If all you care about is snappy performance, you can get a great laptop for around $500. If you want the premium flourishes, like a comfortable keyboard with deep travel and a thin metal chassis, you need to scale up in price to something like the HP ZBook Create, which can cost thousands of dollars. But the HP Pavilion 15 (available at HP) beautifully walks this line, offering a midrange machine with enough high-end touches to put it above the more budget-focused competition, provided you're willing to spend a few more bucks.
About the HP Pavilion 15z-eh100
The specs of our review unit were as follows:
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 5500U (2.10GHz 6-core with up to 4.0GHz Boost, and 8MB L3 Cache)
- Storage: 256GB NVMe TLC M.2 SSD
- Memory: 8GB DDR4 3200MHz
- Display: 15.6-inch 1920x1080 IPS Display
- Battery: 41Wh Battery with fast charging
- Ports: 1x USB Type-C 10Gbps with Power Delivery and DisplayPort, 2x USB Type-A 5Gbps, 1x HDMI 2.0, 1x A/C, 1x 3.5mm headphone/microphone combo
- Connectivity: Realtek Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax (2x2) & Bluetooth 5.2
- Weight: 3.86 pounds
- Dimensions: 14.18 x 9.21 x 0.7 inches
- Warranty: one-year limited warranty
The HP Pavilion 15 starts around $589, which is a great price for its Ryzen 3 processor, 8GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage built in. Our midrange config stepped up a few components for a total of $750, and you can boost things even further if you need more power or want a longer-lasting machine.
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