Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #5225 in Personal Computers
- Color: Black/Silver
- Brand: HP
- Model: ENVY 17-3070NR
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 13.60" h x
5.90" w x
20.20" l,
11.50 pounds
- CPU: A110 2.2 GHz
- Memory: 8GB DDR3 SDRAM
- Hard Disk: 750GB
- Processors: 4
- Display size: 17.3
Features
- Intel Core i7-2670QM 2.20 GHz ( Cache)
- 8 GB SDRAM
- 750 GB 7200 rpm Hard Drive
- 17.3-Inch ScreenRadeon HD 7690M
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit , 7hours Battery Life
HP Envy 17-3070NR 17.3-Inch Laptop (Black/Silver)
Product Description
Enjoy Blu-ray DVDs and HD gaming using the HP ENVY 17-3070NR, which also has Beats Audio™ with 6 speakers and a subwoofer. Hear music the way the artist intended. Plus, HP Wireless Audio lets you stream audio to wireless-enabled devices using KleerNet™ Technology. The large 17.3-inch diagonal Full HD LED-backlit display shows your favorite videos, photos, games and graphics in ultra-sharp quality. This HP laptop also has a large hard drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection to help prevent data loss. Plus, you can stream content wirelessly to an HD TV using Intel® Wireless Display. With an all-aluminum body in nero black and natural silver, the HP ENVY 17-3070NR notebook looks great, too. The HP TrueVision Webcam and HP Radiance Backlit Keyboard also make working in low-light environments easy. Integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth® help you connect and sync your HP laptop to a printer, MP3 player or smartphone without using cables. Plus, transfer photos directly from a memory card to your notebook PC. Stay powered for up to 7 hours using the extended life battery. With the ENVY 17, it’s all about ultimate performance and ultimate style.
Customer Reviews
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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful.
By turkoid
After my last laptop, the Dell Studio XPS 1647, took an unexpected turn for the worst, I began searching for a replacement. After a week of research, I finally decided on this laptop and after a week of using it, I have, as the title says, no regrets. Before I list my pros and cons, I just want to say what I have and will be using this laptop for. Java programming, Photoshop, movies, music, gaming, office work, and onsite tech work. Actually everything I just listed I have used it for.PROS:-Screen: Watching movies/videos on the 1080p screen looks beautiful. Viewing angles are very nice. Colors, as far as I can tell, are accurate. I shied away from the 15" Envy due to many bad reviews about the color problems. Having a 17" screen is very very nice. When doing Java programming, it's so nice to see all your little IDE windows and have enough screen space to code without scrolling.-Keyboard: My last laptop had a back-lit keyboard, and once you get one, you never go back. It's just too nice, especially when I do onsite tech work and there is little to no light where I'm working. The island style keyboard is very comfortable to type on. Every keystroke feels solid.-Touchpad: After about 30min of tweaking the Synaptics settings, I got the touchpad to work the way I wanted. Mind you, everybody will be different. The left and right mouse buttons are very easy to use, despite some reviews I read. The double click to disable the touchpad feature, is a nice touch, as I use my G500 to play games.-Graphics: While I know this is not a gaming powerhouse, I can play Skyrim on High settings without breaking a sweat (literally and figuratively). The laptop stays relatively cool compared to XPS1647. I installed WoW, and again no problem at Ultra settings. The automatic switching of graphics is a plus. Usually when I'm mobile with my laptop, I'm not doing anything graphics intensive. I haven't had a chance to fully gauge the battery life.-Audio: The fact that this laptop has Beats Audio, was not a deciding factor for buying, but I just wanna say I'm a believer. I'll never buy his headphones, but they did a great job with laptops. The dedicated volume knob and mute button is very nice feature.-Ports: This was one of the reasons I bought this laptop, it's port happy, but in a good way. I have a 3 monitor setup at my work. So I'm glad I can used all 3 monitors with this laptop. Having 4 USB ports, 3 of which are 3.0 is a plus.CONS:-Touchpad: I've never owned a Mac , but I've used a Mac touchpad and I'm not afraid to admit they have the best. The multi-touch gestures are just not great on windows. Either it doesn't recognize the correct gesture, or doesn't work. I just enabled the scroll feature on the right side of the touchpad.-Hard Drive: Not really a con as I will end popping in an SSD, but I would have paid an extra $100 for a dual SSD and HDD. Although, it does have a 7200rpm HDD, which I can't complain too much about.-Keyboard: Nothing wrong with the keyboard actually, but the by default, the function keys' default action is not F1-F12, but the laptop fucntions. For example, you have to hit function+F5 to refresh a webpage. This setting can be disabled in BIOS and essentially it just flips it. This con is more of a personal preference and a habit of using certain keyboard shortcuts.