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Let’s Know The Inside Of HP ProBook 4520s
The HP ProBook 4520s is small to medium business laptop that substitute the older 4510s from last year. The brand new product bumps the configuration from the older Intel Core 2 Duo class of processors to the newer Intel Core line, like the Core i3, i5 as well as i7 processors. In this review we look at what is changed and how the most recent unit stacks up against its precursor.
Build quality is very good and a step up from the older type. The brushed metal lid provides the 4520s some much needed durability and screen protection that the plastic lid on the earlier unit lacked. The palm rest and speaker grill also gained some solidity and at this point offer you a small amount of flex within strong stress. The chassis all together feels well built but still a step below total business notebooks like the EliteBook or ThinkPad collection. The keyboard tray has a few small flex under pressure which would not be a issue on the more expensive products.
The HP ProBook 4520s has a 15.6″ anti-glare screen with a 16:9 widescreen rate. At 1366 x 768 pixels, this 720p hd display is completely workable and features great color and contrast. We understand a lot of people are worried about the move from 16:10 to 16:9 ratio screens (simply because this implies less vertical resolution) but the difference is so minor that the vast majority of notebook users won’t ever have a problem.
The speakers on the HP ProBook 4520s completed roughly on average with other small and medium business laptop computers. Compared to most personal notebook speakers they left plenty to be desired, but for light song listening or getting your preferred video streaming on the road they should be more than good. Peak volume levels were good for a small or medium size room. Bass and midrange were inadequate, but that’s par for the course with the majority of notebooks in this class.
HP updated the touchpad on the 4520s from the older 4510s, with the laptop now including a button-free Synaptics ClickPad. The main difference is a bigger area to apply for making motions and a tidier look without additional buttons. With that in mind, we experienced some problems adjusting to the new format. If you’re a notebook user who loves to rest their fingers on the touchpad buttons while you move your cursor around the screen you’ll be in for a world of shock. Even in the defined touchpad button areas the touchpad picks up your stationary finger input and tries to add it into a multitouch gesture. Pinch zoom is the touch that most frequently activates, although even after all multitouch gestures were disabled we still discovered the cursor would “jump” throughout the desktop.
Finally, this is affordable laptop computer. Despite its minimal downside, HP Probook 4520s is still stand as best buy.
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