature imaging of the thermometer, we found that most of the high temperatures are concentrated at the junction of the A-plane and the C-plane, that is, near the shaft. In fact, a row of cooling holes is provided here, and the location is relatively hidden. This kind of design guarantees the aesthetic appearance, but also does a good job in the practicality of heat dissipation. Although it is close to the keyboard, it does not affect the actual input experience of the product.
â— Metal shaft of one stone and two birds
The spindle design of the HP ThinVR ENVY 13 notebook is a highlight. When you open the notebook, the “elevator design†of the hinge will provide a tilted angle to the keyboard, which will increase the comfort of using the keyboard. At the same time, this angle will also be D surface hangs up, more conducive to air circulation, can enhance the cooling effect. The hinge of the metal material is hidden under the highlighted waistline engraved with the “ENVY†inscription, which can be said to be both beautiful and practical.
â— "seconds" boot
The SSDs mentioned in this article have performed well. In order to better test their practical effects, we tested the boot time of the notebook. In the test, the startup time of HP's thin sharp ENVY 13 notebook is about 9 seconds, and the intuitive feeling of the boot speed is “quickâ€.
â— Light weight
Although HP's thin sharp ENVY 13 notebook uses an all-metal body design, but the light and thin body is not only reflected in the appearance. In actual measurement, the weight of this machine is about 1.24kg, and the weight of two bottles of 550ml of mineral water is 1.165kg. This notebook is only about 75g less than two bottles of mineral water, and it is still very light.
â— HP JumpStart
HP JumpStart is a very useful tool that guides users through the multi-step welcome process, including HP registration, McAfee registration, HP Dropbox promotion service activation, and prompted content dashboards to help users personalize computers .
â— BANG&OLUFSEN AUDIO
The built-in BANG&OLUFSEN AUDIO management software of HP thin sharp ENVY 13 notebook can choose different sound modes, at the same time can also fine-tune the effect of the sound, and better enhance the B&O speaker experience.
â— Product parameters and test scores
We ended up summarizing the product information and test run scores of the HP ThinRen ENVY 13 notebook.
â— Summary
The overall design of the Hewlett-Packard thin sharp ENVY 13 notebook is very artistic, superb product technology with simple and stylish design style, giving a sense of exquisite elegance. This product has many bright spots in appearance, whether it is all-metal body, CNC cutting process, or ultra-narrow bezel and edge-to-edge keyboard design, highlights the design of this product with care and thought. In terms of performance, the overall performance of the thin sharp ENVY 13 notebook is also very good, high-speed solid-state hard drive is to provide users with a smooth and smooth experience, at the same time, this product also provides a higher configuration (MX 150 alone significantly ) The user can choose according to his own needs. On the other hand, up to 14 hours of product life is quite dazzling in similar products and can meet daily mobile office needs. In terms of price, this notebook is probably in the price range of 5K-6K, so overall, the product's cost-effectiveness is extremely high. If you pay attention to the appearance, the pursuit of perfection, and the high quality of life, then this “artwork†that looks like a notebook should be the best choice.
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