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Originally Posted by Aleks
I ended up with an HP ENVY from Costco the other day. It was on sale for $80 off, so for $820 its a 14" (which I think is the perfect size, I came from a 13.3 9 year old macbook). Specs are decent as well I think for the price point. Build is actually really nice, aluminum top and lid, very mac like keyboard (square chiclet style keys, slightly longer throw, but identical layout and backlit)
6th generation i5-6200 processor @2.3 (but apparently can clock to 2.8?), 12gb RAM, 1tb HDD, 1080p screen, Bang & Olufsen sound (for the most part underwhelming in terms of volume, very good range), SD card reader, USB 3.0 ports, no optical drive.
It really has the look and feel of a macbook, which I really like. Windows 10 isn't bad, I'm coming from an entire OSX ecosystem (2 macbooks and an iMac) that is aging and I didn't want to replace. I like how the mac's run like day 1 all the time, regardless of whats on them, and I'm wary of how Windows still handles uninstalls and programs but I think its been great so far. I like the biometric scanner for swipe scanning into websites and into the computer.
Overall very happy with the laptop as it is. I see its $899 now though. I really only use it for some mild word processing, some moderate to light photo post processing using rawTherapee and Gimp. Would recommend this laptop to anyone based on quality feel and overall performance.
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I have an Envy 17". I like it, but some friends who borrow my laptop think the keys are too flimsy. They keys have held up to a lot of typing so far in the 2 ish years or so I've owned it.
After about 1.5 years of use, an internal clip or hinge on the plastic part that meets the aluminum part broke. It didn't come apart or anything. Just makes a clicky sound when pressure is put on the laptop (ie: Typing) It didn't more than a small drop of crazy glue to fix.
Are you sure it's B&O speakers on the Envy now? Mine are Beats speakers.