HP EliteBook 840 G9 Review

Teem ib sab nws ZBook mobile workstations thiab ultralight Dragonfly kab, HP's EliteBook 800 qauv yog lub tuam txhab lag luam thib ob zoo tshaj plaws laptops (nruab nrab ntawm 600 thiab 1000 series). EliteBook 840 G9 (pib ntawm $ 1,129; $ 1,609 raws li kev sim) zaum smack nyob rau hauv lub ntsiab ntawm 14-nti, clamshell neeg sau phau ntawv. Lub laptop no tau ntim nrog cov yam ntxwv tshiab zoo li lub siab me ntsis 16:10 (hloov ntawm 16: 9) nam piv zaub, Wi-Fi 6E, thiab 5G mobile broadband. HP's 840 G9 tsis upstage Lenovo lub legendary ThinkPad X1 Carbon raws li peb nyiam ua lag luam laptop, tab sis nws yog ib tug trim thiab zoo kawg li kev lag luam kev xaiv.

Npaj rau Lub Chaw Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ua Haujlwm 

Ntawm HP.com, qhov pheej yig tshaj EliteBook 840 G9 yog $ 1,129 nrog 12th Generation Intel Core i5 processor, 16GB ntawm RAM, thiab 256GB NVMe solid-state drive. Plaub lub vijtsam xaiv muaj, tag nrho IPS vaj huam sib luag nrog 1,920-los-1,200-pixel daws teeb meem: tsis kov lossis kov nrog 250 nits ntawm qhov ci ci, lub hnub ci 400-nit tsis-kov lub vijtsam, thiab ib qho ntawm HP's Sure View Reflect panels nrog cov lim dej ntiag tug sib xyaw ua ke. Kev poob siab, koj tsis tuaj yeem tau txais 4K ntse dua lossis OLED zaub.

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Rau $ 1,609, peb lub Windows 11 Pro xeem chav ntsuas nce mus rau qhov nrawm dua Core i7-1280P nti (rau Kev Ua Haujlwm cores, yim Efficient cores, 20 threads) nrog Intel's vPro IT kev tswj hwm thev naus laus zis, 512GB SSD, thiab Intel 5G Solution 5000 kev sib txuas rau kev puas tsuaj. qhov chaw uas tsis muaj Wi-Fi kev pab. Ntxiv nrog rau SmartCard qhov nrog rau ob qho tib si nyeem ntiv tes thiab lub ntsej muag lees paub lub vev xaib kom hla kev ntaus password nrog Windows Hello. Lub laptop tseem muaj HP's Wolf Security bundle, suav nrog BIOS thiab AI-based malware tiv thaiv nrog rau Sure Click sandboxing ntawm online apps thiab cov vev xaib.

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Qhov no aluminium-clad EliteBook ntsuas 0.76 los ntawm 12.4 los ntawm 8.8 ntiv tes, thiab nws tsuas yog tshem tawm peb cov kev txiav tawm ultraportable ntawm 2.99 phaus. Ntawm lwm cov kev lag luam 14-nti nrog 16: 10 npo nam piv, Lenovo's X1 Carbon yog ib feem yim ntawm ib nti nyias thiab ib nrab phaus sib dua (2.48 phaus), thaum Acer TravelMate P6 tseem sib dua ntawm 2.2 phaus.

Nyias bezels ciam teb ob sab ntawm lub vijtsam, nrog me ntsis thicker tuav saum toj thiab hauv qab. Lub qhov rooj zawv zawg npog lub webcam lens thaum koj xav tau qee qhov kev ceev ntiag tug, thiab lub microphone kaw qhov tseem ceeb suav nrog rau ntawm kab saum toj kawg nkaus. Cov chaw nres nkoj suav nrog ob lub USB4 chaw nres nkoj nrog Thunderbolt 4 kev txhawb nqa ntawm sab laug flank, nrog rau HDMI saib chaw nres nkoj. Lub laptop nta ib qho 5Gbps USB 3.2 Hom-A chaw nres nkoj ntawm txhua sab ntxiv rau lub suab jack, ib qho nano SIM qhov, thiab kev ruaj ntseg-cable kaw lus nyob rau sab xis. HP lub compact AC adapter muaj USB-C connector.

