13.3-inch notebook PC “HP ProBook 635 Aero G7” review, mobile notebook ace with Ryzen 7

Because of the new normal era, we want to use mobile laptops comfortably not only on the go, but also at home and in the office. PCs for business have one aspect that emphasizes price, but Japan HP's 13.3-inch notebook PC "HP ProBook 635 Aero G7 Notebook PC" is excellent in total balance such as performance, usability, and portability.

The "HP ProBook 635 Aero G7 Notebook PC" (hereafter, Aero G7) is a 13.3-inch mobile notebook PC for corporations that has an AMD Ryzen 4000 series CPU and a long battery life of about 23 hours. .

From all 10 models, we tried the top model with AMD Ryzen 7 4700U with Radeon Graphics for CPU, 16GB for memory, and 512GB for SSD for storage. It also supports LTE communication (nano SIM slot). Although it is a corporate model, individual users can also purchase it on the direct sales site HP Directplus. The direct sales price is 131,800 yen (excluding tax).

Business notebook that can be carried around with elegance

The main body of the Aero G7 has a calm design that can be safely carried around by men and women of all ages. The entire surface is silver and the top surface is decorated with the "HP" logo. Only this logo is glossy, and the color changes depending on how the light hits it and the reflections, making it casually stylish. The "PROBOOK" logo on the outside of the hinge is also GOOD. I don't want to be unsophisticated, so even if it was provided for company use without saying yes or no, I think it would be a good one.

Weight is about 1 kg only for the main body. It's a mobile PC that's meant to be carried around, so carrying it under your arm and moving around the office is a piece of cake. Even if you put it in your bag and walk around outside, about 1 kg is not an acceptable range. I put it in my backpack that I use every day and carried it around, but it was slightly lighter than my personal mobile PC, so I felt no discomfort even if I had two of them together.

Connect to the Internet anywhere with 4G LTE communication

The front and back of the main unit are clean with no interfaces or switches. It is a design that looks thinner than it actually is due to the slope that becomes thinner toward the front. The front has a notch at an angle that makes it easy to open and close the display, and if you lift it slowly, you can open it with one hand.

Interfaces are divided into left and right sides. On the right side of the main unit, the SIM slot, USB 3.1 Type-C Gen 2 (USB Power Delivery, DisplayPort 1.4), HDMI, and power supply are arranged from the front. The left side of the main unit is a headphone / microphone combo jack, USB 3.1 Type-A x 2 (power off USB charging is supported at the back), security slot from the front.

Some people may be concerned about the lack of an SD card slot. Recently, the number of digital cameras that can transfer data wirelessly has increased, and photos taken with a smartphone can be shared with a PC via the cloud. It would be a good idea to consider how many such opportunities there are and prepare a separate card reader.

The model we tried this time supports 4G LTE communication (SIM-free). If you insert the nano SIM card into the SIM slot on the right side of the main unit and set the APN in Windows 10, you can use the network wherever your smartphone (mobile phone) is connected. The WWAN modem is Intel XMM 7360 LTE-Advanced (with GPS function), and the supported bands are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 26, 28, 29, 30, 38, 39, 40, 41, 66.

It's really convenient if your PC supports 4G LTE communication. You don't need to set up tethering on your smartphone, and you don't need a mobile router, so you can reduce your luggage. For system administrators who manage in-house devices, reducing the number of devices that employees take out of the office will also reduce management man-hours. Fewer devices are better for preventing theft and loss, and Aero G7 can remotely erase or lock data in case of emergency.

For security, HP's own security chip "HP Endpoint Security Controller" is installed. In terms of functionality, it has functions such as normal BIOS recovery in the event of some trouble, settings that do not turn off antivirus software and OS security functions, and automatic recovery when the OS does not start.