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Posted: 5/5/2012 1:17 AM

Post subject: Rate my new laptop

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Bobo_the_King

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HP Pavilion dv7t Quad Edition customizable Notebook PC • Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit • 3rd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3610QM Processor (2.3 GHz, 6MB L3 Cache) • NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GT 650M Graphics with 2GB GDDR5 memory [HDMI, VGA] • FREE UPGRADE to 8GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm) • 750GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection • Microsoft(R) Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word/Excel(R) only, No PowerPoint(R)/Outlook(R) • 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery - Up to 5.75 hours of battery life +++ • 17.3-inch diagonal Full HD Anti-glare LED-backlit Display (1920 x 1080) • FREE Upgrade to Blu-ray player & SuperMulti DVD burner • HP TrueVision HD Webcam • 802.11b/g/n WLAN • Standard Keyboard • Included 2 Year Warranty • HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope Price after $400+free shipping coupon code and taxes: $1,162.33. ---- I've been absent since my computer of seven-and-a-half years (an HP zd7260us) died suddenly and dramatically. My computer hasn't yet arrived, but I can't contain my anticipation any more. With all this additional power, surely I can bot ever more tedious games. I'm planning on upgrading it with a SSD, tablet, and new RAM over the next few years. What do you think?

Posted: 5/5/2012 1:19 AM

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... I hate you so much :P I would give anything to have that laptop

Posted: 5/5/2012 1:20 AM

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ThatGugaWhoPlay wrote:

... I hate you so much :P I would give anything to have that laptop

Would you give $1,162.33 for it? If so, you can have it!

Posted: 5/5/2012 1:21 AM

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ThatGugaWhoPlay wrote:

... I hate you so much :P I would give anything to have that laptop

Would you give $1,162.33? I love buying a new computer-- for about three months, you get to boast you have the best machine on the block.

Posted: 5/5/2012 1:23 AM

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Bobo the King wrote:

I love buying a new computer-- for about three months, you get to boast you have the best machine on the block.

Not if you get a laptop you don't.

Posted: 5/5/2012 1:27 AM

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7/10

Posted: 5/5/2012 1:28 AM

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Posted: 5/5/2012 1:28 AM

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ShadowWraith wrote:

7/10

Given the tech-savviness of the forum and their overall discerning tastes, I'll take that as a compliment. *Points again to price...*

Posted: 5/5/2012 1:31 AM

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4/10 bad keyboard layout, no trackpoint equivalent and shitty 16:9 resolution display (yeah, I know, almost nobody sells 16:10 anymore...) You don't want to know what I spent on my notebook (fully loaded Precision M4400) ~2-3 years ago.

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Posted: 5/5/2012 1:32 AM

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True wrote:

4/10 bad keyboard layout, no trackpoint equivalent and shitty 16:9 resolution display (yeah, I know, almost nobody sells 16:10 anymore...) You don't want to know what I spent on my notebook (fully loaded Precision M4400) ~2-3 years ago.

They still make those?

Posted: 5/5/2012 1:42 AM

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9.8 on a scale from 9 to 10

Posted: 5/5/2012 1:59 AM
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For reference and to explain why I'm so eager to get my new laptop, here's my old laptop's specs: • Microprocessor: Intel Pentium 4 processor 3.2GHz with HT Technology, 800MHz FSB • Microprocessor Cache: 512KB L2 Cache • Memory: 512MB DDR SDRAM (2 x 256MB) at 333MHz (Upgraded to 2 GB for the last five months of its life...) • Memory Max: Maximum Memory 2048MB DDR SDRAM (2 x 1024MB) (See above note.) • Video Graphics: Nvidia GeForce FX Go5700 • Video Memory: 64MB DDR (dedicated) • Hard Drive: 80GB (4200RPM) Hard Drive (Upgraded to 320 GB PATA hard drive in 2009-ish. I swear I had the last PATA laptop ever made.) • Multimedia Drive: DVD+R/RW and CD-RW Combo Drive (The DVD+R functionality died in about a year. Fortunately, I didn't use it much and I was able to put off buying a cheap DVD burner until around 2010, when it was $40.) • Display: 17.0-inch WSXGA+ High-Definition BrightView Widescreen wide viewing angle (1680 x 1050) Display (Loved the display.) • Fax/Modem: Integrated v.90/v.92 56KB modem (RJ-11 connector) • Network Card: Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector) • Wireless Connectivity: 54g 802.11b/g WLAN with 125HSM/SpeedBooster™ support (Hahaha, this made it nearly impossible to install Ubuntu. I finally had a friend install it for me--with much aggravation-- last fall.) • Sound: 16-bit Sound Blaster Pro-compatible audio; internal Harman/Kardon speakers; AC audio link; volume control button and mute button (Those Harman/Kardon speakers were amazing) • Keyboard: Notebook keyboard with scroll bar and integrated numeric keypad (The numpad was a welcome addition.) • Pointing Device: Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical Scroll Up/Down pad • PC Card: Slots One Type I/II/III 32-bit card bus (also supports 16-bit) (Yeah, never used that. Thought about adding two USB ports for five bucks, though.) • External Ports: - Four Universal Serial Bus USB 2.0 - One Parallel SPP/ECP standard interface - One VGA (15-pin) - One RJ-11 (modem) - One TV-Out (S-video) - One RJ -45 (LAN) - One port replicator connector - One headphone-out - One microphone-in - One IEEE 1394 (FireWire) - One FIR (Fast Infrared) • Dimensions: 15.67 inches(L) x 10.94 inches(W) x 1.67 inches(front H) 1.85 inches(rear H) • Weight: 9.5 lbs (One friend cautioned me that my new computer will be heavy. I said that at six pounds, it's much lighter than my old one. I assured her the resulting scoliosis has been quite manageable.) • Power: 135W AC adapter (which ultimately fried the motherboard...) • 12-Cell Lithium-Ion battery (Battery life, toward the end of its use: about 5 minutes. It at least allowed me to put the laptop in standby mode and carry it with me.) • Windows XP Home Edition Total cost: about $2000 in 2004. You can rate this one too, if you'd like.