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HP Tau Txais Cov Keyboard Zoo 

Tshaj li tus qauv 1080p tsis ntev los no, HP lub webcam ntes txog 2,560-by-1,440-pixel (16: 9 nam piv) lossis 2,560-by-1,920-pixel (4: 3) tseem, nrog rau 1080p lossis 1440p cov yeeb yaj kiab. Cov duab uas tsim los ntawm lub koob yees duab yog tsim nyog zoo-kub thiab muaj yeeb yuj, nrog tsawg heev zoo li qub. Cov khoom siv hluav taws xob myHP's HP Presence kev txhim kho muaj xws li lub teeb pom kev zoo thiab lub teeb qis, nrog rau cov cuab yeej framing rau koj lub taub hau, lub taub hau thiab lub xub pwg nyom, lossis lub cev sab saud - nyob ntawm seb koj lub tsho lossis lub tsho koj xav qhia ntau npaum li cas.

Hais txog cov tsho, dab tsi tshwm sim hauv kuv cov kev tshuaj xyuas ntau dua li cov torn bodices ua nyob rau hauv romance novels? Kev tsis txaus siab txog HP lub khoos phis tawj teeb tsa tus cursor xub yuam sij hauv kab clumsy es tsis txhob siv cov khoom siv inverted-T. EliteBook tus xub yuam sij tsuas yog ib nrab-loj tab sis yog-zoo kawg nkaus- muab tso kom raug.

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Txawm tias zoo dua yog qhov mob siab rau Tsev, Qhov Kawg, Nplooj Up, thiab Nplooj Down cov yuam sij hauv ThinkPad-style kev npaj nyob rau sab xis saum toj rau thawj ob thiab sab xis rau tom kawg. Lub backlit keyboard muaj qhov ntiav tab sis tsim nyog snappy typing xav, thiab ntaus ntawv rau nws yog hnov ​​tab sis tsis dhau suab nrov. Lub laptop qhov loj me me, tsis muaj khawm touchpad glides thiab nias kom zoo.

Lub suab los ntawm cov neeg hais lus hauv qab tsis yog symphonic raws nraim, tab sis nws nrov thiab ntse txaus rau kev lag luam siv, nrog rau kev txaus siab rau kev ua yeeb yaj kiab lossis suab paj nruag. Cov neeg hais lus no tsim cov ntses bass thaj tsam me me los hais txog, tab sis lub suab tsis hnyav lossis tinny txawm nyob rau saum ntim, thiab nws yooj yim los ua cov kab sib tshooj. HP Audio Control software muab suab paj nruag, yeeb yaj kiab, thiab suab hom, nrog rau kev sib npaug. Thaum kawg, AI-based hais lus thiab mic suab nrov txo, thiab suab calibration rau lub mloog pob ntseg txhawb, kuj muaj nyob ntawm no.

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Kuv tu siab tias EliteBook tsis phim cov neeg sib tw feem ntau hauv kev txhawb nqa qhov kev xaiv siab-res tshuaj ntsuam, tab sis 1,920-los-1,200 zaub yog zoo kawg nkaus nkig thiab ci heev. Cov xim yog nplua nuj thiab zoo-saturated, qhov sib piv yog qhov zoo, thiab saib cov ces kaum yog dav. Cov keeb kwm dawb huv huv, pab los ntawm lub peev xwm los qaij lub vijtsam rov qab raws li koj nyiam, thiab kuv tsis tuaj yeem pom ib qho pixelation nyob ib ncig ntawm cov ntawv ntawm cov vev xaib thiab hauv email.

