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    HP ENVY 14 Now Available Discussion

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Charles P. Jefferies, Jun 28, 2010.

  1. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    Charles P. Jefferies, Jun 28, 2010
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  2. zeth006

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    Can't wait until first reviews come out!
     
    zeth006, Jun 28, 2010
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  3. FatskiRatski

    FatskiRatski Notebook Guru

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    AAAHHH I want this so bad, but I really should wait for a coupon...
     
    FatskiRatski, Jun 28, 2010
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  4. IKAS V

    IKAS V Notebook Prophet

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    The thing that confuses me is why they have a option for different 5650's on there configure page, one for Quad core and one for Dual core cpu's.
    They using two different cards?
     
    IKAS V, Jun 29, 2010
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  5. Althernai

    Althernai Notebook Virtuoso

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    They say it in the description: the one for Arrandale has switchable graphics, the one for Clarksfield does not.

    I would like to see a review of this. It's one of the very few machines from the bigger manufactures that strikes me as both exciting and worth the price.
     
    Althernai, Jun 29, 2010
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    OccamsAftershave Notebook Enthusiast

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    HP has discontinued the 13" at 3.7 lbs. for this 14" at 5.25 lbs?
    Abandoning the MacBookPro 13" class.
     
    OccamsAftershave, Jun 29, 2010
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  7. IKAS V

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    I too wish they kept the 13'' size.
     
    IKAS V, Jun 29, 2010
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    I really wish this thing were lighter. It's just a tad too heavy for this size laptop these days -- for my taste, anyway.
     
    SoundsGood, Jun 29, 2010
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    if i were to take out the optical drive, how much weight would that save?

    also, does this thing have that slim, flat battery the envy 13 and 15 had?
     
    Generic User #2, Jul 1, 2010
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    that's because the quad core (i7) doesn't have a internal gpu in the cpu, while the i5 series cpus do. This is why they require differentent graphics cards (one is switchable while the other isn't

    any reviews of the envy 14 out there yet?
     
    cuberob, Jul 1, 2010
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  11. MagusDraco

    MagusDraco Biiiiiiirrrrdmaaaaaaan

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    not til at least the 20th of july (to at worst the 20th of august).
     
    MagusDraco, Jul 1, 2010
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  12. csinth

    csinth Snitch?

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    Though don't you think that this option could be handled automatically by HP?

    I guess the way their manufacturing line works must rely on the way the customization works on the website such that it can't be automatic...
     
    csinth, Jul 2, 2010
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  13. Althernai

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    It is handled automatically by HP -- if you try to combine a processor and a GPU that don't go together, it will complain and probably won't let you order. I think the reason they make you explicitly choose is that they want people to know that Arrandale comes with switchable graphics.
     
    Althernai, Jul 2, 2010
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  14. khasimzafar

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    HI

    EveryOne, yesterday i bought HP ENVY 14 BEATS Edition, first impression was quite good,its beautiful black in color with red keypad comes with solo beats headfones,,,, its awesome ,,but it gets hot, don't know why, it may be because of i7 processor or metal bar????

    secondly how can we check the beats thing??? it say press fn and beats button,, but its not working for me??? did anyone tried it??? help please???

    cheers
     
    khasimzafar, Dec 7, 2010
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  15. makaveli72

    makaveli72 Eat.My.Shorts

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    ^^^ Yea, i've read the i7 cpu heats things up, so most likely that's the cause. About the beats thing I can't help you there as i'm still waiting for my Envy to clear shipping. :( Waiting Sucks!
     
    makaveli72, Dec 7, 2010
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  16. Blake

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    Khasimzafar, this post happened back in July.
    I'd ask your questions in the HP forum for a better response.
     
    Blake, Dec 7, 2010
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    Thanks makaveli and blake.... actually i joined this forum yesterday so don't know much about that :) , it took me 45 mins to find out where to post a questions for beats edition..lol,, so it means everyone is having this heating problem with i7????

    Guys still struggling with the beats things check??? any luck??
     
    khasimzafar, Dec 7, 2010
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  18. amtbr

    amtbr Notebook Consultant

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    Not sure about your specific question, but for what its worth those i7s run naturally very hot, one of the main drawbacks for that generation of chips. Search Google for "Realtemp" program, it will let you know what temps your cores are running at, those chips do have a high temp threshold.
     
    amtbr, Dec 8, 2010
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