*HP Envy 15 (11XX / 12XX series) Owners Lounge!*

You can burn dvd yourself.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=428068

 

What number did you call?

I called HP sales twice. The first time was when it had not been shipped out. I asked them to add that adapter to my order, and charge me accordingly. The woman answered phone simply told me she could do nothing, since it was already 'in production'. She even mentioned that the order configuration could not be changed, since if 'you did not have a hdmi-vga adapter in your order, your computer may not have a HDMI port yet'.. What an idiot!

The second time was five minutes ago. Again, they told me they can do nothing if that part is listed as out of stock. They asked me to run into local store like Staples to buy any hdmi-vga cable they have. I was speechless again..

Is this HP customer service supposed to be?

 

No OC on the vantage score. I think the SSD's are what boost the final score out of proportion (look at individual sub-scores). Have not tried to really max out or test stability on the GPU, the 3d mark tests @ 525/1025 never got the GPU above 67C. Have not found a sensor on the GDDR so I don't want to push memory any higher.

 

Thanks yejun!

I only plan on doing a fresh install if HP installed the OS on the 250GB instead of the SSD.

 

In other news, my Envy was scheduled to be delivered tomorrow but now I see it is "On FedEx vehicle for delivery!"

 

It's Here!!!!

 

Ash

what screen did you get?

 

Ohhh that's a PCMark score... well in that case whatev
I thought it was 3DMark06

 

Mine just arrived, its a little cold, so I'm gonna let it warm up before I crank it up, my screen is a glossy.

 

1080p Matte
i7 720
4GB but I have another 8 GB to install
SSD + 250

 

any complaints with the matte?

 

There was a 3Dmark06 (9656pts) and 3Dmark05 (16332pts) post with screenshots (O.C'd), and a seperate PCMark Vantage suite with screenshot (10793 pts no OC).

Sorry I didn't notice that the screenshots did not show what test version the scores were from.

 

for those that just recieved their machines with SSD's can you check for the part number of the SSD? thanks.

 

The matte screen looks great to me! All of my business laptops have matte and i like it better on my eyes.

The SSD is SSDSA1M160G2HP and the OS is installed on the SSD, and not the 250

 

Anyone hear some slight buzzing noise from their envy's?

 

Kind of like tsk tsk tsk or a real tiny cymbol type sound? I notice one but someone said it was just that the 500 g hd was noisy

 

No noise hear.

Whisper quite

 

You have SSD tho right? The noise may be something isolated to the ones that have platter drives. At least I hope thats all it is. Would hate to have to deal with HP replacing it at this point.

 

Nope.

320GB....

 

I called the customer service number on my invoice - 1 (800) 474-6836. They also said that I couldn't change my order but that I could talk to the Parts Department. She transferred me directly so I don't know that parts number for HP. He found the part number (I was a little surprised because we were having a hard time communicating) and took my CC number. I was thinking that I wouldn't get anything but it arrived in about 2 days. You might try that.

 

I provided a link earlier for the adapter.

$37.99 from HP Parts

 

I just checked since folks were saying that their computers were being delivered, and mine is also out on the truck for delivery! I wasn't expecting it until tomorrow. I need to clean up my current computer so I can start transferring stuff. It's amazing how much crap you collect over 5 years.

This is a work computer for me so I'm planning on upgrading over time. New SSDs next year.

 

nlavine

Let me know what your think of the ultra brightview, please....

 

@sleey0

Hey I forgot to tell you....When I loaded Win7 from my disk and finally got to the prompt for the product key I just hit next, thinking it would give me the option to continue with a 30 day trial. It just kept on going with no key and finished installing, so far have had no prompt or messages to register or purchase etc.... What's up with that?

 

A better opinion would be from someone who actually owns both versions of the display

I have a glossy coming in a few hours, but I don't have the matte to compare.

 

I still would like some comments before mine gets here next week

 

I think the glossy ultra brightview is great, good color depth, rich colors and its got a good brightness. the blacks are nice, comparable to my MBP, although I think my MBP is slightly brighter otherwise its one of the better screens I've seen. if I had this screen on my XPS 1645 I had a few months ago, I'd surely would have kept it.

