YMMV The coupon code used by the agent was CCHOLIDAY25. Hope its useful to someone. The chat representative didnt give this coupon code to me, but when the payment link was generated by the rep, i saw it on the payment page.
This saves $25. One of our members on this thread has detailed how to get in touch with the hp rep and get this coupon for the purchase.
HP has ran out of the backlit black keyboards! You can now only get the backlit option if you order silver or rose, both with silver keyboard. This is not surprising since white backlit shows up best with black background keys. silver background keyboards don't have as high visibility as black background keys with white backlit.
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expiredisaacl posted Nov 26, 2021 6:58 AM
HP 15z-ef2000 Laptop: 15.6" FHD IPS, Ryzen 5 5500U, 8GB DDR4, 256GB SSD
$365
$580
37% off
+ Free Shippingat HP
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2 RAM slots, replaceable NVME and WiFi card, FHD IPS screen
only downside is the not so great battery size and probably not so great build quality.
but for sub-400, this is a no-brainer and can handle pretty much anything you can throw at it, especially if you take the 2x8GB 3200 RAM upgrade.
just wish other retails can price match on specific builds.
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Upgraded to 16GB Ram, 256 GB SSD, Backlit Keyboard, Silver, and WIFI 5
Sub-total$469.99
Tax$44.06
Standard 3-7 Business days shippingFree
CA Recycle fee$5.00
TOTAL$519.05
I wish we had HP coupons to apply to the order to make it even better, but couldn't find any other ones to apply.
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/leno...Id=64619
Anything over than considering getting those gaming laptops. For example: https://www.walmart.com/ip/MSI-GF...gn_id=9383
You may not use it for gaming, but for a little more, it would provide a dedicated graphic card which is better, and most importantly heating unit/ mechanism. Majority of end users doesn't utilize the maximize processing power of their laptop CPU. These lower end laptop is not built for its reliability or durability for professional tech job. So even if you can utilize the more powerful processing power of these Ryzen CPU, the laptop wouldn't last long. There is a reason those the high end laptop with similar raw specs parameter (for example 12GB RAM, 256 SSD...) usually at least double the MSRP of these.
I ended up taking the better screen and 16gb of Ram. I kept the smallest HD and picked up a WD Black 500GB SSD from amazon for $49. Save $30 and start out with a clean install of windows without the HP bloat, win - win.
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https://www.bestbuy.com/site/leno...Id=64619
Anyways, trying to configure this HP to similar specs to the Levono, it's basically same price. I would say HP is better due to the Ryzen CPU.
However, for the budget range laptop, HP build quality had been questionable for the past few years. Levono, I don't hear as much outcry for them.
Then the benefit of going via retailer, Best Buy customer service, over HP customer service. HP customer service has a bad rap about them. BB may not be the pinnacle of good customer service, but since you can stop by different stores, you have better chance to get a better rep, and faster experience if you have issue with the order in the first few weeks.
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Added the touch screen and upgrade the hd
Should be decent enough for my kid.
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