*HP dv6t & dv7t Select Edition / Quad Edition (6XXX series) Owners Lounge*

Does anyone know if some parts for the dv6/dv7 are manufactured in Japan? I know that they are assembled in China, but that could be some of the problem if that is the case. I ordered on the 15th with a ship date of the 29th, as soon as I hear anything I will post it.

 

Yep, just i said it before


BUT... this is not the first time.. some days ago, the same mistake happened with the pictures

 

A friend of me, who work in a online shop, tells me that the battery came from japan, but the problems in japan should not effect the production process yet..

 

I've seen this before. It's temporary.

 

Good call on the battery. I did find this which is somewhat reassuring. Thought I'd share it. It's probably not going to effect these laptops in the short run though. I only mention it because American car manufactures had delays from a lack of inventory of Japanese parts.

Japan earthquake: Battery cell prices likely to be pushed up by www.batteryfast.co.uk | Battery Technology

 

Yep, he said that the battery´s come from sony

 

So does this mean all the laptops will be delay?

 

Honestly, at this point, I don't even know...
I hate the color of the new laptops, they are likely to be delayed for god knows how long because of the supply issues, and just all this mess. Blah.
I suppose I might as well just keep my dv7-5000.

 

Wow! I just jumped over to this forum to see if anyone received one of the new dv6/7 yet. I'm glad I ordered a Sager and I'm not having to deal with these delays.

Good luck guys!

 

Yeah...except...personally...never been a fan of buying anything that's no-name.

 

Yeah I'm glad you paid too much for what you got. Must be nice to waste your parents money... You really named yourself "quadcoredv6" just to come in here and say you bought a sager? go to the sager forum... No one needs you here.

 

So it looks like HP missed the estimated ship date on the DV7tqe. Ordered mine back on the 13th, with the estimated ship date for the 25th. I hope they don't delay too long, or I may have to start looking elsewhere. The local stores are starting to advertise Sandy Bridge quad-core machines, and other manufactures are already shipping. It would be hard to walk away from the good price I got from HP though, a comparable Dell XPS17 or a Sager or whatever, would certainly cost more.
On the subject of color; I wonder if HP was going to release a silver model once they started shipping orders. The web master may have been scheduled to make the changes to the site and wasn't informed that the ship date had been pushed back. How's that for a theory? Also, if you already ordered a DV7t, I don't think you will randomly be getting a silver unit like some people have been speculating. Personally, I don't think the umber looks all that bad, but I need to see it in person to make a final verdict. The umber does look better in the brochure (not so shiny) then in other posted photos or in the videos. One things for sure, it's not the "new black".
Other thoughts; I'm not sure the DV7tqe has switchable graphics, I see people say it's confirmed, but I'm not convinced. In my opinion the information on the 6770m drivers from the HP site isn't confirmation for the quad edition at all. I don't believe the 5xxx series Sandy Bridge DV7qe's had switchable graphic, so maybe HPs going that route again. I know this subject has been beaten to death, but until the DMV, errrr I mean HP starts shipping these things, it's becoming therapeutic to come here and speculate.

 

Same here, dv6tqe and should be ship out 25th but no luck
I am considering cancel order and move over other alternatives.

Color problem should be poop brown for all orders for now until they put some color choice option.
Switchable graphic is confirmed by dv7 manual pdf. Do not worry.

 

Its funny I actually came over hear after looking at Sager... there are such long waits to get the 8130/8150 models that I figured If I was waiting that long anyway I may as well get a better price on an HP.

 

We don´t know this... he said the current production process wouldnt be effected... but no one know´s exactly :/

 

Well, I just got off the phone with HP, I'm glad there's some decent reps after talking to some idiots that don't know what's going on from a week ago...

this time they got my info, ask me what i wanted in the new one, told me what to do to return my old one back...i'm all set...just got to wait for it...i don't mind the wait, i got a couple other computers around the house...

thanks for the awesome deal HP...free USB 3.0 and BR upgrade...

 

Sorry guys, I didn't mean to make anyone upset!

I made my username QuadcoreDV6 when I first got my DV6 back in January before the Sandybridge recall. This is a great laptop that has taken everything I've thrown at it without as much as a hiccup so I'm not trashing HP or these laptops at all. The reason I didn't order one of the new DV6 machines is because of the display and knowing that I'm going to have whatever laptop I buy for a long time I wanted to make sure I got a display I was going to like.

I looked at the Dell XPS 15 w/ 1080p display but the 540m video card in it isn't very impressive. I found Sager which had everything I was looking for, Matte finish 1080p display, great graphics card (which can be upgraded), etc and it was just over $200 more than I paid for this DV6.

I'll agree that Sager isn't a household name like HP & Dell but I wouldn't say it is a no name, POS brand. Sager is very well known in the gaming community for making high quality machines and has been so for years and years.

As far as my parents money goes...I'm 32 and far, far past the point of having mom and dad pay my way. Actually, my parents never bought me a computer, I built my first desktop by buying componants with money I earned from bagging grocerys when I was 15. I've been building desktops ever since then and I'm just getting into tinkering with laptops now.

So, if anyone else has a problem with me or my Sager, I have 3 letters for you...GFY!!

 

QuadCore, check the gaming forums.

