HP Launches the First Wave of 2015 Back to School PCs With Fresh Designs and Bold Colors

PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwired - Apr 22, 2015) - HP (NYSE: HPQ) today announced its latest generation of Pavilion and Envy convertibles and Pavilion notebooks for back to school. These new platforms offer more processor, graphics and display options while continuing to deliver great value to the customer.

Specifically, HP announced:

  • Colorful HP Pavilion x360s that flip from notebook mode for working, stand mode for watching, tent mode for playing games or tablet mode for on the go.

  • Powerful HP ENVY x360 premium convertible that has all of the capabilities of a high-performance notebook, but quickly transforms to stand, tent and tablet modes.

  • Customizable HP Pavilion notebooks that offer customers great value and flexibility with more hardware choices including discrete graphics, higher resolution displays and more vibrant color choices.

The products announced today are the first HP consumer PCs to be available with Bang & Olufsen and B&O Play audio as part of the audio partnership announced last month.

"Customers told us that they wanted more color choices, more hardware options and better battery life in our Pavilion notebooks and x360 convertible PCs," said Mike Nash, vice president, portfolio strategy and customer experience, Personal Systems, HP. "With our 2015 Pavilion line up, we have combined bold new colors from Milan with the latest processors to give customers systems with a fresh new look that deliver better performance and battery life across the board."

Playful and Powerful x360s
Leveraging the design cues of the award winning HP Spectre x360, the HP Pavilion x360s and HP ENVY x360 have an innovative new hinge that uses a set of three spiral gears for synchronized and precise movement to ensure the display glides smoothly and stays in place where the user wants it while maintaining the same thinness when closed or in tablet mode. The new Pavilion x360s are available in a new color palette. The 11 inch HP Pavilion x360 is available in Natural Silver, Sunset Red, Violet Purple and Minty Green, while the 13 inch HP Pavilion x360 comes in Natural Silver and Sunset Red.

The high definition (HD) IPS display that is available on both Pavilion x360s makes gaming and movies more enjoyable with crisp images that look great at any angle, while the 13 inch diagonal HP Pavilion x360 comes with a Full HD display option.(1, 2) For the best sound reproduction, the HP Pavilion x360s have B&O Play audio.

The 11 inch HP Pavilion uses a fanless design, and for 2015 is now available with Intel® Core™ M-5Y10C processors in addition to Intel® Celeron® or Pentium® processors.(3) With a 32 watt-hour battery and the Intel® Core™ M processor, the new 11 inch HP Pavilion x360 packs up to four more hours of power than the previous Pentium-based model. Customers can enjoy up to eight hours and 15 minutes of battery life.(4) The 11 inch HP Pavilion x360 comes with up to 8 gigabyte (GB) of system memory.(5)