Great for LR & PS
I’ve been using this for a few weeks now. I’m a photographer so using it with Lightroom and Photoshop. It handles it beautifully. The colours are great.The glare/shinny screen is a bit of a pain, just have to find a good spot to edit. But it’s fantastic.

Like other buyers mentioned earlier… It’s a HUGE FLOP! Returned for a REFUND.
I had high expectations from this laptop but it turned out to be the biggest flop that it is.I bought it as my new powerful workstation. It performed flawlessly for 3 weeks, as one would expect of such a machine, but after that time it showed signs of weakness… glitches started to appear, lagging, various crucial softwares started to crash one after another and it just wasn’t the same machine.3 weeks !!!! Finally, the operating system crashed completely and could not perform at all. Pics attached. The unit was officially unusable. Complete waste of my time :(((( Wasted a whole working day on this POS laptop.**Kudos to Microsoft and HP support for being so professional in trying to solve the problem. They gave up and suggested returning the unit.Pros -Fast (while it was still alive)The keyboard is a blissThe touchpad is greatThe touch screen works greatVery slick metal built and professional lookLow priceCons -VERY Heavy laptopVERY heavy chargerFans are noisy when operatingGlossy Screen with reflectionMight crash and DIE from the get-goReturned back to AMAZON UK for a REFUND.Conclusion:STAY AWAY FROM SHINY OBJECTS.STICK TO THE RIVERS AND LAKES THAT YOU’RE USED TO…

Could have been good
Was a fast machine but would often overheat. Screen has a lot of motion blur which was really off putting for me. Had to return as fan noise was awful.

Poor quality control. 3 out of 3 were faulty straight out of the box.
I recently purchased the 13.3″ version of this laptop, and two 15.6″ models – all had faults straight out of the box.Thankfully, Amazon’s customer service is second to none, and I have been able to return all 3 for a refund.HP Envy 13-ba0010na 13.3-Inch (price at time of purchase £1049.99):This was returned because the backlight on the ‘S’ key did not function correctly (the attached photo doesn’t really capture just how dim the key was compared to all the others). While this may seem like a minor issue, this was a brand new laptop with a RRP of around £1150. It shouldn’t have passed quality control.It’s worth noting that the 13.3″ display has a VERY narrow viewing angle. This is due to HP’s ‘Sure View’ privacy screen, which is essentially passive and therefore is ‘on’ all the time – pressing the button to ‘activate’ it merely dims the screen a little. Not really a problem for me, but worth a mention for anyone considering this model, especially if you intend to use it to watch movies, etc. with more than one person. The 15.6″ has a much better display and wide viewing angle. However…HP Envy 15-ep0011na 15.6-inch (price at time of purchase £1499.99):The first one I bought had distorted audio coming out of the right speaker. This was apparent the moment it was switched on for the first time – Cortana’s voice was crackling (even at medium volume). Once the initial Windows setup was complete, I checked the audio output at various levels, checked the drivers were up to date, the audio settings, headphone output, etc., and this confirmed that the right speaker was indeed faulty.Another ‘quirk’ I noticed was that the backlight on the ‘R’ key was twice as bright as all the other keys on the keyboard.Additionally, the laptop had a problem with USB 3.0 devices – namely that it wouldn’t recognise them unless used with a USB 2.0 cable, which completely defeats the object. As I intended to return this immediately for a replacement, I didn’t spend much time looking into this – and thought it may just be a configuration issue. However…The replacement 15.6″ laptop arrived a couple of days later and exhibited the same USB issue – no recognition of USB 3.0 devices unless connected with a USB 2.0 cable, and VERY SLOW transfer speed via both USB ‘A’ ports.After much Googling, checking the drivers, switching the adaptors off an on again, and so on, I contacted HP support who talked me through several things including resetting the BIOS and (finally) running a hardware test on the USB ports. The conclusion from this was that (surprise!) the ports were faulty. Either I was incredibly unlucky to get two 15.6″ laptops with exactly the same hardware fault, or this is an issue with this particular model (the USB ports on the 13.3″ model worked perfectly, and data transfer speeds were 10 times faster than on the 15.6″) .Finally, in addition to my USB woes, the touchpad on this last one was a little loose and ‘clicked’ when you lifted your finger off it – no matter how little pressure you put on it. Minor, but quite annoying for a £1500 device. Oh, and did I mention that the left speaker (while not as bad as the right one on the previous purchase) also had some distortion when playing audio?You may get lucky and find that everything works as it should, but after 3 out of 3 having faults, I’m not prepared to try a 4th time.Needless to say, I will be buying laptops from manufacturers other than HP from now on.