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!

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.

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.

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 really love this laptop, Im on it right now. The only reason I didnt give it 5 stars is because the speakers go in and out daily, sometimes they will play normally and other times at 30% and its hard to watch movies or videos on it. everything else about it is perfect.

Waited a long time for this computer to go on sale. 10th generation I7 with independent video card and SSD and still has a DVD drive. Yes I am one that still uses one and in addition have a lot of files and movies on disc. Too early to tell but so far this is a very fast computer and so far running very smoothly. Hopes are it stays that way well after the warranty. Amazing speed for startup and shutdown. Like any other packaged computer it does come with a lot of software that I will never use. Deleted all the Windows stuff/programs that I will never use. I hate the setup for having to go through the Microsoft account. But after did block all the things in privacy. It is like they want to know every move you make if you say "yes" to all the options. Blocked everything out and hope it works. I am not going to give it a bad score over this one point, It is not as sturdy as my old HP laptop. I am one that does not care about weight, I go for laptop with well built materials instead of plain old plastic. But it appears this is the age of all plastic. The other thing I am not thrilled about is the battery is built in, much like all the others being sold. Just wonder what it is going to cost me in the future if the battery needs replaced. But overall great performance, no problems in the setup and so far things are going smoothly.

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!