HP Pavilion DV7T 17" Laptop (Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 at 2.4GHz, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, NVIDIA GeForce Go 9200M, Webcam, HDMI, Windows Vista Premium)

by HP

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 15.6 x 11 x 1 inches ; 7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 15 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000WWKNDU
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• Item model number: DV7T
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,013 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 7, 2007

Product Description

PROCESSOR
Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 (2.4GHz/3MB L2 Cache)

MEMORY
4GB DDR2 SDRAM

HARD DRIVE
320GB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Drive

DISPLAY
17.0" WXGA BrightView Wide Viewing

MULTIMEDIA DRIVE
Super Multi 8X DVDRW w/Double Layer

VIDEO GRAPHICS
NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS w/ Webcam

DIGITAL MEDIA
5-in-1 media card reader

COMMUNICATION
Intel Wireless WiFi Link 5100 Network Connection

KEYBOARD
Full-Size

POINTING DEVICE
TouchPad with dedicated vertical & horizontal scroll pad

DIMENSIONS
15.59" (W) x 11.22" (D) x 1.31" (min H)/1.66" (max H)

PC CARD SLOTS
ExpressCard/54 Slot

EXTERNAL PORTS
Expansion port 3 connector
IEEE 1394 Firewire
HDMI 1.3 connector
Four USB (Fourth shared with eSata port)
Headphones out
Microphone in
RJ-45 (LAN)
VGA port

SOUND
Integrated Altec Lansing stereo speakers (triple bass subwoofer)

POWER
Standard Lithium-Ion battery

OPERATING SYSTEM
Microsoft Windows Vista Premium

SOFTWARE
HP PhotoSmart Essentials
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Microsoft Works
Microsoft Windows Media Player
HP Games Powered by Wild Tangent
HP QuickPlay
HPCTO5

WEIGHT
7.64lbs

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Jmoonmtn, February 5, 2009

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J. Ferrando - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP Pavilion DV7T 17" Laptop (Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 at 2.4GHz, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, NVIDIA GeForce Go 9200M, Webcam, HDMI, Windows Vista Premium) (Personal Computers)

I have been using the HP DV7T 17" for about a month now and I am very impressed with its performance. The 17" screen is easy to view and very clear. The speed is very nice, and the keybboard has a comfortable feel, plus the mouse pad is the best I have used. On top of all this, it is a very sleek looking laptop.

The only downside I can think of is (and I don't think it is much of a downside) is the 64 bit processor causes some problems with older programs and Windows mail. Other than that I am very happy.

Jmoonmtn

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can't beat the price for this Laptop, June 1, 2009

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Phillip Smeby - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP Pavilion DV7T 17" Laptop (Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 at 2.4GHz, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, NVIDIA GeForce Go 9200M, Webcam, HDMI, Windows Vista Premium) (Personal Computers)

I accidently ordered this computer thinking that it was a different one. However, after using it for awhile I have come to love this laptop. First off I wanted to say that this machine is very quick as it can play some of the latest games at almost high settings, like Assassins Creed and Burnout Paradise. I am not a big gamer, but there are some games that I play and the games ran smooth and looked very nice on the big screen.

I use this machine to do graphic arts like Maya and Photoshop for school, and it has enough ram and speed to run all those programs exceptionally well. Overall this computer is faster than my desktop computer.

Another great thing about this machine is that it runs very cool. My older laptop created lots of heat, and this one barely feels hot. Nice if you want to use the laptop on your lap. The keyboard on this laptop is also very nice as it feels sturdy and which makes typing on the the keyboard very easy. There is an on and off button for the touchpad mouse which is super great for anyone who has try typing documents on a laptop and accidently had their palm hit the touchpad and have the mouse cursor change places. Since this laptop comes with built in blue tooth technology I bought myself a blue tooth mouse so I don't even need the wireless doggle in the USB port.

Some of the negatives that I have noticed with the laptop has been a lower quality screen. Thought the screen is big, I have noticed that the colors do seem a bit washed out and it has a harder time displaying various degrees of black. Also there is a lot of glare in the screen which makes it hard to see sometimes. However, I will note that these problems are very and might be overlooked to the average user. I have also not really played around with the settings yet to optimize the screen.

Fingerprints are a huge problem and will get everywhere. You will constantly need to wipe this computer down, though I do not have a problem with doing that.

I give this laptop a five-star rating because I got it off of amazon for $700 and it has been a really fun laptop to use. I highly recommend picking this up if you are looking into a new laptop.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice laptop dor decent money, May 24, 2009

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Vitaly Medvedev - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP Pavilion DV7T 17" Laptop (Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 at 2.4GHz, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, NVIDIA GeForce Go 9200M, Webcam, HDMI, Windows Vista Premium) (Personal Computers)

HP DV7 is really nice laptop with many top-notch specs: NVIDIA 9600 video card,finger-print device,web-cam ,blu-ray and etc.
I got it from seller really fast as well,so I recommend it to everyone.
I love my purchase!