HP Laptop 15s-fq2016sa

Good spec for the price, fast delivery

I bought this for my sister, who needed to replace an aging laptop. Overall happy with the speed and screen. The backslash key (\) is most unusually placed to the right hand side of the space bar and the function keys (F1-F12) are accessed only by holding down a Fn button. I have found no way to toggle the role of the Fn keys other tan by holding down the Fn key for each use, which is frustrating if you use these shortcuts often, as you might in Excel. There is no VGA or Ethernet (RJ45) ports but there are USB-C and USB3 ports, as well as HDMI.

Had this a few weeks now performance as expected good for the money.

Its been almost 2 years im using it and i personally feel it is worth it. However I use it mostly for entertainment and sending mails.

I started looking at cheaper laptops but decided on paying that bit extra for something with a decent processor; a decent amount of memory; a decent sized modern NVME hard drive; and a decent battery life. My only gripes are that the keyboard is not backlit and the screen hinge is not 180 degrees (cannot lie flat on the table). That would have been the icing on the cake. Time will tell, but in the first week of ownership I have nothing to complain about... Update: Jan 2022. Laptop has proven a good purchase. It runs most everything thrown at it. Super fast with an excellent battery life.

Bought this on "Black Friday" 2021 for £480 as the mother in law has one be it a lower spec and she's happy with hers. The pros are the cost The light weight Easy to operate Nice clear anti reflective screen The Con Who ever thought of putting the two USB ports and the charging port so close together needs firing! Once you get one USB stick or whatever you are using in one of the USB slots that renders the other useless as there is just no space for another (I have bought a Dual extension double USB adapter to over come that anomaly. Also the keyboard looks fine if you are looking down on it but at any slight angle and low light you just can't see the lettering as it so feint. Why they couldn't put stronger lettering I don't know. But saying that...for the money it's a good all round laptop so don't let my comments put you off.

Failed after just under 2 and half years. The screen, as someone else mentioned, really was awful. Very wishy washy/foggy and faded out from the top to the bottom. No amount of 'messing' with it improved it visually. Speed of use got slow very quickly and the fan was so noisy it drove me mad. Started playing up a few months ago and recently, screen went black in the middle of use and now it won't even switch on. There were a lot of other 'little' annoyances that ensured I never got on with it, but it was a gift, so I felt unable to complain/return at the time of getting it. I'm a senior, so definitely not techy, don't play games/work, or do anything wondrous on the laptop, but it is a lifeline these days so I use my laptop every day for something. However, I am able to recognise when something is not up to scratch and it definitely wasn't for me.

Almost instantly starts up, great when you want to get working, got it for my Microsoft certification studies. Advise it for any student who needs a light reliable laptop for course work. Not tried gaming with it yet, but I did a quick test on a rts game worked well. Screen graphics best I've seen, bright clear and sharp.