HP Pavilion 4AL57UA Review

There are tons of options in the market when it comes to mid-range laptops. In this HP Pavilion 4AL57UA review, we are taking a look at this new notebook from HP that claims to top the category. The Pavilion series is known for catering the needs of regular, everyday users, and this laptop also targets the same audience.

The HP Pavilion 4AL57UA is a mid-range laptop that comes with enough power for light and mid-range users. With a reasonable price, the laptop is in the affordable category for most users. But how good is this laptop in real life and is it worth the price? Let’s find out.

Design

The HP Pavilion 4AL57UA comes in a shiny silver color which looks quite premium. You have the silver color running consistently throughout the laptop. This design language can be observed on other laptops in the Pavilion line as well.

The keyboard on the laptop has nice, tactile keys that are nice to type on. There is a decent amount of key travel enhancing your typing experience. The absence of backlighting on the keyboard is a bit baffling as we get that in laptops that are way cheaper. There is also a dedicated number pad which can be handy for some users. The touchpad is decent and gets the job done.

Even though the laptop sports a 15.6″ display, it weighs a lot lighter than most laptops in the same category at 4.3 pounds. You can effortlessly take this laptop with you wherever you want and work on the go.

HP Pavilion 4AL57UA Specs

The HP Pavilion 4AL57UA comes with a 15.6″ screen that has a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. This might look a bit underwhelming on paper but in real life, you don’t see a bad display in your end. The resolution might be disappointing for some as people are used to full HD displays these days. But the output of the display is not that shabby at all.

The viewing angles on the screen are not that good but they’re not terrible. You can enjoy movies, TV series, and other content on this display without any issues. The audio output on this laptop is decent and can fill a small room without any problem. Overall, a neat multimedia experience from the HP Pavilion 4AL57UA model.

The screen in the HP Pavilion 4AL57UA laptop is a touchscreen. This adds another dimension to the laptop as you can now interact with the operating system with touch. The display is responsive enough for a compelling touchscreen experience which is nice.

Raw Performance

The HP Pavilion 4AL57UA is powered by an Intel Core i7 processor with a base clock speed of 1.6GHz. This is a quad-core processor that can go up to a max clock speed of 2.7GHz. This processor, being an i7, is expected to be a workhorse, and we can say that it delivers.

The i7 8550U processor is a mid-range processor from Intel but it does an excellent job when it comes to everyday activities. Be it browsing the web, social media, and working on your office docs, this one goes through them all like a breeze. The processor can also handle heavy apps like photo editors, simulators, virtual machines and much more.

Thanks to the 8GB RAM from the memory department, the laptop does well when it comes to multitasking. You can run many applications side by side without any lag. The HP Pavilion 4AL57UA is also a good fit for running applications that make use of multithreading as well.

Gaming and Storage

The HP Pavilion 4AL57UA is many things, but gaming is not one of them. The laptop comes with only an integrated graphics card. This is not to say that you can’t game on this laptop. You can do some light gaming without any issues. You can have a good time playing online games and graphically less intensive titles.

For storage, we have a pretty good arrangement in the HP Pavilion 4AL57UA. There is a 1TB hard drive that gives you all the space you need. In addition to the 1TB hard drive, there is a 16GB Intel optane memory which improves the performance of the laptop. You might feel like 16 gigs of optane memory is not that impressive, but it does make a difference in the real-life performance.

Battery Life and Connectivity

The HP Pavilion 4AL57UA comes with spectacular battery life. With light usage, you should get around 9 hours of battery life. By light usage, we mean browsing the web and going through your social media. It also includes watching online content with your headphones plugged in. If you want to do something heavy, then you can trust the laptop to last for about 4 to 5 hours which is not that bad.

There are a lot of connectivity options in the HP Pavilion 4AL57UA laptop. You get a couple of USB 3.0 ports, a USB type C port, an HDMI port, an Ethernet port, an SD card reader and also a headphone jack. The selection of ports in the laptop is good as it gives everyone equal opportunities to use the ports of their choice.

The laptop also comes with support for WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity as well.

Bottomline

The HP Pavilion 4AL57UA is a solid laptop in the mid-range category that comes with an affordable price range. The hardware inside the laptop makes this a very usable one when it caters to light and mid-range users. The screen resolution is low but the touchscreen makes up for it by adding another dimension to the device. If you’re looking for a mid-range laptop that’s priced reasonably, then this one is a pretty good option.