20 Best Hp Laptops For Students (2023 Updated)

Context: I got this laptop to replace my old one as it was struggling to keep up with my activities and this laptop was on a crazy good sale for $699. I was a little hesitant in purchasing it as I’ve had friends whose hinges have broken on this model but ultimately decided it was worth a shot.

When it arrived, there was a gaping hole in the back of the box/package, though that likely was shipping’s mistake rather than best buys. Thankfully, I could not find any signs of damage, but it’s possible my experience was minorly influenced by that.

The laptop itself is pretty nice, especially for the price I got it at, but there were enough small problems with it that I ended up returning it. Pros: I like the color and sleekness of the design. It’s got a light sheen to it without getting too reflect-y.

I haven’t noticed any glare on the screen and the color/saturation is pretty good as well. I’ve been happy with its brightness levels, as it can go several levels higher than on my old laptop. I love that the screen really maximizes its space.

This is a 15. 6 in but only slightly larger than my old 14 in. It’s not crazy light, but for the size and specs, it’s not too heavy. The laptop stands on its own pretty well when in an upside-down position and doesn’t try to close further while tapping the screen.

I haven’t had any issues with the touchscreen as it responds well and doesn’t lag. The screen’s texture had a tiny bit of drag but I’d say is pretty good overall. Even though it needs the fan more than I’d like, I never had the computer heat up a ton which is very nice.

Cons: After thoroughly examining it and not seeing any signs of damage, I messed around with the hinges a bit. They seemed sturdy enough but did have a little bounce when I open the laptop. It seemed to work fine in tablet and upside-down mode, and the light bounce didn’t really bother me but if you use the touchscreen while in regular laptop position, I could see it getting very annoying very quickly.

I was not particularly impressed with the design in general. The image makes it look like the speakers are on the sides of the keyboard area, but the sound definitely comes from the bottom. In general, the quality was not great and super muffled due to its location.

I also noticed right off the bat that the touchpad and keys were pretty loud. This is something I hadn’t thought much about before, but this laptop’s definitely louder than my old one. The touchpad has just a tiny bit less glide than I’d like, but the light “thud” sound it made every time I tapped was definitely the bigger problem for me.

My touchpad making sound is an indicator that I physically pushed the click area down rather than just tapping, so the constant tap sound here bothers me a lot. The keys are also a bit annoying. I appreciate having some sound when I press a key down, but I found myself getting distracted by the sounds from this keyboard.

Finally, and my biggest reason for returning, is that the capacity just wasn’t enough for me. I was coming from a Ryzen 5 3000 series with 8 GB RAM, 128 GB SSD, and no touchscreen/2-in-1. Considering the serious upgrade in each of those areas, I was expecting a much larger difference than I got.

If I had over 20ish tabs open, the fan would start going and it didn’t take much more to start pushing my specs to their limits. In my task manager, my memory never dropped below 65% and it, my disc, and occasionally my CPU would often reach the 90-100% area.

Considering that’s with mostly regular sites and I do digital art/light gaming, I was very unimpressed that it was already struggling before I’d even opened those. I’ll definitely be going for a 16gb instead to feel secure for my art/gaming, but I would also recommend that for any fellow tab hoarders out there, this computer isn’t really built for more than 15-20 tabs without starting to struggle a fair bit.

Overall: 4 stars since its problems are more annoyances than large fallacies. If you aren’t a gamer/digital artist/editor/tab hoarder/etc, I would guess this computer would do well for you. The keypad and touchpad might take some getting used to, but those could probably be adjusted to fairly quickly.

The audio is definitely a drawback, but if you aren’t using it for music or things, it still is pretty understandable. Overall, definitely not the laptop for me, but I could see it being a great laptop for someone else.

Speaking of the i7/16GB/512GB model as purchased: unless you have particularly CPU- or graphically intensive needs that call for an i9 and/or high end graphics card, this model has all the power you’ll want or more.

This comes packaged in a stylish and sturdy-looking body. When it comes to wear and tear only time will really tell how a model will hold up; that said, this has a firm top case with little noticeable keyboard flex and hinges that hold any position firmly.

The clickpad is tactile, smooth, and big. A crameped touchpad experience is definitely not a concern here. The click response on this is a bit different than my previous laptop but after a quick adjustment works very well.

The omission of a numeric keypad is something some may miss but generally the keys are good for typing in my experience so far. Screen brightness is excellent and the integrated sound is excellent by laptop PC standards.

There is no fingerprint reader but the Windows Hello facial recognition camera has been similarly effective. Occasionally the PC will tell me to move my face a bit further away if I’m leaning in, otherwise it responds quickly and thus far without error.

In my use case I don’t have the chance to fully test the battery life to its fullest but this model seems like battery life won’t be a particular problem by the standards of laptop battery life. Port assortment is good, either of two type C thunderbolt ports may be occupied by the charging cable at any time but that would leave the other and another two type A USB 3.

