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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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Last Updated by wildpig1234 on 11-30-2021 at 01:16 AM
Great deal tbh, probably the best deal with a 5500U, compared to the other i3/i5 and even i7 deals, 5500U almost always comes out on top.
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.
I ordered 2 of these last night with some upgrades. Being used by Junior High School girls...hopefully it will last more than a few years.
TOTAL
$914.53
15.6" diagonal, FHD (1920 x 1080), IPS, micro-edge, anti-glare, 250 nits
No DVD or CD Drive
256 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD
Full-size island-style natural silver keyboard with numeric keypad
Security Software Trial
12 GB DDR4-3200 SDRAM (1 x 4 GB, 1 x 8 GB)
HP 15 Laptop PC
Realtek Wi-Fi 5 (2x2) and Bluetooth® 5 Combo
No Additional Office Software
Windows 11 Home 64 Plus
HP TrueVision HD Camera with integrated dual array digital microphone(Natural Silver)
Natural Silver
3-cell, 41 Wh Lithium-ion prismatic Battery
AMD Ryzen™ 5 5500U (up to 4.0 GHz, 8 MB L3 cache, 6 cores, 12 thread) + AMD Radeon™ Graphics
I am not super smart about tech, but perhaps an expert on this thread can help. Toying with doing the processor upgraded to the Ryzen 7 but not sure if it's worth the $90 premium.
Looks like, as you would expect, modest improvement in individual core performance (sub 10%), but ryzen 7 results in overall 25%ish increase multi core performance (two more cores, after all).
What I don't know is, how much is this likely to impact your day-to-day? light gaming, browsing, x265 playback, 4K video etc. I don't think it's going to have a huge impact except on maybe processor-heavy loads, but that varies from application to application, right? For example, Civiliation, as I understand it, is processor heavy so that could benefit but other games might not? How is video playback impacted?
I've tried 3 times in the sales chat to get the $25 promo applied, but no luck. Any other tips?
I have ordered 3 of these now. Each time getting a better deal. Next great deal advice.
***Order, wait a few hours and then call to cancel. You MUST call and wait a few hours. They will add a "recovery specialist" to the call who will offer you either free 2-year warranty or an extra $30 off.
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My work laptop has a backlit keyboard (it's a dell) and I think it may be the most useless thing. I am not sure why people want it. Maybe on the silver where the key names lit up, but on a black keyboard with white lettering.. useless.
I'm also not getting what's the use of adding the backlit keyboard. Someone please enlighten me.
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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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TOTAL
$914.53
15.6" diagonal, FHD (1920 x 1080), IPS, micro-edge, anti-glare, 250 nits
No DVD or CD Drive
256 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD
Full-size island-style natural silver keyboard with numeric keypad
Security Software Trial
12 GB DDR4-3200 SDRAM (1 x 4 GB, 1 x 8 GB)
HP 15 Laptop PC
Realtek Wi-Fi 5 (2x2) and Bluetooth® 5 Combo
No Additional Office Software
Windows 11 Home 64 Plus
HP TrueVision HD Camera with integrated dual array digital microphone(Natural Silver)
Natural Silver
3-cell, 41 Wh Lithium-ion prismatic Battery
AMD Ryzen™ 5 5500U (up to 4.0 GHz, 8 MB L3 cache, 6 cores, 12 thread) + AMD Radeon™ Graphics
https://nanoreview.net/en/cpu-com...en-5-5500u
Looks like, as you would expect, modest improvement in individual core performance (sub 10%), but ryzen 7 results in overall 25%ish increase multi core performance (two more cores, after all).
What I don't know is, how much is this likely to impact your day-to-day? light gaming, browsing, x265 playback, 4K video etc. I don't think it's going to have a huge impact except on maybe processor-heavy loads, but that varies from application to application, right? For example, Civiliation, as I understand it, is processor heavy so that could benefit but other games might not? How is video playback impacted?
***Order, wait a few hours and then call to cancel. You MUST call and wait a few hours. They will add a "recovery specialist" to the call who will offer you either free 2-year warranty or an extra $30 off.
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I'm seeing $349.99. Unfortunately when I ordered it was $354.99.
Don't know if they'll adjust the price if I call them now
I'm seeing $349.99. Unfortunately when I ordered it was $354.99.
Don't know if they'll adjust the price if I call them now
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