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    HP envy 14 $687

    Discussion in 'Notebook and Tech Bargains' started by hakira, Oct 18, 2011.

  1. hakira

    hakira <3 xkcd

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    hakira, Oct 18, 2011
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  2. MSGaldenzi

    MSGaldenzi Notebook Deity

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    Saw this on Gizmodo yesterday. Great deal but sucks that they no longer offer the "nicer" screens.
     
    MSGaldenzi, Oct 18, 2011
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  3. blaster

    blaster 1 tequila, 2,3,4,5, floor

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    in addition of the crapy gpu this laptop sports, man, hp is going down the drain :(
     
    blaster, Oct 18, 2011
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  4. saturnotaku

    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The 6630 is not the greatest, but it's far from "crapy" [sic].

    BTW, thanks for (not) replying to my PM about your copies of Rage already having been sold. Appreciate it. :rolleyes:
     
    saturnotaku, Oct 19, 2011
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  5. R3d

    R3d Notebook Virtuoso

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    Good specs or not, it still has really nice build quality for $700.
     
    R3d, Oct 19, 2011
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  6. Jarhead

    Jarhead 恋の♡アカサタナ

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    And to think the memory of the screen uproar is still fresh in my mind.
     
    Jarhead, Oct 19, 2011
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  7. hiddensanctum

    hiddensanctum Notebook Evangelist

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    This or the ASUS U36SD-A1 for $699.99?
    What do you guys think?
     
    hiddensanctum, Oct 19, 2011
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  8. MSGaldenzi

    MSGaldenzi Notebook Deity

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    2 very different machines... I say Asus because I move around alot and portability is important to me. The Envy has great build quality and backlit keyboard *the asus may too* so maybe the envy is for you. Either way, they are both nice machines with the same resolution screens. My next big buy is going to have 3d or 1080p so I am pretty biased right now.
     
    MSGaldenzi, Oct 19, 2011
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  9. LancerEvoX

    LancerEvoX Notebook Evangelist

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    I ended up jumping on the deal, but I upgraded it for the i7. The Radeon HD6630m should be enough for me. I am currently working on a building a gaming tower and I wanted something else portable to replace my 5 year old Dell Inspiron 6400.
     
    LancerEvoX, Oct 20, 2011
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