Anyone received shipping for new HP laptop from recent 500 dollar coupon deal?

yea mine is in my town as well - i called and they said expect it by 1030AM today!!

 

I read some where that the 158.45 is the best for the 8400GS, can anybody else confirm this as I would like to know as well.

 

Fedex guy just dropped it off. Two full days before the estimated delivery date. I am impressed.

 

How is it ? Any CPU whine? (a high pitched noise coming from the notebook)

 

mine is out for delivery as well so hopefully will be getting it pretty soon. if i do get it today that will be sweet. i say that because i did the free shipping and like the commercial says "fed-ex ground is fast, it is fast."

 

Ditto. Also did the free shipping and got mine about half an hour ago. (Two days before the ETA date.) I still can't believe it traveled all weekend to get here!

 

Still in the box...I had them deliver it to work so I could sign for it.

 

sweet so far! no cpu whine at all - messed around a little but now creating the recovery DVDs - its takin awhile for that.

 

Are you doing the Clean Vista Install thing? If so...let me know how that works out. I may try it tonight.

 

Hmm well I dont think I am gonna do that- its actually a my girlfriends comp and she hasnt had one since middle january so I dont wanna run into any problems with the clean Vista install that would cause her to not be able to use it. Also - I will most likely uninstall all the programs that are bloatware and slowly clean up the comp that way.

 

Ahh ok

Awesome.

My dv2700 isn't going to be in stock until the 29th February :cry:

Although I have waited 10 days for it already so it's only another 10 or so

 

My only complaints so far are that the enter key feels a little loose (even has wiggle when you barely touch it) and the bigger complaint is that there's something that looks like a smudge on the inside of the LCD. It's close to the toolbar so it's not terribly noticeable, except I did notice it in the first five minutes of it being on!

It's not a dead or stuck pixel. It's grayish and definitely looks like a smudge. After having a dead pixel with an LCD going bad on the previous one, I think I can live with this one. Sure wish it had been perfect but I am loving the 1680x1050 res I was so concerned about!

 

just got my DV9700t CTO this morning a day early than what the fedex website sched.

 

Mine is still in AK... It was at clearance delay the whole weekend! It just changed for international shipping this morning and have not had any update since. I doubt I will get mine tomorrow(early) Did you guys do the faster shipping?

fwiw: I am in NC.

 

Vince22sh,

Did it delivered before the time it promised? Mine says 10:30am and if that is quiet accurate, I want to take a half day off and wait for it at home.

 

Rogazilla, mine said that and was deliveredtoday at 9am. Well a tad before 9am. And yes, delivered a day early as well!

 

just got mine today too, 1 day earlier than eta. woot woot!

 

yup mine was 1030 am but i got it around 9:30 am as well

 

I hope I get mine tomorrow morning too! But I think I won't have mine until the scheduled date 20th. It still says Cleared International shipping in AK. Looks like I am taking the morning off though.

 

Mine was ordered on Feb 3 and was supposed to ship on Feb 15. I also keep reading these posts about them shipping early. The Chinese New Year delay is for sure. Anyone have any luck getting information out of HP on when they will ship ? The order status screen still shows shipping on the 15th.

 

Mine is not shipping either. Some of the dv9700 owners are already getting theirs
I think they're missing the verve casing for mine.

 

i just got my tx2000 today. i think im going to return it thought -- this thing outputs wayyyyy too much heat.

 

kmet999 - what are the specs of the DV9700T you ordered? Feb. 3 is the same date I ordered mine (specs in sig) and I had a Feb. 15 build by date too, which is when mine shipped. I got it this A.M. and had the free shipping (not the 2 day).

 

I too used the free shipping.

HP Pavilion dv2700t Special Edition customizable Notebook PC
Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit)
Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo Processor T9300 (2.50 GHz, 6 MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)
14.1" WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1280 x 800)
2GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
HP Imprint Finish (Verve) + Fingerprint Reader + Webcam + Microphone
Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Network Connection and Bluetooth(TM)
FREE Upgrade to 160GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive from 120GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive!!
FREE Upgrade to LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-RW with Double Layer Support!!
No TV Tuner w/remote control
High Capacity 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery

 

got mine todaay
specs: - HP Pavilion dv9700t Entertainment CTO NB
- Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit)
- Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo Processor T9300 (2.50 GHz, 6 MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)
- 17.0" WXGA+ High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1440 x 900)
- 2GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
- 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
- FREE Upgrade to HP Imprint Finish (Radiance) + Fingerprint Reader + Webcam + Microphone!!
- FREE Upgrade to Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Network Connection and BluetoothTM!!
- 240GB 7200RPM SATA Dual Hard Drive (120GB x 2)
- LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-RW with Double Layer Support
- No TV Tuner w/remote control
- 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
- Microsoft(R) Works 9.0



so far so good.no screen/sound issues

i've a question:is it possible to get that fingerprint reader thing to work on firefox.right now it only stores passwords in IE,which IMO sucks .would appreciate if someone could provide a workaround.

 

kmet, my bad. I thought you had ordered a DV9700T.

jklman, I know what you mean about the fingerprint reader. I remember reading in another thread that some people were using verisoft in firefox. Here's the thread:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=213206

Haven't had a chance to give it a try yet.

