Ask A Thrash-Metal Band
Dear Thrash-Metal Band,
I love my new HP Pavilion 17” Entertainment laptop, especially the Blu-Ray player. But the display is not 1080p. Would you recommend using the HDMI port to play video through my big-screen TV?
Harry D. in Michigan
Dear Harry,
Psychoworms, psychoworms, burrowing through your brain
Psychoworms, psychoworms, driving your mind insane
Psychoworms, psychoworms, feeding on your terror
Psychoworms, psychoworms, a scientific error
Cut them out, cut them out, out of my brain
(repeat)
Dear Thrash-Metal Band,
I have a massive MP3 and AVI collection that I’d love to take with me when I travel. Can you recommend a laptop with a 500GB hard drive? A 17” screen would be pretty sweet, too.
p1r4t3
Dear p1r4t3,
Shadows fall on the battlefield
Where battle’s victims lay
Vultures circle overhead
Don’t they look hungry?
For the crimes of the village elders
The young must pay with their lives
A grim harvest for the reaper
With his scythe as sharp as knives
Dead shadows, war shadows, war shadows
Dead shadows, war shadows, war shadows
(repeat)
Dear Thrash-Metal Band,
In a previous column, you responded to a question about the HP 17” Enetertainment Laptop PC with some irrelevant rhyming lines about Jeffrey Dahmer. What are you, nuts? You should have pointed out, at the very least, that it features a 2.2GHz AMD Turion RM-74 Dual-Core Mobile Processor, a 5-in-1 card reader, and a full-size 101-key keyboard. I can’t believe you get paid to write this drivel.
Disappointed
Dear Disappointed,
Visions of terror, terrible visions
Sharpen the blade, make the incision
Is it a dream? Or just a bad dream?
Your eyes recoil at what you’ve seen
Blood everywhere, everywhere, everywhere
Blood all over the place
Echoes of pain, echoes of violence
Echoes of blood, echoes of silence
Into the abyss in a world of trauma
Makes you wish you were in a coma
Blood everywhere, everywhere, everywhere
Blood all over the place
(repeat)
Features
Warranty: 90 Day HP
Features:
- 2.20 GHz AMD Turion RM-74 Dual-Core Mobile Processor 1MB L2 Cache
- 17.0” Diagonal WXGA+ High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1440×900)
- Full Size 101-key compatible keyboard with keypad
- 4096MB DDR2 RAM (8192MB maximum)
- ATI Radeon HD3650 with 512mb dedicated memory
- 500GB SATA 5400 RPM hard drive
- LightScribe Blu-Ray ROM with SuperMulti DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support
- 5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards
- 4 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0, 4th port shared with eSATA
- 2 Headphone Out
- 1 Microphone In
- 1 VGA (15-pin)
- eSATA +USB 2.0
- 1 RJ-11 (modem)
- 1 RJ-465 (LAN)
- 1 Notebook expansion port 3
- 1 IEEE 1394
- 1 Firewire (4-pin)
- Altec Lansing speakers with SRS Premium Sound and Sub-Woofer
- Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical scroll Up/Down pad
- HDMI port allows you to display video from the notebook on a HDTV
- Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit with Service Pack 1
- HP Mobile Remote Control
- 8-Cell Lithium-ion battery
- 90W AC Adapter
Specifications:
Microprocessor | |
2.20 GHz AMD Turion X2 RM-74 Dual-Core Mobile Processor | |
Microprocessor Cache | |
1MB L2 Cache | |
Memory | |
Installed: | 4096MB |
Memory Max: | 8192MB |
Video Graphics | |
ATI Radeon HD 3650 Graphics | |
Video Memory: | 512MB dedicated |
Hard Drive | |
500GB (5400RPM) | |
Multimedia Drive | |
LightScribe Blu-Ray ROM with SuperMulti DVD±R/RW Double Layer | |
Display | |
17.0” Diagonal WXGA+ High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1440 x 900) | |
Fax/Modem | |
High speed 56k modem | |
Networking | |
Ethernet: | Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN |
Wireless: | 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN |
Sound | |
Altec Lansing with SRS Premium Sound and Sub-Woofer | |
Pointing Device | |
Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical scroll Up/Down pad | |
PC Card Slots | |
1 ExpressCard/54 Slot (also supports ExpressCard/34) | |
External Ports | |
5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards 4 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0, 4th port shared with eSATA 2 Headphone out 1 microphone-in HDMI 1 VGA (15-pin) eSATA + USB 2.0 1 RJ-11 (modem) 1 RJ -45 (LAN) 1 notebook expansion port 3 1 IEEE 1394 Firewire (4-pin) Consumer IR (Remote Receiver) |
|
Dimensions | |
15.59 (W) x 11.22" (D) x 1.31 (min H)/1.66(max H) | |
Weight | |
7.75 lbs | |
Security | |
Kensington MicroSaver lock slot Power-on password Accepts 3rd party security lock devices |
|
Power | |
90W AC Adapter 8-Cell Lithium-Ion battery |
In the box:
- HP Pavilion dv7-1261wm Entertainment Notebook
- A/C Adapter and Cord
- Laptop Battery
- Remote Control
Specs
HP Pavilion dv7-1261wm Dual Core 2.2GHz Turion, 4GB DDR2, 500GB HD, Gigabit LAN, BluRay, eSATA, HDMISpecs
HP Pavilion dv7-1261wm Dual Core 2.2GHz Turion, 4GB DDR2, 500GB HD, Gigabit LAN, BluRay, eSATA, HDMISales Stats
- Speed to First Woot:
- 0m 33.330s
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