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

Not yet. But when they are, there will be links on the 1st post of this thread.

 

I'm hoping to order today or sometime soon, but the more I think about it, the more I worry the Envy 14 will suffer from poor battery life, even on the iGPU. Just looking at similar configurations (Core i5 and Intel iGPU) with 59 watt hour batteries is making me nervous.

 

About the shipping dates, HP ships REALLY fast for their standard shipping. I ordered a monitor with my Envy on Monday, and it's expected arrival WAS July 1, but I checked it this morning, and it's out for delivery! That's really good news for the shipping of out computers.

 

so it was expected to arrive tomorrow and as of right now its being delivered? how is that "really fast"? sounds like they're on time at best

 

^ I ordered it Monday afternoon. That means it took 2 days..a lot faster than the said 5-7 days.

 

Unfortunately our Envy 14s are coming from China. Not some warehouse in the US. So, if (like me) you selected standard shipping, its likely gonna take closer to the stated time.

God I hate it when being cheap comes back to bite me in the hiney! LOL

 

better to save $40 on shipping to have it 3-4 days faster and spend that toward an upgrade on the E14 which you'll have for however long.

 

I am ok for right now to just wait for the reviews, you know, to make sure that the wifi won't cut out if you type on the keyboard the "wrong way"...

 

Yay ! Fed Ex just delivered my.........................................................................Targus Zip Thru case.

 

Or put it towards a REALLY fine cigar to celebrate your Envy's arrival.

Personally, I don't find it worthwhile to spend $50+ to get my computer a couple days earlier. If it were a matter of arriving in time for my next return trip to China, it would be worth it, because getting it to me in China would take longer and be much more expensive than getting it a day or two before flying out, but since I expect it to arrive at least 3-4 weeks before I come back (though I haven't even returned to the States yet), I'm happy to save $50 and wait a few more days.

 

Please no chassis problems like the envy 17...

 

can we get some dimensions in the first post. I've been finding myself looking them up and comparing it to the 13/15" MBPs. 16:9 makes these suckers kind of wide. But looking at the numbers, it's not too bad for size. All thickness is near 1".

Envy 14: 9.3 x 14 x 1.1 inches ; 5.2 pounds
15" MBP: 9.82 x 14.35 inches ; 5.6 pounds
13" MBP: 8.94 x 12.78 inches ; 4.5 pounds
and cuz I have one, M11x: 11.25” x 9.19” x 1.29 ; 4.4 pounds

trying to convince myself 14.5" isn't bad... but I do just love 13.3" or smaller.

 

Done. Added to 1st post.

 

14" 4820TG: 9.64 x 13.46 x 0.94-1.13 ; 4.65 pounds

P.S. It doesn't have a backlit keyboard, whoever asked me that. The 4820TG is very similar to the Asus UL models.

 

Do you guys know of any good current or upcoming laptops that might be in the pipeline? I am especially interested in ones from asus, or anything 13" to 15.x" with an NVIDIA gpu that is on par with the ati 5650, such as a GTS 250M, GTS 350M, or the upcoming fermi GF104 cards. I want decent battery life if I can get it, at least 4.5 hours of web surfing and ms office. I would consider other ati based laptops if you think they are worth a mention, not interested in a timeline or vaioZ or macbook. thanks.

 

There is the 11" M11x with 335m which is near performance of 5650. I believe there is one asus that has a 335m which is 14". I'll look it up.

http://1toppc.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=N82JQ-A1

do you just prefer nvidia? need cuda? ATI cards draw less power and have DX11 which is nice. I like either brand personally.

 

It depends on what you're looking for. Looking at reviews on notebookcheck.com, it seems that i5 laptops with well-optimized power saving modes will draw about 10-12 watts while under minimal load (text editing, etc.). So that could mean 5 or 6 hours of life. HP actually seems to do pretty well with power optimization on their premium models, see for example what this EliteBook does with a 55 watt-hour battery.

What I do wonder about with the Envy 14 is not so much the i5, but rather how the high-resolution Radiance display will impact the battery life compared with models that have otherwise similar specs.

 

can i use bing cash back and the student discount together?

