In what is becoming a weekly tradition here at laptopical.com, I'm bringing you some of the best new laptop releases of the week, and inviting you to let me know what you think. Did I miss something? Show you something you didn't know was out there? Let me know in the comments!
I am personally a big fan of 14" laptops. This is a recent thing - it wasn't long ago that I perceived attempts at crossovers as wasteful, since you ended up paying top dollar for something that was neither portable nor powerful. But I think technology has gotten there, and while I'd love for this form factor to get even lighter, more powerful and cheaper (strangely, I'd like that for all other form factors too ;)), it has gotten to the point where I heartily recommend such laptops.
And the fact that the HP Envy 14 is actually 14.5" is actually a comfort to me. 14" never felt like a true middle ground between 13.3" and 15.6" the way 14.5" does.
The HP Envy 14 is now available starting at $1049 after a coupon. It's not a low starting price, but it is the least expensive of all the HP Envy laptops, and has the same artful and stylish design as the rest of the series. The 14.5" laptop weighs 5.25lbs and the base price gets you Core-i3-370M, 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650, long lasting battery and perhaps most interestingly of all, packs a 1600x900 resolution standard.
At the same time, the HP Envy 13 just got a huge price drop, giving another comparatively inexpensive option for Envy lovers. This 13.3" laptop weighs just 3.8lbs, and has a nice coupon on it so that you can really spec it up and still end up paying only $1099.
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