HP 625 - one of the most cost option among all notebooks HP. In this place with a lot of proprietary technologies.
Appearance
Notebook HP 625 - extension of models previously produced under the brand Compaq. The company recently moved away from this title: Now modify, formerly known as HP Compaq called just HP.
Housing of the laptop dark gray plastic. Manufacturer used an unusual texture. The model looks very elegant and at the same time strict enough: happy practical color and material of the body.
On the side faces of the laptop have enough space for the necessary ports and connectors. On the right side there is an optical DVD-drive, 2-port USB 2.0. These two ports are placed too close together, so to connect multiple devices will be difficult.
On the left - HDMI, ExpressCard, USB and VGA. The interior of the laptop of the same color as the cap. On a gray background stand the black keys. The only part that dilutes this rigorous scheme and decorates the inner surface - is a button on your notebook.
HP 625: Picture and sound
Notebook HP 625 equipped with 15.6-inch matrix. It’s nice that the line HP 625 you can find laptops with glossy and matte with matrices. We came across a version with a matte screen. Maximum resolution - 1366 x 768. This is the optimal screen size and resolution, not only to work with documents, but also for Internet surfing and watching movies.
Economical LED-backlight allows you to extend battery life, and the camera in the display frame will enable live chat with buddies across the globe. When you create a matrix of the laptop used a special technology that protects the notebook from scratches and various injuries, - HP Panel Protection.
In the surface above the keyboard integrated speakers. They closed the decorative grille, painted in body color. Loud and sound quality laptop can not boast. Volume, of course, would be sufficient to work with programs and for movie watching, but if you want to hear music was loud in the whole flat will have to use external speakers.
The keyboard and touchpad
Feature of the HP keyboard 625 is that it is protected from moisture. Of course, if you pour on a laptop a glass of water, protection can not be saved. But from the small splashes and moisture keys are protected.
The notebook has a fairly large size, but the producers for some reason decided not to place on it an additional digital block. It’s weird, because it would be enough space, and functional laptop would be significantly increased.
In the device full-size keys with standard keyboard layout. Instead, the digital unit manufacturers gave users two additional column with the function keys. These columns to the right and left “glued” to the keyboard.
The left button to adjust volume and control media files. They allow you to stop playback, go to the next track, start and stop playback. Housed in a column on the right button Delete, Home, End, Page Down and Page Up.
Above the keyboard - a large button on the laptop, under it - the touchpad. He was unremarkable, the only feature of this sensory area - the band to control scrolling on the right side of the touchpad.
Work Offline
The HP 625 is used a battery of six items. This battery last on average 3 hours without connecting to the outlet. Of course, it’s not very much, but the laptop is not being positioned as a device for traveling. It’s more of an office or home version, and in homes and offices with the outlets is no problem.
Members models HP Compaq probably remember the technology HP Fast Charge, which allowed a half hours to charge the laptop battery to 90%. In this model, such a possibility too. But sooner please those who are always in a hurry and always want to charge the laptop this way. The technology is designed for use in emergencies. If we use the fast charge constant, the battery goes down faster.
HP 625: Performance and Capacity
Modification of HP 625 WT273EA, that we considered when writing the review, is equipped with a AMD Turion II P540, integrated graphics ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 with 2 GB of RAM and 320 GB hard drive.
Advertisement notebook goal was to produce a laptop for work, of simple and mediumly programs, movies, the Internet. It is this and get a HP 625. Laptop copes with all office applications, with simple and mediumly programs for word processing, presentation software, photo editing (non-professional, of course).
Film lovers will appreciate the ability to watch HD-video. Picture quality is pretty good, so enjoy the view sure to get.
Hardly anyone expects the notebook gaming opportunities. If someone is still waiting, will have to disappoint you. The notebook is not suited for gaming and processing three-dimensional graphics. Of course, if you want to spend time at the airport or hotel, you will be able to run on this laptop, some old or simple office game.
Business people who are going to keep on your laptop important documents will be interesting to learn about security of information in the HP625. The model is equipped with a DriveLock. This protection of information on your hard disk by copying and viewing. And the system will work even when the hard drive is removed from the laptop.
Conclusions:
Notebook HP 625 is equipped with everything that may be required for office work, study, a simple application. Advantages of a laptop - the opportunity to work with HD-video, data protection on the hard disk from being copied, and keyboards - from moisture. Cons - located near the USB ports and no digital unit.