I have a dell latitude laptop .... very bulky and heavy. I also have a nexus 7 tablet that jst doesnt cut it for school work so i have to carry the laptop most of the time,
I have a 2011 i5 Macbook Air, a Sandy i5 HTPC, and an Ivy i5 desktop. I use the desktop for photo editing and some gaming. The MBA is a great couch and mobile PC. What would I do with a 15.6" 5.6 lb laptop? Don't know. It's slower than my 2 year old Air with graphics that aren't quite up to a gaming system. It's too heavy to bring with me places. It has awful resolution for a 15.6" screen. I guess I don't get the point. It really seems like this PC (other than the 8GB RAM and 840 SSD) belongs to 2010.
Yes, but I'm a consumer and I get to choose between apples and oranges. Guess what? I like apples. But let's say @ $699, I think I'd much rather have an ultrabook which will still be faster in the areas that matter while much more portable. What's the use of a 15.6" screen when it is 13x7? Just to add weight?
I've used random.org for choosing giveaway winners (for games I gave at GOG.com or elsewhere), and the number 1 came up often enough (granted, from a much smaller range of numbers than Anandtech gets). Assuming the random number generation is uniform, any number is as good as any other.
I have a little Acer Aspire 11" AO-722 netbook (AMD C60-based), a home-assembled desktop built around an A10 Trinity processor, and a Dell 6250 Latitude for work. I'd use an HP envy to replace my Acer Aspire as my personal mobile laptop - for writing, light gaming, photo-editing, etc. inside and outside the home. I've been a long-time (non-exclusive) AMD user.
I am a graduate student in engineering with a 5 year old MacBook that I picked up based on reviews here and I have no regrets. I don't own any other computer or tablet and something that can be used for media consumption and general computing without over heating and feeling sluggish sometimes would be great.
Hope I can get this, else I will probably buy a kaveri desktop when I can afford it.
Five years is nothing, I'm currently using a Toshiba Qosmio F45-AV411. Bought this baby in '07 and have already swapped the hdd once because of failure in July. Fun fact: I saw the HDD repair article last week and laughed at how my problems with diassembly and reassembly you all had was exactly the same when I tried to repair it. My specs are: Intel Core 2 Duo T5450, 15.4" 1280x800, now 300GB HDD(still too cheap to go SSD), 2GB RAM, 802.11n, and Windows Vista(please I've heard all the jokes about still using this atrocious OS but MS will not have any more of my $). Also I use an optical mouse due to the touchpad that no longer works. Mostly use this when travelling for work, which is suprisingly a lot, writing TPS reports for the bosses upstairs. I also watch quite a lot of media on it since I cut off my cable a year ago, just so expensive here in Cali for cable. Two years ago on a long business trip overseas one person on my team would not stop hurling insults at this laptop because I've no usb pass through for power and there is no way to switch the monitor off when listening to music. Aparently this is the standard for laptops for a while. Basically I want to join the people of the world and use a piece of hardware from this decade. Something with decent battery life(currently about 90 minutes of surfing the net), but alass I see myself waiting atleast until 2016 to 2017 before I retire this baby. Sooner if this baby dies beforehand which probably is around the corner since the fan never stops going full blast and I clean it weekly with canned air. Thanks.
You should pick me because im using a c2d 6950 desktop that's really slow nowadays and it weighs 300 pounds so I cant take it anywhere. That laptop looks sweet and i'd be able to actually take it places and do computer stuff when i'm not at home.
I am a mother of 4 teenagers all boys and the time has come in school for them to have need of a laptop for class work. The economy is bad right now and money is tight. How awesome of a blessing would this be to win one!
I have four desktops in my home, all built by me. It is nice, but at times I would like to be able to sit in the living room and be free to untether myself from the desktops. I use my phone to check on the basic stuff (e-mail, scores, headlines), but miss being able to do what I'm able on my desktops. I often go on the road for my employer. Not having a laptop, I normally just take my smartphone. Having this laptop would allow me to do most of the things I do on my desktops at home. Just the other day I was disappointed that I could not get some codecs and flash to work fully. I've hacked my android phone allowing me to do all sorts of stuff, but it's just not as functional as one of these sleekbooks would be.
I've got several machines -- my main gaming machine (Sandy Bridge i5 / GTX 670), the wife's gaming machine (i7-920 / GTX 570), a couple other gaming machines for when friends come over (various combinations of couple-generation old graphics and processors; basically hand-me-downs), the main file server, the Hyper-V server, the HTPC upstairs in the theatre, the HTPC in the workout room, my Surface Pro mainly used for work, and the wife's ancient Acer AMD netbook.
Winning this laptop would allow me to replace the netbook, so that the wife would stop ragging on me for being able to modestly play games on my Surface Pro while she can't do even Minecraft on her netbook.
I don't need it for myself, I have a decent Asus K-55N laptop with an AMD A8 APU and I like the performance I get out of it. If I win, I'd give it to my sister. She's a college student with an older Toshiba laptop. Her laptop is massive and the battery is pretty much shot. I think she'd really like the option to use the touch interface. I think AMD would like to hear feedback from tech enthusiasts that frequent AnandTech, but also from more mainstream consumers, like my sister.
I have an old intel 775 desktop and an old dell laptop. This would bring me into the new generation of windows 8 and touchcreeens so I can finally understand the hate it gets. I would use it to take notes in class and watch movies at my girlfriends house. It would be really cool.
I have a high end desktop and a netbook for when I'm away. I'd like an in between device with more performance than the atom but which maintains the lightness and battery life.
I'm an IT professional lugging around an antiquated 15.6" Core 2 laptop with a very poor Intel 4500MHD GPU. This device could cover my needs and then some (light gaming on the road, anyone?)
I currently have a desktop Win7 PC (custom built) and an old dell vostro laptop from 2007, with a core 2 duo. I'm getting into the DAW / music production / performance space, and for mobility, my Dell just isn't going to cut it anymore. That's why I'm extremely interested in this giveaway - it would accelerate my ability to get on the road!
I currently use an HP Pro workstation with gaming card for my gaming and video work and an iMac for all my other work and Internet usage. I have a older Compaq notebook that is showing its' age and a 1st gen iPad. The iPad for my usage is very limited with no ports. I would love to update to a newer thin laptop for the best of both worlds but $$$ is very tight. Been into computers since the mid 80's and a member of Anandtech since the old days. I also own an iphone. To me a complete but thin notebook is still the way to go for portable usage for anyone needing more than basic internet and reading books. If I win this it will give me a notebook I can use for my work and not be tied to a desk.
Thanks to AMD and Anandtech for this opportunity! Currently own an FX-8320 platform, Core i5 2500K PC and A10-5800K based desktops and a Surface Pro, Alienware M11x and HP TouchPad running Android. I like to try and sample something of each form factor / platform, as I commonly get asked for my perspective on "what to get" by friends and family (as I'm sure many readers here do).
I've long felt that APUs are perfect for most user's needs, and would love to have a Richland system on hand to prove it! Coupled with some of the mobile features (facial recognition, etc.) I think Richland APUs are a great alternative to any other mobile platform. My current setup would improve with a Sleekbook as I'd finally have a system to show others that AMD is an especially viable alternative for a mobile platform.
Currently I have a desktop that i built with the fx8350 cpu and 7970 gpu. I use this for mostly gaming and entertainment. I am limited to the computer room which can feel claustrophobic at times. I would use this laptop so i can still do some light gaming and internet surfing while in the living room with the family. I might even give it to my granddaughter for school.
Got a few AMD rigs in my house (HTPC and my primary desktop). Wife has an older Macbook (2006) that is starting to fall to pieces, so she's the target. I've got a 2010 Macbook pro. Kids have an i7 quad HP DV7T laptop which is way beyond anything they'd really need.
My wife likes a small portable machine that lets her do her work. :)
I am not eligible for this contest (not a US resident), just wanted to say that I think this is a good and worthwhile thing on this website. And kudos for AMD recognizing that an SSD will go along way to making their products feel even better! :) Let's hope this helps the rest of the market to get there as well.
I have several Desktop machines. An HTPC, main gaming rig and a spare setup in another room for people to use. I also have a gigantic laptop (m6600 8lbs) I have to use when traveling for work which I do pretty frequently.I would love to have a smaller laptop. I think it would make life to much easier going through TSA checks and not break my back carrying it around everywhere.
This is pretty much the same entry as last time. I have one desktop, one netbook, and two smartphones. I'm the primary user for the desktop and it is mainly a gaming computer. I also use it for general web surfing and home finances. It's home built with a 7870 LE GPU and an FX-6300 CPU. I prefer to use AMD products when I home build. The netbook is my wife's and she uses it for general internet stuff and also school. She's a full time college student and really needs a new laptop. The sleekbook would be perfect for her needs. Other than that I have some e-readers but mainly use my phone for reading.
My current setup is a system that I built 10 years ago. I have it hooked up to my TV via a DVI to HDMI adapter, but sadly the system is so dated that it can't stream HD videos from YouTube or Amazon; the sound and video go out of synch and eventually the computer overheats and shuts down. The processor is a Pentium D; those Intel Netburst CPUs put out a lot of heat, and the video card is a dinosaur too.
I need a system that can stream HD video without effort. I also want to be able to use Chromecast (or Cheapcast) along with my Android smartphone (LG L7) and tablet (Viewsonic G tablet, still running strong!). I would really like the touch screen too, I think Windows 8 works a lot better with touch. When I use friends' touch laptops it is clear that Windows 8 was built with touch in mind.
I have a $300 lenovo B570 laptop that has done wonders for me and my family over the past few years but between kids and general wear and tear we are in need of an upgrade. Never hurts to submit a try, best of luck to everyone. Thanks!
Currently my sole computer is an X58 rig that I built 4 years ago. It's been a great computer, and it's still very fast; but it is starting to show those little quirks that come with age. Randomly goes into hibernation, blue screens, etc. I could probably fix most of it with a reformat, but that's only half of my battle. What I really need a new computer for is to be able to compute on the go. With my new job I need to be able to work more than I can at my desk. I can shoot off a quick email, take notes, or schedule on the calendar of my HTC One; but for some things a large display and a keyboard is just necessary. Having a laptop to carry would be a great help.
Hey! I am a student at the UW and I own a mid range Vaio laptop. Unfortunately its battery life is pretty bad and is way to bulky and heavy to take it anywhere but from my house to the dorms. I'd love to have a smaller laptop that I can carry to classes and take notes on.
So need a new laptop for school. Right now I'm using an old Dell XPS from like 2006, 3gb of DDR2, Intel Core Duo and Windows Vista (uckers) It "works" for school, but it isn't pretty, I'll tell you that much. My Galaxy s4 feels faster.. So this lovely AMD rig would be great for frequent in-and-out uses around campus. Fast boot times! The size would be one of the best features. This angry dell is like 7 pounds :(
I would love to have this laptop. I have a powerful laptop computer currently (Sager NP7330), but wouldn't mind an AMD laptop for performance comparison and review, as well as a laptop that my kids could use (so they stay away from mine, lol). I have enjoyed AMD laptops in the past, an HP previously with Llano APU and it was spectacular.
I am submitting this entry from a PC that I have access to, when it is not in use by someone else. My current setup involves a 2007 Macbook Pro (OS X Tiger) with a non-functioning screen and non-functioning optical disc drive. I used my MBP to browse the web and stream media (movies,television shows, and podcasts). I want to win a Sleekbook to replace my MBP, as I cannot repair/upgrade it at this time. A Sleekbook would allow me to browse the web, stream media, game, and increase productivity.
I'm a poor broke writer who prays every day that my prehistoric Dell Studio 1555 doesn't give up the ghost in the unsaved middle of the best-written sentence of all time. I also can't go to the coffeeshop the way a writer should because the battery only holds a charge for about 30 minutes anymore.
I could really use a cool new battery-efficient lightweight computer that I could trust. Thanks!
The ones that I use on a regular basis are a home built Core i5 box in my office for work, and a lenovo T430 that I adore. The little media box isn't used for much more than streaming movies to the projector.
However, I do have several special purpose computers that I cobble together and use for certain things; I volunteer at the local high school as the technical director, and since I've done that, we've stopped using CDs and the analog light board to run shows. However, the computers that I use for this are an old iMac bought at a surplus sale that has a tendency to overheat and my old Macbook Pro that has a broken screen. Replacing the need to use one of those (probably the iMac that has a tendency to lock up when it gets too hot) would save me a great deal of worry when I'm running around making sure that the high schoolers don't kill themselves on the set fixing things as they fall down, etc.
On top of that, as a graduate student, I am doing research in the field of qualitative spatial reasoning, and a large aspect of that research involves creating a GUI that sits on top of the QSR system we're designing. One of the platforms we'd like to investigate is tablets: manipulating 3D objects seems like a touch screen interface would be beneficial.
Thank you Anandtech for providing an outlet for direct feedback for AMD and potentially others to come. It is certainly refreshing for a community to hear that our voices are heard.
Currently my gaming setup is a hand build desktop that is 1 year old. It has a Core I7-2600k, 16 GB of ram, an old school Sapphire Vapor-X 5870, 256 GB SSD from Kingston, all in an awesome antec eleven hundred. That 5870 still rocks games as far as I'm concerned.
Having a desktop is very nice, if I am at home. I just got a new job and will probably be traveling more and having something to work on that is a bit faster than the old work computer would be a blessing no doubt. There's also the minor detail of being able to game and relax and take my mind off the fact I'm not home with my wife. Yes, I miss my wife when I'm gone.
Thank you all for the hard work you up in to your reviews and thanks for reading.
My wife and I currently share a computer that I built. But, she teaches some online college courses and has to do online activities and chats with her students. We also have 2 children ages 3 and 4 1/2, so Mommy cannot get any alone or quite time to work with her students. With a laptop then she could "retreat" to our bedroom and do her classwork in peace. :)
I currently own a desktop PC running Windows 7 which consists of an Intel i5 2500k CPU, AMD 6950 GPU, 8 GB of RAM, various HDD's, etc. I use this mainly for gaming, photo / video editing and recording / editing music. I also own a Lenovo IdeaPad Y550 (15.6 Screen, Intel T6500, 4 GB RAM, GT 130M) which I use for web browsing, Word / Excel, PDF creation / editing, streaming video / music and for a mobile computer while traveling. I'm planning on giving this to my father so I'm in the market for a new laptop / notebook. The Envy would be perfect replacement / upgrade for the Lenovo.
Not only would the Envy be a welcome and much needed addition to my current device stable, it would also be providing a much needed computer to my father as well. Thanks!
[Sorry bad English] When I was finally going to replace an AMD notebook by another AMD, gain by gift one "economic" profile and notebook CPU brand competitor [read Intel], which lags with 4 tabs opened in a browser? This dilemma experienced three years ago is the reason for the gamer had turned an ordinary user, but with an insane desire to get back to the glory days with friends asking for compassion (a little bit of exaggeration) ... This is the main reason why I should win this giveaway!
I am a software developer in the medical field. My job responsibilities have me traveling about 25% of the time. Until recently I was using a Samsung ATIV Clovertrail hybrid while on the road. Some recent life changes (separation from wife) has left me without a portable computer. I need a replacement computer for both personal and business use. The HP ENVY Sleekbook would be perfect for this.
I am an old school gamer and would like to see how well it can perform with games over the years. My old Clovertrail tablet could only handle games up to about 2005 and I am sure that the HP would be much better.
Currently have a desktop from 2007 connected to my television that I've updated to all the latest MS OSs on. It's also my Blu-ray player. I've pretty much given up on playing games on it and really use it when I'm watching videos(I canceled my cable television right about a year ago). I also own a notebook circa 2009 that has a dead bluray drive in it, horrific display panel, heavy, horrific trackpad, and battery life of a little over an hour. I put an SSD at the beginning of 2012 to breath new life in it, but primarily its become my facebook computer and my watch videos while laying in the tub computer.
Having something with more graphical umph would allow me to reexplore some light gaming. Having something lighter would make me feel less tied down, having better battery life would make me less tied down. If I'm in the kitchen cooking, I'll just cart it in there(without needing a plug). If I'm in the bedroom, I'd be less likely to use my phone and would cart it in and watch a video or chat online(again, without needing a plug). It'd become my new traveling companion. I gave up on my regular notebook due to size/weight/power requirements. I've learned to live with my phone, but that's far from optimal.
The past 5 years have been a mobile life, moving with only what fits in airport luggage, I've relied on access to the world has been through an early i7-720qm notIeook with a gts250m discreet (acting as phone,internet,word processing, school software), which isn't portable (just movable). I'm attending university and while the ol' notebook suffices as a desktop replacement, portability as well as integration into daily life is non-existent. I believe an AMD Envy would enable me to take better advantage of cutting edge benefits of portable technology with an integrated solution that has the battery life to support my efforts.
I currently own a 6 year old AMD based laptop along with a gaming desktop based on Intel. I also own a Kindle Fire. I use the gaming PC for games (obviously) and for my normal day-to-day computing needs. The laptop is for travel and business and it's a pretty painfully slow experience. I would benefit greatly from the performance of the 4 Richland cores as well as the integrated GPU power of the APU. It's been a long time since I've played any game on my laptop. Hopefully this post changes that!
We have a desktop I built for business use, a Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet that is primarily used by me, my wife, and my 5 year old daughter for Netflix watching. I also have a 2006 Dell Inspiron laptop that has been apprehended by my daughter so I could really use a new laptop.
I currently own a PC. I use it for everyday use, i mean everything. Owning a sleekbook would be so great because I have never owned a notebook. It would free me up to move my computer around which seems like it would be pretty neat.
