The Bad: within an hour the hard drive began to make an odd whirring and clunking.By day two it would not even boot up. Hard drive failed. it is nothing but a boat anchor now.I doubt this is actually Refurbished by HP. Probably was done in some ones garage.
Got in touch with amazon to express my dissatisfaction and they told me to return it for a full refund. Thank goodness for amazon customer service as it turns out im just out of some time and not also out the money.
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I bought this laptop about a year ago with the intention of having a computer for school and casual gaming. At first it worked fine, nothing overly impressive over my previous laptop, but it functioned about the same. Then, about six months ago, it started overheating, and when this laptop overheats, it automatically shuts down, which is really frustrating when you are in the middle of playing a game. As of this date, the only game I can play for more than 20 minutes without the computer commencing a thermal shutdown is solitaire.... It also overheats when I watch netflix and have more than three tabs open. To help reduce this, I have the laptop precariously balanced between a stool and the arm of my couch. I discovered that HP, in their infinite wisdom, did not install a venting fan, and instead thought an auto overheat shutdown would be a much better way of preventing heat damage. The only ventilation it has is a small vent on the left side and a perforated panel on the bottom-left corner of the laptop. Bottom line, if you just need a computer for checking e-mail and typing essays, you can buy another laptop for half the price, because that is all this thing is good for....
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