Author Topic: Is this laptop good for it's price? (Read 902 times)

blueblur121 · July 27, 2014, 06:09:01 PM

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/HP-ENVY-TouchSmart-15-j152nr-Touchscreen-Notebook/productID.306271400

My aunt just offered to get me a $600 computer. I want to know if this one is good.

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blockguy� · July 27, 2014, 06:11:24 PM

touchscreen notebook
just think of that real quick

sure it might have an i5 but goddamn it won't have a good video card

ZombieDude · July 27, 2014, 06:12:35 PM

depends on what you want it to do.
gaming, hell no lol
video editing/music/school/modeling/art etc. then yes its good

Blockzillahead · July 27, 2014, 06:13:47 PM

Quote from: ZombieDude on July 27, 2014, 06:12:35 PM

depends on what you want it to do.
gaming, hell no lol
video editing/music/school/modeling/art etc. then yes its good

youre not doing any video editing or modeling with an integrated gpu

Treynolds416 · July 27, 2014, 06:14:30 PM

It's not bad at all. FHD screen, 8gb ram, touch for win8, i5-4200U, 750gb capacity, and included office are all great things to have for $600. If you want to game on it though, you could find much better stuff at $800 - $1000

ZombieDude · July 27, 2014, 06:18:54 PM

Quote from: Blockzillahead on July 27, 2014, 06:13:47 PM

youre not doing any video editing or modeling with an integrated gpu

cpu rendering

blueblur121 · July 27, 2014, 06:20:37 PM

Quote from: Treynolds416 on July 27, 2014, 06:14:30 PM

It's not bad at all. FHD screen, 8gb ram, touch for win8, i5-4200U, 750gb capacity, and included office are all great things to have for $600. If you want to game on it though, you could find much better stuff at $800 - $1000

Office costs extra, but idc about office. And the only PC games I ever play are emulators and stuff for old games. Will I have a problem with those, because they work fine on this 4-6 year old computer I'm using now.

I don't have $800-$1000 to work with.

My question now, is can I find a laptop this good for cheaper?

Blockzillahead · July 27, 2014, 06:23:00 PM

Quote from: ZombieDude on July 27, 2014, 06:18:54 PM

cpu rendering

pretty slow compared to gpu rendering

blueblur121 · July 27, 2014, 06:24:44 PM

Quote from: Blockzillahead on July 27, 2014, 06:23:00 PM

pretty slow compared to gpu rendering

No one gives a stuff about slow. It's a laptop, and I don't do any modeling or video editing.

ZombieDude · July 27, 2014, 06:25:15 PM

Quote from: blueblur121 on July 27, 2014, 06:24:44 PM

No one gives a stuff about slow. It's a laptop, and I don't do any modeling or video editing.

what are you going to use it for
we need this information yo

blueblur121 · July 27, 2014, 06:26:54 PM

Quote from: ZombieDude on July 27, 2014, 06:25:15 PM

what are you going to use it for
we need this information yo

Dual booting with Arch Linux. Probably the most graphically intensive thing I'll do is play Minecraft, which runs fine on my current laptop which is very old.

And my previous question remains:
Can I get the same thing for cheaper?

blockguy� · July 27, 2014, 06:29:10 PM

probably not if you still want an i5

blueblur121 · July 27, 2014, 06:30:46 PM

Okay. It's settled. I might bump this if I have any other questions. Thanks for the help.

takato14 · July 27, 2014, 06:31:43 PM

I'd look elsewhere, HP only made good business laptops (and this was like early-mid 2000s; I'm not sure if they still do)

Blockzillahead · July 27, 2014, 06:32:13 PM

Quote from: blueblur121 on July 27, 2014, 06:24:44 PM

No one gives a stuff about slow.

wtf are you talking about lol