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HP Envy 13

Verdict

A lavishly designed ultraportable with staggering battery life, but more liable to frustrate than excite

Review Date: 25 Nov 2009

Price when reviewed: £1,304 (£1,500 inc VAT)

Buy it now for: £1351.24

Overall Rating
4 stars out of 6

Features & Design
4 stars out of 6

Value for Money
3 stars out of 6

Performance
5 stars out of 6

Envy 13

1.02

3.2GHz Pentium D PC

+100%

PC Pro's application benchmarks test real-world performance in a range of applications. Click here for more information.

Envy 13

40fps

Mesh Matrix II

+100%

Our 3D gaming benchmarks test gaming performance in Crysis, which remains one of the most challenging games available. Setting is 1,024 x 768 at low detail.

Comments

User comments

Why buy?

You can buy a apple macbook pro for £899 which will be made better, and is faster. the macbook battery lasts 7 hours any way. £1500 is a lot for a copy.

By BenSearson on 26 Nov 2009

Yeah, but with the macbook you'd have the stigma of being an apple attention whore.

Also what's with running crysis on underpowered garphic chips, what's the point, it's hardly a real world test is it. No one is going to do that, use a photoshop test or something useful and meaningful.

By dodge1963 on 26 Nov 2009

Touchpad

Why are other companies trying to copy Apple's buttonless touchpad (e.g. HP, Dell). Even using OS X is is an acquired taste, and it's less well suited to Windows - particularly when it's badly implemented.

By davidbryant4 on 3 Dec 2009

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