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HP Pavilion Dual-Core 17.3" Entertainment Notebook [Refurbished] - $499.99 + $5 shipping

1 * HP Pavilion G71-349WM Intel Dual Core 2.1GHz, 4GB DDR2, 320GB SATA, 17.3" LED, Win 7 Home Prem 64

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HP Pavilion Dual-Core 17.3" Entertainment Notebook
$499.99 + $5 Shipping
Condition: Refurbished

Product List:
- 1 HP Pavilion G71-349WM Intel Dual Core 2.1GHz, 4GB DDR2, 320GB SATA, 17.3" LED, Win 7 Home Prem 64

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here's the HP Support website

I wounder how good the intel video chipset is considering it only has shared memory with the laptop's RAM and not its own vRAM

Will this play bluray movies?

Is the description a nod to Script Frenzy, going on now?

is that the windows 98 version of solitaire on the screen?

Most expensive deck of cards I've ever seen...

That was my impression of an technophobic person from "The Greatest Generation". Yes, YOU Papa!

Just a couple months back woot offered the same thing for the same price, except it was a 500gb hard drive, 2.4Ghz processor, and a blu ray player. So what makes this one special... It has less and is the same price.

tytiger58 wrote:Will this play bluray movies?

and last time i checked you need a bluray diskdrive to play bluray disks on a computer



so no

I have personally owned 5 of the Pavilion laptop models and they have all broken in various ways. Hard drive died on two of them just one year in (no big if you have warranty). Two of them have had the hinges broken. Another's wireless card died. The keyboard on ALL of them are missing keys. If you plan on using them on a regular basis I would avoid this line and maybe even the company in general.

does this have HDMI?

Froogled

Weak photoshop skillz : )

gephross100 wrote:I wounder how good the intel video chipset is considering it only has shared memory with the laptop's RAM and not its own vRAM

Answer: not good. Ok for Hulu and the like, and perhaps some TF Classic and Starcraft. Anything more and you are probably pushing it.

iamheretowinp wrote:does this have HDMI?

Apparently not....deal breaker for me.

Will this play solitare?

My girlfriend has one of these. In the time I've seen it used, it's a good laptop for anything but serious gaming - it's a bit blocky, but it's do-able. Doesn't overheat as easily as the other models I've seen/used/owned.

No separate video card, no hdmi...what makes this an entertainment system??

iamheretowinp wrote:does this have HDMI?

If you click on the image, there is an HDMI port showing on the left side.

Woot Staff:
Where are the pictures? Is the Woot Picture Guy on vacation?

I'm like 10 minutes from your headquaters. I'll show you what to do with the .CR2 images you get off his fancy smancy camera.

The WM suffix means that it is a Wal-Mart model. Wal-Mart no longer sells this model. Most likely there was never anything wrong with the returned units. The only problem were the Wal-Mart customers were not smart enough to push the power button.

gephross100 wrote:I wounder how good the intel video chipset is considering it only has shared memory with the laptop's RAM and not its own vRAM

The Intel 4500M is one of the worst graphics chips still being released. It's not even a 4500M HD, which at least is supposed to work better with HD video. A laptop with a ATI 3200 or 4200 would be much better.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Graphics-Media-Accelerator-4500MHD-GMA-X4500MHD.9883.0.html

mrbarister wrote:Just a couple months back woot offered the same thing for the same price, except it was a 500gb hard drive, 2.4Ghz processor, and a blu ray player. So what makes this one special... It has less and is the same price.

Yea ... Memory and Display cost across the industry have increased.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/186809/watch_out_pc_prices_are_going_up.html

Not bad for the price... but I want a blueray player...

FYI I have a notebook with the same graphics card it does BR no issues...

wongton wrote:If you click on the image, there is an HDMI port showing on the left side.

That's no HDMI port! It's space station!

Bad pictures, incorrect spelling (last woot), and short blog for this item. The woot staff has taken vacation during Easter and handed the reigns to the B-team.

Anyone ever notice how many HP laptops come up on here refurbished? I have an HP laptop that I got new from the factory and it's had almost nothing but problems.

I'm all warm and fuzzy inside, Woot included my name in the description!

Looks like it's running Windows 2000 in the image...

bxybr wrote:Anyone ever notice how many HP laptops come up on here refurbished? I have an HP laptop that I got new from the factory and it's had almost nothing but problems.

Woot is the ideal place to sell large numbers of non-new electronic items. It's a perfect fit really.

My hope and wish is for every woot! offer from this point forward be that the powers that be please include a sub-par, sub-standard, sub-refurbished, poor resolution, under equipped piece of computer hardware laptop to purchase.

Everyone just seems to love it! Really!?

Is anyone but me afraid of re-furbished aka (returned for defects and now we think we got it right because we upgraded the case/software/buffed out the scratches piece of fantastic product)?

jouster555 wrote:Is anyone but me afraid of re-furbished aka (returned for defects and now we think we got it right because we upgraded the case/software/buffed out the scratches piece of fantastic product)?

Nope
Just you

I want a computer than can run EVE Online and FFIV smoothly. I dunno if this is what I'm looking for though. I should probably just build a computer instead of hoping my ideal one shows up on Woot.

WOOT: Please no more INTEL VIDEOCARDs
I would NEVER buy a laptop with Intel VIDEOCARD

Dolebiscuit wrote:I want a computer than can run EVE Online and FFIV smoothly. I dunno if this is what I'm looking for though. I should probably just build a computer instead of hoping my ideal one shows up on Woot.

Building a computer is a great experience. Way better than trying to adapt a computer on woot.

I purchased this computer on line at Wal-Mart 2 days after I purchased it I noticed the didn't offer it any more, I was concerned. I got the laptop (am using it right now) and have had no problems at all with it. Only been using it for about 4 months now. I mainly use it for just surfing and making movies. Decent battery life, and would recommend it for the price.

bxybr wrote:Anyone ever notice how many HP laptops come up on here refurbished? I have an HP laptop that I got new from the factory and it's had almost nothing but problems.

I bought a HP refurb here and have had no issues. My GF has one from here, and a friend, no problems 6 months later. fried by the fickle finger of fate, you have been...

Ooooh I need a new solitaire machine.

tkking wrote:I have personally owned 5 of the Pavilion laptop models and they have all broken in various ways. Hard drive died on two of them just one year in (no big if you have warranty). Two of them have had the hinges broken. Another's wireless card died. The keyboard on ALL of them are missing keys. If you plan on using them on a regular basis I would avoid this line and maybe even the company in general.

If you had such problems why would you continue to buy from HP