In April 2009 HP launched affordable business notebooks brand ProBook. The ProBook series was aimed at mainstream business users and is cheaper than HP EliteBook series.
HP ProBook 650 is the product that belongs to ProBook series. The cutting-edge style makes it look more attractive just like the way you want it. The ProBook 650 series offers you a wide range of features and configurable options. Thanks to the flexible architecture and Intel’s 4th generation processors that made ProBook 650 series ideal notebooks for business users.
HP ProBook 650 series offers Intel core i7, Intel core i5 (H5G75ET) and Intel core i3 (H5G74ET) processors notebooks. All these notebooks differ a little in features from each other.
Let’s have a detailed overview of the specifications of these notebooks.
Operating System
In these notebooks 64-bit Windows 7 is pre-installed and is upgradable to 64-bit Windows 8.
Microsoft ended support for 12 years old Windows XP on April 8, 2014. Windows 7 has a familiar display like Windows XP, but in Windows 8 Microsoft replaced traditional start menu starting windows display with a unique and interactive app launcher display that shows different app icons on starting windows. Desktop display also featured in Windows 8.
Windows 8 is best for using in touch screen laptops. Windows is preferred for professional work because of its familiar display.
Processor
All these 3 notebooks consist of 64-bit high performance Intel Processor. One of notebook is featured with the latest Intel Core i7 processor while one of notebook of other 2 notebooks is featured with Intel Core i5 and 3rd one with Intel Core i3 processors.
Memory
Notebook with Intel Core i7 processor is featured with 8GB RAM that makes it professing fast and makes it deliver high performance. The other 2 notebooks are featured with 4GB RAM.
Slots are provided for extending RAM Memory. These notebooks support up to 16GB RAM.
Internal Storage
These laptops are provided with SATA hard drive of 9.5mm form factor. Each notebook’s storage capacity differs from each other.
Intel Core i7: 1TB
Intel Core i5: 500GB
Intel Core i3: 500GB
Optical Drive
All 3 notebooks are featured with DVD-multi drive. That is capable of reading and writing CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW and DVD-RAM. DVD-audio discs may also be played on DVD-multi.
Display
The ProBook 650 series notebooks are provided with 15.6” HD Backlight LED display screen. LED is featured with SVA anti-glare technology and 1366 x 768 resolution that displays clear and visible image.
Graphics
The superior notebook from ProBook 650 series with Intel core i7 processor is featured with AMD RadeonTM HD8 8750M (128-bit) w/1 GB GDDR5 graphics technology while the other both notebooks are provided with Intel HD Graphics 4600 graphics support.
Network Connectivity
These notebooks are provided with different network connectivity features. These feature Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and Gigabit Ethernet network connectivity features.
Battery
These notebooks are provided with 6-cell battery. That is capable to backup up to 11 hours.
Warranty
HP ProBook 650 series notebooks come with 1 year warranty by manufacturer.
Here’s a comparison between two products (H5G74ET & H5G75ET) of HP ProBook 650 Series.
Features |
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Processor |
Intel Core i3 |
Intel Core i5 |
Display |
15.6” |
15.6” |
Memory |
4 GB |
4 GB |
Internal Storage |
500 GB |
500 GB |
Optical Drive |
DVD-multi |
DVD-multi |
Graphics |
Intel HD Graphics 4600 |
Intel HD Graphics 4600 |
Networking |
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Gigabit Ethernet |
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Gigabit Ethernet |
Battery |
6-cell |
6-cell |
Warranty |
1 year |
1 year |