Speakers - The speakers sometimes resonate the whole chasis which causes vibrating noises that are distracting (e.g. Keyboard - The keyboard is off to the centre which is no good if you use other keyboards as it causes me to make mistakes on both keyboards. This lead to lots of stuttering in games.

Performance - Gaming was not a great experience due to the cycling clock rates that I didn't observe with the Yoga C940 (with 10th gen intel). Under load the fans will ramp up then quieten down later (I would prefer consistent fan noise as seen with Lenovo Yoga C940 - it comes on more rarely and is very quiet and consistent so won't keep turning on and off) Yoga C940 never had this issue.įans - Fans quickly turn on and then off. Pen input - Often recognised your resting palm as pen inputs when using in tablet mode and writing on it so it doesn't make for a great notetaking device. to 60 or 80% instead of HP battery protect which I assume limits the charge to a certain value and then you can't predict how long the laptop will last HP should have used a battery charge limit e.g. Battery Bar Pro reporting 10w/h drainage with 1-3w CPU usage. Yoga 710 for comparison runs at 36 degrees.īattery - Battery life is inconsistent - possibly due to HP battery protect - can last very long but other times drains very fast with even when CPU power usage is low. 45 degrees on the bottom of the HP with bottom covered under stress test balanced mode. It doesn't seem to hibernate when put in a bag but I had no problems eitherĬONS Heat - Hot on the bottom of the laptop in one area which makes it uncomfortable to use on your lap (won't be a problem with normal tasks but Windows could do some background tasks causing it to get too hot). Sleep - I have put it in a bag several times and had no problems with fans being on or feeling hot when it is taken out of bag, barely any battery loss during sleep (0% battery loss in 12 hours). When not having the battery drain problem it lasts about 5 hours during team calls and 10-12 hours during casual use (watching youtube videos, browsing), 12+ hours with lighter use (reading through powerpoint with music). Not too far off the Macbook Air and better than the Yoga C940 when it isn't having the battery drain problem. You can modify audio (bass, treble) with Bang and Olufsen app according to your preference.īattery - Battery life can be amazing. Sound - Sound quality is very good and even sounds nicer than a Macbook Air for music in my opinion. No sharp edges on the laptop and the palm rest area and keyboard always stayed cool even under load. Better than Macbook Air (due to real click) or Yoga C940 (as it is larger). Trackpad is also very good - I don't feel the need to use an external mouse as it is that large and smooth which made gestures very comfortable to use. Keyboard and Trackpad - The keyboard is very good - much better than the Macbook Air or even a ThinkPad in my personal opinion - very clicky with good travel. web browsing due to great single core performance from 7th gen Intel processor. Big impovement in performance in daily tasks e.g. Consumes 36W short term before stabilizing to 20-28w (switches between the two). Performance - CPU performance is very good short term. Almost as good as the macbook air at minimizing reflections (the Yoga C940 was much worse at this) Very good anti-reflective coating so don't see many reflections in bright rooms. It has a good aspect ratio which makes it feel like you're using a much larger laptop (never feels like a 13.5 inch laptop) but just as portable as a small laptop. Would have been nice if it was a bit sharper without having to sacrifice battery (e.g. PROS Screen - The screen is of a very high quality (FHD+ Screen) with good brightness, content looks nice and vibrant.

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