Which Laptop is better ???

[foldman]

HP Pavilion dv7-2180us Entertainment Notebook PC, espresso black NEW

• • Quad-core power plus entertainment with full-screen playback
• • Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit with Service Pack 1
• • Intel Centrino 2 Technology with Core 2 Quad Processor Q9000 (2GHz)
• • 6144MB of memory plus 500GB hard drive with built-in protection
• • 17.3" (diagonal) HD+ LED BrightView display (1600 x 900) with 16:9 ratio
• • Integrated webcam
• • HP MediaSmart software for entertainment management
• • ATI discrete graphics with 1GB memory
• • Bluetooth and Gigabit Ethernet LAN
• • ENERGY STAR® qualified

~ OR ~

HP Pavilion dv7-2170us Entertainment Notebook PC, espresso black NEW

• • Power plus entertainment with full-screen HD playback
• • Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit with Service Pack 1
• • Intel Centrino 2 Technology with Core 2 Duo Processor P7550 (2.26GHz)
• • 4096MB of memory plus 500GB hard drive with built-in protection
• • 17.3" (diagonal) HD+ LED BrightView display (1600 x 900) with 16:9 ratio
• • Integrated webcam
• • HP MediaSmart software for entertainment management
• • ATI discrete graphics with 1GB memory
• • Bluetooth and Gigabit Ethernet LAN
• • ENERGY STAR® qualified

[EXreaction]

The first one has a quad core and 6GB of ram, the second has a dual core and 4GB of ram.

Not sure what you'd need that kind of cpu power in a laptop for...

[DoubleK]

Best bang for the buck I have found:

HP® Official Store — Buy an HP Pavilion dv6-1230us Entertainment Notebook PC, espresso black (VH681UA#ABA) from HP

Staples has it much cheaper on sale now:

HP Pavilion dv6-1230us Entertainment Laptop | Staples®

I picked one up Monday

Not many laptops leave you with an upgrade path. If you simply have to have it for the latest and greatest games you had better plunk down some serious (1g+) money.

Both of those HP laptops you list fit that bill and there are far better laptops to be considered in that range.

Area-51 m15x 15.4-inch Gaming Laptop Computer – Alienware

I would undoubtedly still be disappointed if this was all I had to game on.

[zen]

The quad core with 6GBram.

[Nude_Lewd_Man]

The first has a slower speed CPU, but it has twice as many. It also has 50% more RAM (which the OS can use - as both LTs have 64-bit installed) to make it quicker too.

Other than the second one having the faster speed CPU, the only other benefit would be that it can play movies in HD quality... Apart from that, they're exactly the same - from the specs you've listed...

[EXreaction]

^ WTF? What about either playing HD movies?

[Networker4321]

Quote:

Originally Posted by foldman

HP Pavilion dv7-2180us Entertainment Notebook PC, espresso black NEW

• • Quad-core power plus entertainment with full-screen playback
• • Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit with Service Pack 1
• • Intel Centrino 2 Technology with Core 2 Quad Processor Q9000 (2GHz)
• • 6144MB of memory plus 500GB hard drive with built-in protection
• • 17.3" (diagonal) HD+ LED BrightView display (1600 x 900) with 16:9 ratio
• • Integrated webcam
• • HP MediaSmart software for entertainment management
• • ATI discrete graphics with 1GB memory
• • Bluetooth and Gigabit Ethernet LAN
• • ENERGY STAR® qualified

~ OR ~

HP Pavilion dv7-2170us Entertainment Notebook PC, espresso black NEW

• • Power plus entertainment with full-screen HD playback
• • Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit with Service Pack 1
• • Intel Centrino 2 Technology with Core 2 Duo Processor P7550 (2.26GHz)
• • 4096MB of memory plus 500GB hard drive with built-in protection
• • 17.3" (diagonal) HD+ LED BrightView display (1600 x 900) with 16:9 ratio
• • Integrated webcam
• • HP MediaSmart software for entertainment management
• • ATI discrete graphics with 1GB memory
• • Bluetooth and Gigabit Ethernet LAN
• • ENERGY STAR® qualified

Other than branching out into other notebook brands, the first one is incrementally better for the reasons stated above. But the HP webiste has become so sophisticated for troubleshooting and downloads ( drivers ) it is a Super brand. I have 4 of the dv9208nr and never had a problem.

Buy it now, get started folding! We need the help!

Good Luck

[DoubleK]

Holy Nike's Networker I almost forgot that I recently added a Nvidia EVGA 275 gtx to my rig over the old 7950gx2 that didn't fold so well. With that said time to get crunching again. Good job, pays to remind remind remind!

[demha]

In general All HP has heating problem and when it comes to DELL it has no issue with heating

Quote:

Originally Posted by Networker4321

Other than branching out into other notebook brands, the first one is incrementally better for the reasons stated above. But the HP webiste has become so sophisticated for troubleshooting and downloads ( drivers ) it is a Super brand. I have 4 of the dv9208nr and never had a problem.

Buy it now, get started folding! We need the help!

Good Luck

[Networker4321]

Quote:

Originally Posted by demha

In general All HP has heating problem and when it comes to DELL it has no issue with heating

Dehma,

That is a pretty broad statement to make about HP. Since Compaq, now HP has been engineering, manufacturing and selling everything from Enterprise Servers down to the new mini PC's, the experience they gain in their Enterprise space goes into the engineering of all computing products, even their storage. I won't bore you with the list of awards HP has received for their end user products but I can tell you that unlike Dell, who does spot buys on the market for everthing from mobo's to L E D's, you can crack open any box in a series of HP products and the specs are the same, down to the bios.

Thank You for the input but personally, I respectfully disagree. The reason I know that's how DELL grabbed so much market share so quickly by being less expensive is that they were buying cheaper parts AND using very smart techniques around JIT ( Just in time ) delivery. No expensive excess inventory.
Mike Dell told me that himself.

I have never had a heat problem and neither have my employees. HP is our corporate standard for over 10,000 stores and 500+ servers in the main datacenter.

Thank You,