1 ports.

PROS: Gorgeous (if a bit glossy) screen; lightweight; one of the fastest processors available — for now; CONS: No RJ-45 input; Windows 11 software still unstable; surprisingly poor graphics. I had high hopes for this model.

I ordered it July 4, 2022 — and Best Buy delivered it the next day. Unfortunately, it was all downhill from there. It’s clear that HP and W11 still don’t play nice together — this computer, like other HPs I’ve tried, has various issues with W11 instability.

But unlike the others, I was able to install a fresh copy of Windows 10 (version 21H2) on this model with ease — and that all but eliminated most software issues. But, to my eyes, the much bigger problem is the graphics component.

I don’t buy computers willy nilly — I do a lot of research beforehand. In researching this laptop, I found two credible websites that indicated the AMD Ryzen 5 5625u processor is supposed to come with a powerful iGPU — Radeon RX Vega 7 graphics, with up to 2 GB of VRAM.

Nope. This model comes with only a standard graphics card — and just 512 mb of VRAM. My eyes clearly see the difference between such a card — and my other computer with 2 GB of VRAM. There’s no legitimate reason why a computer normally retailing for $800 has such a comparatively poor graphics package.

If you’re less picky about graphics performance, this may well be a fine laptop for you. But if you are more selective about such things — then you may want to wait for the forthcoming Ryzen 6000 series models.

This is a customized laptop, and its running quite amazing. I’ll include what I customized below and hopefully it’ll make it into the review. I tend to ramble in my reviews so it won’t be too organized, but I still try to make them useful.

I set it up and used it before I handed it over to my mother in law who uses it for bills, shopping, and YouTube. She’s had no complaints about the laptop either thankfully. I was also impressed with the speakers.

We’re no audiophiles here, and I prefer headphones, but the speakers built in will do the job when needed. I upgraded the WiFi since it was only $20 and it feels worth it. 500mb/s down and 50 up on WiFi, but I know this will vary from household to household due to router potential and WiFi interference.

Upgraded the screen to 1080p because that’s my preference of standards, but the standard screen will still work of course. Its bright enough at its peak brightness, but its not over the top bright even at its peak if that’s what you like.

I also included 16gb of ram since again that’s my preference of standards and I won’t delve into the reasons. 8gb should be done away with at anything over 500$. Same with ram speeds under 3000 ram speed, which thankfully this laptop has 3200.

Again these are minor things alone, but added together can make a difference at times. Anything to reduce the number of hiccups in the experience. I did not test the microphone/camera. Setup was smooth and there was very little of what I’d consider bloatware.

Replaced McAfee with Norton since that’s her preferred anti virus service and I removed the office trial to prevent annoying notifications and to keep it from running silently in the background. I don’t recall what else I removed off hand, but it wasn’t much overall.

System still ran good out of the box though. The outside is a type of plastic, not metal, but it still felt surprisingly sturdy and pretty light for a 17″ screen. The touch pad was very responsive and is a good size.

The backlit keyboard I opted for looks nice even on the lowest setting so this will help when typing in a dimly lit room. The keys themselves are good to type on. The cpu is at its base, there was no need to upgrade for the its purpose.

Not premium, but not cheap either. Its a good balanced laptop overall. I got this on sale for 180$ off the top, so I put that back into the laptop to get some upgraded features and it came out about the same.

Well worth it in my opinion. If I had to get the base model, it would probably be a good laptop, but I’d still upgrade the ram if nothing else. Note for Gaming: I have no direct feedback on it for gaming since it wasn’t bought for that, but based on the specs and the built in graphics then it should still handle some light gaming without an issue.

Light gaming meaning it’ll play modern stuff and older stuff, just adjust the graphics settings as needed like disabling/lower shadows, lowing or disabling anti aliasing or texture details, etc. •17.

3″ diagonal, FHD (1920 x 1080), IPS, anti-glare, 250 nits – upgraded option to get 1080p •No DVD or CD Drive •128 GB PCIe NVMe TLC M. 2 SSD •Full-size, backlit, natural silver keyboard with numeric keypad – upgraded option to get backlit •Security Software Trial •16 GB DDR4-3200 SDRAM (2 x 8 GB) – upgraded option to get 16gb •MediaTek Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6 MT7921 (2×2) and Bluetooth 5.

2 combo – upgraded option for WiFi 6 •No Additional Office Software •Windows 11 Home Plus •Natural silver •HP True Vision 720p HD camera with temporal noise reduction and integrated dual array digital microphones (NSV) •3-cell, 41 Wh Lithium-ion prismatic Battery •AMD Ryzen 5 5625U (up to 4.

