CharliePrince wrote:It has 4 slots. currently 2 are being used to give you the 4gb RAM (4096 MB).

In the descript it says you can have 8192 Max, so there are 2 more slots for notebook ram cards at 2gb each.

Per Crucial, this laptop has 2 slots (pretty much standard for laptops). Both are being used to give 4gb total. However, each slot can handle a 4gb chip giving you the 8gb total. You'll have to remove the existing chips to get to the max.

http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=Pavilion%20dv7-1261wm

madeonmoon wrote:I got this laptop new a couple of months ago for my father-in-law who needs to run video editing programs. It is my understanding that having a video card with a dedicated memory is a must-have for intensive operations such as video editing. There are only a handful of laptops out there with video cards with dedicated memory.

You are absolutely right, dedicated memory is a must these days with such editing software as photoshop and final cut pro, if you ever want to render your image before you finish your morning shower!

The dedicated memory labels progress like this, 512MB like this latptop, 1Gb, and 2Gb.

1gb is the best you can get in a laptop these days, 2gb are reserved for custom desktops with uber power. This is the lower end of dedicated, but its still dedicated. you get your money's worth with this one if you want to edit photos/videos/regular flash gaming/low end gaming.

Come on woot. Quit selling computers. I have 3 already! Hurry up and sell some things I can give away to relatives for Christmas. This is too expensive to give to everyone in my family, otherwise I'd buy 3 of them.

solid purchase for just about anyone... it has a good processor and 4Gigs of Ram with 500 GB Harddrive. The video on they system is very good quality to run bluray and most videogames. Unless you in the market to fork out over $1000 you not going to find a better buy for this price.

Best deal on laptop in last two months was from best buy (expired now) offereing the G60 for $429 with 2.0Ghz, 4GDDR2 (Max), 250GHD and DVDrom. the average bluray drive on laptop runs about $100 that would put the cost at $529, the 500GHD is about $90 which means you getting the upgrades video card and upgraded processor for free.

oldlostsoul wrote:

What happened that they have this many "refurbished" laptops to get rid of?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Quite often, refurbished laptops come from organizations (businesses, schools, military, etc.) with hardware leases. Once the contract expires, the OEM takes back all the old laptops and refurbishes them. If the contract is renewed, the organization usually gets new laptops.

112233 wrote:can any one tell me what kind of soft ware come with this unit r is thare any with it ?

Windows Vista Home Premium, so you get office basic (word, powerpoint, excel, that's it)

But you get free Windows 7 upgrade via HP right now thru january.

cleothemuse wrote:Quite often, refurbished laptops come from organizations (businesses, schools, etc.) with hardware leases. Once the contract expires, the OEM takes back all the old laptops, replaces them with new ones, and refurbishes the "old" laptops.

Which basically means that the refurbs are generally in good shape, but as with anything you might get a bad egg on occassion.

Does anyone have an idea of how heavy it is? I'd want it to travel but I don't want to break my shoulder!

SweetSoundsNY wrote:Which basically means that the refurbs are generally in good shape, but as with anything you might get a bad egg on occassion.

Exactly.

bartnath wrote:Per Crucial, this laptop has 2 slots (pretty much standard for laptops). Both are being used to give 4gb total. However, each slot can handle a 4gb chip giving you the 8gb total. You'll have to remove the existing chips to get to the max.

http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=Pavilion%20dv7-1261wm

You are so right... dangit. Woot! gods please take away my quality post, I was wrong. I assumed that cuz my custom built laptop had 4 slots in it that all the boards must be made the same. dang my assumptions... I'm sorry for misleading folks.

Thank you for doing the research i didn't

bartnath wrote:Per Crucial, this laptop has 2 slots (pretty much standard for laptops). Both are being used to give 4gb total. However, each slot can handle a 4gb chip giving you the 8gb total. You'll have to remove the existing chips to get to the max.

http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=Pavilion%20dv7-1261wm

Bartnath deserves quality post for this one! i'm going to point my quality post to his cuz he is correct.

Too bad it comes with Vista ;( If it had XP installed, I'd snap it up in a heartbeat!