Posted: 5/5/2012 2:03 AM

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.1/10 is probably accurate for that.

Posted: 5/5/2012 5:07 AM

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4/10 - It's a laptop! also you got 3 for the amount of Space you have XD and Graphics the 1 is because it's 16:9

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Posted: 5/5/2012 5:14 AM

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Spikestuff wrote:

4/10 - It's a laptop! also you got 3 for the amount of Space you have XD and Graphics the 1 is because it's 16:9

TIL it's a sin to buy a laptop, despite any requirements imposed by your school and/or job. Also, are you giving me 3 and 1 points as a concession or a deduction?

Posted: 5/5/2012 5:57 AM

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I'd rate that laptop very highly, though I will recommend getting a cooler for it. Quad-cores run hot. I love the HP Pavilion dv series, even if a few of the early ones had heatsink flaws.

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Posted: 5/5/2012 6:48 AM

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Bobo the King wrote:

Spikestuff wrote:
4/10 - It's a laptop! also you got 3 for the amount of Space you have XD and Graphics the 1 is because it's 16:9
TIL it's a sin to buy a laptop, despite any requirements imposed by your school and/or job. Also, are you giving me 3 and 1 points as a concession or a deduction?

it was minus 10 for having a laptop +4 for the good features

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Posted: 5/5/2012 6:56 AM

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For me... Old laptop - 1/10. Enough good proccessor, shit memory (before upgrading). I have smillar things in my old PC (2003-ish). Why smillar? Proccessor is a shit in it. New laptop - 9/10. I NEED NEW FUCKING COMPUTER RIGHT NOW. My laptop is from 2008 and its HDD is a bullshit (it was changed 4 times, now HDD is doing with me only BSODs), also this new laptop is fucking good to play CS:GO. I DARE YOU.

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Posted: 5/5/2012 7:08 AM

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My laptop: 1 year old 20% broken My Older laptop: 2.5 years old 96% Broken

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Posted: 5/5/2012 7:34 AM

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SSD

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Posted: 5/5/2012 7:53 AM

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Huge and heavy as fuck, low battery life, heat issues, rather bad screen even for a laptop. 5/10. I never considered sacrificing comfort and proper ventilation for very limited portability to be worth it. This computer looks and sounds like it should have been a desktop.

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Edit: I think I understand now: It's my avatar, isn't it? It makes me look angry.

Posted: 5/5/2012 8:46 AM

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exileut wrote:

SSD

Gimme a year.

moozooh wrote:

Huge and heavy as fuck, low battery life, heat issues, rather bad screen even for a laptop. 5/10. I never considered sacrificing comfort and proper ventilation for very limited portability to be worth it. This computer looks and sounds like it should have been a desktop.

That's why it's called a "desktop replacement". You want to play catch with it or check your email in a field? Then this isn't the laptop for you. Same size as my previous laptop and three pounds lighter. I never wished my old laptop was poorer but more portable. Besides, in three or four years, after Windows 8 is released and prices on tablet PCs come down, I'll pick up a tablet PC as my portable computer and leave my laptop at home most of the time. I can believe the heat issues (though I was under the impression that i7s run cooler than older processors), but what don't you like about the screen? Before purchasing this one, I was inches away from buying a laptop with a 1600x900 screen. Should I have held out for 3840x2160? (Link, because I love these photos too much.)

Posted: 5/5/2012 9:02 AM

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Bobo the King wrote:

That's why it's called a "desktop replacement". You want to play catch with it or check your email in a field? Then this isn't the laptop for you.

Of course it isn't for me, although for completely different reasons (your examples are pretty funny though). Still, that's not the question. The question is why "replace" a desktop with something that doesn't work quite as well and isn't as comfortable to use for things you do at home. You can assemble a better desktop for <1000$ easily.

Bobo the King wrote:

what don't you like about the screen?

Its matrix, which, going by numerous reviews, is a poor quality TN with horrible viewing angles. Resolution isn't everything. I would never get a TN screen for a computer I use most of the time.

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Edit: I think I understand now: It's my avatar, isn't it? It makes me look angry.

Posted: 5/5/2012 5:01 PM

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moozooh wrote:

The question is why "replace" a desktop with something that doesn't work quite as well and isn't as comfortable to use for things you do at home.

The only reason is portability. It doesn't seem like a particularly fat laptop, I've seen fatter.

moozooh wrote:

Its matrix, which, going by numerous reviews, is a poor quality TN with horrible viewing angles. Resolution isn't everything.

But hertz is everything. So it has to be 120hz, otherwise I get eyestrain when my mouse cursor and windows don't move smoothly as butter on a hot frying pan.

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