3 GHz, 16 MB L3 cache, 6 cores, 12 threads) + AMD Radeon Graphics.

First let me note that hp controls the reviews as they have removed my honest review 2 times already so who knows how many more they are preventing you from seeing. I have followed all their rules but it’s negative about the product so it gets removed.

Had I seen a review like mine I would not have purchased this laptop. So here is my review again it has been modified in an attempt to not be removed by hp and the bias staff again I have had eight HP laptops over the past couple of years and every year I order one the quality the workmanship the durability continues to go down lower and lower this is by far one of the poorest built laptops that I’ve ever had from HP.

Let me first begin with saying that the estimated ship date they blew that by three weeks and that means nothing if you’re expecting to receive it on a specific date and mine was not even during the holidays so.

Upon arrival it’s packed well with minimal material in fact there’s nothing in it other than the computer and the power cable no papers whatsoever which is good for the environment. it comes preloaded with a ton of programs at HP is loaded up from providers and VirusScan programs that just bog down the computer.

Then you spend an hour and a half removing programs there are so many on there. So now down to the build couple of issues this laptop does not allow a fingerprint reader. the keyboard is by far the biggest downfall it is by far the weakest and cheapest keyboard they make.

it feels as if it is a child’s keyboard it’s very thin plastic there’s no springs on the keys and so you’ll find yourself double pressing keys because they don’t activate all the way. this is for a full size island numeric keypad.

The keys are so thin you don’t even realize that they’re there compared to a traditional keyboard that they made in the past. The past hp made ones which are a much higher quality of all the things on the computer that’s gonna get use the most to keyboard they spent the least amount of money making a good product.

No I don’t have the backlit one because I figure there’s one more thing to go wrong on the computer worrying about lights and the inside of a keyboard. BAD THING IS there is no other keyboard option to change out for a better or a higher quality keyboard.

so buyer beware this is the biggest pitfall of this. The next problem and this is just a constant issue with HP because they are not aware of their customer base but the mouse pad is set up for a right handed person.

meaning the actual touchpad is left of center on the computer for a right handed person to use it. A left-handed person needs it on the right of center location so it makes it a little more difficult to use.

there are no additional buttons on the keypad it’s one single pad and you press in different locations for the right left clicks and I find that even with maximum sensitivity the slightest amount of moisture oil anything on your fingers completely deactivate the function of the touchpad compared to the ones in the past which had a smooth surface this one actually has a pitted surface on it so that you have more texture but is by far less sensitive.

it’s much harder to do fine detail work if you’re doing Photoshop programs or anything like that you can’t do it with this touchpad it’s terrible. I have the AMD 5700 processor series 7 and is extremely fast and 16 gig of memory with a 1 TB solid-state drive it is extremely quiet does not get hot.

so it is a good computer as far as that is built. But it is actually the AMD processor that makes it good The speakers are weak on this they are put underneath the computer so they’re actually facing in the wrong direction it almost sound when you hear the audio come out they’re muffled.

The other issues there’s only four connectivity ports on the entire computer 1 USB-C, 2 USB 3. 0‘s and 1 HDMI that’s it. Oh and the ports are all on the left side only which makes it hard to connect some devices.

there’s no networking cable there’s no second port for an audio or any other device to be plugged into and it does come with a SD card reader but it’s better if they just put another USB port and get rid of the SD card reader.

you have more practical uses for the USB port. I find that the real tech network card has a problem that if you have a mesh net work or you have body to G and a 5G network in your house the computer will naturally continually want to pick the 2.

4 G networked and step down rather than stepping up to the 5G and it’s a flaw in the design of the network card to matter what you can do unless you turn off your radio for your 2. 4 net work which most other things in your house probably run on it will not stay on the 5.

0 he constantly bounces down. Which is a unfortunate because the computer with a Great processor would be a outstanding connectivity device as well except that it keeps going down to the 2. 4 old slow system and slower speeds.

would I recommend this computer? not really as far as the processor and everything absolutely that’s great hard drive all that stuff fantastic. But the actual physical feel you would get it and you’re gonna feel like it was made from cheap plastic in some factory.

the quality just feels like it’s a cheap product. It is extremely light which is great but it feels as if you drop it it’s going to break into 1 million pieces. the outer shell is so thin they put no quality into protecting your computer at all.

if you sign up for the first responders discount they get 10% off. Well thats not true because HP all they do is raise the price to the full retail price and then takeoff the 10% !!! With a first responder discount it was $919.

As a person off the street and the current sales. $696!!! so you’re better off signing in as a guest and getting whatever specials and deals they have on the computer because you’re paid less than if your first responder and here they make it sound like you’re getting a discount as a first responder.

Understand how you’re going to use or who your buy this computer for. This is not a gaming machine or using it for 3dcad. This computer is excellent for schoolwork, facebook/social media, watching hbo or netflixs, keep the books on for a small business.

