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HP 15-fc0047wm B8LA8UA#ABA 15.6″ Touch Laptop

HP Essential · 15.6" · 1920x1080 (FHD) · Touchscreen, IPS, Anti-Glare · AMD Ryzen 7 7730U · AMD Radeon Graphics Vega 8 · 16GB RAM · 512GB SSD · 41 WHr Battery · Windows 11 Home · 2024 · More Specs...

Original price was: $689.99.Current price is: $449.99.

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Specifications

Manufacturer

HP (Hewlett-Packard) is among the top 3 laptop makers by the world’s marketshare, besides Dell and Lenovo. HP makes the popular Pavilion consumer laptop line, the basic laptops branded as simply HP, the higher-end Spectre and Envy laptops and convertibles, EliteBook and ProBook business laptops, and the Omen gaming notebooks.

Series

The HP Essential notebook series is aimed at budget-conscious users who want an inexpensive yet decently equipped laptop for everyday home and office use.

Laptop Type

Laptop PCs with Windows operating system are the most common notebook computers, followed by MacBooks and Chromebooks. Windows PC laptops offer the widest range of hardware options and price points, giving users more flexibility.

The traditional clamshell laptop design, as opposed to 2-in-1 convertibles.

Affordable-type laptops usually don’t offer high-end performance and features, but their low regular prices can be appealing. There are many affordable laptop models, but you can save even more money by buying them at discounted prices.

Performance

Laptops with standard performance are those with the widely used mid-range and upper-mid-range processors. They are an excellent choice for daily home and office computing, as well as slightly more demanding tasks like light gaming and light content creation. For hardcore gaming and professional content creation, high-performance laptops are the better fit.

Typical Use

The majority of laptops on the market, including the cheapest ones with basic specs, are suitable for the common everyday tasks like web browsing, emails, or document editing. Having a powerful and power-hungry laptop just to complete these tasks isn’t necessary.

Office and productivity laptop tasks typically involve word and spreadsheet processing, presentations, emailing, web research, and multitasking between business applications.

Laptops used for studying and online education offer reliable entry-level and mid-range performance, a good battery life, and support for multitasking and communication in a digital learning environment.

Web browsing and social media tasks don’t require high-end specs. They can be completed easily on entry-level and mid-range laptops with good network connectivity.

Unless you play the latest AAA games for which you need a gaming laptop, lighter games like Minecraft, Roblox, League of Legends, or Sims, you can run decently well on a regular mid-range laptop.

Laptops used for movie watching don’t have to include high-performance components, but they should offer decent screens with wide viewing angles.

For professional content creation such as high-resolution photo and video editing or music production, a laptop with high performance is recommended. However, for occasional light content creation tasks like 1080p video and basic photo editing, mid-range performance is sufficient, too. In both cases, laptops used for visual content creation should have at least decent screens.

In most cases, coding tasks like web development or app creation aren’t overly hardware demanding. But still, it is beneficial if your laptop provides at least standard performance and 16GB of RAM or higher for seamless multi-tasking and running OS emulations.

Screen Size

15.6-inch is traditionally the most popular laptop screen size by far. But, it is being gradually replaced by the 16″ diagonal. Both 15.6″ and 16″ provide a lot of screen real estate while avoiding the bulkiness of 17.3″ laptops.

Screen Resolution

Full HD (FHD) is the most common laptop screen resolution today. It offers good image sharpness and a decent amount of screen space for the user interface and applications. However, it doesn’t match the visual clarity of top-tier 4K Ultra HD. On the plus side, FHD typically consumes less power than 4K, making it more energy-efficient for everyday use.

Screen Features

Touchscreens in modern mobile computers support multi-touch finger input. On select models, they also support active digitizer pens. Touch-enabled laptops come in the standard laptop form with added touchscreen functionality or with 2-in-1 convertible laptop / tablet designs.

