Pros: I like the bright 17" display and easy on the wallet price for what you get. I don't require a Power House computer and this gives me more than I need. Easy transition for me from XP to Windows 7.

Cons: Sound volume*** (see other thoughts). You need to download the Lightscribe software (not pre-installed) if you want to PRINT/LABEL directly onto the special Lightscribe DVD's. It will burn any DVD tough.

Overall Review: *** By changing the Windows 7 "default" sound setting in Control Panel I was able to get sound notifications I could hear easily. Test them all to find one you like. I plug in speakers if I want to listen to music with good sound quality. I removed all the bloatware and tweaked other settings to my liking easily.

Pros: This is a great buy. I didn't have a single problem starting this laptop up for the first time. I purchased this to use for college and it's perfect, it's fast and has plenty of storage space. The large screen is great too! The button to turn the touch pad on/off is a great feature too, I'm always hitting it when I'm typing where I left my wrist rest on the laptop. I use Skype a lot for computer-computer calls and the built-in image editor you can use while sharing you webcam on Skype was pretty neat and gave me and my friend a good laugh.

Cons: Typical HP bloatware was installed but I removed everything I didn't plan on using in a few minutes (Norton, HP Games, etc). You could solve this buy doing a clean install of Windows 7 (64-bit) if you didn't want any of the additional programs on your system.

Overall Review: This isn't a gaming laptop, not by a long shot so don't purchase this if you want to do any gaming, or at least gaming with decent FPS.

Pros: I don't have any problems with the audio on this lap top. If some one does, I guess they should realize this is a lap top not a stereo. Love it!

Cons: Finger prints on outer case , should be texured so as not to show all the prints.

Overall Review: I would still buy it again for the price and quality.

Pros: Very nice overall. Fast laptop, nice screen, nice case, etc. I bought this for my wife and she loves it, and I'm considering one for myself.

Cons: Battery died after only 2 months. I contacted HP and they determined it was bad and overnighted me a new battery. I was very pleased with the HP support.

Pros: Handsome looking

Cons: A pretty bare bones system. No bluetooth, and I was shocked to discover that in this day and age, this thing doesn't have gigabit ethernet.

Overall Review: I'll keep it, but wouldn't have bought it had I known

Pros: I've had a lot of HP laptops lately in my shop. They come in waves, and you can tell they were made roughly at the same time. HP laptops have serious motherboard issues frequently. This laptop has not yet had this happen however, but I feel I should warn you ahead of time. This laptop has few notable features, but the screen size being the obvious, its beautiful just like all screens today.

Cons: Again, the quality of HP products is SO LOW I don't carry any HP laptops anymore. The only thing HP is in my life with is laser printers, and networking products because they bought out 3com, whom I was partners with for a while, now I guess i'm an HP partner.. lovely...

Pros: Wide Screen Display I can't think of any others

Cons: Cost - Not worth the Money Windows 7 - for some reasons it is giving troubles everyday Speakers - not up to the mark Performance - Overall performance is very slow Incompatibility - Being 64 bit OS, it is highly incompatible - had installed Firefox mozilla, but was not able to open the browser, finally ended up in uninstalling mozilla and many such applications. Have to do a lot of research on internet to find the issues and the ways to resolve them..

Overall Review: If you are trying to purchase this one, my advice is please look for other options.There are many GOOD quality laptops available for the same price

Pros: Good working computer, fast and easy windows 7 good movie watcher.. i like the HP brand and have really good luck.....

Cons: speakers are really weak.....hard to hear with full volume