I have been an AMD enthusiast for a number of years now, ever since the AthlonXP days(going back a ways). Curently, I have a custom built gaming rig with an AMD FX-8120 and an AMD Radeon 7970. My wife and I use this not just for gaming, but also for music, video editing, and email/internet surfing. I am often away from my family on business, and my only means of communication with my family is via phone. Winning a Sleekbook would allow my family and I to keep in touch visually, through Skype or Google+ while I am away from home, so we're not missing as much time with one another.
I teach an early morning Bible study class to high school students and this would really come in handy for showing videos, pictures, or slides. I currently use an old Android tablet but it is quite flaky which gets embarrassing. I'd love to give the sleekbook a try and provide a meaningful review. Thanks for your consideration!
My current setup is a full tower gaming PC that stays at my desk 24/7. I also own an HTC Droid DNA smartphone as well. I'm also getting ready for college and have been looking for a nice laptop to use.
If I win this laptop, it would be used for my robotics team that I'm involved with (FRC Team #2990). I'm the head of tech support which is in charge of running PowerPoints, working with other computers, and I'm also the lead programmer as well.
I've been looking for a slightly larger laptop for a while for practical purposes. I use my 11" laptop on the go and love it, but I just moved from Vancouver to Chicago and had to sell my larger computer. an 11" screen is limiting as my only computing device...
I am an undergrad student with a desktop for heavy work and a 4 year old laptop that I hardly use anymore. It's kind of heavy and the battery life isn't great, so I tend to carry my tablet around instead. If I had a new, slimmer laptop I would certainly carry it around more.
I currently have an older Toshiba laptop. It has served me well in the past but it is starting to really show its age. It is running slow, the Intel Cpu is hot as heck, the battery life is next to zero, screen resolution is poor, Memory is maxed out at 2gb and takes forever to boot. I do a lot of work in photoshop and Lightroom. It can get the basic stuff done when I'm on the move but when it comes to the more detailed stuff I have move my work over to my desktop. This is very inconvenient but I can't render on a laptop that has less then 512mb or vram. I would love to have a notebook that could be my central and solo working station. No more porting files, boots faster, better screen resolution and just overall performs better. It would help me so much have a notebook that fits my work and have the ability to play a few games or watch HD content with it hiccupping. Oh please help me get rid of this notebook I have now. I promise to dontate to a school or charity!
Currently only have a desktop and a tablet, no laptop. If I won actually I'd give it to my girlfriend, as her old laptop is on the cusp of death and she doesn't have an actual desktop.
My current setup was built in late 2009, and has had a few upgrades along the way. In it's current setup, I'm running an i7 920 paired to an EVGA Classified board, with 24 GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz RAM, powered by an Enermax Revolution 1050w PSU, with an EVGA GTX670 FTW LE video card, six HDDs of the Western Digital variety ranging from 500 GB (in a RAID 0 array) up to 2TB (in a RAID 1 array), sound from a Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty card, and all thrown into a Corsair 650D case. The setup is mainly used as a gaming computer, but doubles as a graphics editing and video rendering machine.
A long while ago I was an AMD fan, though since the introduction of the Core 2 line in CPUs and the GTX 400 series in GPUs, I've not even bothered with the AMD offerings due to the performance gap between the two manufacturers. With AMD now more focused on their APU offerings, I'm very interested to see how well their mobile platform stacks up to the Intel based setups, especially in graphics performance.
If I had the Sleekbook, it would be used as a replacement for my desktop when rendering, and when not rendering, it would allow me to get away from the officer chair to browse, and play an occasional game or two.
Simply put, the fastest PC that I own period has the following: - Athlon 64 x2 4800+ 2.5GHz (65nm, C2 stepping, 2 x 512KB L2) - Geforce 8800GS 384MB - Crucial M4 128GB SSD - 2x1GB 800MHz DDR2 + 2x1GB 667MHz DDR2
And the fastest laptop I own period has the following:
And to clarify, that laptop in question isn't particularly light at all and is quite think too, and it's a 15" LCD. It's an Acer Aspire 5315-2639.
The best mobile computer I have, that is, something that's actually not moderately heavy and has a battery life better than 1-2 hours, is the following Asus EeePC netbook: - 1024x600 LED-backlit LCD display - 1.6GHz N270 Intel Atom (1 core, 2 threads) - integrated Intel 945GMA - OCZ Onyx 32GB SSD - 2GB DDR2
Currently, I have a mobile heavy/desktop environment. I have a high end consumer desktop serving as both a media and file server while powering both a TV display and a 1920x1200 display simultaneously. Usually all of the above is going at the same time, as I have separate hard drives for the media/file servers which don't impact the plenty of ram and graphics (HD 6970 3GB with an i7 920) for gaming. win7 x64.
In addition to that, my wife and I have about 4 active mobile phones (2 work, 2 personal), a tablet (nexus 7", and are about to look into whether we purchase a laptop or a tablet to assist with couchsurfing/portable needs that are above what a mobile phone is capable of. Chromecast has its limits vs chromecasting a browser window. Our laptops are broken/not cost efficient and were traded for the tablet - except for our 2 work laptops.
A sleekbook fits right into testing that capability with a touch screen to assess windows 8 vs another android tablet. This is as much about mobility (considering the laptop's radio range tested with an asus rt-n56u) as it is about just seeing how much a laptop like this can handle - whether the laptop could be an always-on candidate for offloading some of the file server functions or as more than a temporary storage place for DSLR photos, that's I want to see.
It's hard to assess what can be done without a laptop, but that's my current environment.
I currently have an older desktop I built, based on Nvidia's 650SLI chipset. At the time it was the only platform that officially supported DDR2-800Mhz. Currently the CPU is an E8400 and it has 4GB of DDR2-800 at 4-4-4-12. I have one GTX460 768MB GPU and a Hauppage TV Tuner/Capture card. I'm using a Thermaltake 550W PSU in an old Atrix case with a build in handle. It has one front Scythe 120mm fan, 2 side 80mm Antec Cool n Quiet fans with one rear 90mm Antec fan.
Though I started with one 500GB hard drive ($160 at the time) it now has two in RAID 0 and the OS is on a 256GB SSD. I ordered a Crucial SSD, but they gave me $80 back since they sent me a VisionTek; it works well so I'm happy with the deal. Finally it has a USB 3.0 expansion card in the spare PCI-E x16 port; it's a x1 card though.
My main laptop is a Clevo P151HM with Core i7 2630 and GTX560M GPU. 8GB DDR-3 1333 RAM with a Seagate MomentusXT 500GB hdd.
My work laptop is a cheap HP with Core i5 and integrated graphics on a 1360x768 screen.
I already won the V5 and am grateful. I really don't have a need for this level computing device. This class laptop is a role better fulfilled by my Clevo. However it would be really cool to have both this and the V5 for testing purposes. I'd love to run both of these through some benchmarks and testing scenarios just to see what happens. I work as an Engineer so I do performance testing and documentation all the time; it's just on Industrial level hardware. Most of which is built in house. It's much less exciting than consumer class hardware; at least most of the time.
Once I was done testing this machine I'd likely give it away to the wife of one of my friends. They just got married and are struggling to get by. Someone gifting them something like this is really the only way they're going to have a nice computing platform for the foreseeable future. This is thin and light so she could carry it around easily enough and the specs should exceed her needs. The most taxing thing she does is put music to pictures and play flash games. I also don't expect the resolution would bother her and I know the SSD would make her very happy with it.
I've never won anything before so that V5 was really cool. I figure maybe I can let some of my karmic momentum benefit someone else; if I should happen to win two give a ways in a row.
I currently own a desktop - 955 Deneb and a 5870 with 12GB of RAM in a 770 ASRock motherboard. My laptop is an X220 with an i3 Sandy Bridge.
I use the machines mainly for web browsing, media, minimal gaming (couple hours a week and only on the desktop as HD300 can't handle it), and AutoCAD for work. The desktop is still going strong, with more than ample power for my needs. The laptop on the other hand could use an upgrade, if only for the graphics. I love my X220, but the HD3000 appears to be a limiting factor in my AutoCAD work and therefore I'm restricted to 2D modeling on the field (and that can get slow too) while 3D is a nonstarter. I reckon this HP Envy would provide ample power to do both :)
i have a 11" macbook air (2010), which i use for casual stuff -- email, news, etc., and a desktop (i3 sandy bridge) that i use for work and tasks that require power. it would be great to have a notebook with a "big enough" screen that's powerful enough to replace the desktop, because desktops are inconvenient for my small apartment.
i also have a nexus 4 and nexus 7, which serve strictly as a phone and ebook/bedtime device.
Currently I have PC 2 systems (no tablets but both my wife and I have Android smartphones). One is my HTPC/Media server/(light)Gaming Rig (Intel Pentium G860 w/ Radeon 7770 GPU) that I have hooked into my main tv downstairs, and the other is a 15" Lenovo laptop (Intel i5). Both systems are currently running Windows 7 and I have a couple of Linux distros installed via VM on the laptop for some light development work I do on the side.
If I were to win this laptop it would enable me to work on my existing laptop while my wife and kids use the new laptop. In addition, we home school our two oldest kids (2nd grade and kindergarten) and have been thinking of incorporating some light computer instruction and having the latest OS with a touchscreen would be a HUGE benefit for us. It would enable us to cross the gap they currently have when they go from using our phone to trying to use the Laptop - they always reach up and try to touch and manipulate the screen (especially the 2.5 year old). In addition, I have always been an AMD fan (first PC I built was a 1GHz AMD machine), but went with Intel on my latest HTPC build and laptop and would love the opportunity to go back to AMD and see how it stacks up with the Intel chipset.
I've got a slow netbook that I would love to replace. Maybe this laptop would fit the bill. Apprehensive about a 1366 x 768 screen. Maybe winning one would change my mind?
I have 3 computers at home. One desktop, one laptop, and one netbook. The desktop is a core i7-920 from a few years ago. It has dual monitors, and it is my go to computer when I'm at home. Reasons are the big monitors and the fast speed. I sometimes remote log in to work, but mainly it's used for browsing the web (social websites, news, etc), as well as some light gaming. The laptop is an old Core Solo laptop. It's currently connected to the TV and runs XBMC. The reason for that is because the battery died, and it's not worth it to buy a new one for it. The netbook is what I use when I am on the go. It is an Atom N280 netbook. It works fine for simple web browsing, but I've noticed that the 10 inch screen is increasing becoming stressful for my eyes. Not to mention it can't do much other than browsing simple sites.
With a new AMD sleekbook, I'll be able to protect my eyes better, and not want to smash my computer when I'm out and suddenly want to watch a video or some family pictures. Weight was a major consideration when I chose the netbook, and I had to sarifice light gaming in order to hit that weight. With the AMD sleekbook, the weight would not increase too much, but gaming is now very doable.
This one will be for my lovely wife. She went through college and grad school with an old beat up HP notebook that is now just about dead. That thing is slow, a good bit of the screen has dead blue pixels, and yet she loves the look and the feel of that old broke laptop. When I showed here this HP she really liked it, this the entry.
With her new job going to visit clients (marketing) the new laptop will make a world of difference for her.
I currently have my old desktop from 2009, which was top of the line then and has aged well enough but I can't lug it around wherever I want! My laptop died recently and I just have too many other things to pay off to buy a new one, so a new, sleek laptop would be perfect for when I go visit family, friends, club meetings and more!
I've got a desktop computer that I built a few years back that has an Athlon X2 with an SSD as my primary machine. It is starting to show its age, though the SSD gave me a couple more years. We also have an ASUS laptop that is a little old, pretty slow, and serves as a computer for the other person stuck not using the desktop. Before I put the SSD in the desktop, it was the primary computer that people would try to use. Would love to win this one because the last one is due for a replacement, and I'd love to switch to windows 8 the way it was meant to be used- with a touchscreen.
Hello! We currently have phones and a terribly old Asus laptop. Often we want to do something on a real computer because its very hard to do on our phones or just awful to use our old laptop. Would love something like this!!
I currently have my desktop. Which was built using a Shuttle SFF, which is making upgrades quite a pain. It has a Phenom II x3 (forget the exact model, but the fastest one that was still 95w TDP, since that is the max the system could take) with an XFX 7750 (needed to be single slot). It does have two SSDs though, which make it very fast.
I also have an Asus Transformer TF700. It's ok, but a bit sluggish. I'm going back to school and it works ok for notes, but none of the Pearson stuff works, which stinks since there is a decent amount of info that helps with the books available online. They all force you to their Android apps, which are broken. I also have a Galaxy Nexus in serious need of replacing. It eats batteries :(
My current setup is heave on desktop units. I have some laptops but they are showing their age, and one has a broken hinge and I don't dare open or close it any more, so it is no longer portable. I'd love to compare my older laptops with one that was actually manufactured in this decade.
When I first noticed the AMD Center, I didn't pay it much mind, but now I'm beginning to wonder if you guys are going to be capable of beating AMD down into the dirt when they screw up if you've got a section bought and paid for on your site.
For example, where are the news releases and commentary on the current CF 4K issues that most other technical sites are talking about? Are those also in your AMD section somewhere?
Right now I currently own a self built desktop with an AMD FX 8320. It is currently more than fast enough for games and whatever else I might throw at it. However a new notebook would be very much appreciated as my Acer aspire one is a bit long in the tooth.
Lets see. My name is Luke. I am a Computer Science major in Information Security and Assurance. I currently have a lenovo B575. The day I got it a key popped off. I thought it would be good enough for my needs, but turns out I was mistaken. I got it for $250 new on a sale as that is I could afford anyways. It is more of a pain to work with than anything. It is pretty slow having a Brazos E450 in it. For my major, just to do homework I usually need a VM open (Kali or Ubuntu), a couple Word documents, a couple PowerPoints, and Internet for labs. I also have program in PHP (so have XAMPP and MySQL running as services), I use Netbeans, BlueJay and Visual Studio so I can learn Java, C++ and C#. It is very slow makes me want to toss it across the library every time I use it. The thing has a hard time navigating through Chrome yet a lone multitasking or running these heavy applications.
I always envy these new laptops I see online and out in the wild wishing that I could afford something with some bunch. But as a poor married college student with two children, it can be hard to keep a decent amount of food in the fridge let a lone buying another lowend, slightly faster laptop.
My current laptop is an HP Envy but my fan is going out! I'm leaning heavier on my desktop to compensate, but winning this would help me get away from my desk!
Hey, No one needs this more than me! (well....). I just bough at i5 acer for my busines, and this POS died on my during tax season. Further, a computer company client of mine wiped the HD and did not keep my Office Keys. So I thought about trying Office 365, but I also had a hosted outlook Exchange server. 365 tried to subvert the server, so I cancelled it, but then my Windows Phone contacts could not be accessed on Outlook.com as Outlook.com tried to access the new subverting cancelled server at my business address. My phone was then dying, so I tried to merge all contacts on the phone, sync with Exchange, which seemed to work! Well it didn't. It only added phone numbers to known contacts already in Exchange, and worse, it updated OLD numbers that were no longer working that I had updated in Exchange already. 2000 contacts, and I do not know it the phone numbers are correct now.
Have I not suffered enough at the hands of the Tech God? Have I not made enough blood sacrifice. I have been a devotee of this site since 1999 or so, even though I did not have an account for many years. I have posted numerous secular (mac v Win) posts here, made jests about the great robot protector with sword and flaming shield for over a decade to lift the hearts of the hosts. Mother of god, pick me! Pick me! :)
I'd like a personal laptop that's not one component away from failure. Currently rocking an iPhone 4S with no wifi and a two generations old latitude with a hinge that's just about to snap. Hoping to get something current before one of these takes the next step into the grave.
I have an awesome gaming setup currently and a HTPC that I recently built. I just gave away my 13.3" ultraportable laptop to my dad so he could use it at church. At my job they didn't give me a computer but it seems like a laptop would be good to have since I don't have one anymore. Plus if I go traveling I could always play a game or two!
first of all, it wasn't until the last contest that I realized that the email address I had set up here for probably the last 10+ years was my college email, so even if I've won a contest, I don't know because the email didn't work due to my own stupidity!
second, I currently have 2 gaming PCs (one fx8320 @ 4.6ghz, one c2q6600 @ 3.6 ghz) and an old acer laptop (turion based), plus an HTPC, and of course 2 smart phones. The old acer laptop is, well, old, and these would be ideal replacements, especially since they are powerful enough to play a game or two if I wanted without firing up the power hungry desktop.
My home consists of 6 main PCs, 2 NAS, 1 laptop, 2 tablets, 4 cell phones… My pc is a custom C2Q Q6600, my wife has an HP C2Q 8200, my teen has a small Dell studio hybrid and my two younger children share an AMD 4850e based system running Ubuntu. The living room and master bedroom have C2D based HTPCs for media consumption. Media is served inside and outside the home via (2) Unraid based servers (older 8TB and newer 30TB server).
I work from home 40% of the time and use my desktop for web, email and virtualbox to log in to multiple VPN environments. My wife and teen use their desktops for web,email, and youtube (teen) while my younger kids are logged into one of the many kid friendly websites (Disney, Nick,CartoonNetwork, etc) on their shared PC. The older Unraid server is used for data backups while the newer one is used for streaming audio and movies around the house. My wife finally allowed me to dump her netbook this past Mother’s day and she now uses an Asus i3 based touchscreen ultrabook when traveling. (10-15% of the time)
My youngest daughter has a 1st gen kindle fire and my son has permanently taken over my Nexus7. Both are used for reading and light gaming on the go.
