HP Envy 15 - $450 Coupon of $1399

Any ideas of when another discount will be available, pry going to order 15 next month? Anywhere to look for or to keep an eye on to see if a coupon is available?

 

dude that blows..after all that waiting.. it came out of the box like that?
hopefully mine hasn't suffered the same fate *fingers crossed*

 

Yeah, immediately out of the box it caught my eyes. It's like getting a door ding on your new car - you'll forever be staring at it.

On hold with HP right now to see what they can do. It's not going back for repairs!

 

Sorry to hear that. Mine finally shipped today so hopefully I won't have any problems. Today coincidentally is the last day to get the new mac book pro for 1050 after rebate from Macconnection. The Envy better be worth the wait.

 

I don't think this bezel issue is very common. I guess the person who assembled mine was being rushed to fill all these delayed orders. Well, like all things if not done properly the first time you end up doing it twice - HP is building me another one.

I take apart laptops in my sleep, it really shouldn't take me more than an hour to remove the screen to reseat it, but I'd really rather not. This was the first time I had to deal with HP support so I asked a bunch of stupid questions to see how they respond. One of them was what if I opened it up and reseated the bezel myself? His response was (an American, with a southern accent) my warranty will be voided. Dell will gladly send me whatever parts to replace on my own. I'm sticking with Dell unless HP has something that I absolutely can't resist, like the (discounted) Envy.

$1050 for the updated MBP is a good deal. I had a last-gen 13" MBP for a little while. As nice as the Envy 15 is build quality wise, the MBP is still a notch above - the real glass E2E screen, that satisfying muted thump sound when you close the screen, the Magsafe plug. I just couldn't stand OSX and Windows runs like crap (bad keyboard and touchpad support) on it so I sold it.

 

That's good to hear. Are they shipping you out a new one or do you have to RMA the damaged unit first before they can process it?

I really want to keep the envy but the range in build quality is disturbing. I'm also a little bummed out at the .3MP webcam on the envy because I teleconference. I know of external webcams but that's just an additional accessory to keep track of.

 

At first I was told I need to ship it back first, then an order will be placed to build the replacement. It was almost like pulling teeth, but I was able to finesse them into getting me a new one before I have to ship the one with busted bezel back. I used a firm but whiny tone, stressing multiple times that HP has already been paid in full for this order a month ago, and that I'll have to pay for that charge soon, noting that I shouldn't have to pay for something 2 months in advance of receiving a (non-faulty) product.

This is definitely not their normal process. He had to get manager's approval and do some trick on the system. Because of the last extra 10% discount given for the second delay, I will actually get charged that amount and he has to process a refund when the replacement ships. I've better not see another full charge on my CC for this replacement system!

 

mine is too...

 

exchange reordered at 22th was shipped today

 

Wow, mine is listed as shipped. Originally ordered with this $450 coupon April 6 (delayed to April 28) but re-ordered April 22 with $450 discount after finding out about the 2.5" / 1.8" HDD issue ($200 in brackets if you want to upgrade 2.5" machine to 1.8") and moving up thru the HP ranks to get them to let me have the discount again...

So this one shipped only 6 business day after the order, not bad really. I have an ES i5-540M CPU waiting for it when it comes.

Mine is listed to ship May 1 (have tracking # now) What kind of ship times are you guys getting from ship date? Not / Including weekend?



Here's the real kickers on my order. My first two orders were with $450 coupon and 10% Bing Cash Back. The first two orders still have $95 pending for BCB, but the 3rd order I ordered with a $450 discount and 25% BCB. The 25% BCB was cancelled 3 days ago but I still have the $190 in BCB from the first two still there.,... (first two orders are long cancelled)


Oh yes. I am dying to know. Anyone in the most recent round of shipments order the 160GB Intel SSD(s)? Did you get G1 or G2's?

 

The one I received today with 160SSD+250HDD is a G2.

Both my BCB were cancelled a few days after the orders were placed. The add'l discounts offered for the delays made up for the BCB. This was a real sweet deal.

 

when did yours ship? (fedex pickup date?) good news on the SSD, eh.

 

It was shipped two days ago. The status was it got picked up after the cutoff, but it made it here in two days anyway.

Yeah the SSD is great. I had the 80GB G2 in my Dell, 80GB is a bit tight to load any games on it, not that the XPS1340 is much of a gaming machine. With the dual drives I'm going to put all my stuff on this thing!

Good luck with your BCB. You might have a chance of them coming thru.

 

Would love to know how you guys got bing cashback AND the $450 coupon, considering...well...you know....the fact that you can't get bing cashback if you use a coupon...

Did HP mess up with this coupon or something?

 

There's nothing that keeps you from ordering with a coupon via a Bing cashback link. But in most cases it will get detected and the cashback will get canceled, as it was in my case. Hey it doesn't hurt to try - if it comes thru great, but just don't spluge on a laptop counting on receiving the cashback.

 

It shipped and will be here a may 4th.
Also got $102.49 knocked off for the delay. Bringing it to $1185 for a $1737 laptop, lol.

