It's the electronic product school promotion season that many consumers are looking forward to! Many college students and career newcomers are ready to take this opportunity to buy a notebook with a beautiful price and easy to use. In the recent large number of purchase inquiries in our WeChat background, HP Star Book Pro 14 is a model that has been mentioned a lot. Many friends asked, Uncle Niu, the configuration of this notebook is very comprehensive, the price is also in the mainstream price of 5,000 yuan, it looks very good, is it worth buying? Can editing short videos work? What does the screen look like?
In fact, we have reviewed this product in detail before. First of all, the overall evaluation, the HP Star Book Pro 14 with the French fries logo is a thin and light flagship product, the configuration and experience are very balanced, and the appearance texture, screen, performance and ease of use experience are also good. But today, let's put aside the regular running score test and see how the daily practicality of the HP Star Book Pro 14 is through a series of practical experiences. At the same time, we will also talk to you about how to avoid pits when buying thin and light books through this product.
Configuration Specifications:
Processor: Intel ® Core ™i7-13700H standard pressure processor
Screen: 14-inch 2880×1800 100% DCI-P3 color gamut 90Hz OLED screen
Graphics: Iris Xe graphics card 96EU (up to 1.5GHz)
Memory: 16GB LPDDR5 5200MHz
Hard disk: 1TB M.2 PCle 4.0
Wireless network: Intel AX211 WiFi6E
Left interface: USB Type-A 3.2 Gen 1, Micro SD card slot, 3.5mm composite audio port
Right interface: 2× USB Type-C 3.2 Gen2 full-function port, HDMI 2.1, USB Type-A 3.2 Gen 1
Reference price: i5-13500H model 5499 yuan
If you want to use the "new machine" for a long time, you have to look at the process design to see the appearance
There are not many thin and light metal bodies on the market, but if you carefully observe those notebooks that have been used for a year or two, you may find that the shells of many thin and light books have been worn into "big flower cats", such as small scratches on the fuselage, various marks that invade the shell coating, large areas of grinding in the corners and so on. After a notebook has been used for a long time, it is inevitable that it will be tempered by wind and frost, and bumps and bumps are more common. Even, have you ever seen a thin and inexplicable metal notebook that is inexplicably scratched in a backpack? ——Uncle Niu used it! When I think about it, it's still a thin-skinned metal notebook that impresses me.
How to choose a thin and light notebook with a strong body? First of all, everyone should pay attention to the fact that it is necessary to see clearly whether it is a single-sided metal body or an all-metal body, needless to say, it must be that the all-metal body is thin and light and the body is stronger and more slippery. For example, the Star Book Pro 14 uses ACD three-sided metal material, which is more scratch-resistant and wear-resistant than single-sided metal notebooks. Secondly, everyone should pay attention to the workmanship of the fuselage, the body of the Star Book Pro 14 is polished by 24 processes, and the fuselage has undergone a number of rigorous quality tests, and the durability is guaranteed. What I also like about it is that it is not easy to get fingerprints, get a little dust, and it is easy to clean up. This is very important for newcomers in the workplace: the notebook you use represents your personal image to a certain extent, the notebook is clean and tidy, and the person also exudes a capable and refreshing temperament. Taking a step back, who doesn't love a good look?
In addition, in terms of shell appearance, Star Book Pro 14 is also a presence that can be said. This model is available in a variety of body colors, which is increasingly rare in the current thin and light book market, and even rarer, it also has a slightly drunk pink colorway! And everyone's favorite fries LOGO Uncle Niu will not be repeated, in the eyes of many users, the fries LOGO notebook, is not only a brand belief, but also a quality assurance, of course, there is a face.
In addition to paying attention to the body material and workmanship of the notebook, the weight is also very important, lighter, and it is much easier to start school, travel and travel. Star Book Pro 14 while maintaining a solid body, our whole weight is only 1.35kg, the thickness is about 16.5mm, in many mainstream price points 14-inch thin and light books are a thinner and lighter one, daily commuting and commuting to the library study room, portability, but also convenient to put into the backpack.
In the process of daily use of notebooks, we often encounter the need to open the lid with one hand, which puts forward design requirements for the convenience of the notebook, Star Book Pro 14 top cover opening has a groove design, one-handed opening process is smooth and smooth.
In other small details, it is also very good, the rear of the hinge uses a small heel design, which automatically raises the height of the bottom shell and table top when used, which can enhance heat dissipation and improve keyboard typing comfort, killing two birds with one stone. These small designs, seemingly inconspicuous, can significantly improve the convenience of everyone using notebooks, and represent the completion of a product.
