Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #544 in Personal Computers
- Brand: HP
- Model: dv7-7250us
- Released on: 2012-10-26
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 13.60" h x
22.00" w x
3.10" l,
6.94 pounds
- CPU: A-Series Dual Core A4 2.4 GHz
- Memory: 8GB DIMM
- Hard Disk: 1000GB
- Processors: 4
- Display size: 17.3
Features
- Intel i7 2.4 GHz
- 8GB DDR3 SDRAM
- 17.3-Inch Screen
- Windows 8
HP Envy dv7-7250us 17.3-Inch Laptop
Product Description
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Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
47 of 51 people found the following review helpful.
Sweet. My 2nd 17" laptop but SO much better than the 1st
By imvho
PROs: Absolutely INCREDIBLE light weight for such a large laptop. Setup was reasonably easy (except for my frustration with Windows 8 - more on that below). A real DVD tray instead of a slot. Beats Audio = pretty amazing, customizable sound from a laptop. An amazing battery life (so far).CONs: Windows 8 (more on that below) - but this is overcome-able.This replaced a Dell 17" Studio 1735 (Upgraded) running Windows Vista, purchased new in 2008 for $1100 - a magical machine for its first 18 months, at which point it began overheating & shutting down suddenly whenever it was given a processor-intensive task like watching a DVD movie or running a full-disk security scan or even converting a single camcorder video or watching a YouTube video longer than 1 minute. (Bought a Logitech Cooling Pad N120, USB-Powered, Silent-Airflow Fan with Low Power Consumption (939-000345), and that helped somewhat, but still wouldn't allow a full-system scan.)Since 2003, I'd always bought Dells but between that miserable experience and the fact that a basic Dell Inspiron we'd purchased in 2007 as a Christmas gift for in-laws was also a lemon, I refused to buy another Dell. My last 2 work-issued laptops have been HPs, and I'd been impressed by the reliability and battery longevity, so I looked at HPs this time around.I need a large laptop because it's our only home computer and I do a lot of photo and video editing - need the big screen. The Dell weighed close to 10 pounds - it was a heavy clunker but I'd always just assumed that a large laptop would be heavy. This HP is amazingly light, and weighs almost as little as my work-issued 15" ProBook.Windows 8:I bought this assuming I could get up to speed with Windows 8 as easily as I have migrated from the first Windows, through almost every version since Windows 95 (plus all my employer-specific versions of Windows that are ever-so-different from what we use at home). Nope. It was PAINFUL and FRUSThttps://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkDDqPMwRgQpfw567wh7GdmShvarXS0u-7XDdCrc0oQY3gPQ5iK_Fbj7zh7EpYyzpxk5XnTX9A4YVi_zsAfBIl7LxlUM5GX1G-7ELN4CcrO4u94ds6NUSRDOCyzCqGslelf6dsAK1VYF8/s1600/rating+4.png. Part of that is my fault - I just thought I could "get up + go" like I always have in the past, from ancient Windows95 and 98, through Windows XP, to Vista and Win7...I just figured it out on my own. Nope. On this machine, I fought and cursed and wrangled my way through this new OS. Two weeks later, I finally looked at the Windows 8 guides that were pre-loaded on this laptop....umm, am much better now. ;-)
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful.Fast, well-designed laptop
By Blaine Morrow
Although I've only been using this for 3 days, I'm impressed with the machine: it's fast, full-featured, and has the potential to store a lot of data, which was a big plus on my wish list. The speakers and sound system are awesome, and I've streamed movies on the big screen several times already: very impressive! Keyboard works well (a little clicky, but easy to type on), and the touchpad is very nice. Getting used to Windows 8 will take some time, but I've downloaded an app that restores the Win7 shell and that makes it easier.HP continues to make awesome machines, thankfully.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful.Simply Awesome! Amazing PC for my Office and Home!
By DavidLaRent
I've always bought DELL laptops in the past, for at least the last 10 years or so. So I was uneasy about getting a different brand. Sure enough I purchased the HP 7250 and its been awesome! The only modification I made was swap the 1TB HDD for a 240 GB Solid State Drive. It's super fast. I also added Office 2013 for Excel, Word and Outlook for my emails, and I am so glad that I picked up this PC. I'm not IT person, I simply bought the Solid State Drive and handed it to my IT department, and they swapped out the hard drives. Nonetheless, this PC is lighting fast. I also upgraded to Windows 8 PRO, and although it doesn't have a touch screen, I can do all I need with the Logitech Zone Touch T400 Mouse, which makes it like I am touching the screen. All in all I use this computer for work, as I am in sales management, so I am always working on spread sheets and a CRM system. And this computer has been great. For anyone switching to Windows 8 from Windows 7, don't be afraid, as Windows 8 allows you to toggle between the Touchscreen interface to the Conventional Desktop mode, which you are all used to on Windows 7. The only reason I upgraded was because I had my laptop stolen, but all in all, great purchase. I don't see how any other PC would have worked for me! Oh yeah, and this PC, although not stated, can be upgraded to 16GB RAM, as it only comes with 8GB. I am only running on the stock 8GB, and it hasn't shown signs of being slow at all. Everything is SUPER fast, from startup, to shutdown. Even opening files is extremely fast.Hope This helps! 5 Stars in my book!
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