Nicholas DiMille

Digital Applications

 HP Folio 13

            The HP Folio 13 is an ultra-light and ultra-portable laptop. It is the first ultrabook that HP made that is powered by Intel. It is made mostly for a small business, a journalist high school student, or a college student. Being so light it allows you to fit it in your book-bag, while still leaving room for your books and binders or what else you would like to fit in your bag. The keyboard is back lit, so it makes it easy when you want to type at night, but you don’t want to put the lights on to disturb your roommate. It comes installed with GB's of RAM, 128 SSD (solid state drive), and it comes with a Core i5 processor from Intel. It also has one of the longest battery life for any ultrabook The Laptop’s price is relatively cheap starting at $899. Making it affordable for any college student that wants this laptop for your reports.

            The bottom of the laptop is plastic, but it has a nice slick feeling. It works well for it. There are two vents on the bottom of the laptop and one at the end. The top of the laptop is made out of aluminum. The speakers are Dolby Advanced Audio. It can get pretty loud and that is rare for some laptops. Since it is an ultrabook, it lacks some ports that you see in other laptops. But since it is built a little bigger than other ultrabooks, it is built with an SD slot, 2 USB ports, an Ethernet port, and a HDMI port. The keyboard is very comfortable, the buttons don’t get stuck and it makes it very easy to type. The mouse pad doesn’t respond well when you click it, it is ruff and takes a while to get used to. This laptop is also not meant for gaming.

            In a “prizefight” run by CNET the HP Folio was put against the Dell XPS 13 although it lost in design. The HP Folio 13 blew the Dell XPS 13 out the window by toping it in speed, battery life, extra ports, and price.

Here are some pros and cons

PROS                                                 CONS

Long Battery life                           Mouse pad takes time to get used to

Comfortable keyboard                   Not a flashy Design

Backlit keyboard                            Only has 128 GB SSD

Loud speakers                                Can’t run video games well

Slick business look                        Screen is glossed and can create a glare

Very Slim

Core i5 Processor

Very affordable

          I currently own an HP Folio 13 and I can personally say that it was worth every penny. I never have a problem with it and I would recommend it for anyone.