Lastly I use a Nexus4, my wife has an HTC One and my teen uses a hand-me-down HTC Sensation 4G. All are just typical use smartphones. My youngest daughter is allowed to carry the spare LG GS170 with her when she’s over a friend’s house.
So what’s missing…A laptop for me. I’m tired of sitting in the office away from the family while working. The laptop would allow me to carry my work into any room and not be confined to my desk.
Love Anandtech. I have been in semiconductor startegy/corp. development roles professionally, and routinely use Anandtech for valuable insights on technologies, roadmaps, tear-downs, reviews etc.
I am a fan of AMD. I'm rooting for them to roll out some competitive products. This looks like a nice laptop at a good price. I would upgrade the SSD to 256/240. I'd look for a mSATA port internally. I like the idea of having two storage ports internally. I wish I could upgrade the screen to 1600x900 minimum. I think their APUs give them the best competitive edge from their products. I believe they can compete on a platform level and have just missed the opportunity. There is a lot of opportunity to innovate there even with out the fastest proc. Anyway this laptop would be used for mobile gaming. I know that it will be better than what I have.
I currently have a dual-monitor desktop with a Phenom 9750 that my wife and I use for all of our computing. I also have two headless desktops that I use for my Exchange server study lab: A Phenom II X4 (4GB) and an FX-8350 (8GB). My wife and I don't like spending time together in the office at the desk, so I have been looking for a long time to get a lightweight device that we can consume content with in the living room. I would love to win the Acer V5 so that I my wife and I could leverage SmartGlass, and I could sit next to her while I study in my lab. I have done many usability studies and would love to provide in-depth, honest feedback!
Thanks to AMD and Anandtech for the contest. I currently have two desktop computers (each 3-4 years old) that still have reasonable computational power (quad core AMD chips, 8 GB RAM, SSD + HDD). One desktop is at work the other is in the office. When traveling, I use a ~4 year old laptop with a core i3 processor, which is starting to feel its age since. It still works fine, but it would be great to have something with a bit more oomph when traveling. And for downtime, having a laptop with something better than the original Intel HD graphics would be fantastic. I'm glad these have SSDs installed. My other wish-list item would be a higher resolution display. It wouldn't need to be 1080p, but certainly 1600x900 would be appreciated on a 15.6" display.
I have a fairly modern desktop and an antique one for emergencies and experiments, though no longer a second monitor. Other than a phone, what I don't have is a portable computing device, so I very much would like a laptop.
I have an AMD A4-5300 APU desktop. No current laptop or tablet. I would use the Sleekbook to do video editing, work on my website on the go, and game from time to time.
Hey! I'm a poor college student with an Ivy Bridge desktop an a smartphone. I'm a light gamer (mostly Minecraft) and use my desktop for media consumption purposes, but find myself lacking a mobile device for use in school. I often take notes and view course materials in class on my aging Galaxy S2 (with a broken USB port), so this notebook would be coming with me to class every day. If I win, I will probably look for an expanded battery for it as some days I may be away from an outlet for 4-5 hours.
My laptop is a 17" Lenovo Ideapad Core2 era. It is huge and does not cool properly, so I mostly use my ipad and Nexus 7 for every day computing but I would really love a new laptop to start a dev project that has been on my mind for a few months.
(copied and pasted from the other one as the argument is exactly the same) I have a ~3 year old W510 that I've used as a portable desktop for the last couple years. It's been a great computer, does everything I've needed, but recently I've had very strong desires to get an ultraportable. Since I started to walk to work everyday I've left my computer at work, as the system starting becoming too bothersome to really justify taking it back home. When I recently hurt my back, and ran into a situation where I did need to take my computer home, I came to acutely realize how important it was to cut down on the weight of my computer. My next computer will certainly be an ultraportable, and I'd feel very lucky to win this one!
Desktop: Windows 7 (although soon to be Windows 8.1 / Linux Mint), on an Intel i5-3570K (4.3GHz), Radeon HD 7970 (1050MHz), 8GB 1866MHz RAM, Intel 520 SSD (240GB). I built this desktop as a gaming rig, although it has more generally served as my home theater PC, and I have a lot less time for gaming than I'd like .... so really it is just a lot of power that goes idle most of the time.
Laptop: Clevo W110ER with Windows 8.1 (previously Ubuntu) on an Intel i5-3360M, Nvidia GT 650M, 8GB 1600MHz RAM (CL9!), Crucial M4 128GB SSD. This is an 11 inch box of bad compromises unfortunately. I bought the chassis and put the parts in it in hopes of having an awesome do it everything ultra-portable, but it ended up being not good at much of anything. The GPU + CPU do well enough for games, but it is such a poor laptop that it really isn't enjoyable to use (poor display, undersized mushy keyboard, uncomfortable trackpad, thick and heavy but without great performance or a larger screen, and very bad battery life).
What I need: I am currently a Computer Science undergrad, and really just spend most of my time either doing schoolwork or programming projects, making my gaming computers not very useful. After spending more time with Windows 8, I really want a laptop with a touchscreen; that's a must for my next computer. I also want something either more portable, or with a larger screen, and it looks like the Envy Touchsmart fits that exactly. Plus, I am a big fan of an APU setup - I have built a couple ITX desktops with Llano and Trinity and was really excited with them. I really do hope AMD can continue to innovate and deliver on the APU platform since there is clearly a lot of potential.
I forgot to add, I have one more rig that you might appreciate =) Giant desktop with an AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 Clawhammer, rockin almost 3GHz, on an Asus A8N32 - SLI motherboard, 4GB (that's right!) Corsair XMS 450MHz DDR RAM, and a bricked ATI Radeon X850 XT PE. Needless to say, I don't use this rig for much of anything, but it is amazing to me that I can STILL use it to get stuff done. Those were the glory days for AMD!
1 - An unraid rig that houses my movie collection as well as a primary storage of my important documents (family photos, legal documents, etc).
2 – An Android smartphone that is used for taking work calls, checking/updating Google Documents, and its Navigation software.
3 – A 10 year old budget Dell laptop containing a single core Pentium 1.5 Ghz with a slow as mud failing hard drive running Ubuntu 12.04
This third machine I use for remoting into work every day as well as for banking/billing. It is the machine that I rely on for being able to actively work and sustain a living. I use it from home and while traveling (for work).
My fourth machine –custom built by me - a 920 liquid cooled Gaming rig – was recently parted out to help with our cash flow. I had desired to replace both this machine and my 10 year old dell with a single modern laptop but life stepped in the way and that cash liquidity is gone.
I also own a Raspberry Pi but have found this to not allow me to reliably remote into work.
Now I find myself with a failing machine that responds far slower than I need a machine to - replacing it would not be a fiscally sound decision, but its degrading convalescence may force it to land upon a credit purchase. I would LOVE to be able to reliably remote into work using this laptop, not have to wait for sluggish single core reaction times coupled with a slow failing mechanical hard drive waits, to be able to test my work’s software for windows 8 compatibility, as well as having the chance to play some less demanding games once again. Oh how I miss playing games.
I currently have two desktops that I built myself at home used by myself and my son for general use and gaming. I have one desktop made by HP and two HP laptops that my wife and daughter use for work and school, respectively. I used to have a laptop for general use around the house and for when we travel or have work to do while on the go, but that gave up the ghost about 6 months ago and we have not yet replaced it. Instead, we have been getting by by using our phones (2 iPhone 4s's, a Galaxy S3, and a Galaxy S4) or our tablet (a Motorola Xoom). These mobile options have been great and get us by for most things, but I really find myself missing the flexibility of a good laptop when I have more intense work to do on the go where a PC would be helpful (writing papers, doing research, working remotely through the VPN, doing IT troubleshooting for my extended family, or helping with homework). I have wanted to get into the Windows 8 experience for some time with a modern laptop, but our budget just hasn't allowed it, yet.
So, winning something like this would be great and would completely round out my computing experience once again. Balance in the universe! ;-) Anyway, I would also enjoy capturing my experience with it and would be happy to write a detailed review for AMD and Anandtech!
Well not entering for myself but for my gf. She has an older Dell Latitude running a Core Duo and a small slow hdd (80gb) and could really use the upgrade. With one of these new ones I can finally get her more into gaming and she would use it occassionally in the kitchen to bring up recipes.
I currently run an old HP DV7 with an AMD Turion x2 and a HD3200. The machine is still chugging along, but the graphics is lacking and the CPU cache proves to be frustrating... Not to mention the cooling fan is now making fun noises.
I've got a wife and two kids, and a bunch of linux desktops and just one windows desktop for the wife. We both have work laptops, but I'd like a personal one for travelling, and/or letting the kids play minecraft together. This would also let me retire one of the old linux desktops, it's just not got enough oomph to do what I want graphically any more. And it's an AMD box too, as are all my linux systems.
I have an i5-2500k based desktop and a first gen kindle fire running Android 4.1. I am going to be traveling more in the near future and the table doesn't quite cut it for anything other than reading emails / watching short videos. I could certainly use an upgrade.
I have a Surface Pro, old Dell Studio 14z with a dead battery, and an HP TouchPad that just gave up its ghost this weekend. An ENVY Sleekbook would fit nicely to replace the old 14z that cannot stray too far from a wall outlet. I would use the Sleekbook for some light gaming, media consumption, and the occasional on-the-go productivity work.
I have an old Q6600 desktop sitting on my desk in the family room. It's definitely showing it's age now, and it would be awesome to replace the big case, fans, and wires with a nice sleek notebook on the desk!
The V5 would be a great computer for my son, who could use his own proper computer for school use--he has use of my old Galaxy Tab 7.7, but that is inadequate for ... most things. My primary-use machine is an ultrabook (Vaio Pro 13) alongside an older-but-still-game-capable desktop (Lynnfield+Radeon 6950)--this is what my son uses when he needs to do anything to which Android is unsuited. My wife uses a pre-"ultrabook" laptop (first-gen Samsung Series 9), and my daughter is less than a year old and doesn't use any computing devices.
This would probably even be better for him to use at home than the small Temash laptop from last time, since I know that Richland will provide an eminently adequate computing experience for him, not to mention he could get away with some light gaming on it. And while we all have the same feelings as adults about those 768p 15" screens, the larger text and UI elements might keep him from getting as near-sighted as I am, or at least slow the process... (hey, silver lining, right?)
Current laptop: HP Pavilion dv6t-7000 i7-3610QM used as primary Windows 8 computer. Current desktop: Custom built AMD Phenom II X4 965 used as primary Linux/development machine. How a Sleekbook would improve my current setup: Would love to have a lightweight, touchscreen enabled Windows 8 laptop to carry around for Photoshop and general computing needs. Afterall, Windows 8 is designed for touch and AMD provides the best graphics at low-power! It would allow me to move Linux to my HP Pavilion to replace the awesome but power-hungry desktop. Of course I would find my old desktop a loving and caring new home.
I currently have a desktop that was built 8 years ago and a laptop that is 4 years old and is currently my "main" computer. They both function when it comes to general computing like browsing or word processing, but are starting to show their age especially in terms of streaming movies or TV where they overheat and shut themselves down after about a half hour. I'd use the Sleekbook as my main computer as it would be able to handle streaming video as well as the every day typing that I do.
I currently do onsite IT work for small businesses and home users in my area, and my current laptop is an old Dell Studio 1737 with both a hard drive and 60GB SSD. It's pretty heavy to lug around with all of my other tools and bags, and I'm starting to have back trouble as a result. I'd like a sleekbook both to save weight as well as to evaluate AMD's current generation processors and Microsoft Windows 8 with a touchscreen as I didn't much care for it with keyboard and trackpad. I would certainly be willing to provide feedback on the machine, and it would be a visible demonstration unit to my client base who are looking to replace machines currently.
Currently have an old IBM X41 tablet and a rapidly aging HP($99!) touchpad with Cyanogenmod, so less then sleek. The need for more power on the desktop end is less. Have a watercooled I7 930 at 4.2ghz, originally with dual AMD/ATI 4870's running in crossfire, which were replaced by a single 7870(tahiti core) last year. Still fits all my needs. Would be awesome to get similar power in a sleek mobile chassis, and indication of how far we've come in the mobile space.
I have a desktop that I built. It is a modest system with a 3570k, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, and a radeon 7850. I also have a Galaxy Note 2.
Winning a sleekbook would allow me to do some productivity work and mild gaming while I am away from my desktop since my Note 2 can only do so much. It is more frequent nowadays since I am preoccupied with my job.
i have a homebuilt AMD 8 core powerhouse, Nvidea 580 graphics card, sabertooth 990fx mobo, soundblaster x-fi soundcard, samsung 128 ssd, samsung 1tb hdd, corsair vengence 16 gig, corsair 850 psu, corsair h110 wc, sitting in a thermaltake level 10 gt case with a geforce 3d vision setup, and a viewsonic 120 hz 3d monitor. I love gaming, gaming in 3d is great, but I would like to be able to be portable with my gaming as well. the laptop would be a great addition. my first laptop was AMD and every pc I have owned since has been AMD, I have never owned an Intel pc. thanks for your time and consideration.
I currently have an iPad, a Galaxy S4 smartphone, and an ACER 20" All-In-Once touchscreen PC at home. I followed the development of Windows 8 closely as I am a very informed consumer, esp with technology, and am always interested in increasing productivity or useability. I manage the IT (mostly integrating software into our workflow and choosing hardware in general) for a small office and so I focus alot on bottom line benefits of new stuff. I sold my Win7 PC and laptop to try iPad and Win8 PC exclusively. I find the iPad nearly useless for our work, the apps are nice but smartphone does the same, half our websites only work on Int Explorer, and the iPad is just another peripheral to drag around. The PC I like but don't find time to explore Win8 enough, and having it tied to my home means I barely use it. Currently my most common usage is in an emergency I will stream my Win8 desktop to my iPad so I can use all my websites. I love the new Start screen and prefer the UI to the iPad's simplicity. It makes me want a real Win8 tablet constantly. I previously had an Asus Transformer and loved the keyboard dock, but Android is no good for my work.
So if I got the HP Envy I could throw away my entire current setup, bring my Windows with me everywhere, work anywhere, and never have to worry about streaming problems (latency, data, internet connection, etc). I could work faster and smarter, and enjoy personal news, videos, etc with the UI I actually enjoy using.
AMD has been at the heart of every rig I have ever built for myself for nearly 20 years now, from my Super Socket 7 first time build, to my current gaming and development rig sporting Radeon 7950s from Sapphire.
My only regret to date, is I have never owned an AMD based laptop, as I have always been provided one through work, which always happen to be Intel based. If I won this, it would simply be a sign that AMD really does love it's fans, and I would lovingly use this Slate to its maximum potential everyday.
My current setup includes: - My beloved gaming desktop (3770K / Radeon HD 7970) that I use for gaming whenever my studies permit it. - An AMD "Sleekbook" from HP that I take with me to classes for notes and use for studying at home and elsewhere. - My faithful Samsung Galaxy S2 that I take with me everywhere and seemingly at all times distract myself with.
I am actually entering this contest for my girlfriend who doesn't personally visit AnandTech's website but I quite persistently try to inform her of the latest tech news and reviews (Most of the time at least she'll nod as if she's listening while scrolling through Facebook). She has a very old 13" Macbook that is too slow for HD video, which I frequently "fix" for her by selecting a lower video setting on YouTube. The Macbook has also sustained much physical damage since coming into her possession. For example, she recently elbow-slammed the display after jumping on the bed unaware that her laptop was hiding under the covers (It was a lethal blow for many of the pixels in the upper left corner). Nonetheless, the Macbook lives and she also uses it for notes and studying.
Winning the V5 would surely make her quite happy, which would also make me quite happy. She could finally watch her cat videos on YouTube in HD and note taking would surely be better without a black sun of dead pixels in the corner of her display.
The current computing environment in use at our residence includes
1. six android phones (very light web use such as weather, news, email) 2. two android tablets for you tube, android games, web surfing 3. five PCs all 3 years or older (gaming, web surfing, school work) 4. Blue ray player for netflix 5. Several handheld gaming consoles such as DS, 3DS, etc.
A lap top would be a nice addition for a engineering student in the family who is making do with a home based PC but really needs a more mobile solution for school. A modern multi core laptop with decent memory and graphics capabilities is a must for an aspiring engineer using Solid Works and LabView.
currently have a mac and an ipad, kids always on both playing games, watching videos, and doing homework. Need Sleekbook so that i can pay bills, look for a job, etc.
In our house currently, I'm using an old Dell C2D desktop (which gets the job done) and my wife is saddled with a clunky old Acer Aspire notebook. If I happened to win the giveaway, the new laptop would go to the wife. Happy wife, happy life!
I own several machines that I use daily. For work, I use a Dell Precision M4600. Its very heavy and bulky. Good performance, but oh so heavy. For personal use I have an older Santa Rosa based MacBook (In black) which is getting very long in the tooth. For mobile I carry an iPhone 5S. I currently do not own a tablet, or any form of ultrabook.
This machine would really help in this area. Having a high quality, light weight, machine would be *SO* nice.
I currently own a smartphone (Galaxy S3), an aging desktop PC and an e-reader. The desktop was built as a gaming machine 5 years ago and is definitely showing its age. I previously had an AMD + nVidia Laptop which was unfortunately a member of “bumpgate” (a term I learned from Brian Klug on the Anandtech podcast) and no longer functions. As a result I am without a mobile productivity solution. I use the e-reader for books, and my smartphone for most other things (web, email). Because the desktop PC is on a different level of my house from the living area where the family hangs out, I rarely use it but for the occasional time I want to play an old game or need to do some video conversions.
