HP Pavilion dm4

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Design

Even when looking at the computer, your eyes will quickly be attracted by the red Beats logo is arranged in the center section black aluminum lid of the machine. Hinge Factory is located in the body of chromium also white red Beats Audio logo is arranged in the edge of the machine. This design looks very nice, unfortunately quickly fingerprints.

Like the exterior design, interior of coated dm4 Beats Edition also all black, part to be plastered hands softer material layer. Unfortunately, HP does not apply this feature for the cover. This machine is designed slopes inwards, the keyboard is equipped with glossy black keys and red backlighting. Red power button also quick access button black web browser at the top-left corner. Inside bottom right corner of the keyboard, fingerprint reader located relatively discreet black. Overall, the design with subtle curves of the machine is very eye-catching.

Though Hp Pavilion dm4 and Dell XPS 14z  weighing 1.99 kg, dm4 (33.7 x 22.6 x 2.54-3.3 cm size from to width x length x thickness) 1 bit thicker than the Dell XPS 14z (dimensions: 33.5 x 23.3 x 2.28 cm: width x length x thickness).

Keyboard and trackpad

dm4 version Beats used island-style keyboard with large keys black and good spacing. Red backlighting is very bright and beautiful machine, especially when using the computer in dark conditions. Part of the machine for soft hands is also a plus point.

Although there are good-looking design, the machine keys for the bounce is not as good as the more advanced laptops like HP Envy 15. HP replace key detail “b” logo Beats by quite confusing when typing. Full typing experience is not too bad, but obviously a lot of HP laptop has a better keyboard.

Trackpad Synaptics 8.6 x 4.3 size cm for smooth response, accurate and sensitive to the fingertips. The multi-touch manipulation as 2 finger scroll, rotate, swipe three fingers can be completely smooth and responsive operation. In addition, the marked text manipulation on the website and in the documentation is done quite easily and accurately. The most useful feature is probably 4-finger rotate helped open the program you are using in the Windows Aero interface.

Screen

HP equips dm4 Beats edition 14-inch screen resolution of 1600 x 900 pixels. This type of abrasive anti-glare screen makes the viewing experience and video better reading material. With a brightness of 177 lux, this is not one of the models with the largest screen brightness, but still higher than the average brightness (lux 169) of thin and light laptops. The writing on the website displays sharp, legible.

Beats Audio

Are arranged in the right front panel are two speakers (satellites) and 1 subwoofer. Thanks to Beats Audio technology, computer speakers may emit audible sounds to a small room at the maximum volume level. When listen to 2 songs, “Sexy And I Know It” and “If I Have My Way”, the sound emitted is somewhat unreal. Alto singer Chrisette broken by the sound of the organ and piano distorted. Meanwhile, try to listen to one song rap, the sound emitted to clear. Overall, the audio experience will be better if you use headphones.

Heat capacity

After watching the first 15 minutes long video with full screen, the machine is still running pretty cool. Trackpad only 25 degrees Celsius heat while the middle section G and H keys, and the bottom machine temperature respectively is 27.7 degrees C and 30 degrees C. The hottest spot is the left edge of the slot near the radiator. Temperatures measured in this section is more than 32 degrees C.

Similarly many of the HP notebook, the Pavilion dm4 equipped HP CoolSense technology helps regulate the temperature of the machine. CoolSense capable of recognizing when you use the camera at people put on. At this time, the cooling fan will run faster to radiators.

Ports and Webcam

On the right side machine layout 1 USB 2.0 port, DVD burner, headphone jack / microphone and power jack. 2 USB 3.0 ports, HDMI, VGA, Gigabit Ethernet and machine lock button located on the left. Card reader 2-in-1 is located along the front edge near the left corner.

720p HD webcam stills and video with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels with software Cyberlink YouCam. Under fluorescent lights, photo from the webcam is quite dark. However, when shooting with natural light conditions, the colors of the picture quite vibrant with sharp detail.

