dm4 refreshed

Just noticed this. Now available with Sandy Bridge dual cores, the AMD Radeon 6470 (1GB DDR3) and a claim of 8 hours of battery life. Starts at $729.99 with the aforementioned GPU, currently no other GPU options

HP Pavilion dm4 and dm4x Entertainment PC series | HP Official Store

Kind of sad news for us hoping for a U.S. dv4 release. The 6470 is barely an upgrade of the previous gen dm4 6370

 

This is actually perfect timing for me.

I ordered the last generation dm4 because I didn't see any Sandy Bridge offerings that I liked, but now it's definitely going back. Luckily, I'm still in my return period.

This refresh addresses the minor issues I have with the laptop, mainly the etched case and the track pad. The etchings I thought was a little much, and the track pad while I don't hate, I would prefer separate buttons.

They also maintained the things I did like, such as the dimensions, which is the perfect trade off between usability and portability for me. They also kept the keyboard layout. I really dislike the new layout that they have on some of their new models, the half-size up/down arrow with elongated right-shift key.

As far as the graphics card goes, I don't really mind that it's not that big of a jump power wise. I don't plan to be gaming that hard on it and the light gaming I've done on this laptop, the graphics have been OK. Plus, I have a feeling that if they did offer a more powerful card, they would have had to increase the thickness of the body, which I don't want.

So, I get a laptop with better internals, surprisingly, at just about the same price I paid for the last generation.

The only thing I would have liked is at least one USB 3.0 port and an option for a non-glare screen even at 1366x768. But you can't have everything right

 

Disappointed as well, I wish they update the GPU to the dame as the dv4's. Oh well, they probably will do it for the SB envy 14s.

 

i was really about to buy this except i realized they gypped us on the USB 3.0, LAME

 

Yeah no USB 3.0 is disappointing as well. I also wonder why they don't give this a backlit keyboard. I know they don't want it competing against the Envy and all but with its GPU it really isn't anyway.

 

theres a deal going on right now for the v470.

Intel® Core™ i5-2410M Processor ( 2.30GHz 1333MHz 3MB )
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M 1GB
4 GB PC3-10600 DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz
14.0" HD Glossy with integrated camera 1366x768
Industry Standard Touchpad
500GB 5400
DVD Recordable (Dual Layer)
6 Cell Lithium-Ion
Intel 1000 BGN Wireless
Bluetooth Version 2.1 + EDR

631$ Shipped. No USB 3.0 and only 3HR battery.

Has anyone hear of good reviews for this laptop?

Heres the link for the deal.
Lenovo v470: $463 14" i3-2310 / 4GB / 500GB or $541 i5-2410 / GeForce 520M 1GB / 4GB / 500GB - Slickdeals.net

hmm is the price worth the battery trade off?

 

I feel bad that I bought the old one about 4 months ago XD

 

/sigh, they made some nice changes but I wish they would have given slightly better video and I would order right now. The screen resolution isn't my favorite but I get such a great discount through my company with HP.