Keyboard
Keyboard for HP Envy 15 is very interesting and unusual, therefore, to study it, I started with high expectations.

Note the rather unusual fonts on your keyboard. The characters are shown in white on black keys, so the contrast is high and the characters are read extremely well.Font with thin, dark, and readability in darker lighting is reduced. English characters are placed well in the center, so the Russian letters lonely huddle at the bottom right corner. The sizes of all fonts are relatively small.

I also want to note that for some function key indicator placed directly in the key.Press Caps Lock – and it turns milky-white LED. Turn off the sound or Wi-Fi – and, as appropriate keys light up orange LEDs. It is convenient because immediately clear what functions are disabled. Diodes dull and do not interfere with the work in the dark.
Another feature: By default, the notebook swapped the function keys and service functions. That is, to adjust the brightness, just press, but to get the F1, have to press Fn + F1. Toggle buttons in the traditional mode is via the BIOS. It’s very unusual, so often annoying. On the other hand, the additional management made at the keys, also quite in demand. So, I think everyone should decide for themselves which option is more convenient, just do not have to hurry up and just switch the keyboard back to the traditional mode – not the fact that it will be easier.
The left side of the keyboard supplemented by another vertical row of shortcut keys.Initially, I praised the decision, but in practice … But first things first. Total Shortcut Five: call e-mail program, media applications call HP Mediasmart, call your Internet browser, print (not sure of so much need of this function is for this laptop) and a call calculator (similar). The problem with them is this. These keys are extreme, so if you want to press, for example, Ctrl, it is often out of habit instead of a press call calculator, etc. In addition, the uppermost button in this row – often used Escape, which further increases the confusion. I understand that the keys are not reprogrammed.
On the left side of the keyboard keys arranged optimally, no claims to the layout there. However, on the right side – too. While the cursor is inserted into the keyboard, the keys are full size, working with them without problems. Shift right on the spot, Enter, and press on it organized the best way. On the right side removed all nadkursorny block. The only mystery to me – why do pause button separate, though she does not use one, and Insert output in combination with the Fn. In my opinion, obviously ill-considered move, although the ability to put this button to switch keyboard layouts Punto Switcher allows you to significantly offset the inconvenience.
Work on the keyboard strange. First, a little left blank, it is not fixed and flex (it will charge on the status of the sample, but when buying a better look at his instance, if you do this is important), at the same location by pressing the keys is noticeably rattle. Explicit claims no print, but when working with it, I quickly tired of his fingers. It seems to me that the keys are not springy at the end of the course and hit the substrate, hence the fatigue of fingers. The keys soft. In general, given the sharp edge of the keyboard panel, which hurt to keep your wrists, I would say that if you plan to print a lot, this keyboard is not the best choice, but for home entertainment system it fits over.
The touchpad
The touchpad is a great model. To my taste, it is beautifully built, the cursor can be positioned very precisely, but in order to move the cursor from one screen edge to another, missing one finger movement.

Keys as such is not here, you must press the touchpad at the bottom to the surface.At the press of a surface fire in any place, pressing soft – in general, use the keys too convenient. Finally, the touchpad is easily disabled by pressing and holding the finger in the upper left corner in place of pressing the orange lights lit.
Additional keys and indicators

We’ll talk more about the additional features. About the vertical line of buttons quickly launch applications, we have said, will concentrate on the keys of the upper series of functions. Here you can: call help, adjust the screen brightness, turn on additional external monitor, manage, media player, adjust the volume on and off (off lights LED in the key) and lock your computer. Finally, here is a button that is responsible for the deactivation of wireless interfaces (when they are turned off, the button also lights up orange LED).
Monitor
This model is a 15-inch monitor with a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels and an aspect ratio of 16×9. That is, the monitor provides full support for high definition video.
High Brightness (probably because of the diode light), which makes the screen more suitable for movies and general multimedia. A major drawback of the monitor – high-gloss finish. Perhaps, in some circumstances seemed juicier colors, and black-deeper, but to sit in front of windows – things punishment. In dark scenes in movies you’ll almost always see your own reflection.
The brightness is adjusted to a fairly wide range, although for my taste, the dark screen still yarkovat. In the HP Envy 15 is a light sensor that can automatically adjust the brightness, increasing it in bright light and lowering the work in the dark. True, I could not find where it can be calibrated, with the default settings it seems to me a little underestimates the brightness.

Finally, another aspect. As already noted, the lid opens too small angle, ie a large number of cases the angle may not be enough corny, especially when watching movies, if the user is sitting too high relative to the laptop.
Sound
The audio subsystem in this model, I also liked. The speakers are located on the side faces of the laptop and play the “sideways”. A mode of bass boost.
In general, despite the lack of bass (but, actually, for a laptop is an impossible task even for the size of the body), Envy sounds very good – both high and medium frequencies vengeance as it should. In the movies, no problem: the dialogues are transmitted well, the effects of bright and clear. Perhaps it is for movies and sound, and screen are excellent.
Additionally
We would like to say a few words about some of the software. First, the HP Envy 15 system is implemented Instant-on. After loading for a while a menu appears that allows you to run certain programs (such as email, Skype, Browser) without launching the operating system. We will not dwell on this, but nevertheless – in this model it is.
Another interesting product – Mediasmart. This shell combines multimedia features, creating a collection of video, audio and photo on your computer and provides easy navigation through it.

