I don't see why people get so frustrated with the 1099 price and the i3.
You need to be reminded that the 4th of July weekend has promotions only on i5 computers. Which also explains the removal of the i5 in the Envy 15 and 17.
Im 95% sure the configuration will change after next week.
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Fat Dragon Just this guy, you know?
Besides, there's gotta be a way to remove the student discount. After all, you're not a student forever... -
The firsts I7 clocked at 2,66 ghz can reach near 4,8GT/s of raw data processing and so were using QPI interface, while the older core i5 were slightly bottlenecked (especially when two cores were turboed) with a 2,5 GT/s DMI controller.
That's just for raw data before any instruction or processing, that's why in the end there's not a +100% performance gain like some might expect (even if you feed more raw data the processor can only process a certain ammount of GT/s afterwards, that's why QPI's theoretical max 25GT/s and DMI 10GT/s are still far from reached).
Now that intel found a way to produce 4,8 GT/s capable dmi controllers the i5 is not anymore bottlenecked even when in turbo mode hence the impressive performance gain for the same clock rate (around 2,6ghz and + that's where I think the older DMI are starting to bottleneck the CPU's max GT/s processing).
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It's also not much more expensive. I may wait a year to buy the momentus, and hopefully more hybrids will be out for less money.
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Just range hp germany now informed release date is 5th July
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. The slice is just an abomination
.... lucky for me I didn't plan on buying it.
Discounts would have been nice... but I can't hold that against them.
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The first shipment is expected to reach them tomorrow...
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Hi guys, I have been reading this thread all along and I am about to purchase the Envy 14. So just two questions:
-For warranty, if you selected "none" the laptop still comes with limited warranty right?
-And battery life with the crappy GPU (the intel one) is ~6 or 8 hours correct? And about 3-4 with the ATI GPU?
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I was told by hp sales (phone call) they have problems getting the "tips" or something like cert and are delayed till 5th of july.
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Fat Dragon Just this guy, you know?
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I won't even try to speculate about the ATI GPU, but since you're about to buy it like you said you might as well pull the trigger - if the battery life fails to satisfy you HP has a painless 21-day no questions asked return policy. -
Just got an email confirmation saying my order has been dropped to the factory with a scheduled ship date of July 6!
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Did you order it yesterday ?
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yeah. that would be nice
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i called at 5pm today, i called 01 805 66 57 75 home sales
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I just ordered it!
Here it goes...
I'm glad the choice has been made. It is a little more than I expected to pay, but this machine is going to last me all 4 years of college (and hopefully into grad school as well). I plan on buying another 1 dimm 4GB ram in a year or so. I'm also going to get a Squaretrade warranty, but I'm not activating it until the day that I leave for school. Now I can just sit back, relax, and enjoy my summer. -
How is anyone getting estimated ship date when it's the actual build date?
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I know, cant believe they have pushed back the date till 5th of july for germany per what i was told by the sale rep.
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Question for you guys. Anyone here from OUTSIDE the US but used a mail forwarding service to order the laptop? (Or an HP laptop in general?).
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I ordered mine on Sunday. I am second guessing my choice of CPU (the i5-520m). Still excited however.
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Your customized HP ENVY 14 customizable Notebook PC will be
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Oh, and if you order accessories they ship those separately. I should have that nice, shiny monitor in less than a week.
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You have the same intentions that I do with it! It's going in my dorm room and will be my computer monitor (for my new envy, of course) and also my tv. I'm not getting tv service though...it's $200 a semester
. Hoora for megavideo.
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My order confirmation came a couple of hours ago. Estimated ship date is July 7th or same as build date.
Just curious-do some people think there is some difference between the i3 and the i5 other than clock speed? Reading some of the posts I get that impression. I could't see spending $175 US to get a decent upgrade over the i3 myself as there is no difference other than the turbo boost.
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Just found a coupon code.... NBE725947
Additional $300 off customized HP Pavilion Notebook $1499+. limit 1350 uses
BOOOOOOOOOOO
(it doesn't work with the envy lol, i tried. Does work with the dv6tSE though, and makes it a sweet deal cuz it adds onto the $150 off already) -
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All I know is one way or another i'm GOING to find something to complain about and threaten to return the product so they will be FORCED to give me more money back!
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Does anyone have experience using BillMeLater via PayPal? It would honestly be easier for me, as when I get my overage check from my university's financial aid office, I could just pay off the rest of it then.
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I dreamed last night I had found a $300 off Envy coupon. Only when I looked up coupons this morning did I realize it was a dream. -
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But maybe thats wishful thinking on my side...^^
We know more tomorrow...
*HP ENVY 14 (1XXX series) Owners Lounge, Part 1*
Discussion in 'HP' started by 2.0, Jun 21, 2010.