HP Pavilion HDX X18

The HP Pavilion HDX X18 Series is a range of high-end ultraportable laptop computers, released by HP in 2008. The HDX X18 is the last HP Pavilion netbook style laptop that can be considered high-end.

Being the successor of the highly praised HDX 9000, it is clear that some design elements were reused, like the small but comfortable keyboard, palmrest design, and 11.1" display form factor.

The HDX X18 was offered with various color choices: black, red (black case, red display assembly) (Crimson Red), and a collector's favourite, gold(ish) (Champagne Gold). The gold variant is very rarely seen today, and is considered one of the rarest Pavilions out there.

The X18 is an excellent example of quality over price. They are built extremely well, with carbon fiber all around and metal accents. Original MSRP ranged from 2000€ for lower-end models, and all the way up to 4400€ for top-end models. The X18 was the best, and most expensive "netbook" on the market at the time, and probably still is, the best and most expensive (to buy used) netbook to this day.

The HDX X18 offered some features that were generally only seen on bigger, bulkier laptops, like a Blu-Ray optical drive and a very solid battery life. Performance was pretty good, thanks to an ultra-low voltage Intel Core 2 Duo CPU that was considerably more powerful than the Atom offerings of the time. Higher-end models also featured generously sized blazing fast SSDs.

The 11.1" 1366x768 was highly praised for it's excellent, crisp, image quality thanks to HP's XBRITE-DuraView LCD technology. An LED backlight was equipped instead of CCFL in order to improve image quality and make the display assembly thinner.

Despite it's small size, the X18 packed a generous selection of ports: two USB 2.0 ports, HDMI, FireWire, VGA, Ethernet, a all-in-1 memory card reader, as well as an ExpressCard/34 slot, headphone and microphone jacks.

The X18 was featured in a Smurfs film, though it wasn't clearly seen, or used

## Detailed Specs

**Processor:** Intel Core 2 Duo ULV (ultra-low voltage) SU9300 (1.20GHz) or SU9400 (1.4GHz)

**Graphics:** Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M or 4500MHD

**RAM:** DDR3, 1x2GB soldered, one slot free, up to 4GB

**Display:** 11.1" 1366x768 HP XBRITE-DuraView LCD with LED backlight

**Storage:** 1.8" uSATA (also known as Micro SATA) (very rare form factor), HDD (lower-end models), SSD (top-end models)

**Weight:** 1.27 kg

**MSRP:** 2000 to 4400€

## Daily Usage Today

The HDX X18 is still usable today for light modern tasks like web browsing and text editing. It is strongly recommended to upgrade the RAM to the maximum of 4GB and replacing the 1.8" HDD (on HDD models) with the help of a uSATA (Micro SATA) adapters like this one or this one (compatibility not guaranteed, will soon be tested by the PCRA team). Gaming is not possible on this device. Only retro games (early XP era and older) will run properly on the GMA.

## Games List

### 2c08 (HDX X18-1000)

World

Bejewerled

Belle

etc

### 1c10 (HDX X18-3100)

Bejerwereld, Stone Loops, Diner Dash 1, etc

## Downloads

Follow our guides to download and install drivers.

Recovery discs are not available for this model. We are currently trying our best to find them. If you have some recovery discs available, please archive them and send them to us!