I like intel!

The WM in the model# designates this was the Wal-Mart model.

I reckon it was the Black Friday modem and these are the leftovers. I'd never buy a laptop with 3GB RAM. Ever.

jjduranx wrote:I like intel!

I like turtles

HP G72s get good reviews on Alatest.
http://alatest.com/reviews/laptop-reviews/hp-g72-130ed/po3-100492939,30/

Excellent reviews...at Walmart

These were $500 for a while at Best Buy last Christmas season.

Done some work on one of these for a family member. The HDMI and SD options are really nice, but the track pad gives me the heebie-jeebies. Although that probably doesn't affect anyone with a mouse.

So just disregard most of this post I guess.

I absolutely loathe the trackpads on these things. I hate HP laptops with a burning passion.

Dual core, huh? That is SO 2007! Where's the 6-core processor PCs now? Oh, that's right, everywhere. Still, nice deal on a "Famous Maker" of computers.

Here's the same thing on Newegg.com recertified and all, as well as accompanying reviews :D.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834157626

EDIT

Look's like the reviewers there can confirm that this IS the Walmart Black Friday model.

http://reviews.walmart.com/1336/14978546/hp-17-3-biscotti-g72-227wm-laptop-pc-with-intel-pentium-t4500-processor-windows-7-home-premium-reviews/reviews.htm

It has the screen res of a 13" laptop. Nice big pixels to look at there.

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Apparently this was $398 on Black Friday at Walmart

Excellent cheap laptop for the features. Ok 90 day warranty... Expect the battery to be not so good. So ebay the model and buy a cheap replacement battery. With the price of memory being so cheap these days and this running a 64 bit OS preinstalled, 8 gigs for a few bucks will give you lots of room to multitask.

Weight: 6.60 lbs. In other words, this thing is a tank that will fit in...a really big case. Enjoy all 17 inches of that screen real estate!

Will the laptop come in actually as clean as the pictures? Without those horrid stickers, I mean.,

I !@#$ing hate those stickers on laptops and pre-built desktops.

its price is divisible by 3. awsomer than a double rainbow

I am using a very similar laptop that I got on Black Friday from Staples for $499. 4 gig ram, i5 cpu, 1600 x 900. It has been a workhorse for me. I use it a lot to convert videos from one format to another, and though it's no Macbook Pro, it is surprisingly fast. Fairly good battery, the screen looks great, light weight, HDMI output works well. Even with the strange mouse pad, I have no complaints. I did add a 4 gig SD card, which really speeds things up.

battery life?
is

Okay, well unplug me and wait an hour or two for the battery to die.

accurate?

A quick trip to the Wal-Mart review aggregation page...

http://reviews.walmart.com/1336/14978546/hp-17-3-biscotti-g72-227wm-laptop-pc-with-intel-pentium-t4500-processor-windows-7-home-premium-reviews/reviews.htm

... shows that this isn't the first time the product has been offered at a similar price, and that if you understand that it isn't going to be anything more than a fairly standard "workhorse" laptop (that is, no fancy modern gaming features, no gimmicky stuff, just an ordinary productivity tool with a pretty impressive screen) you might be getting a pretty good deal here.

It is heavy, but any large laptop at this price is going to be making some trade-offs and weight is the easiest. Don't get a big pretty screen without everything else being pretty big, too.

I've paid more for less in terms of features. There's nothing exceptionally modern about the laptop, but there's nothing particularly dated, either. I'm on the fence as to whether it's a worthwhile purchase for my needs, but if you need a laptop for regular productivity tasks, you could do a lot worse *for the money*. It should be stable, it should be powerful enough to handle office computing and other day-to-day things without any hiccups, and it offers good visibility thanks to the large screen for some light multimedia usage.

This has the specs of a 13" laptop. There's absolutely no reason to own this. The price isn't THAT great and you get an extra 3 pounds of laptop for a screen that is of low resolution for its size.

No dedicated card, unspectacular processor, memory, hard drive, everything.

If you're just going to do word processing and internet browsing, you might be surprised by the low resolution, especially if you're currently using a better screen right now.

Resist the temptation and hold save up another $50-$100 to get a laptop that you won't regret and that's literally worth its weight.



Oh, and anyone that complains about the "off-centered" track pad (It always seems to happen), please look at where it is for goodness sakes. Where your hands are typing words...

phazeprod wrote:I am using a very similar laptop that I got on Black Friday from Staples for $499. 4 gig ram, i5 cpu, 1600 x 900. It has been a workhorse for me. I use it a lot to convert videos from one format to another, and though it's no Macbook Pro, it is surprisingly fast. Fairly good battery, the screen looks great, light weight, HDMI output works well. Even with the strange mouse pad, I have no complaints. I did add a 4 gig SD card, which really speeds things up.

