HP A while ago, the new ENVY series was launched, and the main focus of photography enthusiasts was the new ENVY 13. Recently, Edward finally obtained a real machine and tried it for a week. Is this laptop with a built-in higher-level display chip and lightweight enough to meet the daily needs of photography enthusiasts? Let me share it with you now.
body is thin and hard
. I mentioned in the conference before that the new ENVY series has turned to a relatively simple design. It is true that ENVY 13 has indeed lost a lot of unnecessary lines or designs in terms of design. However, the ENVY logo and HP symbols are still retained in the connection position between the screen and the body. However, although the design is relatively simple, the body is still made of aluminum alloy metal materials, and the metal feel is very strong and very hard. You don’t have to worry about taking it out of the street. In terms of
▲, HP ENVY 13 is quite simple, with a solid silver aluminum alloy body, with only a simple pit pattern on the top, and the HP logo is printed on the surface of the machine. The series of logos of
▲ENVY is printed on the connection between the screen and the body, which is very low-key.
▲In design, ENVY 13 is a traditional laptop computer with no touch function on the screen.
▲The small hole at the bottom of the machine is mainly used as a heat dissipation function.
In addition, the thickness and weight of the body are 16.9mm and 1.31kg. Compared with ordinary Ultrabooks, although it is not very light and thin, its body is only as big as A4 paper. Whether it is put in a handbag or a backpack, it saves space. It is still not a big problem to use it out of the street.
▲The body thickness is 16.9mm, which is not very thin but is still acceptable.
▲ As for the weight, it is 1.31kg, which is also not light, but it is still OK to use it on the street.
Screen color natural color accurate
mentioned in the previous article ENVY 13 It can be said that it is for photography enthusiasts. As photography enthusiasts, is the computer screen color accurate? Is the color gamut wide enough? These are all very important. How exactly does ENVY 13's 13.3-inch WLED screen perform? I found the professional screen testing tool Spyder 5 to test it. I found that its performance in color gamut is only average. The color gamut of AdobeRGB and P3 is only 80%, and only sRGB reaches 99%. However, this performance is better than that of ordinary Ultrabook screens.
▲HP ENVY 13 has a built-in 13.3-inch WLED IPS screen.
▲The screen adopts a small frame design, so the body is not large but can be stuffed into a 13.3-inch screen. In terms of color, I have tried to use it to browse photos and videos, and the colors are both natural.
▲In order to test whether the ENVY 13 screen is suitable for color-conscious photographers, the author uses the professional screen testing tool Spyder 5 to test its color gamut.
▲The final result found that only sRGB color gamut reaches 99%, while only 80% of Adobe RGB and P3 that photographers pay more attention to. From the color gamut diagram, we see that green performance is particularly poor, so everyone should pay attention to this point.
color gamut is not very wide, or it should be said that it has not reached the professional level, so what if the color is accurate? For preliminary viewing, if you use it to browse videos or photos, the screen of ENVY 13 is natural in color. The author then used Spyder 5 to test its white balance value. The result was 6571K, which was very close to the white balance value of sunlight, proving that its screen color accuracy is very high. It can be seen that if you are a photography enthusiast, the screen performance of ENVY 13 is quite satisfactory.
▲The author then used Spyder 5 to test the color accuracy of ENVY 13 screen.
▲The result found that the white balance value of the screen is 6571K, which is very close to the color temperature of sunlight. It can be seen that although the color gamut is not wide enough, the ENVY 13 screen is indeed very outstanding in terms of color accuracy.
display quality + high visual angle
screen quality, ENVY 13's screen resolution is 1920 x 1080, which belongs to WLED IPS material.In addition, although the glass-side screen is used, the surface is equipped with an anti-reflective coating, so from the side, the reflection level is not as serious as that of the ordinary glass-side screen. It is still comfortable to browse the eyes for a long time, and the brightness is sufficient and the viewing angle is also high. No significant decline in the display quality of the screen is seen from the side. In addition, the quality of the screen display is also high. In addition to the natural and accurate colors mentioned above, the display text is also very good, with sharp edges, making it very comfortable to browse files and web pages. The screen of
▲ENVY 13 displays files or web pages, with very high text clarity and very good quality.
▲ Since it adopts a traditional laptop design, the screen can only be opened at the angle above, but it is generally sufficient.
▲The screen resolution is 1920 x 1080, which is similar to a normal Ultrabook.
▲As for the built-in speaker, it is set on the left and right sides of the bottom of the machine.
▲In addition, the built-in speaker is tuned by the famous audio brand Bang & Olufsen. I have tried it to watch movies. The vocals are very prominent and the surround sound performance is very good.
▲ENVY 13 also has built-in sound adjustment software for users to adjust according to their personal preferences.
has high-order display chips that can perform synchronous performance
As for performance, the HP ENVY 13 tested by the author has built-in the latest 10th generation Intel Core i7 – 10510U power-saving processor, 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD. However, the most important thing is that it has built-in NVIDIA GeForce MX350 independent image processing chip that is stronger than ordinary Ultrabooks. Although it does not have extremely high image processing capabilities like an independent display card, it has 2GB of memory that independently process images. For photography enthusiasts, if you want to use Photoshop or other photo editing software to perform pictures on this machine, it is basically enough to deal with it. Of course, in addition to making pictures and keeping photos, ENVY 13 has a very good performance in document processing, and everyone has no problem using it as a general Ultrabook.
▲ In terms of hardware configuration, HP ENVY 13 has built-in the latest 10th generation Intel Core i7 – 10510U power-saving quad-core processor, 16GB DDR4 RAM and 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD.
