Thursday, June 27, 2013
HP Pavilion dv7 4170us 17 3 Inch Laptop PC Review
When you purchase a laptop, almost everyone accepts that there will be a trade off for the portability and space saved over a desk top PC. One of those compromises is often the sound system – tinny sounding speakers are often the norm with a laptop. But with the HP Pavilion dv7-4170us 17.3-Inch Laptop PC – Up to 7.5 Hours of Battery Life (Argento), this is one thing that you most definitely do not have to worry about. HP have included ‘Beats Audio’ into this baby, and this means that your tunes and your movies come out the way they are intended to. No lack of base or high treble on this machine.
Of course, the HP Pavilion dv7-4170us 17.3-Inch Laptop PC – Up to 7.5 Hours of Battery Life (Argento) has all the other aspects you would expect from an entertainment laptop. Integrated wi-fi, blue tooth and a webcam make this the perfect tool for keeping connected with the world, not to mention friends and family. And the 17.3 inch screen makes this an excellent choice if you are considering swapping your desktop PC for a laptop, and you won’t be disappointed with the graphics and visuals either.
Product features
3 inch HD LED display with HP’s brightview technology
AMD Phenom II Triple Core Mobile processor N850
640Gb SATA hard drive with 4 Gb DDR3 RAM
Beats Audio sound system
Integrated wi-fi, Bluetooth and webcam
Up to 7.5 hours of battery life
Windows 7 Home Premium operation system (64 bit)
Pros
A huge amount of storage and a decent amount of RAM
Great visuals with the HP brightview technology, and a webcam which is designed to be used in low light
HP Smart Drive protection keeps all your data safe in the event of your laptop being knocked
Integrated Bluetooth – something which many laptops in this price range are sadly lacking
Great battery life
Cons
It’s not the lightest of beasts. At 8.19 pounds this isn’t a laptop you are going to want to accompany you on the daily commute to the office.
For the left-handed amongst you, it’s not the most user-friendly and you may find yourself accidentally hitting features you don’t want to.
Who is this for?
This is an easy one. Anyone who is looking for a display of this size could do far worse than to road test the HP Pavilion dv7-4170us 17.3-Inch Laptop PC – Up to 7.5 Hours of Battery Life (Argento). Unlike many of the larger laptops, this actually stays cool running, even with everything working, and when the cooling fan does come on it’s quiet and easy on the senses. The HP Pavilion dv7-4170us 17.3-Inch Laptop PC – Up to 7.5 Hours of Battery Life (Argento) is fast and sounds great, so is up to pretty much any job you ask of it. For an all round machine, it’s one of the best in its class.
Why is this worth buying?
The HP Pavilion dv7-4170us 17.3-Inch Laptop PC – Up to 7.5 Hours of Battery Life (Argento) really does offer you great performance at a value for money price. Sure, it’s a bit on the heavy side, but then you don’t buy a monster 17.3 inch laptop for its portability issues. You buy it for the convenience of having a large computer that, if the need calls for it, you really can stick it in your laptop case and take it to work (college, friends or wherever). And another advantage of this over your desktop is if you need to move to a different room in the house to work, then it’s not a problem. You don’t even need a plug point as the 7.5 hour battery life means you can work pretty much all day without running out of juice.
Of course, the HP Pavilion dv7-4170us 17.3-Inch Laptop PC – Up to 7.5 Hours of Battery Life (Argento) has all the other aspects you would expect from an entertainment laptop. Integrated wi-fi, blue tooth and a webcam make this the perfect tool for keeping connected with the world, not to mention friends and family. And the 17.3 inch screen makes this an excellent choice if you are considering swapping your desktop PC for a laptop, and you won’t be disappointed with the graphics and visuals either.
Product features
3 inch HD LED display with HP’s brightview technology
AMD Phenom II Triple Core Mobile processor N850
640Gb SATA hard drive with 4 Gb DDR3 RAM
Beats Audio sound system
Integrated wi-fi, Bluetooth and webcam
Up to 7.5 hours of battery life
Windows 7 Home Premium operation system (64 bit)
Pros
A huge amount of storage and a decent amount of RAM
Great visuals with the HP brightview technology, and a webcam which is designed to be used in low light
HP Smart Drive protection keeps all your data safe in the event of your laptop being knocked
Integrated Bluetooth – something which many laptops in this price range are sadly lacking
Great battery life
Cons
It’s not the lightest of beasts. At 8.19 pounds this isn’t a laptop you are going to want to accompany you on the daily commute to the office.
For the left-handed amongst you, it’s not the most user-friendly and you may find yourself accidentally hitting features you don’t want to.
Who is this for?
This is an easy one. Anyone who is looking for a display of this size could do far worse than to road test the HP Pavilion dv7-4170us 17.3-Inch Laptop PC – Up to 7.5 Hours of Battery Life (Argento). Unlike many of the larger laptops, this actually stays cool running, even with everything working, and when the cooling fan does come on it’s quiet and easy on the senses. The HP Pavilion dv7-4170us 17.3-Inch Laptop PC – Up to 7.5 Hours of Battery Life (Argento) is fast and sounds great, so is up to pretty much any job you ask of it. For an all round machine, it’s one of the best in its class.
Why is this worth buying?
The HP Pavilion dv7-4170us 17.3-Inch Laptop PC – Up to 7.5 Hours of Battery Life (Argento) really does offer you great performance at a value for money price. Sure, it’s a bit on the heavy side, but then you don’t buy a monster 17.3 inch laptop for its portability issues. You buy it for the convenience of having a large computer that, if the need calls for it, you really can stick it in your laptop case and take it to work (college, friends or wherever). And another advantage of this over your desktop is if you need to move to a different room in the house to work, then it’s not a problem. You don’t even need a plug point as the 7.5 hour battery life means you can work pretty much all day without running out of juice.
