Reviews HP ENVY TOUCHSMART 4-1180SF

The HP ENVY TOUCHSMART 4-1180SF is a 14-inch ultrabook to touch in Windows 8. Enduring, this laptop nomad a bit heavy and thick is finished. Too bad that the display quality is not quite up to par. At $ 849, it is a little too expensive.

General Review On HP ENVY TOUCHSMART 4-1180SF  

The new HP laptop touch screen deserves better, The HP ENVY TOUCHSMART 4-1180SF is a touchscreen ultrabook, Windows 8. It is well finished and durable, but the quality of the display screen 14 inches disappoints a little. The HP ENVY TOUCHSMART 4-1180SF is a new Windows 8 ultrabooks. Its something more is its touch screen of 14 inches. But despite the high price, it does not seem to offer the revolutionary design or the components. The price is justified? Our opinion, to support tests.

More Details REVIEW About  HP ENVY TOUCHSMART 4-1180SF   

The HP ENVY TOUCHSMART 4-1180SF includes the widening circle of laptops with touch screen. This ultrabook brand HP 14-inch (35.56 cm) is therefore controls the keyboard or fingertips to draw, play a little or scroll through a Web page. Side look, the gear is a mixture of HP ENVY TOUCHSMART 4 and HP Envy SpectreXT 13. However, it is much heavier (2 kg) and thicker (2.5 cm) than its bigger brothers. We found a black brushed aluminum cover almost matte, metal inner imitation brushed steel. The underside of the machine consists of a plastic skin to the touch fishing.

The Component Set is powerful enough to satisfy all your demands. But for complex 3D games, do not rely on this HP ENVY TOUCHSMART 4-1180SF. However, good management of the power consumption of the device gives an endurance of 4 hours and 10 minutes of video playback. For sound, HP relies on speakers coupled with Beats audio enhancement program. If the result is suitable better focus on good headphones. Finally, the connectivity, there are two USB ports and three USB 2, a network socket and two video outputs (VGA and HDMI). Wi-Fi n and Bluetooth 4.0 are obviously part for wireless exchanges.

Manipulate Windows 8 fingertips on the screen 14 inches is quite pleasant. The touch screen is responsive and bright precise. However, technically, HP has accustomed us to improve on the display. The definition of the slab is a bit tight for a machine at this price: only 1366 pixels by 768 pixels. In addition, the brightness of the screen is really feeble (146 cd/m2), as the contrast ratio (777:1).

Component side, there is a low-power Intel dual heart, supported by 4GB of memory, capable of running all the usual programs. In addition, through the alliance of 32GB of SSD and HDD 500 GB, the Envy gaining velocity in copying data or the Windows startup, while ofrant good storage capacity. If the machine is energy efficient, it heats up a lot at full speed: we found to 57.2 ° C in the box.

Conclusion Of REVIEW About The  HP ENVY TOUCHSMART 4-1180SF 

Like many, ultrabooks midrange touchscreen under Windows 8, the HP ENVY TOUCHSMART 4-1180SF is too expensive for the services offered. At almost $ 850, a better screen, a backlit keyboard and "any USB 3.0" is a minimum! Its autonomy is good, but its size and weight does not make him the perfect mobile. To choose, we would spend $ 50 extra to purchase the Sony Vaio ultrabook touch SVT1312A4E / S, smaller and more enduring.