Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Exactly what I was hoping for! I just got the laptop last night, but I played pretty hard on it all night. I'm tech savvy and was looking for a middle of the road laptop that wouldn't break the bank. I use a laptop mainly for web browsing, streaming, and social services. I wanted something that had some zip in it, as I can get impatient when a computer doesn't respond as quickly as I like to bounce from task to task/ web pages. Well I spent my night setting up all my accounts, installing apps, and setting the computer up to my personal needs. I was running several apps and installs at the same time and still got a great response out of the laptop, very little to no slow down. I downloaded some HD movies, which installed pretty quick (speed is determined by your internet capabilities) and had great playback. Streamed videos from youtube, Netflix, Amazon, and other internet sites and everything worked great in HD. I'm a gamer, but did not buy the computer for gaming as I am a console gamer. That said I do have Steam and downloaded "Gone Home" and it ran flawlessly at default settings. I do own a Xbox One and PS4; both have services to stream the boxes to the PC. I set up both and both streamed to the PC flawlessly; little to no lag and no dropped connections (will also depend on home internet capabilities). This computer is doing everything I wanted it to do! I had the computer on for about 4 hours straight of hard use. The laptop did not get hot, little to no warmth from the machine itself. The fan is whisper quite (so if your's isn't, it might be a problem with your machine) and the PC makes little to no noise while in use. I never really noticed any sounds coming from the PC, even turned off everything in the house so I could hear and it barely made any noise. The screen is HD, but has a matt like finish on it. It is not glossy. My wife has an HP pavilion, and the screen is a bit nicer on that machine. Both are HD displays, but the notebook (this HP version) looks a little different. It doesn't make the images look bad, still looks HD, but not as crisp as the Pavilion or your HD TV. Still it is a good display and I don't have any complaints, just something to note, it is not like an ipad display that is glossy, so it is worth to note. I really like the touch pad and mouse keys. The touch pad is a hard surface like the surrounding area of the keyboard, slightly indented so you know the area of the touch pad, works great for scrolling and clicking. The keys are actual keys and not where the touch pad itself depresses, I like this option more. For $459 this PC has it all and is worth the price!! Pros: - fast processor, snappy browsing and apps - can run minimal games - windows 10 (it rocks!) - touchpad / keyboard - tons of storage with 1TB model - lightweight - decent battery (after 2 hours heavy use it was down about 25%) - price (not sure if you can find a brand new computer with similar specs for anything under $550) - input options (HDMI, USB 3.0, x2 USB 2.0, SD Card, DVD drive/burner) Cons: - matt finish screen (barely a con, still a good display) - I got nothing else, great Product!!