HP is a big brand, I an using my laptop since five years still my laptop is working faster than other brands as Dell, My computer keyboard screen everything on my laptop never created any problem for me.That is just superb so today I bought another laptop trusting the same brand Hp for my brothers bday.You can tell about the looks of dell is much better but regarding the component Hp is best for using purpose, I use my laptop 15 hours a day for my work, and I never did any sort of maintenance since the day I bought, it is used very roughly by my family but still Its working fine.
My friends laptop are new of dell brand they always face with their computer performance issue software support problem.I am a gamer as well, i play counterstrike with my laptop and I find my keys and HDD and every thing is just best than new computers, it looks old today but once you use it you wont feel any problem.