HP 15" FHD, Intel Core i3-N305, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Silver, Windows 11 Home, Gift Bundle

The HP 15in laptop core i3 with 8GB is pretty light and thinner than what I'm used to. Noticed that battery is already installed but still got to remove most of the keyboard and bottom just to find the core. I found on the Step by Step sheet easy to read and work with. Easy to set up with the wifi and charging it with the AC adapter. Keyboards keys nice with no clicking noise from pressing them or sticking, the screen is simple with camera built in at the top. The only thing I do not like about the laptop features is its lacking a CD disk drive on the side & that`s very important to me cos i use it a lot on my HP desktop but this is a good price for a laptop.

Where do I begin. First, it comes with Windows 10 in S Mode. For flexibility, I easily switched to full Windows Home in seconds with a few clicks. To do a benchmark, I installed PassMark PT and InSSIDer. Astonishing performance for an inexpensive laptop. Overall PassMark figure is 3433 with the CPU at 6223, and the amazingly fast 256GB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD clocks in at 16525 – the fastest I've ever measured in any computer. Laptop feels zippy. The WiFi radio tests extremely sensitive, meaning your wireless connection will always be as good as it can be. The energy efficient design runs very cool. It comes without annoying bloatware and has a bright display. I prefer to set the power button to do a full shutdown rather than sleep when turning off, especially since this fast laptop fully boots up in seconds. Has a full number pad. Has two standard USB 3.1 jacks and one USB 3.1 Type C. For pointing, you can use the full touch screen, the touchpad, or a conventional/wireless mouse – your choice. It weighs 3.5 lbs. (1.6 kg) on my postal scale. Narrow screen bezel keeps the machine compact. The battery charged from 20% to 100% in about 2 hours. Microsoft 365 is installed as a trial. I already have an M365 subscription, so it picked that up instantly and set up 1TB OneDrive for backup and extra storage. The speaker audio is very good for a laptop and can play quite loud. The camera is adequate but a little noisy in lower light. When first started up, it updated Windows automatically from Microsoft, so allow it to do that, and you'll be freshly current. It has the latest Windows Security, so extra malware protection is generally not required. Be sure to turn on Windows ClearType so that on-screen text looks smoother – don't know why that isn't a Windows default. I think this is the best laptop value you can find and will surely please everyone but serious gamers. HP is a good major brand, and they deliberately designed an excellent affordable laptop.