The keyboard is very soft, but the track pad works well, and the build quality feels good. You can customize this machine and to get the most out of it, I would suggest a bump up in memory to 16gb (you will be so much happier with this upgrade alone).

I would suggest the 256gb hard drive for the few dollars more, it really should have the 512gb hard drive as standard, but it was too expensive of an option for me at time of purchase. The Back Light keyboard option, hiding in the keyboard options, not available on all case colors, makes such a large quality of life upgrade (Note-the keyboard backlight is off by default, you push F5 to turn on, not FN+F5 like all other laptops- I almost RMA’ed the laptop thinking the backlight wasn’t working).

I would suggest you uninstall some of the bloatware (programs running in the background, eating battery life). Choose one of the 1080p panels options. I got touch screen option; it works very well. If I was using this laptop in an office with bright florescent lights overhead, the screens would not be bright enough (250 nits is screen brightness, and you should really have 300 minimum for bright offices) but in my normal house, under normal house lighting, I’m happy with the brightness of the screen.

Overall, this is a laptop at a price, and if you get all the bells and whistles then you should look for a high tier machine, but with some careful customizing (16gb of ram is most is important), this laptop can be an absolute steal with a very long usable life.

Overall: Pretty solid laptop. This is my daily driver for school work and it has almost replaced taking notes on paper after a brief adjustment period. The Pen: The pen that comes with this laptop might be the only annoying part.

I started having issues with its accuracy on and off within the first few months. The pen broke completely within the first year. If the pen isn’t a big factor, then this is a fine laptop, but the 2-in-1 functionality may be an unnecessary feature.

The Screen: Can’t recommend paying for 4k for most people though. The screen is so small that most people won’t be able to notice any real difference between a 1080p image and 4k. If you hook up the device to a larger 4k display at home or work regularly, then the added cost of a 4k screen might be more justified.

That being said, a 15. 6″ screen is my personal preference because anything smaller gets too cramped for me. So if you go smaller, then a 4k resolution gets more and more pointless in my view. Trackpad/Keyboard: Pretty satisfactory.

Nothing all that good or bad to make note of. Position of the trackpad was a little strange in my opinion, but it’s not any real issue. Sound/Webcam: Don’t plan on this being a great set of speakers at parties.

It’s perfectly fine if you’re just watching videos in bed or listening to music while doing chores, but it isn’t a dedicated sound system, so temper your expectations. I have issues getting the laptop to properly work with my headphones and galaxy buds.

I can hear audio through apps like Zoom just fine, but the laptop does not receive input properly from headphones (via wired or bluetooth; and both have been tested with other devices successfully). The camera switch is a cool feature though.

Camera quality is also fine. Nothing particularly special. Build Quality and I/O: Pretty pleased with the physical build so far. Aesthetically, it is a very pretty laptop, and the hinges feel pretty good.

It doesn’t open up fully without holding the base down, but it transitions smoothly into tablet mode. The ports are a big factor for me personally. With HDMI, 1 USB-A port, 2 USB-C ports (with one for power delivery), and a headphone jack, I have enough flexibility to connect just about any device.

There is no ethernet port or SD card slot though, so if those are important to you, you will need a dedicated dongle (and at that point the ports on the actual laptop are unnecessary, so that might justify shopping for other options).

In summary, I’m pretty pleased overall. It’s my personal, school, and work laptop. I do a lot of note taking, writing, and some coding from time to time (nothing fancy or all that demanding except some MATLAB work).

If you’re searching for something with lots of power from a GPU, this isn’t for you. But if you’re searching for a higher-end PC for everyday use, then this will fulfill most of your needs.

BUYER BEWARE, AVOID THE INTEL ARC GRAPHICS: I ordered a brand-new CTO HP Spectre 16 from HP. com back in June with the Intel i7-1260P CPU/Intel ARC A370M GPU, 32GB RAM, 2TB 4×4 SSD, AMOLED display, and the Intel AX411 Wi-Fi card – on paper, a truly high performing and well equipped computer that was expensive.

I waited for a month and a half before I finally received the product in the mail and in the interim, I saw various videos and forum posts about how **terrible** the Intel ARC GPU lineup was. I contemplated cancelling my order; however, I decided to give the computer the benefit of the doubt and experience it hands-on before and see if Intel would fix the problems before doing that.

Initially, the Intel ARC A370M GPU showed itself to be very buggy, I updated the GPU with drivers from Intel’s page (as HP does not have a support page yet for this product (. go figure. )) and it seemed to fix the GPU and allow basic usability.

However, this changed when I attempted to use basic programs such as Adobe Acrobat, Lightroom, Photoshop, or even do some light gaming. The programs would either: (1) not load at all and crash; (2) be pixelated/have artifacts that rendered them unplayable (Sims 4 and SWTOR would not play on the ARC A370M at all); or (3) blue screen the entire system.

