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Well, I received the HP laptop but it flickers way more than the store model. Here's an example screen shot. The flicker varies based on the color displayed on the panel, but this is pretty representative (except that white doesn't flicker).
Best Buy won't let me get into Device Manager (not surprisingly), so I have no info on whether the panel of the store model has the same model number of the device I received.
This laptop does seem to give me a headache (my headaches often come on less suddenly than many others on this forum, so I don't always know the cause of my headaches). I may use it a bit more, but I'll likely return it.
At this point, I'm still on the hunt for an external monitor that doesn't flicker.