HP Pavilion Plus 14 Review

HP's Pavilions - lub tuam txhab lub khob cij-thiab-butter laptops-tau tsis ntev los no tau khwv tau zoo los ntawm cov neeg yuav khoom zoo tshaj plaws uas ib zaug yuav tau saib mus rau qhov txiaj ntsig ntau dua Envy thiab Spectre series. Lub caij ntuj sov dhau los Pavilion Aero tau nrawm, muaj peev xwm zoo, thiab featherweight 2.2 phaus, thiab Pavilion Plus 14 tshiab (pib ntawm $ 729.99; $ 1,279.99 raws li kev sim) yog sleek aluminium ultraportable laptop muaj nrog OLED zaub snazzy. Cov Plus tau txais ib qho Kev Xaiv Cov Kev Xaiv nod raws li qhov nruab nrab ultraportable, hloov lub Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon, uas kuj muaj OLED thiab sib dua, tab sis muaj tus nqi siab dua thiab tsawg dua cov chaw nres nkoj.

Muaj ntau txoj kev xaiv los xaiv 

Cov neeg Asmeskas cov neeg yuav khoom raug txwv rau Natural Silver es tsis txhob muaj ntau xim rau cov neeg yuav khoom txawv teb chaws, tab sis txwv tsis pub Pavilion Plus 14 yog npau suav rau cov neeg uas nyiam pore tshaj cov ntsiab lus teeb tsa. Nws tuaj yeem raug txiav txim nrog Intel kev koom ua ke lossis Nvidia cov duab tsis sib xws, thiab 12th Generation processors los ntawm Intel's 15-watt U, 28-watt P, lossis 45-watt H series. Qhov ntawd yog txawv tshaj plaw; qhov twg koj xaiv yuav nyob ntawm koj txoj kev ntshaw rau kev ua tau zoo piv rau roj teeb lub neej.

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Tus qauv pheej yig tshaj tam sim no yog $ 729.99 HP.com teeb tsa nrog Core i5-1235U processor, 16GB ntawm RAM, 256GB NVMe solid-state drive, thiab 14-nti zaub nrog 16:10 nam piv thiab 2,240-by-1,400 -pixel daws teeb meem txhawb nqa los ntawm GeForce MX550 GPU. Cov nqi tuaj yeem poob qis dua, tab sis, yog li nws yuav tsim nyog tos rau kev muag khoom zoo li $ 549.99 deal ntawm Staples peb pom, uas tas sij hawm ua ntej qhov kev tshuaj xyuas no tau tshaj tawm.

Tus qauv $ 999.99 nce mus rau Core i7-12700H (rau Kev Ua Haujlwm cores, yim Efficient cores, 20 threads) nrog Intel Iris Xe integrated graphics thiab 2,880-by-1,800-pixel OLED vaj huam sib luag. Peb lub tsev tshuaj xyuas $ 1,279.99 sib npaug rau nws, tshwj tsis yog rau 1TB SSD thiab Windows 11 Pro es tsis yog Tsev. Yuav-yog gamers tuaj yeem ua ke Core i7-1255U nrog tsis tshua pom GeForce RTX 2050 cov duab. Cov qauv sib txawv muaj Wi-Fi 5, peb lub kaw lus Wi-Fi 6, lossis Wi-Fi 6E nrog rau Bluetooth rau kev sib txuas wireless.

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Pavilion Plus 14 ntsuas 0.72 los ntawm 12.3 los ntawm 8.8 ntiv tes (HWD), tsuas yog me ntsis bulkier dua li Slim 7 Carbon (0.59 los ntawm 12.3 los ntawm 8.5 nti). Acer Swift 3, 14-nti ultraportable nrog cov pa 16: 9 npo piv piv, yog 0.63 x 12.7 los ntawm 8.4 nti. Txawm hais tias nws tsis muaj lub nra hnyav hauv lub hnab ntawv, HP yog qhov hnyav tshaj plaws ntawm peb ntawm 3.09 phaus rau Lenovo's 2.42 phaus thiab Acer's 2.71 phaus.

HP khav theeb tias Plus nta lub hau txhuas rov ua dua tshiab, lub lawj keyboard, thiab hauv qab, nrog rau cov hnab yas rov siv dua. Muaj qee qhov flex yog tias koj tuav lub kaum sab xis lossis mash cov keyboard, tab sis lub laptop xav tias muaj zog tag nrho. Lub vijtsam bezels yog nyias (lub tuam txhab hais tias qhov screen-rau-lub cev piv yog 87%) thiab muaj tus nyeem ntiv tes nyob rau hauv xib-teg so rau kev nkag tsis tau tus password.

