I was pleasantly surprised at how well this laptop performed once I replaced the hard drive with a solid state drive (ssd). Solid state drives are typically 4x faster than mechanical hdds. If you just use the mechanical hard drive that originally came in the laptop it will run slow. With the solid state drive this laptop can have 10 tabs in Google Chrome open, multiple Word documents open, Excel open, a YouTube video running all at the SAME TIME, and still not lag nor feel slow. Even with only 4 gb. of ram the laptop performs tasks smoothly. The reason is the RAM is DDR4 2400 mhz. speed, so it can transfer data 50% faster than previous generation ddr3 ram.
You can upgrade the RAM to a MAXIMUM of 8gb. DDR4 2400mhz. There is only 1 ram slot, so you'll have to take out the 1 x 4gb. stick and put in a 1 x 8gb. stick.
Things to do to make this laptop fast:
1. Do a fresh/clean install of Windows 10 (to get rid of bloatware) on an ssd NOT the original hdd.
2. Turn "power options" power plan in control panel to "High Performance". This will boost your processor speed and your ram speed to advertised levels.
3. Do Windows updates before installing any programs
I bought this like a backup laptop. It is great. Sound is decent. Not so happy with the display. But .. go to graphic card settings and lower the contrast to minimum... Display is much better with that setting.
I would suggest to everyone who bought this laptop to upgrade to SSD for just $58 - I bought Silicon Power 512GB SSD 3D NAND A55 . There is a cloning software (free). Just look for the link on their web site. Serial number is on the SSD for the cloning software.
When you replace the HDD with SSD The overall performance is almost the same as laptops with I7 processors. Startup is less than 10 sec.
I bought this on black Friday(actually Wednesday night) it arrived Saturday. Took maybe 15 minutes to boot, sign in, set up the WI-FI. I'm not sure of all these people having an hour to boot up. The computer works fine, feels a little on the cheaper side, but at the price point for a touchscreen laptop it's fine. battery life so far has been really good and it's good to see the charger is the same as our other HP laptops, makes it more convenient with multiple laptops in different locations. overall I'm pleased with it so far.
I am typing on the computer right now. This is a basic computer to get things done. I am currently in school and I need a computer to surf the web and watch a Netflix on. If that is what you are looking for then this is the computer for you. Getting the computer set up was really slow and overall the computer is slow. Either way this computer will get things done. I am happy with it so far. It is extremely light weight too.
This laptop is great. It has great screen resolution and plays videos with great quality the touch screen feature works great and very accurate. Sometimes I forget it there and touch the screen on accident but I enjoy it. It feels on the light side in terms of weight but it's a great performing laptop. There's no CD player but I honestly don't find myself using that at all these days.
Feature Product
- 15.6" HD LEDTouchscreen Display (1366 x 768), 10-finger multi-touch support
- Intel Quad Core Pentium Silver Processor N5000 (1.1GHz, up to 2.7GHz)
- 4GB DDR4-2400 Memory; 1TB HDD Hard Drive
- Intel UHD Gaphics 605, HDMI, HD Webcam, DTS Studio Sound, Intel HD Graphics 620
- 1 USB 3.0, 2 USB 2.0, 1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Win 10 Home 64-bits, No DVD Optical Drive
Description
This stylish laptop offers reliable performance and long-lasting battery life so you can easily surf, stream, and stay in touch with what matters most. Key specifications Operating system: Windows 10 Home Processor: Intel Pentium Silver N5000 Display: 15.6-inch diagonal HD SVA WLED-backlit touchscreen (1366x768) Memory: 4 GB DDR4-2400 SDRAM (1 x 4 GB) Internal storage: 1 TB 5400 rpm SATA Graphics: Intel UHD Graphics 605 Battery life: Up to 7 hours (mixed usage) Up to 6 hours and 30 minutes (video playback) Up to 5 hours and 45 minutes (wireless streaming) Webcam: Front-facing HP Webcam with integrated digital microphone Product weight: 4.30 lb
Have had the laptop for a day now everything works great!! A little bit of lag while downloading stuff but if you're not downloading everything runs great. Very pleased with my purchase. Can't imagine i could buy a laptop with 1TB at this price.
I bought 2 because the first one was awesome is a very good laptop for less than 300
No issues used everyday works great
This the best laptop that I’ve ever owned. It runs FL Studio 20, Netflix, Hulu and minecraft with solid speed and good performance!!!
Newer version of HP Laptop that I purchased 5 years ago. Value for the money is very good. Would buy this again.
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