UPDATED (WITH VIDEOS): ENVY 4 / ENVY 6 Now Available; ENVY 13 SPECTRE XT Announced

[FM Bomb Saw]

Times like right now I'm just hoping that HP is keeping their eye on this sight... Looking at what the people say and want... Like what would be a good marketing move on their part with lineups and whatnot... *Sigh*

[SInC]

Looks like the Envy 6-1001tx specs meet the ultrabook requirements. Given the thinness of it, I wouldn't expect to see any 35w CPU's in it.
I suppose the Envy 6/4 will be cheaper alternatives to the steeply priced Spectre 14 and not a replacement for the Envy 15. Given Intel's aggressive push for ultrabooks and ULV processors, it's not too surprising to see HP launch more ultrabooks. It seems reasonable to have high and mid priced options for ultrabooks.

I think we may not see a true Envy 15/17 refresh for some time, though it would be great to see it on April 23. HP hasn't announced any use of the Ivy Bridge CPU's, so they might be waiting for the full release in early June. It also would be strange to refresh or replace a laptop that's been out for less than 6 months. Hopefully we'll get a refresh when AMD launches HD 77XXm and when Ivy Bridge CPU's are more readily available.

As a side note, is there any information about the HD 77XXm release?

[amdme127]

HP give me a Envy 17 with a 2560x1600/1440 Matte Screen with Ivy Bridge/Trinity (I will take the lower performing CPU for better graphics built in with crossfire capability and more battery life) Quad Core, a 7700m series discrete GPU (I would not be opposed to 7800m series, but with a Trinity APU crossfired with 7700m, they will perform as well as 7800m series card at least), msata SSD with SATA3 speeds (current ones are SATA2 speeds) and an option for slot load blu-ray burner (Within reason, I will pay the extra for this). I would throw my wallet at HP for a laptop like this. Maybe offer a bigger battery also, more weight < more battery life, for me.

The Envy 4 and 6 look to be solid ultrabooks, too bad ultrabooks don't fit my need, though they are very nice.

[zeth006]

I'd be pessimistic. Rumors are showing that not only will the MBP ditch the ODD for good and slim down, they'll be using super-high resolution screens that make 1080p screens look obsolete.


I don't expect HP to anticipate any of these developments given their track record.

[arod20832]

I'd be pessimistic. Rumors are showing that not only will the MBP ditch the ODD for good and slim down, they'll be using super-high resolution screens that make 1080p screens look obsolete.


I don't expect HP to anticipate any of these developments given their track record.

There's a reason why MBP is $1000 more than Envy -- and that's just fine by me.

[PaKii94]

well for ultrabooks they can do the stuff said up there. for the regular line they can also do it to put better cooling gpu and they can put higher res screens in also :S tbh if it came out to be just less than mbp I would still get it

[PaKii94]

yo justin do u want to combine all the coming soon threads?

[Fat Dragon]

The idea of high-res displays is wonderful, but suggesting that manufacturers just start tossing them in notebooks is a bit naive. There aren't enough manufacturers capable of producing enough high-DPI displays for them to be widely available just yet. If OEMs take it seriously and push their suppliers hard, we could have retina displays become standard in 4-5 years probably, but just because Apple got a retina display on the iPad 3 and may be doing the same on the MBP line later this year doesn't mean HP can start doing so on the same timeframe. Apple has a lot of clout with equipment manufacturers and they pay some very talented people a lot of money to make sure that they keep ahead of the game on stuff like this, so don't be surprised if it's another year or two before Envys start getting displays above 1920x1080.

[justinkw1]

yo justin do u want to combine all the coming soon threads?

There are only two coming soon threads in the ENVY section.

Update: HP links from first post removed. HP has removed these notebooks from their site.

[PaKii94]

There are only two coming soon threads in the ENVY section.

Update: HP links from first post removed. HP has removed these notebooks from their site.

haha there is this one, the envy 13 spectre, and the upcoming envy 15 ivy bridge and 7750m by ykong1 or w.e his name is