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HP Pavilion Aero 13.3", AMD Ryzen 5 5600U, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD, QHD IPS $998 (Bonus $300 GC) + Shipping/C&C @ Harvey Norman

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HP Pavilion Aero 13.3", AMD Ryzen 5 5600U, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD, QHD IPS $998 (Bonus $300 GC) + Shipping/C&C @ Harvey Norman
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shellshocked on 25/06/2022 - 17:51 harveynorman.com.au (1340 clicks)
Last edited 29/06/2022 - 09:27 by 1 other user

Pretty good deal if you want a laptop which weighs under 1kg, a hexa-core processor, a 1080p 400nits 100% sRGB screen and metal build.

Microprocessor

AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600U (up to 4.2 GHz max boost clock, 16 MB L3 cache, 6 cores, 12 threads)

Chipset

AMD Integrated SoC

Memory, standard

8 GB DDR4-3200 MHz RAM (onboard)
Video graphics

AMD Radeon™ Graphics Integrated

Hard drive

512 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD

Optical drive

Optical drive not included

Display

13.3" diagonal, QHD, IPS, micro-edge, anti-glare, 400 nits, 100% sRGB
Wireless connectivity

Realtek Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6™ (2x2) and Bluetooth® 5.2 combo (Supporting Gigabit data rate)
External ports

1 SuperSpeed USB Type-C® 10Gbps signaling rate (USB Power Delivery, DisplayPort™ 1.4, HP Sleep and Charge); 2 SuperSpeed USB Type-A 5Gbps signaling rate; 1 HDMI 2.0; 1 AC smart pin; 1 headphone/microphone combo
Minimum dimensions (W x D x H)

29.7 x 20.9 x 1.69 cm

Weight

<1 kg (Approx 980g)

Power supply type

65 W Smart AC power adapter

Battery type

3-cell, 43 Wh Li-ion polymer

Battery life mixed usage

Up to 10 hours and 30 minutes

Video Playback Battery life

Up to 10 hours and 15 minutes

Webcam

HP Wide Vision 720p HD camera with integrated dual array digital microphones

Audio features

Audio by B&O; Dual speakers; HP Audio Boost

Chassis build: Aluminium

Computing Computer HP Laptop

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  • michael9865 on 25/06/2022 - 17:55

    What's with these cashbacks and Harvey Norman, looking for a tri band wifi 6 mesh system, hope they do one for that😅

    • CptnObvious on 25/06/2022 - 18:10
      +2

      Gerry is a genius. This way Amazon is afraid to price match him.

  • jadamd on 25/06/2022 - 18:06

    Do you still get the $300 gift card if you pay with gift cards?

    • netjock on 25/06/2022 - 18:12

      Yes. Happened to me buying online with gift card.

  • OhNoUShiz on 25/06/2022 - 18:14

    Onboard ram mean soldered ram and cannot be upgrade?

  • Mandligov on 25/06/2022 - 18:29
    +5

    I would've bought it if the ram was upgradable.

    • boretentsu on 25/06/2022 - 18:45
      +4

      Good luck finding a laptop under 1kg with upgradable ram

    • jigna27 on 25/06/2022 - 18:58
      +1

      @Mandligov:

      ram was upgradable.

      I pulled the trigger on an MSI Modern 14 on Amazon last week. It has 2x DIMM slots so I chucked my 2x 8gb 3200 in there for now, but it can go up to 32gb according to my quick googling.

      The specs on this HP and the $300 voucher makes me think I missed out on a bargain though.

  • antman on 25/06/2022 - 18:58
    +1

    Really good buy. Very light, good battery, particularly good screen and quality build. RAM is the only neg.

    • [Deactivated] on 25/06/2022 - 20:35

      usb-c charging?

      • shellshocked on 25/06/2022 - 22:36
        +2

        Yes, refer to the specifications I already posted

        "1 SuperSpeed USB Type-C® 10Gbps signaling rate (USB Power Delivery, DisplayPort™ 1.4, HP Sleep and Charge"

  • HiredGoon on 25/06/2022 - 20:35

    Bought this for the wife for her continuing studies 3 days ago, with the gift card etc. my only sadness was they wouldn't match the online price from HP website (I think was $899) while still applying the $300 gift card. Still seemed like the better deal. She's stoked, it's light and the screen is honestly very nice.

  • dosada on 25/06/2022 - 20:44

    Anyone aware of any shopback, cash rewards, or similar offers that would work with this?

  • theabyss on 25/06/2022 - 23:30

    Resolution 1080p or 1440p? Website says 1440p. Also does it has backlight keyboard?

    • dosada on 26/06/2022 - 08:39
      +3

      I would always trust the HP page over that what hn says.

      33.8 cm (13.3") diagonal, WQXGA (2560 x 1600), IPS, micro-edge, anti-glare, 400 nits, 100% sRGB

      Full-size, backlit, natural silver keyboard

      • theabyss on 26/06/2022 - 13:47

        Thank you! Then this deal is not too bad. But 8 GB ram limits it to a web browsing only machine though. It really would be perfect if it is a16GB model.

        • dosada on 26/06/2022 - 23:39

          Grabbed one today. There's absolutely nothing wrong with it. It's obvious that it's not a gong machine, as an ultraportable for everyday tasks it's really great

      • shellshocked on 27/06/2022 - 15:59

        Note that there are two screen available. HN only sells the one with 1920*1200 display, not the QHD version.

        • dosada on 27/06/2022 - 16:01
          +1

          Nope, mine is 2560x1600. Have it in front of me

          • shellshocked on 27/06/2022 - 16:09

            @dosada: No worries, that's what the store sales rep told me.