-Software: As expected, lots of bloatware is installed. I just wish HP would come out with a detailed explanation of any software they install. Took me about a day to determine which software I could live without and safely remove.OVERALL:I'm very pleased with this laptop, and I think anyone thinking about buying this laptop, should. Yes it's big, but you're getting a 17" laptop to be mobile sometime and not all the time. The weight is not really an issue. I think this laptop is great for anyone wanting a mobile workstation with the processing power and graphics capabilities to handle just about everything out there. Don't buy this laptop if you wanna run every game at max settings. At which point you really should be looking at a desktop. I went into this purchase knowing what I was getting, and got a little more than expected!
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful.
By Reid Rosefelt
More than any other PC laptop I'm aware of, it is clear that this was designed beat a MacBook Pro with a Windows 7 PC. Of course this is an impossible task as the MBP hardware is so integrated with the Apple operating system. But within the context of what was possible, there's no doubt what the designers were trying to do. As somebody who has owned several dozen PCs (through my company) and has owned four Macs, I believe they have succeeded. I'm thrilled with it and recommend it to others. Of course I haven't used it for a long time and that will be the ultimate test. But I did know before buying it that my nephew has been banging around with his 17 inch HP for quite awhile and it still works fine.Before I do that I'd like to address the issues of service and the issue of the expensive additional hardware for changing a disc drive or adding a new one brought up by Eric O. I would never have thought to do this without reading his review, but within a minute or two I went to the HP site where I downloaded their parts guide. It clearly states that this part isn't provided and gives a part number. I put the number into Google and found numerous places that sell it for $65. That price is nuts and obnoxious but at the same time they could have made more money by supplying it and adding ten dollars to each computer. I would guess that less than 10% of their users will take advantage of this. But I'm not going to defend the $65-- that's nasty and bad business--but Eric O. should know that he at least got a free $65 for not reading the online manuals and going through all of his stress and wasted time. And as I want to talk about the MacBook Pro, can you put a second drive in it at any price?As far as service goes, I spent many hours investigating the service on every computer I was considering. The comments on them were all horrible from every brand. So I then looked at things like the nerds at Best Buy, etc. and the sheer fury that people had about them burned my fingers at my keyboard. Eventually this led me to a company called SquareTrade. Again, I spent a lot of time looking at many dozens of people who loved everything about this company. I found one negative response--from a guy who wanted to get more from SquareTrade than they offer in their contracts. I called them and was impressed and ended up buying a plan for my iPad. I don't have anything to do with SquareTrade, but they were great on two phone calls and followed up with my email confirmation with a phone call and a letter about my iPad contract.I have 90 days before I have to buy a Warranty on the Envy. The SquareTrade plan is $200 for three years. As I was buying my Envy from J&R Music world which was selling it for $100 less than the HP website or anyplace listed on Amazon at that time (it's up now) that meant I could get three years of service for an additional $100.On to the MacBook Pro comparison:Price - The MBP costs $1100 more than what I paid for my EnvyKeyboard and design - As everybody says, HP has stolen the look and the backlit keyboard. But there is a keypad and more keys in general. I'm not crazy about the arrow buttons and I keep hitting the num lock button because it's next to the backstage button. But for my usage - score the keyboard as a win for the Envy as it has more stuff.The MacBook Pro wins on the TrackPad, weight and I suspect overall strength and durability. The processor speed is 2.4 i7 and on the Envy it is only a 2.2. It has Thunderbolt, which is awesome. Does it have a better screen? I love the Envy screen and I don't care.RAM - The Envy has 8GB vs 4GB MBPDVD - The Envy comes with Blu-ray and the MBP doesn't.The Envy hard drive is 750 GB 7200 rp vs 750 GB 5400 rpm drive (ugh!) on the MBP. $50 extra for 7200 rpm. There is no excuse in 2012 to have a 5400 drive not standard on a top-of-the line laptop. Displays - You can connect three displays to the Envy and two to the MBP.Do you get more speed from a processor that's .2 better or from double the RAM and a 7200 rpm drive? My experience is no.Ports - The Envy has 3 fast ports (USB 3.0) and one normal (USB). The MBP has one fast port (Firewire 800) and three normal speed ports (USB 2.0) But it has Thunderbolt which puts the MBP in an entirely different dimension if you are a