Smooth with dimensions 103 x 59 mm provides enough space to use the multi-touch function. Is split

The name "ZBook" inevitably raises certain negative connotations. Admittedly, this is not correct, in our country it will be read as "zbuk". This is not a happy circumstance for HP's flagship laptop, equipment designed for serious business and care about the prestige of specialists in various fields, costing a lot of money. Is this name will be prescient or ZBook 17 will earn the reputation equal to that EliteBooków? The tested model was equipped with a great array DreamColor and weak graphics card Quadro K610M.
The new HP workstations look like ProBooków and EliteBooków latest generation. Still dominate the straight lines, but the sides ZBooka 17 are more rounded than its predecessor, which EliteBooku 8770w. Metallic exterior surfaces tend to be high class and impress those that stand the test of time. The frame of the screen and the bottom of the basic units are made of sturdy but less tasteful plastic. royalpack Stiffness ZBooka 17 looks very good and is at a similar level as in the HP 8770w. Place the palm rest are hard, and all the elements of the case are a good fit (although it was a copy of the demo, so not brand new and not coming out of production).
The undersurface of the service cover is removed very easily. Simply move the two sliders to the outside. royalpack Under the hood are the key components and connectors. Two additional RAM slots are located under the keyboard (tested model was therefore a total of four slots). There are two SATA drive bays 2.5-inch, mSATA connector and a connector M.2. In a free drive bay 2.5-inch missing from the UUT demo disk frame and screws needed for its installation.
Includes external connectors royalpack can see the good and bad sides. First of all, is striking is that the ports are crowded together in groups very close to each other. Connecting the plugs and not really even broad USB memory will thus block the adjacent slot, so that they become useless. Dell has solved this issue much better in the Precision laptops that have a lot of peripheral ports on the rear panel.
Can be satisfied with a presence in this laptop Thunderbolt connector. Unfortunately, the author does not have the drive that pin, so I used to test the Thunderbolt adapter SATA Seagate GoFlex. The adapter has been recognized, but it was not possible royalpack to detect any drives connected to it. External display connected to this port worked without a problem, so it can be assumed that the problem was the incompatibility of the adapter Seagate.
User ZBooka 17 is otherwise royalpack available to, among others, 3 USB 3.0 ports (one with charging function), one USB 2.0, full-size DisplayPort, VGA and ExpressCard/54 slot. At the bottom of the casing is a docking port.
Wyspowa ZBooka 17 keyboard has a separate numeric keypad. Keys up / down arrows are small and summarized very close to each other. The base of the keyboard is stiff and the instrument is not sagging. The keyboard proved to be quiet in operation. A short key travel is generally unfavorable feature, but after getting to be like him. Using the keyboard in the dark should be facilitated by the backlight of the keyboard. Designations secondary function keys are not highlighted royalpack what little difficult orientation. royalpack
Smooth with dimensions 103 x 59 mm provides enough space to use the multi-touch function. Is split at the touch of a finger and reacts only in the central region. The author found no possibility to change this setting. Features such as rotate images and turning the pages with three fingers need to turn the Synaptics driver options. The reactions and properties of the sliding plates are so good that you can quickly perform the intended operations. Next to the plate there are six buttons, three of which are attributed essentially to the manipulator pointstick. Driver Options allow you to configure them for right-handed or left-handed person. Using the said pointstick requires habit, but this device allows some time to precisely control the cursor.
HP offers a model ZBook 17 three matrices of various types. The primary display has a resolution of 1600 x 900 pixels (minimum 17-inch screens). royalpack According to the manufacturer, this matrix has a luminance of 200 cd / m and contrast of 300:1. The second option is a matrix of Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels), distinguished by its declared brightness of 300 cd / m , contrast of 500:1 and wide viewing angles. The UUT was the third of the offered displays Full HD DreamColor matrix. According to the manufacturer it is IPS screen with 30-bit color processing, contrast at 600:1 and very wide viewing angles. Coverage of NTSC is to be 109% Adobe RGB - up to 114%, and sRGB - to 154%.
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