▲But the most important thing is that it has built-in NVIDIA GeForce MX350 image processing chip, which is more advanced than ordinary Ultrabooks. It has built-in 2GB VRAM memory, which is specially used for image processing and is used to handle phases and make pictures, which is more capable than ordinary Ultrabooks.
▲But the author opened Photoshop and put in more than 100 JPG photos to perform phase control. From the system resource usage diagram, it can be seen that it only consumes high memory resources, but the processor and GPU resources actually consume very little, and the system is also very smooth when performing phase control. It can be seen that ENVY 13 is absolutely capable of using it for performing phase control.
▲As for the performance of the processor, the author used Geekbench 5 to test it. As a result, he obtained 1,185 points and 3,353 points respectively in single-core and multi-core operations. It can be seen that the processor performance is also very good. It should be able to deal with it when using it to make pictures or even simple video editing or rendering.
▲As for the built-in SSD performance, the author tested it with CrystalDiskMark and saw that the reading and writing speeds reached 3,564.31MB/s and 3,024.78MB/s respectively, which performed extremely ideally.
Finally, the author tested the overall system performance of ENVY 13 with PCMark 10, Geekbench 5 – OpenCL and Geekbench 5 – Vulkan, and obtained 3,865 points, 12,682 points and 11,585 points respectively. This shows that the overall system performance is indeed very outstanding. It is not only used to hold the phase, but even if it is handled in general documents, there is no problem.
▲ As for the usage time, the official said it can be used for more than 19.5 hours. The author personally tried it. Even if it is used to watch movies, it can be used continuously for more than 10 hours. For most users, it is already very enough.
keyboard is comfortable to type for a long time
As for typing, the size and layout of the ENVY 13 keyboard are similar to that of a general 13.3-inch laptop. The key stroke and rebound force of the buttons are sufficient, and it is comfortable to type for a long time. As for the touchpad, the area is large enough. Whether it is a general computer to control it or even multi-finger control, it feels good to use, but compared to a general laptop, it requires a little more force to react, and not everyone will feel comfortable. The keyboard of
▲ENVY 13 is not much different from that of a general 13.3-inch laptop, regardless of the size of the keys and the layout of the keys. The key stroke and rebound force of the
▲ is very sufficient, and it is very comfortable to type for a long time.
▲As for the touchpad, the area is very large enough, and there is no problem even if you perform multi-finger control. However, it will feel a little "hard" when pressing it, and it will only react if you press it with a little more force. Generally, users may need time to adapt.
security function is still strong and safe to use externally.
Although ENVY 13 is not an ordinary Ultrabook, it is a model that is mainly used for users to use everywhere outside the home, so HP still attaches great importance to security functions. First of all, it has a built-in fingerprint identifier, allowing users to log in to the computer system quickly, conveniently and safely. Secondly, its built-in webcam has a physical window guard. As long as you press the key on the keyboard, you can completely cover the lens, just in case the computer system is hacked, and the privacy will not leak because the lens is turned on. Another point is that it has the HP Sure View privacy screen function. As long as this function is turned on, you can only clearly see the screen display content on the front. If you look at it from the side, it will become very dark. It will be very difficult for others to peek at the display content on the screen from the side. The security performance of
▲ENVY 13 is also very good. First of all, it has a built-in fingerprint identifier on the right side of the right Alt key, which is very easy to use.
▲Of course, in addition to fingerprint recognition, users can also use other methods to unlock it, but it is definitely not as convenient as fingerprints.
▲The second security performance is the HP Sure View privacy screen function, and the key is located at the F1 key.
▲Under normal circumstances, without starting this function, it is clearly visible whether browsing the content displayed on the screen from the front or side.
▲But as long as it is enabled, the front viewing screen is still very clear, but the brightness is a little darker, but the impact is not too great; but if you look at it from the side, it will become darker (darker than the effect shown in the picture above) in case others peep.
▲As for the last security function, it is to switch the cover and physically close the built-in webcam lens, and the button is located on the left side of the opening key.
▲The first picture shows the effect when this function is not enabled, and the second picture shows that after opening the cover, there is indeed an extra layer of white cover covering the webcam. The
terminal is barely enough to be the only card reader
, and finally serves as the main force for laptops to be used outside the home, so it is also very important to have complete terminals. Even if the built-in terminal types of HP ENVY 13 are complete, in addition to the traditional USB Type-A slot, it also supports Thunderbolt 3, which can be connected to external monitors or other peripherals, and can also be used for charging USB Type-C slot. However, as a model that focuses on photography enthusiasts, in order to make the body thinner, its built-in card reader only supports reading microSD rather than mainstream SD memory cards, which is indeed a pity. In addition, it does not have a built-in HDMI slot. To connect the projector or monitor, you need to carry another adapter cable or adapter, which is more troublesome. In terms of terminals, the left side of the body is equipped with a 3.5mm headphone/micropeak jack, USB-A slot and USB-C slot, and the right side is equipped with a power jack, another USB-A slot and microSD card reader.
▲Because you want to accommodate the slim body, if you want to insert the USB of the peripheral product into the computer, you need to use your hands to open the spring cover under the USB-A slot to insert the USB cable.
summary: High cost-effective portable assistant
In summary, HP launched ENVY 13 this time. Although the appearance is relatively low-key, both the design and functions are very clean and realistic. The key point is that it has many designs and configurations, which are indeed aimed at photography enthusiasts. Of course, its terminals are not enough, especially the lack of built-in SD card reader, which is indeed a pity. However, for just over 10,000, you can buy a portable assistant with high screen color accuracy, sufficient performance, and even high privacy. The cost-effectiveness is indeed quite high. If you are a user who often needs to go out and do pictures, the HP ENVY 13 is indeed a worthwhile model.
