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Alexander S.

Alexander S.

Joined on 11/27/11

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Most Favorable Review

My friends envy me...

HP ENVY 14 14.5" Intel Core i5-2410M 4GB Memory Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit LW397UA#ABA
HP ENVY 14 14.5" Intel Core i5-2410M 4GB Memory Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit LW397UA#ABA

Pros: -The entire laptop feels well made, the plastics are thick and sturdy. I have to push fairly hard on the back to get it to bend. -Keyboard is sturdy and comfortable to type on. The backlighting is such a great feature, I couldn't live without it now. -Great touchpad features in Synaptics, easily accessible button to disable the touchpad. -Useful FN functions instead of silly things like a calculator button -Webcam quality is surprisingly good -Great LAPTOP speakers. If this sound was coming from desktop speakers I would be incredibly disappointed. But as laptop speakers they get plenty loud with little distortion and even a little bit of bass. Beats is just a marketing scheme but it does help the laptop show off itself. -3 USB 3.0s, HDMI, DisplayPort, two headphone jacks (that's really hard to find) -It's downright sexy, from the keyboard to to the glossy back screen to the glowing HP logo. The name fits it well. -Runs surprisingly cool. Even during gaming. -The size is perfec

Cons: A fingerprint scanner would've been nice, but it's not a necessity. Won't affect my rating.

Overall Review: Also, this laptop performs very well. Boots up super quickly even after the junk I've loaded onto it. Was able to run MW3 smoothly (60FPS) on med-high settings and it didn't get hot. Remains fairly quiet when the fan is on maximum overdrive. Also, for being of such high physical quality, it's surprisingly light. I've heard the 2020NR (mine) fixes all the problems the old model had. So some reviews may be outdated. Something to consider, make sure you look at reviews for the ENVY 14 2020NR. Overall incredible value and incredible quality laptop. I highly recommend it

Most Critical Review

Cable is fine but charges slowly

Nippon Labs Black 6 ft. A/Male to Micro B/Male 6ft Cable Model USB-6-Micro 6 feet
Nippon Labs Black 6 ft. A/Male to Micro B/Male 6ft Cable Model USB-6-Micro 6 feet

Pros: It's a USB cable

Cons: It doesn't charge quickly at all. Had my Optimus G Pro plugged in for 8 hours and it got to roughly 70% charged.

Overall Review: Bought a Rosewill 6ft. USB cable and this is the first 6ft. cable I've found that can charge my phone at what I would consider a "normal" rate.