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CheckMag | 7 reasons why a Schenker Vision 14 (2023) is better than an HP Envy

The Vision 14 received an 89% rating in our testing (Image source: Notebookcheck - edited)
The Vision 14 received an 89% rating in our testing
The Schenker Vision 14 is a very good laptop that fully deserves more spotlight. With no PWM, no coil whine and no significant throttling to speak of, the product is in several ways ahead of many Dells and HPs tested by us this year.
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Reason #1 - No ugly logo below the display

Companies like HP and Dell sometimes place the logo right below the screen. (See our Latitude 13 7340 review as an example.) As a consequence, the user has no option but to look at it a million times a day. Schenker does not do that to its customers which says a lot about the company and its practices.

Schenker rarely, if ever, puts its logo on the bottom bezel (Image source: Notebookcheck)
Schenker rarely, if ever, puts its logo on the bottom bezel

Reason #2 - No PWM

The Vision's 14-inch, 1800p IPS display delivers decent brightness of around 370 cd/m2. Its contrast ratio is very good at 1500:1 and it covers the entire sRGB spectrum. Better yet, the backlight is flicker-free which means the user's eye will be safe.

Reason #3 - No coil whine

While the two internal fans can get a bit loud when under high load, we weren't able to hear coil whine or any other electronic noises that are unfortunately rather widespread in the laptop world. (A few laptops that do suffer from the annoying issue that is coil whine: HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A, Acer Swift Edge 16, Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Yoga G4).

The lack of coil whine may be an indication of quality electronic components (Image source: Notebookcheck)
The lack of coil whine may be an indication of quality electronic components

Reason #4 - Easy serviceability

This Schenker laptop's bottom panel is easy to remove. Once inside, the user will be able to replace the Wi-Fi card, the battery, the two RAM modules and the M.2 22 by 80 NVMe SSD in mere minutes. This is in stark contrast to many other laptops that offer no way of upgrading RAM or Wi-Fi card down the line.

The bottom panel. Note the Drivers link that's right below the "VISION 14" bit (Image source: Notebookcheck)
The bottom panel. Note the Drivers link that's right below the "VISION 14" bit

Reason #5 - It never gets hot

In real-world use such as gaming, the Vision 14 just barely crosses the 40° C mark. Keep in mind that we tested an iGPU-only configuration; the case would probably get noticeably warmer to the touch if the optional GeForce RTX 3050 was taking care of 3D calculations.

When under stress testing, the hotspot is right where the 7, 8 and 9 keys are (Image source: Notebookcheck)
When under stress testing, the hotspot is right where the 7, 8 and 9 keys are

Reason #6 - No SSD throttling

Our test model came with a 1 TB Samsung SSD 990 Pro that delivered stable ~7 GB/s sequential read and write rates (according to CrystalDiskMark, at least). The issue of SSD throttling is common to so many laptops nowadays. The Schenker Vision 14 is lucky not to be a member of that club.

The Acer Predator Helios 18 and the Dell Latitude 13 7340 are but two examples of laptops that exhibit SSD performance sustainability issues.

Reason #7 - 99 Wh battery comes standard

In no small part because of its large capacity battery, the Schenker laptop delivers very good battery life. 10 hours of Web browsing via Wi-Fi is a result that most Windows laptops can only dream of.

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Sergey Tarasov, 2023-10-31 (Update: 2023-11- 1)