 

no...but you might be able to use fatwallet and student discount together...

 

Hehe
For me it's a Belkin Messenger Bag which will be delivered tomorrow.

Still hoping for Envy 14 till weekend but will be very happy if it's delivered next week.

 

Can we get a post in the FAQ that says you canNOT use Bing cashback with any discounts (student 10%, coupons)? I swear I've read the same sequence of posts over a dozen times in the past week.

 

I also just recieved my Dicota Messenger Bag, one day after my original shipping date for my Envy 14...
Very good deal at 13€ from Cyberport with shipping and all.. It seems to be good quality, provides good protection and has plenty space for cables, power adapters and some paper..
It just looks very sad, all empty and alone!

Come on, HP!

BTW, 2.0, can you link to these pictures on the first page? Its advertising pr0n, but for all those waiting it might help..

 

My Swissgear Lancer backpack is coming tomorrow too...pretty nice price got it for $35 original price $70.

 

Nice! Done.

 

I tried to be helpful and wrote tons of faq related information in my first several posts to the forum, but some of it was too subjective to be included in the faq, so 2.0 didn't want to link it. I have a complete list there of accesories, with part#'s and wattages for the batteries, the I/O layout, details on how computrace lojack works, a discussion of warranty service v.s. private insurance showing the pro's and con's, and also a list of rumors some of them I managed to clear up with HP envy technicians. It sucks for all that information to get buried, but anyone who needs to know something not in the FAQ you can look up my first posts under my profile.

P.S. can i get bcb after stacking 2 coupons onto my student discount? XD

 

Please include an {sarcasm}text{\sarcasm} tag next time...

 

This is also some incorrect and/or misleading information in there that's also why I didn't link it. additionally, I'm not going to link accessories as that makes it appear as a recommendation. Can't in good conscious recommend some of those accessories as there are better reviewed third party ones available.

The good news is that some of the info is correct and objective but is also redundant. So the opening post echoes some of what you were hoping to have included.

 

So with much research and time I finally bought my HP ENVY 14. I'm very excited for it. Specs will be listed below. I was shooting for something that will be very sleek, fast, and have great battery life. I feel that I did well. Thanks for everything (everyone), I followed every post and learned a lot.

HP ENVY 14 customizable Notebook PC

* • Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
* • Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-450M Dual Core processor (2.40GHz, 3MB L3 Cache)with Turbo Boost up to 2.66 GHz
* • 4GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
* • 160GB (Solid State Drive Flash Module)
* • 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon(TM) HD 5650 switchable graphics - For Dual Core Processors
* • 14.5" diagonal HD+ HP Radiance Infinity LED Display (1600x900)
* • SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
* • HP TrueVision HD Webcam + Dual Digital Integrated Microphones
* • Intel Wireless-N Card with Bluetooth
* • Corel(R) PaintShop Photo(TM) Pro X3 + Corel(R) VideoStudio(R) Pro X3
* • Full-size island-style backlit keyboard
* • One 8 Cell Lithium Ion (standard) +One 6-Cell Extended-Life Lithium-Ion Polymer Battery (over-sized)
* • Microsoft(R) Office Starter 2010
* • $1! SAVE NOW!! Norton Internet Security(TM) 2010 - 15 Month Subscription (activation required)
* • HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope

Estimated build date: July 12, 2010

 

Sieht sehr Europäisch aus. Was für ein glück das Sie Europäischer sind...

I don't know if an American could pull that bag off. Any better than I can pull off communicating in German anymore - blast the slow drain of disuse!

Personally, I've got the 14.5" Link Pattern sleeve coming - at around $25 with the student- + notebook purchase- + instant rebate- discounts, I figured it was worth checking out. I'm not sure how much use it'll get since I ride my bike everywhere, and I generally need more space (i.e. my messenger bag) when I go to work or travel, but I'd like to give the sleeve concept a go anyway.

 

These are the specs I'd get if I had the money for an SSD

 

hello, new to the forum! is anyone looking into a SFBags Waterfield SleeveCase for the Envy 14? Hoping they make a custom size for it...

 

I got the free shipping, and it came in 2 days.

