*HP ENVY 14 (1XXX series) Owners Lounge, Part 1*

^ my bad I didn't mean pre-built as in already made. I meant non CTO, "ready ship models" kind of thing. the kind they usually send to Best Buy for B&M sales.

 

the clock speed is a bit less

667Mhz compared to 750 Mhz or something

 

Unless the radiance is a POS (the early hands on say it isn't) the brightview infinity won't hold a candle to it.

 

Wow, this thread is FAST! Take 10 hours off and it launches over 100 new posts!

If the 21 days return policy is as much "no questions asked" as they say, then it makes sense to buy now and cancel or return if a better deal comes up. They may just credit you $100 or so. If not, just take the new deal.

 

Here is another coupon code which i didnt see posted before: SVMB39487 thats for $25 off. Does not work with Aceademic tho'

 

An earlier post indicated that Amazon's reps aren't assured of the correctness of their listing, so don't be too quick to assume that even the Amazon model actually has the lower-res screen until someone confirms it. I believe the Amazon reps said that the spec info was from HP, but then why would HP have sent 3.75 hrs. as the battery life estimate rather than a higher number like they advertise everywhere else? It also seems strange that they would offer something like that on a ready-to-ship model when it's not offered for CTO, though I suppose it's not unheard of.

In other words, the Amazon spec sheet seems a bit fishy to me until someone from Amazon or HP (or a customer) confirms it.

 

*checks out his order status* Hurray! It's in production.

 

Will that combine with anything else, such as the LOGIC50 coupon code? If one could string together half a dozen $25-$50 coupons, it would come to a rather tidy savings...

 

Thanks everyone for their input. I placed my order just now. I did all base configuration. Total was $1,052. I hope it will start production soon!

 

I'm trying to stack them in checkout but I can't seem to enter more than one coupon. I only get an option to remove the current coupon active and can't enter the second one... am I missing something or does HP not let us stack coupons?

 

Actually, there's an HP specsheet for that model that says it's the lower resolution

 

you can't enter more than one coupon at a time. The coupon is "stackable" because it will work on top of instant laptop discounts. However, there are none for the envy line just yet so....

 

omg before I spotted that amazon battery life thing. People told me if amazon tested it out of box, it would be with 5650 on the whole time for the 3.75 hours. If someone found out through a rep that it was info straight from hp, then efffff us. THEY LIEDDDD AGAINNNNNNN. I'm going to try only integrated and just have youtube, wordprocessing open when I get my envy. If its not more than 5 hours on a full charge (FIRST CHARGE) then I'm going to return it.


Edit: btw I got the i5-450m so 5 hours should be reachable with what hp said it could have been. I would actually be ok with 4.5 hours on only integrated, basic surfing

 

Oh ok, was trying to stack multiple coupons such as the LOGIC50 ($50 off) and SVMB39487 ($25 off) coupons to see if it would work but I guess they only take one coupon

 

bcb is all the way down at 5% now, unless you type in YOU HP YOU WORTHLESS S ARGHHHHhhhhh... then it shows 0%, but you feel alot better

 

$1052's not bad for base settings. Should one even buy the $200 battery, or just get a 2nd 8-cell? Or will the $200 go down?

 

It was actually $990 before tax. Really not bad!
I would love the slice battery but $200 is just too much... Maybe a sale later.

 

bcb still says 10 over here. Doesnt matter to me though, if bcb isnt higher then 10, ill just use my academic discount.

And as htwingnut said, I am really tempted on buying my envy14 now, and if something good comes up in july, I will still be in the return window/cancel window period, so I could still get the discount. Plus calling to cancel/return would probaly just get HP to offer me a big rebate anyways...

What do you guys think? What are you gonna do htwingnut?

 

whoa e14, have you considered purchasing an iPad instead?

lol jk

I really can't find any cool skins for it, does anyone know anything about skinning over the engraving on an envy? Should be fine not weird right, or will pushing into the engrave mess it up

 

How do you get it to be 990 if the base is 1099? 1099-LOGIC50coupon is $1049.

Thanks.

 

Probably used student discount (10%). $989.99 starting for base with it.

Edit: Or 10% BCB

 

I got 10% student discount.

 

I know these are expensive as heck, but has anyone ever tried these SSD'd? This photographer's blog i frequent always seems to be putting these into his computers. They are from OWC: OWC Mercury Extreme Pro SSD Serial ATA 2.5" Solid State Drives using High Performance Sandforce Processor solution

 

Not bad. Lets see... 520M+1dimm => 1299.99(.90)= 1170; LOGIC50 = 1120. +TAX = 1290. JEEZ.

Or am I calculating this incorrectly? My tax rate is 10.25% here.

Please advise.

 

I don't think you can use the coupon with an academic discount. BCB doesn't allow for any discounts at all either

 

that assumes logic50 works with the student discount.

anyway. your tax would be more like 1234 or so if it cost you 1120

 

mine started production 'bout 2 hours ago.

so...I ordered it late on the 27th. So it took 2 days to get to production. day and a half to drop to the factory.