Kev sim HP EliteBook 840 G9: Qhov Kawg ntawm Mainstream 

Rau peb cov qauv ntsuas ntsuas, peb tab tom muab piv rau HP rau plaub lwm 14-nti slimline laptops, suav nrog tus hwm Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10 (pib ntawm $ 1,439; $ 2,249 raws li kev sim) thiab tus nqi pheej yig dua Acer TravelMate P6 (pib ntawm $ 1,299.99; $1,499.99 as tested). Lub Dell Latitude 9430 2-in-1 (pib ntawm $ 2,169; $ 2,994 raws li kev sim) yog kev lag luam hloov pauv, thaum Lenovo Slim 9i (pib ntawm $ 1,249; $ 2,070 raws li kev sim) yog cov neeg siv khoom ua yeeb yam nrog 4K OLED zaub.

Productivity Tests 

Peb qhov kev ua tau zoo tshaj plaws, UL's PCMark 10, simulates ntau yam kev tsim khoom hauv ntiaj teb tiag tiag thiab cov ntsiab lus tsim ua haujlwm los ntsuas tag nrho cov kev ua tau zoo rau cov haujlwm hauv chaw ua haujlwm xws li kev ua cov lus, kev nthuav dav, web browsing, thiab videoconferencing. Peb kuj tseem khiav PCMark 10's Full System Drive test los ntsuas lub laptop lub sijhawm khaws cia thiab dhau los.

Peb qhov kev ntsuas ntxiv tsom mus rau CPU, siv tag nrho cov cores thiab xov, kom ntsuas lub PC qhov tsim nyog rau kev ua haujlwm hnyav. Maxon's Cinebench R23 siv lub tuam txhab Cinema 4D lub cav los ua ib qho chaw nyuaj, thaum Primate Labs 'Geekbench 5.4 Pro simulates nrov. apps xws li los ntawm PDF rendering thiab kev paub hais lus rau kev kawm tshuab. Thaum kawg, peb siv qhov qhib-qhov video transcoder HandBrake 1.4 los hloov 12-feeb video clip los ntawm 4K rau 1080p daws teeb meem (qis dua lub sijhawm zoo dua). 

Peb qhov kev sim ua tiav zaum kawg yog Puget Systems 'PugetBench rau Photoshop, uas siv Creative Cloud version 22 ntawm Adobe's nto moo duab editor los ntsuas lub PC qhov kev ua tau zoo rau cov ntsiab lus tsim thiab kev siv multimedia. Nws yog qhov kev txuas ntxiv uas siv tau uas ua tiav ntau yam dav dav thiab GPU-nrawm Photoshop cov haujlwm xws li qhib, tig, hloov pauv, thiab txuag cov duab rau kev siv lub qhov ncauj qhov ntswg, gradient fills, thiab lim.

HP's EliteBook 840 G9 ua tiav thawj zaug lossis thib ob hauv txhua qhov xwm txheej, qhia ntau dua lub zog txaus rau txhua hnub apps (ntau dua ib nrab ntawm 4,000 cov ntsiab lus hauv PCMark 10 uas qhia tau tias muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau Microsoft 365 lossis Google Workspace) thiab txawm tias cov leeg txaus rau qee qhov kev tsim cov ntsiab lus me me, txawm hais tias nws tsis yog mus txog qhov chaw ua haujlwm-chav kawm CGI rendering lossis cov ntaub ntawv tshawb fawb. 

Graphics Tests 

Rau kev ntsuam xyuas pom, peb ntsuas qhov rais PCs 'graphic nrog ob DirectX 12 gaming simulations los ntawm UL's 3DMark, Hmo ntuj Raid (ntau dua, haum rau cov laptops nrog cov duab sib xyaw) thiab Lub Sijhawm Spy (ntau xav tau, haum rau gaming rigs nrog discrete GPUs). 

