HP 2019 14" Laptop - Intel Core i3 - 8GB Memory

HP 2019 14" Laptop - Intel Core i3 - 8GB Memory

HP 2019 14" Laptop - Intel Core i3 - 8GB Memory

Verdict

If you are on the way of starting with your career or getting involved with an institution for educational purposes, this Windows based HP laptop will be your ultimate accessory to take you to the next level of performance. This is an entry-level system for the price that satisfies your budget as well. However, you will not avail the convenience of optical drive from this laptop.
Design & Build

This HP laptop is one of the thinnest models offered by the brand. It appears in iconic ash silver colour to blow your mind.

Its simple-looking lid is attached to a 14 inch bright View glossy display. Check out Top 10 Best Selling HP Laptops.

The screen has the resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels to retain the vivid colours in all of your images and videos.
Performance

This HP laptop comes with 7th Gen Intel Core i3-7100U chipset to manage your everyday workloads at a speedy rate.

This smart dual-core mobile processor provides four-way processing performance to ensure unforgettable computing experience.

The CPU is supported by 8GB system memory and 128GB Solid State Drive (SSD) storage that assures faster start-up times & high-speed transfer as well.

This performance is great and it is truly something a bless for all the users.
Battery Life

The laptop derives its necessary power from a lithium metal battery to perform for multiple hours on regular usage.

With lower to normal usage, you can work for longer hours on its single charge.
Ports & Connectivity

You will find a decent selection of USB 2.0 & USB 3.0 ports on its side panels.

The laptop also offers a range of wireless connections including 802.11b/g, 802.11bgn, & 802.11b.

These ports are easing up the work in such a manner so that you can deal with it.
Additional Features

The system runs on Windows 10 operating system which is pre-installed in the laptop.

This latest OS version introduces multiple newest features, including the edge web browser that enables you to markup web pages on the screen.
Specs Details:
Brand: HP
Hard Drive: 128 GB
RAM: 8 GB
Hard Drive Type: Solid State Drive (SSD)
RAM Type: DDR4
Processor: 7th Gen Intel Core i3-7100U
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Processor Brand: Intel
Product Dimensions: 32.4 x 22.6 x 2 inches
Operating System: Windows 10

FORSolid performance
Comfortable keyboard
1080p display

AGAINST
Below-average battery life
Middling graphics

HP 2019 14" Laptop - Intel Core i3 - 8GB Memory

Not all budget laptops are complete nightmares; you just have to dig a little deeper to find the quality ones, like the HP 14 Laptop (DF0023CL). For the HP 14 Laptop offers a solid 8th-Gen Core i3 processor comboed with a clicky keyboard and a decent 1080p display. You'll have to deal with a relatively short battery life and a middling graphics card, but overall, the HP 14 Laptop is a solid budget laptop for the price.

Price and Configuration Options

The HP 14 Laptop that I tested costs and comes outfitted with an Intel Core i3-8130U processor, 4GB of RAM, a 128GB SSD and an Intel UHD 620 GPU. Amazon sells another version that runs for and drops you to an Intel Pentium Silver N5000 processor and an Intel GMA 3150 GPU.

Design

This machine doesn't have any personality on the outside, as its plastic hood is painted a generic silver, accompanied by a glossy HP logo stamped in the center. If the logo weren't there, this laptop would be indistinguishable from the competition.

However, the interior of the HP 14 Laptop has some semblance of style. The silver hinge complements the black, faux-aluminum deck. This machine features a backlit-keyboard with stylish font on its keys as well as a speaker vent just above the keyboard. To top it all off, the panel sports slim bezels.

The HP 14 Laptop is the lightest machine among the competition, weighing 3.1 pounds, and it's also nearly the slimmest, measuring 12.8 x 8.9 x 0.8 inches. The Acer Spin 3 (3.8 pounds, 13.2 x 9.1 x 0.8 inches) and the Asus VivoBook Flip 14 (3.2 pounds, 12.9 x 8.9 x 0.6 inches) are pretty light and thin in their own regard. But the 15-inch Acer Aspire E 15 (5 pounds, 15 x 10.2 x 1.2 inches) is a thick boy.

Ports

The HP 14 Laptop has a decent number of ports, located all around the machine.

On the left side, you'll find a security lock slot, one USB Type-C port and an SD card slot, while the right side features the power jack, an RJ45 Ethernet port, an HDMI 1.4 port, two USB 3.1 ports and a headphone jack.

Display

While the HP 14 Laptop's 14-inch display isn't very bright or colorful, its glossy screen and leveled-out contrast make the viewing experience better than what your average budget laptop provides. Not to mention, it boasts a 1920 x 1080 resolution.