Positioning and conclusions
Envy is aimed at wealthy buyers, and it is felt. The point here is not even in the components or the price. The creators have made it an emphasis on quality design and appearance. Although HP’s line of many designer products, and Envy has some continuity, its appearance makes it clear that it is an expensive laptop for a rich audience. It fits well into hi-tekovoe fashionable surroundings.
HP Envy 15 – most home multimedia laptop that makes sense to take the house instead of a productive desktop. Still, a desktop computer must have a private place, and not always successfully, it is in the interior. Envy not only looks good almost everywhere, you can close it and remove anywhere, if it is not needed. In addition, the laptop is much easier to move from room to room, for example, to watch movies or play there.
By the undisputed advantages of the HP Envy 15 is a high level of performance for a laptop and a very good design: stylish and expensive. Plus a laptop, I think, is well suited as a home entertainment system: A good bright screen, great sound. Robust metal casing will protect the laptop from different contingencies.
The special features I would mention the second battery, which is not really needed here.
Finally, some disadvantages that are sure to show up under heavy use: no optical drive, cutting the wrist front side housing, crowded terminals.

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The configuration considered in notebooks is quite interesting and somewhat eccentric, especially those that relate to a series TravelMate. But let’s start with the Aspire 5520G. Due to the fact that it is built on a platform of AMD, the cost model is relatively small. In this case the chip is a fairly fast for AMD Turion – TL-58 version with a frequency of 1.9 GHz. The amount of memory (2 GB) and hard disk drive (160 GB) picked up quite well – to work in Windows Vista is enough. Otherwise it may be noted the average performance of discrete graphics card NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G. Acer Aspire 5520G offers a good mix of productive configuration at a reasonable price.

Acer TravelMate 6292 in terms of the specification is more unusual. First of all it is worth noting one of the flagship processor is the last generation (Acer has announced a new notebook on the processes of Penryn Intel) – Core 2 Duo T7700, operates on a frequency of 2.4 GHz. That we have so far found only in the gaming laptop Toshiba Satellite X200, but not in 12-inch model. That is, the model is right for those users who do not want to sacrifice performance for mobility and vice versa.

The second is not the most usual time – is the hard drive of 250 GB. These laptops are still available from the middle and business class. On a mobile standards is not enough. Still it is possible to highlight the support of all modern communications standards, including the Gigabyte Ethernet, IEEE 802.11 a / g / n and Bluetooth 2.0. Some may like a variety of ports and connectors. But this is naturally reflected in the price. TravelMate 6292 – the most expensive model in our review.

Acer TravelMate 6592G called “big” language is not rotated. Rather, it is simply more than the Acer 6292. Yes, and costs less. The reason for this is to use a little slower Core 2 Duo T7500 and twice less RAM – just 1 GB. In general, memory can be installed and 2GB, especially in the notebook in its class. I have the feeling that the manufacturer accidentally forgot to insert a plate. However, you can do it yourself, just paying the $ 50.

Otherwise it may be noted the video card Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT – is the flagship of the budget line of ATI, as well as a very good screen resolution to “tag” – 1680×1050. The hard disk is the same as that of the TravelMate 6292, that is 250 GB. Pretty much by today’s standards. But in terms of communication are only supported standards 802.11a/b/g, 802.11n left behind. But the diversity and abundance of ports and connectors is simply amazing, but they are later. While the move to complete.

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Many already have been surveys of business notebooks. We showed you and Lenovo ThinkPad X1, and HP ProBook 5330. This laptop from Dell, too, is with them in one line. On the one difference being that design, and the inner content, it can easily become as a business machine, and a home laptop or media center. Stylish design, aluminum body and a strong filling – that’s what will satisfy his owners. At first glance, it becomes clear that we are dealing here with a quality laptop that is easy to be a good competition to similar models from other manufacturers.
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The main technical characteristics

* Processor: Intel Core i5-2410M 2300 MHz or Intel Core i7
* Memory: 4/6/8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz
* Storage: 500 / 750 GB 7200 rpm SATA
Display: 15.6 “1366 x 768 WXGA LED
* Video: Intel HD Graphics 3000 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M
* Wireless: Wi-Fi 802.11 a / g / n, Bluetooth 3.0 + HS
* Interfaces: DVD + /-RW slot-loading drive, mini DisplayPort, HDMI, 2xUSB3.0,
* USB2.0/eSATA, Card Reader 9-in-1
* Optional: 1.3-megapixel webcam, the sound of High Definition with support for Waves MaxxAudio 3
* Battery: Li-Polymer 64 Wh
* Dimensions and weight: 384.9h260.4h24.7 mm, 2.1 kg
* Operating system: Windows 7 Home Premium
Price: from 38 000 rubles. up to 56 000 rubles. (For vesrii with i5 and i7, respectively)

Appearance

The laptop is made of durable anodized aluminum. He was quite handsome and nice looking. Indeed, the metal always looks expensive and elitist, albeit conservatively. Yes, the design is similar to the MacBook, but to confuse them will be difficult. We can not say that the appearance is better Dell or Apple, it’s just another. Design minimalistrichny enough, there is nothing extra, no extra buttons, or items.

The edges are trimmed with a laptop that’s a strip of shiny metal. It looks beautiful. You’ll see her in other photos.

On the cover of the notebook features the logo of the company in a familiar circle. And the cover and the logo are made of metal, it looks rich.

From the top, perhaps more than anything interesting. One need only mention that the screen on the case itself is in the displaced position. As you can see, there are loops to open the laptop. This design differs from the standard only in that notebook open to 180 degrees is impossible.

