The HP Pavilion 15-B168CA is a mainstream laptop with a large 15.6-inch touch screen. It has middle of the road power for all of your general tasks, and is a good first Windows 8 PC. Touch screen.

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HP has gone ahead and refreshed a large part of its laptop and netbook line-ups, by infusing new life into its Pavilion PCs, Envy series, and HP Mini lines. All the new models reflect HP’s MUSE design ...

If you must have a notebook with a touchscreen, HP delivers a lot of computer for very little money. But you’ll need to be patient with this one’s performance. HP’s Pavilion TouchSmart 11z-e000 is one ...