Natural Silver HP E7Z14UA-ABA 15.6 Inches Laptop Review

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HP Envy 15-j170us 15.6-Inch Touchsmart Laptop with Beats Audio

The HP E7Z14UA-ABA laptop is a notebook computer, great for use as a personal computer. Packed with a large 15.6 Inches display and a powerful AMD Elite Quad-Core A10-5750M Accelerated Processor 2.5GHz CPU processor. This HP laptop model would work well for portability with its 5.6 Pounds lightweight design and sleek natural silver look. Great for gaming, heavy duty processing or a work computer, this laptop is worth the price of $1033.

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HP Envy 15-j170us 15.6-Inch Touchsmart Laptop with Beats Audio. This HP E7Z14UA-ABA laptop is a powerful computer that is great for more than the average usage. You can use it for development work, play the latest video games, video editing as well as watching movies online such as Netflix, visiting social media networks like Facebook and be able to communicate with friends and family online through programs such as Skype and much more! Store your important documents with ease using this laptops spacious 1024GB hard drive storage. Whether you need to write your term paper, catch up on work or create the family budget, this HP E7Z14UA-ABA mobile laptop allows you to multitask with 8GB DDR3L SDRAM and the high end processing power of the AMD Elite Quad-Core A10-5750M Accelerated Processor 2.5GHz.

With a stunning flush glass touchscreen, HD display and outstanding audio, the HP ENVY TouchSmart 15-j170us Notebook is the perfect combination of entertainment and design. Make the most of Windows 8 with multi-touch gestures. This laptop's completely redesigned to be thinner and lighter, so take...Click Here To Read More & Get Latest Offers
System Features
AMD A4 2.5 GHz
8.0 GB DDR3L SDRAM
1024.0 GB 5400.0 rpm Hard Drive
15.6-Inch Screen, AMD Radeon HD 8650G graphics
Windows 8.1, 6.5-hour battery life
Laptop System Specifications
ProcessorAMD Elite Quad-Core A10-5750M Accelerated Processor 2.5GHz
RAM8GB DDR3L SDRAM
HDD1TB Mechanical 5400RPM
GraphicsAMD Radeon HD 8650G Graphics
Screen15.6 Inches
OSWindows 8;
Weight5.6 Pounds
Dimensions9.9 X 14.4 X 1.2 Inches
USB Ports3.0 Ports (4)
Wireless802.11bgn
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Should have listened...., May 16, 2014
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I debated for over a week on this laptop versus another (much cheaper) option, and the HP Envy won out because of the touch screen. When I first started using it, I thought the screen was glitchy, and it seemed the more I used the screen the less responsive the key pad was - but I chalked that up to getting used to something new. A month later, and it's being packed up and returned.

Pros:

Touch screen is convenient (when it works)
Screen resolution is fine indoors
10-key number pad

Cons:

Screen is barely viewable in natural sunlight without an anti-glare screen cover
LOUD - after about 15 minutes on my lap, the fan would kick on and never shut off
Battery life was less than 3 hours with use, and +/- 5 hours on standby
Touch screen was iffy at best, even after repeated cleaning and removal of anti-glare cover
Heavy for size
Extremely slow for the processor speed
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Picture Perfect, April 10, 2014
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The HP Envy was up and running moments after set up. The unit came with 8.0 and I was about to update to 8.1 when I was prompted to do a back up of the 8.0 system; note you need 24gb of capacity on a flash drive! Takes about 15 minutes to back up with a flash drive and 2,5 hours using three CDs. Note you must have a single flash drive with 24gb since you can not use multiple drives. The unit runs very quietly the majority of the time and does not run hot when on your lap. Windows 8 takes quite a bit of getting used compared to W7. Unit wakes up from sleep mode in seconds. Overall, very fast processing and beautiful appearance. Have not yet checked out the gaming capabilities.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars So far I really like this computer, November 5, 2014
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So far I really like this computer, except for 1 major annoyance - it does NOT have a backlit keyboard, as advertised!!! Damn you false advertising amazon ad!!!

Pros:
1) Love the touch screen - very responsive.
2) Love the cpu and RAM - this thing is as fast as you want (I use it for programming and graphics (photoshop), and it excels even when I'm running multiple programs, including virtual machines and localhost apps in the background). As for gaming, sorry to say that I have not tried it. I'm not a gamer, just a coder.
3) It's lightweight for its size and sleek enough

Cons:
1) Beats sound system is nothing special - the wannabe bass pumps out random, low pitch sounds when certain apps initially start (although this has only happened with 2 apps so far), and the music and video sound quality is not anything to rave about. This said, it is also not worse than most other laptop sound systems either - it's just average.
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