HP Pro. Book 4. 31. FM9. 71. UT) - A Review of the HP Pro. Book 4. 31. 0s (FM9. UT)Editors' note: Portions of this review were taken from our review of the HP Pro. Book 4. 51. 0. article continued below. The HP Pro. Book 4. HP's new small- business line, takes many of the qualities of its bigger brothers (the. At $7. 99, this 1. Design. Although the Pro. Book is HP's entry- level brand for business users, its design is far from dull. Unlike the glossy- -and fingerprint- prone- -black lid of other Pro. Book models, the merlot- colored 4. Noir) doesn't pick up fingerprints. While this option costs $2. The chassis has a mix of textures: a glossy keyboard deck, a satin palm rest, and a speaker strip lining the top. Because the bezel is thin, it's easy to focus instead on the bright 1. REALPLAYER EXPRESS AND WINDOWS 8. The look and feel of RealPlayer Daily Videos shares a similar look to the tile-based design of the Windows 8 Start screen.Origine du nom Blu-ray Disc. Blu-ray vient de la technique utilisée pour lire et graver les données : blue (bleu) et ray (rayon laser). Blu-ray Disc est une marque My Sony Register your product for software updates and lifetime support or sign up for Sony newsletter and exclusive offers Register on My Sony. TheINQUIRER publishes daily news, reviews on the latest gadgets and devices, and INQdepth articles for tech buffs and hobbyists. What is Mobirise? Mobirise is an offline app for Window and Mac to easily create small/medium websites, landing pages, online resumes and portfolios, promo sites for. As an added touch, the power and Quick. Look 2 buttons and LED lights all glow turquoise blue, which also keeps the design interesting. At 4. 4 pounds, the Pro. Book 4. 31. 0s is the same weight as the. Mac. Book Pro, but slightly heavier than the. Sony VAIO SR(4. 2 pounds). Because of its 1. Pro. Book has a relatively wide footprint; at 1. Keyboard and Touchpad. One of the freshest parts of the Pro. Book's design is its island- style keyboard. This layout makes any budget notebook look more refined. On the one hand, we took quickly to the keys' slightly textured, scratch- resistant finish, and their comfortable spacing. Unlike the 1. 5- and 1. Pro. Book, the 4. The keyboard is spill- resistant, to boot. On the other hand, once we started pounding out documents a bit more furiously, the keyboard flexed a little. Then again, this might have something to do with the fact that we tested a preproduction unit. HP says that the final units offer structural changes designed to reduce the keyboard's flex. The 2. 8 x 1. 4- inch touchpad is plenty large, and the rubbery texture provides the right amount of friction. The touch buttons- -like those on the other Pro. Book models- -feel like trap doors. Instead of being straightforward push buttons, they're hinged at the top, so only the part closest to the edge of the notebook depresses. We would have preferred traditional buttons. They're smaller on the 4. Display and Sound. While the glossy Bright. View finish on the LED- backlit 1. While watching an episode of Heroes on DVD, images washed out when we tilted the screen forward, and colors reversed themselves when viewed from greater- than- 4. Aside from making movies look more cinematic, the 1. However, you do get less vertical pixels than you would on a 1. When playing music, including tracks from Janet Jackson, Kelly Clarkson, and Jay- Z, the speakers on the Pro. Book 4. 31. 0s were very loud for a 1. However, higher treble tones were slightly tinny and distorted. While there was a lack of bass, this wasn't unexpected given a notebook of this size. Ports and Webcam. The Pro. Book 4. 31. Three USB 2. 0 ports, VGA and HDMI output, Ethernet and modem jacks, a Kensington lock slot, and headphone and mic ports. It also has a 5- in- 1 memory card reader and an Express. Card/3. 4 slot for low- profile mobile broadband cards. None of the ports are on the back; most are on the sides of the notebook, with the headphone and mic ports and the memory card reader located on the front. The 2. 0- megapixel webcam showed pleasant lighting in both still shots and VGA video. Stills, in particular, included an impressive amount of detail, such as the shine in our hair. Video captures looked smooth, but because it's fixed focus, the image drifted in and out of focus as we moved around in front of the camera. Performance. Our configuration of the Pro. Book 4. 31. 0s came with a 2. GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T6. CPU and 2. GB of RAM- -the same processor and memory as the 4. In the larger system, this combination produced below- average scores for the mainstream category, but in the 4. The 4. 31. 