I cannot believe that HP (and other manufactures that use this GPU, for that matter) would allow something this terrible to be sold to customers in what seems like a beta test run. For the $$$$, you’d expect to not feel like a guinea pig with a terrible buggy product that cannot even run basic day-to-day programs or do light gaming.

On top of that, Intel is rumored to be pulling the plug on the ARC graphic series altogether, which does not inspire confidence in the long run. My suggestions to you is to: (a) purchase the Iris Xe versions of this laptop as that graphics card is acceptable for daily usage; or, (b) to purchase a different laptop and avoid the ARC A370M and all other variants of the Intel ARC lineup altogether as they are terrible first-generation products.

15 days into this, I am very disappointed in this computer and I have spoken to HP to obtain a return authorization for the product. You’ve been warned.

I own the 2020 15. 6 inch HP Spectre x360 and am a big fan of the Spectre line of laptops. Decided to try out the new 16-inch non-OLED HP Spectre x360 with integrated graphs and fell in LOVE with it (will give my 2020 Spectre to a family member).

I was, however, curious if the 16-inch OLED HP Spectre x360 with discrete graphs might be a worthwhile upgrade. Newsflash, it ain’t. Everything between the two laptops is the same except for the screen resolution, GPU, and amount of internal storage.

Sadly, there is no major difference between the two screens (HPs non-OLED screens are that good). If anything colors on the OLED model appear a bit oversaturated. I do not game, do not edit videos, 3D model, etc.

so the more powerful GPU is just an unnecessary expense, rather than an upgrade. Since both laptops have a microSD card slot, more internal storage is also an expense for me. I purchased this laptop for about $50 less than the 16-inch non-OLED model (open-box discount and Best Buy gift cards).

Even at around the same price of the 16-inch non-OLED model, I still won’t recommend this laptop because of the inferior battery life associated with OLED screen. Results of standardized battery tests (continuous video loop at 150 nits screen brightness or 38%) conducted by internet reviewers reveal a battery life of only 6 to 8 hours.

Conversely, the battery life of my 16-inch non-OLED Spectre is outstanding. I get 14 hours of continuous YouTube (screen brightness at 38%, battery saver and wifi on, bluetooth off). Even more impressive is that I get 8.

5 hours with screen brightness at 100%, wifi on, bluetooth off, battery saver off, and power mode on best performance. So even at full power (100% screen brightness, power mode on best performance), the 16-inch non-OLED Spectre’s battery lasts longer than the 16-inch OLED Spectre’s battery.

I’m not the kind of person who can get along well with a device that only does one thing well. Thankfully, this device does lots of things, really well – truly the overachiever of computers. First of all, it feels overall well-made.

The keyboard is comfortable, and to use it in tablet mode, the screen rotates smoothly and securely. The screen feels satisfying and sturdy to tap and swipe on, and I can even use it with my rubber-tip stylus.

Also, the screen is quite large and very high-definition, so it’s amazing to watch movies, play games, or even read on. And, it does all those things very quickly and without lag thanks to the great Ryzen processor.

But it’s also great that this device isn’t just awesome for entertainment and playtime; it’s great for getting work done too, which is a must for me since I work from home. There’s a good amount of USB connections, both USB-C and standard USB so you don’t have to use hubs and adapters so much.

The webcam is really impressive quality – no more fiddling with the lighting in my room or playing with settings just to make myself somewhat presentable for a video meeting. The sound of the built-in speakers is genuinely awesome, too – it goes pretty loud and has amazing overall sound quality, which I’m not used to experiencing on any laptop or tablet I ever previously owned.

I love being able to blast my tunes or feel immersed in a video game without having to connect external speakers. On top of it all, the battery life is fantastic. Even if I’m doing something more intensive like gaming, it lasts for many hours straight.

I didn’t expect one device to be able to do so many things so well, but like I said, it’s definitely an overachiever. Whether you want to work hard or play hard (or, like myself, do a lot of both every day), this 2-in-1 has it all covered for sure.

The linux support out of the box is very good. The wifi module needs kernel 5. 16 or newer, but if you meet that prerequisite virtually everything else works perfectly. Suspend/resume, frequency scaling, wifi, bluetooth, touchscreen, backlight controls (keyboard and screen), audio/volume, accelerometer, and everything else I could think to try works.

The sole exception is the fingerprint reader: some synaptics model that `fprintd` doesn’t support (yet) out-of-the-box. The integrated Vega graphics are natively supported via open source drivers and perform great at compositing and gaming.

The 8C/16T Ryzen 5800U chews through the many compile tasks I have thrown it while providing amazing battery life (varies, but often well past 10hrs). The 16GB RAM is soldered but should be enough for me for a long time.

I have the luxury of being able to compare this side-by-side with a recent Dell XPS 13. The build quality and comfort is a tiny bit better on the XPS (the rubberized carbon fiber to rest my palms on is missed).

