The idea was to have this laptop in lieu of a new desktop so I wanted a 17" + screen. After researching Intel processors the Core i5 ivy bridge (3rd generation) looked like the best performer per dollar. The 8 gigs of RAM (expandable to 16) was a nice extra as many of this type come standard with only 4 gigs. The hard drive is a bit bigger too.
It was a nice touch to get a back lit keyboard included as most others I saw had it as a paid add on.
The Intel 4000 graphics are pretty good so unless you play first person shooters it handles games pleasingly.
I am impressed with the speed and performance of this laptop and would recommend it without hesitation.
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best laptop for the price the i5 possessor never skips a beat best laptop speakers i have ever herd and the finger print scanner works better then i thought great for work or school or just surfing the web and for that price cant beat it with windows 8 highly recommend!Best Deals for HP ENVY dv7-7323cl 17.3" Notebook PC - Refurbished
the screen is a bit too reflective and viewing angles are somewhat narrow, but much like everything with this laptop, for the price, very good deal. it runs fast enough for my purposes which are browsing and watching high quality videos mostly. a little video editing.the one i got was refurbished and i could not tell it was refurbished. so good for me on that front.
battery life was about what you would expect. around 4h of video playback is what i tested. i like a bright screen though. i imagine you can squeeze a little more using lower setting for brightness and more power saving settings.
the keyboard is very nice. i loved it was backlit. my first backlit keyboard and i do not know why i did not have this before. yes i do. the price of laptops with backlit keyboards was usually too high. which brings me back to the fact that this is a good laptop for the price.
i liked that there are 4 usb ports and 3 are usb 3.0. i use the usb 2.0 for my wireless mouse and so doesnt require the transfer speeds. the usb 3.0 is definitely faster than 2.0 on this laptop though trying some external drives which use usb 3.0, i felt it was a bit slow compared to what it was on other computers. but still, decent transfer rates.
all in all, i feel this was a good purchase.
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