            • dosada on 27/06/2022 - 16:16
              +1

              @shellshocked: They are as brain-dead as the guys writing the adds on their page. My local shop had one displayed and checked it already there in the settings before buying it.

              The sticker did say 1920x1200 though, even if the unit was 2560x1600

              • theabyss on 28/06/2022 - 03:26

                @dosada: Did you have the keyboard inprinting screen issue as described below?

                • dosada on 28/06/2022 - 07:08

                  @theabyss: No, not yet. But wouldn't surprise me with time as it's pretty thin

                  • theabyss on 28/06/2022 - 09:44

                    @dosada: Well, looks like still worth a try. I should go to a Harvey to try my luck.

  • Geekomatic on 26/06/2022 - 02:23

    WHY solder the f-ing RAM? RAM goes bad and then what? C'mon, 2 slots would cost them what, $20? I'd be down for that. It's ridiculous that the CPU can use more, but the maker strangles it.

    • dosada on 26/06/2022 - 08:34
      -1

      Because this way they can charge you hundreds of dollars more for a similar laptop with more or upgradeable memory

      • bchliu on 26/06/2022 - 10:17
        +2

        Because you try and fit a SoDIMM slot into a base that is <1cm in thickness along with the keyboard / casing while still trying to get it under 1kg.

        Better question to ask is why 8GB only? Considering most flagship phones these days have more RAM than this computer. If it had 16GB, would have bought it in a heartbeat.

        • jigna27 on 26/06/2022 - 10:51

          Better question to ask is why 8GB only?

          Yea, 8gb really just seems so limited. It's probably more than enough for most people though, but no ability to upgrade really takes the appeal away.

          • bchliu on 26/06/2022 - 11:06

            @jigna27: Not really. Have you seen how much RAM that Chrome takes up when you have a few windows or tabs opened? lol. 8GB these days goes very quickly when Windows itself already hogs up 4GB or so. 8GB is what 4GB was about 4 years ago being the "minimum" you'd want to buy a computer with.

            • jigna27 on 26/06/2022 - 12:09

              @bchliu:

              Chrome takes up when you have a few windows or tabs opened? lol.

              You're probably right. I'm a bit of a dictator when it comes to closing unnecessary tabs so it's never really a big factor. But a "standard" user might unknowingly have a multiple windows open with 10s of tabs in each.

  • slosh on 27/06/2022 - 20:19
    +5

    ** Buyer beware ** Would recommended staying away from this laptop at all costs tbh. Purchased yesterday from Harvey Norman. Opened up today and found the Keyboard Imprint issue all over the screen. Every single keyboard key was "burnt" into the display.

    Immediately took it back to Harvey Normans who offered a replacement. I decided to play it smart and have the HN Tech guy open up the box in front of me before deciding to head home first. So he opened the replacement up and what do you know.. Exact same issue. HN Tech guy was absolutely puzzled, so went to open another replacement. What do you know, same issue again!

    We went through 4 replacements before he gave up and said he's going to get the HP rep in because this is ridiculous. He decided to do one last ditch effort and called another local HN store up to get them to open one of their stock as he was suspicious this was widespread. Well, same exact issue LOL.

    Got a full refund and will be buying a different laptop. Such a shame as this laptop ticked all the boxes….

    I would be very careful to anyone who buys this laptop. I think it's an actual design flaw with the keyboard physically touching the screen when closed and pressure applied (even if it's brand new in the box). Not sure how HP let this out of the warehouse tbh

    • theabyss on 28/06/2022 - 03:18

      This laptop is really perfect in other countries. In US and China default spec is 16GB ram with all other things the same. It has gold/white/silver colour and 6 spec options( customisation also available). In Australia we don’t even get the 16GB model even if you have money to spread. And 8GB model is not available in these countries unless you customize it to be. What a shame! I fall in love with this laptop only to find HP dropping shit in Australia. And no the issue you mentioned is not seen in other countries.

    • shellshocked on 28/06/2022 - 13:11

      Are you able to tell me what Harvey Norman store you went to. Looking at past deals on the Aero, not everyone seems to experience the keyboard imprint issue. There could be some faulty ones out there.

      • slosh on 28/06/2022 - 16:46

        Harvey Norman Capalaba. Yeah could just be a big batch that was faulty. I just wanted to give people a heads up on my experience. I also read online of the issue occuring after a few weeks or months of ownership. Seems like a big headache to deal with

    • MaxHashrate on 29/06/2022 - 11:30
      +2

      I just got mine yesterday, i didn't get the issue (this post made me go back and spent 5 min youtubing white screens lol). Seems like a bad batch. I purchased from WA.

      Albeit buying online from harvey norman is such a pain if you have issues. They are not the same as the individual harvey norman shops.

      It was the perfect laptop to claim for work purposes as its inflated high price with $300 harvey norman gift card. On top of being able to claim the full $998 on tax, im even going to claim the 10% back from TRS.

  • utsc on 30/06/2022 - 08:20

    I thought this deal will be popular given the excellent display WQXGA (2560 x 1600), IPS, micro-edge, anti-glare, 400 nits, 100% sRGB
    I presume 8 GB Ram is the only negative factor but should be a good value for $700 after GC

    • shellshocked on 30/06/2022 - 12:02
      +1

      My experience from posting multiple deals on Ozbargain over the years, is to never expect people to think the same way you do in terms of what value is. Sometimes deals are popular and but the number of people actually buying are still low.

      • utsc on 30/06/2022 - 20:11

        I thought is a good value and recommended it to a friend who owns small business given the tax invoice is for $999

  • mrtin on 30/06/2022 - 18:10

    Received today! Does the gift card come separately? It wasn't in the same package. Or on line?

    • utsc on 30/06/2022 - 20:09
      +1

      I phone a Samsung S21 from HN a month ago and the gift card came with the package

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