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“Hulk smash HP Pavilion”… and it survived, sort of…
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“Hulk smash HP Pavilion”… and it survived, sort of…

Jun 27 2011 add comment

Now here’s something you don’t come across everyday: Not two months ago, I had a friend who fell from riding his bike; with some scratches here and there, he was alright but the Pavilion dv7 in his backpack… not so much. However, having tried, tested and shown how extremely durable HP’s EliteBook business models are, it’s interesting to observe and analyze the extent of damage and survivability of consumer-level models from abuse and accidents.
The notebook was an almost brand […]

HP updates Pavilion and ProBook models with AMD Llano APUs
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HP updates Pavilion and ProBook models with AMD Llano APUs


The news is out, HP has just announced the addition of AMD’s brand new APUs (a combination of a traditional CPU and graphics processing unit) in some of their existing notebook models.
First a little about AMD Llano chips: they’re made as an answer to Intel’s Sandy Bridge processors. Made using the 32 nm process, they are available in dual and quad core variants that the system can dynamically and automatically scale and overclock when needed, what AMD calls Turbo […]

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2012: Year of the 14 inch notebook

What's the future of HP's laptops with Ivy Bridge?
Following Intel’s announcement that everything on notebooks will be ultra-low voltage beginning from their Ivy Bridge processors and their keynote this morning at Computex predicting ‘Ultrabooks’ (a creative new term coined by Intel for ultra-portable laptops with low power consumption) will fill about 40% of the market with Ivy Bridge powered, less than 0.8 inch thick, sub-$1000 laptop models by the end of next year, we’re looking at the possibility of […]

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HP quietly releases affordable Pavilion g6s laptop

May 21 2011 add comment

HP Pavilion g6s
HP has updated another of their laptops with Intel’s Sandy Bridge processors, among other changes, but this time in a low-profile manner by sneaking out the affordable Pavilion g6s. This 15.6 inch laptop sports a ‘traditional’ chiclet-style laptop keyboard sans number pad, choice of Intel Sandy Bridge processors, from dual core Core i3 to Core i5 to the highest end dual-core Core i7 processor, configurable up to 6 GB of DDR3 RAM, 750GB hard disk […]

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HP announces 2011 Pavilion series desktops and 23 inch x2301 Micro Thin display

New 2011 HP Pavilion series desktops
HP has just announced three new Pavilion series consumer desktops today: The compact Pavilion Slimline S5, regular-sized Pavilion p7 and more powerful Pavilion HPE h8. They all feature Beats Audio and Sandy Bridge Intel processors of all sorts. With price tags starting at $330 (s5), $300 (p7) and $600 (h8) respectively, these guys are a lot more affordable (but certainly less powerful) than HP’s Z210 series workstations released last month. They should be available […]

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HP updates Pavilion dv4, Mini 210 and Envy 14 for 2011

HP has just announced three new consumer-level notebooks: An all new HP Pavilion dv4 laptop, HP Mini 210 netbook (updated for 2011) and evolved Envy 14 with Intel Sandy Bridge processors.
New 2011 HP Pavilion dv4
First off we have the HP Pavilion dv4 (Note the “v” in the name; don’t confuse it with the HP Pavilion dm4 series) which acts as a more affordable alternative to the recently announced (last week), slightly more upscale Pavilion dm4x. It sports a plastic […]

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HP makes new Pavilion dm4x laptop available

May 4 2011 2 Comments

HP Pavilion dm4x laptop released
HP has just quietly slipped out a version of the Pavilion dm4 consumer laptop with an Intel 2011 Sandy Bridge processor update, AMD Radeon 6000M series mobile graphics and a new color for its casing.
The new HP Pavilion dm4x laptop now gives you a fresh selection of three Sandy Bridge Core i5 dual core processors from 2.3 GHz onwards up to the 2.7 GHz Core i7-2620M. You also get hard disk choices with […]

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