HP Essential

HP Essential is a trademark used by HP Inc. to denote their entry-level, inexpensive Windows-based laptops. Products under the Essential monicker include the HP Laptop series and HP Notebook series, as well as products simply branded as "HP". There is also a similar line called HP Stream, comprising low-end consumer-oriented laptops and tablets.

HP Laptop

 * HP Laptop 17t (Intel Core i5, Intel Core i7, Intel N200) 
 * HP Laptop 17z (AMD Ryzen 5, AMD Athlon Gold)
 * HP Laptop 15t (Intel Core i7, Intel Core i5)
 * HP Laptop 15z (AMD Athlon Silver, AMD Ryzen 5)
 * HP Laptop 14t (Intel Core i3, Intel Core i5, Intel N200)
 * HP Laptop 14z (AMD Athlon Silver, AMD Ryzen 5)

HP Notebook

 * HP Notebook 15 (2020) - (AMD A6)
 * HP Notebook 15 (2016) - (Intel Core i5)

200 Series
HP 255 notebook is a budget laptop. The latest (as of 2023) ninth generation model (G9) is equipped with AMD Ryzen 3, 5 or 7 mobile processors.

400 Series
HP 450 notebook comes in a choice of Intel Celeron, Intel Pentium, and Intel Core i3.

500 Series
HP 520 notebook, a low-end business laptop with either Core Duo T2400 or other Celeron M processors, and either with Windows Vista Business or Basic preinstalled, or if chosen, Red Hat 10.

600 Series
HP 620 notebook from 2010 featured a dual-core Intel Pentium CPU.

HP 630 was released in 2011 with a Intel Pentium P6200 dual-core processor. The HP 635 instead had an AMD Zacate E-350.

HP Stream series
The HP Stream series was first introduced in November 2014.

HP Stream 11 Pro
The first generation Stream 11 Pro was introduced in January 2015, with the same 1366x768 11.6-inch display as Stream 11, but with a different keyboard.

Since then more generations of the 11 Pro have been released:


 * G1 (2015)
 * G2 (2015)
 * G3 (2017)
 * G4 (2017)
 * G5 (2020)

HP Stream 13
The first HP Stream 13 came with a 2.16 GHz Intel Celeron N2480 processor and Intel HD graphics, retailing for $230.

HP Stream 14
HP Stream 14 came out in 2014 with a AMD A4 Micro-6400T APU (model no. series 14-Z0).

An updated version came in 2016 (model no. series 14-AX, 14-CB?) with 1.6 GHz Intel Celeron N3060.

Another Stream 14 revision (model no. series 14-DS) was released in 2020.

HP Stream x360
The Stream x360 is a 2-in-1 convertible that came in 11.6" (model. 11-P0) and 13.3" variants when released in 2015. It had a Intel Celeron dual-core 2.16 GHz N2840 chip with 2 GB of RAM.

A second generation (11-AA) was released in 2016 with CPU upgraded to Celeron N3060.

HP Stream 7
The HP Stream 7 is a tablet computer that runs the Microsoft Corporation's Windows operating system. It was announced on September 29, 2014.

HP Stream 8
The HP Stream 8 is a tablet computer designed by Hewlett-Packard that runs the Microsoft Corporation's Windows operating system.