Second largest seller of laptops last year, HP has nothing to prove about the quality of its configurations. Today, to celebrate the beginning of the summer holidays in a beautiful way, many configurations are offered on the manufacturer’s site with significant reductions, which can go up to 500 euros.
HP Pavilion 14-dv1040nf: a powerful and enduring ultrabook
The Pavilion 14-dv1040nf is a versatile ultrabook, intended for office use, multimedia and entertainment. Marketed in normal times at 1299 € and which benefits from a immediate price reduction of 400 euroswhich reduces its price to only 899 €.
Thanks to high-performance components, the configuration responds to the slightest request, regardless of the application launched, such as Word, Excel, Photoshop or an Internet browser. In addition, with 16 GB of memory and a 1 TB SSD, the responsiveness of the computer is optimal and it is possible to use several of these applications simultaneously, while switching from one to another in the blink of an eye. of eye. For this, the laptop uses the high-end eleventh generation Intel Core i7 processor. Its four physical cores (able to perform complex calculations with 8 threads) are particularly fast, since their operating frequency is 2.9 GHz (and 5 GHz in Turbo mode). In addition, it incorporates the Intel Iris Xe graphics chip, which allows you to use certain games, such as Fortnite, in good conditions.
The Pavilion 14-dv1040nf offers excellent battery life (up to 8 hours), allowing you to watch Netflix, Amazon Prime Video or Disney+ series in your living room or when traveling by train or plane, without fear of power failure. This great endurance is explained by the integration of a 43 Wh battery and the Core i7-1195G7 chip, specially designed for thin and light laptops, and which therefore consumes very little energy (only 28 W). And if the battery is almost empty, there is no need to panic! Indeed, the 45 W charger gives it 50% charge in just 45 minutes.
Whether watching movies or surfing the Web, viewing comfort – indoors and outdoors – is assured by a screen with a 14-inch diagonal LCD panel, which offers images precise (Full HD definition, i.e. 1920 x 1080 pixels) and bright (400 nits).
All these elements are grouped together in a superb lightweight chassis (1.4 kg), equipped with a backlit keyboard and a fingerprint reader, which ensures optimal security. And to communicate with loved ones or business associates in the best possible conditions, the 720p Webcam is assisted by loudspeakers developed by the Danish audio specialist Bang & Olufsen. Finally, the Pavilion 14-dv1040nf’s connectivity is made up of three USB ports (one of which is type C), a headphone/microphone socket and an HDMI video output, which is always practical for redirecting the display to a large monitor, when we are at home.
HP Victus 16-d0421nf: an affordable and efficient gaming laptop
If you like to have fun with sophisticated 3D games, the HP Victus 16-d0421nf offers a very interesting performance / price ratio. Usually offered at 1149 €, it is now on sale for only 850 €, a price reduction of 250 €.
The HP Victus 16-d0421nf delivers class-leading performance to get the most out of the latest 3D games. Display comfort is at the rendezvous, thanks to a 16.1-inch Full HD screen, which supports a high refresh rate. And to achieve extremely smooth animations (with up to 144 frames per second), the configuration has an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 graphics chip and a high-performance Intel processor (Core i5-11400H with 6 physical cores ). The whole thing is completed by 16 GB of memory and a 512 GB SSD.
The Victus 16-d0421nf sports a sober and sophisticated chassis, which weighs only 2.46 kg. And to play until the end of the night, it has a backlit keyboard, with a real numeric keypad. The box also includes a Webcam, which allows you to capture images in 720p mode, and speakers designed by Bang & Olufsen, thanks to which it is possible to listen to music or watch movies without headphones. On the other hand, the connection of the configuration is very complete, with four USB ports, including one type C which can act as a DisplayPort video output. There is also an HDMI 2.1 output, an Ethernet connector and an SD memory card reader. Wireless data transfers, meanwhile, are carried out at high speeds, thanks to Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5 technologies.
Finally, the Victus 16-d0421nf provides you with the Omen Gaming Hub, an application that allows you to precisely manage the behavior of applications and main components, while monitoring their temperature. The latter is also minimized by a very efficient cooling system.
On the occasion of the sales HP offers other very interesting configurations including 2 which also caught our attention:
HP Victus 16-d0426nf
This gaming laptop, more affordable than the previous one, has a slightly slower graphics processor, Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 1650, and 8 GB of memory (instead of 16 GB). It is nevertheless a convincing solution when it comes to playing in Full HD.
It is offered with an immediate reduction of €200, which reduces its price from €999 to €799.
HP ENVY 14-eb0046nf
This high-end ultrabook incorporates high-performance components in a particularly attractive metal chassis. It offers both high performance – thanks to its Core i5-1135G7 and GeForce GTX 1650 Ti components, and 16 GB of memory and a 512 GB SSD – and a compact and light format (its weight is only 1 .49 kg). It is equipped with a 14-inch touchscreen in 16:10 format, to provide a large display area.
The configuration is very complete from a security point of view, with a fingerprint reader and keys to deactivate the microphone and the webcam. And its autonomy is not to be outdone, since its battery provides more than 13 hours of autonomy. And it can be recharged very quickly (50% in 30 minutes!). Finally, its connectivity includes – among other things – a Thunderbolt 4 compatible USB C port and a microSD memory card reader.
This configuration benefits from a reduction of €500, which reduces the final bill to only €999 instead of €1499.