The XPS also has a nicer 16:10 screen. But with the lower price, much higher performance, vega graphics, and better battery life, I’d pick this any day for use as a linux development workstation. This laptop earns direct comparison with the XPS 13, even if the price suggests otherwise.

Shockingly (and probably owing to solid support for Ryzen APUs in linux) the linux support is also in the same league as the venerable XPS, at least with linux 5. 16 or greater. I have a nice USB-C dock and wasn’t sure if the laptop would charge that way since it comes with an old-school barrel plug and the included adapter uses that.

I’m please to report all of my USB-C PD charging adapters will charge this laptop via USB-C. They are all at least 65W so not sure what the minimum spec is. Wish this had USB-C ports on both sides and used USB-C to charge exclusively.

The extra IO and charging flexibility would have been appreciated.

My boyfriend spent over a thousand dollars on this after all fees and extra costs were included and it’s one of our biggest regrets with buying tech. When I first started using it, it would ask to restart every other day, refusing to connect to the wi-fi unless I restarted it.

It’s been five months and we’re at the point were the laptop asks to restart several times a day, refusing to connect to wi-fi until it restarts. These are not requests for updates either. There are no viruses or any bugs affecting my laptop.

We’ve made sure all drivers and ports are squared away. This is an HP doing what classic HP does. I was so excited to get out of having a Chromebook, another HP product that is famously known for always needing to restart as well, and here I am, with the same HP problem.

My experience with HP the past ten years has been like sticking with a cheap car brand, because it’s affordable you buy it, but after you own it, you realize why it’s so terribly mediocre. To note, I do not use this laptop to its full potential.

Plenty of memory still left on it, I mostly browse the internet and send some emails, no streaming or uploading of any kind. I’m too scared to venture into using this model for the reason I bought it – the drawing tablet HP was so proud to create for this model – because I just know I will be entirely disappointed.

Why? Because the laptop already regularly loses my webpages and emails as I’m using them, there’s no telling when it wants to restart, but once it wants to, anything using the internet is cut off and not retrievable after the restart.

I can’t imagine creating a work of art or just even having a little fun doodling, only for the laptop to decide it wants to restart and lose everything. I DO NOT recommend this product from HP. I am so verily disappointed.

The sales tech at Best Buy was so firm in his pitch to buy this product and we are so sad we listened. We should have gotten out of the HP brand when we had the chance. I’m going to Office Space this garbage HP Envy – it’s that terrible.

Originally I bought an HP Envy 8 GB/256 GB with an i5 processor laptop. I also purchased an additional 8 GB of expanding memory and I told the sales person the additional 8 GB of memory was to upgrade the memory of this laptop.

The sales person did not tell me the memory on this model was not expandable. To make a much longer story shorter, I found out shortly that the memory on this laptop was not expandable. Because of the way I use a computer (with lots of programs open) this new laptop quickly started to bog down.

I went back to Best Buy expecting a fight to return the laptop. The manager I spoke to (Shay) was very helpful and told me not to worry – to go buy the upgraded laptop I wanted, then have my data moved to the new computer – then return the first computer.

That is exactly what I did and Best Buy took the first laptop back. The HP Envy with 16GB/512GB with i7 processor I bought second is perfect. It has the capacity and speed to easily manage all the programs I keep open while working.

This is my 4th HP laptop over 12 years. I have never really had any hardware challenges. In spite of the many challenges you typically hear about doing business with Big Box stores – Best Buy came through this time with flying colors – other than the original sales person I worked with could have been better trained to know that the original laptop I purchased was not expendable.

I have purchased many electronics from Best Buys over the years. TV’s (I mean TV’s not flat screens – that’s how long ago it was), sound systems, Flat screens and many more things. Thanks for making this experience a positive one!.

Overall, spec wise, this laptop is hard to beat for the price when on sale. All aluminum case feels super well built and is packed with features. Backlit keyboard is nice and feels amazing The screen is super colorful and bright (400 nits) Great cpu Fast charging and decent port selection.

Where I question the build is. I got one and the screen did not sit 100% flush along the body. When the lid is open, you can see on the right side there is a gap in the corner between the screen lid and body and in the left side, it sits lower.

This by a few mm but still noticeable The trackpad also, for this price, should be a glass trackpad but it’s not. The click is nice and is super precise but, at 1100$ when not on sale, should be glass.

It also sits uneven slightly in the body as the right bottom corner sits slightly lower than the other corners that are flush. Onboard ram, why. no upgradability but should be good for a few years. Just don’t buy this with the intent of future proofing your purchase.

8 GB should be fine for most but not if you’re into intense video editing for example. Overall, on sale, very good buy even with those questional build issues. They are minor and don’t take away from the overall experience.

Maybe just get an extended warranty.

