If you want to talk about the representative work of this year's "top thin and light notebook", it must be the Huawei MateBook X Pro, which has been unanimously recognized by our colleagues in the evaluation room.
Its screen quality is great, the body is extremely lightweight, and at the same time it can guarantee a certain amount of performance release.
But objectively speaking, this computer is just too expensive
Even if I recommend it many times, there are actually very few readers who will buy it, after all, not everyone is a laptop enthusiast, and not many people are willing to spend so much money on a thin and light notebook.
So the question is, what if my needs match the Huawei MateBook X Pro, but I don't want to spend that much money?
Today we will talk about a "flat product" of the top thin and light book:
惠普 星Book Pro 13 2024
Left side of the fuselage
The right side of the fuselage
It is configured as follows: R7 8840HS processor 16GB LPDDR5x 6400MHz RAM
1TB SSD
13.3-inch 2560×1600 resolution 100% sRGB color gamut IPS screen
The battery capacity is 43Wh
厚度 15.6~16.4mm
Weight 1.02kg
The adapter weighs 299g
The reference price is 5399 yuan
Its advantages and disadvantages are as follows:
Merit!
1. The fuselage is very portable 2. There are many interfaces in machines of the same size
3. In the ultra-thin and light notebook, the cost performance is very high
Shortcoming!
1, the magnesium aluminum alloy shell lacks a metallic texture 2, the screen does not support a high refresh rate 3, and the original adapter is heavier
【Upgrade Suggestions】
This laptop is not difficult to disassemble, and the back cover can be removed after removing the screws of the D case.
The dual-channel 16GB LPDDR5x 6400MHz memory is sufficient for most applications, and the memory is onboard and cannot be replaced.
The test machine has an SSD capacity of 1TB, the model is Western Digital SN560, supports PCIe 4.0×4 and NVMe, and the machine only has a 2280 M.2 slot, which can be replaced if necessary.
【Purchase Suggestion】
1. The requirements for portability are extremely high
2. There are certain requirements for external expansion
3. There is no demand for high swiping screens
The 2024 Star Book Pro 13 has upgraded the heat dissipation, and the body material has been changed to lighter magnesium and aluminum alloy, and the weight of the whole machine is still controlled at 1kg, which is an extremely portable laptop.
In terms of screen, the measured color gamut volume is 111.4%sRGB, the color gamut covers 99.8%sRGB, taking sRGB as a reference, the average ΔE is 1.1, the maximum ΔE is 3.42, and the maximum brightness of the measured screen is about 464nits.
In terms of interfaces, there is a USB-A 5Gbps and 3.5mm audio jack on the left side of the fuselage, and two USB-C 10Gbps (both support 100W PD charging and DP1.4 video output) on the right side of the fuselage, and a USB-A 10Gbps and HDMI 2.1 port.
In terms of battery life, the test score of daily application simulation script is 6 hours and 7 minutes.
In terms of noise, it has a decibel level of 45.5dB at full load. (32.1dB ambient noise)
HP Star Book Pro 13The initial price is 5999 yuan, and now JD's self-operated blue has risen by 100 yuan, and the silver remains unchanged, and the PDD subsidy is 5399 yuan, but there is only a silver version. So if you want a thin and light laptop with excellent portability, mainly for office and audio-visual entertainment, then this laptop can be considered.
But if you're looking for aggressive performance unleashing, or stronger gaming performance, then this PC isn't for you.
【Heat Analysis】
The picture above is a real shot of the HP Star Book Pro 13, a combination of single fan and dual heat pipes.
Room temperature 25 °C
Reflectance1.0
BIOS version: F.01
For standard pressure processors, we use the Stress FPU for stress testing.
In the full load state, the performance mode is turned on, the CPU temperature is up to 89.8°C, stable at 75.4°C, the power consumption is 25W, and the core frequency is 3.0~3.1GHz. The power consumption can reach 32W in the first 11 minutes of baking.
Swipe left to see the temperature on the back
Oven back temperature
The surface temperature is shown in the graph above, with keyboard keycaps up to 42.5°C on the "I" key, 36.4°C on the WASD key, and 36.7°C on the arrow key. The temperature of the left wrist rest is 30.2°C, and the center point of the back is 38.7°C. Overall, the HP Star Book Pro 13's cooling performance has improved a lot, with significantly improved cooling specifications compared to the old mold, and the performance release is also stronger.
【The Pig King's Conscience Conclusion】
As a "flat model", the HP Star Book Pro 13 cannot be compared with the top thin and light laptops in all aspects, so it still has obvious differences in the following configurations: 1. Portability
The biggest feature of the Huawei MateBook X Pro is its ultra-light body, so the first condition for looking for a "flat model" is also light, and the body of the Star Book Pro 13 is only 40g heavier than the MateBook X Pro, which perfectly meets the requirements.
However, its adapter weighs 299g, while the X Pro weighs 240g, which is also a weight.
2,ScreenMateBook X Pro is equipped with the strongest OLED screen in the industry at present,This is not an exaggeration,Star Book Pro 13This LCD screen can't compare to it in terms of hard parameters。 However, the screen of the HP Star Book Pro 13 may be more popular with hardware gamers, because there is no OLED cliché burn-in and flicker.
3. Performance can be seen from the baking data, under long-term high load, the CPU power consumption can only be maintained at 25W, which is a very weak level this year, while the MateBook X Pro can achieve a stable 40W, which is also the strongest level in the ultra-light book.
But then again, the Star Book Pro 13 can maintain a power consumption of 32W in the first 11 minutes, considering that users of this kind of computer are unlikely to use it with full load for a long time, so this cooling performance is not bad in an ultra-light book.
4. Shell texture
The vast majority of ultra-light notebooks use magnesium alloy shells, and the Star Book Pro 13 and MateBook X Pro are no exception, but in terms of specific process processing, the refinement of HP's ultra-light notebook is not as good as Huawei's.
5,The peripheral peripherals are thin and light,The audio-visual entertainment experience is also very important,MateBook X ProThe trackpad and sound effect performance are good。 As the mainstream price of the Star Book Pro 13, the performance in this regard is mediocre, just highlight one that can be used.
In addition to the above differences, in fact, there are some places where HP Star Book Pro 13 is similar to Huawei, and even stronger to a certain extent: 1, battery life This is the biggest shortcoming of MateBook X Pro, probably because the peripheral hardware such as the screen consumes too much power, and at the same time it has to ensure off-power performance, so the duration of the final battery life script is 5 hours and 40 minutes.
Although the Star Book Pro 13 is not as good as Huawei's off-power performance, it has a battery life of 6 hours and 7 minutes, which is a counter-kill.
2. Scalability
Although the scalability of ultra-light laptops is terrible, Huawei is obviously even worse, the ultra-thin body causes it to only be equipped with a pure Type-C interface, and a mouse receiver has to be used with a docking station.
The body of the Star Book Pro 13 is not so thin, so 2A2C, HDMI, and 3.5mm headset ports are all available, which is no different from ordinary thin and light books.
To sum up, although the HP Star Book Pro 13 is inferior to the Huawei MateBook X Pro in many aspects, the gap has not been particularly widened, and it can even counterattack Huawei in some places. On top of that, the price of this computer is less than half that of Huawei, so there is no problem in calling it a "flat model".
Like other consumer goods, the laptop industry follows a theorem: if you want to get a better experience, the money paid will increase exponentially, and at the same time, some places will not necessarily be better, so everyone likes good computers, but don't go for it before you buy it, you must think carefully before you start.