HP Laptop 15s-fq2621n review

Laptop 15s-fq2621n — 64 GB of RAM in a quiet mainstream chassis

The 2020 HP 15s-fq2621n is a mainstream 15-inch consumer laptop with an i5-1135G7 and an unusually large 64 GB of RAM — double the ultrabook-class median of 32 GB. At $410 it sits just above the $373 class median. The profile is memory-first: top quarter of the class for RAM, integrated-only graphics (score 0 versus a 3.84 median), and reliability mid-pack at 41 against a 51 median.

Memory headroom as the product

64 GB in a consumer 15-inch body is the entire reason this unit stands out. Combined with the competent quad-core Tiger Lake i5, the practical envelope is serious multitasking: heavy browser work, office suites, student toolchains, light development and large in-memory documents. For workloads that eat RAM but not pixels, this configuration removes the usual upgrade anxiety entirely.

The standard trade-offs

Graphics at 0 confirms integrated-only — no gaming beyond casual titles, no GPU-accelerated creative work. Reliability at 41 (−20% versus class) is acceptable rather than reassuring: consumer-tier plastics of this generation age adequately but not impressively. Neither point disqualifies the machine; both define its lane.

Price trajectory

From roughly $1,400 new to $410 today at 8.9% per year, projecting to $340 in two years (17.1% lower). Consumer machines on this curve lose value steadily — the RAM is doing the heavy lifting in the residual price, and it holds value better than the platform around it.

Where it sits against peers

Pricier alternatives are the Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15IAL7 ($469) and IdeaPad 5 15ITL05 ($464) — similar class, newer platforms; cheaper neighbors are the HP 255 G10 ($349) and Pavilion 14-ec0423no ($378). The IdeaPad 5 pair typically ships with 16 GB; if 64 GB matters, this 15s is the outlier in its band. If it doesn't, the cheaper options are better balanced.

Bottom line

Fairly priced for a RAM-first buyer: a quiet, unremarkable mainstream machine whose 64 GB transforms what would otherwise be a forgettable configuration. Skip it if your workload fits in 16–32 GB — the analog set offers similar or better platforms for less. Choose it when memory is the bottleneck you are actually solving.