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| HP Envy 15 |
Envy 15 comes with a 1366 x 768 "HP BrightView" screen, or pay an additional $150 for the 1920 x 1080 Radiance option powered by a dual-core 2.4GHz Intel Core i5-2430M processor.
It features 6GB of DDR3-1333 memory, Radeon HD 7690M graphics with 1GB of VRAM, dual-band 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Intel's Wireless Display tech, HP's infrared HD webcam , 500GB storage, and a 7200RPM hard drive.
The Envy 15 also has a built-in Kleer transmitter to connect with wireless audio gear and sports a pair of USB 3.0 jacks, two 3.5mm headphone sockets and a 3.5mm microphone port on the left, alongside the DVD drive, and another USB 2.0 port, full-sized DisplayPort and HDMI sockets, a Gigabit Ethernet jack and an SD card slot on the right.
The Envy 15's relatively good sound quality comes from Beats Audio system comprising of six speakers and a miniature subwoofer, providing perhaps the best audio quality. Beats Audio software delivers extra depth and boom, and it disguises the inherent tinniness of the tiny drivers that HP is using here,
It comes with a pre-installed Bing Bar, Norton Internet Security, Cyberlink PowerDVD, Microsoft Office Starter Edition, Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 and Premiere Elements 9, the Bing app, HP's MovieStore and Wireless Audio, Cyberlink YouCam for the webcam, and find your toolbar populated by Intel's Wi-Fi manager, HP CoolSense and HP Wireless Audio, as well as a Beats shortcut.