pro editor, musician, etc. If you need that, then get the MBP. On the other hand, firewire 800 ports have already begun to be phased out by some music hardware companies that had them before. Apple doesn't include their firewire 400 connections now. Maybe in the future they will go all Thunderbolt to make you buy more stuff from them.Graphics - Everybody complains that the Envy has AMD Radeon, but guess what? So does the MBP. I'm going out on a limb to say the Apple one is a lot better. But it is still the dreaded Radeon that everybody seems to hate.Displays - You can connect three displays to the Envy and I don't know how many with Thunderbolt. A lot. Fill your house with displays? Having four screens seems enough, but that's just me.Music - No contest. Envy's Beats Audio slaughters the MBP.Camera - I personally like the Envy camera much more than Apple ones I've used (they adjust better for lighting changes) and it comes with silly software that kids will like. In fairness I haven't spent time with the camera on the newest MBP yet so maybe it's just as good.Battery - the MBP has a good battery. But I need to complain here that my battery on my iBook never lasted more than an hour or so from its first day and swiftly became non-functional. This was the word on the battery by 100% of the people on the Apple community board before I bought it. T But I needed a new iBook and there was no other option. Is saying that a new Mac laptop has a long-lasting battery a way of saying that the older ones were pretty bad?Heat - This Envy is the coolest running laptop I've ever had. I run it all day and it isn't even warm. It wasn't pleasant to put my iBook on my lap... a scorcher. No idea about the new MacBook.Warranty - HP gives you a one year limited warranty, but they currently have a special on their site for a free two-year warranty. I believe they have been reading the bad comments on this page about their service. Before and after I bought the computer I was quickly able to get a helpful person on the phone. After my problem was solved I got a phone call later just to make sure I was okay. I don't like that kind of thing, but it does show they are trying. You can buy more coverage from HP for $200. AppleCare is $349 for three years. Ouch!Digital Media Reader - The MBP has it this year, but this is one of those, "Isn't that amazing?" Apple improvements over something that's been pretty standard on PC laptops for years. If you don't have this year's MBP, I don't think you have this.Included Software - Apple computers used to come with iLife, but I don't think they do these days. Envy comes with Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Elements, which are great programs. They are both harder to learn, less fun, and more powerful than the two similar iLife programs you can get for $40 (and get GarageBand and other great stuff too) Premiere Elements is more like the semi-pro Final Cut Express than iMovie. On the dark side Envy comes with Norton which I guess is okay unless, like me, you want to get rid of it. If so, good luck! You can get other software to remove it (as I did) or buy another copy of Windows and start clean. Once Norton moves in, it has no intention of ever leaving. Tip: Their uninstall doesn't work until you activate the program. There's a limited version of Office, but what good is that?Finally, what I loved about Apple computers when I first started using them were these special treats you get. Stuff they didn't have to do. This computer comes with a velvety cover. That's a little thing but I really like it. You can do wireless audio. There is apparently something called ProtectSmart which protects your data when you drop the computer. Add that to the cooling tech and the Beats Audio, etc. They are out there trying to excel. In my opinion, these days Apple is putting a lot of their imagination into the iPad and maybe the MacBook Air. They're coasting on their regular computers.On the downside with the Envy is that they don't give you much printed documentation or even good PDF. I don't want a lot of little files, I want a good manual. You have to use their online support, which I don't like. They don't make it easy to see how to make a recovery disc which is something you should do on the first day--when you go to "Recovery" you don't get that info. (And you better do it right--you only get one chance) They sell you recovery discs but that is really cheesy. Recovery discs should come with the machine. These are the kinds of little details where they would provide a much better customer experience that are well worth charging customers a few bucks more for.I'm not an expert and don't pretend to be, so I hope some people will come in and fix the mistakes in what I've written above.As for a lot of reasons I have to run my Macs in Boot Camp a lot, I am in heaven with this thing. I don't care about the weight as I'm not going to ever take it out of my apartment. Generally I travel with my iPad and a keyboard. Of course it might break soon or someday, but so could any computer. I have service plans and the authorized repair place is ten minutes from my home. I'm feeling good about this purchase and highly recommend it to others.