I could really benefit from a modern notebook with great battery life. I would anticipate using it for several hours a day most evenings to access the web, store edit and share photos, and for occasional video or music streaming and light gaming. This would be my “go to” PC due to its mobility and ability to be used from the couch or around the house.
My wife and I currently have two desktops and one laptop. My gaming desktop is plenty fast, while her desktop is pretty typical: about 3-4 years old with an upgraded 560ti graphics card.
Our HP DM4 laptop, however, is not so great. I think it is at least 3-4 years old. We recently took it completely apart to try and clean out the fan to make it run a littler cooler, but that does not appear to have helped at all. This thing runs toasty hot and is not a joy to use unless you prop it up and make sure that nothing is touching the “hot” side with the CPU. It’s also not lightweight or fast. We would love a nice new cooler running laptop that is lightweight and slim. And this HP Envy Sleekbook looks like the perfect match.
What I have is a solid desktop machine for work and gaming as well as an older Thinkpad that is used for work. The Thinkpad is unfortunately a single core model, relatively large/heavy and really showing its age. A new slimmer lighter laptop, especially a decently powerful one would be useful.
I'd like to win the Sleekbook because I will soon be without a computer! I will soon be graduating from grad school and will have to return the MBP that supplied to me for my research. I'm interested in the touch aspect of the Sleekbook, as I currently don't have a tablet.
I have a 2 year old self-built PC and my daughters have a 5 year old self-built desktop. Both of my kids have tablets to increase their electronic habit portably but I do not have a tablet or laptop. I would need a laptop to add productivity as I attend college and it would be nice to take along to my friends where we game together (not graphically intensive bleeding edge games but still). Also there have been times when a laptop capable of office software would help out my kids with their schoolwork in ways their tablets cannot.
I currently use a 32gb iPad for my mobile computing needs as a business major. With a "real" notebook, I would have more flexibility on where and when I can do my work without having to head home every time a paper is due.
I am using the home-build desktop on i7-2600 running Windows 7. Home network is build around the server running Home Server 2011 that runs on home-build server based on dual core CPU. I have 13" very old Sony laptop S260 running XP or Ubuntu. Looking for the old laptop replacement.
I have 2 computers (one AMD, one Intel) that are so old that it would be embarrassing to describe them here. Consequently, I do most my home web browsing on my iPhone.
I do a lot of photography and this laptop would make an excellent portable workstation with its large display and ultra light weight. I have an older desktop with a Tri-core AMD processor and a Surface RT tablet and both are quite good but the laptop here would allow for actual photo editing on site as well as displaying it to the customer. The SSD also allows for faster boot and speed as well as a longer battery life. I could really use this as a serious tool! Besides, I'm very partial to AMD components. Good price and a long life in them.
I have a gaming machine/server (AMD with Radeon), my wife has a laptop she uses in the living room, and a 1st-Gen Atom netbook. I would like to be able to spend time with her while watching our child play (and TV). Also, she is pregnant again, so having a second computer that can actually be used (as the netbook is just awful with modern software) in the living room would be nice to let us spend quality family time together before and after our 2nd child is born.
Nice looking laptop. Hope to be selected. Currently have a self-built desktop with an Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe motherboard and love it. This laptop will perfect complement my desktop for everyday tasks because it appears to have more than enough muscles to handle many tasks.
My parents (which is who this laptop will go to if I win) are running some ancient HP pre-built desktop featuring a blazing fast single core AMD processor (the model number I do not immediately recall), 1GB of DDR1 system memory and a rarely updated Windows XP. Their primary uses are email, word processing and web browsing. I NEED to win this so I can get them the heck off that dinosaur and onto something running a modern version of Windows and is actually capable of fully booting to desktop in less than 5 minutes.
I need a laptop for portable work. I'm a musician - I don't need anything particularly heavy lifting. I need something with plenty of battery life and low weight, and this would be perfect.
I currently have a 4 year old Dell Studio laptop that is showing its age and has very little battery life. Plus, it's my home machine and I don't like mixing home and work. Then I have an iPad 1... yeah, exactly. The Sleekbook would allow me to work on the road, and play occasionally too. Plus it would help me start developing and testing software on Win8. Pick me! :) I'm not too shabby at reviews either, so I'll have plenty of feedback for AMD & HP.
I am currently running a couple of computers and several tablets in the household. The kids use iPad 2s for consumption of media and for gaming. The wife and I have iPad 3s also used for media and gaming. No android or msft tablets yet but I am curious about the latest Nexus 7 from Google. The wife and kids all use iPhones while I am using a Galaxy Note II. The PCs are all home brew based on Intel; the oldest is Core 2 Duo 6750 with Nvidia 9600 and the most recent is Sandy Bridge i5 2500k with AMD 6850. A new AMD based laptop with the Richland APU would be a great addition to the collection of tech around here; probably get snagged by the wife!
It would be for my father. I purchased his last laptop several years ago. He used it for several years (mostly for oovoo calls to my little boy). About two years ago he helped a person with a place to stay and had his laptop and a few other things stolen. It would be great for us because we could resume coast to coast grand-dad to grand-son oovoo calls. It looks slim enough for him to travel with too.
This laptop would help me out a lot, I work all day and am going to college at night, it is a completely online college and I am currently using an old Gateway laptop NX560 which overheats often. I would love something new to keep up with assignments and class projects. My current laptop is outdated and has little problems that get very frustrating. This laptop would greatly improve my present situation and would allow me the ability to be mobile again, I also do photography in my spare time and since I take a large amount of pictures, I need the ability to transfer my pictures to a permanent storage solution and this laptop would give me the power I need to run Photoshop and Lightroom for editing.
My current setup consists of only a desktop PC. Although this PC is powerful I cannot carry it around with me, which is a problem because I am just starting my graduate studies. Winning this laptop would help me tremendously with my school work by being able to access the internet and have a means to write papers/do projects while at school. This would mean that I do not have to come back home to type and print papers which would save me a lot of time. Just having a computing option that I can carry around with me is something that has become very important right now.
I'm currently starting a company with a former colleague of mine and while I have plenty of desktops and old equipment for infrastructure on what we need to do I haven't had a need to be mobile for years until now and while my wife still has a 10" netbook that is running an E-350, she doesn't like me stealing it--especially not to do work on. This would help me out a lot with getting this project moving forward and hopefully make it a reality (I've been doing a lot of the programming for it, and I'm not a programmer so it's slow going, so being able to work on it whenever I have spare time would be nice). Thanks for the opportunity Anand :)
Currently in service (not counting 3 self-built desktops in cold standby) is a trusty Win 7 Pentium Extreme 955 Presler that functions mainly as a media server and (albiet a tad dated) game machine. I also have a BB Bold that functions mainly as email reading on the fly and a phone. An iPad for a tad more serious emailing and surfing. This leaves a void for serious mobile PCing such as databasing, spreadsheets, presentations etc. at work away from my desk (e.g., meetings and conferences) and on the road. The Sleekbook form factor and performance of the Richland would fit the bill nicely (and just may satisfy the occasional modest-resolution Skyrim craving :) ).
I bought my current computer just before going to college 5 years ago. I was going in for video editing and got a MacBook Pro. It still runs well enough, but only after I upgraded to 6 Gigs of RAM and a SSD. I had scraped up the money to build a proper powerhouse computer, sacrificing portability on my primary device. The building process has become a nightmare with an RMA still ongoing after a month.
Oh, and I have a Galaxy Nexus. Best phone I have ever had. I can't upgrade until it's 3 years old (bought it a year late so it was cheap on contract) but it has done everything I have ever asked it to.
I could really use a 15.6-inch HP ENVY TouchSmart Sleekbook, my Toshiba Satellite laptop is on its last legs. A Sleekbook would be quite a step up in power and portability. I would be more than happy to give a review with feedback on my experiences with an AMD powered Sleekbook.
I currently have no portable computer but a decent home computer for gaming. This becomes an issue when travelling to visit my girlfriend, who is about a year out from finishing school, and for our vacations. I'm currently studying for my CPP exam and will continue on to an accounting degree, so a laptop would help me remain diligent in my studies by allowing me to study easily when away from home. It will also help at home by isolating me from gaming temptation, studying away from the gaming machine.
We have an HP Envy Spectre which is great. For anyone purchasing, Envy is the way to go. We broke our charging cable and HP sent one free of charge. Definitely not expecting that because it was our fault. We had one other small issue and called and got a live person that I could understand and it was resolved quickly. We also have an Ipad 3rd generation and MK808 Android TV stick. We have a 1tb raided nas drive to centrally store our media. I have been visiting Anandtech just about everyday looking for unbiased reviews for over 10 years.
My first system was a 32BIT small form HP 7600DC with 1.5GB which I still have in the closet. It is the one I will not forget because trying to get some sort of juice out of that little thing is what got me learning and researching anything computer. I now run a 2009 Dell Vostro220s with a E5300 Intel processor 64 BIT DELL which is 3x better that the 32BIT; it's still a long way from what I hope to have put together one day. I also happened to get this computer from a boss who was throwing it out becuase a sprinkler head broke and water logged it. I grabbed it took it home and tore it apart trying to troubleshoot on why it would not boot up. Thank you Ebay because $50, a new Dell mobo and a new PSU and I had my frist upgrade from a 32BIT.. Man i was excited, to actually tear down a machine and get it running again. I have another older desktop's here at home; a T5062 E-machines running a AMD 3800 Anthlon chip is another one I got as a buddy was upgrading to something newer.. I let the oldest have it to play to do her school projects on.
I come here and to a couple of other PC build sites and drool over new hardware and the monster build's you guys put your hearts into making; and I sometimes a little disheartened by the fact that I just cant afford some of the things I see and really want. Knowing that the $60 I've been saving up for a new mobo or case is most likely going to go to the family because something breaks, we need gas money, groceries or meds. It can sometimes be frustrasting; but it also doesn't stop me from dreaming and wanting to have a great little gaming PC one day. When I finally get something worthy it is usually a few years old but that is ok because is new to me and better than what I had before and that makes me happy.
My main goal in this whole ordeal is to be able to actually have a decent gaming system that I can play any game I want. Right now with the PC and chipset I have; It just doesnt have the processing power to run anything past 09'. I think if I could even just get a decent graphics card then maybe I would be satisfied? lol nahhhh it probably won't stop there either. I joined EVGA a couple of months ago once I learned about Folding@home and felt that to be important to the scientific family. Knowing that running my desktop at night while I am asleep to help in the fight against cancer and other diseases is a good cause and I enjoy knowing that I'm helping in some small way.
I'm a big fan of AMD and their products and would gladly share my experiences with others if I happen to be choosen. This is a great oppurtunity for someone like me and I thank you guys and AMD for the chance to be apart of the AMD community again.
We are currently running an old 2.0 ghz celeron with 1gb ram and win xp as our desktop. I really need to replace that with something with a little more pep that I can also use as a portable PC while out doing studies toward my engineering degree. We also have a laptop that she caries with her with a duo core Pentium and 4gb of memory that sees a lot of use but that I almost have to schedule in time to get to use it. At one point I had a decent desktop but it got zapped in a storm and I haven't had enough discretionary income to purchase a new one. Now it seems that a laptop would be a better bet for the use that I need from it.
I'm currently working on my advertising undergraduate degree and only have an iPad mini at the moment for schoolwork, as my Sandy Bridge HP Envy 15 suffered an untimely death at the hands of a power surge recently. Having the zippy new Sleekbook to work in Photoshop and InDesign would be a huge improvement from borrowing my friend's machines and working on the university's slow desktops.
My wife and I have two nice desktops and two very old laptops. More and more we are having trouble doing everything we want to do on the laptops. As software advances, our old hardware struggles to keep up. We could really use a modern setup for portable writing sessions and smooth media streaming. Thanks!
I have an asus touchscreen laptop that works well for everyday tasks but I want to get back into game development (from the DX7-DX9 days). I need something like this system for fast compiles and DX11 compliance but also on the go because I'll be taking graduate classes as well. I think this is supposed to support tiled resources (DX11.2) with a driver update but I won't need that for a year anyway (when I've re-learned all the basics and am trying to expand my capabilities for tesselated terrain). If I won this I'd be very motivated to do something impressive with it quickly and share it with AMD and Anandtech.
I have a hp dmt 14 about 3 years old. I use a lot for study and analysis purposes. Over the years it has slowed down. A sleek book will be light ...i can't do this anymore... here is the truth. I want the sleekbook because it is new and it it is free. I do have a 3 year old hp dmt 14 laptop and it runs fine for now but with almost non existent battery life. I never had a amd machine before due to irrational fears i guess and this will be an opportunity for me to own one.
Have a 4 year old HP pavilion dv6000 which puts out very high heat, i'm mostly a stationary computer user who would like an upgrade from current model. Winning a sleekbook would be great!
I have an old Dell Latitude, which is great for upgrading but poor or portability. I have yet to find a laptop that can replace it. I mainly look for amount of ram 8gb min and display. Current resolution I have is 1920x1200 and I refuse to go lower. I also have a newer Dell Latitude from work. Still big, but battery life is much better. It's low resolution makes it hard to work on when not docked to gain more displays.
The HP would be great for testing and developing touch applications. Sadly with a 768 display it would not replace my old Latitude. My cell phone has the same resolution.
I am self employed and constantly on the go. I require access to an online spreadsheet that I've been managing with my Galaxy S3. I thought this setup would function but it only barely manages. I decided to get a Nexus 7 to help with the situation, but it is not any better. What I really need is a real PC with a real keyboard that is also portable and good on battery life. This notebook would better fit the bill than what I've tried, and give the the full usability of a PC.
I have a Dell inspiron m5110 with an A8-3520m +6470m in dual graphics as well as a nexus 4 and have no desktop. Our old desktop was an XPS 400 and it died out. We are using a Sony VAIO e series with an i3-330m to replace it. My mom has an iPad 2. I'd like to win this for my dad as he has no work laptop and to give this to him. He owns a galaxy s4 as his smartphone. He's been looking for a good laptop and I know AMD is good and along with their generosity of adding an SSD I'm sure he will be more than satisfied with the speed and mobility of this laptop. Thanks and good luck everyone
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My current setup is a Core i5-2500k based gaming desktop, a Nexus 7 for mobile content consumption, and an 8-year-old laptop for "mobile" productivity (mobile in the tied-to-a-wall-socket sense, since the laptop lasts about 15 seconds on a full charge - the battery is so old and decrepit that I just leave it out to keep the weight down). Those 4 Piledriver cores have to be about a gazillion times faster than the single core Pentium M in the brick, and probably draw half the power.
I currently have a 17-inch HP dv9000, which is obviously now getting quite long in the tooth and furthermore is redundant (as a desktop replacement) with my desktop. (Desktop is a self-built: ASROCK Z77 Extreme, 3570k, Radeon 7850, Tachyon 450 Platinum PSU, 8 GB RAM, Samsung 830 120GB SSD, 2x1TB WD Black HDD, Thor v2 case). I also have a small HTCP (also self-built), a media server, and two tablets (iPad and Kindle Fire).
I would like to have a modern laptop that's more transportable than the desktop replacement machine which is currently my only "notebook", but I also need it to be capable of driving media (preferably including some gaming capability), and functioning as an all-around notebook for me. I do not feel like a true ultrabook or other ultra-portable is necessary for most of my use cases, and frankly an actual laptop would help fill a gaping hole in my current set-up, since my house is pretty well tricked out with stationary computers between the desktop and the other machines.
I'd LOVE to get my hands on the HP Envy to try it out. It's been quite a while since I had any real mobile capability, since while I like both the iPad and the Kindle Fire they're both inadequate for productivity tasks while I'm on the go.
My current setup consists of a gaming desktop and a phone. While my gaming desktop is nothing to shrug at with a 3570k and crossfire 7870s, I've been in a dire need for a laptop for school. My HTC one can check my emails and do basics, but it's just not enough to do real work on. I would love to have one of these HP envy's. It would be SO helpful having a laptop for my school work, and when I'm done being productive I could actually get some gaming in too, which is a nice added bonus. Thank you AMD and anandtech!
Currently using my old gaming box as the primary development machine for my web startup. It's a i5 2500 with 8 gigs of ram, a 120gb phoenix pro SSD and AMD 6850. My only other device is a Nexus 7 tablet with a 3g plan. I carry an old school flip phone since I carry the tablet with me everywhere. I really need to get a laptop so I can start taking my work with me to startup events, instead of always borrowing my wife's laptop.
I have a desktop and a 5 year old Sony laptop with an Intel processor that is showing its age. I will need a new one very soon and am looking to see what performance these AMD new cpus can give. As a long time AMD supporter I'd love to own one of these.
I've been aching to get off my Dell Vostro 1400 but haven't been able to pull the trigger with costs and quickly changing tech. This would be a fantastic replacement.
Just helped son build a desktop with an fx6300 and a Sapphire 7870 graphics card, but he took it back to college with him. While researching son's build, I investigated all CPU chip performances and concluded FX series best for my son's needs -- but an APU chip would satisfy my needs. My current desktop rig dates to late 2006 (updated w/ win 7, but only 2 GB Ram and an Intel dual core processor) and has served me well, its just that it is so dated. Tablets limited to E-ink Nooks (which I do like for reading books). My needs are less graphics wise (mostly video and photo editing) and an APU in a mobile platform is something I could put to good use. An affordable, modern, mobile machine would be the next logical move for my computing environment.
