Thread: HP Pavilion dv7

Hewlett-Packard is preparing 4 new laptops Pavilion dv7-4100 for this year-end 2010, some running on AMD platform Danube and other by Intel Calpella. Program include the Quad Core, a dedicated ATI graphics card.

Starter Microsoft Office 2010 installed and includes limited versions of Word and Excel. It is possible to enjoy all the features of the Office suite by purchasing an activation card (or a boxed version) from Microsoft or from the reseller partners. It enjoys a brushed aluminum finish with silver current pattern in the image of many Pavilion dv7-4000.



The dedicated graphics card Mobility Radeon HD5470 is switchable. In other words, it is possible to operate the phone with her, or with the Intel GMA integrated HD processor that will be preferred where the performance of dedicated GPU is not required to preserve the battery and increase battery life.
The HP Pavilion dv7-4100 was also announced at 999 euros with a i5-460M (2.53 GHz), 1 TB of disk space and a Mobility Radeon HD5650 1GB dedicated switchable.

For 1199 euros, this notebook will benefit from a Core i7-720QM (1.6 GHz), 1 TB of storage, a Mobility Radeon HD5650 and a TV tuner TNT. The Mobility Radeon HD5650 will not be here because the switching processor is a quad-core Clarksfield model lacks integrated graphics Intel GMA HD.

The HP Pavilion dv7-4100 is also expected in the Danube AMD platform with AMD RS880M chipset instead of Intel HM55.

It looks to 699 euros with an Athlon Dual Core II P340 (2.2 GHz), 4GB DDR3, 500 GB 7200 rpm, a Mobility Radeon HD5470 512MB DDR3 dedicated switch, a fingerprint reader and Bluetooth modules and wireless n. The dedicated graphics card is switched with the graphics Mobility Radeon HD4200 DirectX 10.1 not embedded in the processor but the RS880M chipset.

Like the new Pavilion dv6-3100, the HP Pavilion dv7-4100 has few changes compared to their predecessors Pavilion dv7-4000. No change seems intended side connector and the resolution of the slab remains frozen in 1600 × 900 regardless of the variations. In addition, any model equipped with a Blu-Ray unit is announced.

However, it is expected that these 4 new HP Pavilion dv7-4100 to be joined later by other models, can be a little more original with maybe a Full HD panel and a Blu-Ray unit. They will land in all cases on the shelves within a few weeks, mostly in early November 2010.