HP ZBook Studio G9 Review

Hauv lub tuam txhab cov chaw ua haujlwm mobile, HP ZBook Studio nyob rau qib thib ob tsuas yog rau titanic ZBook Fury, saum toj no lub teeb yuag ZBook Firefly thiab (kwv yees) pheej yig ZBook Power qauv. Lub laptop no yog tsom rau cov neeg tsim qauv ua 3D rendering, 4K video editing, cov ntaub ntawv tsom xam thiab pom, lossis tsim software. Ua raws li 15.6-nti, 2021 Editors 'Choice Award-winning ZBook Studio G8, HP's ZBook Studio G9 (pib ntawm $ 2,499; $ 4,899 raws li kev sim) ua rau kev hloov pauv mus rau 16-nti npo thaum tau txais qhov tseeb Intel thiab Nvidia silicon. HP ua lub platform muaj tswv yim zoo nkauj tab sis ZBook Studio G9 nqaim tsis nco qab Editors 'Choice honors lub sijhawm no, nrog rau nws qhov kev ua tau zoo thiab muaj txiaj ntsig los ntawm cov neeg tuaj tshiab.

HP tso ib tug Bevy ntawm Cheebtsam Options

HP.com tus qauv qauv ntawm ZBook Studio G9 yog $ 2,499 nrog Core i7-12700H processor, 16GB ntawm kev nco, 512GB solid-state drive, thiab 4GB Nvidia RTX A1000 graphics nti. Txawm li cas los xij, peb lub tsev tshuaj xyuas $ 4,899 tau nce siab heev, nrog rau Core i9-12900H CPU (rau Kev Ua Haujlwm cores, yim Efficient cores, 20 threads) featuring Intel's vPro IT tswj tech, qhov siab tshaj plaws 64GB ntawm RAM, thiab ib nrab ntawm qhov siab tshaj plaws cia: 2TB NVMe SSD.

Kuj tseem suav nrog hauv qhov kev teeb tsa no yog HP's 3,840-by-2,400-pixel DreamColor zaub, tsis kov IPS vaj huam sib luag nrog 500 nits ntawm qhov ci thiab 120Hz refresh npaum li cas, txhawb nqa los ntawm Nvidia's 16GB GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. Txawm li cas los xij, koj tuaj yeem xaiv los ntawm peb GeForce thiab tsib RTX A-series GPUs nyob ntawm seb koj puas nyiam gaming lossis 3D tsim nrog tus neeg muag khoom software ywj pheej (ISV) cov ntawv pov thawj; tus flagship RTX A5500 GPU yuav ntxiv $ 600 rau peb lub cev tus nqi.

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Koj kuj tseem muaj kev xaiv ntawm 400-nit OLED kov npo nrog tib qhov kev daws teeb meem siab, nrog rau ob qho ntxiv 1,920-los-1,200-pixel tsis kov cov lus, ib qho nrog HP's Sure View Reflect kev ceev ntiag tug lim. HP's keyboard flaunts per-key RGB backlighting - ntxiv rau, yog tias koj los ntawm MacBook, koj tuaj yeem xaj Z Command keyboard uas rov ua dua Apple layout.

Ib tug qub tub rog ntawm MIL-STD 810H kev ntsuam xyuas tawm tsam kev phom sij xws li kev poob siab, kev co, thiab qhov kub thiab txias, ZBook yog ib qho nyiaj aluminium slab ntsuas 0.76 los ntawm 14 los ntawm 9.5 ntiv tes. Qhov ntawd yog iota tuab dua li qhov tseeb Apple MacBook Pro 16 (0.66 los ntawm 14 los ntawm 9.8 ntiv tes) tab sis tag nrho phaus sib dua (3.81 piv rau 4.8 phaus). Lwm qhov chaw muaj tswv yim 16-nti, Gigabyte Aero 16, yog 0.88 los ntawm 14 los ntawm 9.8 ntiv tes thiab hnyav dua tseem nyob ntawm 5.07 phaus.

