Display and Design
The HP Pavilion TouchSmart 14-B172TX Sleekbook shows off a sharp and opulent 14-inch HD LED backlit Brightview multi touch display running on a resolution of 1,366 x 768 pixels.
The laptop, as is evident from its name, is stunningly slim and light with a thickness of just 21.1mm and weight of 2kg. However, it carries an imprint sparkling black finish which is highly prone to get affected by fingerprints, scratches and smudges easily.
Processor and OS
Doing the duty under the hood is a 3rd generation Intel i5 processor clocked at 1.8GHz and based on HM77 Express chipset. It is assisted by 3MB of L3 cache and a typical 4GB DDR3 RAM whose capacity can be increased up to 8GB via the 2 unused DIMM slots.
A dedicated 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M gives you the freedom to get drowned into highly powerful games and videos. It comes preloaded with 64 bit Windows 8 OS.
Camera, Storage and Multimedia
The HP Pavilion TouchSmart 14-B172TX Sleekbook flaunts a HP TrueVision HD webcam which ensures high resolution and noise free video calls along with a digital microphone. For storage purposes, it has a 500GB SATA hard disk.
With dual Altec Lansing stereo speakers powered by Dolby Advanced v2.0 Audio playback on the inside, you will feel as if you are in a theatre while watching movies in your room.
Battery and Connectivity
The HP Pavilion TouchSmart 14-B172TX Sleekbook comes with a 4 cell Li-ion battery delivering up to 3 hours of uninterrupted service. The connectivity package includes 2 USB 3.0 slots, 1 USB 2.0 port, Bluetooth v4.0, HDMI out with HDCP, VGA port, digital media reader, WLAN and Gigabit Ethernet.