HP ProBook 4431s Reviews

Today we bring you the HP HP ProBook 4431s business notebook, when the first see the appearance of this notebook, the kind of deja vu, the appearance of colors and materials to work with the previous evaluation had 12 inches HP HP ProBook very similar to the 4230s, but the naming convention from the point of view, this notebook with a mainstream 14-inch body ratio design, relatively broader audience crowd.

The rounded roof design is simple, but there is no lack of taste, the center is still the classic "hp" metal LOGO, in addition there is no superfluous decoration LOGO metal brushed against the background is full texture, while the delicate brushed feel to left a deep impression.

Hewlett-Packard HP ProBook 4431s has a 14-inch matte display, maximum resolution of 1366 × 768 pixels, just above the border of the screen, embedded in an HP TrueVision 720p high photosensitive HD Webcam with practical applications, to user video conferencing to provide a visual communication environment. In addition, the notebook also joined the SRS Premium Sound sound effects for the user to create an immersive three-dimensional sound field.

Next we machine portability actual weighing test, this 14-inch HP ProBook 4431s comes standard with a six-cell lithium HP ProBook 4431s battery, the machine with the battery weighs 2.216kg, plus adapter travel weight 2.718kg, this weight 14-inch notebook at the same level compared to slightly heavier, but still within an acceptable range of the user.

HP ProBook 4431s using a popular chocolate buttons keyboard, you can see this design has become the most common feature of mainstream notebook, the greatest advantage is that the whole C surface seem simple and neat, you can also prevent dust and debris into the take care of them very convenient, in addition, the spacing of the keys to maintain a relatively reasonable, coupled with the feel of the elastic medium, typing can get a more rapid entry speed. In addition, the HP QuickWeb feature for many users often related to the operation becomes more convenient, can quickly within 10 seconds of the boot state web browsing, e-mail, VoIP, microblogging and many other features to help busy working the first time to deal with the matter at hand.

Keyboard just below the operating area of ​​the touchpad, you can clearly see the C-face surface material and roof complement each other, metal brushed style makes the left and right palm rest position to look fresh and neat, the surface of the touchpad with a matte spray process The fingers move back and forth when mouse pointer is positioned to sense accurate, and about the hard and soft touch keys also relatively modest.

The left side of the fuselage arrangement notebook keyhole, power connector, external D-sub video out port, RJ-45 Ethernet port, HDMI high-definition output ports and 2 x USB2.0 interface, USB interface below the arrangements for Express Card / 34 slot, external video output to meet the basic day-to-day office applications, the two common external port connection with high-definition TV, a bigger screen and projector display devices, making PPT presentations operation more convenient.

HP ProBook 4431s sunken metal shaft design screen maximum opening angle of 130 °, the shape of the fuselage rear oblique style, making the body as a whole to look more thin tangible, shaft strength, control, or comparison excellent, moved back and forth the screen does not appear to significantly sway the situation, and with one hand you can easily screen cover lift.

HP ProBook 4431s with sunken shaft design, the fuselage rear and did not place any interface, look at the front left side of the fuselage, then arrange the hard disk status indicator and multi-card reader slot and a set of audio interface for the business crowd for the actual use of the card reader slot front should be said is a more reasonable arrangement of the way, the user memory card data exchange operation more intuitive and convenient.

Hardware configuration, this HP ProBook 4431s is equipped with 32nm process technology, the Intel cool Rui i3 2310M dual-core processor, equipped with Intel HM65 chip group, large-capacity 500GB hard drive and 2GB of DDR3 1333MHz high-speed memory is configured In addition, machine factory pre- installed Genuine Windows 7 operating system. In the graphics, the entry-level models using 1GB of GDDR3 memory AMD Radeon HD 6470M discrete graphics card HD 3000 Intel Core graphics card that comes with the processor is composed of two graphics capabilities.

Thermal performance testing we used FurMark software allows this machine to run in the high load state, after about half an hour's time, the processor temperature rises to 72 ° C core temperature reached 66 ℃ and 64 ℃, a single from the point of view of the sensor temperature, the temperature of the internal hardware of Hewlett-Packard HP ProBook 4431s under the high load operation, more normal, the overall cooling efficiency control is good.

We also carried out for Hewlett-Packard HP ProBook 4431s endurance test from the specification point of view of the HP ProBook 4431s notebook battery, the model comes standard 10.8V/47Wh six-cell lithium ProBook 4431s battery, power management software that comes with Windows 7 system its endurance assessment, the final measurement was 98% of the remaining ProBook 4431s battery life time of 4 hours and 36 minutes. Although this result only as a reference value, but can be seen in the actual use of the mobile office capabilities of this notebook is worthy of recognition.

HP ProBook 4431s remained restrained style of business, the rounded corners to deal with the delicate surface feel highlights the machine good quality workmanship, top cover and keyboard surface of the metal brushed design is quite fit the temperament of the business crowd In addition, the hardware configuration, performance powerful and practical, equipped with the new Intel Core i3 processor and the AMD Radeon HD 6470M in the end discrete graphics, the current price of 5299 yuan, the machine is relatively affordable.