HP - Envy 17.3" Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Core i7 - 12GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce MX250 - 512GB SSD + Optane - Natural Silver, Sandblasted Anodized Finish

I've had a couple of Toshiba Satellite 17.3 inch laptops, and none had up to 1080p full HD support or touchscreen within affordable price range. No finger prints or backlit keyboard. Or SSD. Or up to 12 GB RAM. These are all the features that make me admire my HP Envy laptop.

OMG! Love the speed and ease of this laptop. The 3D techknowledgey is amazing. The people at the Rosenberg store made the transition easy!

all, this was a great laptop 18 months ago. there are some serious serious hinge issues you need to research / look into before deciding on this machine. for 18 months, it was brilliant - did everything i wanted and then some. recently, the hinge near power supply is coming apart due to plastic / pvc / composite material separating from brass screws. repairs of this nature @ 450 bucks. decide accordingly....

This laptop has a plenty to offer for the price. It is sleek-looking and relatively lightweight for a 17.3" unit. Fits easily on an ALLSOP adjustable laptop stand I bought for better positioning. It is also one of the few laptops left on the market with a built-in optical drive. My only issue was, in fact, a defective optical drive (would not open normally and "grind" as I tried to pull on it) however this was replaced free of charge under HP manufacturer warranty. Otherwise I have been happy with the purchase. This laptop is fast, boots up very quickly and essentially silent when the fan is not running. Battery life is what you can expect from a large screen unit; not terrible but will drain fairly quickly especially if you leave the screen brightness on a high setting. A more conservative setting under Windows power options will help with this issue. The 2 GB dedicated graphics and Intel i7 processor allow for casual gaming (I play some older strategy games like Company of Heroes) and the computer is able to run these quite well. I should add that right after purchasing the laptop I upgraded the RAM to a total of 32 GB (it comes with 12 GB). I cannot comment on how this laptop would have handled my games with only the 12 GB of memory; however if gaming or serious multitasking are not your priority I do not see any reason to add RAM right away. That said, this is not a "gaming laptop" so I would not try to run any new first-person or other graphics-intense games on it. As for everyday use, it is very pleasant with bright and crisp display and a comfortable keyboard. There are multiple USB ports and an HDMI out port to allow connection to a larger monitor. The touch pad is responsive but I prefer a mouse; this laptop has built-in Bluetooth and I added an HP mouse connected through this means with good performance. The WiFi component is also good and had no trouble connecting to my home network. The Bang & Olufsen speakers sound nice but did not blow me away; of course one should not expect studio-quality sound through any small laptop speakers. If you are heavily into PC music I would recommend a nice set of headphones (such as Bose) or speakers (such as Klipsch). If that is not enough, the AudioQuest DragonFly DAC converter (available from Best Buy) plugs into a USB port and bypasses the computer's sound card for even more enhanced sound quality through headphones or speakers. I've had this particular setup in the past and was very impressed with it. In summary, this HP Envy is a solid choice if you are looking for a large desktop-replacement laptop PC. I do not do any photo-editing or other such graphics-intensive activities so I will not comment on this laptop's performance in that regard. However, for the everyday user and light gamer I think this laptop is very good.

So far I really love this laptop. My only problem was trying to find the correct stylus pen for it. Bestbuy sold me a bamboo ink which is not compatible. Hp sold me on the hp pen which also is not compatible. This laptop only uses passive stylus pens not active. Non battery operated pens. Passives are much cheaper anyways. So for anyone who has jumped through hoops getting the wrong info multiple times I hope this helps.

I used to to a lot of graphics and web site building. Now I am a mere casual user. My last HP laptop was almost 10 years old. Actually, maybe it was over 10 years old. It was on its last leg. I wanted something new, SSD, touchscreen. It was between this and a Dell convertible. Well, I wanted an optical drive because you never know, SO far the SSD does not disappoint. From off to ready to use in a little over 5 seconds. Im very impressed. If this one lasts as long as my last HP, I'll be extremely happy. Only one thing I dont like, is during blank screen situations, you can see some of the edge lights for the screen. Like a halo extending from the frame of the screen. You cant tell when there is content on the screen. Dont know if thats a characteristic of this screen or a defect, but it doesn't really bother me so I didn't pursue any repair.

This is a really nice laptop. Has all the bells and whistles we all have come to like. Lots of USB ports, has a optical drive(most don’t have those anymore) it’s a bit on the heavy side because of that, but I like it better then carrying around an extra portable drive. I like how it folds to become like a tablet and the screen is a touch screen. If you want everything, and do t mind the extra weight, then check this out!

I'm a developer and although this machine was purchased for my personal use, I could see using it as a development system as well. Which is fairly high praise! Performance has been terrific and handling everything I do so far. While I have complaints about the keyboard (and pretty much all laptop keyboards these days), it doesn't seem to slow me down. Highly recommend.