 

Now it's in Tennessee, I guess it doesn't make a difference whether you live on the west or east coast... except if you got the 2 day shipping that is

 

Got my shipment notification at approx 8:00pm Pacific Time on 4/30 after ordering on 4/22. This order was not delayed, so I just get standard shipping. It looks like FedEx will pick up the package from the HP factory sometime on 5/1. Anyone have experience receiving a CTO notebook from HP China to Southern California via standard shipping? How long should I expect it to take?

 

Mine was in Alaska yesterday. Today it made it to TN and is now saying it's left the Memphis facility. Any chance Fedex delivers it to me in Atlanta today? Or do they deliver on saturdays?

 

Mine shipped on the 28th, it's went from Shanghai to Alaska to Memphis to Ontario, CA since then. I live in Riverside so Ontario is probably no more than 30 miles away. I wonder if they'll be able to deliver today.. current status is "At dest sort facility." The estimated ship date is May 4th. This is with standard shipping.

I saw on the fedex page that there were weather issues in Memphis, but that should be over by the time yours gets there if it's shipping today.

 

I got the shipment notification very very late on the 27th. It came in yesterday around noon (I paid for 2 day shipping in the original order).

I'm happy to report no obvious problems. I do notice a slight electronic whine on occasion, but it sounds like EMI affecting another component on my desk (coils in an adapter, speakers, monitor etc.) When I have a chance, I'll take it to a room that's a bit more void of electronics and try it out. The 120w AC adapter also exhibits a slight whine, but it's much quieter than the super-annoying whine that comes from a Blackberry wall charger that I have.

Even with the stock bloatware, the unit runs very cool and very quiet. The battery life (6 cell only) sucks, coming from an ASUS UL30A, but that was to be expected.

i5 430M, 1080p glossy, 320GB 7200 RPM, and everything else stock. Now I can hopefully drop my 2.5" 160GB X25-M G2 into it, do a fresh Windows 7 install, and call it a day.

 

Cool. Thanks for the info, and good luck on getting yours today.

 

Picked up my Envy yesterday after all the delays

No problems to report. The bottom gets quite hot while browsing the web and and playing flash videos. The right palm rest (above the hard drive) also gets quite warm. In the process of removing all of the bloatware, which could be the cause of the processor load and the heat.

The keyboard has a distinct feel to it (coming from the Asus 1201N) and it takes time getting used to it. I keep hitting the calc button while trying to hit control. The spacing of the keys also seems a bit weird.

Reading through the forums, I had the impression that the trackpad was unwieldy with stock drivers. I am having the complete opposite experience. It is quite good. There are times it takes multiple attempts to scroll through webpages or zoom into and out of pdf's. But the majority of the experience has been quite pleasant.

 

So... I've been following this thread for a few weeks now and I was wondering how long it usually takes for Envys to get out of Shanghai...? I ordered on 4/2, got a shipping number on 4/30, and since 5/1 at 3:52 AM its been "in transit" from Shanghai.

Is anyone else having this issue?


**EDIT** Sighh... onto Alaska. I guess there's no chance I get the laptop by tomorrow afternoon...

 

Mine is in Alaska as well. Expected Delivery on the 6th.

 

I think mine will be delivered on Monday, a day before their expected delivery date. It's been at their sorting facility since Saturday morning so I'm fairly certain they will get it to me on Monday. I can't really complain about it as long as they deliver it before or on their estimated delivery date.

Although I would be lying if I said the wait wasn't killing me!

 

Mine has said "Shipment information sent to FedEx" for two days now. Is that normal?

 

Hmm... that's strange. It might be that your information was received after the Fedex cutoff time... so they haven't picked it up yet? Just speculation...

 

FedEx doesn't work on weekends, so what likely happened is HP finished your unit late Friday, but by the time they got it to FedEx, they were closed for the weekend. On Monday morning you will see some update like "Package Picked up, Package received after FedEx cutoff"

 

I've had to exact same experience. The bottom feels "very warm," and the right side of the palm rest feels "moderately warm." The keyboard's action (springiness, key travel, mushiness - or lack thereof - etc.) is excellent, but the shortcut keys on the left-hand side are absolutely horrible. I hope to get used to them in time.

The track pad, on the other hand, is one of the best I've ever used. I've had no problems with it out of the box, and coming from my UL30A with some multi-touch gestures, it seems very well done. The surface is very smooth and extremely pleasant to use.