Bottom of the laptop there is no cap, so quickly to replace the battery or the details can not have to disassemble the whole laptop. At the bottom there are 4 rubber feet, non-slip and engraved model name. Agree, looks very, very nice. Moreover, the tactile feel as well.

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On the left side of the notebook is the mass of interfaces. Here and 2-port USB, and one HDMI port to output the images from the screen to the other devices (such as a projector). There is also a port eSata, shared with another USB, for connecting an external hard drive. C on the same side connector is a card reader, which is covered with a plastic cap. Despite the fact that only one input, a card reader reads the card SD, SDIO, SDXC, SDHC, MS, MS Pro, MMC, MSXC, xD. Analogue HDMI port there appears mini-DisplayPort, which is supposed to be used as the most modern interface connecting audio and video equipment, primarily to connect the laptop to the display, or notebook computer and home theater systems.

On the left is also another useful “feature” laptop. This button and indicators that can be found on power. Very handy to know, whether it’s time to recharge your “friend” is not opening and not including it. Just push the button and watch the lights. When all, it means the laptop is charged. If one then it’s time to the outlet.

It would seem that all that is necessary for life have been left. But no, on the right side housed a few more slots. First, the two audio jacks: input and output, respectively. It’s great that Dell did not spare the place and made two separate connectors, and not as a recent one – for the headset. After all, the headset is not at all, and almost every headphones.

On the same side and the gap is for discs. She carefully concealed on both sides of curtain (dust) into which you want to push the drive if you want to watch a movie or play a game. The drive is DVD + / – RW, so that any fastidious will be satisfied. It is worth noting that the hole is very harmonious look throughout the entire design of the laptop.

What’s missing? That’s right, sockets for charging the laptop and its connection with the outside world, that is, to the network. They are both back on opposite sides of the center of the laptop.

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The center of the air outlet grille is the same. It looks quite nice, at least not distracting from the overall style. Perhaps the only element that looks strange – it hinges that hold the screen. They are plastic, are made as a corrugated tube and do not look very imposing, in combination with aluminum and shiny design the whole structure.

The laptop is quite thin, and they say, one of the finest on the planet. The thickness of his body is 0.97 “(24.68 mm) and weighs 2.51 kg. And thanks to a soft smooth forms, it looks very cool.

Inside the manufacturer did not regret the metal and therefore, the palm rest below the keyboard is made of magnesium alloy.

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The keyboard, of course, is not as fashionable as the rest of this class of notebook. Simple plastic keys that are located island way, that is, between the keys a lot of place and hard to go wrong and then two at a time. Against the backdrop of a steep laptop looks like it’s cheap, a bit rough to sozhaleniyu.Tachpad but comfortable. There is also nothing special: sensory field, and two separate buttons. The course of the buttons rather bland. By the way, the touchpad is a function of the multi-touch, though it is not written anywhere.

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Right and left of the keyboard are the lattice dynamics under which installed. The laptop is an acoustic system High Definition Audio with support for Waves MaxxAudio 3. Good audio quality, enough to listen to a small room. When using the HDMI system will support even 5.1 sound, so you can connect to your home theater. Sense to connect to the laptop speakers do not have the usual plastic, as These speakers have a better quality.

The screen and camera

The laptop XPS 15z a display with a resolution of 1366×768 pixels and the size of 15.6 inches. Widescreen TrueLife technology made by so he has a pretty wide viewing angles and a sufficient level of brightness. Even when working in sunny weather, the screen is legible. Minus the screen – glossy finish. I do not know how this can be fought, but it seems the producers believe that the beauty of a laptop (with gloss and it is certainly much prettier) override the fact that the screen will not splodgy and he will be well-read information. Until then, off you can use your laptop as a mirror, a large mirror.

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The laptop a web camera with a resolution of 1.3 megapixels and as many as two microphones for communication. This camera for video calls, coupled with microphones remarkably fine.

Filling

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Laptop Dell XPS 15z comes with a productive processor Intel Core i5-2410M on board. The processor has a clock frequency of 2.3 GHz and the third level cache 3 MB. This dual-core processor supports Turbo Boost and can increase the clock speed to 2.9 GHz. The laptop is running one strip of memory whose size is 4GB of standard DDR3. But you can still buy one or just buy a laptop with 8GB of on board.

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Hard disk capacity – as much as 500 GB (and there are equipment and 750GB). This volume will be enough even for a good multmedia-collection, and to documents and programs – even more so. The stability and its performance can be inferred by looking at the screenshots below.

As for the video card, this Dell laptop as much as they are two: Integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000 and a discrete controller NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M with 1GB of internal memory. The laptop itself will switch to the correct video card in order to understand how to use resources. For “light” applications will use the integrated map, and for games and videos – discrete. More information about the test card under test.

Inside the laptop wireless modules are installed: Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n. Also, the notebook has an integrated technology Intel WiDi (wireless display).

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Sony VAIO Z notebook had “much noise” even before its official announcement. At first it was rumored that he will use interface Light Peak, then reported that he had with him will be delivered to a special docking station with a discrete graphics card. And in the end turned out to be true. However, for this would have to pay. Exactly how much and what you can get a very large sum – we’ll tell the rest of this article.
The recently introduced Sony VAIO Z notebook is designed to restore the position of Sony in the market for mobile computers. Even more so, not positions, but the Japanese company’s reputation as a major innovator in this segment. For that Sony decided to take special measures, which appeared to create a special docking station for VAIO Z, which was passed not only the optical drive, but also quite powerful discrete graphics card.

