14 DAY TRIAL // Like all of its peers, HP has a slew of products that may or may not be too expensive for their target consumer segments, so the outfit figured it would make at least one item more affordable, namely the Envy 13 mobile computer.
The Hp Envy 13 was originally conceived as a sort of competitor against the Apple MacBook series of systems enclosed in aluminum.
It ended up, in terms of customer appeal, somewhere between the 13-inch MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, its weight of 4 pounds and lack of built-in optical drive making it more of an opposer to the former.
Unfortunately, some users may have found it a bit too out of reach because it had a price of roughly $1,500.
Now, as revealed by the official product and order page itself, the price has fallen to $999, after a $450 instant rebate.
For those interested in a reminder, the hardware configuration of the device is built around the Intel Core 2 Duo SL9300 central processing unit, whose clock speed is of 1.6 GHz.
This chip is backed up by 3 GB of RAM (random access memory) and complemented by the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 Graphics, whose dedicated memory is of 512 MB.
There is also a hard disk drive with a capacity of 250 GB, as well as an external SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW drive that can handle double-layer disks.
Other specifications include Beats audio and the obligatory connectivity and I/O options (Ethernet, USB etc.).
Finally, all the hardware is packed inside an aluminum chassis and the system is loaded with the Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium operating system.
All in all, this is a so-called 'luxury piece' because of its metallic enclosure and lightweight design and is aimed at those end-users that have no qualms about, as one would say, paying for style.