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HP Envy 4 Reviews

DigitalVersus

09/2012

6.0/10

Laptop Reviews: Compare PC and Mac Laptops and Netbooks

Not long after the Folio 13, HP is launching another ultrabook, the Envy 4, this time for the "big screen" laptop market with a sale price starting at £650. The Envy 4 is a fairly nice object that combines matte and glossy plastics in an agreeable overall design. The look and feel are enhanced by a red soft-touch chassis. One small problem is that the contours of the keyboard, the wrist support and the lid, which are matte, and the contours of the glossy screen, all collect smudges. That means you'll have to do at least some upkeep in order for it to retain its full charm. The chiclet keyboard is well-integrated into the chassis. The keys are the right size, for the most part; both soft and quiet. One of the nice things about HP keyboards is the addition of shortcuts (for volume, screen brightness, keyboard...), which means you don't have to press Fn to use these functions. HP figured that since people use shortcuts more often than they use the Function keys, they would make the Fn key apply instead to F1, F2, etc. Once you get used to it, it's much more practical that way. We still would have preferred the keys to be backlit, as on the Folio 13, which makes it easier to use the computer even in poorly lit settings.

Thinkdigit

08/2012

8.0/10

HP Envy 4-1002TX

After the recent update, the Samsung Series 5 had become a cracker of an ultrabook, particularly when you consider the price tag. For quite a while now, we have been recommending the Ivy Bridge version of the Samsung ultrabook to anyone who has been asking for what to buy! But, there us a new challenger on the block, and is taking the battle / providing an alternative, whichever way you look at it, to the Samsung. Yes, we are talking about the HP Envy 4-1002TX ultrabook. Ultrabooks, quite simply had just one task to accomplish on the looks front – look sexy. Laptop designs and form factors had gone out of hand quite a long time back, and Intel wanted to retain some good elements, as far as possible, in this new category. The HP Envy 4 does tick most of the check boxes on the design checklist. There is a generous amount of aluminum used on the HP Envy 4, which gives it a \"looks more expensive than it actually is” look. The illuminated logo idea that HP had dabbled with till recently, has now given way to the neat looking logo on one edge of the lid. The lid has a very subtle brushed metal finish, and that carries forward to the areas around the keyboard.

CNet

08/2012

HP Envy Ultrabook 4-1015dx review

There was a time, last year or so, when an ultrabook represented a distinct product within a computer line. Now, as is the case with Hewlett-Packard, there are whole lines of ultrabooks. Yes, that makes shopping a little more difficult, but the extra choices can theoretically work out to your advantage. Finding the sweet spot, though, has never been tougher. Exhibit A is the HP Envy 4, a 14-inch laptop that's part of a line of Intel processor-bearing ultrabooks and AMD processor-bearing "Sleekbooks." These thin laptops represent a different part of the thin-and-light landscape than the stylish and expensive HP Envy 14 Spectre released earlier this year, or the thinner Spectre XT. This Envy 4 and its brethren are the affordable ultrabooks. AMD versions of the HP Envy lineup cost less (the 15.6-inch Envy Sleekbook 6 is available for as low as $599), while the Intel versions have an accompanying markup. The $679 HP Envy 4-1015DX (this exact model is a retail configuration available from Best Buy) has a last-gen Intel Core i3 processor, a 500GB hard drive, and 4GB of RAM in a body that feels like the Editors' Choice Award-winning HP Folio 13 ultrabook I loved last year and the HP dm4 thin laptop combined together, with little bits of Beats Audio design touches.

SlashGear

08/2012

HP ENVY 4 Ultrabook Review

What we have here today is the shiny new HP ENVY 4 Ultrabook sporting a 3rd gen Intel Core-i5 dual-core processor and of course those Beats Audio speakers. It packs a lot of power under the hood and all folded up will only be about 0.78? thick, but is this enough to earn your dollars? Head down past the break and we'll find out. This may not be HP's ultra high end, but the ENVY series has always been one of their better offerings. Back in May we got our first glace at this Ultrabook, and then late last month we were able to unbox it and dig in a bit deeper. To get you started off with full specs, details, and the unboxing you'll want to start here. This aluminum wrapped machine hit the shelves last month for about $800 and today we're going to give you a better look, as well as our review and impressions on the laptop. It certainly isn't HP's nicest wrapped device but the aluminum has a great feel. For some reason the tip on top has been replaced with plastic, and the aluminum doesn't extend to the entire edge of the casing. This gives opening and closing it a rather cheap feel, because the plastic is indeed very cheap. Otherwise the entire body is well built, and feels like it too.