The idea of ​​complete external graphics accelerator laptops can not be called new. Most thought it was for AMD in its platform Puma, but before that some manufacturers’ svoevolnichali “and used to connect an external video interface PCI Express x1, failed to slot ExpressCard.

But the realization of Sony has certain advantages, which we mention below. Otherwise, the new VAIO Z on the size and weight similar to the 13.3-inch MacBook Air, although its configuration is easily compete with a 13.3-inch MacBook Pro the last generation, and even surpass him on several points. In general, the product has turned out an outstanding and at least worthy of further study.
Specification

To date, the VAIO Z line is only one laptop. But in Russia it is available in three different configurations. The least expensive, costing about 70 thousand, includes a processor Core i5-2410M, 4GB RAM and 128GB SSD on. The second option involves the exact same laptop, but bundled with a docking station – it will cost quite a tidy sum of 30 thousand rubles (total 100 thousand). Well, the most advanced version costs 120 thousand. To us he has got, but, unfortunately, without the docking station. Let’s take a look at his features more closely.

Sony VAIO Z (VPC-Z21Z9R)

Screen

13,3 “, 1600×900, 16:9

Processor

Intel Core i7-2620M (two cores and four threads, 2,7 / 3,4 GHz, 4096 KB L3)

Memory

4096 4096 MB DDR3-1333

Chipset

Intel HM67

Video card

Intel HD Graphics 3000

AMD Radeon HD 6650M (integrated into the external docking station)

Hard disk

256 GB SSD

Optical Drive

DVD ± RW / BD-ROW/DVD ± RW / BD-RW (in dock)

Communications

10/100/1000 Mbit / s Ethernet, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0 + HS, WiMAX, 3G

Ports

2xUSB (1xUSB 2.0, 1xUSB 3.0, combined with an optical port for docking station), D-SUB, HDMI, audio out (shared with microphone socket), RJ-45, a card reader SD, memory card reader Memory Stick

Webcam

1.3 Megapixels

Battery

6 cell 4000 mAh

Power supply unit

65 W

Dimensions

330h210h16, 7 mm

Weight

1.16 kg

Operating system

Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

Price

120 000 rubles

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When the thickness of the body a little less than 17 mm and weighing less than 1.2 kg seen in the VAIO Z Core i7-2620M is unusual – not in these notebooks usually come across such a processor. Often this is the big 15.6-inch laptops, and not the cheapest. With the latest in VAIO Z «All right,” but the weight and size is clearly comparable with those of the MacBook Air.

Thus, Core i7-2620M – fast processor, rightly so. Another question: do it in such a machine? Yet it is unlikely the owner will distill it full-length movies from one format to another, and render three-dimensional scenes are gone, and quick response in other applications and can provide a Core i5-2410M, installed in the VAIO Z versions more cheaply. So we recommend to think twice about whether to pay more for the most expensive configuration.

The top includes a modification to 8GB of RAM and 256 GB SSD-drive, but then again, is to proceed from their own needs. A similar amount of RAM at the moment is still overkill – 4 GB is usually enough to be active in virtually all applications, and professional programs on VAIO Z and is not intended. As for the SSD, but today the difference between 128 and 256 GB is very evident, because a large capacitance in this case – a significant plus.

Built-in graphics processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 in general, for those tasks that are oriented VAIO Z. But if this turns out to be small, then in your possession may be AMD Radeon HD 6650M, located in the docking station. This accelerator is the average, for its speed exceeds the one that comes with 15.4-inch junior MacBook Pro. So that, coupled with a docking station for the victory will be clear by whom.

Other features provide dock VAIO Z external optical drive (DVD ± RW, BD-ROM, or BD-RW) and six connectors (1hUSB 3.0, 2xUSB 2.0, 1xD-SUB, 1xRJ-45 and the audio jack). As we wrote in a preview that connects the dock of the optical cable, which transmits data via the interface Thunderbolt. However, Sony has implemented it as a USB-connector (actually withdrawing it has two fiber contact), and therefore has no right to use this name. And it is unlikely there will be such a connector device, except for the dock, because it makes no sense to call it an official name.

For the system video card is connected to PCI Express x4 interface, version 2.0 (which is similar to PCI-E x8 1.0). In principle, such an accelerator that will be enough, as well as for all other interfaces, made at the dock.

Special mention deserves the cable that connects an external module. The use of fiber-optic connections make it possible to meter in length, which is very convenient. Technology ATI XGP, implemented in the above-mentioned platform AMD Puma, in his usual “manifestation” implies a massive thick and short (less than 20 cm) wire, which may not be enough.

Another useful quality of the docking station – the ability to connect two monitors. The screen notebook may be working as a third external monitor connected directly to your computer.

Returning to the remaining characteristics of the VAIO Z, we note the huge variety of communication interfaces. Supports all: Gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi standards 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth version 3.0, WiMAX, and even 3G. Wi-Fi and WiMAX provides the network card is Intel Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6150 (that’s where the brand had gone Centrino) – one of the most popular models. As far as 3G, is responsible for the standard module Sierra Wireless Gobi

3000, developed by Qualcomm. It supports data transmission in HSPA + networks at speeds up to 14.4 Mbit / sec. More support for LTE and add exactly would be complete.

