HP 245 7GZ75PA#ACJ 14-inch Laptop (A6-9225/4GB/1TB/DOS/Integrated Graphics), Black

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For price & configuration this product is acceptable.

As I said in the title, this Laptop's performance is comparable to literal dog water.This laptop is fine if you're only, ONLY, surfing on the web and all. But the moment you try to take it for a job a little more demanding than that, it shows you its true colors.For example, I downloaded a game on it - Maplestory. It's a simple 8-bit online game which doesn't lag in my other 10-yr old laptop. And guess what happened in this one, IT LAGGED LIKE HELL.The other time, I had 5-7 chrome tabs running along with zoom and guess what happened. Yes, yes it lagged.If you try to play 1080p videos on it, even on youtube, it lags. Not to mention, the colors look like literal dog water too. It's fine if you play 720p videos on it, but even that lags sometimes.Storage is fine, I say that's the only thing good about it. Even then, opening a file takes an eternity. And you might as well forget opening a singular HD image.tl;dr If you're an actual student and will be requiring this laptop for more than student work, don't buy it. You'll just end up frustrated and think "Why didn't I buy something a WHOLE LOT better than this one?" Trust me, I say that to myself everyday. You can get something heaps and bounds better than this one if you spend another 10k. AMD A6 is just a little better than entry level processors, go for i3 processors.

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This is value for money laptop. It’s good for day to day low end computing. You can install and easily run Windows 10 and office applications and may be one virtual machine like XP or Linux or Windows 7 if desired in virtual machine app like VMWare. It may occasionally perform slow due to slow HDD and low-end processor but overall performance is acceptable.ProsGreat connectivity - 1 Gbps LAN, AC WiFi, 2 USB 3 and 1 USB 2 ports & BluetoothLightweight, classic look with dark grey colorNo OS so you are free to install whatever you like be it Windows 10 or LinuxGood battery backup 3 – 4 hours depending upon usage1 TB HDDConsOnly ac adapter is user replaceable. No access to HDD or RAM or batteryBIOS is very basic. Need to use third party apps to add a boot entry if requiredNo anti-glare featureThe Headphone-Mic combo does not accept standalone microphone. It only works with integrated mic from headphone system with 4 pole plugNo Windows 10 1909 support for Audio & Graphics (So far HP has not released drivers for 1909) Better stick to Windows 10 1903 for richer experienceWarranty is dealer warranty based on serial number and starts from the day dealer bought it for retail sell. I had to open a case with HP Support to get it updated to 1 year.Not all device drivers available on HP support. You have to search on HP forum for other unknown devices in device managerRecently I learned that BIOS does not provide any management of Secure Boot Keys. Hence you can not insert your own custom certificates into the trusted secure boot database. So you won't be able to run your own efi apps if you want to enable secure boot.Update 24-Jun-2020Two concerns that now have cropped up and hence rating reduced.1. HP has removed drivers for Windows 10 1903 from their support page. Drivers for 1909 are buggy and do not give you a good experience.2. Battery hardware started to act unreliably now, the battery charging gets stuck anywhere between 80 to 90%

Worth value of money using atleast 5 hrs a day since the day I bought

Received faulty Laptop. Web camera not working properly. We are following with HP customer care and engineers from the date of the product received 15/6/2020. Not able to solve this issue till date. Also not able to return this HP laptop as well as return option has been closed. We are very disappointment with this HP Laptop.

Perfect laptop for general use and programming.Price: performance ratio is excellentWindows10 installs easily without any glitches.No problems with touchpad, ethernet, wifi and camera. They all get installed automatically