HP Chromebook x360 13b (2023) Review

Yog tias koj lub khoos phis tawj siv nyiaj qis dua $ 500, koj yuav ua tau zoo dua nrog Chromebook dua li Windows PC. Noj $ 449 HP Chromebook x360 13b: Nws tsis yog lub cim xwm txheej, tsis yog tias koj yuav pom ib qho ntawm tus nqi no, tab sis nws yog tus muaj peev xwm ua tau zoo hauv online nrog 13.3-nti convertible kov npo uas flips thiab folds los ntawm lub laptop rau hauv kev nthuav qhia thiab ntsiav tshuaj hom. Nws kuj tau ntim cov peppy 128GB NVMe solid-state tsav es tsis txhob qeeb, nruj eMMC flash cia. Lub 13b nco txog Editors 'Choice txiav txim siab rau qhov luv me ntsis ntawm lub cim xeeb thiab cov chaw nres nkoj, tab sis nws yog cov neeg siv khoom nyiam sib tw - txawm tias muaj txiaj ntsig ntau ntawm kev muag rau $ 349.99 ntawm qhov kev sau no.

Lwm ARM Alternative 

Koj tuaj yeem hloov kho Chromebook x360 13b nrog 256GB tsav rau ib qho ntxiv $ 30 lossis cov keyboard backlit rau tib tus nqi, tab sis tus qauv $ 449.99 hauv paus peb tau sim yog txhua yam HP muag tam sim no. Lub 1,920-by-1,080-pixel zaub muaj qhov qub-tsev kawm ntawv 16: 9 nam piv es tsis txhob siab dua 16: 10 lossis 3: 2, ncig los ntawm nruab nrab-tuab bezels. (HP hais txog 80.3% kev tshuaj ntsuam-rau-lub cev piv.) 128GB SSD yog qhov txaus rau ChromeOS, txawm hais tias 4GB tsis yog 8GB ntawm RAM yog me ntsis skimpy. 

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Lub CPU yog MediaTek Kompanio 1200, 6-nanometer ARM nti txuam nrog Acer Chromebook Spin 513's Kompanio 1380, tshwj tsis yog tias nws plaub Cortex-A78 kev ua tau zoo cores ncov ntawm 2.6GHz hloov 3.0GHz nrog Acer. Lub processor kuj muaj plaub Cortex-A55 npaum cores thiab tsib-core Mali-G57 integrated graphics.

Ua ke lub hau hlau thiab lub cev yas, HP ntsuas 0.66 los ntawm 12.1 los ntawm 8.2 ntiv tes, piv nrog 0.64 los ntawm 11.8 los ntawm 9.3 ntiv tes rau 3: 2-ntu-piv Acer Spin 513 thiab 0.68 los ntawm 12.7 los ntawm 8.8 nti rau 14-nti Acer Chromebook Spin 514. Lub HP Chromebook qhov hnyav tsaws ntawm ob Acer convertibles, ntawm 2.95 phaus. 

Lub x360 13b xav tias ruaj khov nrog tsis tshua muaj flex yog tias koj tuav lub npov cov ces kaum lossis nias lub lawj keyboard, txawm tias cov zaub wobbles thaum tapped hauv laptop hom. Ib me ntsis trench los yog zawj txiav tawm ntawm ntug pem hauv ntej ua rau nws yooj yim dua kom tau txais cov ntiv tes tuav kom nqa lub hau, thiab cov zawv zawg me me muab lub webcam ntiag tug. Tu siab, txawm tias xav tau ntawm tus nqi no, koj yuav pom tsis muaj tus nyeem ntiv tes.

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Koj yuav tsis pom qhov chaw nres nkoj HDMI ntawm no, ib yam nkaus, yog li yog tias koj xav txuas tus saib sab nraud koj yuav xav tau DisplayPort adapter rau ib qho ntawm ob lub USB 3.2 Hom-C chaw nres nkoj. Cov chaw nres nkoj 5Gbps, haum rau AC adapter, nyob ntawm ob sab. Ib qho ntawm sab laug yog nrog rau USB 3.2 Hom-A chaw nres nkoj, lub zog khawm, thiab lub ntim rocker; ib qho ntawm sab xis los ntawm microSD daim npav qhov thiab lub suab jack.

