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HP ENVY 17-1011NR 17.3-Inch Laptop

• Sep 08, 2010 from epakapong(Peter) in *
  HP ENVY 17-1011NR 17.3-Inch Laptop
  
  
  List Price: USD 1649.99Price is accurate as of the date/time indicated. Prices and product availability are subject to change. Any price displayed on the Amazon website at the time of purchase will govern the sale of this product.
  
  Binding: Personal Computers
  Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
  
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  Features:
  Intel Core i7-720QM processor 1.60GHz with Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.80 GHz; Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
  Laser-etched aluminum finish in carbon relic; HP TrueVision HD Webcam with integrated microphone; 5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader
  Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector); Wireless LAN 802.11b/g/n WLAN & Bluetooth
  1 SuperSpeed USB 3.0: Three USB 2.0, 3rd port shared with eSATA; mini-Display port; 1 HDMI; 1 Headphone-out/Microphone-in combo jack
  17.3 inch diagonal Full HD Ultra BrightView Infinity LED Display; Slot-loading Blu-ray ROM with SuperMulti DVDR/RW with Double Layer Support; Beats Audio and HP Triple Bas
  ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Graphics with up to 4091MB total graphics memory with 1GB dedicated
  
  
  
  Customer ReviewsThe good, the bad, and the unavoidably H.P.Just the facts. or at least anecdotal opinions (from a non-gamer who uses this type of device as a portable development workhorse):
  
  The good:
  
  * Fast. I've seen some other i7 units and this definitely keeps pace if not surpasses them. The memory and drives are very fast (2 x 7,200 RPM makes for some nifty RAID 1). Note that the graphics chipset seems to be set at 500MHz, not 1GHz but it seems very snappy to me still.
  
  * The display is great -- crisp and clear.
  
  * It's VERY quiet. Amazingly the quietest laptop I've even owned.
  
  * Virtualization works very well on this machine.
  
  * I'm looking forward to using a USB 3.0 drive on this someday.
  
  * Value for the money seems reasonable to me.
  
  The bad:
  
  * You can't have 3+ displays without a display port device. I'm seeing some confusion over whether it has to be active or not, but right now I'm guessing it has to be an active adapter to VGA or a display port monitor. I can't test the third display yet since I don't have an adapter...
  
  * I don't like the mouse pad. The multi-touch function is a pain, especially since the mouse buttons are part of the pad. This makes resting your trigger thumb rather touchy. It'd be nice to be able to disable it entirely without having to screw with X11 but no Fn key seems to do that.
  
  * The sound from the laptop speakers sucks. I'm a little biased on this since I'm going from the deep, epic sounds of the Harmon/Kardons of my Quasimodo to a set of speakers that have all the acoustic depth of a wet towel. When plugged into a more advanced system, they seem to work fine, but I don't really understand why I'm supposed to get all jazzed over this "beats audio" thing. The only thing it seems to beat is
  
  * It runs VERY hot when first purchased.
  
  The unavoidably H.P.:
  
  * Upgrade the BIOS and all the drivers right away. Doing that alone decreased heat output greatly for me. (I haven't been to the hospital for palm burns since.)
  
  * Battery life is not great, even with two batteries included. I'm estimating about 3-4 hours for BOTH TOGETHER. I capitalize not out of anger but to forewarn the wary shopper. This is a portable aircraft carrier, not a dingy. Higher heat levels = more power.
  
  * Why oh why does Windows/HP feel the need to take all four primary partitions on their laptops. (Make your backup DVDs early. Especially if you're a Linux user and are planning to repartition but might want to make sure they're available for later. Just sayin'. You don't want to be one of _those_ guys that has to dig out the recovery NTFS out of the partition table by hand because you accidentally turned on the dynamic drive looking for a way to get an extended partition.)
  
  * When initially started, before the BIOS upgrade, the fn keys would do BOTH the regular operation + the HP operation. Normally you would hold "fn" and then press F1 or what not, but the default state didn't seem to require the "fn" for whatever reason. The BIOS upgrade seems to have...