HP Pavilion 17-g192nr 17.3" Flagship Laptop
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17.3 inch HP Pavilion 17-g192nr is the latest edition flagship premium laptop with a Full HD touch display of 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution and IPS panel with larger viewing angles, very high performance levels of the latest sixth generation Skylake Intel i7-6700HQ processor (6MB Level 3 cache) at 2.6GHz to 3.5GHz with turbo boost and hyper threading for 4 cores with 8 threads, 8GB DDRL SDRAM memory at 1600MHz (1 DIMM) for very decent multitasking power, 1TB Serial ATA hard drive for all your files and 64-bit Windows 10 Home operating system with its brand new user friendly features. 17.3 inch LED backlit FHD IPS display with 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution offers very clear visuals with vibrant colours and sharp details and up to 178 degree viewing angles and supports 10-finger multi-touch.
Graphics card is the Intel HD graphics 530 that shares memory with the main CPU and is about 20% faster than the previous Intel HD 4600 and will let you play the current games at low to medium settings as it can also compete with the GeForce 920M dedicated graphics card. It includes a good quality 720p front facing HP TrueVision high definition webcam for chatting live on Skype and you’ll hear decent sound through the B&O Play Audio with two speakers. It has a 4-cell lithium ion 41WHr battery and as a more power efficient i7 processor with a TDP of 45 watts, you can expect good battery life despite all the processing power and multimedia features. Being a large 17.3 inch computer with a touchscreen, both if which add to the weight, silver HP Pavilion weighs 6.54 pounds and measures 16.50 x 11.29 x 1.12 inches so this is more like a desktop replacement PC rather than a portable laptop. It comes with a tray load DVD+/-RW Optical Drive that reads and writes to DVD and CD, 802.11ac wireless (Miracast enabled), Bluetooth 4.0, Gigabit Ethernet LAN, 2 x USB3.0 ports, a USB 2.0 port, an HDMI output, Headphone output/Microphone input combo and Multi-format Digital Media Card Reader.
HP Pavilion includes a September 2015 release Skylake i7 processor with a Passmark benchmark score of 7971 that is both fast and powerful (with both turbo boost and hyper threading) and stays cool even at warm temperatures and offers energy efficiency. Both RAM and hard drive are upgradeable so you can add more memory or SSD but is not super easy to do unless you have the tools as you need to remove the entire back part. It is suitable for a variety of purposes including a home entertainment centre and is powerful enough to handle a variety of heavy workload, lots of multitasking and multimedia tasks including some gaming, videos and movies. Keyboard is not backlit but comfy and ergonomic with 10-key numpad and a functional touchpad. You’ll get a 50 dollar voucher from Windows store, that needs to be redeemed by Feb 29, 2016 to be spent within 90 days after redemption- just open the Windows Store Gift Card Promo app from your device and sign into your Microsoft account after verifying if you’re eligible and your gift card will be deposited into your account. This is a solid and powerful laptop at a decent price.
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