 

So far, so good with my 9700t. I didn't have time to fool around too much...uninstalled a few programs via Ccleaner (will that be enough to get rid of the leftovers some programs leave behind?), made my recovery discs, downloaded Firefox. No fan noise problems. Screen looks great.

I uninstalled Works...but I saw Office 2007 on there. I didn't think it came pre-installed unless you ordered it, which I didn't. It does ask me for the product key, but if I close the key window, it doesn't close the program, and I can use it. Strange. I do have a product key I purchased separately, though, for a higher version from what is on there already.

 

There will always be somethings that programs can't pick up to clean unfortunately. The only true clean laptop comes from a fresh install, which is what I'll be doing as soon as I get mine, right after burning the recovery discs and SWSetup folder.

 

thanks a lot

 

I had 71 processes running last night. Not good! I might try the fresh install myself.

 

Mine arrived this morning! 1 day early than ETA but I was not home to sign for it I am going to make a run to their warehouse tonight to pick it up! TOO EXCITED!

 

Ouch, thats one mighty whack on performance

After a clean install I usually get just under 35 processes running on Vista Home Premium, I think 30 is the lowest you can get with Vista fully functional.

Anything under 40 will give you very nearly maximum performance, as long as you don't have a memory hogging anti-virus installed like Norton

 

Finally the dv2700t SEs are shipped!

Mine says picked up a 1:01pm at Kunshan, China but it's only 12:40pm central time here. I wish they would state their time zone.

 

Well in China it's now nearly 3am on Wednesday the 20th February, don't they teach you anything at school?

 

All the time stated on fedex site is local time zone. Not yours.

 

Yeah, I realised that.

Where I went to school we were taught about time zones and the time difference between other countries and our own (England)

 

can someone help me find a laptop cooler for my dv9700t.i've checked many local stores but none of them supports a 17"
i saw one laptop cooler from newegg but its kinda expensive ($39.99).would greatly appreciate your help.
thanks

 

I figured that out, but it would have saved me the trouble of looking up China's time zone . Anyway I just noticed that my status said "Shipping exception". I hope that isn't another name for "delay".

 

Hey for those that got their laptops. My friend who ordered one got the media remote control included though he didn't pay. I on the other hand didn't get so lucky. What about everyone else here? Did anybody else get it included? It's the tiny remote control that fits into the express card slot.

 

that comes with the pavillion laptop
you should've gotten one...double check the second box (remote is inside a small plastic bag)..if you don't find one,call them and complain

 

I did find mine! I guess it was because during checkout they gave you the option to buy that remote for liek $19 or $20. So I figured he got lucky and it was included.

 

My dv2700tse is showing a delivery of 2/22 after being shipped on 2/19. Not bad, I just hope there are no new delays.

Still being delivered within 7 days of promised ship date is not bad I guess. I think I/we ordered at a bad time with the New Year holiday going on. Can't wait for new toy to arrive for the weekend. Feel like a kid @ xmas.

 

unforuantely i had to return mine because it shipped with a bad dvd drive and a couple other problems. getting a full refund in a couple of days but i have to say that i am disappointed. oh well, back to the drawing board.

 

Yep mine too. My laptop is in Shanghai, and status is "in transit". Maybe both of ours are in the same shipment. I actually liked the expected shipping date since I don't think I'm going to sleep on Friday; Going to play with it till the wee hours.

My laptop is probably flying across the Pacific Ocean right now

 

i WANT TO ORDER, BUT i missed the coupon of course and now im WAITING for the next one.

 

ericallenboyd, what was happening with your DVD drive? That's why I had to return the first one I ordered as well. Just curious what was going on with yours.

 

does anyone have charging issues? (dv9700t)
my plug is kinda losse (where it connects to the computer for charging)

 

i put a data cd in the drive and it would spin for 2 or 3 seconds and then it would freeze up the computer and the only way i could get it to reboot was to turn the computer completely off.

there was some other issues with the lag and some of the keys felt as though they were going to fall off already. i decided to just send it back and get a full refund and maybe buy a Ibm or Sager.

 

Same thing happened on the first one I had too eric. I told them about it and it's a shame it happened to you too. I have an "ENTER" key that I noticed right away was loose. Since this is the third one I've had to buy since Dec., I don't remember the other 2 having loose keys like this. *sigh*

jklman, oddly enough I was sitting here and noticed I had switched to battery power and didn't know what happened. Plug was in but not all the way. I would swear I had pushed that thing in all the way because it charged it, all I was doing was sitting here and it even had the blue light on. I fiddled with it and noticed the plug does feel loose like you were talking about but so does my other one so maybe mine is like it's supposed to be. I don't know.

I'll have to keep my eye on it. I am bugged that the jack is on the right side. My old laptop had the jack on the back so you didn't have this cord sticking out of the side.

 

rtrdogs. yes it is a shame that it happened but i guess it is good that i checked it out and made sure everything was in working order prior to the end of the return policy.

i dont get too worked up about it because i am getting a full refund but more than likely i will get a IBM t61 or Sager 2092 now. leaning towards the sager because of the upgraded specs and the warranty and from what i have been reading the build quality is solid. good luck with your "new" one.