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Eight hundred bucks for a laptop with an older processor isn’t a great deal, but chop that price almost in half and it gets a lot more appealing. Today, Best Buy is offering a 15-inch HP laptop with 16GB of memory for just $449.99—a nice $350 off its retail price.
The HP 15-FC0307DX is definitely on the lower end of specs, especially since the AMD Ryzen 7 5825U processor and DDR4 RAM are a little long in the tooth. But that older processor is still packing 8 cores and a surprisingly capable integrated graphics setup, and 16GB of RAM is nothing to sneeze at, especially paired with 1TB of SSD storage. That should be more than enough to handle all your Windows 11 basics and plenty of web browsing, plus some light gaming on the side.
This laptop is also bigger than a lot of the ones in this price range, with a 15.6-inch 1080p screen and a full number pad on the keyboard. It doesn’t have a touchscreen and there’s no mention of an IR webcam for Windows Hello, but it includes USB-C, double USB-A, and a full-sized HDMI port. The triple-cell battery is rated for 11.25 hours according to the specs… so I’d guess it’s closer to 6 or 7 hours for standard use.
A year ago I probably would have skipped this deal, but affordable laptops that have enough hardware to run Windows 11 without problems are getting harder to find. Grab this laptop for $449.99 from Best Buy if you’re interested, otherwise maybe check out PCWorld’s roundup of the best laptops on the market.
Get this 15-inch laptop with 16GB of RAM for just $450 (44% off)
Author: Michael Crider, Staff Writer, PCWorld
Michael is a 10-year veteran of technology journalism, covering everything from Apple to ZTE. On PCWorld he’s the resident keyboard nut, always using a new one for a review and building a new mechanical board or expanding his desktop “battlestation” in his off hours. Michael’s previous bylines include Android Police, Digital Trends, Wired, Lifehacker, and How-To Geek, and he’s covered events like CES and Mobile World Congress live. Michael lives in Pennsylvania where he’s always looking forward to his next kayaking trip.
