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HP dv7-2040US - Windows Performance Index 5.6 - Page 4

post #61 of 101
6/12/09 at 6:28pm
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HP used to list the dv7 as a series with no specific models but it listed all the options. That was in April but not anymore.

I wonder why the Q9000 was scratched out as an available processor. It's a killer mobile processor even though it isn't designed for portable computing! The gfx/display are the big battery hogs so that can't be the reason.

I'm still amazed at how cool this thing runs. With a quad, fast gfx, big screen, powerful audio, and two hard drives, it obviously generates a decent amount of heat, but never has it overheated.

Time for you to install something a bit more POSIX-friendly son. Ubuntu is a nice step in the right direction toward compliancy. Ubuntu 9.0.4 64-bit installs from a Windowa .exe and uninstalls just as easily. It also works perfect on this computer, is very beginner-friendly, and 100% FREE too.
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post #62 of 101
6/12/09 at 11:41pm
I dont know why they got rid of it but i do know that HP charged 1100 to add it on (if you customized it) yet I read somewhere that the processor itself only costs $350-$400. I guess I'll have to give ubuntu a try. Can't wait for the laptop, my current desktop is a 7 year old dell that lags even on this website and on any flash-heavy site.
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post #63 of 101
6/12/09 at 11:57pm
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That sounds familiar. My previous computer (before my two new ones) was a 1.7GHz Celeron M! Before that I had a PowerMac G4 Tower 400MHz. The G4 blew the Celeron M out of the water when Photoshopping though! Even withalf the RAM!
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post #64 of 101
6/14/09 at 8:52pm
i used to have one of the original special edition imacs, 400mhz.

it was the worst computer i ever used, and although OS X is way better then OS 9 it made me hate macs.
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post #65 of 101
6/15/09 at 9:59pm
got my 2040us from ups today using it to type this message now

it looks even nicer then i thought it would, and it's fast and powerful. I just need to clean out some more hp programs, they're using memory even when their not running, but it's already running pretty damn fast.
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post #66 of 101
6/16/09 at 5:46am
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Sweet, Microsoft is still giving away Windows 7! Here is my performance index.

VaginaEater, you were right. It IS 7.0 for the CPU!! My disk rating was lower than expected. I am going to install on my 7200RPM drive and see what it scores. Either way I am higher than my Vista score at 5.7 compared to 5.6.

Details:
CPU: 7.0
Memory: 7.0
Windows Aero: 5.9
Gaming Graphics: 5.7
Disk: 5.9

Click image for full sized version.

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post #67 of 101
6/16/09 at 6:15am
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I'm Penta-Booting now.
Windows 7 x64
Vista Ultimate x64
XP Pro x64
Ubuntu x64
Heavily-modified commercial version of Apple's FreeBSD Derived and NeXTstep inspired DarwinOS (not allowed to name it on these forums. Rules are rules and legal battles are ugly)
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post #68 of 101
6/16/09 at 3:00pm
yeah i think windows 7 gives more credit because the processor is quad core.

I might just install windows 7 myself, but for now im still playing with vista. You once again set the standard for windows index experience

mine still gets 5.3 because of the HDD.
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post #69 of 101
6/17/09 at 3:13pm
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DING DING DING!

Windows 7 Performance Index 5.8!!!!

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post #70 of 101
6/17/09 at 6:11pm
Very cool. We need to update the database with this.

cheers ...
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post #71 of 101
6/17/09 at 6:37pm
hmmm how'd you get it to 5.8? did you overclock the card?

or did you just hit update my results or something? either way very impressive. i need to go out and buy me some better hdds now!
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post #72 of 101
6/17/09 at 10:07pm
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First score of 5.7 was during the initial install. I ran it again later and got my old Vista score of 5.6 but I had stuff running in the background. In an attempt to get my 5.7 back, I restarted with selective startup having turned off all my programs installed under Vista that were imported into Win7 and there was 5.8!

No overclocking. Catalyst Control Center won't run under Windows 7 so nothing was changed there.
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post #73 of 101
6/27/09 at 4:27pm

Help!

Ok, so I need your help guys! You are the only people talking about this computer (that I have found!) and I have a few questions for you.

I basically want this as a machine to run Adobe CS4 and manage large RAW image files for my photography/webdesign business. I'm sure it has the capability to handle this, but is it worth the jump from a dual core? Have you tried running CS3 or 4 with this machine?

Also, I don't really see myself using this any where that doesn't have access to an electric outlet -- I'm not really worried about that aspect of it. But I do worry about the size/portability issues.

I guess my basic question is - is this sucker worth it?

Thanks
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post #74 of 101
6/27/09 at 7:17pm
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Yes, I have Adobe Master Collection CS4 on this machine and it runs great!

Is it worth it? Well it was much cheaper than CS4 so if you already shelled out the cash on the best software tools then you owe it to yourself to give CS4 a nice home. Yes.

The $1500 out the door cost is insignificant when compared to the $12,000 in software I have installed on it.

Only bummer is that Adobe's new tools can use the GPU to speed up rendering/encoding time up to 30x faster but this laptop isn't supported. Not sure if any laptop GPUs are. Something to look into if you do a lot of BIG Photoshop or Premiere work. Personally I don't feel it is a big loss for what I do and it is still waaaaaay faster than my x64 AMD 2.1GHz dual-core ZM-80.
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post #75 of 101
6/27/09 at 10:32pm
New Egg has it for $1199 right now - and frankly, after comparing some lesser spec smaller machines at the same price, I think I would be an idiot not to get it! At least that's what I'm thinking

I just want something that's going to last for a couple of years and run that lovely CS4.... I can't wait to see what it runs like with Windows 7 on it!

Thanks for taking the time to answer
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post #76 of 101
6/27/09 at 11:35pm
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It runs beautifully with the latest Windows 7 on it.

And this machine will only get faster as time goes on. Reasons are that Windows 7 is even faster than XP so when it is released late this year it will feel like getting a new machine again (I'm using it on mine as a daily driver OS). Currently there is very little software that takes advantage of multi-core CPUs. Most that do ignore the extra two core on this machine. Only when software companies optimize their software fully will you really feel what the Quad can do. Also, VERY little software supports 64-bit. And I don't mean simply compiled for x64, but actually FULLY optimized for 64-bit. Companies are finally getting on that issue full force but it won't be for a while before us 64-bit Quad-core owners are fully represented. But once we are, our HP dv7-2040US will be unleashed to do what it was designed to do without limitations!
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post #77 of 101
6/28/09 at 1:59am
Does anybody know where to get the 12 cell battery for this thing? Someone on newegg was able to find one. This seems to be an AWESOME laptop...i'm thinking about it for college.
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post #78 of 101
6/28/09 at 2:58am
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I think I found one manufactured and sold by a third party company. I came across it after some heavy googling but it didn't specifically say dv7-2040US, There were a couple other laptops that it fit in that matched up with laptops listed on the same page for the OEM battery so I would imagine it would fit. I don't have the link to it but it wasn't easy to find IIRC.
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post #79 of 101
7/7/09 at 3:01am
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I was bored so I raised the bar. Windows Performance Index 5.9. Read it and beat it.



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post #80 of 101
7/7/09 at 10:16am
Resubmit and I will approve.
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