| HP Essential | |
| Developer: | Hewlett-Packard (HP Inc.) |
| Type: | Personal computers |
| Cpu: | AMD APU, AMD Ryzen |
| Graphics: | AMD Radeon, NVIDIA GeForce |
| Marketing Target: | Consumer / Home purpose |
| Os: | Windows |
| Website: | HP Store - HP Essential Desktops HP Store - HP Essential Laptops |
HP Essential is a trademark name used by HP Inc. (formerly Hewlett-Packard) to denote their own line of entry-level, inexpensive desktops and laptops produced since 2009.
Products under the "Essential" moniker include the HP Desktop,[1] HP All-In-One,[2] HP Laptop[3] and HP Notebook series, as well as products simply branded as "HP". A similar line called HP Stream consisted of low-end consumer-oriented laptops and tablets. All HP Essential products primarily use the Microsoft Windows operating system, with some other operating systems being offered on some models.
The HP Essential line is currently being supplanted by the AI-powered Omni brand (consisting of the OmniBook (a 2024 revival of a 1993–2002 brand), OmniDesk, and OmniStudio brands), due to a corporate streamlining of products that happened in 2024.[4] The HP Essential laptops would be succeeded by the OmniBook 3 series following the announcement.
Several different models of desktops, all-in-ones, and laptops under the HP Essential brand have been produced., 15 all-in-one models (including seven AI-powered models) and 48 laptop models in the HP Laptop, HP Notebook and HP series (including 8 AI-powered models) are currently being offered.
The HP Essential all-in-ones and laptops are only customizable in the United States. A variety of preconfigured models with different setups are available in other countries.
Certain all-in-one models include artificial intelligence technologies, and are branded as "AI PC" or "Copilot+PC".
HP Laptop models featuring artificial intelligence technologies.
HP 250 is a budget laptop from HP. It has 11 generations (as of 2025), from G1 (2013) to G11 (2024). It uses Celeron, Pentium, or Intel Core i3 or i5 processors.
HP 255 notebook is a budget laptop.[7] [8] [9] The latest (as of 2025) tenth generation model (G10) is equipped with AMD Ryzen 3, 5 or 7 mobile processors.[10]
HP 340S notebook comes with a choice of Intel Core i3, i5, and i7 processors.
HP 450 notebook comes in a choice of Intel Celeron, Intel Pentium, and Intel Core i3.[11]
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.
HP 620 notebook from 2010 featured a dual-core Intel Pentium CPU.[12]
HP 630 was released in 2011 with a Intel Pentium P6200 dual-core processor. The HP 635 instead had an AMD Zacate E-350.[13]
The HP Stream series was first introduced in November 2014.[14]
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.[15]
Since then more generations of the 11 Pro have been released:
The first HP Stream 13 came with a 2.16 GHz Intel Celeron N2480 processor and Intel HD graphics, retailing for $230.[20]
HP Stream 14 came out in 2014 with a AMD A4 Micro-6400T APU[21] (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.[22]
Another Stream 14 revision (model no. series 14-DS) was released in 2020.[23]
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.[24]
A second generation (11-AA) was released in 2016 with CPU upgraded to Celeron N3060.
See main article: HP Stream 7. The HP Stream 7 is a tablet computer that runs Microsoft Corporation's Windows operating system. It was announced on September 29, 2014.
The HP Stream 8 is a tablet computer designed by Hewlett-Packard that runs Microsoft Corporation's Windows operating system.
| Type | Laptop | 2-in-1 | Tablet | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Display | 11.6" | 14.1" | 11.6" | 7" 1280×800 | 8" 1280×800 | |||||
| CPU | Intel Celeron | Intel Celeron N2840 | Intel Celeron | Intel Celeron or Pentium | Intel Atom Z73735G | |||||
| Memory | 4 GB | 1 GB | ||||||||
| Storage | 500 GB | 1 TB | 500 GB | 32 GB | ||||||
| HDMI ports | No | Yes | ||||||||
| USB ports | USB | 2x USB 3.0 | 1x USB 3.0 | 1x USB 3.0, 2x USB 2.0 | ||||||
| SD card slot | No | Yes | ||||||||
| Ethernet port | No | No | Yes | |||||||