Overall, I love the laptop. I'm still not happy about all the delays, but corporate was more than happy to listen and act when I contacted them, so I will continue to do business with HP. My only complaints about the laptop, from severe to not so bad, are:

- 2.5 - 3 hours of battery life (needs switchable graphics and stock 8 or 9 cell instead of 6 cell)
- Horrible placement of shortcut keys (left side of keyboard); the right-hand side or above the F keys would have been much better
- All ports on the right side of the laptop; the left side, or split between the two, would have been better
- Only 3 USB ports (5 would have been nice)
- Moderately warm
- No backlit keyboard
- Accessories are not cheap and their website is not clear exactly what can be used with it (as far as spare AC adapters, etc.)
- Worst case of pre-installed, useless, proprietary software / bloatware I have ever seen (Seriously HP? You set all photos, videos, and music to open up with your own player by default?)\

If I had paid $1500 for this laptop, it would be going back in a heartbeat. But considering I paid a fraction of that after the coupon, refunds, etc., I'm plenty happy with my purchase. HP does need to work on making this the "premium" product (or Macbook killer) that it tries to be, though. I hope the Envy 14 and 17 will help to fill those shoes.

 

so how hot are these gettin i was thinkin of getting one

 

do the ones that you guys got have a usb 3.0 port?

 

Only the i7 quad cores come with USB 3.0

 

guys where is the exit vents and intake vents. also temps on i5

 

Intake on the front and exit vents are on either side.

I have the following programs open: firefox(13 tabs, 1 flash vid 119 min), uTorrent, word, pdf xchange(3 pdfs) and itunes. The right palm rest is warm and the vents are cool. The cpu temp is 32 degrees celsius.

Earlier the laptop, esp the bottom got very hot with a variation of the above programs loaded. I haven't been gaming on the laptop yet so can't tell you the temps there.

 

actually i think intake on bottom and front, exit sides

 

I just noticed that the base of the laptop is not even. The front left side is raised and it rocks back on forth.

Anyone else notice this abt their envy? I started using this yesterday but I guess i haven't noticed it till now.

 

Did you guys that just got your laptops reformat the hard drive or just uninstall the bloatware?

If you reinstalled, did you keep the HP recovery partition on there?

 

@rynyen
check the bottom of your laptop and see if one of the rubber pads is missing or slightly out of place.

@d2x
first i tried uninstalling the bloatware but it's a mess. i ended up just reinstalling Windows. you can download an image of Home Premium from microsoft, put it on a USB stick, and install the OS from there. use the Windows product key number under the battery. after it loads update the drivers from HP's website or the thread in this forum. it's pretty easy.

 

None of the pads are missing. They seem to be same height

 

I thought the weekend thing was the reason as well, but it lists on my tracking number that the "Anticipated Ship Date" was May 1st, so it's a bit confusing...And now that it's already 2:00 in the afternoon in China, it's got me wondering.

 

So it went from Alaska to Memphis. I guess it's getting a tour of the US before it comes to CA.

 

From what I have seen, if you elect to buy the 2-day shipping, then the laptop would have gone straight from Anchorage to your hands. Otherwise, it seems it goes to Memphis (central distribution center or something?) and then gets shipped out.

 

same as you and now it was updated.

Ship date May 3, 2010
Estimated delivery May 6, 2010 by 10:30 AM



May 3, 2010 2:14 PM
Picked up
SHANGHAI CN
Package received after FedEx cutoff
Apr 30, 2010 5:00 AM
Shipment information sent to FedEx


weekend has been wasted...

 

Pretty much all of Fed-Ex's overnight and international shipments will go through Memphis. It's their main distribution and customs facility for the United States.

I've had overnight packages going from LA to Seattle and they go through Memphis on their way. Odd, but that's how they do it.

 

Same here... "shipped" on Friday, but not picked up until past 10pm on May 3 (what the hell, if it's ready to ship on Friday, at least they could have given it to Fedex in the MORNING on Monday)

HBaby.... you should just be happy HP was willing to build you a brand new laptop after sending back what might have been a perfectly good one... :whistle: Only partially kidding, but you can't complain about the service.

 

hbaby and I sent ours back around the same time, but mine still says Est. build date 17th

 

Received mine today, unfortunately, it's not what I expected.

The minute I removed it from the cloth bag my girlfriend made a crack about the floral design and I winced.

Plugged it in and first impression was; I absolutely hate the touchpad. The left/right buttons are infuriating and require quite a bit of pressure while the pad itself skips uncontrollably (no smooth scrolling) while left click is pressed and sometimes just in general. I also dislike the restrictive screen angle, perhaps I'm spoiled but I like a little more bend past 90 degrees.

I really wish I could like this machine, but it's impossible. I got half way through the bloatware removal and decided keeping this machine even tho it was a "steal" would be ridiculous.

 

Update your Synaptic Drivers. This issue was mostly fixed a while back. At least your touchpad was not as bad as my original Envy, which was creaking 24/7 (only to find out the Wi-Fi Card was not screwed in well enough smh...). I do hate the floral design as well but that can be remedied with the use of a laptop skin. The bending is due to HP not thinking right about hinge design and I agree with you that it does get annoying a bit (but I use it on a cooling pad/stand so it doesn't affect me that much to be honest).

 

Mine shipped on April 29th and still is in Memphis. It's scheduled for May 6th delivery but really should get here quicker.

I am also worried about what my initial impressions will be like with the etching and also the battery life. My backup plan if I don't like it will just be to give it to my wife and take back the UL30VT I gave her.