New Laptop is ok. I bought the Gaming Pavillion but not for gaming as I wanted the dual fans for keeping laptop drive cool for long work hours typing in apps. I owned a previous Pavilion DV6 from around 2010. The new laptop has much sharper edges and when laying down on the couch or bed the edge cuts into your wrists and/or palm. Not sure why HP has such sharp edges around it. The older laptop was rounded and more smooth. It was MUCH BETTER. New laptop has B&O speaker and are a real improvement over old laptop. New nice 4000k screen is very nice along with the larger hardrive. It has all the ports you need for HDMI and for the etrxas you need like for adding wireless mouse. HP could use the extra capacity battery with curved edge as this help tilt the laptop towards you and provide much more battery time than the standard battery. The lighted white keyboard was my pick over green keys and is well lite just like my old Pavilion. Overall its a good laptop except foe the sharp edges that really are a big deal if you plan on gaming or typing laying down. Hope HP send this review to their designers for improvement...

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I bought it a month ago stated it came with free software, only software was a couple of games that where not very appealing.

Great performance for games and other daily tasks but I am a bit disappointed it’s advertised to have a 144 hz screen when it’s only 60