*HP dv5t (1XXX series) Owners Lounge*

[leonidus0]

Pheew, thanks for everyone that posted in this thread, especially the ones who offered coupon codes (the 400 off one!). Extremely helpful forum that eased my transition into buying my very first laptop.

Here are the specs on the newborn that I just ordered:

HP Pavilion Entertainment dv5t customizable Notebook PC

* Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (64-bit)
* Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor P8400 (2.26 GHz)
* 15.4" diagonal WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1280 x 800)
* 4GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
* 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
* FREE Upgrade to 250GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
* Webcam Only
* HP Color Matching Keyboard
* FREE Upgrade to Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100AGN from 802.11b/g WLAN
* No High speed 56K modem port
* SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
* No TV Tuner w/remote control
* High Capacity 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
* Microsoft(R) Works 9.0
* HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope

+1 year extended warranty

All of this for only $1,132.49. I know that this is a good deal from various researching done before I purchased it.

Thanks guys! I hope it comes not too later than on the 25th because that's when school starts for me.

[MCAP61]

congrats, you post number 1000.

[neo_gr8est1]

Hi I had orderd my laptop on 10th aug , b4 the 5%coupon expired...Now with the $400 coupon , im getting a really good bargain .. can anyone tell me how do I avail it ? Can i cancel it and order it again ??

EDIT
I read in the previous posts that we can cancel the order . Can someone tell me how exactly do I do that ?
Also, within how many days can we cancel the order ?

[greg_mirzaavakyan]

greg_mirzaavakyan: hi there, congrats on getting it!

may i ask you to please remind us of your configuration?

i forgot which processor you have and which graphics card.

thx!

I got the dv5t with 2.4 ghz, the 9600 nvidia card, and 3gb or ram, with the regular non-litescribe DVD R/Rw drive, and i don't think the issue with it not reading CD's is Vista related, because it works on my desktop, which also has Vista. Do some DVD drives not read certain CD's?

[Badious]

Does hp have a price guarantee and if so how do you contact them. I look on there site and couldnt find anything.

21day price guarantee just call up customer service to get the price corrected.

[Cable.tac]

Finally, after researching and reading for about a month, I ordered my dv5t. I'm so excited to get it. Thanks for posting that coupon guys. Final price was $1247. I think it was a good deal.

HP Pavilion Entertainment dv5t customizable Notebook PC

* Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (64-bit)
* Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor P8400 (2.26 GHz)
* 15.4" diagonal WSXGA+ High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1680 x 1050)
* FREE Upgrade to 2GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm) from 1GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
* 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
* FREE Upgrade to 250GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
* Webcam + Fingerprint Reader
* HP Color Matching Keyboard
* Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100AGN and Bluetooth(TM)
* No High speed 56K modem port
* Blu-Ray ROM with SuperMulti DVD+/-R/RW Double Layer
* No TV Tuner w/remote control
* High Capacity 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
* $100 OFF Microsoft(R) Office Home and Student 2007!!
* HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope

[neo_gr8est1]

is the infinity display worth taking ?

[Cable.tac]

Can someone recommend a good wireless router? Going to order from newegg with the 4GB memory. Thanks.

[DualMonitors]

i wonder why hp doesn't "take a page" from Dell and learn from them? i mean dell.com's highly graphical time line showing buyers the stage at which their purchase is at, i.e. selecting components, assembly, testing, boxing/packing, shipping...

my "expect built date" when i ordered last week was shown as 8/19th and the wait is a real bummer. i didn't want to pay more for shipping so i just took the standard free shipping. from everything i read from the other contributors here on this thread, i think hp is delivering these around the 10th day after order date, that is, it shows up at the delivery address at roughly the 10th day.

sigh... so impatient don't they realize that people want instant gratification in the summer of 2008?

[jay_z007]

I called HP and got 100 dollars back with there price guarantee and they said in order for me to qualify for the 400 dollar coupon I would of had to of spent 1299 dollars but since I didnt they would only give me 100 because I called.