LaptopMag

08/2012

7.0/10

HP Envy 4-1030US Ultrabook Review

The HP Envy 4-1030us joins a suddenly crowded field of Ultrabooks priced around or under $800. All of these machines offer slim designs, more than five hours of battery life, plus an SSD cache paired with a larger hard drive to deliver fast resume and boot times. How does this 14-inch Ultrabook stand out? HP's aluminum alloy design certainly turns heads, and the Envy 4 boasts Beats Audio for adding a little oomph to your music and movies. Is this $799 Ultrabook the best bet for the money? Let's find out.Click to EnlargeFollowing the tradition of HP's Envy family of notebooks, the Envy 4 features a sleek, modern aesthetic. A black matte aluminum alloy covers both the interior and exterior of the entire machine, except for the soft dark red underside. We love the look feel of the red soft-touch, slip-resistant base. In fact, we wish the color and material played a more prominent role in the overall design.Weighing just 3.7 pounds, the Envy 4 is lighter than the Acer Aspire TimelineU M5-481TG-6814, (4.4 pounds), the Dell Inspiron 14z (4.2 pounds), as well as the Toshiba Satellite U845 (3.9 pounds). To be fair, though, the Acer and the Dell both have optical drives.

CNet UK

07/2012

6.0/10

HP Envy 4 Ultrabook review

The world of the ultrabook is becoming increasingly varied, with every laptop manufacturer offering its own take on what a good super-portable machine should be like. HP's Envy 4 Ultrabook is an affordable, slim and stylish machine that hopefully won't wipe out all your savings. But to keep the price low, HP has sacrificed processing power. My review model came with an Intel Core i3 processor from last year's range of Sandy Bridge chips, rather than the newer Ivy Bridge variety.The Envy 4 is available now to buy. With an atttractive price tag of only £650, is it worth the cut corners?While there are some razor-thin ultrabooks on the market that threaten to slice atoms clean in half, none of them are made by HP. Its Envy 14 Spectre ultrabook measures 20mm thick, which is rather more portly than super-sleek models like the Asus Zenbook UX31 or Apple's MacBook Air. At 20mm thick, there are slimmer laptops out there, but it's still highly portable and will slip easily into your satchel. You won't struggle to slide it into a thin sleeve though, and with a width of 340mm and a depth of 236mm, it's easily carried in your backpack.

DigitalTrends

07/2012

8.0/10

HP Envy 4 Review

HP's Envy 4 Ultrabook may be one of the most affordable Envy notebooks ever built, but it still flaunts solid build quality and attractive finish.In 2006 HP purchased a small but storied computer boutique known as Voodoo. The acquisition was meant to enhance HP's high-performance desktops and laptops, both of which were lagging behind the competition. Both companies put a lot of effort into integrating Voodoo's approach with HP's corporate know-how. The result was Envy, a sub-brand of HP that began with the Voodoo Envy 133.HP has always kept Envy a premium brand. Occasional sales and coupons could dip Envy pricing below $1,000, but all models have started above that price — until now.The two new, affordable models are the Envy 4 and Envy 6. The Envy 4 is the 14-inch model while the Envy 6 packs a 15.6-inch display. The least expensive of these, the Envy 6z, has an AMD Fusion APU. However, the slightly more expensive Envy 4t comes with a standard second-generation Core i5 low-voltage processor and a price tag of $700. Equipped with an SSD, HP calls the Envy 4 an Ultrabook, but with a standard mechanical drive Intel's rigid naming conventions for Ultrabooks force HP to resort to the Sleekbook name instead.