3cheersmts wrote:Too bad it comes with Vista ;( If it had XP installed, I'd snap it up in a heartbeat!

There is a free Windows 7 upgrade program with HP running through January. Snatch this baby up and run circles around XP with 7's new pro-mod apps.

wraithguard01 wrote:Come on woot. Quit selling computers. I have 3 already! Hurry up and sell some things I can give away to relatives for Christmas. This is too expensive to give to everyone in my family, otherwise I'd buy 3 of them.

They did, there was a wootoff this past week.

goldiemcg wrote:They did, there was a wootoff this past week.

I noticed your recent woots..... how do you like your HP touchsmart.....

I want one so bad just to play with it, but don't know anything about them.


Bring me some more touchscreens Woot! please.

Bought this computer a year ago for 800 and had to end up buying another program to watch blu rays. Nothing worked right on it and it froze all the time. I almost gave up on it then something amazing happend, I upgraded to windows 7. I love it. Buy 3!!!

goldiemcg wrote:Good reviews on Amazon, they have a refurb on there for $899.99 and a new one for $1200.

Woot still the better deal at $635...but not by alot.

eCost has Refurb item # 50826265 for
+$640
-2%bingcashback (save $12.80)
+$17ship
=Total $644.20


eBay has Refurb item #300346993072 for
$695
-8%bingcashback (save $55.60 cashback)
+$35ship = $674.70
-$13.90 (ebay bucks cashback)
=Total $660.50


eBay used item #300369276227
$639
-8%bingcash (save $51.12)
+$39ship = $626.88
-$12.78 (ebay bucks)
=Total $614.10

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=KN907UAR&cat=NBB

I would buy this one if woot had it.

Kooper113 wrote:Does anyone have an idea of how heavy it is? I'd want it to travel but I don't want to break my shoulder!

It's 7.75 lbs, according to the specs. Shoulder-breaker!

If I get this, it's not gonna be going anywhere - I have the netbook for that.

I had one of these and couldn't wait to get RID of it in favor of something not full of bloatware and that ran faster. It froze up constantly. I don't recommend it.

Also! Speaking of refurbs, I think that if the box is open (i.e., someone buys it and doesn't like the color) and it is returned, those go back to HP and are 'refurbed'. Basically they make sure it works and all the pieces are still there.

Hope that helps!

Thats the equivalent of a 2,000 dollar Apple MacBook Pro and it has things like Bluray, HDMI, and upgrade options that Apple would never have. In fact this laptop is on par with the best of Windows-based Laptops and its still cheaper than the cheapest Apple Macbook.

bornl33t wrote:I own a Hp zd7000a model purchased in 2003. HP fell under a class action suit because the graphic processor would over heat and my mother board was replaced. Within months the power jack developed a short and it could no longer be charged. I opened her up and soldered the connection only to have the screen go bad 2 months later.

I also own a Hp z1000 model that was purchased in 2006. The laptop has developed a short on the motherboard that will not let the motherboard start the fans up causing the CPU to over heat and to protect itself the laptop will shut off. Average time until power off is 15 min. There is a pending class action suit for this and 2 other defects on this model.

I need a new laptop, but I will never own a China made HP again unless it comes with a lifetime warranty.

I find that negative post like this that are factual will eventually consume a company like HP and either force change or a buy out. My mission here is not to start an argument but to inform people of my mistakes to give them ample warning before making a decision.

I have my father's dead HP tablet (the z1000 series as well, I believe) sitting downstairs as I type this. It has had one of the other common problems you elude to, a known issue with other HP laptop models, and yet because he is out of warranty, HP will do nothing. The other model with the same problem has been recalled. We are awaiting a recall on this model. Until then, he is borrowing my Lenovo, which is ugly as sin and doesn't boast some of the same features, but has been purring like a kitten for longer (now) than his HP.

In summation, HP is junk. Buy this laptop if you are interested in wasting some unwanted time and energy struggling with technology.

Normaly Woot rocks, but this one falls short.

you can get one of these barnd new for 699, preloaded with Win7 and and extendend warrenty from costco right now.

