HP Pavilion DV7-1170US 17.0-Inch Laptop (2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, Blu-Ray and DVD Drive, Vista Premium)

HP Pavilion DV7-1170US 17.0-Inch Laptop (2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, Blu-Ray and DVD Drive, Vista Premium) Features

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What Customers Say About HP Pavilion DV7-1170US 17.0-Inch Laptop (2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, Blu-Ray and DVD Drive, Vista Premium):

However you can get the 320GB hard drive, and get the mounting bracket (required to install it in the second hard drive slot) from a third party vendor.That's all I have to say for now. I use the notebook for all these things, and this is the perspective from which I will write this review.PROS:Good value for money. And if the day ever comes when I need more memory, I can double the memory if I wish.When using music production software like FL Studio or Pro Tools. It isn't loud, or noticeable if playing sound from the notebook. But I routinely have my browser open, while a virus scan is running in the background, my instant messaging programs open along with other utilities, and playing a graphic intensive game, plus it's running Vista Premium (memory hog). If I'm playing a graphics intensive game I get about an hour and fifteen minutes.Media Remote. Hope this was helpful. And programs that do facilitate direct mic to speaker output usually cannot operate without latency.

There are only very view games that I can only play on the next-to-highest settings. You may get obsessed with keeping it looking shiny, or just totally give up like me.Enough ports to keep you connected to all your peripherals, and bluetooth to connect to other peripherals wirelessly.Best speakers I've ever heard on a laptop. So you cannot rout you're mic through is if you plan to do some DJ-ing, for example. I get no latency with the sound.CONS:The screen is very sensitive to grease and dust. Of course, memory is still finite. They work as desired.It's a very beautiful machine. That being said, they're still just laptop speakers. Probably too beautiful.

It isn't too glossy like other machines where you can see the waves across the screen used for diffusing the glare.Good battery life for it's class. I bought this notebook in the middle of November 2008. Also this means that I cannot use it to amplify my guitar as I do with my desktop computer. They are also really loud. I am a software engineer, website developer, graphic designer, amateur musician, and gamer. But it comes in handy if I want to control music or movies in Windows Media Player or iTunes from a distance.Built in microphones are super sensitive.so are the touch sensitive buttons.

I spent several months trying to find a 17-inch laptop within my budget. Being able to plug in two headphones or have two outputs is cool. It comes with 4GB of memory installed and is upgradable to 8GB.The screen is bright and crisp. When performing basic functions that are not graphics intensive, such as browsing the internet, creating documents, etc I get up to 3 hours battery life. It seems to scratch easily. This was a big disappointment for me.'Dual Independent Headphones' are simply just two headphone jacks with a fancy name. I looked at all the major (and some minor) brands, and this was the best value for money. But the word 'Independent' misled me to believe that I could have separate sounds go through each of the jacks - for example, I could have Media Player play through one, while have iTunes play through the other.

I open as much applications as I want. Also, the contrast between the letters on the keys and the colours of the keys may not be sufficient with the glare coming from the screen, or if you have poor eyesight, or are using the laptop in dim light.It's hard to get a second 320GB hard drive (with mounting bracket) or 4GB memory cards from HP. I am afraid to clean of the screen with ordinary materials because of this. The last time I checked was about January of this year. For the first time in my life I can truly ignore memory. But the hard drive should be silent - which it is most of the time - but I find that sometimes, especially after running the notebook for long hours, the hard drive starts to make a clicking noise.The keyboard isn't backlit. If you are watching a movie, you won't need to attach them to external speakers to get good volume.I can play most games on the highest settings.

But I can't.Hard drive makes horrible clicking noise sometimes. Just look at the specs then look at the price.Lots of memory. So my screen stays smudgy until I can get some screen cleaner.There is no direct microphone to speaker output with this sound card and it's drivers (and currently no driver updates that solve this). There is zero delay when manipulating even extremely large vector graphics in my graphic design software.I have never run out of memory. I don't use this most of the time. The subwoofer produces enough bass to be noticable, which is more than I can say for many other laptop speakers.

The Vista Premium is incredible slow so I had to change it. It is amazing. It's my first notebook and I really love it.But, I think HP should bring this spectacular product with a better operative system.

It's also a beautiful laptop. Sometimes I hook this up to my tvs as well. This is a great feature (hdmi or vga) I just wish the cpu was faster. This laptop was a great deal for the price. The 17 inch screen is really huge. TF2 runs pretty well considering the slower cpu. I use this laptop when I am not at my desktop and often play tf2. I run at max settings, native res and get an avg of about 30fps.

If it does this again, I will move on to another company for my computer needs I am returning this one and will try one replacement. In less than 30 days of use, this HP suddenly would not connect to the internet. In checking with a local computer dealer, he said HP was having huge problems with this issue.

The bronze color is very attractive otherwise. I'm surprised HP did this.white would have contrasted much better. Great computer but like someone else mentioned, the color of the letters/numbers on the keys is so close to the color of the keys that they are very difficult to read. I had to add a USB light to even see them in dim light.