For Cyber Monday, HP is selling one of its best entry-level laptops for an unbeatable $429.99. (It was $399.99 just a few minutes before we published this story.) The base-configuration HP Pavilion 15z Touch in Mineral Silver (opens in new tab) sports a 15.6-inch 1366x768 touchscreen and runs Windows 10 Home. Under the hood are an AMD Ryzen 5 3500U CPU with Radeon Vega 8 integrated graphics, 16GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD. Apart from the screen resolution, the only downside to the base configuration is an out-of-date wireless chip that tops out an 802.11n Wi-Fi. We think it would be worthwhile to augment those specs with a 1920x1080 touchscreen ($50 more) and an 802.11ac 1x1 Wi-Fi chip ($10 more). Alternatively, a 2x2 802.11ac chip would be only $20 more than the base model. Other upsells abound, but their worthiness depends on your needs. They include a backlit keyboard ($30); a chassis in “Ceramic White” ($10) “Fog Blue” or “Warm Gold” (each $15); an AMD Ryzen 7 3700U CPU with Radeon Vega 10 integrated graphics ($100); a 128GB SSD with 1TB HDD ($25) or a 512GB SSD ($150); and various Microsoft Office, McAfee LiveSafe, theft-protection and warranty options.
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