NOW AVAILABLE: ENVY 15-32XX Intel Ivy Bridge (AMD 7750M)

This is for HP:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/d5pCsFw3OsU
Just ship my damn envy

 

Yes, they did. All 3 are 3.0, and one is an AlwaysOn.

I think I've decided to only do a minimum restore of Windows 7, as the backup partition is only about 20Gb.

 

Hopefully I'll get some good news when the agent calls me back. Assuming he calls me back. I'm very agitated that many people who ordered days after me already have their laptops. I'm also very disappointed with HP production times. My friend ordered a customized MBP 13" three days ago and his laptop has already arrived. Meanwhile I'm waiting for weeks, and finding out that even though I was one of the first to order my laptop has been delayed. And HP has already charged me for the laptop, and I have nothing to show for it. If my laptop has not shipped by the end of the week I'm going to ask them to either issue me a $100 store credit or cancel my order. This is absolutely ridiculous CS on their "premium" line.

 

Same here. I don't really expect they could ship today, please just don't delay!

 

Damn... I really want that credit, not sure what to say at all though :/
What if I told them that they've given others credit and I demand the same...
You guys think that's work?

 

i ordered mine the day it posted, when the form was still messed up. it should be arriving today.

• Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
• 3rd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3720QM Processor (2.6 GHz, 6MB L3 Cache)
• 16GB 1600MHz DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
• 750GB 7200 rpm Hard Drive
• SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
• 720p HD video streaming webcam supports Skype
• Intel 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN and Bluetooth(R) with Wireless Display Support
• 15.6-inch diagonal Radiance Full HD Infinity LED-backlit Display (1920 x 1080)
• 1GB Radeon(TM) HD 7750M GDDR5 Graphics [HDMI, VGA]
• Microsoft(R) Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word/Excel(R) only, No PowerPoint(R)/Outlook(R)
• 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery - Up to 10.25 hours of battery life +++
• HP Pavilion additional 120W AC Adapter
• FREE 2-year Norton Internet Security subscription (a $99 value). Pre-installed.
• Full-size Radiance backlit keyboard
• Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) Elements 10 & Adobe Premiere(R) Elements 10
• 2 year limited warranty included
• HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope

 

Does anybody know how to find the product keys for the copies of Photoshop and Premiere that come on the laptop? I'd like to keep them after reinstalling Win7 (or doing a minimal restore, I'm waffling back and forth between them right now... -_-)

 

I'd like to know this as well, probably the two things (plus Office student edition) I would like to keep if I do minimal restore.

 

Did anyone else get their envy without the radeon drivers installed??

I tried to install the radeon drivers myself from hp's website and the envy blue screened...

 

Id also like to know this, i might buy an SSD in the later future.

 

My envy was supposed to ship by yesterday but didn't. Here is a transcript of the ridiculous chat I had with HP support:

 

^That actually made me laugh. ^_^

 

OMG, I see you have lot of patience (in case you did not break anything in your vicinity - ) Hilarious. These reps are trained like robots.

 

I believe you were trolled by HP customer support. Sorry for your situation, but I got a good laugh out of that.

And I'll leave this here:

 

so in teh end what happened? lol and thats HP's CS for ya!

 

The supervisor told me they have no idea whether it shipped or not and that I should get an email in the next 24 hours.

 

Reading that, I got the impression that was some sort of chat bot, and not a human, because no human could possibly be that internally inconsistent.

 

As if delaying your laptop wasn't enough now they are just wasting your time.


Hey they e-mail you when your laptop ships right? so there is no point in me checking my order status day after day?

 

Haha lmao xD what happened afterwards?

 

Apparently some people are receiving the envys without an update.

 

im wondering wether i should call hp and try getting a discount i dont really know how to go about it tho

 

Scope, that was just pathetic that you had to have that chat. I had a similar one (though much shorter) where I was told it shipped and it was not even built yet. It is really sad that the people working hp support have to be robots that can't reason or think logically. My guess is they just say what the computer in front of them says they should say. Makes me want to cancel my delayed order and buy a mac but I can't yet justify double the cost and no bluray (not yet anyway).

 

Pak, when my laptop got delayed I got the standard 15% coupon off my next purchase. I called hp and said if you give me a discount I might not cancel and if you dont I will. I got a $50 credit for the delay.

 

I think they use 'Siri' to man the chat sessions...

 

yeah i got the coupon ima chat up the rep and if that doesnt work ill call in. lets c how it goes... i could prolly use that 50$ saved +15% off for some beats headphones to go with my envy
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haha im just layin it out for the rep haha

 

I can only hope that that will be me...

