Hewlett-Packard has unveiled five new notebook and three new
desktop PCs, all featuring consumer-friendly features such as
built-in CD-burning hardware and software.
The new HP Pavilion 503n will be HP's least expensive desktop
Pavilion PC, with an estimated retail price of $499 (£319) and an
Intel Celeron 1.7GHz processor, 128Mbytes of RAM and a 40Gbyte hard
drive. No monitor is included.
Two new higher-end desktop models - the 753n and the 763n - also
offered without monitors, include software for digital video and
photo editing and are being targeted at customers seeking more
advanced multimedia and gaming capabilities.
The Pavilion 753n will run on a 2.53GHz Intel Pentium 4 processor
and include 512Mbytes of RAM and an 80Gbyte hard drive, with a
DVD-ROM drive and IEEE 1394 ports for high-speed data transfer. The
753n is priced at $999 (£639).
At $1,249, the Pavilion 763n is the most expensive of HP's new
desktop offerings. It also runs on a Pentium 4 2.53GHz processor
and includes 512Mbytes RAM, an 80Gbyte hard drive and IEEE 1394
ports, but also features an HP combo CD- and DVD-writer dvd200i
drive, an additional CD-ROM drive and an nVidia GeForce4 MX420
graphics card.
HP's other two new Pavilion desktops, the 503n and the 753n, have
no separate graphics card, relying instead on Intel's built-in
Extreme Graphics technology. All three of the new desktops include
front-access USB 2.0 ports and Ethernet interfaces.
The company's new notebooks include the ze4115, priced at $1,199
(including a rebate) for a 14-inch display, Advanced Micro Devices
Athlon XP 1500+ processor, 256Mbytes RAM and a 30Gbyte hard drive.
For $1,349, the ze4125 offers a 15-inch display, AMD Athlon XP
1600+ processor, 256Mbytes RAM and a 40Gbyte hard drive.
HP's most feature-laden ze4100-series model, the new ze4145, offers
a 15-inch screen, AMD Athlon XP 1800+ processor, 512Mbytes of RAM
and a 40Gbyte hard drive. It is priced at $1,499.
HP has also added two new Pentium 4-based notebooks to its ze5000
portfolio. The $1,699 ze5155 notebook includes a 15-inch display,
Pentium 4 1.8GHz processor, 512Mbytes of RAM and a 40Gbyte hard
drive. At $1,999, the ze5185 has a 2.4Ghz Pentium 4 chip, 15-inch
display, 512Mbytes RAM and 60Gbyte hard drive. The new ze5000
models also include ATI Technologies' Mobility Radeon graphics
technology.