I like the laptop. It starts in just seconds and when I shut it down it's just as quick. The battery doesn't last as long as I hoped, but it does take a few hours of running before I have to plug it in and re-charge the battery. A lot of it depends on how many apps are running in the background. I turned off the ones I don't use much. I use my wireless mouse and keyboard with the laptop and it works great. This is not considered a gaming laptop but it does quite well with the ones I've tried like WoW and Diablo III.
Navigating the function for screen lighting, clarity, and colors are difficult. Set up was not plug and play. I thought it was. I had to search the web for help fine tuning or working good. Many pre-sets for connecting to the web, changing the default for apps such as gmail were not easy to locate. Getting started with this new laptop was much more difficult and time consuming than it was my for my Slim HP with Intel COREi5. The quality of the video is better, it is faster, and easier to maneuver through settings. Not perfect but is much easier than my new laptop. Im sure someone with more computer skills than me could improve my experience. I like the look and size of the laptop. It is great. The price was very good. Power cord could be another foot longer. Way too many ads. Hard to delete them without going through a lot of delete features. I know that's not necessarily an HP problem but all these problems could be and should be placed into an easy to read and follow instruction guide.
Works good, starts fast, opening it the first time was a little confusing because it had product displayed to download from that I didn't recognize may have been some older products I had used.
Enjoying my HP Laptop. Performance is excellent w the SSD 512G, and Intel 5 processor. As for looks I like the sleek design and silver finish w backlight keyboard and high quality screen display. I would highly suggest this config, and price tag was in line with my budget.