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Cov Zaub: Tsis Brightest, Tab sis Tsis Phem 

Lub 13.3-nti puv HD kov npo tau kuv tapping lub sab saum toj-kab backlight-up tus yuam sij hauv kev cia siab kom tau txais qhov ci ntsa iab me ntsis (HP ntsuas nws ntawm 250 nits), tab sis tsuas yog rau qhov nws zoo nraug heev. Cov xim yog nplua nuj thiab zoo saturated, thiab saib cov ces kaum yog dav. Cov ntsiab lus zoo yog qhov ntse ntse-raws li nrog rau lwm Chromebooks, koj tuaj yeem xaiv los ntawm ib txhais tes ntawm "zoo li" lossis kev daws teeb meem, lub neej ntawd yog 1,536 los ntawm 864, kom tsis txhob squinty-me icons lossis screen ntsiab. 

Qhov sib txawv yog qhov zoo, txawm tias qhov ci ntsa iab tsawg txhais tau hais tias qhov ntxoov ntxoo zoo sib xws hauv qhov tsaus ntuj plooj rau ib leeg. Cov keeb kwm dawb huv tsis yog greyish lossis dingy, pab los ntawm 2-hauv-1 hinges cia koj qaij lub vijtsam rov qab raws li koj nyiam.

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HP's B&O (Bang & Olufsen) logo ntawm lub xibtes so yog me ntsis ntawm exaggeration, tab sis lub suab los ntawm cov neeg hais lus hauv qab yog zoo dua li koj xav tau los ntawm tus nqi qis Chromebook; tsis hnyav heev los yog tinny txawm nyob rau hauv siab ntim. Koj yuav tsis hnov ​​​​cov ntses bass thaj tsam ntau, tab sis koj tuaj yeem ua cov kab sib tshooj. Ntawm qhov tod tes, lub webcam tiag tiag pheej yig. Nws cov dluab yog tolerably zoo-teeb thiab muaj yeeb yuj yam tsis muaj ntau zoo li qub, tab sis lawv qis 720p (es tsis txhob ntawm 1080p) daws teeb meem ua rau lawv plooj thiab blotchy.

Kuv xav tsis thoob tias kuv nco qab qhov teeb pom kev zoo npaum li cas, tab sis x360 13b's keyboard muab kev paub ntaus ntawv zoo. Nws yog qhov ntiav, yog li koj cov ntiv tes zoo li tau tsoo lub ntsej muag nyuaj uas yuav ua pov thawj tias nkees tom qab ob peb teev, tab sis nws kuj muaj qhov xav tsis thoob. Tus cursor-arrow keys yog nyob rau hauv HP ib txwm ua tau txawv txawv kab, nrog ib nrab-qhov siab nce thiab nqis xub stacked ntawm tag nrho-loj sab laug thiab sab xis, es tsis txhob ntawm qhov zoo dua inverted T. Ib tug dlej me me, buttonless touchpad clicks thiab glides smoothly.

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Zoo li lwm yam Chromebooks, 13b los nrog 100GB ntawm Google One huab cia rau ib xyoos ntxiv rau peb lub hlis sim ntawm YouTube hwm thiab Canva Pro. HP pov rau hauv nws cov khoom siv QuickDrop rau kev hloov cov ntaub ntawv ntawm koj lub laptop thiab lub xov tooj, thiab lub tuam txhab suav nrog kev sim ntawm $ 29.99-ib-xyoo Concepts sketching app.

Kuaj HP Chromebook x360 13b: Ib nrab ntawm Kauj Ruam Tawm 

Rau peb cov qauv ntsuas ntsuas, peb piv HP x360 13b nrog peb lwm Chromebooks hauv tib tus nqi ballpark. Qhov tsis hloov pauv Acer Chromebook 514 siv MediaTek Kompanio CPU qub, thaum lub 16-nti Lenovo 5i Chromebook muaj Intel Core i3 nti. 

Qhov thib peb yog lwm qhov 13.3-nti 2-hauv-1, txawm hais tias nws tuaj yeem tshem tau ntau dua li qhov hloov pauv tau - Lenovo IdeaPad Duet 5 Chromebook, uas khav theeb OLED npo. Lub Acer Chromebook Spin 514, uas raug nqi $ 250 ntau dua li HP txawm hais tias qhov kev daws teeb meem rau eMMC cia, rub ua ntej nrog nws lub zog AMD Ryzen 5 processor los ua peb qhov kawg Editors 'Choice yeej.

