HP is best brand in the Laptop/Ultrabook market as they produces performer products wheather the are ultrabooks/notebooks and they are also known for the very best build quality and aknowledge by al ovre the world as well. Today we gonna take a look at HP probook 5330m which seen to be a very good product.After all, it's not like we're going to walk off the job because we don't like the looks of that black box we've been assigned. Or are we? Nonetheless, laptop manufacturers are going out of their way to make their corporate systems look (and perform) more in line with their sexier consumer cousins. Take the Lenovo ThinkPad X1, for instance, a slimmed-down version of the company's signature design -- updated with a buttonless touchpad, Dolby sound, and a much-maligned glossy display. Toshiba, meanwhile, recently revamped its line of business notebooks to look like the lightweight Portege R705 -- also a crossover hit.Which brings us to the HP ProBook 5330m. This 13.3-incher has a metal-clad body and Beats Audio -- a first on an HP business machine, but a staple across its consumer stable. And yet, the company's wooing the IT guys, too, with a matte display, optional prepaid mobile broadband, Intel vPro technology, and TPM circuitry.It's too bad, then, that this laptop that tries so hard to be hip still manages to look dated. Our big bone of contention has always been the strip of matte aluminum ringing the keyboard deck and palm rest. The contrast between the brushed and smooth metals and the light and darker greys is one busy combo, and makes the keyboard deck seem more cramped than it is. Even if HP had opted for an entirely brushed aluminum chassis (as it has with past ProBooks), the 5330m would have still looked the part of a serious business laptop, only more elegant than the one we're looking at. In the end, clearly, it comes down to perception.HP didn't include that many ports since the ProBook 5330m was designed for budget-conscious businesses and consumers. Of course, you also don't get a built-in DVD drive. What you do get are two USB 2.0 ports (three if you count the eSATA/USB 2.0 port), Ethernet, VGA, HDMI, an SD card reader and a headset jack.The 720p webcam on the HP ProBook 5330m provided sharp images and great low-light performance. Even in our extremely dim living room, the fine details of our face were visible on a Skype call (the camera is not Skype HD-certified).Gone are the days of ExpressCard expansion slots, FireWire or dedicated microphone and headphone jacks. HP decided to offer HDMI on the 5330m rather than DisplayPort since more consumers will likely connect their notebook to consumer-grade monitors or HDTVs. The only connection I'm disappointed isn't here is a USB 3.0 port. USB 3.0 is the new USB standard and we're seeing more and more external storage and accessories take advantage of the faster speeds offered by this port. I understand that HP was aiming for a street price of $899 or less, but this 5330m should have come with USB 3.0.ProBook 5330m's 2.5-GHz Core i5-2520M CPU, 7,200-rpm hard drive, and Intel HD Graphics 3000 GPU allow the notebook to provide enough muscle for business tasks and HD video playback, but not for gaming.
HP ProBook 5330m comes with a removable battery, because business travelers are going to need a spare. On the LAPTOP Battery Test, which involves continuous web surfing over Wi-Fi, the ProBook lasted a lame 4 hours and 14 minutes. That's 30 minutes less than the ThinkPad Edge E220s (4:44), 45 minutes below the category average, and more than two hours less than the Toshiba Portege R835. Considering that we run the test with the laptop's screen at 40-percent brightness, we can only imagine how quickly the ProBook would run out of juice if you used it at full brightness and watched video. HP doesn't even offer an extended life battery option.On the bright side, the HP ProBook 5330m's Broadcom 43224AG 802.11n wireless card provided truly epic transfer rates of 50.2 Mbps and 43 Mbps at distances of 15 and 50 feet from our router.P topped off the 13.3-inch (1366 x 768) display with a matte finish, which makes it easy to view from oblique side angles. Still, that won't save you when you're trying to watch a movie from a plane's stowaway table -- when we tried watching a movie with the lid dipped forward, the picture looked awfully washed out. As you can see in the photo below, colors look pretty accurate (just hone in on Kermie's skin), though this is hardly the most eye-popping display you'll find. Still, its 200-nit brightness helped us work comfortably for long stretches in a variety of different situations.
The 5330m's small four-cell battery lasted three hours and twenty-six minutes in our battery rundown test, which involves playing a movie off the hard drive over and over with WiFi on and the screen's brightness set to 65 percent. Typically, we like to remind readers that that's a taxing test, and that you might expect longer battery life if you plan on staying inside your browser. In this case, though, we were on track for a similar time of four hours when we went about our usual routine, which includes checking and responding to Gmail messages, reading various blogs, streaming music through Grooveshark, and writing reviews, like this one.HP always tried to made their notebooks with very good quality and most of the time they did.
So let Run some tests....
- Build Quality.
- Good Display.
- Nice Design.
- Best WebCam.
- Short Battery Life.
- Heavy.
- No Dedicated Nvidia/AMD GPU.
- Bad keys of Keyboard.