Slim bezels nyob ib ncig ntawm lub vijtsam, thaum lub suab hais lus dav dav flank cov keyboard, noj chav uas yuav siv tau rau tus lej keypad. Tus nyeem ntiv tes nyob rau hauv lub xib teg tob, thiab lub ntsej muag paub lub webcam, muab ob txoj hauv kev hla kev ntaus password nrog Windows Hello. Wi-Fi 6E thiab Bluetooth yog tus qauv, ib yam li Windows 10 Pro (lub kaw lus hloov kho dua tshiab rau Windows 11 thaum kuaj).

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Ob lub 40Gbps USB4 chaw nres nkoj nrog Thunderbolt 4 kev txhawb nqa koom nrog lub suab jack thiab AC adapter txuas ntawm lub laptop sab laug. Nano kev ruaj ntseg xauv thiab microSD flash card slots nyob rau sab xis, nrog rau 5Gbps USB 3.1 Hom-A chaw nres nkoj thiab 10Gbps USB 3.2 Hom-C chaw nres nkoj. Tsis muaj HDMI chaw nres nkoj, tib txoj hauv kev los txuas tus saib sab nraud yog nrog DisplayPort adapter hauv ib qho ntawm USB4 chaw nres nkoj.

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HP's Big Fumble: Lub Webcam

Tsis ntev los no HP laptops, zoo li Dragonfly Folio G3, tau ua rau peb zoo siab nrog 5- thiab 8-megapixel webcams optimized rau niaj hnub kev sib tham video nquag, yog li nws tsis muaj hmoo tias Studio G9 muaj tus nqi qis, qis-res 720p lub koob yees duab. Thaum nws cov duab zoo li teeb pom kev zoo thiab muaj yeeb yuj, lawv tseem me ntsis blotchy nrog qee qhov zoo li qub. Koj tau txais HP's AI lub suab nrov txo cov cuab yeej los txhim kho lub rooj sib tham suab thiab qhov tseem ceeb ua haujlwm saum toj kawg nkaus kom kaw lub webcam kom ruaj ntseg.

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Hais txog lub suab, ZBook tsis yog tsuas yog ob tus neeg hais lus loj tshaj tawm tab sis ob lub woofers (slits ntawm txhua sab). Suab nrov thiab nkig, lub suab tso tawm tsis yog tinny lossis hnyav txawm nyob rau saum ntim. Cov ntses bass thaj tsam tsis zoo li booming tab sis pom ntau dua li cov laptops feem ntau ', thiab nws yooj yim rau hnov ​​​​cov kab sib tshooj. HP Audio Control software muab suab paj nruag, yeeb yaj kiab, thiab lub suab presets thiab ib qho sib npaug, ntxiv rau lub suab calibration rau lub mloog pob ntseg.

Blunted Inputs Nyob rau hauv ib qho screen ci ntsa iab

Frankly, cov keyboard no customizable RGB backlighting rivals txhua lub gaming laptop, tab sis nws thiab cov touchpad yog me ntsis poob siab los ntawm high-end workstation qauv. Tsis tsuas yog koj tsis tau txais lub Tsev, Qhov Kawg, Nplooj Up, thiab Nplooj Down cov yuam sij - koj yuav tsum ua khub Fn tus yuam sij thiab tus cursor xub raws li koj ua nrog cov neeg siv khoom pheej yig - tab sis cov yuam sij xub tau teeb tsa hauv HP cov kab txawv txawv dua li qhov Zoo inverted T. Cov nyuaj-rau-ntaus, ib nrab-siab nce thiab nqis xub yog stacked ntawm tag nrho-loj sab laug thiab sab xis, uas yog cumbersome xwb. 

Thaum lub keyboard muaj qhov zoo nkauj snappy typing xav, nws yog me ntsis hollow thiab nrov. Ib yam li ntawd, HP's buttonless touchpad tsis zoo tagnrho rau ISV daim ntawv thov vim tias ntau lub khoos phis tawj pab tsim (CAD) thiab lwm yam kev pabcuam siv tsis yog ob tab sis peb lub nas khawm. (Yuav kom muaj kev ncaj ncees, Windows tuaj yeem teeb tsa los ua sab laug, sab xis, thiab nruab nrab nyem nrog ib-, ob-, thiab peb-ntiv tes kais raws li.) Hauv nws qhov kev nyiam, lub ncoo loj, du, thiab ntsiag to thiab teb rau maj mam. presses.

