Micheal, I think most people with laptops tend to store stuff on their local network or in the cloud. For myself I have a bunch of desktops for storage and tend not to keep much on my laptop. I bought a 17" HP Envy about a year ago and its a great machine ,I have had no trouble with it what so ever and HP is good about sending updates for the bios etc as needed and it goes without a flaw. I have 2 HP monitors since I prefer a shiny screen which is why I chose the HP Envy, most other computers have the dull screens which just seem lack luster. I say go for the HP they have a great rep.
