What makes that one appealing to you?
Cost, Screen resolution, or how thick the laptop is?
Here is another refurb from Newegg that is better!
http://goo.gl/C7JD7S
All around better laptop than the one you link to.
Video card, touch screen (ik u dont care), core i7, 1080p screen, thinner laptop. Little bigger screen at 15.6"
Specs:
This 1.1"-thick laptop features an Intel Core i7-4500U 1.8GHz Haswell dual-core processor, 15.6" 1920x1080 IPS touchscreen LCD, 8GB RAM, 1TB hard drive, DVD burner, NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M 2GB video card, 802.11n wireless, Bluetooth webcam, 2-cell battery, and Windows 8 64-bit.
$565
Only bad part is the 2-cell battery.
If you want new, here is an awesome deal:
http://goo.gl/DuiXp4
It features an Intel Core i7-4510U 2GHz Haswell dual-core processor, 1920 x 1080 (1080p) LED-backlit LCD, 8GB RAM, 1TB hard drive, 8GB SSD, 802.11n wireless, DVD burner, Bluetooth 4.0, 720p webcam, 4-cell battery, and Windows 8.1
$749
Both of these laptops have much better hardware than the HP you linked to.
Yes, but have Windows 8/8.1 BUT you can change a setting and have it always boot to the Desktop and you'll never know you're on Win 8.