 

I seen both, I prefer the matte.

 

Check the activation by right-clicking My Computer, then Properties.

Scroll to the bottom and let me know what it says.

 

See, that's the problem with tha matte. Colors are washed out and not vibrant.

I would like more brightness, but I could live with it if the colors are good.

 

I think xps rgbled is way better. I just got my envy with ultra brightview as well. I am not too impressed by the LCD and overall build quality. I like the keyboard though. The touchpad and palmrest are really bad.

 

The keyboard feels cheap, IMO.

And my touchpad ROCKS! much better than most I have used....

 

My touchpad on/off button stops working for some reason.

 

You are just double tapping the light, right?

 

The synaptic driver stop working after I uninstalled some hp programs.

 

try reinstalling the synaptics or repairing it.. did you uninstall the Visual studio stuff? because I think some programs need those frameworks to work

 

I agree the RGBLED is supposed to be way betterm but when I had my XPS1645 the Primary colors were just way too saturated to be normal.. Reds in particular felt like they were burning your eyes. I could have had a bum screen but that was one of the reasons I jumped ship to the Envy..

So far so good, I just wish HP does what dell does, have a blank/full Windows media so one can reinstall without those 20 or so crap programs preloaded.

 

Reinstall fixed it. Thanks.

 

Hrm... so whats the concensus? Is the glossy better than the matte?

I rather ilke the matte screen that came with mine though =P

 

I have the glossy on order, so I'll let you know next week hopefully.

 

Who cares what the consensus is? If you like it, go with it. I got the matte because I'm tired of the glossy screen on my current notebook... can't use it anywhere near sunlight or anything that might put a reflection on it. I was constantly readjusting that machine to see what was on it.

 

Dang, how did you get the 620M?

I don't even see that as an option.

I'm on the phone with HP right now ordering up another one for the same pricing as the one I got.

Theres a really annoying electronic buzzing noise emanting from mine.

Agreed Pita, I really like the Matte screen on mine and I wasn't too fond of the glossy on my previous MBP.

In addition, I don't see what Sleey0 means by washed out colors. To me the text is sharp and the colors are excellent.

 

HP wouldn't budge when I tried to get them to match my price that I got.

The best they could do was $100 off and it still was a couple hundred more with a way worse cpu (i5-430).

I am not happy with HP about that.

 

Was not activated (29 days left). Put in the key code from the HP / MS oem sticker (under battery) and it popped up a 800# prompt, called it and talked to computer for ~5 min entering strings of numbers, confirmed and click next and it's now activated. Did not expect it to work but it did, maybe because it was from a valid retail install disc? but this was already activated on my Dell computer (single install version).

Wonder if i can do that again when I install on the anti glare machine?

 

Why don't you use the cert?

I find it much easier. 2 steps and your done

I did Pro on this machine but I think I'll do Ultimate on the glossy

 

Just saw the box to enter key next to the '29 days left' and just tried it.

Like I said earlier I just bypassed the activation prompt when installing, was in the next click next click next click next click mode and just kept going....

 

Wow my fedex is retarded. Instead of delivering it early like they should if they have it, My fedex put it on the truck for delivery and then returned it to the sort office.. The time line goes bottom to top.

Location Details
Feb 1, 2010 1:47 PM
At local FedEx facility
MIDDLETOWN, PA

Feb 1, 2010 11:16 AM
At local FedEx facility
MIDDLETOWN, PA
Package not due for delivery

Feb 1, 2010 7:03 AM
On FedEx vehicle for delivery
MIDDLETOWN, PA

Feb 1, 2010 7:00 AM
At local FedEx facility
MIDDLETOWN, PA

Jan 29, 2010 8:28 PM
At dest sort facility
MIDDLETOWN, PA

 

Go pick that up that's stupid if they do that to mine I'm killing someone. Probably Romeo from hp sales.

 

Here's a test photo of the Envy i5 opened up. I saved as a .pdf file to see if that works for good quality uploads. Hope this works;

View attachment interior-1-full.pdf

 

that is an awesome shot. it's really a nice layout, and I love seeing those dual ssds