The HP Pavilion Aero 13 (2023) is a 2.2-pound (about 998.8 grams) laptop with a 13.3-inch display, magnesium-aluminium body and more.
First introduced in 2021, HP is now selling a new model with the same basic features, but with a major upgrade: an AMD Ryzen 7035 series processor.
These new chips are not the most powerful members of AMD’s 2023 mobile processor lineup; instead, they are actually the same as last year’s Ryzen 6000U processors, with the following relevant configurations:
- Zen 3+ CPU cores (upgraded from Zen 3)
- Higher CPU base and boost frequency
- RDNA 2 integrated graphics card (upgraded from Ryzen Vega)
The HP Pavilion Aero 13 (2023) is available with either AMD Ryzen 5 7535U or Ryzen 7 7735U chips, offering 8 GB or 16 GB of memory and storage options ranging from 256 GB PCIe NVMe SSDs to 1 TB drives, where the memory is soldered, but the storage is not, and users can upgrade their SSD drives themselves.
The entry-level HP Pavilion Aero 13 notebook features an IPS LCD display with 1920 x 1200 resolution, but HP also offers a 2560 x 1600 resolution display option.
All versions of the Pavilion Aero 13 notebooks feature a 720p webcam with dual microphones, B&O audio stereo speakers, a backlit keyboard, precision touchpad, Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.3 support, 43Wh battery, fingerprint recognition and a set of ports, including
- 1 USB Type-C (10 Gbps, DisplayPort 1.4 Alt mode and USB PD)
- 2 USB Type-A (5 Gbps)
- 1 HDMI 2.1
- 1 x 3.5mm audio
- 1 AC power input
The HP Pavilion Aero 13 laptop body measures 11.7 inches (approximately 297.18 mm) x 8.2 inches (approximately 208.28 mm) x 0.7 inches (approximately 17.78 mm).
The HP Pavilion Aero 13 notebook is available in the U.S. starting at $880 (currently about $6,125) for the Ryzen 5 7535U processor, 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage model, and $930 (currently about $6,473) for the 16 GB of RAM and 256 GB fully configured model.
