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HP ProBook 6550 Series

HP ProBook 6550b-WD752EAProcessor: AMD Phenom II X3 N830, AMD Phenom II X3 N850, Intel Core i5 450M, Intel Core i5 560M
Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v, ATI Radeon HD 4250, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics
Display: 15.60 inch
Weight: 2.5kg, 2.6kg, 2.704kg, 2.727kg
Price: 800, 829, 1030, 1100 euro
Average Score: 80.5% - good
Average of 12 scores (from 14 reviews)
price: 88%, performance: 73%, features: 83%, display: 76%, mobility: 73%, workmanship: 89%, ergonomy: 89%, emissions: 84%

 

HP ProBook 6550b

Specifications

HP ProBook 6550bNotebook: HP ProBook 6550b
Processor: Intel Core i5 450M
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.5kg
Price: 800 euro
Links: HP homepage

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Average Score: 70% - average

Average of 2 scores (from 3 reviews)

 

Reviews

70% HP ProBook 6550b business notebook
Source: Good Gear Guide English Archive.org version

If you're a business user that absolutely must have as many connectivity features built into a notebook as possible, then HP's ProBook 6550b is worth looking into. With a base that's filled with features, a hardware configuration that supplies good performance and management tools that can be useful, the ProBook 6550b is definitely a laptop worth considering. It looks a feels a little bulky, but it's not overly heavy and, most importantly, it's easy to type on.


Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/01/2010
Rating: Total score: 70%
70% HP ProBook 6550b review
Source: Tech Advisor English Archive.org version
The HP ProBook 6550b's 6-cell, 55 Watt-hour battery lasted 2hr 12min in our rundown test, in which we disable power management, enable Wi-Fi, maximise the screen's brightness and loop an Xvid-encoded video. This is only two minutes off what the ProBook 6540b recorded with the same battery and only a slightly slower CPU speed. You could get a lot more life out of this battery by employing a balanced power profile, lowering the brightness and letting the screen switch off during idle periods.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 10/01/2010
Rating: Total score: 70%

Foreign Reviews

HP ProBook 6550b
Source: Notebook.cz CZ→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 08/17/2010
Rating: performance: 80% display: 80% mobility: 80% emissions: 80%

 

HP ProBook 6555b

Specifications

HP ProBook 6555bNotebook: HP ProBook 6555b
Processor: AMD Phenom II X3 N830
Graphics Adapter: ATI Radeon HD 4250 320 MB
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.727kg
Price: 1030 euro
Links: HP homepage

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Average Score: 80% - good

Average of 4 scores (from 6 reviews)

 

Reviews

84% Review HP ProBook 6555b Notebook | Notebookcheck
Triple-Core. The upscale office class from HP is called ProBook. Can the AMD variant with three cores impress us as much as its Intel 6540b counterpart? A similarly high rating makes us hopeful.

Foreign Reviews

73% HP Probook 6555b (WD724EA)
Source: ZDNet German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/14/2010
Rating: Total score: 73% performance: 70% mobility: 70% ergonomy: 80%
73% HP Probook 6555b (WD724EA)
Source: ZDNet German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/14/2010
Rating: Total score: 73% performance: 70% mobility: 70% ergonomy: 80%
87% Test HP ProBook 6555b Notebook
Source: Notebookcheck German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/15/2010
Rating: Total score: 87% performance: 75% display: 75% mobility: 80% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 93% emissions: 85%
87% Test HP ProBook 6555b Notebook
Source: Notebookcheck German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/15/2010
Rating: Total score: 87% performance: 75% display: 75% mobility: 80% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 93% emissions: 85%
HP Probook 6555b
Source: Chip.de - 3/11 German
satisfactory
Single Review, , Very Short, Date: 02/01/2011
HP Probook 6555b
Source: Chip.de - 3/11 German
satisfactory
Single Review, , Very Short, Date: 02/01/2011

 

HP ProBook 6550b WD703EA

Specifications

HP ProBook 6550b WD703EANotebook: HP ProBook 6550b WD703EA
Processor: Intel Core i5 450M
Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v 512 MB
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1600 x 900 pixels
Weight: 2.704kg
Price: 829 euro
Links: HP homepage

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Average Score: 87% - good

Average of 2 scores (from 2 reviews)

 

Reviews

87% Review HP ProBook 6550b Notebook | Notebookcheck
Professional companion. The HP ProBook 6550b is geared toward small to mid-sized businesses and therefore comes with a comprehensive package of security features. But its not only there that the notebook scores highly, but rather also impresses in terms of its build quality.