In the trailer for Taken 3 -- I mean, Angel Has Fallen -- I could see every strand of hair in Nick Nolte's white beard. The orangish explosions set in the grassy field were dull, and the panel itself was so dim that I couldn't see the surroundings in the forest. However, the screen didn't look washed out, meaning it captured whites quite well.

While the HP 14 Laptop's 14-inch display isn't very bright or colorful, its glossy screen and leveled-out contrast make the viewing experience much better than what your average budget laptop provides.

The HP 14 Laptop's panel covered 62% of the sRGB color gamut, matching the Aspire E 15's score and falling behind the budget laptop average (79%). To be fair, the Spin 3 (70%) and VivoBook Flip (69%) didn't make the average either.

At 199 nits of brightness, the HP 14 Laptop's display isn't too far off of the category average (205 nits), but the Aspire E 15 (227 nits), Spin 3 (226 nits) and VivoBook Flip (221 nits) all did much better.

Keyboard and Touchpad

The HP 14 Laptop's keyboard is surprisingly clicky and pleasant to type on; it even has backlighting, which is rare for a budget laptop. The font on the keys is reminiscent of HP's premium Spectre x360 line.

I nailed 72 words per minute on the 10fastfingers.com typing test, climbing over my current average of 70 wpm. The keys averaged 1.4 millimeters of key travel, falling just outside of our preferred 1.5- to 2.0-mm range, and they required a solid 63 grams of force to actuate.

The HP 14 Laptop's keyboard is surprisingly clicky and pleasant to type on; it even has backlighting, which is rare for a budget laptop.

The 4.3 x 2.0-inch touchpad could've been a little softer, and the discrete buttons were way too stiff and shallow. Thankfully, this system has Windows Precision drivers installed, so Windows 10 gestures like two-finger scrolling and three-finger tabbing felt smooth.

Performance and Graphics

Armed with an Intel Core i3-8130U processor and 4GB of RAM, the HP 14 Laptop managed to juggle 20 Google Chrome tabs and two 1080p YouTube videos with only a slight slowdown when loading images.

On the Geekbench 4.1 overall performance test, the HP 14 Laptop scored 6,901, whizzing past the average budget laptop (5,189) as well as the VivoBook Flip's Core m3-7Y30 CPU (5,696). Packed with the same CPU as the HP 14 Laptop, the Aspire E 15 and Spin 3 had much better averages of 7,871 and 8,543, respectively.

HP's 128GB SSD took 1 minute to copy 4.97GB of data, which translates to 85 megabytes per second, and while that may seem slow, it actually crushes the competition. The category average was only 53 MBps, but the VivoBook Flip's 64GB eMMC (29 MBps) and the 1TB HDD in the Aspire E 15 (34 MBps) and the Spin 3 (29 MBps) couldn't even match that.

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The HP 14 Laptop's Intel UHD 620 GPU scored 39,950 on the 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited graphics benchmark, surpassing the average budget laptop (34,667). However, the HP 14 Laptop fell behind the VivoBook Flip's Intel HD 615 (51,586) as well as the Intel UHD 620 GPU in the Aspire E 15 (63,817) and the Spin 3 (70,127).

In real-world testing, the HP 14 Laptop averaged 25 frames per second on the Dirt 3 benchmark, stopping short of the 28-fps category average, not to mention the 30-fps playable threshold. Dirt 3 is playable on the Aspire E 15 (56 fps), the Spin 3 (38 fps) and the VivoBook Flip (31 fps).

Battery Life

The HP 14 Laptop's battery life isn't horrible, but it could be a lot better. When I continuously surfed the web on the laptop over Wi-Fi at 150 nits of brightness, the battery lasted 6 hours and 12 minutes, which is over an hour shorter than the budget laptop average (7:27). The Spin 3 (6 hours) wasn't much better, but the VivoBook Flip (7:23) was within range and the Aspire E 15 managed to survive a stellar 8:48.

Webcam

Armed with a 720p shooter, the HP 14 Laptop misses the mark. The skin on my face looked incredibly blotchy. My black-and-blue flannel appeared mostly black in the image, as it was so dark.

But despite how gloomy the picture was, the ceiling was still blown out due to the lighting.

Heat

This machine stayed pretty cool under pressure. After the HP 14 Laptop streamed a 15-minute 1080p video, the underside measured 85 degrees Fahrenheit, which is well within our 95-degree comfort zone.

The center of the keyboard and touchpad hit 81 and 78 degrees, respectively.

Bottom Line

The HP 14 Laptop (DF0023CL) is a great budget system, offering solid overall performance, a comfortable keyboard and even a 1080p display. The only downsides are its meh graphics power and its below-average battery life.

If you opt for the Acer Aspire E 15, you can get all-day battery life, a more powerful graphics card and a brighter screen with more real estate, all for a cheaper price.

However, the HP 14 Laptop is a solid all-around budget laptop, especially given the performance and size you get for the price.

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