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Peb nyiam pom Thunderbolt 4 chaw nres nkoj ntawm $ 1,000-thiab-up laptops; Pavilion Plus tsis muaj, tab sis txij li nws pib qis dua $ 1,000 peb tsis tuaj yeem yws nrov nrov. Muaj ob lub 10Gbps USB 3.2 Hom-C chaw nres nkoj nyob rau sab xis (txawm tias ua raws li AC adapter rau them lub laptop lub roj teeb), nrog rau 5Gbps USB Hom-A chaw nres nkoj thiab HDMI video tso zis. Lwm qhov chaw nres nkoj USB-A, microSD daim npav qhov, thiab lub suab jack nyob rau sab laug.

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Ob peb yam khoom kim heev 

Txij li thaum koj tuaj yeem nkag mus rau Windows Nyob Zoo nrog tus ntiv tes, peb tsis xav tias lub vev xaib tsis muaj lub ntsej muag lees paub thev naus laus zis, txawm tias peb poob siab nws tsis muaj lub kaw lus ntiag tug. Ntawm qhov ntxiv, nws tshuab tawm qhov qub 720p qua ntxi nrog lub ntsej muag 5-megapixel daws teeb meem (cuav 2,592-by-1,944-pixel 4: 3 cov duab lossis 2,560-by-1,440 16: 9 txhaj tshuaj lossis yeeb yaj kiab) thiab xa cov teeb pom kev zoo thiab cov yeeb yuj duab uas tsis muaj suab nrov lossis zoo li qub.

Cov keyboard backlit yeej cov ntsiab lus rau kev muaj tiag hauv Tsev, Kawg, Page Up, thiab Nplooj Down cov yuam sij es tsis txhob ua rau koj khub Fn tus yuam sij thiab tus cursor xub rau cov haujlwm ntawd. Nws poob cov ntsiab lus rau HP lub cim kev lag luam ntawm cov yuam sij cursor nyob rau hauv kab inept es tsis txhob ntawm qhov zoo inverted T, nrog ib nrab-loj, nyuaj-rau-ntaus nce thiab nqis xub stacked ntawm tag nrho-loj sab laug thiab sab xis. (Thiab, kuv raug ntxias hais tias, nws poob ntau cov ntsiab lus rau kev suav nrog tus yuam sij emoji nrog rau qhov ci thiab ntim tswj ntawm kab saum toj kawg nkaus.)

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Cov Escape thiab Rho tawm cov yuam sij yog puny, tab sis cov keyboard kev ntaus ntawv zoo nkauj heev. Nws yog me ntsis ntiav thiab plasticky, tab sis tseem snappy thiab teb. Qhov loj, buttonless touchpad glides thiab kais nkig tab sis muaj qhov tsis meej, xoob-xws li nyem.

Feem ntau ntawm cov kudos Pavilion Plus 14 khwv tau los ntawm kev muab cov zaub OLED tiag tiag ntawm tus nqi pheej yig. Nws tsis yog lub vijtsam kov, tab sis qhov HP hu ua 2.8K zaub yog qhov tshwj xeeb ntse thiab muaj yeeb yuj, nrog lub ntsej muag zoo nkauj thiab lub ntuj-siab sib txawv. Cov keeb kwm dawb yog pristine thiab cov xim dub zoo li India number case. Lub vaj huam sib luag tseem muaj kev xaiv ntawm 60Hz refresh npaum li cas, lossis 90Hz ib qho rau me ntsis smoother scrolling thiab cov yeeb yaj duab. (Qhov no tsis yog qhov nrawm-twitch gaming rig, raws li koj yuav pom hauv cov qauv ntsuas hauv qab no.)

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Hauv qab-mounted hais lus ua suab nrov thiab nkig. Tsis muaj ntses bass thaj tsam hais txog, tab sis lub suab tsis yog tinny lossis hollow txawm nyob rau sab saum toj ntim, thiab koj tuaj yeem tsim tawm cov kab sib tshooj. B&O Audio Control software muab qhov sib npaug nrog cov suab paj nruag, yeeb yaj kiab, thiab lub suab presets ntxiv rau kev tshem tawm suab nrov rau cov rooj sib tham. Lwm cov software suav nrog HP Enhanced Lighting los simulate lub nplhaib lub teeb ntawm lub vijtsam, HP QuickDrop hloov cov ntaub ntawv mus rau lossis los ntawm koj lub smartphone, thiab McAfee, LastPass, thiab ExpressVPN sim.

