HP dv7t upgraded, price lowered

HP quietly upgraded its Pavilion dv7t and slashed the price by almost 35%.

Don’t know why HP kept this useful update quiet. But the Pavilion dv7t you’ll see on their website is not the earlier 17-inch, 16:10 $ 1229 machine. Instead a new bigger machine with 17.3-inch has taken its place, which also comes with the widely appreciated 16:9 resolution and a sharper 1600 x 900 display. It also gets the new 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4530 as an option, along with the already available 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon(TM) HD 4650 and the 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon(TM) HD 4650 Graphics - For Quad Processors.

The HP Pavilion dv7t is a commendable entertainment consumer notebook which can be quite a cool desktop replacement device. It comes in two colors – Espresso black and Moonlight white. You get a choice of six processors – one Pentium Dual-core (T6400), four Core 2 duo (T6400, P7450, P8600 and T9550) and a quad-core (Q9000). A free memory update is available from 2GB to 3GB although you’ll have to pay extra for a higher brain. Up to 1TB of hard drive can be selected. The 8-cell Lithium ion battery should give enhanced battery life.

The price is reduced to $799.99 from which the customizations start. The base configuration will cost $849.99 and the one HP recommends here will set you back by $1173.99 .