HP Pavilion DV7-3160US 17.3-Inch Laptop (Black) by Amazon

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Product Description
HP Pavilion DV7-3160US 17.3-Inch Laptop (Black) HP Pavilion DV7-3160US 17.3-Inch Laptop (Black)

For those who want an all-in-one performance notebook with rich multimedia features, the HP Pavilion dv7 Entertainment series delivers desktop-replacement performance that looks as great as it runs.Powered by the latest processor and graphics technologies, it delivers optimal mobile performance to support your lifestyle.
Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #151 in Personal Computers
* Color: Black
* Brand: Hewlett-Packard
* Model: WA793UA#ABA
* Dimensions: 1.37" h x 10.90" w x 16.20" l, 7.69 pounds
* CPU: AMD Turion 64 X2 2.5 GHz
* Memory: 4MB SODIMM
* Hard Disk: 500GB
* Processors: 2
* Display size: 17.3


Features
HP Pavilion DV7-3160US 17.3-Inch Laptop (Black) HP Pavilion DV7-3160US 17.3-Inch Laptop (Black)


* AMD Turion? II Ultra Dual-Core Mobile Processor M620 (2.5 GHz, 2 MB L2 Cache)
* 4GB DDR2 System Memory (2 DIMM) (expandable to 8 GB)
* 500GB (7200RPM) Hard Drive (SATA), LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support
* Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, * Up to 3.25 Hours of Battery Life
* 17.3? Diagonal HD+ LED HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1600 x 900), ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4530 Graphics with up to 2302MB


Customer Reviews

NICE5
Anyone unhappy with this unit is nuts or spoiled as hell. Can't really find a complaint. Fast. Been using for over a month now problem free. Took it out of the box, turned it on, set it up, and started working, and remember saying out loud "I can't beleive I own this". Most computer hardware wise for the money I could find. Solid. Only thing that disappointed was that the HP Media Bundle has issues but the Windows programs are reliable. I like to install my own media software anyway so I still give this machine 5 stars.

A Surprisingly Solid PC From HP5
I have used the HP Pavilion DV7 for the 17 months now. It was purchased by my company as I would never have considered purchasing such a "cheap" laptop. I only preface with this bit of nerd snobbery so you can know this review is written by someone who hasn't touched a notebook under $2K for over a decade and has rather high PC performance standards:

In short, this is an AMAZING steal for the price. The technical specs are superior to what you'll find in the more "elite" market and the performance of this PC is really impressive. In fact, I'm leaving my company and am only on Amazon writing this review as I prepare to purchase another of these models for my personal use...

PROS:
I originally thought I'd only use it for work (aka spreadsheets, etc) but started using it for video watching, gaming, movie burning, etc because it was working so smoothly. I'm a very hard PC user. I don't like to close applications and am always multi-tasking as in: several Microsoft Excel spreadsheets; a few Word documents; at least one Project file; iTunes playing in the background; Outlook running and checking mail every 15 seconds; Google Chrome open with 7 tabs; and Mozilla Firefox open with 7 more tabs. This PC has performed expertly for a year and never even paused despite my harsh use. As in, no crashes, no hesitation to respond to a click despite aforementioned heavy (ab)use and because it's worth repeating--no crashes.

CONS:
The only thing I have to report, is after 17 months of solid use, I've worn the "E" off (key/hardware works fine) and the "R" is on her way out too!

Although I had no issue with mine, I feel compelled to report that of the 4 PCS my company purchased, one did end up with a fried motherboard. To be fair, that particular employee was prone to visiting...websites of ill-repute...and could have caught himself a virus (ironic) that turned the fans off.

Great product with some glitches4
I know that for the price your paying for this computer it isen't that bad. It only has one fluck that I have experenced and that is that the dislay drive stops responding and immediantly recovers after the screen gos black for a few seconds. It has something to do with the kernel drive 184.66 and I can't fix it because hp and nvidia haven't come up with a solution too the problem yet and yes I did a system recovery several times also uninstalling and reinstalling the driver. Other than that I really can't complain other then that little problem with the display drive. I really dont like the fact that they took out the 500GB (7200RPM) hard drive and replaced it with a 640GB (5400RPM). Overall I give this computer a 4 out of 5.