HP 248G1 in the configuration selected i5-4200U Intel Haswell platform as the processor, clocked at 1.6GHz, graphics cards, the selected combination of dual graphics card AMD Radeon HD 8670M + Intel HD Graphics 4400, in addition also has 4GB DDR3L memory and 1TB mechanical hard drive configuration combinations. Judging from the results of the actual test, HP 248G1 on office performance with the high-profile notebooks and there is not much difference, of course, which does not include professional graphics rendering as well as areas of particular industries, as an entry-level business this, it fully capable of everyday office needs.
In order to cater to the new Windows 8 operating system, we also endurance test upgraded software, a new version of MobileMark 2012 software used in the test, compared with the previous version made ??a lot of upgrades. Such as the Microsoft Office update to Office 2010 version, in addition, MobileMark 2007 updated version of the software, based on the number of users has also increased the software frequently used as a test load, such as: Adobe Reader, Illustrator, Microsoft Project, and so on.
Compared to the previous version of the test software, MobileMark 2012 at the request of the testing environment is also enhanced, before testing must redo the system, but should also be reasonable to install the drive side, otherwise there will be a variety of problems. 41.4Wh notebook uses a lithium ion battery, by MobileMark test the new version, we can see that HP 248G1 the life time of 271 minutes, equivalent to down there four and a half hours or so, the efficiency value of 110 is pretty good performance.
We use Furmark pager software for HP 248G1 conduct stress testing, Furmark will heat the whole of the two major components CPU and graphics card full running, running 60 minutes after the meeting to a highly temperature limit, the limit pager test environment under HP 248G1 local temperature in the keyboard area reached 45 ℃, by the location of the impact, the left palm care and temperature touchpad section also reached 37,38 ℃, while the right half of the keyboard area is relatively good performance. In contrast, the relative concentration of the whole back of the heat source, the higher temperature region near the outlet, in the above 50 ℃, the majority of parts of the temperature maintained below 40 ℃ or 35 ℃.
HP 248G1 is an entry-level business notebook product, it is different from HP’s ProBook and EliteBook series of business notebooks. HP 248G1 with a metal roof painting process to create, in the shape of the design is not what we imagine as rigid and angular, but rounded a lot, maybe some friends think that the shape is not enough “business”, but does not interfere with the HP 248G1 has a business center.
HP 248G1 uses a 14-inch LED-backlit display with a resolution of 1366 × 768, it can be seen from this aspect of the entry-level nature. In the top of the screen is also provided with a 720P HD camera that can do the job daily video conference.
Although the entry-level product, but on the whole HP 248G1 thickness and weight is not too bad, 14 inches of stature in the thickness of the body and a dollar coin highly similar, while the whole weight of 2.042kg is also pretty good, and count the product is not on the 14 inches heavyweight products.
HP 248G1 business of the C-face with a black and silver color way of the cross, in line with business people calm understated style. This time HP 248G1 did not set any shortcut keys, just have a power switch in the upper left corner, the speaker part is hidden in a hole above the keyboard with internal shape. Fingerprint recognition module can effectively increase the security of your data, so we still see HP 248G1 above this setting.
Matte texture of the keycaps and nothing special, when in actual use keys feel quite good, but the key process shorter and some discomfort, a feeling of course, this also vary. For business this, the integrated touchpad is not an improvement, but simple and practical is the best, HP 248G1 the split trackpad in very handy to use, whether it is to locate the keys or reactions are very not bad. In the bottom right of the keyboard, we can also see fingerprint module, for business notebooks, data security is very important, but it’s there just to solve this problem.
As a position in the business office of notebook products, HP 248G1 also has a wealth of configuration in the interface area, on the left side of the fuselage can in turn see the power connector, VGA, HDMI, RJ45 and two USB3.0 interface, and on the right side we can see the headset microphone jack, USB2.0 interface, DVD burner, and security keyhole, the front left side is also provided with an SD card reader, such as interface settings is quite rich, while the business office who can be described as readily available.