‘HP Pavilion Wave’ Mixes High Tech Computer Technology With Stylish Interior Decoration

HP recently unveiled the “Pavilion Wave” unit, which has people scratching their heads trying to figure out exactly what it is. Technically speaking, it’s meant to be a computer. However, it resembles a stereo or an oddly mechanical vase, and so it’s rather difficult to tell.

At first glance, it’s easy to mistake the “Wave” as a common speaker, as Tech Crunch reports. The unit even has the logo of Bang & Olufsen plastered on the front, so anyone could be forgiven for mistaking it as nothing more than a music component. In truth, however, the “Wave” is a full-fledged desktop that sports a fairly powerful rig inside; the audio is fairly excellent as well.

Offering 2TB of storage when choosing the HDD version, the “Wave” is a buff little gadget that masquerades as part of the décor. This is exactly what HP was aiming for in order to allow the desktop to blend in with the environment, instead of sticking out like what more ostentatious examples often do.

This hints that the target customers for the device are those who need powerful computers for work or hobbies, but don’t necessarily want to show them off. In order to fulfill such needs, the “Wave” is equipped with 6th generation Skylake processors and choices range from the i3 to the i7, PC World reports. In terms of RAM, customers can choose to get the low-end 4GB DDR4 unit or the powerful 16GB option.

For those who are wondering, the “Wave” does support 4K viewing and for anyone who wants to upgrade their movie or gaming experience, they can always go for the AMD R9 M470 GPU that is available. All of this is available at a reasonable standard price of $530, though that number can quickly go up depending on how powerful the rig you want is.