The black metallic finished areas do a good job of hiding fingerprints, unfortunately the same cannot be said of the glossy bezel HP decided to use around the screen and in the keyboard tray area. Opening up the the ENVY dv7t reveals a continuation of the midnight black finish across the palm rests and around the keyboard. The HP logo on top is illuminated, this offers a pretty cool look, though it probably doesn’t generate the same techno-lust as an Apple logo does. The lid has a subtle brushed metal skin with a midnight black color finish that is contrasted with a silver trim around the edges. People still want their notebook to look decent, no matter what the size and usage intention, HP therefore has paid attention to making the ENVY dv7t’s looks appealing to a wide audience.

The reason being that laptops like the ENVY dv7t offer a lot of nice features, excellent performance options and a price that comes in well under a lighter and sleeker looking but lesser powered Ultrabook. With all the rage about Ultrabooks, you might be surprised to know the desktop replacement segment of 15 to 17-inch laptops is still the top selling category. The ENVY dv7t-7200 is a 17.3-inch screen 7lb notebook that’s squarely targeted at an audience looking for a desktop replacement style machine. Read on to find out if the ENVY dv7t is a keeper or another reason to consider HP a zombie of its former self cranking out uninspired laptops. Indeed change is afoot at HP, they recently lost their title as #1 PC manufacturer worldwide to Lenovo and so it’s new innovative releases like the ENVY 4 TouchSmart and flagship models like the ENVY dv7t - one of their best selling mainstream laptops, that will determine if they can recapture past glory. The company has also stopped producing the 15-inch ENVY 15 and 17-inch ENVY 17 models, citing the fact there was too much overlap between those machines and the equivalent dv6 and dv7. HP is now placing the ENVY label on any laptop it deems as being a performance machine or having premium design. If the ENVY dv7t looks strangely familiar, you’re right, it’s simply a rebranding of the 2012 Pavilion dv7t line but with the updated Windows 8 OS.

The HP ENVY dv7t-7200 is a new Windows 8 laptop release that sports a 17.3-inch screen and comes in a wide variety configurations to suit almost any budget or performance needs.

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