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    When will HP have its gaming laptop? Not HDX

    Discussion in 'HP' started by tianh, Nov 22, 2007.

  1. tianh

    tianh Notebook Consultant

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    When will hp release a hp 17 inch gaming laptop? Does anyone have maybe some underground info they want to share, its horrible how on their 9500t the best graphics card is a 8600m GS which is below average for a 17 inch
     
    tianh, Nov 22, 2007
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  2. Johnny T

    Johnny T Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Never would be the answer...does Sony have a gaming notebook?

    If you want something that is half decent with games from HP...look at their business line :) HP 8710w/p
     
    Johnny T, Nov 22, 2007
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  3. Dreamer

    Dreamer The Bad Boy

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    It's won't be called Pavilion anyway, these are "multimedia" notebooks.

    Otherwise, their "gaming" notebooks are called VoodooPC, which I would avoid... :p

    Also, their business 17" notebooks have the 8700M GT (named Quadro) anyway...
     
    Dreamer, Nov 22, 2007
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  4. tianh

    tianh Notebook Consultant

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    ah thats sad to hear :( But then why do they have a gaming pc named blackbird with voodoo surely they must do a laptop in collab with voodoo as well?
     
    tianh, Nov 22, 2007
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  5. emedici

    emedici Notebook Consultant

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    Hey Dreamer, VoodooPC are from HP? Didn't know that one. How are these notebooks? Are they good?
     
    emedici, Nov 22, 2007
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    Nocturnal310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    I had posted a thread...that what market is HP targeting? they are just flooding the market with all average notebooks & one ridicuously expensive...they are not branding...they are just launching notebooks with same basic looks but different configuration (although graphic options just suck for all HP notebooks)
     
    Nocturnal310, Nov 22, 2007
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  7. Dreamer

    Dreamer The Bad Boy

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    So long as you want to pay like 6,000 or why not 12,000$ for rebranded Clevo notebooks with paints and tattoos.. they are fine... :p
     
    Dreamer, Nov 22, 2007
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  8. sly

    sly m1530 owner!!!

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    voodoos are expremly over priced
     
    sly, Nov 22, 2007
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  9. emedici

    emedici Notebook Consultant

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    woooooow, man. 6,000... are they insane? And besides ther're all AMD and they don't have a good looking either. At leat not for me.
     
    emedici, Nov 22, 2007
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  10. B2TheEYo

    B2TheEYo Notebook Deity

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    HP doesn't do gaming, period. It's a shock they even released the Blackbird desktop. Although it's just components picked off a shelf and put into their own case design..

    If you want a HP gaming notebook look at Voodoo, that is..If you want to pay $1200 just for the paint job on the notebook. HP's only target is mainstream consumers, reason they don't target the gamers or enthusiasts, is because they know Dell and Alienware would simply destroy them, because they've been in that crowed for a long time now. It'd be to much competition.


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    Jesus a lot fo posts before I finished,

    HP don't even make the Voodoo PC's.. Their just rebranded Sager and Celvo laptops. You can probably pick up a maxed out $8000 Voodoo, from the original manufacture for like $2300.. LMFAO..
     
    B2TheEYo, Nov 22, 2007
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  11. Dreamer

    Dreamer The Bad Boy

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    HP has business line, which game quite well. Peroid.

    Sager don't make notebooks as well, they are just rebranded Clevos, Compals...
     
    Dreamer, Nov 22, 2007
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