This laptop is relatively affordable and absolutely fabulous.

It has enough power to easily cope with games like Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn or The Sims 3 & 4, without having to pay for a “gaming laptop”. It is also well suited to casual use, or for a work environment.

It is sleek, quiet and has amazing Beats Audio speakers. It's probably the best laptop available in it's pricing range. I'm so glad I purchased it.

This laptop looks great on paper. Awesome specs for what you pay for.

I'm finding the touchpad a bit tricky to get used to as it incorporates the buttons, making quick changes from clicking to scrolling awkward. Looking at HP forums, it seems to be a common problem.

For all the hype that surrounds the ‘Beats’ brand I'm finding it to sound a bit tinny, which is a let down. It's not bad, but not as good as my previous laptop.

I've given this 3 stars. I have only had this for one day though so hoping I'll get used to it and push it to four, or maybe five, stars.

The keyboard is a bit too spaced out. They could of enlarged the key caps themselves but instead went for looks over functionality. The laptop has a pretty decent GPU I could play Crysis 1 on medium settings at around 50 to 40 frames per second. However like I said earlier the laptop focuses on looks over functionality and the laptop has a serious problem where the vent ports are way too small for the amount of heat generated.

On top of this the laptop has a glossy screen which seems to reflect everything unless its reasonably dark. Also as the laptop is white smudges are easily visible.

Another gripe is that the audio port is a uni port meaning that unless you have a usb headset, mono 3.5mm jack headset or an adapter then you will have to alternate between mic and headset. Also the port is on the right hand side not left, a bad design choice as my mouse tends to collide with the headset port.

Finally the mouse pad. Its a single mouse pad, as in there are no distinct buttons, meaning that if you want to scroll and click you're going to have a lot of problems.

All in all the specs are the only thing saving this thing, and the fact that I bought it for 999.99 which is cool I guess.

Bottom line specs are good and the laptop feels solid.