not only HP

First you have to say that I (640GB HDD Intel Core i5, 4GB RAM,) did not buy on Amazon but directly from HP this notebook.
Most negative reviews refer to the warranty policy of HP. Is worth mentioning that even with other manufacturers such as Acer has become so: 1 year warranty - and for the second year you stand as a consumer in the burden of proof that the defect already existed for delivery.
The theme of Windows 8 is now chewed as a negative reason not debatable and - you know that yes, before the notebook At length - then you should kindly Windows evaluate negative and not the HP.

Now the notebook:
Haptic and visual eye candy; Despite high-gloss finish and (unfortunately) glossy screen you see (at least on the housing) surprisingly little fingerprints. The Intel Core i5 offers an excellent working speed, the RAM I upgraded from 4 to 8 GB, it would have been as well as adequately dimensioned.
The hard drive offers the recovery partition (not a double-disk) only one other partition with Windows and all other data also. That's a pity - a separate partition for the operating system would have been quite reasonable.
From the pre-installed applications, especially the Cyberlink software (image, video editing, burning, ...) is to use well; the rest I have uninstalled (Norton, Office Trial).
The battery is equipped with 6 - 7h pleasantly persistent.
Should also be mentioned that the (otherwise very restrained) fan of working out ALWAYS is discreetly active; However, this can be deactivated in the BIOS.

In summary, HP has a solid piece of hardware at a good price thrown (in my 399) on the market, resulting in fallen mainly due to the good build quality and keyboard white and on any case due to the imperative need operating system and an incipient also with other manufacturers warranty policy should be considered unnecessarily through the mud.