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"Mar 29, 2011 11:24 PM - Picked up - SHANGHAI CN - Package received after FedEx cutoff"

Estimated delivery 05Apr

 

I'm sure this will make some of you happy, yet mad at the same time. My Dv7 has shipped, and will arrive Friday. See screenshots

 

Haha...Im In Hollywood, FL as well ! Hello neighbor !

 

Same here. Going to be a long week.

At least i'm home on the 5th.

 

I understand most people do not want to pay the crazy SSD option price. My point was I can not believe how many people choose the 750GB 5400 drive over the 640GB 7200 drive at no price difference. Even with the 7200 drive, it will be the slowest thing in your system let alone a 5400 drive.

 

Hi guys, I stop waiting for an Envy 17 3D Sandy Bridge discount coupon, so I ordered a Pavilion DV7Tqe (w/ the 30% coupon) (order date: 03/21/2011, Est shipping date April 4, 2011) :

• 2nd generation Intel(R) Quad Core(TM) i7-2720QM (2.2 GHz, 6MB L3 Cache) w/Turbo Boost up to 3.3 GHz
• 1GB Radeon(TM) HD 6770M GDDR5 Graphics [HDMI, VGA]
• 8GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
• 640GB 7200RPM Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
• No Additional Office Software
• FREE Upgrade to Norton Internet Security(TM) 2011 - 15 Month Subscription (activation required)
• 9-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery ( over-sized) ( less heat and more battery life than the Envy 17 3D)- Up to 9.5 hours of battery life +++
• 17.3" diagonal HD+ HP BrightView LED Display ( 1600 x 900)
• FREE Upgrade to Blu-ray player & SuperMulti DVD burner
• HP TrueVision HD Webcam with Integrated Digital Microphone and HP SimplePass Fingerprint Reader
• Intel 802.11b/g/n WLAN and Bluetooth(R)

Price: $1,539.99 (discounted price: $1,077.99 +0.00 tax NH )

My only question is, if I buy a 1080p monitor, will I be able to see my laptop's screen in 1080p, even though the resolution in this laptop is 900p?

 

Yes, the laptop will output at 1080p if the screen supports it. I assume you're referring to an external monitor

 

Thanks Umz... a 1080p resolution in a 17" screen is hard on my eyes anyway, so I will be fine with my DV7tqe at 900p

 

Cool. Maybe you can verify what Paul at HP said about the DV7 coming with two drive bays and one drive cable if ordered with one drive.

 

Yeah if everyone that order a dv7 check's now you will see ship and you trucking numbers yeah were good to go lol.

 

My DV7 just shipped this morning (ordered 15th, said ship 29) with est. arrival of april 5. Good thing too, I was just about to call them.

 

Mine is scheduled to ship tomorrow, which probably means Friday

 

Fedex just dropped it off according to my wife. I won't be home from work for another 5 hours or so. But as soon as I get some information, I'll post on it. Again, a good example of Fedex giving a riduclous estimated delivery.

First the estimated delivery date was March 31st, then it was changed to April 1st, then it was changed to April 5th. As you can see, I received it on the 30th.

Please understand that I am calm and collected, but I think that it is very poor to give ridiculous estimate delivery dates. As far as I know this really only happens with the big venders and Fedex. When using Fedex with a place like Newegg, it was great service. The exception almost always appears to be when Fedex ground is used. Fedex ground, from what I gathered is made up of independant contractors, who are sometimes not that great.

This is the third time I have seen this exact scenario, and you would have thought I would have remembered from the two other times(only now is my memory jarred, but is still fuzzy). Again, in all cases they delivered way earlier.

My rule was if they sent me the laptop before my Business Trip, I'd keep it. So it looks like I will be keeping it, unless I find a defect, or something mispresented about this product. I'll know a lot more tonight.

Edit ** DV6+6770M+640GB 7200RPM for those who are wondering.

 

Congrats, looking forward to your first impressions.

 

man... i ordered on the 13th too... same config - but still in production...
what batteries did you get? i got the 6+9 cell. i would be pissed if that was what the delay was from...

 

Got a great deal with my dv6qe. Before I get to that, just wanted to say this is my first post and I've found this forum (and others) ridiculously helpful.

Ok, so my configuration (made on the 14th) came out to be $1420 before taxes, shipping, and coupons. Got 2day shipping and used the 325 coupon, for a 1222 total. Once I saw the 30% off coupon, called in and had them price match (-85). Then, got the shipment delayed email yesterday (and 15% coupon) and called them and got the $39 2day shipping comp'd.

Today, I went on online chat and made as-if I was thinking of cancelling due to the delay on top of such a long total wait time (and the fact that I wouldn't have the pc for my "business trip" next week). Made no mention of wanting anything but to "find out how" to cancel my order. They eventually gave me the number to resolutions. But before getting off, I mentioned i would be willing to wait the week if the 15% coupon code I got from the delay could be added to my order. Lo and behold, another $150 off!