 

Yea I think it will work great for me. SSD seems sexy

 

good lord... I take a few days off from the forums and I'm 900 posts behind...
Any interesting news I missed?

 

Good question, I had really bad luck with my first ATI GPU. The drivers, especially for openGL applications, were really bad. For instance when quake4 came out there was a driver problem that caused a lot of ATI cards to render everything totally green as if it was nightvision mode and it would have been a simple driver update to fix the problem, but ATI just decided to heck with it we just will announce we won't be giving anyone any further updates because most of the affected cards are 2 to 3 yrs old, problem solved. Also when used in a drafting program, certain screen elements would disappear, flakey drivers all around, not just in games, and you had to spend half the day going through your collection of old versions of the drivers just to find one that works with certain programs. -- I have never had a bad experience like that with NVIDIA, the drivers are always very stable and useable, and sometimes even have extras like support for stereoscopic 3d. NVIDA also keeps pushing out drivers for the older cards too to fix problems, unlike ATI who just dumps you after a certain date, or at least that is how they used to do things.

 

450m is 'bout the same as the 520m (520m may not be worth the $100 upgrade).

370m is a 450m without turbo boost and a slightly weaker integrated card (667mhz compared to 766mhz) and may or may not be worth the $75 upgrade depending on your budget.


Processor apparently CAN be swapped out but they are underneath the vid card or something weird like that (someone got the envy engineers on the line when they were talking to HP)

 

I wonder how difficult it would be to order an Envy 14 with the base CPU and then swap it out when it arrived for an i7 620m...

 

You have your envy 14 already!?!?!?!?!?

 

I'll have to agree with you on that. nvidia driver support is great and with laptopvideo2go even better. I had an ATI 3670 before and that was like a year ago and it was all one single driver, which I guess was easy but I dunno, always slow to update.

 

So, the bottom is really black? I figured the youtube units must had just been unfinished. Seems surprising they wouldn't match it to the rest of the body.

 

Yeah, I would have preferred 13.3 or even 14.1". 14.5" is a little bigger than I wanted, but I like the specs on the rest of the machine. Compromise, compromise!

 

Looks like a pretty sweet product - SF turns out some pretty nice stuff from time to time, especially of the eco-friendly variety. I didn't see any 14.5" laptops listed in the HP section, either the Envy or DV5x series, but if you email them with the Envy's dimensions they should be able to fit you. Just make sure that you send the correct dimensions for your battery situation - i.e. slice or no-slice, since that will probably impact the size you want to get.

 

He ordered an external monitor along with his Envy, that's the shipping he's referring to.

To be fair, that's coming from a warehouse in the States, not from a factory in China. Speaking of which, I wonder where they assemble the Envy line. I live a couple clicks away from a Foxconn plant, but I believe they do more Mac stuff, along with their own name-brand parts...

 

Hmm, interesting. I might just go with the 450m than. What exactly are the differences? Just a lower clock speed?
EDIT: scratch that, they have the same clock speed. Now I'm confused, haha...

 

I've become a fan of Tom Bihn bags. I am looking forward to sliding the Envy into my Buzz bag. Seems like a perfect match.

 

i used to like the smaller stuff, now i want a larger display. im not running marathons with this thing or anything.

 

Yes, they are for all intents and purposes exactly the same. Sadly that information could have saved me $100 at the time of ordering : (

 

Hey guys and gals
Im in the process of currently looking for a new laptop and the Envy 14 popped up in conversation. Sorry if these have been asked before but

1) When will it be available in the UK and how readily available will it be? I realise it's not even out in the US yet so I can only imagine we're talking months rather than weeks

2) How much is it going to cost?

3) I've been on the UK HP website and had a look around, found some snippets of info but could only find an Envy14 with 1366 x 768 resolution, are there any that are planned to have an i5 and a slightly higher resolution? Maybe 1600 x 900 or something?

Cheers everyone, i'll be keeping my eye firmly focused on the forums for now on!

 

I found an absolutely beautiful McKlein bag in a really nice Chestnut colored leather at the Macy's near my home for $85. It was a steal at that, and I think its gonna be perfect for my Envy, based on the published measurements.

 

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