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11502090&search=HP Pavilion dv7&Mo=6&cm_re=1_en-_-Top_Left_Nav-_-Top_search&lang=en-US&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&Sp=S&N=5000043&whse=BC&Dx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntk=Text_Search&Dr=P_CatalogName:BC&Ne=4000000&D=HP Pavilion dv7&Ntt=HP Pavilion dv7&No=0&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nty=1&topnav=&s=1

Other deals on new systems are common right now, Woot needs to reconsider what they are charging for this one....

Brian.

got the same computer at home depot for 620.00 out the door.

CharliePrince wrote:here is the ati spec site

http://ati.amd.com/products/Radeonhd3600/specs.html

With 512mb dedicated video memory do not expect to play blu-ray discs in BLU-RAY quality. yes you may get HD quality, but not blu-ray, this card just isn't strong enough. You can try, but you are going to get lags about every 7-9 minutes as the processor tries to cooldown and the memory resets.

Video memory doesn't have much to do with playing Blu-ray movies. If anything the fact that this laptop has actual dedicated video memory is a credit to it.

Also of note is the fact that the screen on this laptop is 1440x900. The 1080p resolution would be 1920x1080. So no matter what, you're not going to get the full resolution. It's physically impossible for the laptop's screen to show a 1080p picture.

I think you'll find the important points (which this card has) are hardware accelerated decoding.

" * Dedicated unified video decoder (UVD) for H.264/AVC and VC-1 video formats
o High definition (HD) playback of both Blu-ray and HD DVD formats
* Hardware MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and DivX video decode acceleration "

Note that they don't say "Full HD".

Now stop getting stupid all over my internets.

Also, I play Aion & TF2 on my HP dv2 for hours on end without issue. It's got a 3410 graphics card in it, so this laptop should be just fine for gaming if you don't mind not being able to run everything at absurdly high settings.

Vista is a definite deal-breaker, especially now that Windows7 is out... I wonder if all manufacturers are trying to unload all their Vista systems cheap ahead of the holiday shopping season....?

do you think this will be cheaper after black friday?

kgb24 wrote:do you think this will be cheaper after black friday?

http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/index.php

and for those of you that dont mind refurbs, take a look at some of the asus ones out there. 2 of my buddies have one with the p8400 intel and a 1gb vid card for $750(no blu ray though),crysis is childs play on them..

dab5550 wrote:
2) It has problems playing video fullscreen through online flash players (tried on Hulu and YouTube). It'll play, but it's just stuttery enough to be really distracting. I never managed to fix this and figure the vid card just can't hack it.

Thanks! That's exactly what I wanted to know. You just saved me a wad of cash.

bbeeman wrote:I hope this this HP does not have the NVIDIA video chip that has caused thousands of HP laptops problems. Just Google HP and NVDIA problems

Otherwise, it is a good computer, and Windows 7 works great.

Nope, it's an ATI card. You shouldn't have to worry about it overheating because the manufacturer lied about its TDP. Nor should you have to worry about the chip flaking out as it cracks its connections when it warms & cools.

The Nvidia chip that got so many people caught out was the 8600 series (and possibly a few others, who knows, nvidia isn't talking). It affected both desktop & laptop chips but was mostly noticed on laptop chips, their lovely solution was to force the fans to run at a higher speed at all times.

I will never buy HP computer again. They are the worst, not to mention their poor customer service.

yeawuteva wrote:on a 1-10 scale (10 being best), how fast is this computer?

60mph in 3s

HPs suck, and this is coming from an HP user.

I have to blow my HP notebook (dv4) out with canned air every week if I want to be able to watch Hulu without the video stuttering. Yeah, that's right. The circulation is so bad that streaming video makes it overheat and stutter.

Also, unless I put it in 'power saver' mode, the fan runs at its top speed at all times. This makes it really annoying to bring to class. People get visibly annoyed by how loud the fan is.

Oh, and the battery life is only 1.5 hours so it only lasts for about 1.5 classes (in power saver mode with wifi off and the screen at minimum brightness).

So, if this is anything like my hp dv4, SPIDERS! GET THEM OFF!.

kgb24 wrote:do you think this will be cheaper after black friday?