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HP hais tias qhov kev hloov pauv ntawm 16: 9 mus rau 16: 10 npo qhov piv piv muab rau koj 11% ntau dua siv lub vijtsam piv rau ZBook Studio G8. Peb tau ntev ua tus kiv cua ntawm lub tuam txhab DreamColor workstation qhia, thiab qhov no tsis muaj qhov tshwj xeeb, nrog cov xim sib sib zog nqus, tiag tiag thiab razor-ntse nthuav dav. Qhov sib txawv yog siab, thiab saib cov ces kaum yog dav, nrog cov keeb kwm dawb saib pristine tsis yog dingy, pab los ntawm lub vijtsam pob khawm uas qaij yuav luag txhua txoj kev rov qab. Brightness yog txaus, txawm tias nws ntog tawm sharply thaum koj hu down lub backlight. Glare tsis muaj, txawm li cas los xij, uas muaj txiaj ntsig zoo heev.

Bloatware yog txwv rau pobzeb Bluetooth nrhiav app. Txawm li cas los xij, lub kaum ob lub tsev khoom siv hluav taws xob muab txhua yam los ntawm HP QuickDrop, uas hloov cov ntaub ntawv ntawm PC thiab koj lub xov tooj, mus rau HP Easy Clean, uas luv luv cuam tshuam cov keyboard thiab touchpad thaum koj siv cov ntaub so huv. Txog tam sim no, qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws yog HP qhov kev qhuas Wolf Security, uas sib txuas nrog AI-raws li malware thiab BIOS tiv thaiv nrog SureClick tua ntawm apps thiab cov nplooj ntawv web hauv cov thawv ruaj ntseg.

Kuaj ZBook Studio G9: Lub neej nyob rau hauv txoj kab nrawm heev 

Peb pib peb cov qauv ntsuas ntsuas nrog ob tus neeg sib tw saum toj no ntawm ZBook Studio G9, Gigabyte Aero 16 (pib ntawm $ 2,199.99, $ 4,399.99 raws li kev sim), uas kuj muaj Core i9 CPU thiab 3,840-by-2,400-pixel npo txhawb nqa los ntawm GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, thiab 16-nti Apple MacBook Pro (pib ntawm $ 2,499; $ 5,299 raws li kev sim) nrog lub zog M2 Max nti. Peb kuj tseem muab piv rau HP qhov kev ua tau zoo rau ntawm qhov chaw ua haujlwm tsis ntev los no hnyav hauv txhua qhov kev nkag siab ntawm lo lus, MSI's CreatorPro X17 (pib ntawm $ 3,449.99; $ 4,899.99 raws li kev sim). Rau qhov chaw kawg, peb tab tom ncav cuag lub Kaum Ib Hlis 2021 rau kev txiav tab sis muaj zog Dell Precision 5560 (pib ntawm $ 1,839; $ 4,195 raws li kev sim) chaw ua haujlwm.

Productivity Tests 

Ua ntej, 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, cov ntawv nthuav qhia, 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 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.

Tag nrho cov laptops no yog qhov hnyav heev rau chaw ua haujlwm apps zoo li Microsoft 365 lossis Google Workspace, ua rau muaj kev kub ntxhov dhau los ntawm 4,000 cov ntsiab lus hauv PCMark 10 uas qhia tias muaj txiaj ntsig zoo txhua hnub. Lub ZBook aces peb cov kev xeem ua, tab sis MacBook Pro thiab tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov CreatorPro tshaj tawm txawm tias cov qhab nia siab dua, nrog rau tom kawg Core i9-12900HX tso rau saum ntuj-siab tus lej. MSI tseem tuav mus rau Photoshop kub, nrog HP thiab Apple jockeying rau nyiaj.

Graphics thiab Workstation-Specific 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 tau muab tso rau hauv offscreen kom haum rau cov kev daws teeb meem sib txawv thaum lawv siv cov duab kos thiab suav cov duab ntxoov ntxoo, siv OpenGL programming interface thiab hardware tessellation, raws li. Qhov ntau thav duab ib ob (fps), qhov zoo dua.

