Posts by Yoob@NBF

I dont trust garbage collection based SSDs which is optional on Indillinix barefoot drives. Right now if you had the money to blow the agility ex 128gb (SLC model) will yield the absolutely highest performance per buck. I personally use...

It would be a miracle for the battery to last more than 2 hours with a 6 cell batt based on what ive seen on 2 different i7 based notebooks

I was in a similar situation and im pretty sure they will give you the amount for your notebook and partial refund on the extended warranty.

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What you misunderstand is how your application benefits from i7. Turbo boost only helps if your application cannot benefit from the additional cores found in an i7 cpu in this case 4 cpus. If a game or application needs only 2 then your...

Due to a part shortage all envy 15 systems direct from HP is being delayed till Nov 11th or sooner.

Although it shouldnt directly apply to the M17x all P55 (i7) chipsets run at 16x with a single PCIe card and 8x with 2 cards as a means save power amongst other things.

I havnt found that people using the desktop versions of the i7 dont get the full turboboost rated speeds due to power or cooling restrictions. Anyone looking into this type of notebook should consider micro atx shuttle based desktops.

My 15x took about 10 days

gotta find the one and the m17x is a little too big for my lap/desk