NOW AVAILABLE: ENVY 15-32XX Intel Ivy Bridge (AMD 7750M)

[moviemarketing]

What does " Intel 7750M chipset" have to do with AMD's graphics cards?

If that is the name of the chipset, then there is no information provided about the GPU.

[necrophyte]

What does " Intel 7750M chipset" have to do with AMD's graphics cards?

If that is the name of the chipset, then there is no information provided about the GPU.

theres just something mixed up a bit..
intel HM76 is the chipset and amd radeon 7750m is the gpu.
they just specify both in the same line since the gpu is "part" of the chipset, since its soldered onto it, so they treat it as one single unit and not chipset & gpu.

however, in the maintenance guide posted in the OP, it says:
679814-001 System board equipped with the Intel HM65 PCH and 7750M chipset (includes 1 GB of discrete graphics
subsystem memory and replacement thermal material)

so probably theyve mixed up something here, since it differs from the info found in the hp partsurfer, which explicitly says its HM76 (=new chipset coming together with ivy bridge) and not HM65.

[TheBluePill]

I have asked the stars and they told me the following:

1.) HP found a way around physics and is now able to put a 7900 in a thin body!

2.) The battery life will be phenomenal, as they use the heat from the 7900 to generate power. The hotter the GPU gets, the more power it produces.

3.) There will be a 31.415 % coupon on April 1st, the same day that the new products will be availible for purchase.

4.) They will release a Software patch to get rid of the current models orange screen. It changes the structure of the backlite so that it can produce the colors that were missing in the spectrum before.

5.) They were able to screw physics again and finally fit in a subwoofer worth the name. It goes down to 20Hz and massages your fingers, so you can type for hours!

1 - Die-Shrink.. Within 2 generations of further Die Shrinks, that 7900 desktop GPU will fit in a Mobile Platform.. though its probably 3-4 years off.
2 - That isn't as far-fetched as you might think. Scavenging heat to generate electricity is currently being fielded in Hybrid Cars..
3 - Stranger things have happened..
4 - Actually, they could release a firmware patch that shifts the panel's color pallet a few degrees for certain tones. No reason why not.
5 - They can make any 2" speaker move at 20hz, but it wont push enough air to make a real sub-woofer in a 1" thick case. You need excursion to make that happen, which there just isn't really room for. Bose is fairly good at making wild baffles for small speakers that can hit low notes, but even then, not enough room to work with in a laptop case. I would suggest something that has a lot of snap in the 80-120hz range, would compensate for the lack of low end.

:P

Personally I think HP attempted to remove the ODD during a time when most consumers were still reliant on optical media. I think that if HP wanted to try this again, the least they should do is include a USB DVD-Rom drive as part of the package. This way, people who are still against the idea of removing the internal ODD have the "safety net" that the included USB drive affords. The external drive could migrate to an optional accessory in future models once consumers get used to this idea and experience how few times the drive is needed. Just a thought.

Think of it as being given the chance to purchase your dream car at an affordable price that comes with everything except working brake lights. Some people will feel perfectly fine fixing it themselves while others will hire a third party to fix them; yet still others will pass up the deal because they believe working brake lights are required as part of a standard car purchase.

ODD is still a must for Gamers. Unless you buy all of your content on Steam, most of the games out still require the disc in the drive when you want to play. (And install it..) Kinds blows..

[necrophyte]

They can make any 2" speaker move at 20hz, but it wont push enough air to make a real sub-woofer in a 1" thick case.

they could copy something really useful from apple by placing the speakers above the keyboard where there is plenty of space for big enough speakers, and a "real" subwoofer instead of one HDD bay.

i compared the maximum loudness and sound quality of envy 17 3d's beats speakers+"subwoofer" and a 2011 17'' sandy bridge mbp, the same music, side-by-side, and the mbp beats (sic!) hp's "beats" speakers+"subwoofer" by all means.

[moviemarketing]

theres just something mixed up a bit..
intel HM76 is the chipset and amd radeon 7750m is the gpu.
they just specify both in the same line since the gpu is "part" of the chipset, since its soldered onto it, so they treat it as one single unit and not chipset & gpu.

however, in the maintenance guide posted in the OP, it says:
679814-001 System board equipped with the Intel HM65 PCH and 7750M chipset (includes 1 GB of discrete graphics
subsystem memory and replacement thermal material)

so probably theyve mixed up something here, since it differs from the info found in the hp partsurfer, which explicitly says its HM76 (=new chipset coming together with ivy bridge) and not HM65.

Oh, I see - yes, "Intel 7750M chipset" sounded quite odd considering it would be a departure from their chipset naming conventions.

[yknyong1]

AMD Radeon HD 7770 - Seizing the Day with Cape Verde, the ASUS Way - HardwareZone.com

This is likely the desktop card the 7750m chip is based on.

[TheBluePill]

AMD Radeon HD 7770 - Seizing the Day with Cape Verde, the ASUS Way - HardwareZone.com

This is likely the desktop card the 7750m chip is based on.

Man i hope so. That 7770 is quite a performance part for the amount of juice it uses. Adapting it to an M part could be fairly easy. As it sits, the 7770 is just 80watts, and the 7750 is only 55w. Those are both within the realm of Laptop thermal cooling capabilities, without so much as a tweak to the chipset!

Can you imagine.. a Desktop grade 7770 in a Sub $1K laptop? That is on equal footing with a Desktop 6870 or 560ti!?!

Makes me giddy for what the 79XX line will bring!

[Sagar Jacky]

Personally I think HP attempted to remove the ODD during a time when most consumers were still reliant on optical media. I think that if HP wanted to try this again, the least they should do is include a USB DVD-Rom drive as part of the package. This way, people who are still against the idea of removing the internal ODD have the "safety net" that the included USB drive affords. The external drive could migrate to an optional accessory in future models once consumers get used to this idea and experience how few times the drive is needed. Just a thought.

Think of it as being given the chance to purchase your dream car at an affordable price that comes with everything except working brake lights. Some people will feel perfectly fine fixing it themselves while others will hire a third party to fix them; yet still others will pass up the deal because they believe working brake lights are required as part of a standard car purchase.

If HP wants to sell the Envy internationally they will have to include an ODD. Unlike the US (where there are streaming services like Netflix), most international markets still use DVDs and Blu-rays heavily.

[stevester]

What's the best guess as to the release date for the updated 28nm envy 15?

[moviemarketing]

If HP wants to sell the Envy internationally they will have to include an ODD. Unlike the US (where there are streaming services like Netflix), most international markets still use DVDs and Blu-rays heavily.

I have to burn BD-R discs frequently for work and as inconvenient as it has been at times without an internal optical drive for the past few years, I'm still grateful for the slim form factor of the 2009 model.

There are quite a few inexpensive external USB3.0 BD burners these days, and my understanding is that Apple is also likely to eliminate optical drives from the next iteration of the MBP.

Incidentally, Netflix is expanding to plenty of overseas markets ;-)

ODD is still a must for Gamers. Unless you buy all of your content on Steam, most of the games out still require the disc in the drive when you want to play. (And install it..) Kinds blows..

I've purchased quite a lot of apps and games over the past several years and even when I had a laptop with internal optical drive, I don't think I bought any packaged retail discs in a box since the early 2000's. Even apps that cost thousands of dollars like the complete CS5 suite, Avid, 3ds Max, etc., were all purchased via instant download.