IšverstiShow in original languageDas ENVYx360 15-ee0359ng habe ich mir für die Arbeit und das Studium zu Vorlesungsmitschriften (Folien, PDFs, Skizzen via Touch) zugelegt und ist jetzt seit ½ Jahr fast jeden Tag im Einsatz.

Lieferumfang: + hübscher Karton ohne viel Plastik o neben dem Netzteil nur eine Anleitung in Form eines DIN A4-Zettels, auf dem nur steht, wie der Laptop angeschaltet wird Erster Eindruck & Haptik: + optisch sehr gut.

Das matte Metallgehäuse wirkt hochwertig, es knarzt nichts und lässt sich gut bewegen + Tastatur ist angenehm groß, Numpad mit dabei +/o das Trackpad fühlt sich sehr wertig an, etwas hoher Reibungswiderstand + unüblich viele Anschlüsse: u.

a. USB-C mit PD, Klinke, HDMI 2. 0, SD-Slot, Bluetooth 5. 0. Für USB-Vielnutzer wie mich klasse + nicht in Artikelbeschreibung, aber erwähnenswert: Fingerabdrucksensor, Soundtechnik von B&O Bedienung: + angenehm wenig Bloatware + HP-eigene Software zur Erstellung eines Nutzungsprofils(z.

B. max. Leistung; möglichst leise) + Akku ist durch AMD CPU sehr sparsam. In 6 bis 8 Std. Dauernutzung kommt er nicht unter 30%. Meist ist noch genügend Energie für den Folgetag übrig + Performance: Man ist dank der SSD und Fingerabdruck sehr schnell im Homescreen.

Mit üblichen Office-Anwendungen und einfachen Software-Projekten kommt er sehr gut und schnell zurecht. + Tastatur hat gutes Fingergefühl, Klicksound ist etwas „billig“, aber leise, fällt im Schreibfluss nicht auf.

– unter normaler Deckenbeleuchtung gut, bei zu viel Außenlicht spiegelt das Display aber sehr stark, auch bei maximaler Helligkeit. Eine Folie solche habe ich für Touchscreens dieser Größe vergeblich gesucht.

+ im Touch-Betrieb nutze ich den HP Pen (1MR94AA). Es lässt es sich super auf dem Display schreiben und verbindet sich sofort bei der ersten Berührung mit dem Pen und erkennt Zusatztasten Radiergummi zuverlässig + Ein schmaler Streifen auf dem Deckel verhindert, dass die Unterseite beim Umklappen die Deckelfläche zerkratzt.

The computer is great. It does what laptops do. My only real complaint is that the speakers are on the BOTTOM of the computer??? And it really messes the sound up if you put it on other surfaces. It’s just weird and the sound gets muffled when you put it on anything.

I wish I looked harder at this computer before buying it because I wouldn’t have gotten it if I’d noticed BOTTOM SPEAKERS.

HP Pavillion Aero, is arguably one of the most efficient laptops in it’s segment. It has 16 GB of RAM, 512 GB SSD and is powered by AMD Ryzen 5600U processor. It comes along with AMD Radeon inbuilt graphics, simiilar to intel xe or uhd grahics that are built on the processor chip itself, therefore not requiring a dedicated slot for graphics card.

The laptop is pretty amazing in it’s sound, as expected from every HP laptop that comes with B&O. A very novel aspect of this laptop is it’s max brightness, reaching upto 400 nits!, belive me that is bright, very bright.

The screen is pretty decent as well. Another aspect is it’s ergonomic hinge. The areas where it needs some work is: the keyboard design. The control button is smaller than alt. the row of keys on the right side doesn’t make any sense.

Also the body is completely plastic, possibly to make it lightweight( it weighs just 970 gms). A very big issue that I have personally noticed is that the cooling for this laptop is no upto the mark.

It tends to get very heated, just after playing Valorant for 10 minutes. The battery life is pretty good though. Charging is also not bad. (it can also be charged by your mobile type c charger !). Overall it is a good laptop, especially for professionals who travel a lot and need a light weight machine for their daily work.

Update: Have been using it for the past 1. 5 months. The one thing that I have noticed is that it’s battery is not that amazing. After a full charge I was only able to use it for 2 or 3 hours at max.

Bought this laptop less than a week ago & have been putting it to work, running Visual studio at crazy capacity writing complex software and so far it has not let me down at all. Pros: – The build quality is very decent.

– The keyboard is backlit and types very nicely. – The screen looks fantastic and bright. – The AMD Ryzen 7 processor is super fast with no lag at all. – The battery lasts a good 9 to 10 hours whilst watching movies or working on ‘CPU heavy’ projects.

– The stereo microphone sounds great when recording voice clips or in a meeting. Cons: – The camera is not the greatest ever, however, it is really not bad actually. – There are no extra perks in the box like a protective pouch or wireless mouse etc.

Overall very happy with this purchase!.

