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Keep in mind that this category also features gaming laptops, some of which utilize desktop CPUS. The average for desktop-replacement notebooks (17,619) is much higher.

Due to their less-powerful, last-gen CPUs, the Inspi2-in-1 (Intel Core i5-6200U 6,499) and Inspi(Core i7-6500U 7,029) earned lower scores. That 7th-Gen Core i7 CPU pushed the Envy 17 to a solid score of 7,747 on the Geekbench 3 general performance test.

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Adding a full-system scan in Windows Defender couldn't slow the machine either.

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I saw smooth, zippy performance after splitting my screen among a dozen Chrome tabs (including ones for TweetDeck, Slack and Google Docs) and a 1080p YouTube video. MORE: The Best Laptops for Business and ProductivityĪrmed with a 7th-Gen Intel Core i7-7500U processor and 16GB of RAM, this configuration of the Envy 17 had no problem multitasking.

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I didn't hear any discernable differences with Movie or Voice, so stick with Music. The notebook comes with a pre-loaded Bang & Olufsen Audio utility, which allows you to switch presets from the default Music to Movie or Voice. The Envy 17's massive speaker bar, located above the keyboard, pumped enough sound to fill our large conference room with a solid rendition of Migos' 'T-Shirt.' The track's bass kicked well, vocals sounded clear and drums hit crisply. The surface offers a solid feel to each click. The notebook's 4.7 x 2.5-inch, buttonless touchpad was a breeze to use, accepting two-finger page-scrolling and three-finger navigation gestures smoothly. That explains why my fingers hit the deck so easily. We found that the island-style keys deliver 1.5 millimeters of key travel, which is in our target range (1.5mm-2mm is ideal), but the 50-gram actuation force was short of our minimum of 60 g. When I tested it out on the typing test, I clicked my way to 79 words per minute, just a word off my 80-wpm average. The Envy 17's keyboard has solid travel, but its weak resistance led me to 'bottom out,' uncomfortably mashing the base as I typed. The display also responded quickly to the pinch and pull gestures I used to adjust sites. The Envy's 17.3-inch touch screen accurately tracked my fingers as I tapped through the desktop and scrolled through web pages. That dim, glossy display leads to poor viewing angles with the color gaining a dark cast when you move 45 degrees to the left or right. That's slightly above the 244-nit Inspi2-in-1, but it's significantly worse than the 313-nit Inspiand the 295-nit average for desktop-replacement notebooks. Unfortunately, the HP Envy 17 doesn't get that bright, emitting a maximum of 252 nits (a measurement of brightness). That beats the 62-percent showing by the Inspi2-in-1 and edges out the 106-percent score from the Inspiron 17 7000, but it's still below the 125 percent average for desktop replacements. When I watched a trailer for The Fate of the Furious, icy blue arctic tundras and orange car explosions really popped.Īccording to our colorimeter, the Envy reproduces a strong 111 percent of the sRGB spectrum. If you can't detect the pattern (as was true for a colorblind co-worker), you will be pleased with the rich colors and sharp images. To confirm that our review unit was not defective, we went to our local Best Buy, where the display model had the exact same issue.

Not everyone will notice the grid, as it's most visible on stark-white backgrounds and you have to stare pretty close to see it, but once you've found the pattern, it's hard not to see it. The Envy 17's 1920 x 1080-pixel display may be sharp, but it's plagued by dimness and a subtle grid pattern in the background.

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