As a code farmer who "eats" by notebooks, I am relatively "picky" about the choice of notebooks. Not only in terms of performance, but also in the product endurance, interface, after-sales and other aspects of the requirements. Due to the early years of often in the major website forums to learn, the hardware parameters, machine configuration is more understanding, recently there was an opportunity, I just chose the HP Battle 66 five generations of Ryzen™ version of the new product to use.
The reason for choosing the Battle 66 Fifth Generation Ryzen Edition is also very simple. For programmers like us, a good computer is essential. A good laptop can fully and efficiently run all the programming interpreters, code editors, local servers, and language compilers. Equipped with the latest processors on the market, the Battle 66 5th Generation Ryzen™ Edition with good memory and hard disk is naturally a good choice. It has been used for a while, so I just want to share with you the feeling of use.
Notebooks can be said to be my "second life"
In the stereotype of many people, programmers are busy at the station for a long time in front of N lines of code. But in fact, as my experience grew, I also needed to take care of more business matters. There are frequent missions such as business trips, meetings, visits to customers and field exploration.
Therefore, I have a high demand for the portability and battery life of the notebook itself.
HP Battle 66 Fifth Generation is still quite classic in terms of design, and the front center of the fuselage is HP's large logo, which is highly recognizable.
The fuselage weighs less than 1.4kg, and it is not too tiring to hold it with one hand in the company's various conference rooms. What's more, I will travel a lot of time, and too heavy notebooks are naturally not suitable.
Notebook in the outdoor use of the screen also need to be bright enough, the usual notebook is about 250-300 nits of the look, the screen brightness of the Battle 66 fifth generation Ryzen version is 400 nits (look at the actual measurement on the Internet can reach the appearance of 500 small), we are really bright in the outdoor use, without staring at the screen can also see the content.
From the ERA OF DOS, thanks to the development of portable notebooks (the price is getting cheaper and cheaper), we can make our career development stable and far-reaching, and let us create more value for society. Nowadays, most of my work needs to rely on notebooks to complete, and I am indeed very grateful for the fact that this era of vigorous technology has made it easier to work.
The ultra-long battery life of more than 10 hours is reassuring
As I said earlier, due to frequent business trips, I pay special attention to the battery life of the notebook. My previous notebook was only about three or four hours long in daily use, and I had to think about where to charge it when I traveled. Usually, in the company, you also need to plug in the notebook power supply at all times to work with peace of mind.
The new HP Battle 66 Fifth Generation is a pleasant surprise in terms of endurance. On average, if you use it for an hour, you will lose power by about 10%, and you can use it for 1 day without any pressure when it is fully charged. If the brightness of the notebook is reduced appropriately, it will have a longer battery life. Compared to my last product, this battle 66 five generation endurance is amazing!
Due to the epidemic in recent years, online meetings have also become particularly frequent. Frequent meetings with colleagues at home, remote meetings at work and customers, etc. Especially for some projects, the field can not go, can only be solved remotely online. At the same time, you must be online at all times and communicate at all times. HP Battle 66 Fifth Generation also has a good performance in video conferencing, which meets my daily use.
Let's talk about the "programmable keys" that impressed me very much. This is unique in the notebooks I've worked with in the past, and I've only seen a similar design on some external keyboards. With a single press of F12 after the computer is turned on, you can quickly open several applications or files, websites, etc. that you use every day.
In the past, we would often leave the notebook open overnight so that we could quickly enter work the next day, but now with the design of programmable keys, we can safely shut down after work. Energy saving!
For those of us who execute commands through keyboard typing code for a long time, the keyboard feel of the notebook is also of particular concern to me. When I was in the company, I would often consider an external mechanical keyboard to use, and the crackling sound was really comfortable and decompression. However, with the increase of out-of-office projects, more work needs to rely on the keyboard of the notebook to complete.
Compared with my previous notebook key range (1.3mm when I checked it online), the key range of the Battle 66 Fifth Generation Ryzen Version is 1.5mm. Although there is only a gap of 0.2mm, when tapping the former for a long time, when changing the battle 66, it can still obviously feel that the key range has become longer, and it feels better when tapping.
Since the Battle 66 keyboard is silent design and has a backlight. Occasionally, at night, I receive a temporary request, and I am also able to lie in bed and deal with it without turning on the lights or worrying about the sound of the keyboard affecting my family.
The efficiency of running data has increased significantly
Like many of our peers, the most important thing in our daily code work is the processor. Battle 66 5th generation Ryzen Edition is equipped with Zen3 architecture processor R5 5625U, 7nm process, 6 core 12-thread design. When compiling code and running calculations, a more powerful processor can get the data you want faster. Especially the amount of data we run for half a day or even a day, a good processor can save a lot of time.
I compared the notebook I used before (i5-1035G1) with the Fifth Generation of the Battle 66.
The test method is to turn on two computers at the same time, run a satellite orbit simulation data analysis, and see who takes less time.
In actual tests, the fifth generation of the Battle 66 took 282 seconds, while the notebook (i5-1035G1) took 289 seconds and increased the speed by 7 seconds. If you run the amount of data for a day, you will save tens of minutes or even more.
When we do our day-to-day work, we run code editors, compilers, web browsers, and local servers in the background at the same time, as well as everyday chat software, documentation, and we also have to retrieve relevant content on the web. I used to use chrome for web searches, chrome is good, but there is a feature - memory.
In the past, when I used to use it, I was very careful to open the web page and the background program to avoid the system crash. The Battle 66 5th Generation Ryzen Edition has 16GB of RAM (which can be expanded to 32GB) and is a dual-channel design, which is very friendly to our daily work.
I basically consider storing daily chat files and data at work in notebooks, and I basically don't have the habit of cleaning them regularly. Over time, the storage space of the notebook is occupied, and it is necessary to connect an external mobile hard disk for data storage, which is very inconvenient to carry out.
In addition to its own 512GB solid state, the Battle 66 Fifth Generation Ryzen Edition also leaves a hard disk slot inside to facilitate the expansion of storage. In this way, the service life of the notebook is effectively extended. It is worth mentioning that with the blessing of the SSD, I can quickly load the previously saved projects, and the startup time of the notebook is also significantly reduced!
brief summary
Through the actual use, the Battle 66 Fifth Generation Ryzen Edition has given me a lot of surprises in terms of endurance and performance. The long battery life can be used in the company for a day without charging, even if it is a short-term business trip, you can say goodbye to the charger. At the same time, the latest Ryzen™ processor has significantly improved the efficiency of running data and accelerated the progress of work.
With HP's product strength, there's "AMD, Yes!" "The blessing of product performance and cost performance, the price point starting from 4299 yuan is really rare, I think, the battle 66 fifth generation Ryzen version is very suitable for programming peers to buy and use!"