Average Reviews:
(More customer reviews)I purchased this laptop for my wife. Got it through the HP Web Store using my corporate discount. Paid about $1050 including 2 day shipping. Only have had it for 1 day but I have been on it all day long. Havent had any heating issues, laptop is very quiet and the rare instance when the fan did kick in while running some applications, it was still quiet enough. Had bought her a CTO (cutom order) Pink Sony Vaio EB Series which had a horrible touchpad that wouldnt respond right, speaker volume was super low that made them useless at full volume level, screen was very washed out and had horrible viewing angles, and was sluggish with a Core i3 370M, 4gb RAM, ATI Radeon HD 5650. Only good thing about it is that Sony has a 30 day 100% money back guarantee and I used it, only thing is, if you buy online you gotta ship it back to them at your own expense, cant take to store.
Pros:
Lates SandyBridge Core i7 Processor
Large 1TB hard drive, although restore partition has over 30gb reserved
BluRay Disk Player
6GB or RAM (not sure why people complain about it not coming with 8GB since they knew this before they bought)
Large Capacity Battery (will give you at least over 4 hours which is great)
Keyboard is just fine (people complain about keyboard design)
Large Touch Pad (very responsive and accurate)
Dedicated Video Card capable of running any game at least at medium settings
Screen is very large, very bright, very colorful, very sweet for the price point
Webcam is very clear and good resolution
Cons:
Buttons on TouchPad are dificult to use (difficult to click and hold if you want to drag also)
Scrolling by using Gestures (2 fingers side by side) is not as easy as it should be, would rather be able to drag finger on the edge of touch pad
Not sure what Beats audio is all about but sound is ok for laptop. Triple Bass Reflex Subwoofer is a gimmic, does nothing to increase bass, it outputs regular muffled sound, not bass.
No USB 3.0 for a new laptop (But I knew this before I bought, so not really a complaint but a wish)
Wish they made power plug to laptop at a 90 degree angle, but instead its straight and a little longer than typical (Previous HP had to replace power cord 4 times because tip of adapter gets too much tension and breaks) On a plus side, power cord is longer than typical one so tension is less of a concern.
Conclusion:
Cant beat this laptop for the price I got for! It is for my wife so I needed something with longer battery life, with all the bells and wistles, and with the latest technology to last her a few years. I personally would have gone with MSI GT660 on Newegg for [...] after rebate since I am a gamer, but thats too much of a "guy" laptop for her. She wanted a Mac Book Pro 13" from Microcenter for $999 but couldnt stoop down to the level of a Core 2 Duo Processor and a much inferior Graphics Card, only 250gb Hard Drive and no BluRay. For the same price after Taxes, there was no way in hell I was going for a Mac. If this laptops gives me problems as time progresses, then I will update the review to reflect the TRUE performance of a broken-in laptop.
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