By Kevin Lee
We have a love/hate relationship with ultra-thin laptops. On one hand, Ultrabooks have never been thinner and lighter, but to get there they’ve sacrificed clickable trackpads and decent key travel. And don’t even get us started about every slim notebook going USB-C only, forcing us to carry a bundle of dongles.
When HP unveiled an even thinner Envy 13, our eyes rolled immediately, as we expected to get the same ‘all USB-C spiel.’ But to our amazement, this 13-inch notebook features two full-sized USB ports and even optional discrete Nvidia MX150 graphics, despite measuring just over half an inch thick.
Pricing and availability
The HP Envy 13 will be available later this month starting at $999 (about £740, AU$1,320). For this price, the 13-inch laptop comes equipped with an Intel Kaby Lake Refresh Core i7-8550U processor, 13-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080) screen, 8GB of DDR3 RAM and 256GB SSD.
HP has said the Envy 13 can be equipped with optional MX150 graphics, but the company has yet to release pricing information for this upgrade. There’s also no word on how much adding a sharper screen, larger storage drives or more memory will cost.
Design
By far the coolest feature of the HP Envy 13 …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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