yea hp laptops suck to work on. most of them anyway. 

@Levent that's not the point. HP pretends to be Apple for a second and puts torx screws when it's not necessary or expected. 

It's worse when it's a security torx with the small peg in the middle. That's not something you'll find at your local hardware store.

But you can still circumvent those with a tiny flathead. I don't understand why companies bother anymore.

What I don't understand is that it's only 1 screw

The others are normal

HP is like that, But once you have a decent toolkit its nothing. For my Envy X360 its a matter of 3 torx and 3 philips. Then the inside is purely philips 

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That's not something you'll find at your local hardware store.

Who shopped there to begin with lol?

@imreloadin Depending on where you live shipping isn't fast. Sometimes you need a tool and can't wait over a week for one to ship to your house.

@Windows7ge then don't start projects until you have the correct tools? I mean most things have teardown guides/videos online you can look up before you start so you can find out what all you need.

I'm not just limiting this to computers. Working on engines, small motors, carpentry, home improvement projects (like a Home Depot or Lowe's)

Sometimes you don't know what you need because you're doing a repair. Once you discover what's broken you know what you need. The situation will never always be "just know what you need ahead of time" there will be situations where you have to start something and find you need a part that you don't have and need it sooner than shipping will offer.

If you don't even know what tools you'll need it sounds like you don't know how to do the repair and should probably pay a professional...

It seems you're just not understanding and I'm not interested in trying a 3rd time to make you.

Don't worry about it. It's not really important.

@Windows7ge *laughs in netherlands* most common stuff if you order it beofre 23:00 it gets delivered the next day  

that's one great thing about a small country.

@firelighter487 Most if not all things I order aren't common. This means they come strait from China which is 30-60 day shipping or I'm still waiting a week because the manufacturers I buy from don't have warehouses in or anywhere near my state.

I ordered a server PSU last week and it has to travel from California all the way to the East coast.