HP Pavilion 15z Beats Special Edition Touch Specs

Comes with dark gray as the main color, HP Pavilion 15z Beats Special Edition is decorated with red accent on left, front, right, and back sides according to the color of Beats logo color. With this product, HP presents a notebook with amazing audio quality and impressive specs for the money you spend. It uses AMD Quad-Core A8-5545M APU. The Richland based processor has quad-core with clock rate of 1700 MHz and 4MB L2 cache. Turbo Core technology can rise it up to 2700 MHz. AMD Radeon HD 8510G is the integrated graphics card. That processor should be enough for everyday use.

The 15.6-inch touch capacitive touchscreen is available in HD (1366x768) or FHD (1920x1080). A 1 TB 5400 rpm hard drive and 8 GB DDR3L system memory are very impressive for a sub-$600 notebook. With that configuration, you will get spacious storage and powerful enough multitasking performance. If it doesn't meet your requirement, the system memory is expandable up to 16 GB.

HP TrueVision HD web camera with dual array digital mic enables you to perform video conferencing. It seems that audio side is the main key selling feature. There are dual speakers and a subwoofer, enhanced by Beats Audio. That delivers rich audio and makes it one of the best laptop in terms of audio priced around $600. Another advantage is full-size backlit keyboard for more comfortable typing in dark conditions. A multi-gesture touchpad on this laptop is decorated with Beats Audio logo.

A SuperMulti DVD burner is included; it's on the right side. This laptop comes with two USB 3.0 ports, an HDMI port, a headphone/microphone combo jack, and a USB 2.0 port. You can easily connect to local networks to get internet access using 10/100 Mbps base-T Ethernet LAN or 802.11b/g/n wireless LAN. Optional Bluetooth 4.0 makes it easy to transfer data between devices wirelessly. Pavilion 15z Beats has a thickness of 0.99 in. With a Lithium-ion 4-cell battery attached, it weighs 5.99 lb.

HP Pavilion 15z Beats Special Edition Touch Specifications

Operating System
Microsoft Windows 8.1 64

Processor
AMD Quad-Core A8-5545M (quad-core, 1700 MHz with Turbo Core up to 2700 MHz, 4096 KB L2 cache)

Display
15.6-inch WLED-backlit
HD (1366x768) or FHD (1920x1080)
Touchscreen

Graphics Card
AMD Radeon HD 8510G

Storage
1 TB 5400 rpm hard drive

System Memory
8 GB DDR3L
Expandable up to 16 GB

Optical Drive
SuperMulti DVD burner

Audio
Dual speakers and subwoofer with Beats Audio

Inputs & Controls
Full-size backlit keyboard
Touchpad with multi-gesture control and Beats Audio logo

I/O
2 x USB 3.0
1 x HDMI
1 x headphone/microphone combo
1 x USB 2.0

Slots
Secure Digital media card reader

Communication
10/100 Mbps base-T Ethernet LAN
802.11b/g/n wireless LAN (1x1), optional Bluetooth 4.0

Camera
HP TrueVision HD web camera with dual array digital mic

Power
Lithium-ion 4-cell 41WHr battery
45 watt AC power adapter

Dimensions and Weight
Width: 15.14 in
Depth: 10.24 in
Height: 0.99 in
Weight: 5.99 lb

Software
McAfee LiveSafe 30-day trial
HP Connected Photo
HP Connected Drive
CyberLink PowerDVD
HP Connected Music
HP SimplePass

Security
Lock slot

Color
Dark Gray with red accent

Price: $599.99 (according to HP official website, last updated on June 12th, 2014)