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History

In 1995, HP introduced the Pavilion PC, an IBM-compatible computer of the desktop type, which marked the company's introduction into the home-computing market. Dave Packard published ''The HP Way,'' a book which chronicled the rise of Hewlett-Packard and gave consumers insight into its business practices, culture and management style. HP also produced a low-cost, high-speed infrared transceiver that allowed wireless data exchange in a range of portable computing applications; these included telephones, computers, printers, cash registers, automatic teller machines, and digital cameras.

The first HP Pavilion PC

The HP Pavilion 5030, released in 1995 as the first computer in the HP Pavilion line, was technically HP's second multimedia PC designed specifically for the home market. The first was called the HP Multimedia PC; model numbers were 6100, 6140S and 6170S. The Pavilion went on to become a popular model. Specifications included a quad-speed CD-ROM drive, Altec Lansing speakers, software for online service access, and came shipped with

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. This entry-level model featured a 75 MHz

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processor, 8 MB RAM and an 850 MB hard drive.

Desktops

HP offers about 30 customizable desktops; of these, 5 are standard HP Pavilion, 4 are Slimline, 6 are High Performance Edition (HPE), 5 are "Phoenix" HPE Gaming editions*, 5 are Touchsmart, and 5 are All-In-One.

Current desktop models

* HP Pavilion: p7m, p7z, p7t, p7xt, p7qe * HP Pavilion Slimline: s5m, s5t, s5z, s5xt * HP Pavilion HPE (High Performance Edition): h8m, h8t, h8z, h8xt, h8qe, h8se * HP Pavilion HPE (High Performance Edition) Phoenix (Gaming): h9-1100z, h9-1120t, h9-1150t, h9-1170t, h9-1135, h9-1200ex *(not customizable) * HP Pavilion Wave: 600t *

HP Touchsmart HP TouchSmart is a series of Tablet computer, tablet PC laptops and touchscreen All-in-one PC, all-in-one desktop computers designed by Hewlett-Packard, HP. It features various Intel or AMD processors and runs Windows Vista or Windows 7 as standar ...

PC: 310z, 610z, 610t, 610xt, 610 Quad * HP Omni Series (All-In-One): 100z, 100t, 200t, 200xt, 200 Quad

Past desktop models

(Note that this is not a complete list, but a list of more recent models.) * HP Pavilion: a255c, a445c, a1740n, a6560t, a6560z, a6510t, a6500z, a6460t, a6450z, a6410t, a6400z, a6250z, a6250t, a6210z, a6205t, a6200t, a6600z, a6608f, a6610t, ?6617?, a6660t, a6660z, a6700z, a6750f, p6300z, p6310t, p6350z, p6370t, p6380t, a705w, ::a000 series - Panther / Jaguar ::a1000 series - Mojave / Gobi ::a6000 / p6000 series - Venus / Venus2 * HP Pavilion Slimline: s3100n, s3200t, s3200z, s3400t, s3400z, s3500t, s3500z, s3600f, s3600t, s3600z, s3700f, s3700z, s3710t, s3750t, s5305z, s5310t, s5350z, s5370t, s5380t, s5730f, s7350n * HP Pavilion Media Center: a1330n, a1410n, a1600n, m7580n(XP Only), m8300, m8100y, m8200n, t000, * HP Pavilion Elite/HPE: m9350f, m9300t, m9300z, m9200t, m9200z, m9000t, m9000z, d5000z, d5000t, d5100t, m9400t, m9400z, d5200t, e9300z, HPE 110t, HPE 150t, HPE 170t, HPE 180t, HPE 190t * HP Pavilion Ultimate: d4999t, d4999z * HP Touchsmart: iq770t, iq772t, IQ504t, IQ506t, IQ804t, 300z, 600t, 600xt, 600 Quad * HP Pavilion All In One/Omni: 23SE, MS220z, 200t

Model number suffixes

The suffix on the model number, if present, indicates special information such as processor or country. The following chart describes each suffix. * t:

processor * z: AMD processor * sb: Small Business Series * se: Special Edition * qe: Quad Edition * y: CTO - Configure To Order Two-letter country codes such as * us: ''United States'' * ca: ''Canada'' * br: ''Brazil'' * la: ''Latin America'' * ap: ''Asian Pacific'' * au/ax/tu/tx: ''Asia/Australia'' * ea/ec/ee/eo/(e plus a letter): ''Eastern & Western Europe'' * sa/sc/se/so/(s plus a letter): ''Eastern & Western Europe'' * na/nc/ne/no/(n plus a letter): ''Eastern & Western Europe'' * qr: ''Russia'' etc.

Overheating problems

The HP Pavilion Slimline desktops are housed in small form factor cases. They can become very hot because of their small size.

Notebooks

The HP Pavilion laptops are customizable in the US only. A variety of different models with different setups are available in other countries. Up until 2013, HP was producing some models of the Pavilion with Compaq Presario branding.

