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My Estimated ship date was march 25th, and it has been delayed until april 5th. Here's hoping it actually ships tomorrow...

HP Pavilion dv6t Quad Edition customizable Notebook PC
• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
• 2nd generation Intel(R) Quad Core(TM) i7-2630QM (2.0 GHz, 6MB L3 Cache) w/Turbo Boost up to 2.9 GHz
• 1GB Radeon(TM) HD 6770M GDDR5 Graphics [HDMI, VGA]
• 8GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
• 640GB 7200RPM Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
• No Additional Office Software
• FREE Upgrade to Norton Internet Security(TM) 2011 - 15 Month Subscription (activation required)
• 50% OFF!! One 6-Cell and One 9-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery
• 15.6" diagonal High Definition HP BrightView LED Display (1366x768)
• SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
• HP TrueVision HD Webcam with Integrated Digital Microphone and HP SimplePass Fingerprint Reader
• Intel 802.11b/g/n WLAN
• Standard Keyboard
• HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope
Estimated build date: March 25, 2011

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Originally Posted by Umz

My Estimated ship date was march 25th, and it has been delayed until april 5th. Here's hoping it actually ships tomorrow...

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I ordered a DV7t on 3-22, and my estimated ship date is 4-5 - has been static. Will be interesting to see if one or the other (or both) ships.

-Rip

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Originally Posted by Umz

My Estimated ship date was march 25th, and it has been delayed until april 5th. Here's hoping it actually ships tomorrow...

HP Pavilion dv6t Quad Edition customizable Notebook PC
• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
• 2nd generation Intel(R) Quad Core(TM) i7-2630QM (2.0 GHz, 6MB L3 Cache) w/Turbo Boost up to 2.9 GHz
• 1GB Radeon(TM) HD 6770M GDDR5 Graphics [HDMI, VGA]
• 8GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
• 640GB 7200RPM Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
• No Additional Office Software
• FREE Upgrade to Norton Internet Security(TM) 2011 - 15 Month Subscription (activation required)
• 50% OFF!! One 6-Cell and One 9-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery
• 15.6" diagonal High Definition HP BrightView LED Display (1366x768)
• SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
• HP TrueVision HD Webcam with Integrated Digital Microphone and HP SimplePass Fingerprint Reader
• Intel 802.11b/g/n WLAN
• Standard Keyboard
• HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope
Estimated build date: March 25, 2011

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Same thing for me also, only difference is I got 6gb ram, not 8. Going to call/text support and see if I can get the 15% off coupon added and maybe free 2day shipping. I'll let you guys know if I have any luck or not.

Im not sure if this question was covered or not but does anyone know if the dv7t screen is 60 or 120hz. I have got conflicting reports from HP itself. When I ordered the dv7tqe i was told yes it was. After talking to them to get more info out of the parts they were using they could not find whether or not it was 60 or 120.

My other question was does anyone know what SSD they are using.....PS config below waiting till April11 with next day shipping ....cant wait like xmas.

HP Pavilion dv7t Quad Edition customizable Notebook PC

* • Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
* • 2nd generation Intel(R) Quad Core(TM) i7-2630QM (2.0 GHz, 6MB L3 Cache) w/Turbo Boost up to 2.9 GHz
* • 1GB Radeon(TM) HD 6770M GDDR5 Graphics [HDMI, VGA]
* • 8GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
* • 660GB 7200RPM Dual Hard Drive (SSD 160GB + 500GB 7200RPM)
* • No Additional Office Software
* • FREE Upgrade to Norton Internet Security(TM) 2011 - 15 Month Subscription (activation required)
* • 6-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery (standard) - Up to 5.25 hours of battery life +++
* • 17.3" diagonal HD+ HP BrightView LED Display (1600 x 900)
* • FREE Upgrade to Blu-ray player & SuperMulti DVD burner
* • HP TrueVision HD Webcam with Integrated Digital Microphone and HP SimplePass Fingerprint Reader
* • Intel 802.11b/g/n WLAN and Bluetooth(R)
* • Standard Keyboard
* • HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope

Estimated build date: April 11, 2011

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Originally Posted by ripwind

Yes, they do. You can have them be conditional (Plugged in or on battery, etc.) or switch them by right clicking on your desktop.

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Not sure how AMD's system works, but can you have it run on the discreet GPU all the time if you want even if you're not doing anything that would require it?

It's almost 100% gonna be 60hz, the only 120hz laptop HP has is the Envy 17 3D

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Originally Posted by fission

Im not sure if this question was covered or not but does anyone know if the dv7t screen is 60 or 120hz. I have got conflicting reports from HP itself. When I ordered the dv7tqe i was told yes it was. After talking to them to get more info out of the parts they were using they could not find whether or not it was 60 or 120.

My other question was does anyone know what SSD they are using.....PS config below waiting till April11 with next day shipping ....cant wait like xmas.

HP Pavilion dv7t Quad Edition customizable Notebook PC

* • Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
* • 2nd generation Intel(R) Quad Core(TM) i7-2630QM (2.0 GHz, 6MB L3 Cache) w/Turbo Boost up to 2.9 GHz
* • 1GB Radeon(TM) HD 6770M GDDR5 Graphics [HDMI, VGA]
* • 8GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
* • 660GB 7200RPM Dual Hard Drive (SSD 160GB + 500GB 7200RPM)
* • No Additional Office Software
* • FREE Upgrade to Norton Internet Security(TM) 2011 - 15 Month Subscription (activation required)
* • 6-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery (standard) - Up to 5.25 hours of battery life +++
* • 17.3" diagonal HD+ HP BrightView LED Display (1600 x 900)
* • FREE Upgrade to Blu-ray player & SuperMulti DVD burner
* • HP TrueVision HD Webcam with Integrated Digital Microphone and HP SimplePass Fingerprint Reader
* • Intel 802.11b/g/n WLAN and Bluetooth(R)
* • Standard Keyboard
* • HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope

Estimated build date: April 11, 2011

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Unless they changed with this set of updates it's the intel x25-m.

Got my dv7qte today too! It's about time! Just for those who are requesting 2-day shipping, it's good if you get it, but it didn't make that much of a difference to me. The resolutions dept. told me they would submit a 2-day shipping request for me too, but FedEx still showed 5-7 day shipping. But, my order got picked up on April 1st, and I'm getting it today. I mean, it's literally been 2-business days, even with 5-7 day shipping.

So...for battery life estimates. People are saying 3.5-4hrs normal use on the 6-cell battery?

If so, a clunky 9-cell battery would give you about 7 hours of battery life, which is pretty good considering the high caliber parts. I wonder if you could disallow the processor from increasing its power usage regardless of load...and if you deactivate the discrete graphics if you can get up to 10hrs on a 9-cell. That'd be nice.

BTW - I'm comparing the 55Wh of the 6-cell to 100Wh of the 9-cell.

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Originally Posted by obscurehero

Hi all,

I've been looking seriously at the dv6t due to the GREAT price combined with good components...and supporting switchable graphics (as opposed to Lenovo's 560p).

I don't NEED this laptop until mid to late summer, should I hold off buying...and if I should what should I pay attention to over the next 3-4 months?

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There is supposed to be a new motherboard coming out (I forgot the name), which is supposed to add a benefit of being able to support caching for SSD's. I recall hearing the release was going to occur in late May or something.