
Rely on the powerful performance of this 15-inch HP laptop to deliver productive work and immersive entertainment. Its AMD Ryzen 3 processor and 8GB RAM let you coast through memory-intensive tasks, and the 1TB SATA hard drive provides ample storage for documents, photos and videos. This HP laptop keeps you connected via its built-in webcam with integrated digital microphone.
Q: Can you put an SSD in this laptop?
A: You could add an M.2 SSD to this laptop or change out the SATA HDD for an SSD.
A: This is an AMD Ryzen 3, not an Intel processor. The performance will be approximately similar to an Intel i3 (slower than i5 or i7).
Q: Would this computer have Microsoft Word installed when purchased?
A: It has a trial version.
Q: What has to be done to this computer to make it dual monitor capable?
A: If one of the monitors is the built-in display, you simply need to plug the second monitor into the HDMI port. If you need two ADDITIONAL monitors beyond the laptop display, you would have to use a USB adapter (to HDMI, DisplayPort, DVI etc) to give you a second output. If you use a HDMI splitter you can have two monitors, but they will both show the same thing.
A: You can probably run Photoshop on this computer, but it performs better with a faster processor (such as Ryzen 5 or Ryzen 7, or Intel i5 or i7).
Q: Does this laptop have a CD/DVD drive?
A: Yes, it has a DVD-Writer which you can use to read or write both DVDs and CDs.
A: Definitely, yes! The processing power, memory, and hard drive space is perfect for a college student!
Q: What is your definition of "lighter games"?
A: Lighter games would include Microsoft store apps such as Candy Crush or Roblox. It would not include resource-intensive games such as Fortnite or World of Warcraft.