PCWorld

07/2012

7.0/10

HP Envy Ultrabook 4-1030us

Ultrabooks, for the most part, look the same: skinny, sleek, and an awful lot like Apple's MacBook line. But the HP Envy 4 is different. It appears to be bigger and thicker than other 14-inch Ultrabooks (it's not), but it has a design that's, thankfully, all its own. This attractive ultraportable features a flat, plateau-like brushed aluminum cover and a sexy red undercarriage. Plus, it's a solid performer with excellent speakers. Our review model, which costs $870 (list; as of 7/24/2012), has a third-generation Intel i5-3317U processor, 4GB of RAM, and two hard drives: a 500GB HDD and a 32GB SSD (the latter is used as a cache for the hard drive to ensure a quick boot-up time and faster application loading). The Envy 4 starts up in 19 seconds, which is pretty quick for the category, though not quite as fast as the Acer Aspire S5 (12.3 seconds) or the Dell XPS 13 (16.9 seconds). The Envy 4 also features built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0, and runs a 64-bit version of Windows 7 Home Premium. The Envy 4 does not have a discrete graphics card, and relies on Intel's integrated HD graphics chip for its graphics performance.

Prices

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HP Envy 4-1010us Sleekbook 14-Inch Laptop (Black)	$562.46	See it
HP ENVY 4-1117NR 14-inch Ultrabook (Black) - Intel Core i5-3317U 1.7GHz, 4GB DDR3, 500GB HDD + 32GB SSD, Windows 8	$589	See it
HP Envy 4-1110us 14-Inch Ultrabook (Black)	$599.99	See it
HP ENVY 4-1117NR 14-inch Ultrabook (Black) - Intel Core i5-3317U 1.7GHz, 4GB DDR3, 500GB HDD + 32GB SSD, Windows 8	$609.99	See it
HP Envy 4-1117nr 14-Inch Ultrabook - 3rd Gen Intel Core i5-3317U processor - 4GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive - Midnight Black	$629.99	See it
HP Envy 4-1117nr 14-Inch Ultrabook - 3rd Gen Intel Core i5-3317U processor - 4GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive - Midnight Black	$629.99	See it
HP Envy 4-1000 4-1010us B5T03UA 14.0 LED Ultrabook - Intel - Core i3 i3-2377M 1.5GHz - Midnight Black - 4 GB RAM - 500 GB HDD - Intel HD 3000 Graphics - Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit - 1366 x 768 Display - Bluetooth	$629.99	See it
HP Envy 4-1010us Sleekbook 14-Inch Laptop (Black)	$629.99	See it
HP ENVY 14 HD LCD Core i5, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD with Beats Audio Ultrabook	$649.99	See it
ENVY Touch-Screen Ultrabook 14 Laptop - 3rd Gen Intel® CoreTM i5-3317U processor - 4GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive - Midnight Black	$650	See it
HP ENVY Ultrabook 4t-1100 1.70-2.60GHz i5-3317UM 4GB 32GB mSATA SSD + 500GB 5400RPM HDD 14 Windows 8	$675	See it
HP Envy 4-1110us 14-Inch Ultrabook (Black)	$678.99	See it
HP Envy 4-1115dx 14-inch Touch Ultrabook	$684.99	See it
HP Envy 4-1030ca 14-Inch Ultrabook (Windows 7, i3-2377M, 6GB DDR3, 32GB SSD + 500GB 5400RPM, HD graphics 4000)	$692.62	See it
HP - ENVY Touch-Screen Ultrabook 14 Laptop - 4GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive - Midnight Black	$699.99	See it
HP ENVY Ultrabook 4t-1100 1.70-2.60GHz i5-3317UM 6GB 32GB mSATA SSD + 500GB 5400RPM HDD 14 Windows 8	$701	See it
HP ENVY Ultrabook 4t-1100 1.70-2.60GHz i5-3317UM 8GB 32GB mSATA SSD + 500GB 5400RPM HDD 14 Windows 8	$706	See it
