HP - ENVY TouchSmart Sleekbook 15.6" Touch-Screen Laptop - 8GB Memory - 750GB Hard Drive - Silver

It's a great laptop for the entire family whether you are at home , or taking a trip on the road. It's very light and can be carried easily in your hands or in a back pack, even my five year old son carries it for me. This laptop is very easy to access, even by kids. It's great and definitely your money's worth.

I should of really thought about buying this laptop before and brought It my first choose was a Apple.

It seems like HP cannot guarantee its quality anymore. I got this laptop during the Black Friday, I thought it would be one great HP like I bought before, but I was wrong. The first Laptop comes with a sand in screen, which made the screen blur. Then I went to bestbuy for second one, with a failed hinge. Then I got another one, which failed again, and makes me to write my first bestbuy review here, the right-click of touchpad can not bounce. I may go back to bestbuy for another one or just return it.

Bought the computer for my 10 year old daughter over an iPad. Overall, we're all happy with the purchase. The computer is fast, easy to network, awesome touchscreen, and easy to link in to my work computer. I took the laptop on my last business trip and was able to use the Remote Desktop Connection to log in to my work computer. The best part was that I was able to use my work computer as a touchscreen even though it is not. I'm a Dell guy... and this is my first HP... and I haven't been disappointed about making the switch. Great value and great computer.

I was a little hesitant about buying this computer as it didn't have the greatest ratings (I think barely 3 stars at the time I purchased it) but it is newer and there were only 6 reviews thus far. I decided to take a chance, keeping in mind that the majority of people tend to only do reviews if they have a bad experience. I have had this computer for over a month now. I am on it for several hours a day doing personal stuff as well as school stuff. I have yet to have a single problem with it. It has wonderful battery life. I typically plug it in to charge at night and then pack it around with me all day long and never have a problem with the battery running low. It is incredibly easy to use. I simply LOVE this computer and am very glad I decided to buy it.

Bought a USB cable online for $5.49 thru Best Buy online. and am waiting for it to arrive so I can install additional programs that I use for craft and hobby projects. I would recommend signing up for the Windows 8 email tips. Windows 8 is a bit different, but the touchscreen is worth learning how to use it. After several hours of use the touchscreen does show finger prints but only when you turn it off and the screen goes black. Easily wiped off with a small microfiber cloth. This laptop does not heat up like previous laptops I have had. A definite Thumbs Up !

Like other reviews have said, the touchpad feels lopsided and uneven. Upon closer inspection though, I realized that it is not the touchpad but the area in front of the touchpad is sloped by design. Thought it would bother me but it hasn't. I did have to go into the touchpad settings and adjust them to my liking because the double finger scroll and swipe right were finicky. I don't like the feeling of the touchpad at all. That took the longest to get used to. In the center area that you use mostly to move the cursor around, there are a bunch of concentric, circular grooves. I don't know what their purpose is: maybe they are meant to provide resistance, maybe improve accuracy or maybe just to indicate where the Windows 8 gestures stop and the normal usable area begins. Either way I would prefer a smooth surface because it felt a bit little nails on a chalkboard to me. I LOVE the touchscreen even though I try not to use it all the time because I end up with horrible fingerprints over the screen which is a bit mirror-like. The back-lit keyboard is fantastic and the extra numeric keys are great because I use them all the time. The pc ran very fast on first setup and is even faster now that I got rid of all the unnecessary apps and programs. Even after installing Adobe CS4, it still runs like a dream. The WiFi was a really bad problem for the first 3 weeks. It would not stay connected for more than 3 minutes even though I was sitting in the same room as the router so I found myself having to push the WiFi button to turn it on and off to reconnect. I tried uninstalling the driver and re-installing but it kept putting the same driver back until I used the Intel updater which seemed to take care of the problem. It cured my remaining touchpad glitches too. Battery life is incredible and is such an improvement over the days of the DV4 which I would get at most 2.5hrs out of with light internet use. I easily get 9 hrs with this thing going back and forth between the internet, Office and the occasional hulu/netflix viewing. I optimized the settings and adjust stuff like the backlight, wifi and brightness which seem to prolong battery life. On one of my heaviest days of use I still got 5.8 hrs so I am satisfied. The design makes it feel lighter than it is at 5 lbs and the material they used on the underside feels luxurious and silky to the touch especially when sitting on my legs. Cool sense keeps this baby nice and cool ... have sat with in in my lap for hours comfortably. All in all a great piece of machinery for the price and it packs in quite a few desirable features.

I currently have a MacBook Pro and bought this computer to take with my back and forth to school. It's a nice computer. It looks very similar to the Mac and the keyboard is very comfortable to use. The mouse pad on the other hand is horrible. I already bought a mouse and refuse to use the pad. I adjusted the pad settings and everything but its difficult to use. Rarely ever does the command you're trying to do. Battery life could be a little bit better. My MacBook Pro is a 17" and lasts longer. Other than that is gets the job done. Also, the BEATS audio on this is just a scam. My MacBook speakers are 10X better. Not a bad laptop- lightweight and easily portable.