HP has recently introduced its new line of the business-class device under the high-sounding title EliteBook. The youngest model, ultra-thin laptop HP EliteBook Folio 1020, has two versions – Standart Edition and Special Edition. In this review, we will focus on the first version. It is a thin, metallic ultrabook with good performance and a new Intel Core-M processor that does not require active cooling system.
DESIGN
To say that the ultra-thin laptop HP EliteBook Folio 1020 looks stylish, still, that describe the dress by Versace word “fashionable”. HP’s designers did a good job with this model: the brand recognizable style preserved, and at the same time, created a very special bright and stands out among other notebooks.
By the way, this model boasts a unique weight – 1.2 kg, 15.7 mm thick through the use of carbon fiber construction. But in the high-end model in this series, Special Edition, weighs 990 grams, as some tablets.
In appearance there is nothing superfluous, all well balanced and looks as it should look like a businessman or businesswoman device. The body is made from nice a cooling metal arms with a light rough surface. For underbody uses soft-touch spray and rubber feet for stability on the surface.
Housing, when viewed from the side, has a tapered shape providing comfort when using the device.
The keyboard of the ultra-thin laptop HP EliteBook Folio 1020 is slightly recessed in the operating panel, which also provides additional convenience. Low-profile keys with a hard and accurate way.
The touchpad is also slightly “immersed” in the operation panel surface. Two buttons are united with a common field and of themselves as to touch – click accompanied by a barely perceptible sound.
DISPLAY
There is installed a 12.5-inch display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. The Special Edition version of the resolution is 2560 x 1440 pixels. There are also options for the touch screen. In the tested model, viewing angles are good horizontally. In the case of deviations in the vertical picture darkens. For a comfortable user experience, developers have installed anti-reflective coating. Color reproduction is good, rich, well pleased with the perfect balance of brightness and contrast.
SOUND
The sound quality is quite good. Of course, the frequency balance of a little problem there, but the overall volume more than enough for comfortable viewing movies and listening to music. By the way, the maximum volume of the headphones is very high.
PERFORMANCE
The novelty of the ultra-thin laptop HP EliteBook Folio 1020 is based on dual-core Intel Core M-5Y71 clocked at 1.2 GHz. The special features of these processors include the absence of the need to install active cooling. Thanks to Turbo Boost technology, the processor may “accelerate” to 2.9 GHz. A Hyper – Threading each core technology can operate in two streams, respectively, two times faster process information. Also, the device supports Intel vPro technology, which allows using the laptop remotely, regardless of the computer’s state (on, off), operating system and security features.
Also used integrated graphics Intel HD Graphics 5300. The amount of RAM is 4GB, but there SSD-drive capacity of 128 GB of storage. Thanks to the SSD, the notebook is turned on almost immediately, coming out of a dream and launches the browser. Also to cope with the programs very well. By the way, the housing can be found microSD slot for memory cards, which will to some extent solve the problem with a small amount of data storage.
INTERFACE & SOFTWARE
To control ultra-thin laptop HP EliteBook Folio 1020 and comfortable work with all programs necessary for running a successful business, on my test unit, installed Windows 7 Professional, and more, in the opinion of HP developers, branded applications. Version 64-bit OS.
In addition, the ultra-thin laptop HP EliteBook Folio 1020 version available with Ubuntu pre-installed operating systems, and Windows 8.1. Theoretically, also goes on sale EliteBook Folio 1020 FreeDOS.
COMMUNICATIONS
To communicate without wires has Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n / ac that supports WiDi and Miracast.
On the side, faces have two connectors USB 3.0, HDMI, Kensington, combined headphone jack, and microphone. There is also a hardware encryption module data Trusted Platform Module (TPM 1.2).
The laptop has a security standard military-grade MIL-STD-810G, allowing to stand in the “field” or simply “freelance” situations.
WORKING HOURS
The ultra-thin laptop HP EliteBook Folio 1020 uses 4-cell battery with a capacity of 36 Wh. After some time of use, I found that the laptop shows good endurance. When viewing the video is not at maximum brightness, it would be enough for 9 hours. When using the device for working with documents, the autonomy of growing up to 11-12 hours.
IMPRESSION
Even if we do not take into account the degree of protection and slope, this notebook is worthy of attention. If you include them in the list of benefits, you get almost a unique device, which is able to protect your data and files at all times. The ultra-thin laptop HP EliteBook Folio 1020 – is an excellent investment and a successful business transaction.