0s' PCMark Vantage score of 3,0. Anecdotally, we were able to navigate between several tabs in Firefox, search our inbox, write this review in Microsoft Word, and download and use Skype without any difficulty. On the LAPTOP Transfer Test, the 3. GB, 7,2. 00- rpm hard drive duplicated a 4. GB folder of mixed media at a rate of 2. MBps; the thin- and- light average is 1. MBps. However, the Pro. Book 4. 31. 0s booted into Windows Vista Business in 6. Graphics. The Intel GMA 4. MHD integrated graphics card inside the Pro. Book 4. 31. 0s delivered comparably weak gaming performance. It scored 8. 92 on 3. DMark. 06, whereas the average thin- and- light notebook scored 1,4. As we expected, the Pro. Book 4. 31. 0s choked on Far Cry 2: it ran at 5 frames per second with 1. When we transcoded a 5: 0. MPEG- 4 clip to AVI using Handbrake, the Pro. Book 4. 31. 0s took 7 minutes and 4. That's a minute longer than the average, but not so bad when you think that the Sony VAIO SR- -which costs twice as much- -took the same amount of time. Battery Life and Wi- Fi. The four- cell battery on the 4. LAPTOP Battery Test, which is about 1. An extended eight- cell battery will be available for $1. HP's configure- to- order option becomes available. The Intel Wi. Fi Link 5. Mbps and 2. 0. 0 Mbps at 1. That's better than the category averages (1. Mbps and 1. 5. 2 Mbps). Our configuration also came with Bluetooth, and users can have an optional EV- DO/HDSPA module installed for mobile broadband for an extra $1. Security and Durability Features. In addition to a spill- proof keyboard, the 4. Pro. Book configuration) has a 3. D accelerometer to protect the hard drive in the event of drops. It also has drive encryption, HP Disk and File Sanitizer, HP Recovery Manager, HP Credential Manager, and HP Spare Key, which includes a hints option in case you forget your login information. HP additionally includes its Quick. Look 2, an instant- on OS that allows you to read e- mail and glance at your calendar before booting Windows. Keep in mind that this feature requires Microsoft Outlook. While HP initially didn't offer a fingerprint reader with the Pro. Book series (reserving it for the higher- end Elite. Book line), users can opt for a reader with the 4. HP changed its mind. Some features you'll miss if you go with the Pro. Book instead of the Elite. Book series include business card reader software, a Smart Card reader, a 1. Dream. Color display (a workstation feature), a Blu- ray burner (the Pro. Book only offers a Blu- ray reader), and the Elite. Book line's durability, which includes magnesium alloy chassis and a fingerprint- and scratch- resistant finish on the interior. Software and Warranty. In addition to the security software described above, the Pro. Book 4. 31. 0s comes preinstalled with some programs and trialware (on a business machine, we expect a cleaner image than we do with consumer models). These programs include Microsoft Office 2. Inter. Video Win. DVD 8, Mc. Afee Total Protection, PDF Complete, Roxio Creator Business, Windows Live Messenger, and Yahoo Toolbar. The notebook has a one- year parts- and- labor warranty, including 2. Three- year warranties come standard on the Elite. Book line. Click here to see how HP fared in our Tech Support Showdown. Configurability. The 1. Pro. Book is available in four preconfigured models. In addition to our review unit, there's a $7. FM9. 70. UT) which has the same specs, but has a matte display. For $8. 79, consumers can get the 4. FM9. 72. UT) with a 2. GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T6. GB of RAM, and a Bright. View display. For $9. FM9. 73. UT), the notebook is outfitted with a 2. GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P7. CPU, 4. GB of RAM, and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4. MB of dedicated video memory. All can only be ordered in black, though upcoming configure- to- order models will also be available in red. Users can also opt for a Blu- ray drive (but not a burner) for $2. Green Testing. The HP Pro. Book 4. 31. 0s garnered a Gold rating from EPEAT (2. The four- cell battery took 5. When divided by the battery life (the LAPTOP Efficiency Index), the 4. That falls in between the Sony VAIO SR, which required 2. Lenovo Think. Pad T4. HP Pro. Book 4. 31. Verdict. As the smallest model in HP's new budget- friendly business line, the $7. Pro. Book 4. 31. 0s is an attractive, durable machine with good productivity performance and a variety of security features. Its merlot finish makes it stand out from more staid business machines without being ostentatious. If you don't mind a little more weight, we also suggest considering the. Lenovo Think. Pad SL4. But when it comes to affordable 1. HP Pro. Book 4. 31.
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