Hey Woot: Why don’t I ever see a laptop with a 1920 x 1080 screen? I promise I would buy it…
If I were to see one with a 1920 x 1200 screen, I would buy it AND be your best friend…
I don’t even care what size it is…
If I had an i7 processor, could I theoretically port it over to this machine? I always get confused on what processors work with which motherboards…
It’s an i7 from a laptop if that’s relevant.
Nice chassis 
Windows 8 should’ve used these kinds of artworks on their Lock and Start Screen rather than this one
Just thinking aloud…
I was about to buy before I hit up Google with the processor
Can someone translate this to English?
No.
I am not sure of the specifics of this laptop, or your i7’s socket, but seeing as this is an AMD processor… No.
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I was about to buy before I hit up Google with the processor
Can someone translate this to English?
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It has two physical cores, but can pretend to have more. Intel does this too, sometimes.
A superbly priced laptop nonetheless. The Piledriver is an improvement over Bulldozer. This is the current gen Trinity based laptop.
The graphic card that is embedded on chip together with the CPU is HD7640G. Wayyyyy better than even top end Intel HD4000 series.
Is the battery one of the detachable ones that connects to the back of the laptop? It lists it separately in the box and it is separate in the picture.
If I had the $, I’d be ALLLLL over this. You can’t beat those specs for the price. I’m referring more to the 17" LED, 750GB HDD, 8GB DDR3, 3.0 USB, HDMI, Blu-ray, Beats Audio than the graphics and CPU, which are always debateable (esp in a laptop). Only option missing is a webcam.
[MOD: From the specs… Webcam: HP TrueVision HD ]
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It has two physical cores, but can pretend to have more. Intel does this too, sometimes.
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Not quite. The A8-4500M has two dual-core modules, however the two cores on each module have a shared FPU. Calling it dual-core would not be accurate at all because it has four integer cores, not two, but calling it quad-core is also slightly exaggerated since each pair of two integer cores shares an FPU.
In any case, that’s not really related to Hyperthreading (Intel’s term for “pretending to have more” cores).
In English, perhaps one could call it an “almost four core” processor, or a “quad-core processor with shared FP/SSE units.”
I’m a laptop snob and I would buy this if I didn’t just buy a new boutique laptop. Slap a SSD in this and it will be your new best friend
CPU Benchmark:
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=AMD+A8-4500M+APU
GPU Benchmark:
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/video_lookup.php?gpu=Radeon+HD+7640G
Note that the CPU is in the company of the i7-2640M and i3-2125 (which a desktop processor), and the GPU is ranked next to the the HD 4000 on those particular benchmarks. You might be surprised to see how many i3/i5/i7 CPUs rank below it, especially the low voltage ones that are often used in Ultrabooks.
In short, it’s plenty fast enough for most purposes, but obviously no match for something far more expensive and high-end like an i7-3740QM, at least not in raw number crunching capability.
Once you exceed 3500-4000 or so on Passmark though, you’re unlikely to be sitting around waiting for the CPU. More often it’s going to be your net connection or the hard drive that’s slowing you down at that point.
I don’t know about “wayyyyy” better…
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/video_lookup.php?gpu=Radeon+HD+7640G
It beats the HD4000 by 6 points. And they are both pretty far down there. HD4000 is probably more efficient with the battery, and is pretty good at video encoding… Lets say that the HD 7640G is a little bit better, at certain things…
The graphic card that is embedded on chip together with the CPU is HD7640G. Wayyyyy better than even top end Intel HD4000 series.
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DON’T BUY HP! Bought two HP 17" Dual core last November on WOOT. Once I began using them around Christmas I found they both fail to power up regularly. Called HP and they said I should clear the PROM by removing the power, batter and holding down the power button for 20 seconds. Help Desk engineer (from India) said I can do this EVERYTIME it occurs. Called back five times after four more weeks and led through the same procedure without offer to replace obviously FLAWED system. Called back in February and they said my 90 day support was over and I’d have to pay for support. Told them it was the same problem I had during 90 day coverage and they said they couldn’t help me unless I wanted to pay for support to come out and fix computer. I just counted it as a $800 lesson learned ($400 for each of these pieces of CRAP.) I Won’t ever buy HP again.
That sounds more like a lesson in “If you buy a refurbished product with a short warranty (from any manufacturer and any seller) it’s essential to test it out throughout and early.” Or perhaps spring for an extended warranty. Some credit cards will extend or double your warranty for free on products purchased with the card.
Also, if you consider those to be a total loss of the price paid, I’m sure plenty of people would be very happy to take them off your hands for at least half what you paid, and likely quite a bit more than half, even with some sort of vague power up problem.
Yes, it can separate. I own this computer.
I own a similar Pavilion laptop. Mine is maxed out with an Intel i7 processor and Nvidia card. I would caution you that HP does some weird things to their laptops and, while I don’t dislike my computer, I’m not 100% satisfied either.
Before the people ask… this system will play games on low… I mean really low. The graphics suck bad… the cpu doesn’t hold a candle to an i5 and for 520$ you would be very upset with the performance outside of movies and internet surfing.
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Is the battery one of the detachable ones that connects to the back of the laptop? It lists it separately in the box and it is separate in the picture.
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The battery would fit into the bottom of the laptop (simple and easy for a user to remove/replace as long as the laptop is powered off). Since it’s a 6-cell battery it shouldn’t stick out at all.
In contrast, if they were to offer a 9 or 12 cell battery, those would stick out the bottom when installed since they would be larger than the battery compartment.