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Limited edition luxury notebooks: The world’s thinnest laptop

HP upscale Spectre 13.3 laptop

HP raised the bar for the premium PC experience with the debut of the new HP Spectre, the world’s thinnest laptop

HP launched an upscale Spectre 13.3 laptop at the New York Times International Luxury Conference. The company says that HP Spectre is the best laptop HP ever made. The 10,4 mm thick premium device produced in limited edition 18-karat gold and diamond version is the world’s thinnest laptop. CNC machined aluminum chassis as thin as an AAA-battery at just 10.4 mm features a carbon fiber bottom and weights 1,1 kg.

The HP Spectre and new premium portfolio were showcased alongside the results of the company’s collaboration with world-renowned designers Tord Boontje and Jess Hannah. The collaboration features exclusive, limited edition luxury notebooks at the intersection of high-end art and leading technology.

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“The HP Spectre is the thinnest notebook in the world, and unlike the majority of other super thin PCs on the market, this laptop doesn’t compromise power or features,” said Kevin Frost, vice president and general manager, consumer personal systems, HP Inc. “A beautiful Full HD edge-to-edge display, Intel Core i processors coupled with Bang & Olufsen sound and a sexy and thin design, HP amazing engineers set a new standard with the all new Spectre.”

The high gloss copper accents reflect a hand-polished, jewelry-like finish and an innovative hidden piston hinge creates the illusion of a hinge-less design.

Full HD IPS 5 edge-to-edge display featuring Corning Gorilla delivers a superb viewing experience for editing photos, perfecting a presentation, or watching a movie.

6th generation Intel Core i5 and i7 processors2 and a lightning fast PCIe SSD with storage up to 512 GB7 with up to 8 GB of memory for maximum performance. Integration of Intel hyperbaric cooling system keeps the machine running cool even with powerful processors in a small package.

Stereo speakers by Bang & Olufsen with HP Audio Boost technology, a combination of hardware and software to give customers the depth they want.

Three full function USB Type-CTM connectors, including two of which support ThunderboltTM, to provide a fast, versatile I/O connection.

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