Peb sim Chromebooks nrog peb qhov kev ua tau zoo tag nrho-ib qho ChromeOS, ib qho hauv, thiab ib qho hauv online. Thawj, CrXPRT 2 los ntawm Cov Txheej Txheem Txheej Txheem, ntsuas sai npaum li cas lub kaw lus ua haujlwm txhua hnub hauv rau 3 qhov haujlwm xws li siv cov duab cuam tshuam, kos duab cov khoom lag luam, txheeb xyuas DNA ntu, thiab tsim cov duab XNUMXD siv WebGL.

Qhov thib ob, UL's PCMark rau Android Ua Haujlwm 3.0, ua haujlwm ntau yam khoom lag luam hauv lub qhov rais smartphone-style. Thaum kawg, Basemark Web 3.0 khiav hauv qhov browser tab kom muab cov lej JavaScript qis nrog CSS thiab WebGL cov ntsiab lus. Tag nrho peb cov qhab nia ua lej; cov lej siab dua yog qhov zoo dua.

Ntau xyoo ntawm kev sim tau qhia peb tias Chromebooks nrog ARM processors tsuas muaj kev ua haujlwm tsis zoo piv nrog cov neeg sib tw nrog x86 chips los ntawm Intel thiab AMD. Qhov tseeb Kompanio CPUs kaw qhov sib txawv me ntsis, yog li HP tau nce qib qub Acer 514 thiab Qualcomm Snapdragon-powered Duet hauv CrXPRT 2 thiab Basemark Web. Txawm li cas los xij, HP tau taug qab lawv hauv PCMark rau Android, thiab nws tau cuam tshuam los ntawm Lenovo 5i thiab Spin 514. HP 13b yuav tsum zoo rau Google Workspace cov ntaub ntawv thiab kev tshawb nrhiav txhua hnub, tab sis yuav tsis yog qhov kev xaiv ntse rau Android gaming. 

Peb kuj tseem khiav Android CPU benchmark, multi-core Geekbench xeem los ntawm Primate Labs. Ib qho Android GPU xeem, GFXBench 5.0, kev ntsuam xyuas kev ntxhov siab ob qho tib si theem qis xws li texturing thiab qib siab, cov duab zoo li kev ua si uas ua rau cov duab kos duab thiab suav cov duab ntxoov ntxoo, qhia cov txiaj ntsig hauv thav duab ib ob (fps).

Thaum kawg, txhawm rau ntsuas txhua lub Chromebook lub roj teeb, peb voj 720p video file nrog lub teeb ci ntsa iab ntawm 50%, ntim ntawm 100%, thiab Wi-Fi thiab keyboard backlighting xiam oob qhab kom txog thaum lub kaw lus kaw. Yog hais tias peb nrhiav tsis tau txaus onboard cia rau 69GB video, peb siv ib tug sab nraud SSD ntsaws rau hauv ib tug USB chaw nres nkoj.

HP tsis txaus siab rau hauv Geekbench, lossis hauv ib qho GFXBench subtest nws ua tiav. (Nws oddly ua tsis tau tejyam khiav lub tsheb Chase module.) HP's 2-in-1 Chromebook txhiv nws tus kheej nrog yuav luag 15 teev ntawm lub zog nyob rau hauv peb cov roj teeb rundown, thib ob tsuas yog rau lub IdeaPad ntsiav tshuaj. Yog li, ib hnub tag nrho ntawm chaw ua haujlwm lossis tsev kawm ntawv, ntxiv rau qee qhov kev lom zem streaming, yuav tsum tsis muaj teeb meem ntawm Chromebook no. 

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Kev Txiav Txim: Ib Lub Taub Hau Hloov Tau 

Nrog tsuas yog 4GB ntawm RAM, tsis muaj HDMI chaw nres nkoj, thiab tsis muaj bundled stylus rau kev sau ntawv, kos duab, lossis piav qhia, HP Chromebook x360 13b kom meej meej tsaws ntawm cov peev nyiaj es tsis yog hwm sab ntawm cov nplai. Txawm li cas los xij, Chromebook no ua nws txoj haujlwm yooj yim, nrog kev txaus siab yog tias tsis ua haujlwm kub hnyiab, lub vijtsam tsim nyog thiab cov keyboard, thiab tus qauv siv 2-hauv-1. Nws tsis yog ib qho ntawm peb lub Chromebooks saum toj kawg nkaus, tab sis-tshwj xeeb tshaj yog thaum muag rau tsawg dua $ 350-nws tau txais qhov chaw nyob rau saum 10.