HP's new tablet will hit market on Dec 7

SAN FRANCISCO, USA: In what seems to be an effort to take on Apple's MacBook, Hewlett-Packard (HP) on Wednesday unveiled a lightweight laptop computer.

Expected to hit the market on December 7, the laptop is priced at $900.

Perhaps HP's new chief executive Meg Whitman has stuck to her words as she had said in  October that the company would resume making tablets.

The HP Folio weighs 1.5 kg and has solid state drives along with 13.3-inch high-definition screens and is powered by Windows 7.

A model of Folio will be available with a built-in security chip to encrypt and protect email and stored data, according to HP.