A:AnswerYes, great for an ME student. Of course you could pay twice the price and that would get you a 3 pound laptop (this one is about 5, but don’t all students carry their laptop in a backpack?). It has a very good CPU and a good enough GPU to get the ME apps job done.
A:AnswerI play games like RDR2 and Doom Eternal on almost all maximum graphics settings, and it's fine. You should be able to run Valorant without any issues.
A:AnswerIt’s a brand new computer, and also a new model to the HP lineup as of early 2025.
You can buy it online for home shipment or for pickup at a Best Buy store (that you would identify as your home store). To buy it in person, call your nearest (Pasadena?) store first to see if it’s in stock, maybe ask them to hold it, so as not to waste a trip.
A:AnswerThe battery it comes with pribably lasts 7 hours under modest usage. In any event it is not a “choosable battery.” If you are a bit technical-capable, I suppose you could buy one extra of the standard battery, charge up both batteries at home, put the extra battery in backpack, and bring along suitable screwdriver to remove laptop bottom and swap to fresh battery when needed. That’s a lot of monkey business though.
A:AnswerIt is available again as a 2025 Black Friday special but your local dealer may or may not stock it. But right now (Black Saturday) it shows as orderable. Must have sold well so BB ordered more.
