I have used this laptop for almost a year now and it is the best one I have ever used.I have had no problems with it.I have found the keys to be a bit hard to see but as one person said if you know how to type it should be no problem, also I purchased a laptop holder and this works perfect and holds it at the correct angle.I highly recommend this computer to anyone needing a good affordable computer.
I've owned this laptop for about 5 months and so far I'm very happy. Now some of the reviews contained, in my opinion, some silly complaints. The screen is reflective which is great unless you use the monitor outdoors or in a brightly lit area. The advantage of a reflective screen is that images are more vibrant and brighter at the expense of glare. All of Apple's laptops are the same way. In fact most consumers, as do I, prefer a non-matt finish. One reviewer complained that the screen doesn't open all the way to 180 degrees. No laptop that I know of does. That person should just attach an external keyboard if he wants to use the laptop with an external monitor. Finally people have complained that the keys are not legible due to the bronze color finish. If you're using this laptop in low light conditions and you're not a touch typist then this could be a deal breaker. Bestbuy carries the 14.1 inch version of this laptop with the same color. Go visit the store and decide for yourself if this is a problem. For the money, this laptop is a great deal.
This truly is the best laptop ever. 64 bit OS, 4 gigs of ram, huge hard drive, amazingly fast cpu, perfect screen size, and extremely light! Not to mention this bronze color is really nice too. The other 2 people who reviewed this said they are returning it because they cant see the keys? Sure, the f1-f12 keys are very difficult to see. But return this amazing laptop because its difficult to see that a function key is labeled "f1" is rediculous! As long as you know how to count and have used a computer before this is the best laptop !
iM FROM PERU AND I BUY THIS LAPTOP DIRECTLY FROM AMAZON AND I'M REALLY SURPRISE,IT HAD ALL I WANT AMD X2 DUAL CORE, REALLY AMAZING , 4 GB RAM EXP.TO 8 GB, THIS IS A LOT OF RAM WITH THIS YOUR LAPTOP CAN STAY LONNNGG BUT A LONG TIME IN YOUR POWER JEJE AND IF YOU LIKE TO PLAY THIS LAPTOP IS REALLY A GOOD CHOSE WITH AN 512 ATI DEDICATED GRAFIC CARD JEJ CONCLUYING THIS A GOOD PURCHASE IN ALL TERMSENYOY ITYOUR PERUVIAN FRIEND...GIANCARLO
I have been using this laptop for over a year now. Started to have a screen flickering issue. Apparently there is a wire/cable that runs across the laptop where the screen is mounted. I thought maybe it was the LCD, screen inverter or maybe the backlight, well it's not - After opening and closing so many times the cable deteriorates and the flickering begins. People are telling me that you need to replace the entire screen to get the cable. Had some driver issues early on that caused the PC to run extremely hot, after finding the solution to that, the laptop appears to be performing well. However, this is the second HP laptop that has given me screen issues. I have a dv6000 which also has screen issues. I think it's time for me to go back to toshiba or dell. It's like going back to the bully and asking him to beat me up again.
I bought this laptop for my son who is headed for college. He absolutely loves it. It is fast , has great graphics, looks cool and so far meets all his computing needs. One minor complaint - If you are a hunt and peck typist, this keyboard is not for you. The letters on the keyboard are hard to see. I would recommend this computer.
I read some amazing reviews of this laptop. The only one I found that had anything negative to say was S.K.'s review here on Amazon. And he's absolutely right. I also returned the laptop to HP (who offered me a $70 credit to keep it, take note). There are 3 basic design issues which, for me, make this laptop unusable.1. Keyboard. The keys themselves are a bronze color and the key symbol is black. It makes it virtually impossible to see what the keys are. An unbelievably stupid design decision. Having read S.K.'s review, I thought that maybe the keyboard is back lit, thus making it easy to see which keys are which. The keyboard isn't back lit. Even with good over head light, the keyboard is very difficult to read. I know I tried.2. Screen glare. Gone are the days, it seems, when laptops came with a readable, easy on the eye, matt finish LCD screen. This laptop, like so many I looked at, has a highly reflective plastic coating which completely covers the screen. Yes, it will protect the screen but the reflections it picks up from everything else to the sides and behind you are incredibly distracting. If I'd wanted a mirror, I'd have bought a mirror.3. Screen tilt. The screen does not lay completely flat like other laptops I've had in the past. This one goes back to about a 120 degree angle. I sometimes use an external screen with a laptop so need something which can lay flat and not get in the way of the external screen while I use the laptop keyboard in front of it.Issues #2 and #3 I could maybe have lived with, but the keyboard issue was a deal breaker for me. A great pity because this laptop has a great spec for a great price. HP, what were you thinking?I bought a Toshiba A305-S6916 instead. It has an almost identical spec to the DV5-1250us. It too suffers with issues #2 and #3, but it was a little cheaper. The small saving will be used up buying an anti-glare filter for the screen. Not much I can do about the tilt. Oh well.
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