 

Umm, no coupons with student discount, unless I've been misled. So you should be at about 1297 according to my calculations... (10.25% tax on 1120 is not 1290, though it's not really applicable in your situation unless I'm wrong about the coupon code).

 

I would willingly buy right now if it weren't for the fact that I've tied myself to a strict budget and am loath to pay California taxes without a coupon. If I have to, I may end up buying in a few weeks, but that'll just mean watching my finances. Chalk it up to being a frugal middle class kid.

 

I'm not 100% sure, but I believe it performs similarly (maybe a little slower?) than the OCZ Vertex 2 and OCZ Agility 2, as I believe OCZ gets early access to the newer firmwares. I can suggest if you want a SandForce SSD, you go with the Agility 2-- it's priced well, performs amazingly, and OCZ's customer support is absolutely top notch.

 

The LOGIC50 code does not work with the student discount. I've never had any coupon codes work with academic discounts through HP...ever.

 

Has anyone tried the fatwallet deal in conjunction with student discounts?

 

Just called Hp and mentioned that I could get a better configuration (not mentioning if it has a lower resolution screen because cdw.com HP NV14-1010NR I5-450M 500GB 6GB W7P and other Notebook Computers at CDW.com does not specify) for less than what i payed and they said they would do a price match if you customized to the same configuration, so they might give you with 450 i5, 6GB Ram and 500GB HDD for $1170. But since i didnt have the same configuration they offered me $50 and i just took that because its less of a hassle. So if you bought an envy here is a chance to knock of $50 or get a cheap configuration.

I did use my student discount so they will still give $50 if you used one

 

I'll hopefully, if all goes as planned, place an order today (it just hit midnight). We'll see...

Here's what I'm thinking:
• Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (To be upgraded to Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit, as I have a legitimate key through MSDN)
• Intel Core i5-450M at 2.4GHz (2.66GHz max turbo)
• 4GB DDR3 System Memory (2x2GB DIMM)
• 500GB 7200RPM SATA HDD (To be put into an external enclosure and replaced with an OCZ Vertex 60GB)
• ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 1GB & Intel Integrated Graphics
• 14.5" 1600x900 LED backlit display
• 8-cell lithium ion battery (I'll pass on the battery slice for now)

Price: $1,214.99
Discount: -$121.50 (10% HPA)
Total: $1,170.03 (After taxes)

I'm thinking that looks perfect for me. This will be replacing my aging desktop for some time, until I eventually build a new one from scratch.

 

Good to know. I'm holding out for a bigger discount though - if a big discount comes out, I'm going to try to get a price match, or at least a 50% price match on it. If I've already finagled $50 from a deal like this, I might be missing out on $150 later on. Besides, a general, "I'm not sure if I can really afford this, I'm thinking of returning/cancelling it" call would probably get $50-$100 off.

 

thanks for the tip off!

 

edit: nevermind

 

what a detailed review of the ENVY 14..

 

kind of off topic but if anybody is looking for a good alternative to the envy 14, the Sony Vaio EA looks pretty good. comes with i5 520, not the best graphics ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5470 GPU (512MB VRAM), 4GB Ram, and 320GB HDD for $920, Its pretty nice looking and is the same thickness and weight with an optical drive as the Envy 14. Battery life is 3.5 hrs on default setting so i think thats not power saver mode so it might get higher (idk though just guessing).

VAIO EA Series PC | Sony | SonyStyle USA

Just thought i would throw that out their, looked like a pretty good comp if you dont need the best discrete graphics.

 

those laptops are more in the same quality level as hp pavilions, etc

envy has such a higher build and display quality over something like the EC

 

Not to mention it lacks one of the main draws of the Envy 14: a 1600x900 Radiance screen.

 

my brother has a low-end vaio like the EC (i guess its predecessor) and the display SUCKS

not to mention shoddy build quality, heat, and noise

 

Compromises are made as you start compromising on cost.

 

I never had a 1600x900 display on a laptop. How great is the improvement from a 1336x768? Excite me, someone!

 

The Acer Aspire TimelineX 4820TG is better, cheaper, and looks nicer than the Sony EA (excluding the CPU).

14" LED-backlight widescreen, Core i3 350M, 4GB ram, ATI Radeon Mobility HD 5650 1GB, 320GB harddrive, optical drive, etc. Normal usage with Wi-fi is 6 hours on power savings mode and on idle it is 8 hours. It uses switchable graphics between the HD 5650 & the Intel GMA. Black brushed aluminium lid, less than 1" thin, and weighs 4.65 pounds. It only costs $799.

 

It's significant. There's much more screen real estate, which makes getting things done easier - especially when you have multiple windows/apps open at the same time.

 

True but the Acer's Keyboard is horrendous, i Hate those cheap crappy plastic non island keyboards. if it was not for the keyboard and display i would get the timeline.

 

Yup, exact same part number as Amazon version. And, as others noted, the lower res screen.

 

I know how you feel. It took me a week to get used to it. It actually feels very comfortable to type on now. There is some flex on the keyboard, but not enough to interfere with my typing.

The screen is almost like every other budget laptop. They all have bad viewing angles.

 

Where can you buy one for $799?