HP ENVY DV7-7212nr Quad Edition mSSD Windows 8 Notebook PC; 16GB RAM Upgrade

I agonized for weeks before finally purchasing this laptop. In the end I decided what I really needed was a desktop replacement. A powerful, capable machine that could replace my aging tower and still be a laptop. In that I was not disappointed.

The good

This machine is quick! Video plays flawlessly, I am able to convert movies from one format to another averaging 10 minutes per 1.5 hour movie. My old tower would take 2 hours.

The screen is bright and clear. The keyboard lights up nicely and the sound is pretty darned good. Build quality is good, no flex to it even if you're Mr. Universe and manage to heft it by a single corner.

I like the fast wireless built in to the laptop and its easy to switch between wireless connections.

The so so

This notebook does heat up and grows uncomfortably warm on the legs if you are lounging around with it. The fan is on most of the time and you can hear it humming away although I wouldn't call it annoying.

Windows 8 takes some getting used to. The touch pad is only partially effective at gesture recognition and will leave you disappointed half the time. I guess I don't really get the purpose of the live tiles.. I have reverted to using the desktop mode almost exclusively. I probably won't bother with the hassle of downgrading to windows 7.

The bad

I really, really dislike the battery pack that came with this machine. In order to fit more oomph into it, there is a 1-inch tall ridge that runs for most of its length, functioning as a bit of a kickstand for the laptop so its tilted a bit towards you. While this is fine when its on a table, try putting it on your lap and that ridge quickly digs in and becomes uncomfortable. I am forced to keep my legs well apart so I catch the edges where the bottom is still flat which is also uncomfortable.

I also experienced a weird power pop up that kept coming up every 15 seconds warning me about my power supply. In the end I had to find the utility responsible and delete it from the HD before this warning would go away.

Fnally, perhaps due to some software I have on the laptop, perhaps due to something else, when I display and file open/save dialog, the machine frequently pauses for 10-15 seconds during which time the dialog is frozen. Very annoying for something this fast to be doing this so frequently.

I consider this is a nice buy. It has all you want from a high performance laptop for a reasonable price compared for a Macbook Pro or something else.

At the first time i was wondering if this machine has softbuttons to have quick access to volume, wifi, bluetooth and others, I searched over the internet with no luck. So I had to wait to receive the laptop and finding this out by myself. For my surprise I found the F keys has this option as primary option and if you want to use the keys as F's you have to press Alt+F* as a very nice found.

The laptop is very quiet, materials are good considering I hate black laptops with easy finger printing. For 16mb you have to challenge yourself and the computer to use that much of memory. I bought this one to edit photos in Lightroom and Photoshop, while I listen music and stream movies. I can consider I have all these services run with no issues. So happy for that.

Windows 8? no issues found at this moment.

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If you are seeking for a laptop to play computer games or enjoying movies and music. This DV7-7212nr will match your need very well.

The only reason may let you hesitate to buy this laptop is not easy to find a 17.3 laptop bag & backpack (I returned three backpack because this machine is a monster!!! Most of laptop backpack can't hold it.Fortunately swissgear IBEX 17 and targus citygear 17 will fit this monster.)

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This thing dose the job, I'm a photographer and need a lot of ram and good graphics for a affordable price. This is the ticket. I can run my programs without the slow lag time I was getting from my previous laptop. Haven't had it that long, so I will give a follow up in maybe month, but so far I'm impressed. Just what I hoped I was buying.

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Everything I expected and more--fast, beautiful screen, good keyboard (love backlighting) and generally good feel. Can't ask for more. Can't even suggest improvement.

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