Ordered my first laptop (HP Envy 15)

[ajk23az]

For $1300, $1700 w/o the coupon, this laptop didn't come with an optical drive? Really??? Oh geez...

I didn't even know they made laptops without them nowadays. Congrats on finding one..

 

[CowboyWay]

Bought my first mac several months ago after just getting sick and tired of PC's breaking. (especially HP's)

It is not humanly possible for me to be delighted with my decision. I've turned to the dark side, and its everything they said it would be and more.

 

[SDogo]

For $1300, $1700 w/o the coupon, this laptop didn't come with an optical drive? Really??? Oh geez...

I didn't even know they made laptops without them nowadays. Congrats on finding one..

Leave it up to R2A to find it and think he got a good deal

 

[Cowboy Brian]

For $1300, $1700 w/o the coupon, this laptop didn't come with an optical drive? Really??? Oh geez...

I didn't even know they made laptops without them nowadays. Congrats on finding one..

Can always buy an external optical drive plus they look stupid, its a stylish laptop.

 

[Cowboy Brian]

Leave it up to R2A to find it and think he got a good deal

Do you people still actually use optical drives? I just download everything I use on my PC.

 

[SDogo]

lmao, you are a trip.

I give ya credit, most people would put themselves in seclusion if they had your dissabilities but you put yourself right out there. Good for you for being proud of what you are.

 

[Cowboy Brian]

lmao, you are a trip.

I give ya credit, most people would put themselves in seclusion if they had your dissabilities but you put yourself right out there. Good for you for being proud of what you are.

I didnt want an optical drive, thats part of the reason I wanted this laptop.

 

[SDogo]

I didnt want an optical drive, thats part of the reason I wanted this laptop.

Makes total sense.

For the price you paid it was a great deal......................................

Very stylish..........good find.

It's not every day you can find a good looking laptop that lacks performance and options for that price.

A laptop is key for mobility so lugging around an external drive makes perfect sense.

 

[Cowboy Brian]

Makes total sense.

For the price you paid it was a great deal......................................

Very stylish..........good find.

It's not every day you can find a good looking lack top that lacks performance and options for that price.

A lap top is key for mobility so lugging around an external drive makes perfect sense.

only time I would need one is at home.

I also wanted longer battery life (2 6 cell batterys), with 1080p screen (check), that could run current games on med-high status(check), that was not an acer(check), that looked stylish(check), with a chicklet keyboard(check, in my budget($1300), that included 1 year with accidental warranty(check).

I went through around 30 laptops looking for one, and this one fit all my req's, ya I got a good deal since I got everything I wanted without spending more than the money I alloted.

 

[bbgun]

Makes total sense.

For the price you paid it was a great deal......................................

Very stylish..........good find.

It's not every day you can find a good looking lack top that lacks performance and options for that price.

A lap top is key for mobility so lugging around an external drive makes perfect sense.

So the kid bought a lemon. It happens.

 

[SDogo]

So the kid bought a lemon. It happens.

I bought car one time with out air conditioning. I mean whats the point, it has windows. Who still uses air conditioning?

 

[Cowboy Brian]

I bought car one time with out air conditioning. I mean whats the point, it has windows. Who still uses air conditioning?

bad analogy because a optical drive is useless, do video games still come via disks for PC? You can download movies. It just makes it heavier. I didnt want it, I didnt get it. I dont see why that should become the vocal point of the thread because I didnt want a optical drive,

 

[SDogo]

bad analogy because a optical drive is useless, do video games still come via disks for PC? You can download movies. It just makes it heavier. I didnt want it, I didnt get it. I dont see why that should become the vocal point of the thread because I didnt want a optical drive,

So is air conditioning in a car. Especially when you pay $2000 over KBB.

The point is you paid for a optical drive, even in your world you thought you got a good deal you over payed (even with you coupon)

Why not just but a notebook at Wal-Mart have save yourself a couple hundred dollars.

You dont need to act like you dont care after the fact because I'm sure it was on oversight on your part. Return it and get something worth that kind of money because you got ripped off and not just because of the optical drive.

 

[Cowboy Brian]

So is air conditioning in a car. Especially when you pay $2000 over KBB.

The point is you paid for a optical drive, even in your world you thought you got a good deal you over payed (even with you coupon)

Why not just but a notebook at Wal-Mart have save yourself a couple hundred dollars.

You dont need to act like you dont care after the fact because I'm sure it was on oversight on your part. Return it and get something worth that kind of money because you got ripped off and not just because of the optical drive.

this is the exact laptop I wanted for months, I was settling for something else and once I found this coupon I jumped on it. I dont understand whats wrong with it it will run everything I want.

 

[SDogo]

this is the exact laptop I wanted for months, I was settling for something else and once I found this coupon I jumped on it. I dont understand whats wrong with it it will run everything I want.

never-mind, it's not even worth explaining but please take someone who cares about you with you when you buy your first car, house.............

 

[Cowboy Brian]

never-mind, it's not even worth explaining but please take someone who cares about you with you when you buy your first car, house.............

if your referring to the CPU I dont like the I7s because they have heating issues in small laptops like the envy15

 

[SDogo]

if your referring to the CPU I dont like the I7s because they have heating issues in small laptops like the envy15

Never heard of the issue if run properly but if you were worried about it you could of gone with the QX9650 which is a cheaper option and benchmarked better then the I7.

Either they way, it's not just the CPU.

I hope your happy with it. I really have nothing else to add.

 

[JustDezIt]

http://www.circuitcity.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5571665&Sku=T78-15610

 

[CowboyWay]

never-mind, it's not even worth explaining but please take someone who cares about you with you when you buy your first car, house, prostitute.............

Fixed it for you. I don't want to see the kid get burned either.

 

[fannypack]

Dude really? It's hard enough to future proof any computer let alone a laptop. My Core i7 desktop, 12gb of DDR3 memory and a SSD i built myself won't even come close to that laptop in price. But in terms of upgrading capability, its no comparison. Desktops are still easier to upgrade + better performance. Oh I forgot to even mention overclocking. Good luck overclocking a factory built laptop. The only thing a laptop has is portability. In every other category they lose pretty badly.

Don't worry, the slot architecture will set you back here in about 2 years. Though DDR3 is here to stay for a while.

This PC I built back in February of 08 is still nice but has zero upgrade potential. 680i LT SLI Motherboard which won't take anything over c2q and core 2 extreme. (LGA775)

So I've basically gotta grab a new motherboard, new CPU, new ram and since these paired up 8800 GT's will be dinosaurs when I build a new PC at next years tax time, new video cards as well.

I'll probably even want a SSD at that time and hopefully they're much cheaper by then. It's honestly a bad time to build a new PC imo, the new rounds of video cards came out for NVIDIA so ATI and them will be going back and forth for a little bit. I expect to be able to pick up a card that is in the $500-600 range now for a reasonable price come early/mid next year.