Great computer at a great value. Light-weight, great battery, lots of storage space.

For the price, it has good features and potential. The 1080p, matte screen that doesn’t reflect every light in a 5 mile radius alone is a rare find at this price point. That potential is held back somewhat by the typical pre-installed garbage software strangling the anemic 4gb of ram.

I was less than impressed by the out-of-the-box experience. Edge constantly hanged and stopped responding on web pages, updates were slow, and I could barely go 30 seconds without some HP popup obnoxiously offering tips or offers for trial software and services.

So much for Windows 10 S mode being “speedy”. After feeling like I punished myself enough, I unscrewed the bottom of the case (after offering my deepest and most sincere contempt for the engineer that hid additional screws underneath the rubber grip feet, watch out for those), popped in another stick of RAM, and installed a clean, generic copy of windows from a USB drive.

Difference is night and day. After just a $20 4gb stick of RAM and a clean install, this system SOARS. Buttery smooth web browsing with dozens of tabs open, windows updates install quickly, and multitasking with multiple programs is easily possible with the 4 core, 8 thread processor once it isn’t starved for memory.

But if popping open the laptop sounds like scary, intimidating work or you don’t have a geek to do it for you, keep on shopping. This laptop needs some DIY work put into it to really shine, if you want something that just runs great out of the box, look for something else with at least 8gb of ram and a solid state drive of decent capacity.

This is my first Chromebook and my first HP laptop. I have prior experience using Windows, IOS, and Linux. Overall, I am impressed with both the Chromebook OS and this HP laptop for the purpose in which I purchased this device.

The Laptop The laptop build quality was much better than I expected. It feels sturdy and the keyboard and touch pad have a nice feel. I really like the spruce blue color. The screen quality is very good and has vivid brightness levels.

Performance is good. Overall, there is more than enough processing power for browsing but keep in mind, this is not a gaming laptop. The only minor issue I have encountered is the speaker quality and volume levels could be a little better.

Chrome OS If you spend most of your time in a web browser, the Chrome OS is a good choice. If you don’t mind using Google Docs, Google Sheets and the other Google office software then Chrome OS will serve you well.

I am a MS 365 user and discovered that I can only use the web versions of Word and Excel. I have also learned that some of the Android apps on the Google Play store will not run on a Chromebook. Summary I purchased this as my “couch browser” and it is working well for that purpose.

I needed a slightly larger screen than my iPad due to my diminishing eyesight and the larger screen is working better for me at an economical price. I wouldn’t use this as a primary business laptop or gaming device.

So I guess I will leave a decent review since the others just say, “I don’t like it!” I am a lifelong MacBook user and came across the HP Chromebook as a gift from an editor who provided it to my student.

The students then received their own computers, so I had this sitting around. Use- Leaving a position where I had to turn in my MacBook, I picked up this computer again. I was amazed to learn it had a backlit keyboard, which is why I use MacBooks.

I am also totally over Microsoft and pages, so I was happy to try google 100%. I write on this daily, research web articles, and stream. The capabilities are good for split-screen use, mirroring (or casting) to larger devices, and plugging into external monitors for more screens.

So far, I am pretty pleased with the productivity of the HP Chromebook. When travelling, I don’t fear breaking or damaging this laptop since it was an inexpensive device. I appreciate the ability to have the password manager secure, which is a lot better than the apple concept.

The most efficient are google drive, docs, photos, voice, and meet. I like that I don’t have to have additional pay support like zoom, word, and dropbox. I added secure communication apps like signal and whats app.

Another benefit is using my apple AirPods, the magic mouse, and the apple keyboard without additional expenses. The keyboard is smooth and quiet. It is backlit, which makes my review higher for night writing while my family is winding down and the lights are low.

The trackpad is a little stiff but can be adjusted; I just haven’t tinkered with the setting. Drawback- this device uses a USB-c, which may or may not have the associated cords if you are an Apple user.

Luckily I have a few abandoned cords my students have left behind. The downloads get used up pretty fast. I see there is a port for a micro card, but I have just dumped unused files and taken the rest to google drive.

My main drawback is that the laptop may have a setting I don’t know of, but the laptop loses signal quickly on weak or moderate Wi-Fi signals. It will jump back on if the wifi becomes strong again, but it becomes problematic at peak school hours.

This is my main complaint about the device. As for the keyboard layout, I am still adjusting since I am a lifelong apple user. I don’t always remember the control c/v and often still do alt c/v. There are arrows up, down, left, and right.

The sound is ok and not the best, so I use my AirPods. The camera is a tad grainy, but I am ageing, I don’t wish to be crisp clear online in meetings I know my editor got this for a $200-300 price range during a covid pandemic sale when we shut down the world.

I see the price is around $399 now. I am leaving a 4 out of 5 because the signal to wifi is problematic. Also, downloads must be moved and dumped for limited storage and space.