OK, Uncle Niu briefly summarized, how do college students and newcomers in the workplace avoid choosing reliable high-quality thin and light books from the aspect of appearance design? Roughly speaking: one look at the material, two look at the workmanship, three look at the weight, and four look at the details. Simply put, it is good materials, beautiful shape, strict craftsmanship, and humanized design.
Focusing on high performance, we cannot ignore the silent and cooling effects
In the era of standard pressure processors, notebooks can be said to be very easy to cope with daily use. However, for users who do not know much about electronic products, what heavier professional applications can be dealt with by the thin and light book equipped with the Core standard pressure processor is still a practical problem, as mentioned earlier, short video editing, Star Book Pro 14 such thin and light books can competent?
Let's briefly introduce the basic hardware configuration of the Star Book Pro 14: the new 13th generation Intel ® Core ™ i7 processor (we have the i7-13700H processor version, and the i5-13500H model is optional), with 16GB LPDDR5 5200MHz high-frequency memory + 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD. It is commendable that this series of models is equipped with 1TB large-capacity hard disk as standard at the factory, which is very friendly to thin and light users, has large capacity, and saves the trouble of disassembly and upgrade in the later stage. Next, our performance testing part also focuses more on practical application experience.
Transferring large files test
In the era of mobile Internet, whether at work or study, large file transfer has become very common, and efficient file transfer can greatly save everyone's time. Therefore, we first came to a large file copy test, Uncle Niu used the Type-C hard disk box to copy 72GB files to the notebook, and the results were: the transfer speed was about 1GB/s, basically reaching the upper limit of the speed of the hard disk box, and the copy was completed in about 70 seconds, with a high and stable rate!
Batch processing of 200 RAW photos in PS
Photo/image processing is also a practical application that is often encountered in thin and light books, especially image batch processing. Nowadays, many young people will take a lot of photos when they go out to play, or they will take a lot of photos at work, one by one, although it is very exquisite, but it is too time-consuming, and there are a lot of repetitive actions. At this time, the computer can first carry out batch automatic processing, and then the user can choose to refine, saving time and effort. In this regard, Uncle Niu once used the Star Book Pro 14 to import 200 24 million pixel RAW format photos in Ps, and after selecting them all, 200 photos were "automatically adjusted color" at the same time, basically instant response, positioning one of the photos, and viewing after zooming in was smooth and silky. It is equivalent to preliminarily processing the color retouching of 200 photos in a few seconds, omitting a lot of repetitive actions.
Then batch convert 200 photos to a folder and export them all in about 3 minutes and 20 seconds, which is very efficient!
PR simple short video editing experience
Short video is the most popular communication medium at present, whether you are a student or a professional, whether you are entertainment or work, more or less will use short video creation. Is it satisfying to make short video clips with the Star Book Pro 14? We imported a few pieces of 1080P footage for simple editing, the process was smooth, and the preview was freezing. Finally, a 30-second finished video is exported, and the output takes only about 10 seconds – illustrating a simple short video clip that the machine can do.
The LOL gaming experience
Next, Uncle Niu also experienced a "LOL", the polar smash bros. map, set to 1200P resolution, the game special effects are the highest quality, the average game frame rate of 10 minutes is 106fps, and the core display can also handle online game entertainment.
Multitasking testing
When there is a lot of load in the background, how does the Core i7 standard pressure processor perform? We opened Ps, Pr, multiple windows of the browser for the Star Book Pro 14, opened music playback, and then tested opening a 100MB size PPT file, and the result was still opened quickly, no problem!
The above application tests show that the Star Book Pro 14 can handle everyday applications, short video editing, and multitasking with ease, in fact, these applications do not have much pressure for a thin and light notebook of a 13th generation Core standard pressure processor with good performance. What is easy to be overlooked is heat dissipation and silence. This is where the Star Book Pro 14 has an advantageous competitiveness.
Focus on thermal design
Dismantling can see that the Star Book Pro 14 adopts a frost cooling system composed of dual three-phase motor fans and double wide heat pipes. Remember what Uncle Niu talked about before, some of the reduced cost standard pressure processor is thin and light, only equipped with a single fan for heat dissipation, not only the performance release is poor, the fan noise is also greater, directly affects the use experience: Star Book Pro 14 fully loaded oven user bit fan noise is 43.6 decibels, and single-fan models can reach 46 decibels, the difference is obvious. Of course, in daily use, for thin and light books, long-term full load is rare, Star Book Pro 14 also supports balance/power saving mode, and in balanced mode, there is still an instantaneous burst power consumption of about 60W, which is enough to cope with the performance needs of large software opening.
