Top 5 reasons to BUY or NOT to buy the HP ZBook Firefly 15 G7

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Vanaf: Severin Kolakov 17 March 2021 / 08:22 0

Mobile workstations have been getting better and better, by offering more performance than ever as well as features and design elements that make the user experience feels seamless and as easy as it can get. Today we have one such device, in the face of the HP ZBook Firefly 15 G7, which might not have the best performance ever, but is a sign of something to come.

Workstations will keep getting better, as powerful hardware will get smaller and more accessible. This laptop combined the power of Comet Lake with NVIDIA’s Quadro P520, to give you enough performance for you to be comfortable working from anywhere in the world.

Today we are presenting you with LaptopMedia’s top 5 picks about the HP ZBook Firefly 15 G7.

HP ZBook Firefly 15 G7: Full Specs / In-depth Review

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HP ZBook Firefly 15 G7

Processor: Intel Core i7-10610U
Videokaart: NVIDIA Quadro P520 (4GB GDDR5)
RAM: 32GB RAM
STORAGE: 512GB SSD

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HP ZBook Firefly 15 G7

Processor: Intel Core i7-10510U
Videokaart: NVIDIA Quadro P520 (4GB GDDR5)
RAM: 16GB RAM
STORAGE: 512GB SSD

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4 reasons to BUY the HP ZBook Firefly 15 G7

1. The Design and build quality

The design of the laptop is really neat and aligns with the looks that a workstation and a business laptop should have. It is very subdued and non-intrusive. It is safe to say that it won’t give you style points. The build quality is very good, with the entire body being made out of aluminum. The Z logo on the lid can be seen as too much but that may just be because the entire ZBook brand is not at well known as other HP brands.

The lid is easy to open with a single hand and the hinges operate smoothly. Open the lid and you are greeted by front-facing speakers, which more laptops should implement, as well as one of the best keyboards that we have used. It has spill resistance and a backlight, which is a great combo. Furthermore, the key travel is long enough and the feedback is nice and clicky. The touchpad is amazing as well, as it combines great tracking and gliding, due to its glass surface, with physical buttons. On the base, you’ll also find a fingerprint scanner.

2. The Battery life

The relatively small 56Wh unit lasts for a while. In our tests, the battery endured through 17 hours and 47 minutes of Web browsing and 16 hours and 20 minutes of video playback. The test is done with the Windows Better performance setting turned on, screen brightness adjusted to 120 nits, and all other programs turned off except for the one we are testing the notebook with.

3. The Display

The laptop has a 15.6-inch Full HD IPS panel with comfortable viewing angles, a quite high maximum brightness of 395 nits with a deviation of only 8%. The contrast ratio is also great, measuring at 1730:1. The color coverage is good, sitting at 95% of the sRGB color gamut. The display is flicker-free regardless of the brightness levels.

As for the color accuracy, the unit managed to reach a dE value of 1.2 when using our “Gaming and web design” profile. Below you can compare the scores of the HP ZBook Firefly 15 G7 with the default settings (left), and with the “Gaming and Web design” profile (right).

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Office Work

Office Work is voornamelijk bedoeld voor gebruikers die de meeste tijd besteden aan het bekijken van teksten, tabellen of gewoon surfen. Dit profiel streeft naar een betere onderscheidbaarheid en helderheid door een vlakke gammacurve (2.20), native kleurtemperatuur en perceptueel accurate kleuren te behouden.

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Design and Gaming

Dit profiel is bedoeld voor ontwerpers die professioneel met kleuren werken, maar ook voor games en films. Design and Gaming haalt het uiterste uit beeldschermen, waardoor ze zo nauwkeurig mogelijk zijn in de sRGB IEC61966-2-1 norm voor Web en HDTV, met witpunt D65.

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Health-Guard

Health-Guard elimineert de schadelijke Pulsbreedtemodulatie (PWM) en vermindert het negatieve Blauwe Licht dat onze ogen en lichaam beïnvloedt. Omdat het op maat gemaakt is voor elk paneel, slaagt het erin de kleuren perceptueel accuraat te houden. Health-Guard simuleert papier zodat de druk op de ogen sterk wordt verminderd.

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4. The Upgradeability

Upgradeability is really good, with both the RAM and storage being available for expansion. You get two SODIMM RAM slots, which can support up to 64GB of DDR4 memory and one M.2 PCIe x4 drive for more SSD space.

Here, we will also leave our detailed teardown video, shows you how to safely get access to both the RAM and SSD slots.

1 reason NOT to buy the HP ZBook Firefly 15 G7

1. The Price

Considering the specs that this laptop has, the price is higher than it should be, as there are other laptops with the same family of processors that are less expensive. Below you can see the prices of laptops with the same Core i7-10510U, along with the price of the ZBook Firefly 15 G7.

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