HP Envy 17 - Yes 0r No?

[JohnMiller]

Hi All I have been looking at this HP Envy 17 and it looks pretty spectacular!!

Its £1200


Processor Intel® Core™ i7-720QM Processor
- 1.6 GHz
- 2.5 GT/s DMI
- 6MB Smart Cache
RAM - 4GB installed DDR3 RAM
Graphics card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Graphics
- 1GB dedicated DDR5 memory
- up to 2811 MB total graphics memory
Screen resolution - Full HD
- 1920 x 1080
Screen size 17.3"
Screen features Flush glass design
LED backlighting
Ultra BrightView technology
16:9 aspect ratio
Hard drive 500GB SATA 7200rpm


Anyone ever used one of these or heard bad things?

 

[ninja2000]

The Envy 17's are ok but a word of warning, they run stupidly hot.
They have already massively underclocked the 5850 to try and reduce heat (500 instead of 625mhz) but it will still be scolding to the touch whilst gaming on the bottom left, top left and left palm rest.

If heat doesnt bother you or you dont really game then these are ok.

 

[olivier renault]

No first hand experience, but I've looked into it a fair bit as well (although I was more interested in the Envy 14 originally).

There's a big thread on the machine on notebookreview.com in the HP lounge.

Main downside I've seen is overheating, especially on the i7 quad, fan noise, and no switchable graphics (even on the i5). Also the stupid arrow keys.

 

[JohnMiller]

Thanks Olivier and Ninja,

I dont think i'd mind th heat too much my old alienware ran really hot as well, i'd just be worried its causing problems with other components.

I have also been looking at the ACER Aspire 8943G-
i7-720QM Processor- 1.6 GHz- 2.5 GT/s DMI- 6MB Smart Cache
RAM - 8GB installed DDR3 RAM
Graphics card ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5850
- 1GB DDR3 Dedicated memory
Screen resolution - Full HD
- 1920 x 1080
Screen size 18.4"
Screen features LED backlighting
16:9 aspect ratio
Hard drive 2 x 500 GB
Optical disk drive Blu-ray Disc™ RE drive


Or Sony VAIO F12 Z1E-

Intel Core i7 740QM 2.93GHz / 8GB / 500GB / Blu-ray / 16.4 inch / Windows 7 Home Premium / Laptop / Notebook / Black

I'm stumped on which one to get,Which would you pick?

Thanks,
John