[Video Review] HP 255 G9 – Just the essentials
HP 250 G9 / 255 G9 in-depth review
Hot out of the oven comes the HP 255 G9. It is a laptop suitable for the home and the office (or the home office), as it features pretty capable hardware at a price, which is almost unbeatable in its class.But what is its class? Well, it comprises notebooks like the Dell's Vostro 15 3525, Lenovo's V15, or Acer's Aspire 3. As a rule of thumb, budget-friendly devices require a lot of compromises, especially if you want to get decent-enough hardware.Of course, this is the case here. Knowing that AMD's RDNA2 graphics architecture will make the Ryzen 6000U processors more expensive, HP pic[...]
Pros
- Low price
- 2x SODIMM + 1x M.2 PCIe x4 + 1x 2.5-inch SATA drive bay
- SD card slot
- No PWM (AUO AUO499F)
- Good cooling and power efficiency
- Comfortable keyboard
- Fingerprint reader
Cons
- Covers only 50% of sRGB (AUO AUO499F)
- Narrow viewing angles and low contrast ratio (AUO AUO499F)
- USB Type-C is only used for data transfer
- Plastic build
- Touchpad buttons are slightly uncomfortable
- CPU
- Intel Pentium Silver N6000 #244 in Top CPUs Intel Core i7-1255U #174 in Top CPUs Intel Core i7-1250U #186 in Top CPUs Intel Core i5-1240P #136 in Top CPUs Intel Core i5-1235U #175 in Top CPUs Intel Core i3-1215U #206 in Top CPUs Intel Celeron N4500 #253 in Top CPUs AMD Ryzen 7 5825U #115 in Top CPUs AMD Ryzen 5 5625U #172 in Top CPUs AMD Ryzen 3 5425U #196 in Top CPUs AMD Athlon Silver 3050U #255 in Top CPUs AMD 3020e #254 in Top CPUsAMD Athlon Gold 3150U
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce MX550 #208 in Top GPUs Intel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 32 EU) #260 in Top GPUs Intel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 16 EU) #254 in Top GPUs Intel UHD Graphics (Alder Lake, 64EU) #230 in Top GPUs Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) #221 in Top GPUs Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) #229 in Top GPUs AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R4000/5000, 15W) #227 in Top GPUs AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (R4000/5000, 15W) #237 in Top GPUs AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (R4000/5000, 15W) #246 in Top GPUs AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 #255 in Top GPUs
- HDD/SSD
- up to 4000GB SSD + up to 1000GB HDD
- M.2 Slot
- 1x 2280 M.2 NVMe slot See photo
- RAM
- up to 64GB
- OS
- Windows 11 Pro, Windows 11 Home, Windows 10 Pro, DOS, No OS
- Battery
- 41Wh, 3-cell
- Body material
- Plastic / Polycarbonate
- Dimensions
- 357.9 x 242 x 19.8 mm (14.09" x 9.53" x 0.78")
- Weight
- 1.74 kg (3.8 lbs)
- Ports and connectivity
- 2x USB Type-A
- 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
- 1x USB Type-C
- 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
- HDMI
- 1.4b
- Card reader
- SD, SDHC, SDXC
- Ethernet LAN
- 10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11ax
- Bluetooth
- 5.2
- Audio jack
- 3.5mm Combo Jack
- Features
- Fingerprint reader
- optional
- Web camera
- HD with Temporal Noise Reduction
- Backlit keyboard
- optional
- Microphone
- Dual Array Microphones
- Speakers
- Stereo Speakers
- Optical drive
- Security Lock slot