Let's talk about the temperature performance of the C surface when playing games: most of the entire C surface area is below 40 °C, the heat accumulation area is between the key L and the Enter key, the highest is about 45 °C, the heat feeling in this part of the area is slightly more obvious, and the left control area is up to about 36 °C.
From the actual measurement, the thin and light performance equipped with the Core standard pressure processor does not need to worry, daily applications are easy to do, and simple short video editing can also be done. The difference between these models is whether they use dual fans or single fans for heat dissipation. Obviously, in order to experience better, dual-fan cooling models like HP Star Book Pro 14 have lower fan noise, and it is also recommended that everyone give priority.
The screen is one of the core experiences of human-computer interaction
About how to avoid pitfalls on the screen? It is recommended that everyone prioritize high-scoring and high-brush screens - at least high-resolution screens. At present, the mainstream price of thin and light screens have OLED screens and LCD screens, if you have high requirements for color gamut and require the screen to be silky and no smearing, then OLED screens are more suitable for you. The advantages of OLED screens are that the color display is gorgeous, the contrast is more obvious for watching movies and playing games, and the bright screen can easily cope with the outdoor highlight environment.
Judging from the screen of the Star Book Pro 14, the parameters are gorgeous: this is a 2.8K OLED screen, the screen resolution reaches 2880×1800, 16:10 ratio, 90Hz refresh rate, response time <1ms, with 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, VESA True Black HDR 400 certification, with German Rheinland TuV and EyeSafe double eye protection certification. What is the actual display?
Displays color contrast
Uncle Niu took a 100% sRGB color gamut notebook screen for comparison, the left side is the star Book Pro 14, the right side is the LCD screen notebook, the effect almost does not need Uncle Niu to explain it: OLED wide color gamut color is more vivid, the contrast is higher, and the picture is more transparent.
Screen contrast contrast
The OLED screen of the Star Book Pro 14 on the left can display true pure black because of its self-illumination characteristics. The right LCD screen is actually a gray mixed white and black, which will feel that the picture is gray, and the screen will also leak.
The maximum brightness of this screen in SDR mode is 400 nits, and the peak brightness can reach 500 nits under HDR, so it can be clearly displayed outdoors under strong light during the day, and the following picture is a real shot of the video playback effect under outdoor strong light:
It can be seen that the OLED screen of the Star Book Pro 14 has a good experience: the high-resolution display is delicate, the OLED wide-color gamut screen is full and transparent, and the fast response time and high refresh rate of 90Hz bring a smooth and silky sense of picture switching. If you are very sensitive to color display and response time, then OLED screen notebooks are indeed a more suitable choice. And if you are not used to using OLED screens, it is recommended to at least choose a high-resolution LCD screen, and the daily display is also more delicate, such as the Star Book Pro 14 has a 2.2K screen cost-effective configuration optional.
Practical smart AI software does more with less
Buying thin and light books is not only buying hardware configuration, but also should pay attention to software configuration, easy-to-use software can significantly improve daily work efficiency, give new functions to products, and this is also the brand R & D strength and product purchase value in the embodiment of soft power, in this regard, the advantages of international manufacturers are very obvious, the new brand of thinness is relatively simple.
Star Book Pro 14 has a built-in Hui Xiaowei intelligent voice assistant application with rich functions. In addition to basic speech and text input, it also supports a variety of useful and interesting functions. "Subtitle Translation" can include sound from the system, support Chinese and English translation, display subtitles at the same time as the translated text or the original translation, and support saving text and audio, which is convenient for users to participate in English conferences and watch English movies. "Meeting Notes" is also quite useful, this function gets sound from the system and microphone at the same time, and records it, which is useful for people who often participate in meetings and need to write. For example, when attending classes or meetings, you can turn on voice input to record classroom or meeting content in real time, real-time transcription in Chinese and English, watch foreign language movies or websites translate subtitles or web text, etc., these easy-to-use functions do not need to buy additional software to open a membership.
We also had a hands-on experience:
▲Voice command demonstration: Open Bilibili and pay attention to small details: there is an interactive light reminder in front of the trackpad.
▲Subtitle translation experience, Uncle Niu used Star Book Pro 14 to play the video, Hui Xiaowei translated in real time according to the "I have a dream" speech video, I believe everyone is still familiar with this sentence. Of course, because it is a "machine translation" and there is no literary polish, the translation is definitely not perfect, but it is also very close. Best of all, it's instant translation, which comes in handy.
So, if you are interested in additional smart applications for notebooks, or often use these - it is recommended that you pay attention to the thin and light books of big brands.
