HP - ENVY Touch-Screen Ultrabook 14 Deals

By Michael (WALNUT, CA, United States) - See all my reviews

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Pros:

-14 inch monitor and solid keyboard means you can actually do real work on this machine, compared to a tablet or netbook;

-Touchscreen make Windows 8 much easier to use;

-Backlit keyboard finally makes it to budget laptops;

-USB 3.0 is mind blowingly fast at transferring files;

-Speakers are loud enough for decent movie watching;

Cons:

-Boring design. Lid is completely black. The rest is a clone of the Macbook Pro;

-Same blocky power adapter from 1997;

-Windows 8 and reversed touchpad scrolling requires a learning curve;

-Heavier than it looks;

By OGK (MD) 

This review is from: HP - ENVY Touch-Screen Ultrabook 14" Laptop - 4GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive - Midnight Black (Personal Computers)

I bought this online on cyber Monday. I got it last Friday. Really cool lap top but not impressed with W8

I am happy with the hardware. Its slim, battery live is over 6 hours, with average use. I am sure if you were playing videos or games, it may not be as much, but I figured you may be able to watch a movie start to end without battery running out. It's light, screen gets really smudgy with finger prints.

so GREAT LAPTOP for the price point that I bought it for.

It has 24 Gig SSD drive for quick boot times, which I don't think is in the spec.

It has a back lit key board. The mouse pad it one piece but and right and left click are built in to the pad, so you don't see separate buttons. The right scroll feature is turned off, so you have to go to the mouse settings under control panel to turn it on. I like the two finger scroll and two finger click to get right click menu.

I have noticed some issues with few apps crashing, and even during the initial set up W8 encountered an error and ran me through the initial set up the second time only to duplicate the user account on the computer.

Screen is really nice and crisp. Webcam is average.

Not a lot of fan noise, but then again there aren't a lot of vents on this either. I did NOT notice it running hot or anything. Also the battery is built in, so you can't just pop it out.

By Del S (Arizona) 

This review is from: HP - ENVY Touch-Screen Ultrabook 14" Laptop - 4GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive - Midnight Black (Personal Computers)

Fantastic Windows 8 Touch Ultrabook by HP. Cyber-Monday was the perfect opportunity for this purchase. Our family purchased two of these devices. We would have purchased 3 but there was a limit. This laptop has all the performance and requirements you will need to do majority of computing tasks. Love the superfast 15 seconds Windows 8 boot up time...much thanks to the 32G hybrid mSSD cache. Benefit with a hybrid mSSD gives you more capacity with a traditional 500GB HD plus the ability to quickly start up your computer. This is the way to go for performance / capacity at a lower price. The Envy Touch Ultrabook does have some heft to it but not a deal breaker at all since the thin form factor design keeps it looking fresh and sleek. Build quality is well constructed. Backlit keyboard is a nice feature but the keys themselves could use some improvement. However, I did not have any trouble typing lengthy emails. Touch screen response is excellent and does not exhibit any lag or latency. Intel Core i3 performs well for web surfing, email, and multiple app operations. If you can get your hands on one of these HP Envy Ultrabooks I'd highly recommend getting one to start your Windows 8 touch experience.