HP quietly updates Pavilion dv7t gaming laptop
By Darren Murph 
posted February 26th 2009 9:01AM
posted February 26th 2009 9:01AM
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"The previous $1,229 starting point has dropped to a decidedly more manageable $799.99..."
So if you just got one of these, you're pretty pissed off right about now. At least HP produces decent laptops, unlike their disgusting desktops.
I imagine, that the new price was attainable by lowering the quality of hardware, and by lower the specs/memory on on everything. The people that bought the 1200 one didn't get ripped off. The people that spend 800 on this laptop that think it's made for gamers are the ones that will become pissed off when they realize that their system will only meet min spec for a handfull of new games, and that the graphics need to be set low on the ones they already have.
Price drops are just a fact of life, particularly in the electronics world. There is no requirement to advise customers of this in advance (well, not unless you want your sales to drop through the floor) or to compensate afterwards, although it is considered good PR to do something nice for customers who bought recently. Still, I confess that I'd feel a bit daft if I bought a something a week earlier at a more substantial price than it cost today.
No need for a lecture, just saying that a $430 price drop on something is pretty significant. I'd bet most people who shelled out would be well advised to return it and get a new one for the marked down tag.
I was planning on getting a dv7t, but since it switched to ATI.....
Whats wrong about ATi, i think it great performance per price ratio now
ATI???? a big no no. I would not buy any more laptops with ATI anymore. I experimented once, and decided to stick with nVIDIA next time.
I am a fan of HP (the last purchase was HDX 20.i inch with ATI - which I regret - because I'd rather wait a few more months and get nVIDIA option), but in the case of that there is no nVIDIA option, I am willing to switch to Sony AW series (though it is expensive)
Some people are stupid enough to buy into nVidia marketing and instead buy chips that repeatedly break down after thermal stressing.
Or drivers that kept crashing Vista. ATI had *none* of this BS.
Yup, remember the fiasco that nvidia had with their 8400 and 8600 chips for laptops.
id be pwnin alot of n00bs on dust with that laptop :D maybe id be able to get my rank from 3 to 1.
Do I need to use BabelFish to understand this comment?
im gettin an hdx once the taxes come in
Nowt wrong with ATI, All but one of mg GFX cards have been ATI.
Based on the cost and the components in this thing, for the same price (not the base price, but once you get it configured the way you really want it to be), the HDX18t is a much better value for what you'd spend.
But even so, the HDX is still far too much. They need to drop the base price on the HDX18 at least $500 withOUT raising the prices on the optional components.