For prices and weight parameters, we all said, therefore remains to mention the operating system. Of course, since the VAIO Z – is a premium business-class laptop with it is Windows 7 Professional. This is more than the expected decision. For greater reliability would be to attend to and installed Windows 7 Ultimate (at such a price), but this is not enough that would make it. And since Sony emphasizes working positioning VAIO Z.

New Sony came to us in the form of a test sample without the kit, so continue with the design.

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Notebook Asus N53Jg – a handy model that combines everything you need to use at home or at work. Sufficiently large 15.6-inch laptop screen is very useful when working with multipage documents and web sites. In Asus N53Jg the processor Intel Core i3-380M with a frequency of 2530Mhz and 3072Mb of RAM that will quickly work with many popular applications and provide the necessary multi-tasking.

Do you like 3D games? With high-performance gaming graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GT415M 1024MB they will not slow down even at maximum settings. In addition, with HDMI inputs you can connect the laptop to the TV, while maintaining the quality image of high resolution. Hard Drive 320 GB can store large amounts of information. Built-in DVD-RW drive can read and burn CDs. Built-in WiFi allows you to wirelessly connect the Asus N53Jg to the Internet. The laptop comes with the new licensing the operating system Win 7 Home Basic.

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It should be noted immediately that, in terms of work, have tablets Samsung has a significant advantage. On the Tablet PC Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 preinstalled suite of applications Polaris Office to work with documents. You can, of course, and put another application, but it gets us free, so you can focus on its use. On the other hand, do not need to scour the Android Market and to experiment on your records, take the time and nerve cells.

Work with the tablet is convenient, although its weight is large enough

The device is equipped with front and rear cameras. Resolution of the modern man is not impressive, but we do not get tired of repeating that no-megapixel measured dignity of modern tablets. Thus, the rear camera is equipped with 3-megapixel sensor module and flash for capturing pictures and video light. The front camera is the same – only 2 megapixels. In fact, it does not matter, because practically important application for video calls Skype for Android does not support video conferencing. Of course, someday it will eliminate an unfortunate misunderstanding, but even then the proposed video capabilities will still be enough to excess, even a few people to communicate and to talk one-on-one more so. It should also be noted that the manufacturer thought to attract interest in this functionality.

For example, in the interface, we found rather amusing scene mode and automatic gluing panoramic images. Trifle, but nice. The camera has the ability to capture a smile. And this mode really works, you just have to be photographed changed the face after he was captured autofocus. And the Mona Lisa, he found Atlantis, which we did, he did not agree to click this graphic. Maybe forward to meeting with the original? Keep the tablet is in this mode are slow, and the weight does not seem so small. It is worth noting that the flash works, but very formal. For example, she makes eye image pets (other than excess depth of the eyeball) into monsters. On the other hand, summing up the story about the cameras, taking into account the weight of the device, less than 500 grams, the tablet Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 is easier to imagine as a device adapted for shooting.

The device is equipped with a slot for SIM cards. Conveniently, this solution is already preloaded into a tablet. We can not say that we consider the lack of a 3G modem critical, because almost all modern smartphones have the ability to distribute the Internet from the GSM network via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. Also, all operators of the Big Three, there are separate devices, 3G/Wi-Fi routers, which we have already written. At a cost of less than 2000 rubles, they cope well with the function for which the manufacturers of tablets required to have 3,000 to 5,000 rubles. On the one hand, we have at the zoo gadget adds another device and charging for it. On the other hand, Resiliency increases.
Add-in TouchWiz. Touch Wiz – is the ideal add-on operating system Android. Engineers have spent a lot of time in order to correct the defects visible creators of the operating axis of Google. For example, in the main menu page, next to the standard buttons “Home”, “Back” and “Options” button located to remove the instant screenshots. Very convenient!

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Optical drive and HDD

To store the information used by hard disk WD Black Scorpio WD5000BEKT (SATA-II) volume of 5,000 GB with 7200 rev / min. The cache capacity hard drive is the traditional 16 MB. From his “colleagues” with index BPKT, different drive technology to support Advanced Format (in this instance it does not, and BPKT, respectively, have).

Hard disk in the process of testing HD Tune showed higher data rates, and excellent for storage of this class access time – 15.5 ms. Compare with other WD5000BEKT drives of the same size and speed here. As part of the series, volume 500 GB – the maximum available for the HDD. In addition, there is a modification to the already established SSD of 128 GB. Although even the “fast” drive is not very noisy, but transmits vibrations to the body.

As always on guard for “health” of the hard drive system Drive Guard. In addition, the drive is placed in a sturdy metal case, secured by three spring-loaded screws.

Optical Drive HP (actually Samsung ODD) TS-L633R according to the specifications of the Samsung has no support for LightScribe, but this is false information. Drive with tray-loading can record all the modern media (such as maximum speed DVD standard – 8x). When operating the drive is noisy moderately.
HEAT

In this section 6560b of trick we did not expect: HP engineers to make a series of business-quality cooling system, and tested configuration is not a “voracious” schedule. As always, to make the system highly stable and fault-tolerance, the HP is not stingy on the heat sensors. Data obtained using CPUID HW Monitor, accurately reflect the operating temperature of components.

As you can see from the screenshot, “hard times” have both the CPU and GPU. Failure of the cooling system to cope with the problem stems from the fact that HP engineers under a thermal pad (and, correspondingly, to a heat pipe) and decided to plant the CPU and GPU, and even the Northbridge. Of course, the fan under load is strong enough noise (quieter than the dv6-6051er), but his efforts are not enough to cool the components, the total maximum TDP over 50W.