Added a 4 gig SD card, as in for readyboost? I've heard readyboost doesn't work that well, mind telling me what class of SD card you're using?

Product support site:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product?cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&product=4290949

including Maintenance and Service Guide (note that it doubles as the Compaq Presario CQ72):
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02641840.pdf

You can easily still run modern programs on the Core 2 series of processors (I'm on a 3 year old Lenovo T61 right now).

There's a reason this is only $370.

OK laptop for 99% of the people who fall under 'average user'.

Maybe because I have a Fry's 1 mile from my work - this price seems underwhelming, even for NEW. A similar Compaq sold new last week for $379, (MSRP $429) at Fry's. If you're located 150 miles from any major Walmart or electronic's store, this may be OK deal.

But to us city folks, we'll pass.

Sorry Woot - the really good deals have been few and far between lately. Hear us out.

while i personally wouldnt ever get this, y sister in college has the 14" one (g42) and it works great for her. i mean, if your gonna be gaming a lot or running big Battlefield Earth (2000) its not for you, but for an every day user, its great. i agree i hate the trackpad on it....but hell, the only trackpad i do like is mine on my dv7t-4000

the Passmark Software site at http://www.cpubenchmark.net/mid_range_cpus.html benchmarks this CPU as a "high midrange" cpu in their benchmark tests.

stevenschuhly wrote:Added a 4 gig SD card, as in for readyboost? I've heard readyboost doesn't work that well, mind telling me what class of SD card you're using?

Lexar SDHC 4GB class 6. I can tell a difference.

Quality, you ask?

2010 summer PC Magazine Readers' Choice Awards story:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2368149,00.asp

HP not so good:
http://www.pcmag.com/image_popup/0,1871,iid=267328,00.asp

2010 fall PC World's readers survey:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/211402/reliability_and_service_laptops.html

HP for business average, for home: "don't ask"-last place.
http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=211402&page=1&zoomIdx=1

and the story of HP and Dell about their difficulties:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/211074-2/the_tech_brands_you_can_trust.html

I bought a refurbished HP once (not from Woot, though) and a while later the power cord melted... when I contact HP about it, they said that just because it said HP on it didn't mean they were responsible for it, since "these things are made by different companies in China". Needless to say I'm never going to buy another HP product again, and definitely not a refurbished one.

jjduranx wrote:I like intel!

I am typing to you on one of these i bought new at wally. I have had mine since October 1st and have not had one single issue with it. It works and runs flawlessly, very powerful, and the screeen is a joy to look at. Mine was $640 after tax so this is a damn nice deal I think. Just my 2 cents.

phazeprod wrote: Even with the strange mouse pad, I have no complaints.

Your better than I am then.

I use a laptop all day and night and I could not last more than a week on this one. Personally I think it was made for lefties, which is why it is on Woot now at serious discounts I bet.

I you speed code like me and generally use your right thumb or hand for mouse work, this will drive you insane.

I find it amazing that you can get a 17" HP laptop for $375 these days.

I bought this laptop new from Best Buy a month or so ago and it's great for surfing the internet and doing general school-related work. I haven't tested its graphics capabilities seriously, so I can't vouch for that. I've really been enjoying it.

drstranglove wrote:Your better than I am then.

I use a laptop all day and night and I could not last more than a week on this one. Personally I think it was made for lefties, which is why it is on Woot now at serious discounts I bet.

I you speed code like me and generally use your right thumb or hand for mouse work, this will drive you insane.

I apologize... I use the mouse pad very little, so maybe I'm not a good judge for that. I carry a mouse pretty much everywhere, so for how little I use the built in pad, it doesn't bother me.

Hey, it's cheaper than it was on black friday...

http://notebooks.com/2010/11/15/black-friday-laptop-hp-g72-227wm-17-3-dual-core-laptop-for-398-at-walmart/

i find it hilarious that people are saying it's got "low resolution"

i mean, are we really that spoiled? it's halfway between 720p and 1080p on a 17 inch screen for $375. that's more than respectable.

spdif wrote:its price is divisible by 3. awsomer than a double rainbow

Not if you add $5 to it!!

btflorey wrote:I find it amazing that you can get a 17" HP laptop for $375 these days.

It's the extra .3 that makes it amazing!!