Clevo laptops marketed under the Sager name are considered good quality, and good performers for the money, but Sager's CS is not viewed so highly.
The general consensus seems to be that if you don't want to overpay greatly for AlienWare, or deal with Asus or Sager customer service, you should buy a Sager from a reputable reseller who will stand behind it, like maybe Xotic PC. HP doesn't seem to be on their menu at all.

My take?
Since 1600x900 is fine with me for a 17.3" (I'm currently browsing this forum on a 1920x1080 23.6" that I have to greatly magnify the text on), I expect to be highly satisfied with an $810 laptop that has more speed than was even available in a mobile CPU one year ago combined with one of the fastest 30 Watt GPUs on the market.

Now, what happened to all those sub $100 deals on 64GB SSDs I was seeing in November/December? I thought they'd be selling for $65 by now.

 

Has anyone got a email from HP saying it's been delay?I order mine dv7 on the 13th but I have't got any email or something.Let me know if anyone that order it has got a email from HP saying its been delay.or so I just call HP to see what's going on?

 

They used the word 'ESTIMATED', and gives them some built in leeway... HOWEVER, a call to sales asking for a new estimate is certainly NOT over stepping... but may be of limited value. It is really hard for me to believe those who ordered the first couple of days within release would be affected THAT much ... further out may be another story. I certainly don't know, but maybe somebody does. Good Luck ... and keep us updated ('cause I am in the same situation )

 

Mine just shipped. Woot! Should be here this 31th. I guess the person that updates the status was too busy to update the orders or something.

 

Hey guys just letting you know that 3am this morning I got an email from HP saying My Laptop is ready to ship!!!!!!! YEPPEEEE!!!!

 

Mine should arrive on the 31st too!!!!! Cant wait!

 

i have not got a email saying mine ship i order it on the 13 too men whats going on.

 

Me neither, but on the order status page, it gave me a tracking number, meaning it has already shipped. Why don't you check that?

 

yeah i just did but it still says to ship on the 25mar.

 

Both (?) lucky guys are new posters. I wouldn't put much credibility into either. Wait for confirmation by someone with a track record greater than 0. The maturity level of this thread is somewhat suspect.

 

yeah your right maybe.

 

Does dv6t have subwoofer ? Or 4 speakers only ?

 

4 speakers only the one that has subwoofer is the dv7 which one did you order?

 

Look at my attachment.

 

so it is right men how come they wont update mine .

 

Maybe they're still updating the statuses and haven't reached yours yet. AFAIK, you have to update tracking number by hand.

 

oh men i hope,you one lucky guy right now men yours is ship.

 

looks good to me! ... I didn't say you were lying ... but it would be kinda foolish of ME to believe just anybody who posts anything on the internet, wouldn't it?? If you got confirmation, I expect others will to. If you don't mind, where are you located?

When you click on the tracking info, where does it say it is sitting now??

 

Actually I had a dream that it'd ship today. XD But, good luck, hope everyone's ships soon.

@Jerohm, I understand, but I find it hard to believe that if I'd register a month or two earlier, have a few more posts, I'd get a hell lotta more credibility. Anyway, I'm located in LA county, won't give too much info over the web, obviously. It's coming from Shanghai, China.

 

I bought my Sager through Xotic. =)

 

I haven't yet. I'm angry on asus for delaying shipment and I'm looking for alternative.

 

so it says you will get it 31 or you think the 31 i think you will get it way before that maybe the 29

 

how do you they do it by hand?

 

It's estimated to be here on the 31st. FedEx is usually delivers my packages on time and in some cases a day or two early since I'm located near major cities with each having their own facility...

 

oh well thats good i bit you cant wait for the 31 lol.

 

so in other words, you WERE lying ... ?!?
big surprise ... and when somebody shows up out of nowhere, it DOES SPEAK volumes... and irrespective of MY credability level, you were just acting a bit juvenile... hold your head up high, you're a pillar of society.

 

Nope, I want it now! Waited a whole 2 months for a SB laptop and I can't stand it anymore...

Anyway, as for your question for why I think it's by hand. It's because they ship them in mass loads, I don't think they can just scan something and it instantly updates on tracking. But I could be wrong because I don't know how laptop companies' shipping department works.

 

I'm not lying. I'll be honest, I'm a good liar, but I don't see a reason to lie on the internet. My life is not so dam ty I have to troll people to get enjoyment. In fact, people seem to look up to me for some reason I don't know...But I'll let you believe what you think. I can only tell you what I believe is the truth.

 

yeah hey i just hope the when we gets are new SB laptops they do have the b3 not the intel b2 let's hope eveything come's right.

 

people have better things to do then lie over the internet over stupid things... get over it. even if he's lying are you gonna lose sleep over it? worry about when your laptop is coming in, not his

anyway to more important things, the screen shot he showed shows a DV6, so DV6s may be shipping out first. idk, but there may be a delay in D7s? I got a DV7, checked today, hasn't shipped yet. How about DV6 peoplem anyone have a tracking #?

 

I ordered a dv6 on the 13th and still have no recieved a tracking # or shipment notification

 

hmmm ok

lol i'm pretty sure "luckyguy" completely ruined the credibility of the guy with the screenshot... which was probably "luckyguy"s intention, keep that in mind

 

Has anyone just called HP regarding their shipment? I would love to hear from someone who has actually received their new laptop.