13 of 16 people found the following review helpful.
By Eric O.
This review has less to do with the quality of the laptop than it has to do with HP's failing customer service.The laptop is working perfectly, was shipped with all of the latest drivers, and has never had a hiccup. It is smokin' fast for a laptop, and with an added SSD, this is unmatched for speed. For the quality of the product, this gets an EASY 5 stars. If they allowed the option to add an nvidia 560m or 570m instead of the AMD junk, then this would be a 10 star machine.Now, for the reason the rating is so low. Upon ordering this laptop, which took place via phone, the sales associate (if you will) knew absolutely nothing about the product. I knew more about the laptop simply by looking up the specs on HP's site before the call. It could have been a simple purchase, but because I wanted to make sure this laptop was to be delivered ready to accept a second HDD, I asked the question. I was assured that it was completely ready to accept a second HDD upon delivery, the wiring would be ready to go, and the drive bay hardware would be included. Well, when I received it, the only thing that was included was the SATA cable for the second drive. The rail kit to keep the second drive from flopping around was NOT included, which, again, was supposed to be.The following takes place via a single 2-hour phone call:The next day, I called HP cust. service, I explained the problem, and they transfered me to sales, which was of no use, and they transfered me to tech support to get the part shipped out, but tech support couldn't get access to the part, so I was transferred to the HP parts store, and they advised me that the $0.10 part would be $58 including shipping, which was unacceptable by any standards, so I was transfered back to customer service, who transferred me to sales again (this is where it starts to get better) where I was told that they could refund the money to my original charge for the laptop and would stay on the line while the part was ordered from the HP parts store.I payed with credit card over the phone to have the part shipped out via Fedex overnight, and then received the refund immediately that day on the prior purchase. Don't ask me why it took HP from Thursday (the day the part was ordered) until the following wednesday to actually give the part to Fedex, which had it delivered by 10am on thursday, making this a one week part order. Upon inspection fo the rail kit, I found that it was lacking the screws to actually secure it to the laptop chassis, yet included the screws to fasten the HDD to the rail kit. I already have plenty of HDD mounting screws, but I DON'T have the special, and much smaller, screws to mount the rail into the bay. I refuse to contact HP about this issue, as I don't have another 2 hours of my life to donate to this problem, so I'll try to find the correct screws at a quality fastener store.Luckily, I had a couple reps throughout this ordeal who stuck with me on the phone and got this all sorted out, and at the end, I had a total of FOUR reps on a conference call with me at the same time in order to get the part ordered and get refunded. Seriously, there were no exagerations in this "Story" and its hard to believe that stuff like this continues all the while companies are fully aware that a bad review is going to take place afterwards. I urge you to purchase this computer, only because there is nothing comparable for this price, unfortunately, be prepared to NOT deal with an American EXCEPT for Tech Support. Tech support is the only place this company did right. I hope this brings insight into your future purchase.
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