My current setups: Toshiba satellite A6 laptop with Windows 8 otherwise I'm kicking it old school with AMD Socket A's in 2 desktops with some blazing fact pc3200 ram. I wish I had something faster. Ever since windows 8 came out I find myself wanting to touch it, like it was ment to be. This sleekbook would be perfect to enter me into the touch era and blazing fast with the a10 apu. With this laptop I would get to experience amazing new hardware and all the features of windows 8. This sllekbook would blow all of my current systems away without a blink. Pick this guy.
I have a pretty decent gaming desktop rig for when I'm home and an aging hp 15.6" laptop which quite frankly I never use because it's too bulky to want to carry around when I travel. When I bought it I made sure to get a model with dedicated graphics since I was still playing games a lot on the road. I really don't anymore. Now I'd prefer portability.
Although this 15.6" ENVY Sleekbook isn't as compact as a netbook it'd still be a sizable improvement over my current beast. It will also likely have significantly better battery life. Even though I'm not completely sold on the new Windows 8 interface, it's here to stay and I need to learn it. I believe that a touchscreen will really help with that.
I am an AMD fan. All of my Desktop builds have been AMD - Athlon 64 3400+, Athlon 64 x2 4200, Phenom 2 x3 720, and FX-6300. My laptop is an HP G7 series with an A6-3420m apu. I would love to use the Richland Processor with an SSD for work and Play. I am the Quality Assurance Supervisor at my job and would use this for presentations both at work and on the road.
I currently have a 2007 MacBook Pro. With its Nvidia 8600GT M gpu I haven't seen mobile gaming in quite some time. Battery life on this device has not aged well, I routinely get 2 hrs of lite use. Winning a sleekbook would allow me to use a real work machine instead of a toy (ipad3) to take notes at school.
I have a FX-8150/HD 7970 powered gaming rig, an A10-6800K HTPC, an Athlon X2 240e based server, a Turion X2 K625 based server, and an ASUS TF201 tablet in my house, but I do not have a notebook. The transformer can cover most of my mobile computing needs as long as I have internet, as I can remote into one of the computers if I need heavier lifting abilities, but when I dont have internet, I lack any ability to do any heavy lifting, this notebook would fill that gap and allow me to have a mobile windows platform to game on or do some video editing.
My current laptop is a Toshiba Satellite U205 with an Intel Core Duo, 1GB ram, ~12" screen, running Windows XP. The battery no longer holds a charge so it must be plugged in to use. The receptacle on the laptop for the power supply has been broken and glued so many times I had to open it up and solder the power supply cable directly to the motherboard. My laptop is no longer portable but I now have enough practice that I can disassemble and reassemble it in under five minutes.
I use it in the living room for web browsing, social media, light photo editing, and streaming video.
It is well beyond time for an upgrade but funds simply don't allow it at this time. This HP would be a significant upgrade in terms of processing power, screen size, keyboard size, and portability. It would also be my first computer with Windows 8. I look forward to trying the latest version out after reading so much about it.
I do most of my computing on a high end desktop so home is covered. A couple years back I got a mid range 15" laptop for commuting via public transit or traveling (an HP Llano A8). I can't use a tablet because the main things I want to do in those times are work on spreadsheets (Libre Office) or code (Visual Studio), so keyboard and PC ecosystem are both important. I think the ENVY would work for me be because it will do these things faster. And who knows, maybe having a touch screen I will learn to love Win8.
I need a new laptop because the one I have right now has been around since the days of the Backstreet Boys. My desktop is almost as portable. I need a laptop that can use modern software and can be as pretty as this one right here ;) I would love to be able to go to a coffee shop with my laptop and not have to worry about the battery dying within 5 minutes of turning it on. I use my laptop for some website usage, and I use my desktop for everything ( office work, movies, internet, music, etc ) I play some games on my desktop every so often, and I think it would be neat to be able to load my games on my laptop without crashing! Pleeease pick me! The naughties need their technology back.
I am currently have a couple laptops, the newer one being the Elitebook Pro 8560w. I want to see how AMD is doing in the mobile space with respect to "Good Enough" CPU performance with an awesome integrated GPU at a reasonable power envelope. My Core 2 based notebooks are still in use today.
Current Desktop: customized core 2 duo/ 8MB ram/ 512MB Nvdia (forgot the model) - 5 years old. I mostly used it for my PhD work (some environmental model simulation, thesis etc.), photo editing (photoshop) some video editing.
Current Laptop: 15" 2009 Mac book pro - not any more. Something Fell on it and it stopped working. Needs to replace it ASAP. It was my goto laptop.
Current Tablet: 10.1" Motorolla Xoom. Mostly used it for email/ browsing on the go. Now my 5 and 3 year old kids use it for Netflix and skype with their grandmom and grandpa.
Looking at my current set up it is obvious, if I win, this one will be my main computing device. Besides normal use like email/browsing I will use it for photo and vedio editing.
We own three HP laptops and 5 AMD based machines (large household). I have an HP DV7 with I7 Sandy Bridge-it's a beast and not very portable. My wife has an aging g-series HP LLano which she is hoping to replace. My daughter has an ancient athlon x2 AMD HP Compaq Presario which has to be connected to a external monitor since the screen cracked-it overheats playing minecraft. My boys have an ancient Athlon X2 desktop for school work and older games or minecraft (AMD Radeon 5750). My oldest has a powerhouse Samsung Series 7 Gamer (he codes and is in High School-I7 Ivy with AMD GPU). The office beast is an AMD Thuban 1075T with a Radeon 7850 for gaming and video editing. An AMD 4850E with a 6450 powers our HTPC. Finally we have an Atom based WHS 2011 backing everything up. As you can see, I'm a computer geek and love AMD, but our systems are showing their age. I'd love for my wife to win this portable powerhouse and hand her g-series to my daughter who could then play minecraft with the boys. Note: the only way I'm coping with this aging hardware is that I jumped on the SSD bandwagon long ago. Only the server does not, in some fashion, incorporate an SSD.
I'm currently using an 8 year old Acer laptop with an AMD Sempron 3200+ CPU. I have installed Windows 8 on it and upgraded it to 4GB of memory and it actually works surprisingly well when hooked up to my 24" 1920x1200 displays. However it is too slow to run web videos and it takes forever to boot up. I am very much in need of a new laptop that can run modern programs and high resolution video. Oh yeah, my battery only lasts about 20 minutes too with the computer at idle. :( I'd love another AMD powered computer that can last me 8 more years to 2021!
Well lets see. I used to have an AMD Athlon x2 platform with a Radeon 4850. I recently upgraded to an FX 4300 and a radeon 7770 Ghz Edition but I gave no laptop and am stuck with my iPhone 4. As a student in High School, a Laptop would be perfect for me during school. Plus those APU's can run games quite well ;)
I'd be entering this contest to replace my girlfriend's laptop. She's using a pretty basic IBM ThinkPad from about 6 years ago (I think it's using a Core 2 Duo). It's running pretty slow these days, even after I've done all I can with registry and services tweaks. Aside from its performance, its physical condition is pretty bad, as well; the battery latch is broken, the keyboard and mouse buttons are falling apart, and the chassis itself is starting to chip and break.She just landed her first professional job out of college, and a new laptop would bring a lot of pressure off of her with the car payments, student loans, and rent that she has to worry about already. Being able to have a slimmer laptop with a better battery life would help her tremendously, as she will have to do data entry, check email, and surf online databases in a multi-tasking scenario in her new job. The only reason I haven't bought her a new laptop myself is that I'm unemployed myself.
I have a PC, an aging laptop, and an Android tablet. A HP Sleekbook would definitely extends the mobility and productivity on the road that I currently do not have.
I currently have a Ivy Bridge based Ultrabook, where I need to do some OpenCL-based computing. An AMD based device both could speed up stuff and give me a useable development environment as well..
As for this HP Envy, if I were to win it, I'd look forward to seeing just how well Microsoft 8 works on a touchscreen device, and I'd like to see if this laptop, which is more powerful than the V5, lends itself to some online gaming. My current bad habit is World of Tanks, which is a rather old game engine, and it might lend itself well to being played on a modern laptop (for some reason, it is very CPU intensive).
Currently I have a 5 year old HP that doesn't work unless it's plugged in. It's pretty slow and practically unusable. I've got a slimmed down version of Fedora on it, as well as Windows 7, but it runs pretty bad.
I also have a 3 year old Toshiba netbook but its harddrive is busted somehow and basically unusable as well.
I currently use my work computer for most things but due to many restrictions I'm unable to test out newer pieces of software and operating systems.
I'm definitely in the market for a new machine and this would be an awesome way to get one!
I build my own PC's and my main machine is built around an Ivy Bridge 3770k. I also have a Galaxy Note II and a Tab 7. My laptop, however, is an ancient Dell Latitude. If I won one of the Sleekbooks, I would have the computing power to do anything on the go: develop software, gaming or streaming entertainment.
I'm a longtime AMD FANatic. Unfortunately when it comes to laptops I've always had to endure generations-old intel machines. My most up-to-date laptop at home right now is my wife's Dell D630, and mine is a much older D600 Dell, both of which are greatly in need of replacement. All but one of my desktop machines are AMD, ranging from 7750/7850's to my own current rig running a 960T Thuban. I have a graveyard of old AMD processors from all my previous rigs and all their respective motherboards, all of which still work (or did when they were retired from service) starting with K-6 processors forward. All my systems run (again aging) AMD/ATI vid cards too! I would be proud to run this machine and do a review of it.
I'm still rocking an old Dell Latitude D600 laptop, complete with a 1.4GHz Pentium M and 2GB of RAM. This model was introduced sometime in the middle of the previous decade! As much as I admire the longevity of this relic (from what I hear, Dells just don't last that long anymore), it's not good for much more than surfing the Internet at this point. Of course, I've thought forever about upgrading, but other money needs keep cropping up. For me, an ENVY Sleekbook would be a Lamborghini-scale upgrade.
Hello, Our house computer is a Gateway NV73a from 2009! It is a 17 inch beast with about 1.75 hours battery life. It has eaten 1 hdd and required some creative chassis engineering repair for the power plug. It gets the job done for web browsing as long as the screen is just right, but struggles with programs like "mixed in key" and "mashup". Surface of the sun hot is how i will describe using it on your lap, and it is not very portable. It has served well a family of 4! We also have a Asus tf101 which is stuck on ICS so many new apps will not run on that machine. Winning this new AMD laptop will give our family an extra screen and allow us to use some modern software without becoming so frustrated!!! We really do not want to invest upgrades in an old laptop like this as it is not cost efficient.
I currently own a thinkpad T61, which I use for doing all the working stuff, and, trying to play games in as low settings as possible, due to the weak integrated graphics.
Also have a nokia Lumia 920 which I use as a phone, video player, and, sadly, more of a gaming device than my T61.
I currently own an aging desktop that was decent enough 7 years ago or however long it has been now. It has an AMD dual-core Athlon64 and a couple GB of RAM. I've always been a fan of AMD processors for being a solid alternative to the inflated prices of Intel. I use my computer for everything - work, general use, and a few games. Being a life-long geek I'm realizing I've never owned a laptop of any sort and how lame that is! Winning this Sleekbook would bring me back into the modern era of computing and get me portable at the same time - all kinds of win!
I own an AMD Phenom II based gaming-oriented desktop, and an HTC smartphone. Winning a notebook would fill in the gap between maximum mobility and maximum power. This would be something I could use on the sofa or when travelling.
Typing this on Sony Vaio VGN-A290, which is 4 years old, and is very bulky and heavy, so it's almost like a desktop. Sleekbook would be more portable, while still being powerful enough to do any serious work.
I currently only enjoy a personal built desktop. Features a i7-2500K OC'd to 4 GHz, Corsair H60 closed loop water cooler, 16GB G.Skill RAM, Powercolor AMD 7970LE graphics card, and the primary drive is a Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB SSD. The rig is primarily used for gaming, watching movies, email etc., and as a media server. I would really like to be able to do some light gaming when on the go or stream some media for the child who is routinely monopolizing the TV. I think the Sleekbook would be great for that. Also I really only think Windows 8 makes sense with a touch screen (currently running Win 7) and this would be a great way to test that theory.
I own a 3 year old desktop, an iPad mini, and a 6 year old laptop. The laptop has been to hell and back. It still works, but the battery is shot, the case is cracked, and the monitor has a permanent coffee stain from where I spilled coffee and it soaked inside the panel.
A new laptop would allow me to work remotely and much more effectively. Currently, I do most of my work on my desktop. I used to use my laptop for most of my work, but now it's relegated to a second class machine. In order to work remotely, I have to make sure I have access to an electrical outlet (because the battery shot). A new laptop that has a battery life of greater than 5 minutes would therefore be a god send for the times I need mobile productivity.
The iPad is great, but it's a personal entertainment device. In other words, I use it to read books, browse the web, check my personal email, watch movies, etc. But it's not something I can get real work done with.
Currently I have my self-built semi-casual gaming / video editing machine with an AMD FX-8320 and an old Radeon HD 4870 for a graphics card. In addition I have a Samsung ARM Chromebook that I use for my coffee-shop web browsing.
I would love to have this HP Sleekbook with the A10 APU so that I could use it for some casual gaming when I don't want to be tied to my hot tower in the office. It would especially come in handy for when I go home for the holidays and want to continue my Civilization addiction! Otherwise I suppose I could remote desktop into my tower with the Chromebook to get my fix when I'm away from home, but that is a little sluggish and would require me to leave my desktop on all the time (the wireless card in it does not support Wake On LAN).
Currently I just have a desktop PC at home. It would be great to have a laptop I can take with me when traveling. Also, I could use it to browse strategy guides on the couch when I do console gaming.
I'm actually entering for my wife. Her old Inspiron 1505 is really long in the tooth. Especially for all the video content she consumes. I've offered plenty of times to replace it, but she won't let me spend the money. It's not like we are hurting, but she's the type that likes to use something till it gives up. Super practical (thats why I married her, lol). All that said, if we won a machine in a contest, she'd be totally find with a replacement. And this machine would fit her use case quite nicely.
I have a Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 7, home built Core i5-750 system, all of which rock for my usage.
...but then comes my Vostro 1000.
I've upgraded the CPU to a Turion X2 and replaced the HDD with a 60GB SSD, but it now only serves to be a webcam system very rarely. The graphics can't keep up without turning anything requiring 3D to be slower than having the display updated by the USPS. The 2GB RAM is virtually maxed out. The display is low res for today's webpages.
Thus for most usages, I'm parked at my desk rather than sitting somewhere else relaxing.
Most of my past systems have been AMD systems with a run from my 233K6 to the Phenom 9600 and a half dozen AMD systems in between. So I like AMD and would gladly welcome one as a step up to let my laptop find a new home for someone who doesn't need much more than a netbook. But as it is, I'm limited to Android systems for my mobile computing since my budget doesn't allow for a new laptop at this time.
I have a capable I5 Ivy Bridge quad core with a good Nvidia graphics card. I used it for Massively Multiplay Online Role Playing Games, but I don't do that much anymore. I also have an Acer atom net top to which I added an SSD and more memory. It is OK but still slow. I like the small laptop because it is portable and. I check email, facebook, and some light games. I was looking at an inexpensive Chromebook, but the Richland is a much better laptop.
I have an ultrabook (Acer Aspire S7), a Samsung chromebook (Series 3), and a Nexus 7(2013). These three keep me covered for work/internet/reading but they are all pretty terrible for any kind of gaming, that's what i would use the ENVY Sleekbook for!
I currently have a desktop (Q6600, 6600GT), a 17 inch laptop (ivy i5, 650GT), a first gen kindle fire, a first gen nexus 7, and a myTouch 4g (HTC Glacier). The tablets and phone are fine for comsumption, the desktop does everything I need it to at home, and the laptop is more movable than portable. I recently started a EE master's degree, and would really like to have something that is more portable than the 17", but still able to do actual compute tasks, unlike the tablets.
I am a college student that could really use a laptop for school. One that could play games such as this would be really nice too. I periodically travel to visit family and it'd be nice to have a laptop with me.
My only portable device (other than an underpowered iPAD2) is a DELL laptop over 5 years old. I rarely use it because of its heft and lack of "power". I travel frequently for work and have to rely on my iPad, which can't do some of the things I require. The sleekbook would greatly alleviate my busieness travel necessities.
My current personal setup is an ancient custom built PC with one of the first gen x64 Athlon procs. Hey, it still runs Firefox and has 4 GB of RAM. It's also on Windows 2000, so it is getting a bit outdated and I could probably use an upgrade. I'd like to try gaming on some new hardware and this Sleekbook looks more than capable.
For work, I've got an HP EliteBook. I'd love to see how an AMD device stacks up against Intel.
I have a big x79 rig with nvidia GTX680 sli but i'm not using it everyday, instead resorting to my aging AsusT100 transformer for everyday tasks which is painfully slow when browsing web, looking forward to this new sleekbook..
I’m finishing up my PhD in informatics and am interested in exploring how a lightweight, touch enabled laptop would work as a visual analytics interface to some of my data-intensive research. I own an aging gaming desktop and a handful of portables – kindle tablet, windows phone, 6-year-old macbook pro – but these obviously don’t share the same interface paradigm as the HP ENVY Sleekbook. It would be fun to play with.
And, of course, I wouldn’t mind having something portable to take to coffee shops and do work besides my current laptop that takes 5 minutes to open up a web browser!
