2022 HP 15.6″ FHD Micro-Edge Laptop with AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, 15s-eq2555AU Review

2022 HP 15.6″ FHD Micro-Edge Laptop w/ AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

HP 15.6 FHD Micro-Edge Laptop



Newest 2022 model spruce blue HP 15s-eq2555AU is a sleek and modern laptop with a 15.6-inch Full HD micro-edge display, 6-core AMD Ryzen 5 5500U processor, AMD Radeon Vega 7 graphics, Windows 11 operating system, modern connectivity options like super fast USB ports, and fast charge function. It comes with the 3-in-1 Ghost Manta accessories of a mouse pad, a HDMI cable and a USB extension.

You have the different RAM and SSD storage options on the product page. And you can purchase it with the different RAM combinations of 8GB, 16GB and 32GB and the SSD combinations of 256GB, 512GB and 1TB SSD. The hexa-core AMD Ryzen 5 5500U processor (8M L3 cache, 6 cores & 12 threads with hyper-threading) works at a base speed of 2.1Ghz and a turbo speed of 4.0GHz, beating the Intel i7-1160G7 processor in overall performance. It has an average CPU Passmark benchmark score of 13760 for an advanced overall performance to handle the demanding tasks at the time of this review. 

1TB PCIe NVMe M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive offers good amount of local storage space for your regular files, photos, music, videos and games. The system boots up in just seconds and you can open your files quicker thanks to the 1TB SSD with up to 30 times more speed than the regular HDD drive. High bandwidth 16GB DDR4 SDRAM is a good size memory for a decent multitasking performance which is also offered by the powerful Ryzen 5 5500U processor. You can run different browser tabs and programs at the same time, run your games, do photo and video editing with the 16GB RAM and powerful AMD Ryzen 5 5500U CPU.

The typical TDP- Thermal Design Power is 15 watts for the Ryzen 5 5500U ultra low voltage processor. It comes with a 45 W Smart AC power adapter and a 3-cell 41Wh lithium ion battery that lasts up to 9.5 hours of video streaming. Windows 11 operating system is pre-installed on this modern HP laptop and we think that the new interface is more user friendly than the previous Windows 10. It is a bit more like the Mac OS with the taskbar in the middle and the browsers with the round corners. Spruce blue HP Laptop weighs 3.75 pounds and measures 14.11L x 9.53W x 0.78H inches and you can use this ultra thin laptop on-the-go, anywhere you want with also its decent battery life.

Newest 2022 HP 15.6 FHD Micro-Edge Laptop, AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

15.6-inch diagonal Full HD anti-glare micro-edge bezel screen has the 1920 x 1080-pixel resolution, good contrast and clear picture. This lightweight and slim laptop with the 6.5mm micro-edge bezels offer you more screen space in a smaller chassis. It has the 250 nits of brightness and 45% NTSC. The AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 iGPU graphics card is good for handling your daily multimedia needs and some gaming. With a similar performance to the NVIDIA MX250 and Intel Iris G7 graphics cards, you can play the older game titles at higher and some of the new titles at the lower settings and resolutions.

The sound quality is above average through the dual speakers. It comes with the HP True Vision 720p HD webcam with the built-in dual array digital microphones. It doesn’t have a backlit keyboard and there isn’t an Optical DVD Drive and for connectivity you have the 802.11ac WiFi, Bluetooth 4.2, a Multi-format SD Media Card Reader, a HDMI 1.4b output, a headphone/microphone combo, 2 x SuperSpeed USB Type-A ports at 5Gbps signaling rate, and a SuperSpeed USB Type-C port at 5Gbps. It is a decent laptop with a fast and powerful performance, a good quality Full HD display and very long battery life. November 25, 2021 is the date it was first available at Amazon.com and there aren’t many customer reviews or ratings so far. This modern HP Laptop is suitable for use for work, study and entertainment. 

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