laptop works great, using for school and the touchscreen is amazing. Microsoft office runs perfectly and windows 8 is a little bit easier to use with the touchscreen (still prefer earlier windows) 4 people found this helpful Report Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2013 Works well for Minecraft! Fast processor & few issues. Not a fan of Windows 8 however. I need to get used to the OS. 2 people found this helpful Report Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2014 I am not a computer pro so I can't speak about specifics, memory,etc. I can say the laptop is just what I need it for my home office and my kids to do homework. I'm still getting used to Windows 8 but do far so good. We have had it for over a month only. One person found this helpful Report Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2016 Only reason this is a one star is because I bought it as a surprise for my girlfriend, and the worst thing happened. It does not want to charge. Please someone help to see if I am doing something wrong. Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2013 great laptop. it's money well spend. it's fast. great capacity. i was a litle scared about the amd a8, but i'm 3 weeks of use it and i'm pleasent surprised, the best it's the tochsmart screen. i think it's the only way to manage windows 8. 4 people found this helpful Report Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2015 Fast smooth and awesome! Wife loved it! No problems here! Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2019 I think they built this to self-destruct after 2 years. It was lightly used. Replaced the battery and charger several times and now the whole computer is done. Giant is waste of money. One of HP's only CES 2013 laptops is a mainstream touch-screen laptop that should help budget shoppers get the most out of Windows 8.  Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of computers and gaming hardware. A New York native and former radio DJ, he's also a regular TV talking head and the author of "The Tetris Effect" (Hachette/PublicAffairs), a non-fiction gaming and business history book that has earned rave reviews from the New York Times, Fortune, LA Review of Books, and many other publications. "Upends the standard Silicon Valley, Steve Jobs/Mark Zuckerberg technology-creation myth... the story shines." -- The New York Times Expertise I've been testing and reviewing computer and gaming hardware for over 20 years, covering every console launch since the Dreamcast and every MacBook...ever. Credentials
One thing we're seeing more and more of is Windows 8 touch-screen laptops that manage to hit very reasonable prices. Joining the crowd is HP's new Pavilion TouchSmart Sleekbook, a 15.6-inch almost-ultrabook that starts at $649. Before the new Windows 8 era, where touch screens quickly became standard equipment for many laptops, having a touch screen was an expensive option found on only a handful of specialty systems. Even the very first Windows 8 laptops we managed to get our hands on were all in the $1,000-plus category. The holiday 2012 season brought touch to midprice systems, such as the Acer Aspire V5 and M5, which cost under $600. For just a little more, the Pavilion TouchSmart Sleekbook looks like a solid entry point for mainstream consumers, who may still prefer a desk-friendly 15-inch display to all the 11-inch and 13-inch ultrabooks out there right now. Dan Ackerman/CNET HP's Sleekbook line is a proprietary name (and frankly, a rather silly one) for slim, lightweight laptops that for whatever reason, don't meet Intel's official specs for its ultrabook designation -- most often because of a platter HDD or an AMD CPU. Compared with under-$1,000 laptops from just a couple of years ago, what HP has been able to make available in the $600-$900 category as Pavilion and Envy Sleekbooks has been pretty impressive. The designs, including this one, are still on the plastic side, compared with the all-metal designs you'll find for more money, but there's enough crossover from HP's higher-end Envy products to make this look like a laptop that costs more than $650. That default configuration includes and AMD A6-4455M processor, 6GB of RAM, and a 750GB HDD. The only disappointing spec is the 1,366x768-pixel screen resolution, which feels dated for a 15-inch laptop. The HP Pavilion Touchsmart Sleekbook will be available from February 3. Available starting January 13 will be a non-touch-screen version, called the HP Pavilion Sleekbook, from $479. |
