Display and Build
The HP Pavilion 15-p157sa (K7Q17EA) features a 15.6-inch HD BrightView LED backlit display which offers greater amount of brightness and a resolution of 1,366 x 768 pixels. It looks eye catchy with the purple coated lid and has a waistline of 23.9mm with a weight of 2.2kg.
Configuration and OS
Under the hood, the HP Pavilion 15-p157sa (K7Q17EA) is loaded with a 2.6GHz Intel Core i5 processor from the recently launched fifth generation family. Together with an 8GB DDR3 RAM operating at 1,600MHz, it makes sure that you can handle powerful business oriented tasks smoothly. The RAM is further expandable using the two DIMM slots. For better handling of intensive games and videos, it depends on inbuilt Intel HD 5100 GPU. It runs on latest Windows 8.1 OS which is easy to use.
Camera, Storage and Multimedia
The HP Pavilion 15-p157sa (K7Q17EA) comes with a HP TrueVision HD webcam and dual array digital microphone to provide clear and noise free video calling experience. The 750GB SATA hard disk operating at 5,400rpm provides more than sufficient space for creating a library of files. You can also store files on disks and retrieve them using the SuperMulti DVD burner. Powered by BeatsAudio technology, the dual stereo speakers deliver rich multimedia performance.
Battery and Connectivity
It runs the show with a sealed 4 cell Li-Po battery. Moving to the connectivity and networking section, we have features like Ethernet port, Bluetooth v4.0, WLAN, digital media reader, one USB 2.0 slot, HDMI out and two USB 3.0 slots.