Hi! I have a new HP Probook 450 G3 computer which I like very much though there’s still a lot to be discovered, I’ll touch more on that in a few moments. To me the Probook is everything one could pretty well want in a Notebook without going overboard though obviously this is my opinion and everyone has an opinion <smile>. Its a 15 inch model which means there’s plenty of room for a full-size keyboard which is exactly what this model has. I’ve had HP Notebook machines previously and I’ve always liked the HP keyboards for typing though the last HP machine I had exhibited odd behaviour with the insert key on the number pad, it was assigned in the BIOS for some special function and I never found out what that was. I had bought about - for that very reason alone - going with another brand of machine until I was recommended the Probook 450 by my local computer store, I saw a Toshiba model there too with similar specs but I didn’t like the feel of the machine anywhere near as much compared to the HP Probook so that’s the one I have and its a pretty high spec machine. I won’t go into the usual features of a Notebook but I will outline some of the interesting features and functions I’ve seen on the machine thus far. Firstly the HP Probook 450 has a fingerprint reader which is very easy to set up and even issues sounds to let the user know if they are moving the finger the right or wrong way over the reader. Next the computer has a BTM chip to be used with Bytlocker, the encryption facility as found in Windows 10 Professional. And then there’s the function I’m really excited about and that’s the HP “Biosphere” security system. From what I can gather this system allows access to the computer’s BIOS via the Internet thus giving a user power to boot up the machine bypassing windows etc. And so to the obvious question, does anyone know if the “Biosphere” function is at all accessible?
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