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Review on HP 14-fq0090nr Laptop with AMD Athlon Gold 3150U, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD Storage, 14" HD Display, Windows 10 S Mode, Long Battery Life, Dual Mic Webcam, Thin & Light Design - 2021 Edition by Petar Magriotov ᠌

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Never buy this product.

It was preferable to release a typical cheap device made of sturdy and durable plastic, for instance, for 35k, rather than an inexplicable stump for 31k. It is unclear why companies release models that are blatantly dead or fully flawed (although I'm kidding; everything is obvious in this case).

Pros
  • best filling for the money
Cons
  • an IPS display with subpar color reproduction. The white hue cannot be balanced properly because it is too "warm" (or, in other words, turns yellow) on laptops. Through either the Windows 10 settings or the AMD utilities, it is not possible. Furthermore dim, but not critically so, is the screen brightness. Additionally, the case's quality is abhorrent. This is possibly one of the most crucial characteristics for a laptop. Since stiffeners are not provided and plastic is the least expensive material, the laptop bends wherever pressure is applied as well as when you raise it by one edge. This "feature" led to the formation of my own marriage. Specifically, a wheezing noise. If the speakers are "rattling" at a volume above 60%, the drivers are not the problem; instead, the settling case is; you may check this by doing the following: If you press on any portion of the case while the sound is playing, the rattling should stop. I gave the laptop back to the maker because I believe that such squalor should be acknowledged as an error and a widespread recall initiated, just like automakers do. Just how such a device was certified by the HP quality division is beyond my comprehension. There are numerous issues with the keyboards bending, and many reviewers mention the sound rattling (this is a PROBLEM, not a "feature" because of the price). Among the small drawbacks, I might mention: A stripped-down BIOS that makes it impossible to do anything at all (memory frequency 3200, with timings that are too high, causing the memory latency to be approximately 105 ns and the read-write speed to be approximately 35 mbs), as well as a problem installing drivers for an older build of Windows 10 (I couldn't install drivers at all until I ate Windows). At age 21, I believe it is time to standardize mobile devices on type-c while still charging the older model. Another poor ergonomic decision: the charging, HDMI, and USB ports are all on the right side, which is awkward if you use a mouse.