Affordable, snappy laptop for school, study and home use
Looking for an affordable, fast and light laptop for school, study, working from home or just everyday use? The HP 15s-fq2525nd is exactly that: an accessible all-round laptop that, thanks to the upgrade to 16GB RAM, runs nice and smoothly, even when you have several programs or tabs open at once.
Whether you’re a secondary-school pupil typing reports and following online classes, a student doing lots of research and using Zoom/Teams, a light business user working mostly with email and Office, or an older user looking for a user-friendly laptop for online banking and video calls – this HP 15s is a fine choice.
Why this model?
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Processor: Intel Core i3-1125G4 (11th gen, up to 3.7GHz), a tidy all-rounder that handles everyday tasks with ease
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Memory: 16GB DDR4 RAM, so you needn’t worry about programs opening slowly or switching between tasks
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Storage: 256GB NVMe SSD, enough to store documents and photos
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Screen: 15.6″ Full HD (1920×1080, matte anti-glare), great for watching films and series
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Weight: ±1.7 kg, ideal to take with you
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Battery: up to ±6 hours, a good day of classes without charging stress
In other words
The HP 15s-fq2525nd isn’t a luxury laptop, but it is a no-nonsense, fast and accessible all-rounder that does exactly what you expect. Ideal as a school or study laptop, for light business use, or as a reliable home laptop for anyone who just wants to work, video-call and browse without trouble.
HP (Hewlett-Packard) is one of the oldest and largest computer brands in the world. HP chose breadth: they offer a solution for every segment, from simple entry-level laptops to advanced business machines. That makes HP a brand you'll come across in almost any office, school or living room.
Their design philosophy is mainly about balance: ease of use, sturdiness and recognisable design that doesn't stand out for the wrong reasons. In the business lines such as the ProBook and EliteBook the emphasis is on reliability, security and compatibility with existing corporate IT. For consumer models HP pays more attention to looks and price awareness, so there's an HP for almost every budget.
One caveat is that HP used to bundle a lot of bloatware (extra pre-installed software) it earned money from via software suppliers. That caused frustration: starting a new laptop often meant a thorough clean-up first. Fortunately HP has partly stepped back from this in recent years, so modern Pavilion-series models contain less cluttered software and are ready to use faster.