*HP ENVY 17 & 17 3D (1XXX series) Owners Lounge*

[jaxxy]

Glad to help.

How did the clean install go?

Good, TBH though I have not seen the performance increase that supposedly comes with a clean install a opposed to uninstalling all the bloatware, mind you this is not according to any solid benchmarks, just my subjective view of the speed from using the laptop.

[InOverMyHead]

I think mine is keeping yours (Koshinn and nohm) company because it is in Alaska also! It's sort of like 3 men and a baby...except I don't know if you are men or women...and we don't know each other...and there are three babies(maybe 6 if you count the laptops). But, we are three people waiting for something that we will probably treat gently, at least physically.

[nohm]

"The states" is slang for "the United States of America." It's a short way of saying "the US" (states is shorter in speech, 1 syllable vs 2). When something is in a State in the Union and people say it's not in "The States," people from there take offense. It's like you think we're not a part of your country.

You could say CONUS, the DoD term for contiguous united states. Alaskans call y'all the "lower 48" and Hawaiians (like me) call you the "mainland."

Yes sir, I'll make sure not to use misinformed phrases the next time I meet Hawaiians and Alaskans.

I think mine is keeping yours (Koshinn and nohm) company because it is in Alaska also! It's sort of like 3 men and a baby...except I don't know if you are men or women...and we don't know each other...and there are three babies(maybe 6 if you count the laptops). But, we are three people waiting for something that we will probably treat gently, at least physically.

Haha, whatever you say man (I'm a guy, so at least that makes it a confirmed 2 men situation ).

I just checked my tracking, and it seems the shipment is in transit again from the FedEx station. Are customs checks done at a different location, or does this mean it's already been cleared and on route here to the CONUS?

[sdslayer]

my custom configured (i7, 1 4GB DIMM, 1920, SSD) envy 17 was just delivered by fedex.

ordered on 5/22 with a build date of June 3rd. It shipped on the 3rd, so no delays there.

However, on 5/27, I found this forum and the $300 coupon. I called HP and they said they would only credit me $100, and couldn't cancel my order. They told me to just order again and return my first one. I don't get that logic, but I did that and added the 2 day shipping.

My second one had a build date of June 7th. Last saturday, I got the "shipped" email, but the tracking # doesn't even show up as a valid number in Fedex's system yet. I just called HP to ask what was going on with my second order, and they said there are no delays and it probably shipped yesterday and will arrive tomorrow, although I doubt it.

So, I have a box with a nice laptop in it that I can't open, and I have to cross my fingers for the box I can. Or, I can try this again with 25% BCB?

[SoldierJAW]

What was the battery life people got with the HP Envy 15 + the battery slice (with an i7 processor)? I want the HP Envy 17 or the 14, but I like the 14 more since it has the slice battery. For the 14, I want an i7 processor, so I was wondering the battery life with the slice + main battery on an i7 processor.

HP says the 14 gets something like 14 hours (I assume that is with the i5). So can I assume I would get about 7 hours with the two batteries?

[Koshinn]

my custom configured (i7, 1 4GB DIMM, 1920, SSD) envy 17 was just delivered by fedex.

ordered on 5/22 with a build date of June 3rd. It shipped on the 3rd, so no delays there.

However, on 5/27, I found this forum and the $300 coupon. I called HP and they said they would only credit me $100, and couldn't cancel my order. They told me to just order again and return my first one. I don't get that logic, but I did that and added the 2 day shipping.

My second one had a build date of June 7th. Last saturday, I got the "shipped" email, but the tracking # doesn't even show up as a valid number in Fedex's system yet. I just called HP to ask what was going on with my second order, and they said there are no delays and it probably shipped yesterday and will arrive tomorrow, although I doubt it.

So, I have a box with a nice laptop in it that I can't open, and I have to cross my fingers for the box I can. Or, I can try this again with 25% BCB?

You can open your current laptop and play with it, you just have to repack it and send it back to HP within 21 days (and make sure you get the RMA # first).

I'm somewhat annoyed you ordered days later than me and got yours days earlier.

[idaWHALE]

Oops, I meant 60 days. Sorry. And people got the $300 coupon through a deal that was open for a while a weekend ago. Not sure if it still works.

Yeah, I asked if you board because of your anti-banana avatar. I find nothing wrong with btx technology, but I gotta admit- that "Hitler got fooled by a banana" video on youtube was a hilarious dub. What setup do you ride? My current ones are Ride DH2 + K2 Formula, Gnu Rider's Choice BTX + Flux S.Titans, K2 WWW Rocker + Flux Titan R.K., and my boots are Nitro Team TLS. My home mts were Bear and Mt. High up until this past season, but I'm probably not going to have time to ride as much in the coming two seasons due to location and school. Anyway, good to see a fellow boarder + Envy 17 fan here.

haha thats a funny vid but they removed my avatar cause apparently I can't "display political figures, especially fascists and such" dam you have some nice stuff. i just sold 2 of mine and a Burton Custom ICS + Raiden Bindings 0
and i have black burton poacher boots. I tried to get a trip to somewhere in Tahoe and later Bear but this season didnt work out. I grew up in rado on cop. mountain, Veil, Aspen, Brek. and all those.

oh and another question. what would be the difference in battery life between i5 and i7? 45-60 mins?

[L3vi]

What was the battery life people got with the HP Envy 15 + the battery slice (with an i7 processor)? I want the HP Envy 17 or the 14, but I like the 14 more since it has the slice battery. For the 14, I want an i7 processor, so I was wondering the battery life with the slice + main battery on an i7 processor.

HP says the 14 gets something like 14 hours (I assume that is with the i5). So can I assume I would get about 7 hours with the two batteries?

Yea about 6-7 hours tops sounds about right for an Envy 14 configuration with a quad core i7

[mobilezila]

Just checked the status of my shipping, and I see that my laptop is sitting next to nohm's, koshinn's, and InOverMyHead. Looks like it's an Alaskan bake event today! Cake anyone?

[neilk47]

Yes, while I didn't get an email from Bing. I found my cashback pending on my bing account. Apparently I have two bing accounts and I found it on the second one. I didn't realize I had two.

Now I am part of the mass delusion of people who believe I will have a superior laptop experience by purchasing the state of the art in pc computing.

I guess I have mixed feelings. On the one hand my ego and my desire for imaginary pleasure and the great hypothetical deal with the 25% bing cashback are all being stroked. Yet, my rational self knows I could have purchased a much less expensive 17 inch laptop; and it probably would have satisfied me as much in reality.

Now I can officially join the cult of those "waiting for the pc to come." Will it come on time, maybe earlier. hopefully not later than expected. Will I be one of the ones who has a flawless laptop. I'm not very picky, easy to satisfy so long as it doesn't lock up and I have to do the hated reboot or worst still a blinking cursor or error message consisting of 20 numbers.

While I don't have the laptop credentials or expertise to warrant this high tech laptop, I guess I am now part of the elite.

Let the waiting commence!

Nevertheless I truly admire those on this board who consistantly share their knowledge of laptops. I must admit I have learned alot from reading these posts. This is a great website.