Tech Advisor – October 2019

OCTOBER 2019 • TECH ADVISOR 63

BUYING GUIDE

ninehoursbetweencharges.Thisonelasted 10
hoursoneminute, playing the same video on loop at
120cd/m^2. Accordingtoa Windows 10 batteryreport,
thelaptophasa 53.6Whbattery,onlyfractionally
largerthan the last model.
Whether down to luck, peculiarities of the air
temperature or genuine efficiency savings, this appears
to be a commendably long-lasting laptop considering it
has a quad-core Intel Core CPU inside.

Verdict
The HP Envy 13 is in some ways a very routine update
of a crowd-pleaser laptop.
HP hasn’t changed the design fundamentals. And it’s
not even much more powerful than the last, especially
considering the CPU and GPU have both been
upgraded. You can blame Intel and Nvidia for that.
However, HP has improved it in other ways. Display
quality is much improved and the trackpad has been
entirely tamed, with new drivers and a tweaked pad
design. We lose out too, though, as the glass surface of
the old model has been replaced with plastic.
You win some, and lose some. But the HP Envy
is stilloneofthevery best ‘mid-range’ laptops.
AndrewWilliams

Specifications

• 13.3in(1,9201,080)Full HD 165ppi IPS LCD glossy


• Windows 10 Home


• 1.8GHz Intel Core i7-8565U (4.6GHz boost) 4 cores, 8
  threads


• Nvidia GeForce MX250 2GB GPU