When working in office applications, surfing the net or watching a movie, the system cooler almost unheard of – he quietly “rustling” blades, but sometimes increasing pace. But running any demanding task (whether it is just an archive or compression of 3D Mark 06), a fan in the minimum time to the highest, and then at maximum speed. Body temperature during the cycle of “warm” notebook utilities FurMark and Prime95 is summarized in the table below.

Absolute temperature
The relative temperature
The room temperature: 24.9 ° C
Tops Bottoms
32.0 ° C 31.3 ° C 27.3 ° C
32.2 ° C 30.0 ° C 27.3 ° C
29.6 ° C 30.5 ° C 27.6 ° C

26.2 ° C 33.9 ° C 47.9 ° C
26.8 ° C 32.3 ° C 47.1 ° C
30.9 ° C 32.3 ° C 38.1 ° C
Average. VALUE. 30.1 ° C Average. VALUE. 33.4 ° C
Max. VALUE. 32.2 ° C Max. VALUE. 47.9 ° C
The tables show the absolute temperature: the temperature of the body, taking into account the ambient temperature.
Tops Bottoms
7.1 ° C 6.4 ° C 2.4 ° C
7.3 ° C 5.1 ° C 2.4 ° C
4.7 ° C 5.6 ° C 2.7 ° C

1.3 ° C 9 ° C 23 ° C
1.9 ° C 7.4 ° C 22.2 ° C
6 ° C 7.4 ° C 13.2 ° C
Average. VALUE. 5.2 ° C Average. VALUE. 8.5 ° C
Max. VALUE. 7.3 ° C Max. VALUE. 23 ° C
The relative temperature – the result of the temperature difference between body and room temperature.

Due to the large thickness of the working unit or palmrest, no keyboard, no heat considerably. So that part of the heat that the cooler is not thrown “overboard”, scattered on the bottom. Thus, the entire left side of the bottom heats up “Mama Do not Cry.” On the other hand, the right side of the bottom remains cold, which is very good.

At the time of writing, the latest version of BIOS, available for download from HP (F.01 dated March 13, 2011), coincided “sewn” into the laptop. We hope that the new BIOS versions, the problem will be solved with cooling (that’s only if the fan noise is too high).
The power system

Subsystem-to-date laptop, compared to previous models, has evolved. Firstly, 6560b uses a new form of battery, thereby eliminating the possibility of using the batteries from the previous series. Exactly the same situation at the bottom, with a jack under a second battery – HP fans may already be open in 2011 a catalog of accessories and choose the part number. Its parameters, or the nominal battery or power supply may not be anything surprising. 6-cell battery has a capacity of 55 watt-hours at a voltage of 10.8 V and 90 watt regular “Charger” produces 19 V at 4.74 A. Traditionally, the power supply wire is a buckle strap for easy transportation. Both the wire (from b / n to the laptop and the b / p up to the socket) is quite long – you will not have trouble finding a comfortable place to work.

In battery.jpg standard 6-cell battery offers enhanced solutions, their part number, according to the catalog HP – AJ359AA (8-cell battery) and AT486AA (12-cell battery).

HP Power Assistant

Branded utility HP Power Assistant lets you know how many watts of power consumed, and try to save them. The utility has a number of “presets”, which laid the typical situations and the appropriate settings of their equipment. In addition, with this tool, you can calculate how much energy in terms of Dollars, “eats” your ProBook. For example, during the heat test, the needle wattmeter “lay” on the value of 77-78 Tues

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Laptop Lenovo G565 – an inexpensive laptop that has the maximum number of features for its price.
As with all laptops in this class, it has a dual core processor AMD Athlon II or Phenom II with 2 GB or, respectively, 3 GB of RAM and hard drive capacity up to 320GB – more than enough for home working and archive information.

Laptop screen is 15.6 inches diagonally, the current increases the brightness of the image still surrounds the glossy surface. Resolution 1366 by 768 is not too large, but for laptops perfectly meets the requirements of high-quality movies, photos, and convenient operation, moreover, it is very energy efficient.

Lenovo IdeaPad G565

Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD5470 512MB gives a good picture for games and movies of good quality. In general – these characteristics allow the use of laptop Lenovo IdeaPad G565 not only for “office work”, but for simple processing of audio and video files, as well as for not very demanding on computer resources – games.

Built-in WiFi, Ethernet network adapter and motherboard slots and ports of the notebook allows you to integrate with existing notebook computers at home and other equipment.
Laptop Lenovo G565 allows you to read and write information to disk, and they drive with built-in DVD-RW, or card reader 5-in-1.

Windows 7 HB is set to “top” trim notebooks Lenovo IdeaPad G565.

In order to communicate at a distance in the laptop built in web-camera to 0.3 megapixels and a microphone that is mounted under the keyboard.

The keyboard keys with a full-black non-staining, its structure is similar to standard desktop keyboards and allows you to quickly switch to work by changing technology. Located next to the letter, the digital unit does work with numbers conventional and fast. The touchpad is most convenient for fast movement in the vertical direction.

Lenovo G565 laptop case made from a practical matte plastic, which is not noticeable stains, fingerprints and minor scratches. Strength of the material prevents it from inadvertent damage.