Current notebook models

HP Pavilion x360

HP Pavilion 13 x360

Previous notebook models

* 20.1 inch: HDX9000 * 18.4 inch: HDX18t / dv8t * 17.0 inch: dv7 / g70t / dv9000 / dv8000 / zd8000 / zd7000 * 16.0 inch: HP G60-445DX * 15.6 inch: Compaq Presario (CQ60 / CQ62z), dv6t / dv6z / dv6zae (Artist Edition 2) / G60t * 15.4 inch: dv5 / dv6000 / dv5000 / dv4000 / zv6000 / zv5000 / zx5000 / ze5000 / ze4000 / zt3000 * 15.0 inch: ze2000 / ze1000 / zt1000 * 14.3 inch: dv1658 * 14.1 inch: dv4z / dv2000 series / dv1000 series * 13.3 inch: dv3t / dv3z / dv3500t * 12.1 inch: dv2z; Tablet PC: tx series / TouchSmart tx2z * 17.3 inch: ENVY 17 3D / ENVY 17 / dv7t / G72t / g7 * 15.6 inch: HDX16t / G62t / G62m / g6 / m6 / 15-p077tx / 15-p001tx / 15-ck069tx 15-p005x / 15-p073tx / 15-p045tx / 15-p085tx / 15-r022tx / 15-r014tx / 15-r022tx / 15-d103tx / 15-p207tx / 15-p209tx/ 15-p210tx/ 15-p029tx/ 15-p028tx / 15-p027tx / 15-f233wm/15-n096sa/15-ab165us * 14.5 inch: ENVY 14 * 14.1 inch: dv4tse / dv4t * 14.0 inch: dm4t / dm4x / G4t * 13.3 inch: dm3t / Voodoo Envy 133 * 12.1 inch: tm2t * 11.6 inch: dm1z * 10.1 inch: HP Pavilion x2 Detachable (1280 x 800 touchscreen) The HP Pavilion x2 is a long-running family of devices; there are dozens of variants, across many generations of Intel processors.

HP Mini

* 10.1 inch: HP Mini 1000 (Mi / XP / Mobile Broadband Wireless / Vivienne Tam) / HP Mini 210 / HP Mini 110 (Mi / XP) * 8.9 inch: HP Mini 1000 (Mi / XP / Mobile Broadband Wireless)

Model number suffixes

The two or three letter suffix on the model number indicates special information like country or language (dv----xx). The following chart describes each suffix. * t:

processor * z: AMD processor * ae: Artist Edition ("Artist Edition" imprint) * bw: Broadband Wireless series * sb: Small Business series * se: Special Edition ("Intensity" dv4tse, "Renewal" dv5tse; "Special Edition" imprint) * qe: Quad Edition (special quad-core processor, e.g. dv7tqe-6100 CTO with Intel i7) The following suffixes corresponds to the region where the notebook is sold. * us: United States * ca: Canada * la: Latin America * br: Brazil * ea / ee / + other letter Europe / Middle East * eo / so / no: Scandinavia * ec / sc / nc: Czech Republic and Slovakia * au / ax: Asia / Australia - AMD processor (AU = AMD + UMA graphics; AX = AMD + discrete graphics) * tu / tx: Asia / Australia - Intel processor (TU = Intel + UMA; TX = Intel + discrete) * ap: Asia Pacific Other suffixes include nr, cl, and wm. * nr: no rebate * cl: club model, available only through discount shopping clubs such as

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model * st: Staples model The HP Pavilion HDX is only sold with Intel processors, but does not end with the suffix "t"; it has no suffix. The HP Pavilion TX tablet PC series was sold with AMD processors only, but they still ended with the suffix "z".

HP Imprint

The HP Imprint notebook finish is a high-gloss developed in cooperation with Nissha Printing Co. ( Japan). This was used for the following models:

Notebook artwork competitions

HP held a contest in conjunction with MTV to help design a special edition HP notebook case artwork. The contest went from September 5, 2007, to October 17, 2007, and over 8,500 designs from 112 countries were submitted. "Asian Odyssey" by João Oliveira of

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, was chosen as the winner of the competition and featured on the HP dv2800tae Series Notebook. In another competition, “Engine Room”, a design by Hisako Sakihama, from Japan was chosen to appear on a HP notebook.

Specialized features

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based software which could be booted quickly ( 12s ) to play music or DVDs called QuickPlay for the dv series of notebooks, quickplay also incorporated multimedia features, such as pause playback from the included remote control, within Windows. Later versions that shipped with Vista did not have the boot option but retained the multimedia features. QuickPlay software has been discontinued by HP will be replaced with HP MediaSmart Software that will be installed on all HP Desktops and Notebooks from 2009 onwards.

Overheating issues

Many notebook owners experience hardware failure in various Pavilion models due to overheating. The first symptom is usually a disappearing Wi-Fi. Later failure of the graphics system and booting problems. HP does acknowledge this as a "hardware issue with certain HP Pavilion dv2000/dv6000/dv9000" notebooks, which is eligible for free repair. Other users recommend a "resoldering" of the nVidia GPU on the motherboard due to the overheating causing the solder on the built-in GPU to liquify. * In 2009, HP had to recall over 70,000 batteries that were defective as a result of overheating.

References

External links

HP corporate homepageHP Pavilion online store
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