Hello AnandTech and AMD, I currently own a notebook, and have two smart phones in my household. The notebook is an old but steady Asus ROG G50V, and it still handles the demanding workload we put on it. Especially with heavy software like ArcGIS that I use regularly for school work, it has been a well loved piece of hardware. For the most part what we have works, the notebook for writing papers, research, school work, and the phones for email, Facebook/socializing, and all those “ask Google moments”. But many times we find ourselves in need of another computer. The demands of a High school junior in AP classes, and a graduate student simply overlap to much at any given time. I want to give my son the tools he needs to accomplish his school work, while still being able to focus on classes I need to attend to online. What the ENVY Sleekbook could do for us would be tremendous. A notebook like this would add a second workstation when both students need to work. I prefer to study outside of the home since it helps me focus, and 10 lbs. of laptop and power cable is far too heavy to lug around. I could use a laptop that is light and has a decent battery, so it can easily be taken on the road. My son could use a computer that would allow him to write and research papers comfortably, while I have to take up more demanding software on the ASUS. And above all else I think my wife would like to be able to get away from our 2 year old, and surf the web without feeling like she is depriving anyone a computer. We have everything from casual computing to power users, and a laptop that would find its way from the desk to the couch or on the road. If AMD and HP would like to show how well their notebook works in real life, over a broad spectrum of use cases, then we would be excited to help out! Thank you again AnandTech and AMD for the awesome contest!
I'm a college professor in LA and I teach at three different schools. My commutes average from 45-60 minutes and I don't have my own workstation available at any of these campuses. I even have an office at one, but no computer. I use a Core i3-2120 at home, which I purchased mostly for the integrated graphics (the AMD options at the time weren't that great). I always used AMD builds before and I'd love to go back to them. I'd particularly love to have a nice portable option that would allow me to work on my own machine at all of my different jobs and avoid making a two-hour drive back and forth. A Sleekbook would fill that niche perfectly, providing me with more than enough power for all of my presentations in a format that would fit in my current briefcase.
I have a dell latitude laptop and two desktops connected to a home NAS. As laptops have become more powerful and wireless networking has improved in speed and reliability it has become more appealing to decommission my desktops in favor of more mobile solutions. This would be a great opportunity to phase out my Conroe class desktop as the A10 effectively meets or exceeds either in performance or power savings. Looking forward to the results of this drawing.
My desktop is a Phenom II X6 system that I built in 2010 and has been nothing short of stellar ever since. As far as portable computing goes, I'm currently rocking a Galaxy S4 which I got in July of this year (my first ever smartphone), a stand, and I plan to get a USB OTG cable so I can use a keyboard with my phone. A dedicated laptop would obviously be more ideal than this, but since both of my old laptops are broken, this is what I'm going to be trying out for the semester. I imagine that with the right compact keyboard, using a GS4 for basic portable computing tasks won't be so bad so I'm excited to be trying it out. The addition of an HP ENVY Sleekbook would change this GS4 exercise from one of necessity to merely one of curiosity. Thanks for doing the giveaway!
oh, how i need this. My laptop is so old that i have replaced my battery twice now. The current battery will no longer hold a charge and so my laptop is now a pseudo desktop.
My desktop is a year and a half old but still powerful (SB i5 2550k oc'd to 4.7 w/ 16gb ram, 780gtx, 256 ssd +2TB HDD. Its serves as my central home computer (gaming, media, work.) Great except I cannot take it with me. My laptop is a hand-me-down Gateway notebook (Celeron, 1 GB ram, 70 GB HDD, Win XP) approximately 8 years old. Takes 5 min to boot, cannot run off battery more than 45 min, and has cursor lag when typing. I take this into the production office and out on location with me, but hate using it. It struggles with more than one tab open with regular internet browsing and Google Docs eventually becomes too much for it. Most of the time I am waiting for things to load or resources to be free (I have the task manager window open most of the time.) I estimate this machine cuts my productivity down to about 25%. I also recently purchased a 2013 Nexus 7 tablet. It is great: great screen, fast mobile SOC. Although I hoped it would be able to replace my laptop, and it is great for internet browsing, it can struggle and is cumbersome as a business machine (complex docs, writing, specific applications.) A new notebook, specifically a Sleekbook, would do wonders for me as it is portable, thin, and light, and I'd actually have a capable machine to take into the production office and out on location with me; bonus not having to be plugged into an outlet at all times! Thanks for considering me!
I have a Fujitsu LifeBook from 2004 that started out as a 1.66ghz dual core, 512mb ddr2, and a 60gb hdd. It has had XP, W7, W8, Ubuntu 12/13 and now Elementary OS on it. The processor hasn't changed, but it now has 2gb of ddr2 and a 250gb hdd. The battery hasn't worked since before it came into my procession in 2008 so it never leaves my dorm room. If had this sleekbook, I would be able to take it to class for notes and write papers while having a browser open for research.
the first AMD product I ever purchased was a 7200 Radeon and I ran that thing into the ground. I replaced it with a 9700 Pro which played Morrowind surprisingly well. What I'm getting at is, I love AMD and regardless my next laptop will be an AMD powered machine. My current laptop just went out, which makes rooting phones a lot more difficult on my ARM Chromebook. I've got a new HP Ultrabook from work, but I'm not really able to game/code/hack on it.
I have a simple home setup with two laptops. One is my wife's ancient Dell Inspiron 1501. The battery won't charge anymore due to a motherboard problem, but the clunky budget laptop is still churning along after seven years. The same cannot be said for my significantly newer Sony Vaio VGNFW290. It bit the dust last August. Since I'm working on my Master's degree in English and need something for coursework, I bought a Latitude 2100 netbook at a garage sale for $50. I installed Linux Mint XFCE and now have a wonderfully portable (if anemic) machine to run Chromium and Libre Office.
The bottom line? Both laptops are barely meeting our needs, but both are outdated platforms that sorely need to be replaced.
The Sleekbook would make a great replacement for the Inspiron. The APU will be plenty powerful enough for office apps and web browsing while providing some multi-media punch for light gaming. It balances portability with screen size the same way our Inspiron does and that form factor suits us well. We still have some DVD's lying around, but I have an external DVD drive for that, so the lack of an internal DVD drive is a non-issue.
What I especially like about the configuration is the 8GB RAM and 128GB SSD which will help boot times and real world performance of routine office and web browsing tasks. An i7 in this thing would be overkill, and I doubt I'd see an appreciable difference in every day use. All in all, the components are well matched for it's intended purpose: mainstream web browsing and light to moderate multimedia consumption. And that's exactly what I need.
I have a gaming/media desktop, laptops for each family member, and a server, plus couple of tablets. The server is for storage of family pictures, videos, documents and media/HDCP. The laptops are for work/education - mostly online login in webpages, media streaming from Internet, social media, Skype. The tablets are for media consuming - Netflix, music; and reading books, browsing. At this point this organization is OK for me, I just look for portability of the laptops - ultraportables like this, or Haswell based.
The last three computers I have built have been APU based machines, and each time I am more impressed with the great performance these chips offer! They are a homerun for AMD, keep up the good work! And yes, I am now a 'fan-boy', no regrets!!!
This notebook would be lovely for me, currently having overheating problems with my current one using the A8-5557M. Having this would save me the money to buy a new one.
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My current setup consists of my ancient lenovo x60 thinkpad which is, sadly, on it's third battery and, if it weren't for linux, would be well past being functional. It is finally, after many years of of faithful service, starting to slow me down with certain tasks. I also have my "gaming desktop" which is built around a hand-me-down core 2 duo and motherboard that I got from a friend paired with a BFG Nvidia 9600gt video card. I am very much a tweaker so, in spite of it's age, I am still able to play contemporary games like SR4 with decent graphics at a playable framerate. This laptop would blow those two machines out of the water. I primarily use the laptop for android development but building a kernel on it takes a LOOOOONG time, and sadly the desktop is not much better. I have been very interested in AMD APUs since their inception and would be very excited to get the chance to own one. with one of these I would actually be able to play some games the way they were meant to and my work-flow would be dramatically accelerated.
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I am currently using a 3 years old Dell Inspiron 1545 running on Core 2 Duo with just 2GB of RAM. Have been looking into new notebook recently (because, obviously, the Dell is just too old and slow for about everything) but still haven't actually got one because apparently my wallet isn't full with $$$. Want a laptop that runs Dota 2 reasonably well (HD8610G will do :D) and of course a SSD doesnt hurt at all.
I'm currently in the market for a portable computing device of some sort, whether a tablet or laptop. In the portable space, I much prefer AMD's more balanced approach to CPU/GPU performance with their APUs -- not to mention the possibilities as GPU-accelerated applications become more prevalant -- and would love to have an AMD-powered laptop or tablet.
I'm a graduate student working on a PhD. I have decent desktops at home and work, and an older HP Pavilion running Windows XP for when I'm away from the desktops. Unfortunately, Windows XP won't be supported soon, Skydrive won't work on it (which is important for collaborating with others on papers), and I usually don't take it everywhere with me because it's relatively heavy compared to a modern, beautiful, slim laptop like the HP Envy. With that sleek creation, I could take it with me everywhere, and it would provide plenty of battery life for me to pop it out and work on papers whenever I have free time, wherever I go. The nice 15.6" screen size would make document editing much easier. For example, I could comfortably display documents I'm referencing right next to the document I'm editing. The display's inherent brightness would even let me work outside! And with AMD's graphics prowess, I could even kick back and play some games once in a while to relax and let off some steam. It would be a the perfect combination of productivity and relaxation.
My aunt is the family photographer. But she suffers with photo editing on an Atom netbook. An A10 APU sleekbook would be an ideal upgrade for her. If I don't win this I will buy her one for Xmas. (I would get her one with a higher resolution display tho.)
I currently own a gaming desktop I built back in 2009, based on an i7-920, and my current laptop is a Lenovo R61 from 2008. I don't end up using the laptop very much, since the battery has been shot for about two years now. I'm a university student, so if I won it would allow me to have a portable machine that doesn't weigh a ton and isn't tethered to the wall.
Currently I have a semi modern desktop (homebuilt. I think I was trying to relive my gamer days.) I have an ancient, on its last leg, upset me every time I have to pull it out of my laptop bag Dell Inspiron 1525. The battery no longer holds a charge, so it’s basically a 6 lbs. desktop that I make excuses for in order to just leave it in my trunk. My last device is an iPad, which I use every day for teaching, but basically can only use it as an email / note taking device because it’s not made to create the original notes, quizzes, tests, and worksheets.
The problem that I have is that the two machines I have to do work on need to plug their umbilical cords into the wall. That doesn’t work for me when I want to hang out with my family while I do work in the living room or other places. So right now I have to make a choice to separate myself from my wife and son.
Winning this great device would enable me to enjoy time with my family (which is also limited right now because I’m a football coach) while I do work. I would love the opportunity to be more of a multitasker!
My 2006 Gateway laptop is running a Turion Mobile TL-52. It's DC jack has been resurrected four times over its life thanks to my soldering iron. It's my main laptop and is showing its age with anything beyond basic web browsing. I'm a PhD student in Electrical Engineering and it certainly takes its time to perform scientific computing tasks for research. My wife has a 2007 Dell Inspiron 1720 laptop with a Core 2 Duo T5250. It gets by for email and Pintrest. Our baby girl was born in May and is our first child. Of course we needed to buy a camcorder. We bought a Panasonic HCV700M, which is great, but neither computer is capable enough to even play back in real time the 60p H.264 files it produces. We'd like to be able to play and edit these files. Right now they just get backed up to hard drives waiting for a better computer. A Sleekbook would help tremendously to be able to do that as well as use its quad core processor for scientific computing tasks for school.
I currently own a few computers: (a) Haswell-based gaming desktop, (b) Bloomfield-based media/backup server (repurposed gaming PC), (c) MSI GT70 laptop for general home use and occasional work use, (d) Microsoft Surface for... I don't know. It sucks.
The MSI GT70 is a beast but it's impossible to lug around, and the Surface is essentially useless. I would like a laptop that I can bring anywhere without sacrificing power or usability. The Sleekbook would fit in perfectly.
We have several desktop computers but this would be ideal for our oldest as she is getting to the point where she can do a lot of her homework on a computer and since we have a lot going on she can take this with her instead of waiting to get home and do it on her desktop. We can then delegate hers for more games for her. :)
I currently have a desktop I built myself (i5-2500k) and a Kindle Fire 1.0. I could really use a more powerful portable solution than the first generation Fire.
Currently I own a custom built desktop with a GPU that has a broken fan. Since it is an older Intel, I don’t have integrated graphics that would make my desktop functional. I also have a Core 2 Duo Thinkpad (2008) that broke down last week. I also have a Core Duo Sony (2007) laptop that runs Ubuntu with 1GB of memory. I also have a HP Touchpad running Android 4.2.2. I am a college student that is on the go constantly and need a laptop that is reasonable mobile with a good battery life and great performance. I just recently bought an Acer with an i3 Sandy Bridge processor with only 4GB of memory (the memory is soldered). This laptop is mobile; but it only has decent battery life and barely manageable performance. The i3 processor is constantly being taxed while nearly all of the memory is being used. Around 85-90% of the memory is constantly being used while I have Chrome, Adobe Reader, and a few Office applications open. Oddly, Windows 8 consistently takes up half of the memory. I haven’t even opened up my other applications like SQL Server, multiple Visual Studio windows, SAP GUI, or even any of the Windows 8 apps from the Windows Store. The HP Sleekbook with the Richland APU will help me be more productive than this i3 laptop. With the Sleekbook my application and coding would run much faster and the additional memory remove the bottleneck of memory. The SSD would also remove the bottleneck of my spinning hard disk. Having a touchscreen would also make Windows 8 even more usable as it was designed with touch in mind. I might even be able to do a little gaming on the side when I am done with my studying of course.
As far as computing devices go I've got my iPad, iPhone 5 and my desktop which has an 8350 and 7970 inside. Use the iPad for just casual usage surfing the web and playing some light games and whatnot. Any actual work I need to do I do on my desktop however. As well as gaming.
This little Sleekbook would be great cause I could use it for work instead of my desktop. So heres hoping I get one of these..
I've got an older HP laptop with an Intel i5 - it's slow, runs real hot, and has poor battery life. I need a new laptop that can run Windows, Linux, and VM software well.
Currently using an Asus EP121 Windows based tablet for my mobile needs, and an E8400 based desktop at home. The Ep121 has been a mixed bag. It's a little heavy for surfing the web in front of the TV, thought the screen size seems about right. For work purposes I've found I miss having a built in physical keyboard a lot more than I though I would. If I had it to do over again, I'd have bought a laptop for work, and a smaller tablet for everything else.
I have a 6 year old gaming PC, and my wife has a 3 year old HP 17" laptop that she uses generally but also with a Wacom drawing pad to do photoshop work. I'd be curious to see how well some games run on a newer system to see if that would be a viable gaming replacement system for me, and it would be nice to try and move my wife towards a 15" form factor, which seems to be the way things are standardizing.
only have a desktop i7 3770k with a gtx 780 and 16 gigs of ram but have no laptop to use for classes in college i was thinking on buying a laptop but don't have the cash to buy a acceptable one. it would mean a lot to get this computer since i heard that the apus get good battery-life and all anyway that is my entry thank you.
I have a nice desktop at home, but with kids, sitting at the desktop getting work done is non existant, so I need to be mobile. I have a 4-5 year old Windows 7 laptop, but when I try to use the VM's from work on it... it just doesn't work.. literally.. it gives me some error about the instruction set being too old.. a new SleekBook would mean I could work when the kids are sick, thus not having to burn up so much vacation time.
My main pc is an I7 920 based desktop tucked away in my "office" in the basement. We have a 6 week old baby so I'm not getting much time on it right now. I also have a old core 2 duo based laptop but the battery is shot, so it's not very mobile unless I bring the power cord. Needless to say it's not getting used much either. Most of my computing is happening on my phone lately, an HTC One. If I were to win one of these laptops it would allow me to be mobile around the house and not need to duck off to my office near as often to use the desktop.
My current system is a 2010 MacBook Pro 17" it's big and great, but growing a little long in the tooth and heavier under the arm. This laptop has been my goto machine for design, coding, browsing, gaming and every other task life throws at me.
I'd very much like to get myself back into a Windows platform and see the benefits of AMD, Win8 and touchscreens. Moreover the improvements in speed and additional cores will add a boost to my life and productivity.
I replaced my old dying laptop with a desktop for 3d modeling and programming work at uni, but it turns out I could still use something portable. I still need something for notes / homework on the go, but simply don't have a budget for it.
I currently have my desktop (i5, 670 sli) and smartphone (htc one). Winning a laptop would help me in school and would help with my photography by being able to have a pc on the road.
My current desktop setup is a i5 2500k, GeForce 670, and OCZ Vertex 4 256GB ssd, all of which is pretty sweet. For mobile computing, I have a 8GB Nexus 7 and an aging Toshiba laptop, which a Sleekbook would certainly replace. I do plenty of classwork on the desktop, however, I am cursed with only being able to get satellite internet where I live along with its high latency and low (500mb/day) bandwidth cap. This forces me to travel to campus to use wi-fi, meaning I am tethered to the notebook. How would the Sleekbook improve things? It would be a huge upgrade over my current laptop with its ancient Core2 Duo chip, lack of adequate memory, and slow hard drive.
I have an old, old, old PC. Every time windows updates my computer, my computer crashes. I have to keep resetting the date back several months to avoid the updates and the inevitable crash. This is driving me nuts! With a Sleekbook I can move into the 21st century!
I have a core 2 duo desktop I built way back in 2009 and a weathered, beat-up aluminum macbook (also from 2009). My laptop is too underpowered to game on, and I can't do any Windows development (which I do as a hobby) on it without going through bootcamp hassles. With a new Envy I wouldn't be chained to my desk to do all the things I want to do!
