Good performance with Windows 10 out of the box. Review on HP 15 af114AU Notebook

Liked -

• External finishing is good and the laptop feels solid in hand.

  
  




• Weight is pretty nice for the size. Does not feel very heavy.

  
  




• A8 with 4GB RAM offers decent performance for day to day work. Light games run well.

  
  




• Windows 10 was pre-installed which is a great thing as I don't have to go through the hassle of downloading and configuring stuff. In general, making Windows available at this price itself is a positive point of this laptop.

  
  




• Speakers are good - sufficiently loud and clear for songs and movies. If you are on the table, they sound good. On bed, sound may get blocked. The speakers are on the front bottom part of the laptop which is slightly curved. So, laying the laptop on the table does not cover them.

  
  




• Touchpad is large and supports gestures. I found the two-finger-scroll very nice to use with web browsing.

  
  




• Wifi range is good.

  
  

Could have been better -

• Keyboard layout could have been better. I do not like the small arrow keys as the are hard to use. HP has given a num-pad on the right instead of giving bigger keys. I personally prefer bigger keys as it makes it easy to type. But, people who use num-pad may like it.

  
  




• Screen could have been better. It is not very vibrant. It is sufficiently bright. Viewing angles are not great. For the primary user, it works well. But if you want to show videos or pictures to your friends and family members, they experience some darkness unless if they view it from side angles.

  
  




• The USB ports were not very smooth to use. It took me a lot of force to insert the usb drives. Hope this improves with regular use.

  
  

Overall feeling -

I am happy with this product performance and quality. The fact that it came with Windows 10 pre-installed is what I really liked. This may not be the right choice for a gamer but for all users who want a big screen laptop with good performance for office and home use, this is perfect.