Earlier this summer season HP elevated their famous Envy pocket book line with the creation of the Envy 14 and Envy 17 fashions. The two new releases construct on the achievement of remaining 12 months's Envy offerings and produce numerous new hardware options to the table in addition to a lower introductory fee factor. Today we are able to examine the smaller 14-inch version.

The Envy 14 starts offevolved at $999.ninety nine with an Intel Core i3 processor and scales up to the Core i7. The configuration of our review gadget expenses $1,390 with an upgraded Intel Core i5 450M processor working at 2.4 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 2.66 GHz, 4GB DDR3 system reminiscence ( modules), a Seagate Momentus 500GB 7200 RPM hard power, 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 switchable photos, a 14.five" HP Radiance show walking at 1600 x 900 decision, SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support, Intel Wireless-N Card with Bluetooth and an 8-cellular Lithium Ion battery.

Windows 7 Home Premium sixty four-bit comes pre-established. Other extremely good perks consist of a great island-fashion backlit keyboard and Beats Audio.

The Envy 14 arrives in an elegant black box with silver lettering and the Beats Audio emblem prominently displayed on the front. The computer is tucked in a plush sleeve, along a electricity cable and adapter, a 2GB Envy SD card, short setup guide and guarantee information. As is preferred these days, HP consists of a healing partition in place of physical discs.

First impressions can imply a lot and once I opened the lid of the Envy for the primary time, I became sincerely impressed. The keyboard design, aluminum production and smooth complete length display are all reminiscent of an Apple product. It's hard now not to make that contrast whilst looking on the Envy. That used to be the case with the original 13-inch version, and that stays real with the Envy 14, but which could most effective be a very good element.