HP’s latest Pavilion refresh boasts a number of new features that will appeal to eco-conscious shoppers who don’t want to sacrifice performance. Available in 13-, 14-, and 15-inch screen sizes, the latest HP Pavilion laptops are designed with sustainability in mind, with post-consumer recycled and ocean-bound plastics used in the construction of the speaker housing, the company claimed, which helps to keep approximately 92,000 plastic bottles out of our oceans.
And even though the environment is a big part of the upgrade, the new Pavilions still deliver on the technology front — all these laptops come with Intel’s 11th-gen processors alongside stronger integrated Intel Iris Xe graphics.
In our 11th-gen review, we found that Intel’s Xe graphics performed favorably, so this will allow students and those on a budget to do more things, like play casual games and perform basic creative edits, without having to splurge on a more expensive laptop model equipped with a discrete GPU.
“When it comes to PCs for the newest generation of users, we want to help power their fun not only during the pandemic but in the years to come,” said HP global leader and general manager of personal systems Kevin Frost in a prepared statement. “HP packs powerful performance features and a youthful, colorful premium design into its newest Pavilion clamshells, making them accessible to everyone to stay connected, entertained, and learning.”
The laptops boast a two-piece metal chassis construction with what HP calls its hourglass edge design along with a 3D manufacturing process that eliminates the parting lines to make the laptop feel sleeker and more premium. The screens have also been upgraded to feature a three-sided micro-edge bezel that delivers an 86% screen-to-body ratio.
The 13-inch Pavilion 13 model comes with a Full HD or Ultra HD display, while the two larger models are equipped in either HD or FHD screens, depending on configuration. All the laptops support Microsoft HDR streaming and HEVC codecs.
The laptops come in a range of five colors — natural silver, luminous gold, ceramic white, tranquil pink, and fog blue — and an edge-to-edge keyboard and larger precision touchpad. HP boasts a full work day of battery life with at least 8.5 hours of juice on each charge.
All notebooks come with USB-C support and Wi-Fi 6 connectivity for even faster Wi-Fi speeds. B&O audio tuning and an optional fingerprint scanner for password-less logins round out the feature set.
HP is offering plenty of choices when it comes to the latest Pavilion notebooks. You can even order a configuration with a discrete GPU if you need more power. Both the Pavilion 14 and Pavilion 15 can be configured with an Nvidia GeForce MX450 GPU alongside the Intel 11th Gen CPU. HP claimed that the jump from integrated Intel Iris Xe to Nvidia’s discrete GPU provides approximately a 20% boost in graphics performance.
And if you’re a fan of AMD’s Ryzen 4000 mobile processor, you can even swap out Intel’s silicon on the Pavilion 15.
All the laptops will be available starting in October. Prices start at $679 for the Pavilion 13, $579 for the Pavilion 14, and $599 for the Pavilion 15 AMD edition. The laptops will be sold through HP’s website, Amazon, Costco, and other retailers, according to the company.
The absolutely absurd idea of putting a touchscreen display on a mouse isn't exactly new. Turtle Beach already did it with its Command Series MC7, which features a 2.25-inch control screen. But apparently, even that wasn't ridiculous enough for Arctic Fox Technologies. Its new Super Mouse looks like someone took the chunky old Atari ST mouse, slapped a touchscreen and scroll wheel on it, and called it an upgrade.
The result is a rather unusual-looking mouse that is now on Kickstarter, starting at $199. And as ridiculous as it looks, some of its features are genuinely intriguing.
Apple is less than a day away from launching its highly anticipated OLED MacBook Pro with a touch-sensitive screen. But it appears that the upgrade is going to cost a pretty penny. According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple is reportedly eyeing a starting price of $2,899 for the 14-inch MacBook Pro, while the 16-inch version could start at $3,399 in the US.
"At $2,899, the 14-inch model would mark the highest starting price for a new MacBook Pro model, surpassing the $2,799 Apple charged for a 17-inch version introduced in 2006," says the report. The report claims that Apple is targeting a minimum price hike of $400 for its upcoming redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models.
I've spent a good amount of time digging into the spec sheet of the new M6 MacBook Pro (14-inch), and for all intents and purposes, this is a classic Apple "chip and connectivity" refresh. It's not a full redesign. The chassis, Liquid Retina XDR panel, speakers, ports, and battery, all of them carry over unchanged.
However, the M6 brings more cores, stronger on-device AI, higher memory bandwidth on the larger configs, and modern wireless. Here’s the practical rundown of what actually improved, and whether those gains are worth your money.