subject: 13-inch I5 Hp Probook 4321s Notebook Review [print this page] Differentiated products to meet the needs of user segments, the 2009 Hewlett-Packard's Commercial Department of notebook full line of products, the new plan, which introduced a more biased in favor of end users in response to HP ProBook S series.
Compared to the CQ series of flagship business-oriented high-end HP EliteBook series, and orientation of cost-effective business models, the HP ProBook S-Series product positioning, mainly for an optimal balance the pursuit of power and personality of Commerce mainstream business users, by The simple stylish design and a complete business functions to provide more choices and higher-level business applications for business users.
From the first batch ProBook S-series models ProBook 4411s ProBook S-series as opposed to the mainstream business market, other products have achieved the great beyond, in a short period of a year's time, lie at the root picture shows the entire industry Commerce Department establish a new benchmark. Of course, in order to achieve this goal, the ProBook S-series further model size expansion, the introduction of 13-inch and 15 inch models, which is more extensive at the applications level.
The key size 13-inch are essential for any business Series Series models, as this new HP ProBook 4321s ProBook S series is the flagship model. Thanks to the release of the new Intel 32 nm Core family, The 4321s were also in the configuration of a comprehensive upgrade, equipped with the i5-520M processor and HD4350 alone significantly, and with a 7200rpm hard drive. It is worth mentioning is that the ProBook S-series models also introduces the HP 3D DriveGuard functionality, 3-axis accelerometer to detect sudden vibration event, the collision in a notebook computer, bumps or drop process can be effective on the hard drive, security, performance seems more reliable.
The high price has always been the soft underbelly of the professional business of this, this HP ProBook 4321s is currently quoted at 6999 yuan, compared with the Core i5 family entertainment this whole expensive more than 1000 yuan, while I will also pass further evaluation with all discussion, this HP ProBook 4321s is not worth the price.
Metal brushed appearance and bright interior
Compared to the previous Probook series, this new 13-inch Business This HP probook 4321s in the appearance of the mold has not changed much, is still used in the corners Zhou Zheng "black box" character of the appearance of the 4321s in A surface material used in hot metal wire drawing process, but not easily absorbed fingerprints and wear less able to paint surface.
HP probook 4321s is a 16:9 aspect ratio 13-inch LED-backlit display, the best resolution 1366 * 768, the screen HP BrightView bright screen technology, the visual environment is very good. At the top of the screen is also equipped with a 2 million pixel webcam camera, user-friendly screen conferencing applications.
Using the rear sunken connecting shaft, this HP ProBook 4321s, the opening and closing angle can not do a 180 flat. At the same time, the upper and lower lid design lock, but because of the damping force of the superstructure will sink about 30 to coincide with the base, the upper and lower lid connection between very tight close under cover.
The design of the keyboard at the whole interior one of the highlights of the traditional floating keyboard with HP's innovative design has large keys area at the same time, each sub-key than the surface is much higher, so that the whole keyboard area become cleaner and more difficult to absorb dust, even dirty, cleaning up is also very convenient. Bit in terms of a single key, appears to have narrow, but because of the key spacing is wider, the actual operation is also very comfortable, the perfect response to the input operation of the high-intensity. In addition, the HP probook 4321s also has a sophisticated support multi-touch functionality of the touchpad, coupled with the mouse button to operate without significant blunt have a great feel.
Tray at the same metal material, and matte effects processing, covered with labels as in the right side of the pallet, but still appears to touch up a very delicate, soft, look great texture.
Port configuration and distribution
As a business this, this ProBook 4321s in the interface configuration, or appears to be very rich, the layout is also more reasonable. The front fuselage side with a multi-card reader and a set of audio input / output jacks, the layout can be more convenient headphones and memory card insertion or removal, it is more humane.
The left side of the fuselage is equipped with a security lock slot, a power cord jack, a VGA port, a network cable slot, an HDMI port, an e-SATA interface and a USB2.0 interface, the remaining area is the CUP fan outlet, although a bit crowded, but the CUP outlet design on the left is very wise, can be done only blowing hot air is not hot. In addition, with the the HSMI HD output, and e-SATA interface allows the whole port applications is more extensive, appear to be more on the grade.
The right side of the fuselage is equipped with two USB 2.0 slots, a modem to reserve the position of the interface and a DVD drive, while the rear of the fuselage is not equipped with any port.
Detailed configuration and performance testing
The HP ProBook 4321s is very mainstream in the configuration, the processor used is based on the Nehalem architecture, dual-core 4-threaded Core i5 - 520M processor, clocked at 2.40GHz. The processor integrated memory controller and L3 cache mode, support such as Turbo Boost Technology, the highest frequency up to 2.93 GHz. Graphics cards, is one the ATI HD4350 discrete graphics card in graphics applications is still relatively strong.
