For $250 you'd be hard pressed to find a better deal. This new HP is loaded with "junkware" and that's why the price is so low. Right out of the box do a Windows 10 System Refresh by hitting Update & Security > Recovery. Click or tap the “Get Started” button under “Reset this PC.” This will remove all the CPU sucking junkware and you'll be left with a bare-bones operating system that runs perfectly. Just add your software and it's like a $800 machine. Case is awesome, very lightweight, sleek and track pad is solid. Speakers are above average when sitting on a hard surface and with headphones it sounds great. Screen resolution is perfect for HD movies. Battery life is about 4.5 hours with continual use. It's well designed and for half the price of a mobile phone it's a solid 5 stars.
I've used this laptop for several months now and I just love it. It loads quickly and has everything I need for my home use. The display is crisp and bright. It's been a very good buy.
Just purchased this computer and at first the CPU was constantly at 100% and in the red. Now for the price this computer has a relatively good CPU. This CPU has a benchmark of around 2600 which for the lay person a benchmark is a way to rate CPU's/Processors. Most computers in this price range have a CPU benchmark under 1000 and the higher the benchmark the better. This computer comes with bloatware pre-installed which slows down the computer and fills up the processor to 100%. After some work this computer is now running great with the CPU holding mostly at around 39% and startup time is at 42 seconds now compared to more than a minute and a half right out of the box.
Here's what i did. First I downloaded "PC Decrapifier." This tells you which programs on the computer are not necessary and which ones are and recommends which ones to be deleted.... for example one of the unnecessary programs was "Tangent" games. After that i downloaded "advanced system tools free" and scanned and cleaned the computer and then in that program went to "startup" programs and chose to run only the necessary programs to run upon startup. I added two 8gb ram sticks to bring the total ram to 16gb which was very tricky but there is a YouTube video on it and now the computer is running great. So that being said the computer is functioning very well for the price paid with a relatively decent processor. The end!
So many features for the price. I had been holding out because i didnt want to lose Windows 7, Windows 10 is not that much different and this HP is loaded with just about, or more, technology than the Dell I paid $2000 for 7 years ago!
Overall I'm happy with my purchase. It's not the fastes laptop I've ever owned but it does the job, the resolution is okay and the sound quality is great. I bought it as a secondary PC for work mostly and it will serve its purpose perfectly fine. I love the design, it's thinner than I was expecting, it comes with optical drive, the keyboard is excellent as it's actual full size, you know with the number pad included .Is perfect for the price!!. I do have to complain about the power button position, I've found myself turning the laptop off instead pressing the escape key.
Feature Product
- 15.6" diagonal HD SVA BrightView WLED-backlit (1366 x 768)
- AMD Quad-Core A6-7310 APU (2 GHz, up to 2.4 GHz, 2 MB cache), integrated AMD Radeon R4 graphics
- 4 GB DDR3L-1600 SDRAM, 500 GB 5400 rpm SATA
- 1 HDMI; 1 headphone/microphone combo; 2 USB 2.0; 1 USB 3.0; 1 RJ-45, full-size island-style with numeric keypad, 1 multi-format SD media card reader
- Weighs 4.74 lbs. and measures 0.9" thin, 3-cell, 31 Wh Li-ion battery
Description
HP 15-F247NR 15.6" Laptop AMD E2-3800 1.3GHz 4GB Ram 500GB HD Win 8.1 Refurb
Pros:
-Lightweight
-Nice, conservative design
-Alright processor and RAM, could use expansion to 8GB
-500GB of storage
-Lots of palm and wrist space to rest on
-Keycaps feel nice to type on
-Has bloatware, but only two programs which are McAfee and Wildtanget Games. I thought the HP suite that also comes with it isn't that bad since I can pair it with my HP printer
Cons:
-Cheap plastic toy feel, flexes a lot and honestly feels like a toy
-Battery life is not that long, from 100% and just about 45 minutes of medium/light usage it's at 88%
-Trackpad is kinda finicky when trying to motion gesture but it's minor
-Minor, but num lock key doesn't light up when activiated
-Stutters and lags when under load, which can be done when uninstalling the bloatware that comes preinstalled
Overall, it's not bad but I highly recommend getting this whenever it goes for sub $250 as anything above it makes other laptops way better choices. I chose this as a "better chromebook" that can do web tasks as well as handle old games like Civ 5. So far I don't count on the battery life making it throughout the whole day but it doesn't take long to charge.
The design of the computer is very nice & the outside of the laptop is coarse to the touch. The performance of the computer match's the design of it being a piece of future tech. It showed me what's new in Windows 10 which is a good operating system and they changed the login screen finally. I would recommend this computer. I will give an update in 30 days of any changes good or bad.
Good price for the performance. I needed a decent PC for running Windows10 Applications at home where I could access the internet via WiFi and run various electronics through Applications that run through the PC's USB ports. The only thing that I had to add was a Bluetooth Dongle so that I could use a BT Mouse.
Was looking for an inexpensive laptop for my 84 year old mother-in-law to use to check e mail and use the internet and chose this laptop due to:
1. price $250 for what was a couple of years ago would be considered a fast processor
2. HP a name brand
3. had everything you need - enough memory, enough ports, a DVD - to do an adequate job
I set it up for her and kept it simple and it is working out great
By the way, was NOT loaded with Bloatware, only a trial subscription Virus Program
also, had to remove HP Audio as it kept popping up and freezing up the laptop
So,again for $250 you get a laptop that is more than adequate
About this HP laptop for my grandson. He's in the sixth grade and the school requires all students have the computer. I shopped long and hard for a computer that was reasonably priced and would meet or exceed my grandson's needs. I decided upon the HP because it appeared to be the most cost-effective device available. It's been about two and half months since I gave the computer to my grandson and he appears to be very pleased with the computer's performance. I'm hoping he will get three or four years use on the computer before to buy another one for him.
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