Peb kuj tseem khiav ob qhov kev xeem los ntawm tus ntoo khaub lig-platform GPU benchmark GFXBench 5, uas nyuaj rau ob qho tib si theem qis xws li texturing thiab qib siab, game-zoo li cov duab rendering. 1440p Aztec Ruins thiab 1080p Kev Sib Tw Tsheb Sib Tw, ua rau offscreen kom haum rau cov kev daws teeb meem sib txawv, cov duab kos duab thiab suav cov duab ntxoov ntxoo siv OpenGL programming interface thiab hardware tessellation feem. Qhov ntau thav duab ib ob (fps), qhov zoo dua.

Lenovo's sleek Slim 9i laptop ua lub pob nrog HP kaw tom qab, tab sis tag nrho cov phau ntawv no 'Intel integrated graphics poob txoj kev luv luv ntawm 3D kev ua tau zoo koj yuav pom los ntawm discrete GPU ntawm lub gaming laptop lossis chaw ua haujlwm. Lawv zoo rau kev ua si xws li kev ua si thiab kev tshaj tawm xov xwm, tab sis tsis yog rau kev kub ceev tua-'em-ups lossis tshwj xeeb tshaj yog hnyav-lub luag haujlwm pom cov ntsiab lus tsim. 

Roj teeb thiab Zaub Tests

Peb sim lub laptops lub roj teeb lub neej los ntawm kev ua si hauv zos khaws cia 720p video file (qhov qhib-qhov Blender movie Kua muag ntawm hlau(Qhib lub qhov rais tshiab)) nrog zaub brightness ntawm 50% thiab lub ntim ntawm 100%. Peb xyuas kom meej tias lub roj teeb tau them tag nrho ua ntej kev sim, nrog Wi-Fi thiab keyboard backlighting tua. 

Rau kev tshuaj ntsuam xyuas, peb siv Datacolor SpyderX Cov Neeg Tseem Ceeb saib xyuas qhov ntsuas ntsuas ntsuas thiab nws lub Windows software ntsuas lub khoos phis tawj lub vijtsam xim xim. Qhov ntawd txhais tau tias qhov feem pua ​​​​ntawm sRGB, Adobe RGB, thiab DCI-P3 xim gamuts lossis palettes cov zaub tuaj yeem pom - thiab nws 50% thiab qhov ci ntsa iab hauv cov qe (candelas ib square meter).

Tsis muaj kev tsis txaus siab ntawm no, raws li EliteBook qhia ntau tshaj qhov tsis muaj zog txaus rau kev ua haujlwm puv hnub-ntxiv rau yav tsaus ntuj Netflix lossis YouTube kev lom zem. Qhov zoo tshaj plaws los ntawm Dell Latitude hauv qhov kev xeem no, qhov no ua rau EliteBook zoo tagnrho rau cov neeg ua haujlwm uas nquag mus ncig.

Hmoov tsis zoo, EliteBook lub vijtsam no tsis tuaj yeem ua rau lub ntsej muag zoo nkauj ntawm Slim 9i's OLED vaj huam sib luag hauv cov xim xim. Txawm li cas los xij, qhov screen yog ntau tshaj li xim txaus rau kev lag luam apps, thiab nws yeej ci dua li nws qhov ntsuas 400 nits - dua, yeej tsuas yog los ntawm Dell Latitude.

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Yog tias koj tuaj yeem ua neej nyob nrog lub vijtsam zoo nkaus xwb es tsis txhob tso tawm OLED lossis 4K zaub, nws nyuaj rau ua txhaum HP's EliteBook 840 G9. Lub lag luam laptop no suav nrog txhua yam ntawm 5G mobile broadband mus rau high-res, AI-txhim kho lub rooj sib tham lub koob yees duab, nrog rau kev ua tau zoo sib tw thiab kev ruaj ntseg ntxiv. Tib lo lus nug hauv peb lub siab yog yuav ua li cas HP tuaj yeem ua rau nws zoo li EliteBook 1000 series, thiab seb nws puas tuaj yeem tau txais peb qhov khoom plig xaiv rau lwm zaus.