Mabe not the same specs but NEW laptops, not much have Blueray or c2d...if that matters

Office Max
Toshiba Laptop Computer w/ T4330 Intel Processor - $399.99

Acer Aspire one 10.1"- $149.99

Walmart
HP G60-519wm Laptop - $298
2.2 ghz Celeron 900, Win 7 home premium, 3gb ram, 250gb 7200rpm hard drive, B/G Wifi, supermulti dvd drive, 15.6 720p lcd, gma 4500m

eMachines eME627 Laptop - $198
AMD TF-20 1.6ghz, 2gb ram, 160gb 5400rpm hard drive, supermulti DL dvd burner, 5-in-1 card reader, ATI HD 3200, b/g wifi, win 7 home premium,

Best Buy
Sony VAIO VGN-NW23SF 15.5" - $399
Intel Dual Core ?, 4gb ram, 320gb 5400rpm hard drive, SuperMulti dvd burner, 1366 x 768 display

Staples
HP G60-506 $299.98AR
Intel Celeron Processor, 15.6" screen, 3GB RAM, 160GB HDD
Sku: 832181

SAMS
HP G71 LED notebook w/bluray $499
Model: G71-340US

Office Depot
HP Notebook w/Intel Celeron 900 $299
Model G60-508US
Item # 156564
Manufacturer # VM093UA#ABA

HP Notebook Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 $449.99
Model G71-343US
Item # 583092
Manufacturer # VR757UA#ABA

Toshiba Satellite® L555D-S7930 17.3" Widescreen Noteboook Computer With AMD Turion™ II Dual-Core Processor M500 $499
Model L505D-S7930
Item # 329139
Manufacturer # PSLXJU-003002

Toshiba Satellite® L505D-S5992 15.6" Widescreen Notebook Computer With AMD Turion™ II Dual-Core Processor M500 $469
Item # 932994
Manufacturer # PSLV6U-00L001

Acer® Aspire AS5517-1208 15.6" Widescreen Notebook Computer With AMD Athlon™ X2 Dual-Core Processor L310 $379
Item # 494694
Manufacturer # LX.PH102.004

anyone point out that 1 RJ-465 (LAN) should be RJ-45 woot do you need an editor? I'd be happy to do some speel checking.

The wife has this model, she likes it, actually runs pretty fast, which surprised me a little. I'd reccomend it, since we got it a few months back for quite a bit more.

Swordman wrote:Worthless without OS X. I wish Apple would license it. I guess if that happened, we'd never be able to get a quality computer made ever again.

oh well. . .

ewww. yes I want a computer that randomly isolates with their new faulty updates. at least I can fix a bsod, but an Isolation error is the end of a 2k+ laptop.


My current laptop is a DV6125SE. It was a special release at Best Buy. It looks like a mac because the white glossy look. Treated me good till early last year. Speakers stopped working, battery dropped to 34 percent at a full charge, things gets super hot, power button is hard to push now, oh and screen ribbon broke (sometimes screen gets really dark, but by slanting all the way forward without closing I can fix it).

barely got two years out of it. It did fairly decent for games as long as I didn't have a high setting for graphics (and that's with the lower Nvidia card that came with it > 9150). I spent 999 + warranty, which I used on a wireless problem that started happening after a new HP firmware install.

I think I might try ASUS next.

I bought the DV7 DX1245 off woot with similar enough specs to this.

The laptop is cheap because the most expensive part the screen is (1440 x 900). It is fine for text, and older graphics applications like DVDs. A better graphics card would not be worth it without a high res screen. I agree, with other this is not the best choice for Hulu and similar, although I think a faster connection might solve most of the problem.

I have a laptop stand that just props the back up, no fans, so heat is not trapped under the laptop. It works fine. Once a week I put the nozzle of a vacuum against the grill on the laptop fan to clean the fan.

The sound system is very good. And even the speakers are good considering they are inside a laptop.

thisandthis wrote:woot needs a refurbished.woot section

This is Woots refurb section man. Did you hot read the sign on the door?

I bet yuo walk into ladies bathrooms daily yelling that the urinals are all gone.