subject: Hp Pavilion G4 Review [print this page] Pavilion tour people g series is HP's release late last year, the positioning of consumer notebooks, compared to more high-end dv series, g series although lagged in selected materials, but manufacturers in maintaining the exquisite workmanship of the premise, the more attractive prices, that in the same configuration g series more cost-effective.
With the second generation of the release of Core Duo processor i, g series HP Pavilion notebook tour people are doing innovation work. Today I got a model for the HP Pavilion g4-1018TU product, it is equipped with Intel Core i5-2410M processor, the configuration is not equipped with discrete graphics make it even more suitable for home office purposes (playing the game the user will be disappointed).
First, the HP Pavilion g4 Appearance
HP Pavilion g4 case of the main material for plastic, but with a special design process did not give a sense of strong plastic. The composite material titanium gray or even to bring a trace of metallic machine, and a relatively low use of color makes it even that is a business notebook.
Of course, making the positioning of consumer notebooks at HP Pavilion g4 color can not be so monotonous, it also provides a Sonoma red and champagne colors. Currently in the domestic market only titanium gray, and the remaining two colors only in some countries or regional sales, and believe it will be in domestic sales.
Temperament rounded corners and smooth the transition for the whole line, screen wrapped in a metal shaft embellishment, fashion and texture of nature itself.
Open the screen on the operation of direct hand contact and the region as the previous HP keep it simple and one of the g series. Surface is no longer integrated palm rest with C, forming a gray palm rest is not wrapped in a black frame shape, farewell monotonous and calm me.
Compared to the glossy cover, the bottom of the fuselage grinding process is unknown underground workers. Inlet relatively modest number of anti-cockroach hole and are designed, as the actual cooling effectiveness, the latter article will tell you.
Second, the HP Pavilion g4 operating experience
Top of the screen is an integrated digital microphone (VGA) of the Webcam camera, video calls daily to meet demand. The left side of the camera lights to remind users to change the running status of devices.
G42 keyboard is still the same with the suspension design, it can be observed from the side described as a "convex" character, such a design while maintaining the key and key spacing and dust can play a good role.
Through the actual operation, found that the HP Pavilion g4 keyboard keys soft, normal input button will appear below slab deformation, giving a weak sense without the wind. However, the input is still good feel for a long time typing, the other often need to remind comrades games to ecstasy, do not let the button fly.
No area above the keyboard shortcut keys, the user only through the combination of Fn + Fx keys for fast operation. Only a power button located on the left side of the region, concave strip is designed to facilitate user orientation, even in low light conditions, you can easily start.
HP Pavilion g4 touchpad design shines, the first floating-point type of design is quite comfortable, then there is a touch panel with integrated touch-fast switch. Switch to the use of concave design with touchpad distinction, this switch can be achieved by double-clicking on / off touchpad operation, very creative.
Third, the HP Pavilion g4 interface layout
HP Pavilion g4 in the interface layout cq42, g42 basically the same, the difference is between the VGA and RJ45 more than a row of cooling air outlet, the outlet area to a larger increase in the amount of wind, I believe there will be a greater help to the heat. It is worth mentioning that, Pavilion g4 is also equipped with double-layer support and LightScribe Disc Labeling technology DVD R / RW burner.
HP Pavilion g4 has three USB 2.0 ports, of which two closely adjacent the left side of the fuselage, two more conventional insert the USB plug at the same time is also very difficult, more external USB device can consider buying hub to solve the congestion problem.
As a result of sunken shaft design, the HP Pavilion g4 rear of the fuselage is no excuse. A pair of front fuselage to support the impression of Altec Lansing speakers SRS.
Speaker is designed in the front of the fuselage is relatively reasonable, the ears and soothing intimate contact directly, and through the driver's control panel can be manually adjusted according to individual preferences into a variety of audio, and high school through the actual experience of the speaker bass is more balanced, and its sound quality is basically located in the upper level of the current notebook market, of course, the bass can not be compared to a brand of JBL speakers.
Open the fuselage bottom, easy to ordinary users to upgrade memory and hard part of the show out. HP Pavilion g4 with a single 2GB memory and a memory card slot reserved for future upgrades.
Fourth, the HP Pavilion g4 hardware performance
Positioning consumer notebook, HP Pavilion g4 and not equipped with discrete graphics, with more calm colors, we can also see it as a home office products.
HP Pavilion g4 equipped with Intel Core i5-2410M, this CPU is currently the most equipped with second-generation notebook processor Core i preferred, compared to the first generation of Core HP EG415AA battery i series processors, the second generation of Core i series processor in the user The major upgrade of the operating experience has three: 1.32nm process technology, bringing improved performance and lower power consumption; 2 combines the performance was comparable to entry-level single GPU, the video encoding / decoding capacity; 3 . Turbo Boost 2.0 technology, demand for performance tuning.
Intel Core i5-2410M dual core four threads, clocked at 2.30GHz, Turbo after the single-threaded up to 2.90GHz, 3MB of level three cache, just from the parameters, its deal with everyday computing tasks more onerous no problem through the Cinebench R10 test, the higher the score also proved this point.
Not a single display, then the task of computing all the 3D to the Core graphics delivered by 3Dmark06 test, the score is more remarkable, almost flat with entry-level graphics, smooth in the lower picture quality under most 3D games do not meet current the problem.
HP Pavilion g4 equipped with a 640GB 5400 rpm Toshiba hard drive, due to lack of capacity do not believe on the second investment, but through the HD Tune test, its stability far from satisfactory, and since the reasons for inadequate software support, and does not show the temperature.
Fifth, the HP Pavilion g4 custom software
HP laptop built-in software has been ease of use and full access to a computer for users who just very convenient, at a glance. Custom software is also equipped with some of the blind pursuit of cost, ignoring the user experience of the vendors do not have.
When the system can not operate normally when emergency situations, troubleshooting capabilities can flourish of. Of course, this feature can only solve some simple problems, the face of system crashes and other problems do nothing, or your Hewlett-Packard engineer or heroes level of relatives and friends to help it.
Setup Manager can set and view HP Pavilion g4 have some important function, set the printer to protect the computer, set the backup Hp Mini 210-1001SA battery operation can be a key to achieve common
Sixth, the HP Pavilion g4 thermal endurance
HP Pavilion g4 is not equipped with discrete graphics, the corresponding thermal design will be relatively easily by common sense, that its heat capacity should be relatively good, the actual day then people would like to do?
Used to simulate the real environment, we run SYSmark an hour later on the HP Pavilion g4 test. C-face performance was good, only do palm rest than body temperature.
D in turn control the temperature of the surface is not so satisfactory a, CPU temperature is higher position is to be expected, then the hard drive more than 40 locations around the temperature of some regret, so it is recommended that users be replaced by more qualified for the good hard drive.
HP Pavilion g4 equipped with a 47Wh 6-cell lithium-ion battery, by MobileMark the actual test, the maximum screen brightness in the case, its about 4 hours of battery life quite satisfactory.
Summary
HP Pavilion g4 not equipped with discrete graphics, which make it look more like a home office notebook, and Intel Core i5-2410M processor equipped enough to cope with a variety of heavy computing tasks flight, of course, the performance of the Core Graphics can run smoothly in most low-quality 3D games. Whole life performance of law-abiding, just drive into the details of the performance of cooling the HP Pavilion dv2550ee battery temperature of a stumbling block outstanding, the more regrettable. In short, if you usually use it to office, and do not care about game quality, then the price of 4599 yuan to purchase such a fine workmanship, design and user-friendly notebook performance is still quite sufficient worth.
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