Ob qhov kev pab cuam ntxiv simulate workstation applications. Thawj, Blender yog qhov qhib-qhov 3D suite rau kev ua qauv, kev ua yeeb yam, kev simulation, thiab kev sib xyaw. Peb sau lub sijhawm uas nws siv rau nws qhov kev ua hauv Cycles txoj kev taug qab los ua ob daim duab-qhov tseeb ntawm BMW tsheb, ib qho siv lub system CPU thiab ib qho GPU (qis dua lub sijhawm zoo dua). BMW tus kws kos duab Mike Pan tau hais tias nws xav txog qhov xwm txheej ceev heev rau kev sim nruj, tab sis lawv yog tus qauv nrov.

Tej zaum peb qhov chaw ua haujlwm tseem ceeb tshaj plaws, SPECviewperf 2020, renders, rotates, thiab zooms nyob rau hauv thiab tawm ntawm cov khoom thiab wireframe qauv siv saib teev los ntawm cov neeg muag khoom ywj pheej nrov software (ISV) apps. Peb khiav 1080p daws teeb meem kev xeem raws li PTC's Creo CAD platform; Autodesk's Maya qauv thiab simulation software rau zaj duab xis, TV, thiab ua si; thiab Dassault Systemes 'SolidWorks 3D rendering pob. Cov txiaj ntsig yog nyob rau hauv thav duab ib ob.

HP's Studio G9 ci ntsa iab Hmo ntuj Raid thaum noj lub rooj zaum rov qab hauv lwm qhov kev sim duab hluavtaws, nrog rau M2 Max-nruab Apple tsoo nws hauv GFXBench. Lub HP dai ze rau MacBook Pro hauv Blender tab sis MSI chaw ua haujlwm ua rau lawv ob leeg noj plua plav. Hauv SPECviewperf benchmark, nws yog Gigabyte thiab MSI uas sib ntaus sib tua rau txoj cai bragging, tab sis ZBook ua pov thawj ntau nrawm ntawm nws tus kheej txoj cai.

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. 

Txhawm rau kuaj cov duab, peb siv Datacolor SpyderX Cov Neeg Tseem Ceeb saib xyuas ntsuas ntsuas ntsuas thiab software 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).

Cov chaw ua haujlwm txawb siv sijhawm feem ntau ntawm lawv lub sijhawm ntsaws thaum lub sijhawm sib tsoo cov ntaub ntawv lossis ua rau VR ntiaj teb, tab sis rau cov ntaub ntawv, MacBook Pro yog tswv, tswj hwm, thiab txaj muag nws cov neeg sib tw hauv peb lub roj teeb. HP's DreamColor zaub ua rau cov xim zoo nkauj thiab ci ntsa iab, txawm tias Dell thiab OLED Aero tseem dav dua hauv lawv cov xim xim rau koj ua rau cov neeg nyiam nyiam.

Kev Txiav Txim Siab: Sawv Cev Rau Kev Sib Tw Sib Tw 

Yog tias HP ZBook Studio G9 yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws thiab cov ntsiab lus tsim cov chaw ua haujlwm, yog vim li cas nws tsis nco Editors 'Choice honors? Zoo, MSI CreatorPro X17 raug nqi ib yam li peb chav kuaj nrog lub 17.3-nti zaub loj dua, nrog rau CPU thiab GPU uas thawb nws mus deb ntawm peb cov qauv ntsuas. M2 Max-powered 16-nti Apple MacBook Pro kuj tshaj tawm ntawm Studio G9 hauv ntau qhov kev sim, thiab nws tus nqi siab dua $ 400 tau txais koj lub cim xeeb ntau dua, ob npaug ntawm kev cia, thiab plaub zaug lub roj teeb lub neej.

Qhov ntawd tsis yog hais tias peb tsis pom zoo ZBook Studio G9. HP lub chaw ua haujlwm yog qhov ua tau zoo ib yam li xyoo tas los G8 yog, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog muab nws cov kev xaiv ntawm gaming rig lossis workstation GPUs. Nws tsuas yog tias qhov kev sib tw yeej tsis tau kub dua, yog li muaj tswv yim zoo, tsis yog cov neeg tsim lub laptop, yog cov yeej tiag tiag.