Costco Wholesale has for their
Members: HP Envy 13.3" Touchscreen Laptop (13-ba1063cl) for
$599.99. Shipping is $9.99.
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vsam20 for finding this deal.
Specs (
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:- 13.3" FHD Micro-Edge 1920x1080 Touchscreen Display
- Intel Evo Platform 11th Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 4-C, 8-T, Processor
- 512GB PCIe NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive
- 16GB DDR4-2933 RAM
- Intel Iris Xe Graphics
- WiFi 6 (2x2/160) + Bluetooth 5.0
- 720p HD Camera w/ Dual Array Digital Microphone
- Fingerprint Reader
- Ports:
- 1x USB4 Type-C Thunderbolt (w/ Power Delivery)
- 1x USB Type-A Superspeed + HP Sleep & Charge
- 1x USB Type-A Superspeed
- 1x MicroSD Media Card Reader
- 1x Headphone/Microphone Combo Jack
- Backlit Natural Silver Keyboard
- 3-Cell 51WHr Lithium-Ion Battery
- 2.88-lbs
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Look up tutorials online. There are lot of things going on, so don't do it unless you know how.
However it was painful to do a clean install. If it was easy then I would be more inclined to return for a replacement to check out if the thunderbolt port is misaligned. Even when it was so painful I would still do it to get rid of all bloatware.
Here are issues I ran into:
The touchpad drivers are not in the Windows 11 installation media. So the touchpad won't work until Windows installs and completes all updates. It does find the correct drivers eventually on its own. Just took a few updates and reboots. I had an external mouse handy which I used during install.
The bigger problem is that the hard disk drivers are not on the Windows 11 installation media either. So you won't see your hard disk at all. You need to download the drivers from Intel and extract them on the install USB. https://www.intel.com/content/www...forms.htm
After all updates it will install Intel Thunderbolt and some other Intel drivers, and HP Bang & Olufsen for audio. But that is it. I am not sure if I actually need the Bang & Olufsen control center. I was most pissed at all HP and McAfee bloatware.
However, Windows 11 comes with its own set of bloatware. It installs Microsoft Maps and other things. Why would I need a map app on my computer?
The 5700U has more cores and better GPU, so if you do heavy work using all cores, or want to do light gaming, it will be better than the i5 in the cheaper model.
Edit: Also note that the cheaper one is an Envy model, which is considered higher end than the Pavillion model. There may be some minor quality differences in the build/body, etc,
https://support.hp.com/rs-en/document/c08049129
The Envy 13.3" has a brighter 400 nits screen vs 250 nits screen on the Pavilion 15.6". So the Envy should be easier to see outdoors.
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This one is also touch. Other than that doesnt seem like much of a difference to me.
Build quality might also be better on this one, as stated, since its the envy line of HP which is one of their higher end lines.
either use a usb c to displayport cable, or if your monitor supports usb c input, a usb c to usb c cable.
if you want more monitors then you'll need to connect to a thunderbolt dock.
and if you really want to max your monitors an egpu via the thunderbolt port.
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