HP ELITEBOOK 820 G3

HP ELITEBOOK 820 G3 Price in Pakistan

Design

Even though thin Ultrabooks are becoming more popular, there are still compact subnotebooks for productive usage scenarios. It is compact with its 12.5-inch screen but still comes with all important business ports and security features. At the same time it waives components like a touchscreen, which are not that important for business devices and are only optional for some configurations. HP slightly reworked the chassis of the EliteBook 820 compared to the predecessor. Probably the most noticeable change is the silver-colored lid (previously black). The chassis is slightly thinner (18.9 vs. 21 mm) and a bit lighter. At just 1.28 kg, the EliteBook 820 G3 is one of the lightest mobile companions. This does not affect the base unit though, because the magnesium alloy ensures high stability. Only unrealistically high pressure will slightly warp the area of the palm rest, which will also cause minor creaking.

Processor

The Elitebook 820 is equipped with Intel Core i7-6600U is an ULV (ultra low voltage) dual-core SoC based on the Skylake architecture. In September 2015, it’s the fastest CPU of the 15 W series, which can be found in ultrabooks as well as normal notebooks. In addition to two CPU cores with Hyper-Threading clocked at 2.6 – 3.4 GHz (2 cores: max. 3.2 GHz), the chip also integrates an HD Graphics 520 GPU and a dual-channel DDR4-2133/DDR3L-1600 memory controller. The SoC is manufactured using a 14 nm process with FinFET transistors.

Keyboard

HP equips the EliteBook 820 G3 with a spill-water resistant chiclet keyboard with a white background illumination. It can be adjusted in two levels and is automatically deactivated when you do not type for a while, which can be changed in the BIOS. We get a good keyboard with sufficient travel when you consider the compact size of the notebook. The feedback is good and we can just slightly warp the input device when we push really hard. The vertical arrow keys are once again unfortunately pretty small and it is tricky to use them.

Touchpad

HP implements a normal touchpad with dedicated mouse buttons. The size is not very generous at just 8.1 x 4.7 cm, so there is not much space for multi-touch gestures (up to 3 fingers). Unfortunately, there is no driver for the Synaptics pad after the Windows 10 update, so you are limited to the common Windows settings.

Display

HP offers three different 12.5-inch displays for the EliteBook . You can choose between a matte HD panel, a matte Full HD panel or an FHD touchscreen. Our review unit uses the HD panel (1366×768 pixels), which  contrary to the two FHD versions is unfortunately only based on the TN technology.