Hermann
Site Donor 2023
The HP laptop I mentioned is in and up and running for a day or so. WOW! First off it is not expandable in any way. No problem. Will never outgrow this.
The Pros: The setup process could not have been easier. My old laptop was open and the new one picked up its vibe. Stuff transferred in a couple of minutes. Took less time than answering all the questions at the first opening of the lid. First thing I did was to remove McAfee and all it partners in crime. Only took about two minutes to do. Windows 11 has not presented any challenges that I could not figure out quickly. The worst one was trying to figure out how to turn on the keyboard backlighting. Shutting off the touch pad was easy. Right now I'm feeling setting adjustments are must easier to achieve than on Windows 10.
Performance is better than expected. This is my first computer with a SSD hard disk. The new 13th gen i5 processor along with the SSD drive makes screen changes instantaneous. When I deleted my browsing history in Chrome it was instantaneous. The biggest improvement I see in the SSD drive is moving from screen to screen inside of a app. Need to tweak the screen, contrast is a bit off, color and brightness are VG. Definitely a good IPS screen. Even with the 17.3" display the footprint is just ever so slightly larger than the previous 15.6" display on the Acer. The picture quality of the screen for text is very similar to my Kindle Paper White, heads and shoulders above the Acer.
Amenities:
There are many usb ports available, none on the back panel. There is a drive active LED on the right side panel. The USB-a is on the right side along with the power input, very handy. On the left there is another USB-a, a USB-c, a HDMI input/output, headphone jack
Moans and Niggles: The keyboard should be mounted more securely to the chassis.
Conclusions: Meets my needs perfectly. YMMV if your needs include expansion.
Thanks for reading
The Pros: The setup process could not have been easier. My old laptop was open and the new one picked up its vibe. Stuff transferred in a couple of minutes. Took less time than answering all the questions at the first opening of the lid. First thing I did was to remove McAfee and all it partners in crime. Only took about two minutes to do. Windows 11 has not presented any challenges that I could not figure out quickly. The worst one was trying to figure out how to turn on the keyboard backlighting. Shutting off the touch pad was easy. Right now I'm feeling setting adjustments are must easier to achieve than on Windows 10.
Performance is better than expected. This is my first computer with a SSD hard disk. The new 13th gen i5 processor along with the SSD drive makes screen changes instantaneous. When I deleted my browsing history in Chrome it was instantaneous. The biggest improvement I see in the SSD drive is moving from screen to screen inside of a app. Need to tweak the screen, contrast is a bit off, color and brightness are VG. Definitely a good IPS screen. Even with the 17.3" display the footprint is just ever so slightly larger than the previous 15.6" display on the Acer. The picture quality of the screen for text is very similar to my Kindle Paper White, heads and shoulders above the Acer.
Amenities:
There are many usb ports available, none on the back panel. There is a drive active LED on the right side panel. The USB-a is on the right side along with the power input, very handy. On the left there is another USB-a, a USB-c, a HDMI input/output, headphone jack
Moans and Niggles: The keyboard should be mounted more securely to the chassis.
Conclusions: Meets my needs perfectly. YMMV if your needs include expansion.
Thanks for reading
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