HP 15-bw075ax Reviews & Tests

Choppy waters. The HP 15-bw07ax brings AMD's newest high-end APU, the A12-9720P, to the market. However, the APU may be a bit too new - the system is remarkably unstable.

excellent speakers ; good gaming performance for its class ; great thermal management ; quiet operation

numerous system crashes (during our testing period) ; mediocre CPU performance ; poor screen ; mushy keyboard ; very cheap materials

While the HP 15 (A9) we reviewed recently was an exercise in patience due to its slow components and sluggish operation, the HP 15 (A12) is a trial due to its instability. The processor is much faster than the dual-core A9 in our previous unit, but due...