 

Here are my out-of-the-box 3dmark11 scores:

SCORE
P2023 3DMarks
GRAPHICS SCORE
1772
PHYSICS SCORE
7188
COMBINED SCORE
2001

My guy seems to be slightly worse than the one posted earlier
No ssd yet and 6 gigs of ram, not sure if that'll affect anything.

 

well my chat didnt turn out anybetter...

btw jerry pan isn't my name its just a random name i came up with blanked out the info

 

Someone in the IPS panel thread here said that they actually replaced his screen and they're getting new screens without the color issue.

Can that has gotten theirsverify this? If it is something that is barely starting to get implemented, I'll just cancel my order and wait it out for a month or 2 while it gets sorted out. (Hopefully by then, I'll get on time shipping too!!)

And I guess the one advantage about the delay is that they give us the option to cancel the order while it is still in production. I'll be watching that thread like a hawk now.

Here is the thread:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-envy-hdx/636482-envy-15-ips-red-vs-orange-tally-38.html

 

Okay. Well I just called up HP again. The earlier CS Agent flaked, so I talked to another. He told me that my laptop would definitely be shipped by the 18th, and that it would be put on HP's fastest shipping possible and whatnot. I didn't push for another $50 off. He told me the delay was because of lacking of components-- and I asked him about the 160gb SSD not being supported issue. He told me that if any components are not supported HP will send me an email by the 18th explaining the issue and give me a free upgrade to the next best supported component.

 

Whoa!!! Who are these people???? Where did you see this???

 

My order was supposed to be shipped yesterday, and it hasn't and I didn't even get a delay e-mail.

 

Jun 12, 2012 HP ENVY 15 customizable Notebook PC Order dropped to factory
(Estimated to ship on July 2, 2012) Tracking provided upon shipment.

looks like ill be w/o a laptop for a little while :d

 

damn u gotta wait a while lol... but to those who would like to know im getting the $50 discount right now

 

People were saying the "ship by date" on HP website is different, some are actually getting their laptop by the date or the next day.

 

well im trying to get the rep to get me the beats solo headphones with the 15% off coupon but apparently cause its thirdparty i cant use it on tehre. she put me on hold to c "what she can do"

 

Comparing mine with my desktops monitor, cnn's website appears slightly oranger on the Envy than on my monitor. However, it does not distinctly appear orange.

And on the front of Photoshop and Premier Elements serials, I found their location in the registry!

Just go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Adobe > photoshop elements > 10.0 > AMTSerial

I couldn't find one specifically for premier, so I assume the serial is tied to both.

 

Pakii push for the 50$! Show them the frustration... I will be doing that pretty soon too, I'm quite ticked that mine hasn't ship either... Ugh...

What number did you use?

 

i used the same number as above. the $50 credit i realized is not hard to get, just pertend to be mad, in my case i actually was pretty annoyed i just staight out said: "I want to speak to ur supervisor" and shes like sorry blah blah can i get ur info blah blah. and right after that she said i can offer u $50 for that. and im like ok.

so i got that 50$ back,

then I atempted to use the 15% off coupon on the sexy beats headphones. turns out u cant use it on third party. but i think she wanted to get rid of me so what she did was just give me that credit.

according to her,when my laptop ships I should get a 50$ credit for that order. and when my headphones ship i should get a 27$ credit on that.

in the end, i went from 1505 to 1455 (50$ off), then to 1646$ (191 for headphones) to 1619$ (27$ off). So techinically overall im paying 119 for a tricked out laptop + some sexy headphones since university covers 1.5k. gotta make sure rents pay for that extra 119 haha.


everyone else since ur actually paying with ur money I would recommend calling them up cause its easy to get that credit. the number is in that chat log above. Have fun!


P.S. bug them about shipping one of the reps told me that ur shipping gets upgraded to 2 day, next day etc. so make sure they agree to taht also but do that after the 50$ credit talk cause the rep wanted to back out of it when i asked for that

P.P.S. the number is 1-866-217-6014

 

Wait the 50$ thing is just to take off your bill for the laptop?
I thought it was like 50$ credit for you to make purchases in the future... okay I'll call them soon, thanks pakii and damn college pay for your computer? haven't heard that before...

 

yeah its off the bill. haha well the laptop is a requirement for the engineering school. so since i got that financial aid, they gave me 1.5k$ in my student acc for it. so I could buy an overpriced hp 14 in probook (1.45k$ with a sandybridge i5, ty 768p screen, no dgpu, not good speakers, looks ugly, 4 years accidental) from their school store. I decided not to do that. So instead i buy an envy haha . I just didnt tell my parents I didnt have to spend that much otherwise they would buy me like a 700$ laptop and be like use the rest to pay for tuition and books.

