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HP Pavilion x360: A first-class student laptop

Here's how HP’s 2-in-1 machine is a smart cookie in and out of lectures.

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Go the distance

You can leave the charger back at your halls. This laptop’s rocking a hefty nine and half hours of battery life, so you can head to the library, study all day, and still have some charge leftover. And the Pavilion won’t start chugging when you’ve got a load of tabs open for that research paper. Under the hood, there’s an Intel® Core™ i5 1335U processor (with Intel Turbo Boost tech) that’ll let you multitask without any slowdown. That essay won’t know what hit it.

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Ready for any situation

Hard work or having fun? Whatever you’re doing, the Pavilion’s good to go. When it’s time to knuckle down, pop it into laptop mode and finish off that presentation you’ve left to the last minute. Time for some Netflix now the pressure’s off? Flip it over to tent mode, rest it on your desk and chill out with your favourite show in Full HD. And if you want to get really hands on, you can always use it as a tablet too. The flexible 2-in-1 design is definitely a nice touch…

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Ultra-fast charging

You’ve woken up late for your lecture (again) and your laptop battery is completely dead. We’ve all been there. But don’t sweat it. The Pavilion comes with HP’s handy Fast Charge which’ll top up your laptop from 0 to 50% in only 45 minutes. So, by the time you’ve dragged yourself out of bed, showered, and got some toast down you, you’ll be good to go. And you won’t be on the receiving end of another disapproving look from your lecturer.

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Picture perfect graphics

If you’re doing a creative course, the onboard Intel® Iris® Xe graphics are a real work of art. All your designs and videos will look super crisp, whether you’re tidying up some snaps in Photoshop, or unleashing your inner Spielberg and tinkering with a video edit. It definitely gets top marks from us.

And when you need an evening off to recover from freshers’ week, those graphics can even handle a bit of casual gaming. While that thin and light build won’t get too heavy during those marathon game nights. You definitely won’t have to press pause on your session when you’re topping the leaderboard here.

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Top class AI

Leaving assignments to the last minute isn’t anything new. But Microsoft’s built-in Copilot AI is. And when you need that research fast, it’s a serious speed reader. Tell it to summarise an article online and it’ll pick out all the key info you need for your project in seconds.

Not got a mate free to give your work a proofread? Copilot’s got you. Ask it to give your essay a once over and it’ll quickly highlight any dodgy bits of grammar, spelling or parts that don’t make sense. It’s got a way with words!

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