HP ProBook 6550 Series
Processor: AMD Phenom II X3 N830, AMD Phenom II X3 N850, Intel Core i5 450M, Intel Core i5 560MGraphics 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 of 12 scores (from 14 reviews)
HP ProBook 6550b
Specifications
Notebook: HP ProBook 6550bProcessor: 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:
Reviews
Source: Good Gear Guide 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%
Source: Tech Advisor 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
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
Notebook: HP ProBook 6555bProcessor: 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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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
Source: ZDNet DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/14/2010
Rating: Total score: 73% performance: 70% mobility: 70% ergonomy: 80%
Source: ZDNet DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/14/2010
Rating: Total score: 73% performance: 70% mobility: 70% ergonomy: 80%
Source: Notebookcheck 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%
Source: Notebookcheck 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 6550b WD703EA
Specifications
Notebook: HP ProBook 6550b WD703EAProcessor: 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:
Reviews
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
Source: Notebookcheck 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%
Source: Notebookcheck 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
Notebook: HP ProBook 6550b-WD708EAProcessor: 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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Foreign Reviews
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
Notebook: HP ProBook 6555b-WD770EAProcessor: 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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Foreign Reviews
Source: Facts - 2/11
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 01/01/2011
Rating: Total score: 87% price: 88%
HP ProBook 6550b-WD752EA
Specifications
Notebook: HP ProBook 6550b-WD752EAProcessor: 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
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.