Try calling with Skype, webcam for clear images, beautiful, crisp details and loud sound.

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Performance

HP Pavilion dm4 version Beats in article is equipped Core i5-2450M with 2.5 GHz speed, 6GB RAM, 500GB hard drive 7200 rpm speed SSD 20 GB included. Graphics computer graphics is Intel HD Graphics 3000 integrated VRAM capacity of 1.6 GB (current versions are upgraded to SSD 32 GB prices constant).

PCMark07 test to measure the overall performance, the machine achieved an impressive score 3,827 points. This number is much higher points (1,746 points) than the average thin and light laptops (only 2,081 points). Dell XPS 14z Core i7-2640M chip 2.8 GHz speed was only 2,329 points, while the Asus N43SL Core i5-2430M with 2.4 GHz speed was much less, only 2,029 points. Real test with the stream 1 movie and open 9 tab web with Google Chrome, 7 tab IE, machine no lag phenomenon.

Thanks to the SSD drive 20 GB, the machine takes 43 seconds to boot, 20 seconds faster than the average startup time of thin and light notebook series. XPS 14z with HDD 750 GB (7200 rpm speed) boot Windows takes exactly 1 minute, while Asus N43SL with HDD 750 GB 5400 rpm speed to boot the operating system takes 84 seconds.

HDD drive copy 1 file 4.97 GB capacity 3 minutes 43 seconds, ie speed of 22.8 MB/sec, less than the average speed of thin laptop models, which reaches 27,7 MB/sec. The competitors like Asus N43SL and Dell XPS 14z also faster (2 models have the speed in turn 29 MB/s and 38.6 MB/sec).

Graphics performance

Although integrated graphics HD Graphics 3000 can not be used for heavy gaming machine capable of HD video streaming and “balance” the popular game quite easily.

3DMark06 test to measure the overall graphics performance, the machine for quite disappointing score: 4627 points, 368 points lower than the average level of 4995 points of light thin laptop models. Dell XPS 14z can use the graphics card switch (between Intel HD Graphics 3000 and Nvidia GeForce GT 520M Optimus technology) reaches 5461 points. ASUS N43SL with graphics similar to the Dell XPS 14z (Intel HD and Nvidia GeForce GT 540M) 1 GB VRAM memory reaches 8879 points in 3DMark06 test.

In the test game “World of Warcraft”, HP Pavilion dm4 version Beats for 32 fps frame rate in auto mode (screen resolution setting of 1600 x 900 pixels), less pretty than the average speed which reached 66 fps average of lightweight laptops. N43SL and XPS 14z respectively speed for 62 and 60 fps. When the resolution remain as the maximum settings, the speed drops to 15 fps ..

Battery life

Experiment with test continuous Web surfing over Wi-Fi, 5 hours 48 minutes of battery life, less 20 minutes than average battery life of the machine model thin and light (6 hours 6 minutes). However, compared with rivals such as the XPS 14z and N43SL, the machine’s battery life is better. The two models above show respectively the battery life of 5 hours 23 minutes and 4 hours 32 minutes.

Software

The machine is equipped with built many software and utilities. One of the interesting software is HP SimplePass 2012 allows the use of fingerprints to open the sites that users visit frequently. Rather than typing passwords for Facebook, Pinterest, bank account, just glide your finger, you can access these services.

Other bundled software: Blio, Skype, Microsoft Office Starter, Windows Live, Evernote, 2-month trial of Norton Internet Security 2012.

Conclude

Similar to the HP Envy 14 and HP Pavilion dm4 is a good choice for users. Version Beats contribute to a slick coating for the Pavilion dm4. In addition, HP offers a number of significant improvements to the products with more powerful chips, hybrid drives (SSD and HDD). If you need a product for better graphics performance, you should choose the Dell XPS 14z. HP Pavilion dm4 version Beats more suitable for those who want a laptop beautiful design and high mobility.