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)
untrue. a friend of mine got a really good laptop from hp for $700. the cpu is mid-range (A8 i think), it has an 8750m, 1080p, 5-6 hrs battery life, doesn't really get hot, 8GB of ram (with extra slots)
it's probably the best laptop i've seen for that price