I work as a programmer and have a gaming/video-editing desktop, a Trinity-based HTPC, Synology NAS and a Nexus 7 tablet. I also have two kids still in diapers which require near-constant supervision. I'd like to get some work done while I watch my kids but using my desktop isn't practical and my tablet is for consumption only. Having a highly portable laptop would allow me to get work done while simultaneously ensuring my kids aren't eating play-doh and hanging from the ceiling fan. In 2-3 years, the ENVY would become my kids learning computer with the touch screen being invaluable to their understanding.
I'm a Windows developer and my main development machine is a Samsung Slate 7. It's basically one of the machines that Microsoft gave to all of the attendees of the Build conference a year before they shipped Windows 8 (although I didn't attend, so I bought my own). I bought it so that I'd have the opportunity to use the Preview release of Windows 8 with a touch-capable device.
Paired with a mouse and keyboard, and a second monitor, it is actually a pretty decent development machine.
But it's getting long in the tooth. Intel HD2000 graphics and 1.6GHz cores are awfully slow, and 4GB ram is a bit short for Visual Studio. I need more horsepower and something more portable than bringing a slate, keyboard, mouse, and stand around with me.
I currently own a custom build desktop and T420 laptop, but using Windows 8 on it is a hassle. I wouldn't mind giving a Sleekbook a try to see if Windows 8 works better with touch.
I'm a PhD student in the social sciences at an R-1 university. I currently make below poverty level wages, and have not taken out any loans. As such, I have fairly old computer equipment.
For home, I have a DIY desktop consisting of an AMD Phenom X3 720, 4 gigs of DDR2 ram, and a single 400GB HDD, on which I do most of my work. Part of the reason is the large screen I have attached - a Dell 2405FPW. This allows me to work in many windows simultaneously, and do two full-sized windows side-by-side. I don't have time for much gaming, but when I do, this machine can barely keep up. It's mostly a productivity device, however.
At school, I use an old Acer AS1410 netbook that has the Intel dual core Celeron processor in it. I like the small form factor and low weight, but the tiny 11.6" screen and 1368x768 is just too small to get any real work done - whether statistical analysis or research article reading. However, the screen is gorgeous, not too reflective, and has great contrast and color reproduction.
Another big annoyance is the 4000RPM 160GB HDD in this netbook. At this point in its lifespan, even after formatting and reinstalling the netbook a couple of times with fresh installs of Windows 7 Home Premium, it still experiences 10-15 minutes of constant disk thrashing upon every boot or resume, even though I upgraded the ram to 8GB and installed an SD card to make use of ReadyBoost! This is really annoying, as the disk IO subsystem is so thoroughly saturated when it's doing this, that the little guy can't really do anything else until the disk stops thrashing.
The Acer's trackpad is so small and finicky that it's basically unusable. Thus, I have a small bluetooth mouse that I carry along with my netbook. This also means that one of my netbooks 3 USB ports is filled by an external BT dongle, as the Acer doesn't have one built-in.
The last big problem with this Acer netbook is that its battery can no longer hold more than 2hrs charge with WiFi off and the brightness on its lowest settings. Thus, I have to carry around the additional power brick everywhere I go, because all of my classes are 3hrs long. It's kinda annoying and embarrassing having to hunt around in my backpack every class to plug the darned thing in.
If I were to win this new HP ENVY Sleekbook, I would immediately have a huge upgrade in productivity at school. No longer would I have to print every document to read - I'd read them directly on the Sleekbook, instead. I'd also be able to take it to school without the power brick (hopefully) and get a full day's work out of it, and never have to plug in during the middle of a lecture or seminar.
Without having to carry a power brick or a wireless mouse around, I'll greatly reduce the weight I'm carrying around on a daily basis. Some days, when multiple classes require multiple books, I'm carrying in excess of 35lbs in my backpack, so any ability to shave pounds off here or there would help a ton!
Lastly, I will be so glad to finally be able to use a laptop that doesn't have to "settle" for 15 minutes after every boot. The sheer loss of productivity by having to wait for my Acer's ancient HDD to stop thrashing after every boot or resume is staggering, especially since I have to open and close the thing so frequently at school. That, perhaps more than anything, will be a welcome change if I was to win this Sleekbook.
Currently running a custom build from my last year in college with a Phenom II (socket AM3). Had to put something together that was relatively inexpensive yet could handle my modeling software & rendering. Machine performed admirably then (esp for the price!), and is still chugging along attached to my TV (albeit graphics card is stressed a bit pushing that screen size).
I would love a new sleekbook to help modernize my system, and to get the screen closer to me! My old system was reliable, but I would like something faster, better looking, and Portable! Tired of relying on my cell phone when working remotely - the ability to bring along a nice looking, fast, portable machine would really help when i'm out and about!
Currently we use a 5 year old Dell laptop at home. It has just started running slow and i've done everything i can think of to get it to speed back up. We need an updated laptop to use around the house. We mostly use them for access to the internet. My husband has been using it to job search. I like to use it for music as well and for my concert photos. I have an ipad as well but don't like that i can't use it for my music and photos. A laptop is so much easier. We need an updgrade and i will gladly give feedback on the HP Envy TouchSmart Sleekbook
I own a five-year-old Puma-based laptop that's in dire need of replacement (AMD ZM-80-based HP system). I'm a graduate student and use my computer as a work computer and media center. I take the computer into work every day, which is a pain with how heavy my current system is. My workload isn't CPU intensive, but even HD video and photoshop give my current setup a hard time. I don't game much, but I would like to be able to play the occasional modern strategy game. The most important aspects in a new system for me are weight, thermals, battery life, and loading times (meaning the SSD would be much appreciated).
I currently have a Trinity(A10-4600M) full HD 15.6" laptop, an old X120e(e-350), a custom watercooled desktop(i5-3570k, and Radeon HD 7970). A Celeron 847 itx box for the tv, and old am2 quad core doing server duty. I use a cheapo Lumia 521 while the wife has a galaxy S4. Waiting for a kabini itx board and then the celeron box becomes the new file server. I am also highly interested in a laptop dock for the S4, with that, my wife wouldn't even use a laptop again, especially with office on android now.
"explaining your current PC setup and why you want, or need to win a Sleekbook."
I'm running a Samsung series 7 laptop and am in need fo a refresh, an Intel+AMD Enduro kitbash (and to make things worse, it's a 6490M). I'm open to trying out AMD's newer product; the Sleekbook would be a straight upgrade in terms of GPU, and I'm be happy to test out if the older Sandys will out-do the newer Piledrivers. I'm also interested in the touchscreen, but it isn't the primary feature for me in non-tablet computing.
I have an old q6700 desktop that is on its way out and an original Atom netbook. Neither of these things can really help with my schoolwork and have to do it all at the college. I also just got married so I have no money to replace any of this. Help me Anandtech, you're my only hope.
I currently own an ipad3 and an android phone. The iPad is easy to carry and allows me to do basic internet surfing, check email etc. They both lack flash, which doesn't allow me to see some websites. I am currently unemployed and having a laptop would really help in applying for jobs. I currently use the pages app for my resume and cover letters.....but cannot upload the files directly to websites. Winning this would allow me to search with hopefully more luck, and allow me to get an excellent job. I would be more than happy to write about my impression of the HP Envy Sleekbook, as it looks like an amazing machine. Thanks so much for the chance to win one! Regards, Lisa
My current PC is a self-built rig with an AMD 1090t and a gtx 480, water cooled and overclocked. I use it for gaming, web browsing, school work, and BOINC distributed computing. When modding and upgrading my desktop I would really like to have a nice laptop like the Sleekbook as a secondary computer. Having to look up guides and troubleshooting manuals on my old P4 system is a pain. I never got into the tablet craze, preferring the full functionality of a PC. However, my only laptop is old and bulky, hardly ideal for taking to class or traveling. The Sleekbook would be a great fit for my purposes.
I am basically without a good computer. I have an old notebook that is as slow as it could be. This is an upgrade. Then I don't have a desk so the form factory would be perfect for me.
Ever since I got out of school, I haven't really had a need for a laptop until now. I have my home desktop that I use for gaming and general usage while I'm at home, and I have a work laptop that per company policy is used strictly for work related things (VMware client, office, putty, etc. only allowed).
I have a digital pro sound mixer that I want to start recording audio out of while playing shows with my band. Having a laptop would allow me to control things like digital effects, faders, and audio routing from on stage without needing to be standing by the mixer itself. I will also be able to start experimenting with combining electronic sounds into our electric and acoustic only sound right now. Experimenting with sampling while onstage could open up an entirely new possibility. Having a small laptop like a sleekbook that has an SSD in it would be perfect for me as it would be easily portable, durable, and the lack of a hard drive would make sure any bumps or movement while it is on stage wouldn't ruin the drive. Plus, the extra speed will ensure low latency for monitoring and recording at the same time (which can prove difficult with traditional hard drives).
I have numerous reasons to need a new laptop, and a few reasons to want one. I am an avid photographer, and always carry my current laptop around to offload photos and review them in the field. My current laptop is getting around 5 years old. It's an HP G50 with an aging and slow T3400 with 3GB of memory, and on-board graphics that take ups about 25% of the memory alone. Working with Lightroom or other camera apps is getting increasingly slow. To make things even worse, the screen, or at least the cable connecting the screen, is going bad. More and more the display will turn into a garbled mess and I will need to adjust how far open I have it just to get things to return to normal. The lid hinges are also loose from use. I've had to take it apart and tighten them twice.
I enjoy watching videos with the laptop connected to the TV, and the laptop is starting to struggle with all the HD content available out there now. I also love playing Minecraft. I have an i5 system for my major gaming needs, but having a more powerful laptop would allow me to run my server on it, freeing up resources on my desktop.
This Sleekbook would help to improve my productivity when working with photos out in the field. It would be leaps and bounds above my current, dying laptop. It would also be a useful tool for business, being able to take it along to consultations with clients. And lastly, it would increase my enjoyment in my free time by allowing me to watch HD video without chugging along, and complementing my gaming setup letting me run what needs to be run at maximum efficiency Those are the reasons I think I should be considered as one of the lucky three.
I'm running a Dell Lattitude D830 running Win 7 with the original 5400rpm HDD. Luckily a 128GB SSD is larger than my current HDD so the change over should be easy. I was forward looking enough to get it with 4GB of RAM, but running an XP VM still brings the machine to its knees in a fit of contant-paging. Compiles take f-o-r-e-v-e-r. While Visual Studio 6 runs well (yes I still have to use that), Visual Studio 2010 is crazy laggy. Forget about hibernating it. Getting back to work involves 30 minutes of watching the hdd light blink. Its faster to reset and reboot.
I currently use a Thinkpad T420s and a HP Elitebook 9470m. Neither have touch capable displays and using a mouse with Windows 8 sucks. The primary improvement if I were to win this Envy 15 would be that I would finally be able to use Windows 8 the way it was intended, with my hands.
Well, here's my rundown. I have at home a Core i7-3770k (8GB DDR3, HD7770, 1TB HDD + 100GB SSD cache) that is my wife's desktop after promising her many years she could have one of her own that I would not touch. I also have another i7-3770k (almost same setup but HD7790) for my Android Build box. Great system but it needs to be up and running all the time for making android builds and allowing others to get on. Third box at home is a C2Q Q9400 (8GB DDR2, HD6450, 750GB) that was our mainstay and has now pretty much taken a role as our media box, primarily with the kiddo's programming. Kiddo (toddler) has an iPad mini and I have my Note 2. Wife has a Samsung Galaxy S4. All 3 PCs are home builds - been doing it since '93.
The Note 2 is great for checking my work e-mail (work laptop is Dell Latitude E6400, T8400 + 4GB RAM) but I have nothing for relaxing or checking anything on my own. Obviously work laptop can't be used except for... well, work. Since the C2Q is hooked up to our only TV, I don't get much use out of it because others are using the TV. This is a serious problem for me because I'm expecting to start school here in 4 weeks and I need something to do class work on - as a vet I'm running short on time to finish those classes. I also can't lug a desktop to work, which is all I have now for personal use. This leaves me in a bind, something that I believe the Sleekbook can help fill the current void.
I am looking for the Sleekbook for classwork, supporting my startup business (IT sales & consulting - sole proprietor), watching football and other sports on the screen instead of fighting over our TV - and admittedly some gaming as time allows. (Have an Xbox 360 but again - all tied up to the one TV.) It is something that I can take to work and other places with me so I can easily hit the road or do studies during my lunch break. I kindly hope I merit a Sleekbook. Thank you for your time.
Currently I have a first gen i7 laptop [740QM] with an nvidia310m, which I only recently realized how bad it was haha. It's also a fairly bulky 16" that doesn't have the CPU intake vent even cut out, so the thermals on it are pretty bad. To round it all out, it's battery is pretty much all of 5-10 minutes these days.
I also have an ipad 2 that I generally only use for some rhythm games [Reflec beat, Jubeat, etc.] and for ebooks or light note taking in class, since it's much easier to bring than my laptop, but productivity on a tablet just doesn't really work much for me, particularly now that I'm starting to learn C and unix/linux.
This sleekbook would not only allow me to actually have a productivity and entertainment machine that isn't a hassle to use or carry around, but would both alleviate the costs of replacing my currently laptop (College ;_;), along with letting me finally get the chance to try an AMD system.
That and I've also never had a system with an SSD before, after so much I've heard about them ;w;.
Hello, currently i have a pair of desktops and some really old laptops. Mostly used for games. I think i should win this, because im a really tired and sad corporate drone slave. Winning makes me happy, because i rarely get to win in real life. I would probably use this laptop for awhile to do very non-productive things, but eventually i'd give it to my GF who needs a laptop for work/school/art. Thanks!
Water cooled i2600k, ipad, and an old Dell inspiron I rarely use which was the only computer I used throughout college. I haven't used a laptop/notebook since then, as tablets became much more popular and I started to learn how to build my own PC. I just never got around or needed to upgrade laptops. I now want to see what improvements have been made after all these years and if they manage to make laptops/notebooks as powerful and as portable.
I game with my main rig (2500k/7950) on a 27 inch TN panel. It also does double duty as the my HTPC and plays movies on the living room HDTV. I have WD streamer that I use my OG Nexus to control and watch YouTube, Netflix, and Hulu. I have an OG Nexus 7 that I use with a Jambox wireless speaker for video consumption and browsing away from the TV. Kudos for nabbing the SSD. I added a Corsair Accelerator SSD as a cache drive for my main rig's 2TB Win7 drive...night and day. I would love a more powerful and useful device outside of the Nexus 7 for computing outside of my main rig.
Honestly, I'd love to win the laptop just because I'm tired of not being able to game on my Macbook. I bought this laptop in 2009 and it just doesn't cut it anymore. I do run windows 8 on bootcamp but I can barely play any of the newer games on it. I just want a device that will run me starcraft, cs, and battlefield.
I want to win this for my gf. she currently has a really old macbook she inherited from a friend and is in need of something new to use when she goes back to school
I have a old 12" Dell Mini... I think that says it all. It was slow out of the box...3+ years later I'm close to hanging myself because this technological joke is really the worse model ever! I mean I fell alseep waiting for Firefox to open up... Really? So, yeah, I would go insane if I won this sweet lill baby! The ENVY Sleekbook is just all of my dreams come true...in one thin sexy laptop!
My only computer-like device, besides a "dumb" phone and a Kindle, is a five year old lemon of an laptop, an HP Pavilion dv4. It's overheated and crashed inconsistently and frustratingly since I got it at the beginning of my Master's degree, but it made it through that degree program and beyond. I am between degrees at the moment (hoping to start a PhD program within a year), so I use my laptop for entertainment purposes and keeping in touch with my out-of-state family and family abroad. I would use a new laptop to do everything I do now, from paying bills to video chatting with my brother to watching TV. I would be able to enjoy a computer than can handle sitting on a coffee table without over-heating while watching a movie and than can even have an Office program, Skype, and Gmail open all at once without crashing. Thank you for your consideration!! I would love to be able to appreciate the "lap" part of a laptop with a mobile laptop that keeps cool so I can use it around town.
I currently use a desktop for work and gaming, and a tablet for some portable entertainment. I don't even have a laptop anymore, although it would be nice to have one so I could do some work away from home.
I currently have Intel workstations at home and at work, and take an iPad 2 and a Toshiba laptop with me on the road. The Sleekbook would replace the iPad and laptop combo I'm currently using with one device, cutting down on the weight I carry around on the road.
Currently I have a 5 year old HP Pavilion laptop that is definitely showing its age. I upgraded it with an SSD about two years ago to try and squeeze some extra life out of it, but even with that speed boost it still has trouble getting some routine tasks done without bogging down. It's also a chunky beast that isn't great to look at, and the battery life is terrible. I'd love a new ENVY Sleekbook, it should be able to accomplish everything that I do on a daily basis without any trouble :-)
Currently I am a High School student enrolled in multiple college classes, and I run with a custom built PC that I built last year. I use it for school work and games. Getting a ENVY sleekbook would be amazing because I could actually do stuff at my college and be mobile.
Like last time, I want the opportunity to experience/compare AMD's hardware to Intel's, as I've never tried a Trinity/Richland APU and I'm really curious if it's worth the cost savings over Haswell+Kepler+Optimus. (Current system: Intel C2D T8100 MacBook). Also, I need a native Windows computer to run SolidWorks for a class.
