*HP ENVY 14 & ENVY 14 Beats (2XXX series) Owners Lounge*

[Karamazovmm]

The dv4 is only a quarter of an inch thicker, at its thickest, and the Envy is almost a full inch wider.

interesting where did you get the dimensions? is there a review?

[abaddon4180]

interesting where did you get the dimensions? is there a review?

http://h20424.www2.hp.com/campaign/c...ure_FA_web.pdf

[Karamazovmm]

http://h20424.www2.hp.com/campaign/c...ure_FA_web.pdf

ouch its the same thickness as my 2006 laptop, if only the keyboard was good...

[Daht88]

http://h20424.www2.hp.com/campaign/c...ure_FA_web.pdf

You just gave me a ton of hope!

[kingp1ng]

The thing with the dv4 is that it has SB DUAL CORE processors while the Envy 14 has quad core. Same chassis but different internals I guess. The dual core makes it capable to put in AMD 6750 (in terms of heat and cooling).

Personally, I would take the dual core and 6750.

[Karamazovmm]

do we know if the new envys are packing quads for sure? It has in the past, but its no guarantee that it will in the future

[abaddon4180]

The thing with the dv4 is that it has SB DUAL CORE processors while the Envy 14 has quad core. Same chassis but different internals I guess. The dual core makes it capable to put in AMD 6750 (in terms of heat and cooling).

Personally, I would take the dual core and 6750.

As of right now we don't know what processor options the Envy will have but I assume it has dual-core options.

I just cannot fathom HP putting something so much weaker in the Envy when it is supposed to be their premium notebook.

[oinkmooblah]

Hmm, does anyone know if it's ABSOLUTELY SURE that the new Envy won't have a better screen, and that battery life improvements are negligible?

[altecX]

Well unless they change the battery, the only way to make the power better would be to add a lower power GPU, and CPU. The Sandybridge helps, but I'm not sure its enough to help more that 15min or 30min.

Maybe GPU;s already do I'm not sure but I'd like to see them have smart power states to rump up as needed unless told to go full bore by maybe a command that a game or other program makes when its loaded.

[Daht88]

I think we're all forgetting that the Sandy Bridge processors come with integrated graphics that will be used MOST OF THE TIME, thus saving battery life. Whenever a more graphics intensive task is at hand, battery life will be sacrificed over performance, but not all the time.