After the Envy ultraportable 13-1050 EF it was the turn of its big brother Envy 15-1030EF format 15.6 inches to be launched by Hewlett-Packard Intel Calpella platform as Intel Core i7 Quad Core and Windows 7. The HP Envy 15-1030EF integrates Intel PM55 chipset, a Core i7-720QM (1.6 GHz), 4GB DDR3 RAM (16GB max) Hard Disk SATA 320 GB 7200 rpm, a Mobility Radeon HD4830 1GB dedicated and HyperMemory up to 2.8 GB, a screen 15.6”WXGA HD Ultra BrightView LED Backlight 410 nits of a resolution of 1366 × 768, a webcam with Nightvision Infrared LEDs for illumination, a microphone, a card reader 2 in 1 connectors and Wi-Fi a / g / n, Bluetooth, HDMI, Combo Headset / Microphone, Gigabit Ethernet and USB 2.0 (x3 combo with 1 e-SATA).
HP Envy 15-1030EF weighs 2.35 kg, measuring 380 x 244 x 26.5 mm and 7 runs on Windows Home Premium 64 bit with 6 cell battery 52.9 Whr whose autonomy is announced maximum of 2:30. In addition, a protective cover comes with matching. HP Media Smart following is provided as the Cyberlink DVD Suite software for creating CD / DVD and photo editing / video, Corel Paintshop Pro Photo X2 and Corel Video Studio X2 video editing.
Sporting a sleek design that is reminiscent of Apple’s MacBook, the HP Envy 15-1030EF is a laptop instead focused on the high end with a weight content, especially in the absence of ‘optical unit. Under Intel Calpella platform, he must use his versatility with Quad Core processor particularly effective in applications taking advantage of multi-heart and dedicated graphics card which is a priori more powerful than a Radeon HD4670.
It will therefore be able to handle recent games, and even more so than the screen resolution is low. The slab itself displays a 16:9 format suited to playing videos. Also note the presence of a fast hard drive with good capacity of 4 GB of RAM fully exploited by the system 64 bits of useful software and a connection just to correct a notebook of this price. However, it seems that this is the price to pay to finesse and weight mastered. As you have noticed, HP Envy 15-1030EF has been a concern in the description of the configuration of this model is actually fitted with a slab WXGA HD resolution of 1366 × 768 and not Full HD.
