Question Your thoughts on this HP Pavilion 16" Touchscreen Laptop ?

[Manuel Jordan]

Hello Friends

My uncle has the intention to buy the following laptop:

* HP Pavilion 16" Touchscreen Laptop - Intel Core 7 Processor 150U - WUXGA (1920 x 1200) - Windows 11

It's for himself and his son, for two uses:

* Uncle: MS Office, Adobe Reader PDF, skype, Web Browser, Spotify, VLC
* Cousin: Same as uncle and all about programming Java, .NET, PHP, MySQL and VirtualBox to work with Linux

Pls could you share your thoughts if the laptop would be a good acquisition? Of course all about hardware. He wants have the laptop at least working for 5 years. It seems my cousin is going to study computer science so this acquisition is important.

My uncle is concerned because he wants to know if the laptop has something potential "bad". It because the cost of the laptop is not around between 1000 to 1500 dollars as is normal in USA

Thanks for your understanding

 

[USAFRet]

Nothing majorly wrong for that use.
32GB RAM, 1TB SSD.

The CPU isn't the greatest, but it will probably suffice for that budget.
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/u...-processor-150u-12m-cache-up-to-5-40-ghz.html

It will work.


Any better CPU will mean more $$$.

 

[Manuel Jordan]

Thanks for the quick reply.

Thanks for the link about the processor. I read it.

Just being more curious, what is the generation of this i7? Is not clear

Thank You.

 

[USAFRet]

Thanks for the quick reply.

Thanks for the link about the processor. I read it.

Just being more curious, what is the generation of this i7? Is not clear

Thank You.

It is outside the typical Intel 'generation' list.
But, released early this year.

 

[Manuel Jordan]

It is outside the typical Intel 'generation' list.
But, released early this year.

Thanks for the reply

Interesting that approach

• But: Would exist a kind of comparison about theoretically what generation would be?
• Is there a reason of this new approach?
• What would be your thoughts about this processor?

Thank You

 

[USAFRet]

Thanks for the reply

Interesting that approach

• But: Would exist a kind of comparison about theoretically what generation would be?
• Is there a reason of this new approach?
• What would be your thoughts about this processor?

Thank You

Comparing to a 13th gen i7:
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/5944vs5163/Intel-7-150U-vs-Intel-i7-13700F

Single thread rating, not a lot different.

Comparable to a 12th Gen i3.
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compar...l-7-150U-vs-Intel-i7-13700F-vs-Intel-i3-12300

For that price, and that use....I'd give it a try.

 

[Secret-Squirrel]

....................................he wants to know if the laptop has something potential "bad". It because the cost of the laptop is not around between 1000 to 1500 dollars as is normal in USA

Ah, I see what you mean - it does look too cheap to be true. However, there's absolutely nothing wrong with the brand nor its hardware components.

The CPU is a high-end notebook CPU which is vastly more than fast enough for your listed requirements.

RAM and the type of drive are just as important for system performance and responsiveness. 32GB of RAM is an astonishingly high amount for that price and the drive is fast.

I think that your uncle should buy it before it sells out.

 

[Manuel Jordan]

Again thanks for the replies

USAFRet

Huge thanks for both replies

For that price, and that use....I'd give it a try.

Even for Development purposes? Would be good enough?

Secret-Squirrel

Ah, I see what you mean - it does look too cheap to be true. However, there's absolutely nothing wrong with the brand nor its hardware components.

Thanks for that point

The CPU is a high-end notebook CPU which is vastly more than fast enough for your listed requirements.

Again thanks for that point. My uncle is worried to buy a good laptop for this son for developing purposes listed in the first post.

RAM and the type of drive are just as important for system performance and responsiveness. 32GB of RAM is an astonishingly high amount for that price and the drive is fast.

I am agree. But he was concerned about the processor. Other reason for this post

I think that your uncle should buy it before it sells out.

Thanks for the suggestion. If it depends for you. Do you would have the intention to buy it?

Thanks to all

 

[USAFRet]

Even for Development purposes? Would be good enough?

There are various levels of "development".

I've used much worse, fairly recently.

 

[Secret-Squirrel]

Manuel, I answered all your questions just a few days ago.

To reiterate what I said, that laptop has a high-end mobile CPU, a huge amount of RAM, and is massively more than capable for the requirements you listed.

 

[Manuel Jordan]

Thanks to all for the replies. My uncle has a copy of this link. Thus he is reading all your replies.

Thanks again!