Kev sim Pavilion Plus 14: Ib qho Ultralight Ultra-Faceoff

Rau peb qhov kev ntsuas ntsuas, peb tau sib tw HP Pavilion Plus 14 nrog plaub lwm 14-nti cov neeg siv khoom slimlines coj los ntawm OLED-screened, AMD-powered Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon thiab nws Intel kwv tij ntawm Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 7i Pro. Lwm ob yog Acer Swift 3 thiab XPG Xenia 14, uas tuaj nyob rau hauv thiab tsuas yog tshaj $ 1,000, raws li.

Productivity Tests 

Lub ntsiab lus tseem ceeb ntawm UL's PCMark 10 simulates ntau yam kev tsim khoom hauv ntiaj teb tiag tiag thiab cov ntsiab lus tsim ua haujlwm los ntsuas kev ua haujlwm tag nrho rau cov haujlwm hauv chaw ua haujlwm xws li kev ua cov lus, kev nthuav dav, kev tshawb nrhiav hauv web, thiab videoconferencing. Peb kuj tseem khiav PCMark 10's Full System Drive test los ntsuas lub sijhawm thauj khoom thiab kev xa tawm ntawm lub laptop cia.

Peb qhov ntsuas ntsuas tsom rau CPU, siv tag nrho cov cores thiab xov, kom ntsuas lub PC qhov tsim nyog rau cov khoom siv 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.

Lub Pavilion Plus tau tsaws ruaj khov nyob rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm lub pob, ua txoj hauv kev hauv peb cov kev sim CPU thiab tshem tawm 4,000 cov ntsiab lus hauv PCMark uas qhia tias muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau txhua hnub. apps zoo li Microsoft Office lossis Google Workspace.

Graphics Tests

Peb sim Windows PCs 'graphic nrog ob DirectX 12 gaming simulations los ntawm UL's 3DMark, Hmo Raid (ntau tus qauv, haum rau lub 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.

Rau kaum txhiab lub sijhawm, peb pom Intel's Iris Xe cov duab sib xyaw ua ke poob qis ntawm qhov tsis sib xws GPUs ntawm gaming laptops. HP thiab nws cov phooj ywg zoo rau kev ua si xws li kev ua si thiab kev lom zem streaming, tsis yog qhov tseeb simulations thiab tua-'em-ups. 

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. 

Peb kuj tseem siv Datacolor SpyderX Cov Neeg Tseem Ceeb saib ntsuas ntsuas ntsuas ntsuas thiab nws lub Windows software los ntsuas lub khoos phis tawj lub vijtsam xim xim - pes tsawg feem pua ​​​​ntawm sRGB, Adobe RGB, thiab DCI-P3 xim gamuts lossis palettes cov zaub tuaj yeem pom - thiab nws 50% thiab ncov. brightness nyob rau hauv nits (candelas ib square meter).

Cuaj thiab ib nrab teev ntawm lub neej unplugged yog zoo kawg nkaus - peb xyoos dhau los, peb yuav tau xav tias nws yog txuj ci tseem ceeb - tab sis nws txaj muag ntawm 12 los yog ntau tshaj teev peb niaj hnub pom los ntawm ultraportables hnub no. Tseem, Plus yuav tsum tau txais koj mus txog ib hnub ua haujlwm lossis tsev kawm ntawv nrog me ntsis ntawm YouTube, yog tias tsis yog tag nrho Netflix movie, sab laug. Qhov tseem ceeb tshaj, HP lub dazzling zaub tsuas yog sib tw los ntawm OLED Slim 7 Carbon, nrog rau qhov ci ntsa iab zoo nkauj thiab cov xim zoo nkauj.

Tus qauv $1,000 zoo dua

Qee lub laptops uas peb nyiam muaj IPS zaub, tab sis ib zaug koj tau pom OLED vaj huam sib luag nws nyuaj rau kev txiav txim siab tsawg dua. HP Pavilion Plus 14 yog lub peev xwm ultraportable nyob rau hauv nws IPS guise, tab sis nws OLED version yog ib tug tseem ceeb tus nqi txawm nrog tus nqi ntxiv ntawm peb lub 1TB SSD. Poob ob peb ooj thiab tau txais ob peb teev ntawm roj teeb lub neej yuav ua rau nws txaus, tab sis nws tseem tsim nyog rau Editors 'Choice honors thiab ib qho chaw ntawm koj daim ntawv teev khoom.