A:AnswerThe product is made in China at an HP manufacturing facility. The parts are from several countries including China, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines., etc.
HP, AMD, and NVIDIA are all US companies. HP manufactures some laptops in the USA.
A:AnswerIt's got a fairly fast processor, a discrete video card, and enough RAM to do animation. With that said, animation can be a memory and processor intensive process with complex scenes, so it might not be the best choice if your graduate is already at the point of doing complex work.
A:AnswerThe laptop is perfect for anything on the market and adding ram and storage will only make this bad boy of a gaming pc running even better that then perfection that is currently runs
A:AnswerYou should be able to toggle on and off the keyboard backlighting using the f key alone, without the fn being depressed. Once it is on, it should stay on. If you continue to experience issues with the backlighting, contact us t support.hp.com
A:AnswerYou could probably replace the hdd with a larger one if you are a little tech savvy. Or you can use any external hard drive. They plug right in to the USB port. Usually stores like bestbuy sell 2tb ones for like 70-80 bucks.