That makes for a total of $600 off!

Sorry for the long explanation, but I'm obviously pumped to have such an awesome machine for sub $1000 w/ taxes.

 

I did not change anything from the initial config with the exception of the Hard Drive. So, I did not order the higher capacity battery, or an extra battery.

Keep in mind that I have not opened it up yet, for all I know HP didn't even send me the right notebook (somewhat joking, but who knows, mistakes happen).

 

Can't wait for everyone's reviews on the dv6t. I'm basically torn between this model or ASUS N53SN, which should be out soon too.

The question will be if the 6770M outperforms the possible GT550M as well as having easy switchability whether auto or manual. HP just needs to freakin' get a 1600x900 option again.

 

Asus N53SN has a horrible keyboard...

 

the 6770 should be closer to the GT555M than the GT550, especially at the resolutions on the dv6t. I know the resolution sucks for productivity, but it will definitely help game performance.

 

FYI, technically, very similiar... let's see how build/durability holds up ...
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HP Pavilion dv6t Quad Edition customizable Notebook PC
• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
• 2nd generation Intel(R) Quad Core(TM) i7-2820QM (2.3 GHz, 8MB L3 Cache) w/Turbo Boost up to 3.4 GHz
• 1GB Radeon(TM) HD 6770M GDDR5 Graphics [HDMI, VGA]
• FREE Upgrade to 6GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
• 640GB 7200RPM Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
• No Additional Office Software
• No additional security software
• 6-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery (standard) - Up to 5.5 hours of battery life +++
• 15.6" diagonal High Definition HP BrightView LED Display (1366x768)
• SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support

$1,070.58 after tax + 2 day shipping
$971.58 after delay

est March 25 delay to April 5

 

I just talked to HP and they said that my DV6 has been pushed back to April 5th even though I ordered on the first day. . When I have time I am going to call them and try to at least get a 2 day shiping upgrade.

 

Hey Guys my laptop just arrived. Its the dv6qe i7 2630, 6770, 640gig 7200rpm. Gonna open it right now!

 

^^Post some pics if you can

 

wOw, 627 posts before someone actually received one. That is crazy!

 

yeeaaa go go go, don´t let us wait with your first impression

 

hey guys. apparently my dv6 laptop is scheduled to be delivered TODAY by 4:30 pm. according to Fed Ex. Strange, cuz the tracking order they sent me says April 5th delivery date. In any case, hope it arrives by 2pm cuz i gotta go to work then.

 

Ordered on march 13th

 

OMG !
Please write how warm/loud it can get... please!

 

Hurry up and open it, Mr. Lucky, indeed !

 

First thing to do: find out of the graphics can be switched.

 

I hope LuckyGuy was lucky. It should've booted by now.

 

lol. Once he got his new toy, he forgot all about us -

 

lol right, cant blame him

 

Probably I would do that too heheh

 

No way, I would post a full review on youtube showing all details of the unit. Come on lucky, lets see it!!

 

Has anyone else who orderd first day not had the laptop ship yet? I talked to a rep on online chat and they said it was pused back to April 5th .

 

My guess is the produce them according to configuration by assigning orders into lots. All the ones with this feature and that feature are in production run "X" and so on.

I suspect these were definitely all pre-sold, and when they bundle enough of a certain configuration to fill "x" number of pallets, they submit the order.

 

okay guys.... the noice is hardly bad yet I havent tested it out yet. It seems to get fingerprints but hardly noticable. Still trying to see if its switchable, dont know where to check, doesnt seem to be an onboard switch. It is Dark Brown... I like the color. Looks black from far. the keys and the click touchpad makes some noice buts thats okay. I dont like the screen resolution seems the same as the old dv6, but I knew this going into it. Would have loved a 1080p Will be posting pics soon. Just trying to figure out how to do that on this thread

 

The only thing that might have held me up is if I got the BSOD on boot-up, or something. Let's hope the very first one available for a real review doesn't deliver short.

 

Ah, Lucky might indeed be lucky! So, what's your config? What are you going from (previous computer config)? What improvement would you describe?

 

LuckyGuy, forget the pics. That's what HP ads are for. Just give a review.

 

Someone tell this man how to check this.

 

The only thing I loathe about getting mine is the PITA of re-installing Office, etc. and transferring my data (Outlook files, .docs, etc.) and having to re-set up preferences and auto-text and such.

Is there a painless way? My current system is Vista and the new one will come with 7.

 

Awesome! Maybe all the extended ship dates are wrong? That would be fantastic.

Forget the pics. After you figure out the graphics, blast some music and throw on some hd quicktime videos, let us know how it runs.

 

okay guys apperently it looks like it does have switchable, checked in my device manager and it seems to be running on the intel graphics

 

Its Got Switchable Graphics!!!!!!!!!

 

I agree with singularFIZak. How's the sound and video quality?

 

I would think switching between discrete and integrated graphics would be done through ATI catalyst. But that's just a wild guess.