Displays based on IPS technology provide much wider viewing angles than the budget-class TN screens.

Anti-glare coating reduces ambient light reflections, as opposed to the glare-type displays with more vivid colors.

Processor

The AMD Ryzen 7 7730U is a fast and efficient mid-range laptop processor with 8 cores, designed for smooth multitasking, office work, and streaming. It can boost up to 4.5 GHz, making it a solid choice for productivity and everyday use.

Graphics

The AMD Radeon Vega 8 is an integrated GPU introduced in early 2018. It is commonly found in the Ryzen 5-series processors from that period. Like all integrated graphics processors, as opposed to dedicated video cards, the Radeon Vega 8 is more optimized for energy efficiency than high performance. The GPU supports only light PC games and general multimedia tasks.

RAM Size

16GB and greater RAM sizes are recommended for heavy multitasking, gaming, and specialized programs that require a lot of RAM.

Data Storage

512GB or larger storage capacity is recommended if you store a lot of large files and install many programs.

Keyboard & Touchpad

The keyboard has a separate numeric pad on the right side of the keyboard, but it has no keyboard backlight.

Multimedia & Communication

Web Camera in 720p HD

This is the most common web camera resolution in laptops. However, it’s low in comparison to camera resolutions of modern smartphones, so it can’t produce as sharp picture. 720p cameras are being gradually replaced by sharper 1080p in newer laptops.

Stereo Speakers

Modern mobile computers usually have built-in stereo speakers.

Built-in Microphone

The laptop has a built-in microphone, which is a common laptop feature just like web cameras.

Networking & Wireless

Wi-Fi 6 802.11AX Wireless

The 802.11AX is currently the most used Wi-Fi wireless networking standard. It’s also known as Wi-Fi 6. When connected to 802.11AX-compatible routers, the 802.11AX modules in laptops bring improvements over the older standards in terms of data transfer speeds and multi-device connectivity. In some of the latest laptops, 802.11AX is being replaced by newer 802.11BE standard.

Bluetooth

Bluetooth enables you to wirelessly connect the computer to Bluetooth peripherals like Bluetooth mice and keyboards, as well as to smartphones, and other compatible devices.

Ports & Slots

2 x USB Type A

The laptop has a pair of the traditional USB Type A ports.

1 x USB-C

The device has a single USB-C port.

HDMI

HDMI is a widely used digital video output port. You can find corresponding HDMI input ports on most computer monitors and TVs.

Combo 3.5mm Audio Jack

This laptop has a standard 3.5mm combo audio jack that supports both headphone output and microphone input simultaneously.

Battery Capacity

41 WHr Battery

41 WHr battery capacity is on the lower end of the laptop battery list. It is typically used in budget-class laptops. Nevertheless, it can provide a decent battery life for the regular day-to-day tasks.

Weight

3.6 lbs

Thickness

0.7 inches

Operating System

Windows 11 Home operating system is designed for everyday users who need a fast, intuitive, and connected computing environment. The Pro version is recommended only for select business users that need extra enterprise features.

Year of Release

Laptop Condition

The brand new laptops, as opposed to refurbished and used, come sealed straight from the manufacturer. They are untouched and in pristine condition. The brand new laptops typically feature the latest hardware and offer full warranties.

Warranty

A one‑year warranty is the most common period for laptops. Longer warranties, such as three years, are considered extended warranties.

One response to “HP 15-fc0047wm B8LA8UA#ABA 15.6″ Touch Laptop”

  1. If you are put off by reviews claiming the screen of the HP 15 fc0000 series is really bad, it’s worth noting these reviews are for laptop models with a lower-budget TN 720p screen. This particular 15-fc0047wm configuration has a completely different IPS panel with higher 1080p resolution, much wider viewing angles, and better color accuracy. Touchscreen on this configuration is another plus in its favor.

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HP 15-fc0047wm B8LA8UA#ABA 15.6" Touch Laptop
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