Product Model HP HP ProBook 4321s
Processor Intel Core i5 - 520M (2.4GHz may Core Turbo Boost to 2.93GHz)
Discrete graphics card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4350
Display 13-inch BrightView bright screen, 16:9 golden ratio with a resolution of 1366 * 768
External ports USB 2.0 x 3
VGA port
HDMI port
e-SATA port
Network interface cards
Audio input and output interface
AC adapter connector
Multi-Card Reader
Battery 10.8V 47Wh 6-cell lithium battery
Weight 2.195Kg (with battery)
Actual performance, we first carried out HP ProBook 4421s battery the Windows 7 operating system that comes with the performance index score, score, we can roughly a simple comparison of each sub-module of the machine. The HP ProBook 4321s the final score of 4.4 points, for a high-performance i5 notebook, this score is not high. This low score is mainly derived from the graphics module, other modules, especially the processor module of the score is still very substantial.
This HP probook 4321s with the Core i5-520M processor with 3MB L3 cache, and this is also a new feature of the new Intel Core family of products, the cache increased to three, thereby greatly enhancing the hit when the processor to process data rate. The same time, the Core i5 processor dual-core quad-thread design, using a 32nm process and the second generation of High-K dielectric technology, changes in processor technology to further reduce power consumption. CINEBENCH R10 test scores, their performance is very good, multi-threaded processing performance and image rendering capabilities stronger than the older generation Core platform a lot.
Portable, heat and life
Although a 13-inch notebook, but this probook 4321s is not the orientation of thin body parameters were 324 mm * 228mm * 27mm (L * W * Thickness), the results of the actual stand-alone weighing 1.89kg, it is extremely light. Bring the battery actual weight of 2.19kg, this weight performance is not ideal for the 13-inch notebook, similar to the weight of a 14-inch models.
Cooling has been one of the measure of a notebook the merits of the important evaluation criteria, this as a business, if the heat is not strong, there is no stability at all. To this end, a detailed temperature test this probook 4321s, our notebook keyboard panel is divided into six regions. For each region using the infrared thermometer, 3:00, temperature, and then take the average, we switched to 50 minutes were measured.
For the actual measurement results, this probook 4321s have the cooling capacity is good, after nearly one hour run, only close to the CPU the outlet area slightly thermal, and other regions, especially in the tray region Redu sense and obvious, this also proves that in a sense, although with high-performance CPU and discrete graphics, this probook 4321s in the heat control was very good, not because of heat issues affect daily operations.
HP probook 4321s is a 10.8V 47Wh 6-cell lithium HP ProBook 4320s battery, in actual life, we have adopted a BatteryMark carry out the relevant tests, the testing process, we will screen brightness by 60%, full Bluetooth applications in the Life Test project, life duration of 2:54 hours. Length of nearly three hours of battery life for a full-featured notebook is more general, but also can be accepted, of course, if we reduce the screen brightness, turn off the appliance, the use of low-power mode, then, life achievements will become too pleasing.
Characteristics of applications and editorial
This as a business, the application characteristics of the inevitable is not entertainment, gaming performance, how powerful, and more for the security and stability, and many other considerations. For business users, the private notebook inside the data may involve many trade secrets or have an important customer information, if the slightest mistake destroyed or steal, the consequences will be unimaginable.
For security applications, this HP ProBook s series model clearly has its attractions. The first is with 3D DriveGuard technology, the dual measures for active protection and passive protection to the hard disk, any sudden move, HP 3D DriveGuard help devices are able to notify the system software and send a command, so that the hard drive to stop working. Automated intelligent protection based on the use of the environment to change the sensitivity. The hard drive is installed directly to the notebook frame, you can reduce the vibration passed on to the hard disk. Double protection division of labor, reduce the risk of data corruption or loss, to prevent the collision caused the system failure due to the laptop run-time by. Significantly reduced the degree of damage to the hard drive, thus further to stop the accidental damage of which the information.
Secondly, in terms of data confidentiality, the HP ProBook s series models have more powerful file deletion by HP ProtectionTools File Shredder permanently delete files in the notebook computer, folders and personal data. According to the related media revealed this system to delete the level has reached the U.S. military standard.
HP ProBook 4321s is a stable performance, application of a comprehensive 13-inch business notebook. But obviously a little too low-key, basically the machine is not too unusual application facilities, but also not too strong performance and no fancy design and unique material composition, everything seemed ordinary and restrained. But it is a low-key and restrained external packaging, HP ProBook 4321s battery "calm and strong" characteristics become clear, durable metal material appearance, solid and reliable fuselage frame, smooth performance. excellent application of security settings, the only highlight in the business field of specialization. And low power consumption with significant independence and allowed to tend to the Almighty at the application level, HD4350 powerful hardware decoding capability allows users to play 1080P HD movies in his spare time easily ... so I can not help wondering, business this should be a layer of the same? Or should be like the HP ProBook s series is unique, the establishment of the new paradigm of the fashion business?
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