The notebook – from 2.5 to 2.7 kg and the dimensions of 377 × 252×38 millimeters. Different models of Lenovo G565 have some differences in their equipment

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Today we’ve got a laptop that you can call this a desktop replacement. This is a new model in the series notebooks HP Pavilion dv7. These laptops are always positioned as a desktop model for stationary use, so they do not emphasize on the weight or the lifetime of the battery, and the overall productivity and multimedia features. The device has a neutral appearance that will perfectly fit into the interior office or apartment, thanks to the elegant casing made of polished aluminum.

Design

By long tradition of Engineers of Hewlett-Packard are trying to design an outstanding Pavilion laptops, so they can be easily distinguished from other laptops. The new HP Pavilion dv7-6053er – not the exception, it is a logical extension of the line laptop dv7-4xxx and dv7-5xxx series. The new building is traditionally made of brushed aluminum, but now it is chocolate brown (the manufacturer calls this color as Dark Umber). At the edge of the hull and on the lateral edge of the notebook is silver rims. The metal case contains not only a decorative function, but also has a practical use – it is stronger plastic and over time, not wipe.

When you take your laptop in hand, the design of the device is very reliable – no squeaks, no backlash, the working surface of the hand does not bend. Cover hinge matrix securely hold it in the closed position, and in the open. In the upper left corner emblazoned inscription «beatsaudio», reminding us that the laptop is set pretty high quality acoustics.

In addition to the columns in your notebook and HP has built-in subwoofer, power was not high, but it’s better than nothing.

Display

The notebook installed the LED display of high resolution 1600×900 pixels with 16:9 aspect ratio. Screen size is 17.3 inches (43.9 cm), it is suitable for watching movies in HD-quality and comfortable to work. The picture looks lush and realistic thanks to proprietary HP BrightView, but in the sunlight glare screen, but it is not particularly important, because the laptop is designed for home use.
Keyboard and Touchpad

The keyboard on the HP Pavilion dv7-6053er as on earlier models of the series dv7 – full-size, island type. This means that apart from the main keyboard in the laptop has an extra numeric keypad. The keys perfectly respond to pressing and buttons are made of matte black plastic.

But the touch pad itself has changed. Many users have negative perception of sensory panels, HP Clickpad, which were installed on the previous models and now dv7 HP engineers have listened to the comments and made a left and right key in a separate block. Enable / disable panel by double-tapping has been saved.
Processor and Performance

That’s where the fun begins. On the laptop installed the latest quad processor IntelCore i7-2630QM with 2 GHz and L3 cache 6 MB. RAM is installed as much as 8GB of DDR3 two strips of 4 GB each. Hard drive 1 TB (1,000 GB) with a speed of 5400 revolutions per minute. Videosostavlyayuschaya – is a powerful AMD Radeon HD6770M adapter with dedicated memory 1 GB DDR5. With these parameters the notebook is able to solve any tasks assigned. It will advanced games and applications. Such stock performance will be enough for at least another 1-2 years. However, at high load the laptop will heat up significantly because of the high-performance accessories, so long work-intensive programs, or toys, we recommend using a cooling pad for 17 “inch laptops.

Ports and Communications

Webcam HP TrueVision with built-in digital microphone helps in communicating with friends, colleagues and family through Skype. Built-in memory card reader 5-in-1 supports the formats of SD, MMC, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro and xD-Picture.

On the left side of the notebook are port VGA, HDMI, RJ-45 connector, two USB-ports, microphone and audio output and headphones.

To the right of the laptop are two more USB-ports, DVD-RW drive with LightScribe technology and a connector for the power supply. Located on the front side card reader. Note that a single USB port shared with port eSATA, two USB ports and have the format support USB 3.0, they are marked «SS».

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However, the market already has a version of the Samsung laptop with a 1.6-gigahertz processor, Core i5-2467M, which costs only a thousand rubles more.

The most affordable modification MacBook Air still does not get rid of the “fiscal stamp” in the form of 2 gigabytes of RAM. Any of the Samsung 900X3A equipped with twice the volume and, most importantly, this volume can be extended independently.

Graphics card and built another variant has not yet offered by any one manufacturer – digital accelerator on a separate, even the most compact motherboard, not reduces the thickness of the body. However, for tasks that focus on these laptops, Intel HD Graphics 3000 is perfect.

SSD put 900X3A status, although there are possible alternatives. So far, the retail model are with the SSD of 128 GB, although the option to double the volume would also be interesting. All the more so that the corresponding modification of the 13.3-inch MacBook Air exists.

Communications Samsung product is somewhat broader than the MacBook Air. At last, we recall, there is no native support for Ethernet, while equipped with the appropriate connector 900X3A (albeit with reservations, but more on that below). Wi-Fi and Bluetooth versions are also the fastest on the spot. But the built-in 3G-model does not.

It remains to compare the size and weight. The width and height of the Apple laptops and Samsung are almost identical, and the thickness at 900X3A quite small, only 16 mm, but it is uniform throughout the area, while the MacBook Air 13,3 “it gradually increases from the front of the chassis to the rear. Weighs on Samsung 900X3A 20 grams less, and in fact such a difference generally not felt.

As part of the price advantage for Samsung 900X3A. On average, it costs 46-47 rubles, while for the most basic MacBook Air 11,6 “asking about the same. Comparable 13.3-inch model will cost about 60 thousand. Yes, it will be slightly better in many respects, that does not compensate for a third higher price.