I told them they gave me 1.5k and after buying it and providing proof of purchase , they will "reimburse me that amount on my student acc" techincally they do that but the 1.5k is automatically put in, it doesnt matter how expensive of a laptop u buy (shhh dont tell my parents )

 

it may be too late, but i wouldn't recommend the beats headphones other than the studios (highest end). take a look at the head-fi forums and you'll see that they are pretty poor at accurate, balanced sound reproduction. if you can cancel, i'd recommend you look at the sennheiser hd25-ii or v-moda vibe m80. both are miles ahead and in a similar price range.

but... sound is subjective, so if you like the beats solos then enjoy and don't let an audiophile tell you otherwise =).

 

lol honestly im not a super audiophile i just like to listen to good bass and sound. right now im using some crappy noise reduction earbuds for like 25$ so yeah... as for why i got the beats, like i said in my previous posts i gotta get to 1.5k with the 50$ discount i was well under it. thats why i just went with the beats solo cause that would put me right above. and i dont think hp offers the other ones u listed. when I do buy headphones off my own money, then i will research into them for sound quality. but thanks tho!

 

Ahh I see what you did there with the college budget thing, nice!
And yeah beats is not quite the best, you can get much better quality headphones for same price range... A lot of mainstream people don't know that and just think that beats is cool because of dr. Dre and all the commercial and assumed with the high price it must be good.

Even Bose have some models that go as low of price comparable to beats and they're much better qualities.

 

There are a lot of solid headphones in the beats solo price range.

Beyer DT-770 when they're on sale.
Audio Technia ATH-M50 (they're portable too!)
Audio Technia ATH-AD700 (open design)
Audio Technia ATH-A700 (closed design)

Just to name a few.

 

HP does offer the Studios, they are listed at $299 I believe on their site. The Beats are basically good for Hip-Hop and R&B type music, if you look at the audio charts you'll see why. If you're just an occasional user and listens to that type of music, get them. Otherwise you can find something else for cheaper, but more than likely a lot more ugly.

 

one of the draws for me to the envy is the great headphone jack and speakers. i don't necessarily need a DAC/amp for my phones to sound nice. currently i'm rocking Ultrasone Pro 900s, V-moda m80s, and Denon D5000s.

looks like there are a few audio-heads on these forums. i'm not surprised. mild thread hijack? j/k.

 

Depends on how you define ugly, Beats look is so mainstream, not to mention they seems to be designed for younger audiences... I personally prefer classy looks...

lol envy thread turns to beats thread!

 

Got the laptop. One of the reasons I returned DV6T was the orange/red color issue. No matter how hard I tried (to ignore) it was apparent that I was focusing on it more. I did not like the design either.
The new Envy has definitely the looks (I don't care if it looks like MBP; I see nothing wrong, infact I love it).
Color: I am extremely happy to report that this screen has fixed the REDs... way better than the dv6t I returned. Cnn.com and netflix.com are RED. I compared this to the other 1080p laptop I have and it is near identical. I am not sure if they fixed the panel or if I got a good one. I did the similar comparison with dv6t and it was clearly Orange'ish. Envy probably has very light orange hue but then that is when you are trying to really DIGGINg and trying real hard to see if it is different.
Wireless is Intel Centrino Advanced N-6235.

First impressions very good. Premier feel: Absolutely. This is a keeper for now.

My specs:
Envy15
• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
• 3rd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3610QM Processor (2.3 GHz, 6MB L3 Cache)
• 1GB Radeon(TM) HD 7750M GDDR5 Graphics [HDMI, VGA]
• 8GB 1600DDR3MHz System Memory (2 Dimm)
• 750GB 7200 rpm Hard Drive
• Microsoft(R) Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word/Excel(R) only, No PowerPoint(R)/Outlook(R)
• FREE 2-year Norton Internet Security subscription (a $99 value). Pre-installed.
• 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery - Up to 10.25 hours of battery life +++
• 15.6-inch diagonal Radiance Full HD Infinity LED-backlit Display (1920 x 1080)
• SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
• 720p HD video streaming webcam supports Skype
• Intel 2x2 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN + Bluetooth(R)
• Full-size Radiance backlit keyboard
• Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) Elements 10 & Adobe Premiere(R) Elements 10
• 2 year limited warranty included
• HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope

More as I explore...

 

as for the beats discussion yeah yeah ik its more a hype thing blah blah i have looked up headphones but honestly I needed something off of HP's site. They do got studio but tahts another $100 thats kinda pushing it lol. then that wouldnt really be a discount I would be paying 200$ for something that is inferior to products with lower price points. right now the beats cost me like 100$ which i would think is a good deal

could u tell us the panel number?? This makes me feel good haha. and are u sure its an ips panel? viewing angles etc. btw how glossy is it