The HP Pavilion x360 looks a lot like last year’s Spectre series but has the advantage that they are slightly cheaper and have more colour options. Some of these are targeted for the school market so bright colours are a good idea.

The colours include Natural Silver, Modern Gold, Dragonfly Blue, Cardinal Red and Sport Purple with a new "digital thread design" with a pearl finish on the keyboard deck

There are three sizes – 11.6", 13.3" and 15.6" and lots of configuration options depending on what you are looking for in a laptop. The 11.6" and 13.3" versions are now lighter and thinner compared to last year the 15.6"is new.

The 11.6" x360 weighs 2.93lbs with a 19.3mm thin profile while the 15.6" x360 weighs 5.07lbs with a 23.9mm thin profile.

All models feature one HDMI, two USB 3.0 ports, one USB 2.0 port, SD card reader and audio combo. There is HP Fast Charge on select models, charging the device up to 90 per cent in 90 minutes when powered off.

There is up to 512GB SSD with the option for hard drive storage up to 1TB HDD, depending on the model. There is HD and option for Full HD IPS displays on the 13.3" and 15.6" diagonal models.

The Pavilion x360 11.6" can manage 10 hours of battery life and up to 8GB of memory with the choice of Intel Celeron, Intel Pentium or 6th Generation Intel Core™ i3 processor The Pavilion x360 13.3" has nine hours of battery life and 16GB of memory with the choice of 6th Generation Intel Core i3 and i5 processor. The Pavilion x360 15.6" notebook offers up to 9.25 hours of battery life and up to 8GB of memory with the choice of Intel Pentium or up to 6th Generation Intel Core i7 processor with optional GeForce 930M graphics

The 11.6" HP Pavilion x360 will set you back $379.99, the 13.6" HP Pavilion x360 starts at $479.9 while the 15.6" HP Pavilion x360 starts at $579.99
All of them should be available in mid-May.