Samsung 900X3A came to us in a test version without the sales package. With him was only a small power supply unit 40 W (19 V, 2.1 A) in the form of an ordinary rectangular bar. No wires or clamps to special branding had not been observed. However, the retail version of supply includes a power supply – more compact, with the ability to change the plugs, as well as to clamp the wire. With this feeder 900X3A much closer to laptops Apple, which at the head and shoulders above all others just because their chargers are more compact and did not strain their presence in a bag or backpack.
Design and Ergonomics

It is designed Samsung drew attention to the 900X3A – one only a small thickness of the body is not enough to call the public interest. The laptop is not similar to that of “mass” range of the company. Visually it is very thin.

Clearly defining the form of the body can not pick up. On top of it is flat. The rear end is rounded, it looks particularly impressive. In the role of the main body material – metal, and metal and dense quality. To the bottom of the screen lid and used more than one sheet of metal, but a few. However, this does not prevent the impression integral, monolithic structure.

Texture “scratched metal,” which is used here, we have seen more than a dozen times because it is not surprising.

The lateral ends were quite strict and in some cases can cause discomfort (eg, if strongly lean wrists on the workspace).

Samsung Notebook on no stamps and other questionable decorations, just a brilliant logo on the outside of the lid. Inside 900X3A also like Air, above all, a huge touchpad and keyboard island type. Very tastefully done button on and off the computer – its relief icon has no visible boundaries, if it were part of the frame.

Generally open 900X3A looks no less stylish than closed, which is also rare – often open laptops lose all its charm. We believe it is in a smooth sheet metal bending, walking on the lateral faces, and still strictly in black. He, oddly enough, is very appropriate and stresses solid surroundings computer. However, this is done, not least due to a slightly reflective paint. Samsung Gloss hardly used, so 900X3A zalapyvaetsya not very much.

Keyboard blend in computer and exterior perfectly complements the overall style, not least because of the design. The keys are clearly visible all the characters, including Cyrillic. Present and backlight, framing them with Kant and illuminated characters. However, only those that are marked with white paint – the Cyrillic alphabet in the dark is not visible. As far as the layout, then to her claims, we do not have. Long modifiers, comfortable [Enter] and [Backspace], separated by a block pointer, soft and quiet depression – what more could you ask for?

The touchpad is very large, rather than tangible like MacBook Air. However, Samsung did not specifically focus on gestures – the touchpad is pressed at the bottom. And the press he has a pretty soft, it does not have to put too much effort. Such a “besknopochnaya” touch panel itself requires getting used to, but that depression can work even from simply moving your finger across the rough surface, does not add comfort.

As often happens, the role of extra buttons executes a block of function keys [F1] – [F12]. Their “original” function causes the retention [Fn], and so they run the screen brightness and backlight, volume, enable and disable wireless controllers. Right above the keyboard is a button on the laptop. It is made in the form of small pits, gently “bends” when pressed down. Very original and elegant solution.

Despite the visual “seamless” design, Samsung 900X3A body is not solid, like the MacBook Air. The bottom of the closed lid of the magnesium-aluminum alloy, which is located a few ventilation holes. This is not enough for a normal heat – in the back of the laptop heats up considerably, and it felt even from the back side – the keys are warm. Among other things, you hear the fan noise. The laptop comes with an SSD, and while being a simple job, it is absolutely quiet. Noise only cooler, and there’s nothing you can do.

Samsung 900X3A be independently proapgredit can not be said about the laptop MacBook Air. The lid is attached in this case ten bolts, but removed fairly easily, then you can get to the battery (which is essentially non-removable), slots for memory (the MacBook Air RAM is soldered on the board at all) and even a SSD-drive. The latter is connected to the connector mSATA, but physically located in a special compartment for a 1.8-inch hard drive. But physically located in a special compartment for a 1.8-inch hard drive. Samsung apparently has done the groundwork for the future to be able to deliver the computer and hard drive. Frankly, we’re in such a decision can not see much point – 1.8-inch HDD are expensive and their capacity is not much more than the SSD. Therefore could be none at all to consider that would simplify the design.
Interfaces, screen, sound

Communication connectors – a sore spot any ultracompact notebook. For them there is no trivial place, because of what the producers have to dodge. This is particularly evident in our 900X3A. All its connectors (except the power connector) hidden in folding boxes at the sides.

On the left are derived connectors USB 3.0, Micro HDMI, RJ-45. Right block gives access to another port USB, but version 2.0, microSD card reader and audio output, blended with an input for a microphone. Front and back, of course, is nothing.

The connectors on the right end Samsung 900X3A: USB, audio out (shared with microphone socket), microSD card reader
The connectors on the right end Samsung 900X3A: USB, audio out (shared with microphone socket), microSD card reader

Well, everything except the USB, at 900X3A unusual. Micro HDMI thing is quite rare and occurs except for certain cameras and mobile phones. Of course, it works better than a full-size counterpart, but it requires an adapter, which is the standard is not included. But much more interesting situation with a jack Ethernet. His very presence is a big plus (for such there are no Air), but he just needs an adapter, which, fortunately, there is a complete set. However, the constant need to remember to bring along a pair of adapters, such as not conducive to ease of operation of the device.

Card reader, of course, adapters are not needed, but that’s compatible with only cards from mobile phones and tablets. Of course, lately the most massive “fotomylnitsy” (especially Samsung) working with such a small memory card, but a more advanced photographic equipment remained out of work. Well, a combined audio connector – a very rare phenomenon, especially for this class of notebooks.

Way to use the 3.5 mm headphone output, may have quite often. Dynamics 900X3A, located directly under the sheet metal on the side in front, not very good. Simply put, they’re there more for show – “heard without headphones: Done.”

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