2011-05-08, 09:12 AM
Well, with their current chassis line all I hear about is overheating problems and comps coming DOA. They get about 1/5 reviews as positive feedback, the rest are complaints about having to RMA it 4 or 5 times because none of them worked. Then when you finally do get one that works they often get to temps of 85 and 86 just doing simple tasks like watching HD video and gaming is unheard without passing 95. But those thousands upon thousands of people could be lying, so I look to people closer at home. Someone at my school had to RMA his Envy 3 times and the current one he has with an i7-740QM and an AMD HD 5870 has peaked at 102 degrees while playing WoW and hovers at 65 -> 73 idle. In essence, I wouldn't touch them with a 10 foot pole. Apparently their keyboards are skippy and often poorly built and their track pads suck. But I am a little biased since I always hated HP, though the reviews do speak for themselves I think. Go look on Newegg or something, not many good reviews.