Item : B001NPDKX0 Customer Reviews H-P HDX16 by .. Ed K (Oviedo Fl.) Purchased for wife to do budgets...I wanted something to play newer games with...this machine does both very well. Will buy another. HP makes top notch laptops by .. K. Soifer (Chicago, IL) I was really surprised to see in 2009 laptop's price above $1000 (except for apple of course). However, this laptop can be used both as desktop and laptop, though it's quite bulky for carrying it everywhere. Quick, powerful and really nice looking. I would say it's a poor man Mac Pro. Found it through lsdeal.com and amazon had the best price for this item. Unfathomable combination of capability and price... by .. Dave Matthews (Seattle) Ok I am not a 'techie' so I won't waste your time with the data specs that make this machine the best. Suffice it to say that after searching for 4-6 weeks and spending about 50 man hours total comparing similar price range models from every company under the sun, this is it! Seriously, Quad core,blue ray,full hd,4 gb ram,fingerprint scanner,blue tooth,tons of ports, i mean geez! whoops, i geeked out there, but anyway people, just buy it! Conflicts apparently exist between Adobe and HP HDX by .. P. William Bane (Va USA) Installed Adobe Premiere Elements 7, Lightroom II, and Photoshop Elements 7 (in that order) and Vista crashed; after "restore" and boot, the mousepad did not work. Called HP technical support and was told that they were having "many" "conflicts" with Adobe product line. The agent clammed up when I asked for details. Have purchased four HP laptops over last 3 years; construction quality (esp. drive wiring) on this laptop clearly inferior to older 9000 and 6700 models. Technical support is highly variable, hence very frustrating. They have excessive training in "manners" and inadequate training in their work. They must fill out form info on the caller for half an hour. Their computer support (they search your problem as they talk) is weak (their response times are slow) and requires them to access multiple "data bases" on multiple computers. In fairness, I suppose, after many years and many laptops, I stopped buying Dell because they were worse.... Unfortunately, I am afraid that HP is the "next Dell." Otherwise, a good, if somewhat expensive, laptop. An outstanding multimedia laptop by .. Robert Moore (Chicago, IL USA) After twenty years of using nothing but desktops, I finally decided to get my first laptop. I did a large amount of looking around and finally decided on a laptop in the HP HDX series. I wanted a big screen and since I didn't (and don't) plan on carrying it around a lot, I wasn't too concerned about its size. Portability and weight weren't major considerations. If they are for you, then definitely don't get this. It is something of a monster, quite heavy. Furthermore, as far as I've been able to discover, there is only one case that will accommodate a laptop this side, one by Targus. It is less like a messenger bag or pack back and more like a suitcase on wheels. But except for the size, this is a great laptop and I'm completely delighted with it. There is really only one advantage to buying a preconfigured laptop. You can get it quickly. But I would recommend people who really know what they want to do their own configuration. I wanted a computer that was really strong on media, so I opted for the 1 GB video card, a Blu-ray burner, and a TV tuner. I also got the bluetooth wife modem so that I wouldn't have to use a transceiver. The computer has been exceptional in this regard. The screen is bright and unbelievably detailed. Blu-ray discs don't look quite as good as they do on my Samsung high def TV using a PS3, but it is close. The built in speakers are amazingly decent for a laptop. Although I prefer using headphones for movies and videos, the speakers are good enough for two people to watch something together. But for music while I type I usually just use the built in speakers. Just about everything else about the computer is great as well. I find the keyboard comfortable to use and the action on the keys are really nice. I don't like the touchpad, but that would be true for absolutely any laptop. If you are looking for a laptop that is superb at multimedia but that doesn't have to be especially transportable, you can't do much better than this laptop. My one piece of advice for anyone configuring a laptop is to put your upfront money almost entirely in things that cannot be upgraded easily later. Put off the printer if it means you can get a faster processor. Don't worry about the size of your hard drive, because there great inexpensive external hard drives (you can get a 1 TB today for less than $150). But also plan on doing other things to extend the life of your computer. I got the Blu-ray burner, but I plan on getting an external DVD drive to minimize the wear and tear on the internal drive. I got a single battery now, but plan on getting a second one later. But it is pretty difficult to upgrade your processor speed or video card later. Of course, if money isn't a consideration for you (it was for me), go ahead and get everything right now. But whether you have to economize or not, this is a great multimedia computer.