HP’s premium laptop series, the HP Envy has redesigned to offer several new features. The HP Envy 15 and Envy 17 laptops now equipped with Beats Audio, HP wireless audio and a proximity sensor which will activated backlight on its keyboard. On the inside part, both Envys packs the latest processors from Intel or AMD while outside, they now comes in a sleek all-metal chassis. Both also has Radiance widescreen display, While the 15.6-inch Envy 15 sport IPS display, the 17.3-inch display on Envy 17 is a TN panel.
HP Envy 15 sporting a Core i5-2430M processor, 6GB of RAM, a 500GB HDD spinning at 7200 rpm and an AMD Radeon HD GPU to manage its graphics. Its 15.6-inch IPS display has 1366 x 768 pixelsresolution. Beside a slot-loading DVD burner, Envy 15 also featuring Intel Wireless Display, Bluetooth, HDMI out, DisplayPort, two USB 3.0 ports, one USB 2.0 port and an 8-cell battery which ready to give up to 9 hours runtime.
HP Envy 17 on the other hand packs a 17.3-inch 1080p Radiance displayand powered by a Core i5-2430 processor, 6GB of RAM and a 7200rpm 750GB hard drive as well as an AMD graphics. A DVD burner, WiDi and Bluetooth also featured along with two DisplayPort, three USB 3.0 and HDMI out.Its 6-cell battery has up to 9 hours and 30 minutes of battery life.
Both Redesigned HP Envy laptops will be released on December 7th with a $1,100 starting price for Envy 15 and $1,250 for Envy 17. Oh, and HP also has Envy 17 3D which is similar to Envy 17 butsupport up to 8GB RAM, has Blu Ray player and comes with a pair of active shutter glasses. Envy 17 3D will be priced at $1,600 onward. [PCMag]