Interface expansion and ease of use cannot be ignored
The interface is a point that everyone buys a thin and light book that is easy to ignore, and when you don't use it, you don't think it, and you can't wait to use it all over the fuselage. What kind of interface configuration is good to use? For thin and light books, a more suitable combination is double A + dual C + HDMI video expansion port, that is, Star Book Pro 14, with two USB-A large ports with two full-function USB-C ports, the former can ensure good ease of use when connecting mice and U disk daily, the latter can provide powerful expansion and convenience for notebooks, daily external monitors, headphones, mobile hard disks, etc. do not need to be transferred, when the notebook is charging, There is also another Type-C port for simultaneous high-speed file transfer. And Type-C port with HDMI port can achieve multi-screen linkage and expand the display? A Type-C cable will do it!
Everyone basically cares about the battery life performance of thin and light books, but does not necessarily pay attention to charging efficiency. Charging and replenishment is fast, in fact, it can also solve the user's power anxiety to a certain extent. Star Book Pro 14 supports shutdown fast charging technology, 90W power adapter can achieve 50% charging in 30 minutes at the fastest, and a lunch time can replenish the power demand of light office in the afternoon.
Many text workers also focus on the thin and light keyboard input experience. In view of this, we should pay attention to the length of the notebook's forehead keyboard key travel, size size, and whether there will be keycap slippage when typing quickly. In actual experience, the Star Book Pro 14 keyboard has a key travel of 1.3mm, a 18.4mm key pitch, and two white backlights, but the upper and lower cursor buttons are not full-size designs - it may be the place where some friends are talking. In terms of feel, the wide keycaps give the fingers a lot of containment, so even the straight design will not slip, and the tapping feeling is bright, ensuring the comfort of a large number of text inputs. Touch is responsive and multi-gesture operation is accurate. There is a fingerprint unlock module on the right side of the trackpad, which is convenient for users to quickly log in to the system, and also avoids the risk of leakage caused by entering passwords in public.
Two backlit keyboard effects in low light
Speaking of office experience, the 5 million pixel camera of the Star Book Pro14 also has a good effect, supporting automatic light filling and intelligent focusing, TNR intelligent noise reduction technology, etc., which can automatically adjust the intensity of the fill light according to the light and darkness of the environment, adjust the facial light, and also support manual dimming and beauty; Support automatic following technology, can track users to achieve dynamic follow. Compared with ordinary notebook cameras, it can adapt to complex office environments, allowing you to hear and see clearly in remote conference rooms.
Finally, let's talk about the point that international brand thin and light books are more suitable for small white users: comprehensive after-sales service. Among them, typical online services are the advantages of international brands such as HP, and second-tier brands are difficult to match. Star Book Pro 14 has built-in HP E butler application, users can chat directly with after-sales engineers 24/7×, and solve problems online, the software interface is simple and easy to use, commendable. From Uncle Niu's experience: online communication is an instant response, no need to wait, it also supports voice connection remote desktop and other services, which is indeed a good helper for Xiaobai to be familiar with computer use.
Conclusion: Comprehensive and easy to use, the best partner for work and study
Let's go back to the beginning, taking the Star Book Pro 14 as an example, how should college students and newcomers buy notebooks in the September school season to avoid pitfalls? First of all, the appearance looks at the material, the design also looks at the details, and the all-metal + strict craftsmanship + humanized design represents a high-quality use experience; Secondly, in terms of performance, it depends on both performance release and cooling module, dual fans are a better choice, and for daily use, the 13th generation Core standard pressure processor is thin and light without pressure; Small partners who like wide color gamut, high contrast and fast response time, OLED screen is a more suitable choice; In terms of ease of use and after-sales guarantee, international brands are more comprehensive, intelligent applications, double A + double C interface, fast charging battery, 5 million pixel camera, good keyboard input experience, good speakers and online services, etc., are the key points that can significantly improve the use experience, of course, it is best to be like the Star Book Pro 14, all have, is "I want all"! Users don't have to struggle with it.
Finally, back to the product, the characteristics of Star Book Pro 14 have been introduced above, so here is the price and purchase advice: the current i5-13500H + 16GB+1TB + 2.8K 90Hz screen reference price is 5499 yuan, and the i5-13500H + 2.2K screen version only costs 5099 yuan, the cost performance is relatively high. If you are just for daily routine use, Office ordinary office, web browsing, watching movies and television, college students studying, etc., then I recommend considering the i5-13500H processor model is completely enough, the price is more affordable! And if you often do short video editing in addition to regular use, or have courses such as learning rendering, then you can consider the i7-13700H processor model, only a few hundred yuan more expensive, the processor is upgraded to 14 cores and 20 threads, the full load efficiency is improved, the difference is worth it!