Foreign Reviews

87% Test HP ProBook 6550b Notebook
Source: Notebookcheck German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/06/2010
Rating: Total score: 87% performance: 75% display: 88% mobility: 75% workmanship: 88% ergonomy: 92% emissions: 89%
87% Test HP ProBook 6550b Notebook
Source: Notebookcheck German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/06/2010
Rating: Total score: 87% performance: 75% display: 88% mobility: 75% workmanship: 88% ergonomy: 92% emissions: 89%

 

HP ProBook 6550b-WD708EA

Specifications

HP ProBook 6550b-WD708EANotebook: HP ProBook 6550b-WD708EA
Processor: Intel Core i5 450M
Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.5kg
Price: 1100 euro
Links: HP homepage

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Average Score: 74% - average

Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)

 

Foreign Reviews

74% Краткий обзор ноутбука HP ProBook 6550b (WD708EA)
Source: Retera RU→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 01/20/2011
Rating: Total score: 74% performance: 62% display: 44% mobility: 41% emissions: 73%

 

HP ProBook 6555b-WD770EA

Specifications

HP ProBook 6555b-WD770EANotebook: HP ProBook 6555b-WD770EA
Processor: AMD Phenom II X3 N850
Graphics Adapter: ATI Radeon HD 4250
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.5kg
Price: 800 euro
Links: HP homepage
 ProBook 6555b-WD770EA (Model)

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Average Score: 87% - good

Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)

 

Foreign Reviews

87% Grenzenlos mobil
Source: Facts - 2/11 German
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 01/01/2011
Rating: Total score: 87% price: 88%

 

HP ProBook 6550b-WD752EA

Specifications

HP ProBook 6550b-WD752EANotebook: HP ProBook 6550b-WD752EA
Processor: Intel Core i5 560M
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.6kg
Links: HP homepage

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Foreign Reviews

HP ProBook 6550b: бизнес-классика
Source: 3DNews.ru RU→EN Archive.org version
ergonomy and gaming performance good, price high
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/12/2011

 

Comment

HP: Founded in 1939, the US company is a major server and printer manufacturer and one of the leading IT companies in the world. Until 2015, the company was called Hewlett-Packard Company. After a split, the computer division was renamed HP Inc.

In 2023, HP had an approximate market share of 22% of global PC sales, making it number 2 after Lenovo.


Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics: Onboard graphics card that is built in the new Arrandale CPUs (Core i3 / i5 / i7 Dual Cores). Depending on the model and Turbo Boost, the GMA HD is clocked between 166 and 766 MHz.

ATI Radeon HD 4250: Onboard graphics card (in the RS880M chipset) for AMD processors with Avivo HD support and technically a higher clocked HD 4200.

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v: Renamed HD 4550 GPU with a slightly higher clocked memory speed and therefore an entry level graphics card with DirectX 10.1 support.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.


Intel Core i5:

450M: Should be similar to the Core i5-520M but without AES functions.

560M:

The Core i5-560M has only 3 MB L3 Cache (compared to the I7-620M) and clocks also between 2.67-3.2 GHz (Turbo Mode). Thanks to Hyperthreading, 4 threads can be processed simultaneously. An integrated graphics card (GMA HD) and a DDR3 memory controller are also included in the package.

AMD Phenom II X3:

N830: Mobile 3-core laptop processor based on the desktop Athlon II X3.

N850: Mobile 3-core laptop processor based on the desktop Athlon II X3.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.


» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.


2.5 kg:

2.727 kg:

With this weight, a laptop is rather heavier than average. Devices in this range shine more with screen size and performance than with mobility.


80.5%: This rating is slightly above average, there are somewhat more devices with worse ratings. However, clear purchase recommendations look different.

» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.

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Stefan Hinum, 2010-10- 6 (Update: 2012-05-26)