HP - ENVY Ultrabook 14 Laptop - 4GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive - Black/Red	$708.98	See it
HP Envy 4-1100 4-1117nr C2K79UA 14 LED Ultrabook - Intel - Core i5 i5-3317U 1.7GHz - Midnight Black - Brushed Aluminum - 4 GB RAM - 500 GB HDD - 32 GB SSD - Intel HD 4000 Graphics - Genuine Windows 8 64-bit - 1366 x 768 Display - Bluetooth	$709	See it
HP Envy 4-1000 4-1016nr B5K90UA 14 LED Ultrabook - Intel - Core i3 i3-2367M 1.4GHz - Midnight Black - 4 GB RAM - 500 GB HDD - Intel HD 3000 Graphics - Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit - 1366 x 768 Display - Bluetooth	$734.99	See it
HP Envy 4-1100 4-1117nr C2K79UA 14 LED Ultrabook - Intel - Core i5 i5-3317U 1.7GHz - Midnight Black - Brushed Aluminum - 4 GB RAM - 500 GB HDD - 32 GB SSD - Intel HD 4000 Graphics - Genuine Windows 8 64-bit - 1366 x 768 Display - Bluetooth	$734.99	See it
HP Envy 4-1016nr 14 LED Ultrabook with Intel Core i3-2367M Processor & Windows 7 Operating System	$735.99	See it
HP Envy 4-1130us 14-Inch Ultrabook (Black)	$749.89	See it
HP Envy 4-1130us 14-Inch Ultrabook (Black)	$749.99	See it
HP Envy 4-1000 4-1016nr B5K90UA 14 LED Ultrabook - Intel - Core i3 i3-2367M 1.4GHz - Midnight Black - 4 GB RAM - 500 GB HDD - Intel HD 3000 Graphics - Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit - 1366 x 768 Display - Bluetooth	$751.58	See it
ENVY Touch-Screen Ultrabook 14 Laptop - 3rd Gen Intel® CoreTM i5-3317U processor - 4GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive - Midnight Black	$779.99	See it
HP ENVY Sleekbook 4-1130us C2K72UA 1.70-2.60GHz i5-3317U 8GB RAM 32GB mSATA SSD + 500GB 5400rpm HDD Windows 8 14 Ultrabook	$781	See it
HP Envy 4-1030us 14-Inch Ultrabook (Black)	$784.99	See it
HP ENVY Ultrabook 4t-1100 1.70-2.60GHz i5-3317UM 8GB 32GB mSATA SSD + 500GB 5400RPM HDD 14 2GB AMD Radeon HD 7670M Windows 8	$791	See it
HP Envy 4-1030us 14-Inch Ultrabook (Black)	$794.99	See it
HP ENVY Ultrabook 4t-1100 1.70-2.60GHz i5-3317UM 16GB 32GB mSATA SSD + 500GB 5400RPM HDD 14 Windows 8	$828	See it
HP ENVY Ultrabook 4t-1100 1.70-2.60GHz i5-3317UM 8GB 120GB mSATA SSD + 500GB 5400RPM HDD 14 Windows 8	$846	See it
HP ENVY Sleekbook 4-1130us C2K72UA 1.70-2.60GHz i5-3317U 6GB RAM 120GB mSATA SSD + 500GB 5400rpm HDD Windows 8 14 Ultrabook	$864	See it
HP ENVY Sleekbook 4-1130us C2K72UA 1.70-2.60GHz i5-3317U 16GB RAM 32GB mSATA SSD + 500GB 5400rpm HDD Windows 8 14 Ultrabook	$897	See it
HP ENVY Ultrabook 4t-1100 1.70-2.60GHz i5-3317UM 6GB 120GB mSATA SSD + 500GB 5400RPM HDD 14 2GB AMD Radeon HD 7670M Windows 8	$925	See it
HP Envy 4 14-Inch Ultrabook / 3rd generation Inter Core i5-3317U Processor / 4 GB DDR3 Memory / 500 GB Hard Drive + 32 GB SSD / Intel HD Graphics 4000 / USB 3.0 / HDMI / Beats Audio / Win 7 Home Premium	$949.99	See it
HP ENVY Ultrabook 4t-1100 1.70-2.60GHz i5-3317UM 16GB 120GB mSATA SSD + 500GB 5400RPM HDD 14 Windows 8	$967	See it
HP Envy 4-1117nr 14 Ultrabook with Intel Core i5-3317U Processor & Windows 8 Black	$968.99	See it
HP ENVY Sleekbook 4-1130us C2K72UA 1.70-2.60GHz i5-3317U 16GB RAM 120GB mSATA SSD + 500GB 5400rpm HDD Windows 8 14 Ultrabook	$1007	See it
HP ENVY Ultrabook 4t-1100 1.70-2.60GHz i5-3317UM 16GB 240GB mSATA SSD + 500GB 5400RPM HDD 14 Windows 8	$1077	See it