Alright. I am just a work-at-home-mom and I don't really speak techy lingo, so I cannot be too detail with the specs. I have an HP TouchSmart 310 PC that starts to go (making high pitch noise, stalling, etc). It is a touchscreen all-in PC, but to be honest, I never really utilize the touchscreen. The screen is just way too big and it hurts my eyes when I utilize the touchscreen because then I need to be close to the screen.
Anyhow, I would love to have a laptop so I can be mobile and work from other area of the house. I have a little baby, and sometimes she gets bored in the room where I work from. It will be nice if I can have the Sleekbook so I can watch my baby play in the living room, and can still work on my laptop. It will definitely increase my productivity. It will also be great if I have the Sleekbook, so I can work from a coffee shop while my daughter people watch from her stroller.
The touchscreen feature will be a great way for me and my daughter to learn some stuff, like learning the alphabets or learning the music notes where she can touch the screen from some piano apps.
I hope I will win the Sleekbook. It will definitely add benefits to our everyday learning and working time :-) Thanks for the chance!
I currently have 2 desktops (core2duo, Ivy Bridge) and 1 Sandy Bridge HTPC. I have two WindowsPhone 925s. I would like to win this because it would give me the chance to see how far AMD has come since I left them about 10 years ago. Additionally, it would be nice to try out a notebook. I have never had one because they are underpowered compared to a desktop, but this might change my mind. I would also like to get an idea of Windows 8 in a touch environment. I love it with a mouse and keyboard, and this would be a nice extension of the experience.
Current PC setup: Lenovo T430s - multipurposed as my travel and work PC I use my T430s for everything from crunching numerical integrals, to conference companion and personal travel. It's a trusty machine, but isn't really geared for light packing and I'm missing out on the touch craze. The Sleekbook would be great for research presentations and abroad travel.
I'd be happy to write-up a review touching on its usability in travel (work and pleasure), research, and light gaming.
I have a gaming PC along the wall right up next to the left corner of my living room which I do everything PC game/internet related on at the moment. My home theater/surround sound is in the center of the room along the same wall. I'm using a receiver and several HDMI devices (PS3, 360, Cable, PC) to run all my content through.
I currently do not have a laptop or tablet to use for enhancing my gaming experience from the couch while playing games on my big screen at the moment. As it is right now, I have to get up and run over to my desktop to look something up. If I were to win one of the AMD Sleekbooks then I would put it to use with the new Battlefield 4 Battlelog, as well as make use of it with next-generation gaming systems like the PS4 and XBOX One, both of which I have reserved for day-day. The next-gen possibilities are exciting!
I currently have a desktop pc with 27'' display, core i7 2500k, ssd, hd, 8gb of ram as my primary pc that i use for work. In addition, I got a asus ux31e for mobile use. While the laptop is nice that it has good performance, the keyboard of the unit is not the best. If the keyboard on this system can actually deliver a good performance with good screen and killer keyboard. it would be a great replacement that can potentially merge both my desktop and laptop. I don't have a tablet since I use my note 2 as my phablet for phone and simple tab use for web browsing. I often use laptop for heavy browsing as oppose to a tablet.
Presently, I have a gaming desktop that I built myself, an ipad2, and an htc 8x windows phone.
On the desktop, I do mostly gaming, but a little work from home, the ipad is mostly for media consumption and very light gaming while traveling (bloons tower defense!) and the htc 8x is combination phone, messaging, skype, and evernote platform.
I've recently begun traveling for work, and I obviously can't take the desktop with me, and frankly, both the phone and tablet are horrible for any sort of productivity activities. I've been considering adding a laptop to the mix to be able to do things like latex, presentations, matlab simulations and data analysis portably, but budget issues at work meant that it would have to be added myself, and personal budgetary issues make that a non-starter :)
Winning a sleekbook would add significant flexibility to my ability to work on-the-go, and generally make my work related travel MUCH easier.
Still chugging along with my Vostro 1700 from 2007. I've replaced the processor and dual hard drives with SSD but it's limited by the older hardware obviously. Sure would be nice to upgrade but it's working well and I'll see if I can hold out a bit longer.
I currently use my desktop PC as my workhorse computer. Whether I'm modifying images, typing up documents, or altering audio files, it's my go to device. Problem is that I can't bring it alone with me, it's not portable. A newer laptop would fit the bill!
I currently use a Hp Pavilion dv9700 laptop with an AMD Turion X2 processor in it, which is on its second hard drive. The cd rom drive has also gone out on it, so I've been using an external drive, so much for booting from CD. I've been a longtime Hp buyer and AMD buyer, as I haven't purchased an Intel machine since my wife's HP Pavilion Celeron 400, so you can imagine how long ago that was. I've felt that the extra money saved on a AMD CPU could be put into other better components ( video cards, etc ) when choosing a machine. My kids also use my dv9700 to play games and watch videos with, a new machine would certainly help that situation out. The current setup labors a bit under Minecraft, and stutters quite a bit with HD video. A quad core chip ought to make short work of Minecraft and help smooth out the videos.
I'd be interested in this laptop because of its size. Currently I have a 17.3 in laptop, which while it works fine can be a pain to carry to classes and such (I had to purchase a new backpack when I bought it). As an aside, winning this laptop would also mean that I would once again have a AMD processor in one of my devices. Previously my desktop ran a Phenom II 955 until I won a Tom's Hardware competition and received an i7 3930k. There was nothing wrong with the Phenom I just received something better for free. Here's to hoping lightning strikes twice.
I currently have a Thinkpad W530 that I use for college/school. Having a Sleekbook would be nice for taking notes/not having to carry a 6lb laptop + it's like 2lb charger everywhere with me.
I also own a (original) Nexus 7, but I feel like it's too slow (even with the 4.3/fstrim update) to use and difficult to type quickly on.
I own two tower computers, an older laptop too power hungry to get away from the wall, and a kindle fire (gen 1).
These days the laptop and the tablet are the only things seeing use. Towers are just too big to keep in convenient places and my 1 year old keeps pulling out power cords...
The laptop is pretty much doing it all (internet, games, software development, etc) at the moment. The tablet is nice for reading, checking stuff quickly online, and watching Netflix away from the TV.
Another laptop would enable us to play games together without having to haul out and find space for a tower computer, monitor, and mess of cables.
I wanna recycle my current Desktop and laptop ( probably donate them ), but i need a quality replacement and wont have the funds available anytime soon, because of financial strain living by myself, thus this Envy is right up my alley (If i win). Where power and battery life goes hand in hand with the new Richland APU (awesome!!) and my pocket (electric bill). The laptop i have now is a 17" Pavilion g7 from walmart, running windows 8 with an A8-4500m and its ok but a little too heavy, i would like something exactly like the envy sleekbook, thin, light, and more powerful than my current. My desktop is one i built myself with: Intel core2duo 3.0GHZ, 8 gigs ddr3, geforce Gts 450, and 550w power supply, but i barely use it cause mobility is my future especially when i wanna make beats on the go with FL Studio. This laptop will be able to replace both my desktop and laptop cause it would play most games i play (Call Of Duty mw3, Left4dead2, Tropico 4, and Grid2, and Tony Hawks HD). My android phone is used for music, email, and a little gaming but its not a ideal experence until more games start supporting Bluetooth HID Controllers. So there you have it, i dont have a sad story about how my dog chewed up my laptop or anything, im just saying if i want to kill two birds with one stone and cut my power bill down significantly, that ENVY would be the tool of choice!!
I currently have a desktop that is used for work (programming and content creation) and gaming. It is equipped with an Intel Core i5-3570K, ASUS GTX 670 and 8 GB ram. I previously had a Lenovo T500 until the hinges around the green stopped working which made it unusable. I do a lot of traveling so it would helpful to have a machine that would be powerful enough to do some light data processing and a bit of gaming. The machine would get a lot of use when I am not around my desktop and/or would like to get away from working at home.
currently own a sony vaio duo 11, which I use for work and school. Also use a gaming desktop with i5 2500k and a gtx 560ti. Nexus 4 as phone. I would really like to see how this laptop would fair well at mobile gaming
I'm a long time AMD fan,I currently use an iBuyPower desktop with AMD FX-4100 Quad Core Processor, AMD Radeon HD 6670 graphics and Win7 OS; my wife has an Asus VivoBook touch screen notebook with Win8 OS. I've used her notebook some and enjoy using Win8 with a touch screen. Winning an AMD powered HP ENVY Sleekbook including a 128GB Samsung SSD 840 drive, would be AWSOME!!
I currently own a Phenom2 x4 PC for gaming, a trinity A6 media center, a trinity A8 laptop, a kindle fire and a gs3. For the most part theses are shared with the wife (kindle is hers and we each have an S3). This sleekbook is pretty much what I am looking for in a laptop. something that is capable of gaming on the road. The mobile trinity A8 has been respectable in this regard, but only at the lowest settings. I am hoping that the newer A10 Richland will perform better in games and i can give the mobile trinity to my wife full time.
I currently have a nice self-built PC gaming desktop, and an aging Macbook as my laptop. I'd love to have a new Windows notebook to run those Windows-only apps without using a virtual machine.
My wife and I both have old Dell laptops, but they are nearly 9 years old now and although we still use them occasionally it's really out of last resort. I just recently built a desktop machine myself that we use as a HTPC and family computer. That has adequate horsepower for anything we need to do, but something portable (and a second computer) would be really convenient. We have Kindle Fire HD that provides some portable computing, but for most of what I do I really need a full fledged computer.
I would love to have a Sleekbook for me and my family!
I have two HP Pavilions (quad-core Athlon) for my desktops, one to play games and do general Internet stuff, and one used just in my music studio. For mobile I have an old Macbook that is really showing its age. The Sleekbook would gladly replace the Macbook and probably easily run some music software well enough for me to do better live recordings with.
My set up consists of a desktop PC with a Pentium branded core2duo and Radeon HD 6850 graphics card that I mainly use for gaming. I also have a Dell Latitude e6400 which is my main work horse. The laptop I use for writing assignments, programming, viewing video lectures and viewing assignments for online classes. When living in a college dorm I had a second monitor a would connect the laptop to for extra screen space for working on assignments and for better video viewing quality. Unfortunately the the NVS 160m graphics in my laptop has poor performance and throttling issues which comes up after prolonged multitasking on two screens. I should also mention that I mainly run linux on my laptop with Windows 7 only for when I must use a windows only program. I don't have any sort of tablet or smartphone so carrying around my laptop is often a necessity.
They ways in which the Sleek book might help is in getting rid of the the graphics issues I have and reducing the weight I have to carry around on a large campus with many steep hills.
I'm a web developer. My current setup: a quad-core desktop with two 24" IPS displays, a rack-mounted test server, an aging Core 2 Duo laptop, and a range of phones and tablets used for testing.
Adding the the ENVY sleekbook to the mix would improve my productivity when I'm on the go. Having four cores would be great since I multi-task heavily. I regularly run background tests in virtual machines while I'm coding or designing. The modern graphics API support of the A10-5745M would be very useful. My design workflow benefits from OpenCL acceleration, particularly for 3D Visualizations and Creative Cloud apps.
P.S. - Thanks again, Anand, for making those SSDs happen :)
My Dell XPS (Sandy Bridge) is very nice, but I would very much appreciate something lighter and faster since I am currently toting it around for work. And if it could play World of Warcraft... :)
I am a full time student and currently use my TouchPad to take notes in class. It kind of sucks typing on a touch screen tablet, but I want something very thin and portable with very good battery life. I would like this laptop to integrate across my phone and desktop better, and to have a computer that I can research/type papers, and do my work someplace other than my desk. It is important that I can get enough battery time to make it through my classes. I would also like the ability to load Steam for light gaming while waiting between classes.
Anand - Thank you for considering swapping out the old-school drive for an SSD. Huge time saver along with meeting the line of work I do encryption requirements.
When you look at all the most important parts of modern life, they intersect at a common point – your personal computer. From family photos and videos - to paying bills – to keeping in touch with family and friends - to being able to produce and communicate your work. Like a constant drip, my quality of life is affected by my experience with my computer. It is very personal. My current set-up is a rather bulky 7+ lbs, 5 year old Dell computer. It is heavy to carry on my commute, is still affected by the blue screen of death (yes, it still exists) and sometimes just shuts off in the middle of doing work. It is slow and means that when I have to boot it up (or restart) it takes time away from spending with my kids. At best, it is a pain to have to re-create work that I’ve lost due to these shut-downs. At worst, I’ve lost a family memory. A HP Sleekbook powered by AMD would make my commute less painful, my computing more reliable, and most importantly would give me time back with my family!
I'm currently working on a Core i3 530 system with 8GBs of RAM, a 64GB SSD and 500GB HDD that has seen some of the world. Half the original system was left in Belgium due to weight (psu, case, perhiperals, ...). Other parts were damaged in transport (beer chiller, chocolate sensors, waffle drive). I have been a US resident for some time now and with some upgrades last year in the form of a nice and shiny Fractal Design Define XL case and an XFX 750w PSU) the system is running great again.
A sparkling new AMD/HP notebook would be put to good use, as I am going back to college soon. Also, this notebook seems more capable of fulfilling my entertainment and gaming needs than my desktop is...(a new case and PSU don't excactly improve performance) The only downside is it doesn't make waffles.
Currently I have a desktop which I put together many years ago (it uses intel q9450 processor, monitor is a 46" sharp aquos). I use it for everything, general web surfing, pc gaming, skype, work related stuff, movies. I have never owned a laptop before but have been thinking about switching to something portable for a while. Winning this HP Envy Sleekbook would be the perfect way to switch to a laptop. No longer would I have to move to the PC room to look something up or watch a youtube clip. It would be freedom.
Re-posting because I read the requirements after posting. I currently have a Desktop computer that sits in a backroom and is untouched because I am either not at home or watching tv in the living room. I could really use a laptop when away from home to avoid using my work laptop for personal use.
Using a Sony Z1 which is coming up on 3 years old and in need of replacement. I tend to do a lot of light 3D gaming (i.e. almost no new games) so always looked for laptops with dedicated 3D cards. I have a side business building systems and buying laptops for friends and businesses so I get to try out a lot of hardware. The general impression I've gotten is that 2 cores will still lag on occasion, but 4 cores almost never do (I suspect the sweet spot is e, or 2.718 cores). So I was looking for a quad core as my next laptop.
A friend's laptop died recently and due to her budget she asked me about the A8 and A10. I had dismissed the AMD A series due to the poor performance vs Intel. But I did some quick research and the A8/A10 actually look fairly competitive. Decent 3D video (better than Intel's integrated graphics, which is probably all that 95% of laptops will have). And they're quad core vs the vast majority of Intel laptops being dual core. So I'm genuinely curious how much smoother a A8/A10 laptop would be in general use even though they're significantly slower at single-threaded tasks.
I am a software developer and general computer nerd with a sizeable high school/college age family, so I look after quite a number of machines: My personal machine is an Intel i3-2105 running Ubuntu. Since I work at home, I built a Phenom II X6 1055T-based machine to use as a target server for the media server software I write. My employer has supplied a Xeon W3520 machine as my desktop and developer machine; we recently began updating all our corporate resources from WinXP to Win7, and I have to admit that I've been pleased with the update.
My college age children each have a newer low/mid-end laptop (some AMD and some Intel) running Win7, while my last remaining high school student is using an old HP Pentium class notebook -- very slow machine. My wife has an older low-end laptop running Win7 -- it's still quite fine.
I use an iPad 2 as one of my endpoint media test devices, along with my work desktop machine. I'd love to have a laptop of my own for travel and for another media test endpoint. Originally, I thought it might be nice to give the machine to my youngest child, but since she's already slated to get a laptop for high school graduation, I think she can wait a little longer for a new machine. :)
I originally bought a well-spec'd laptop 4 years ago as a 3DCAD/Matlab machine that I could take to college and game on as well. The problem was that, 1) It's heavy enough to cause shoulder pain after lugging it around all day, 2)battery life is <3 hours on the most conservative settings, and 3) it no longer provided acceptable performance playing games after a few years. I recently built a desktop PC for my gaming needs, but I still don't have something that's easy to take somewhere to write reports, browse the internet, do light engineering work, etc. Plus, it'd be nice to have a laptop that could last past noon. This laptop would be my general purpose device that I could take anywhere and not have to worry about finding a power outlet or how long I was going to have to carry it around. I just built a PC with a Richland APU for my girlfriend, so can imagine how great it'd be in a mobile form factor.
I have an sony viao with an old first gen i5 that I use for beta testing. Kind of puts a damper on things when the laptop is the bottleneck in testing. This new laptop would allow me to fully test other systems as well testing itself and I'll be able to provide good feedback with it.
Currently just own a few AMD based desktops with some going on 14 years old now. Don't own a laptop or a tablet. A ENVY Sleekbook would allow me to cut the cord so to speak and not have to travel up a long flight of stairs to be able to see the grandkids on skype.
I currently have old dell E5400 with almost broken screen and Lumia 920. If I were to win I would replace my current laptop with a new sleekbook, which is probably better for daily college tasks than that old Dell that weighs north of 6 lbs and can not be carried anywhere
Thanks to Anandtech and AMD for offering these giveaways.
If randomly chosen, I would use the Sleekbook to take my computing mobile again. I'm a graduate student in computer engineering and spend the great majority of my work time at my desk, on a workstation machine. While this setup is fine for working, it ties me to my office.
I know that a large part of education is passing on your experience and knowledge to others, and to that end, I have used my trusty 7-year old Dell E1505 to sit in the common areas of our engineering building and chat / help undergraduates and graduates alike who pass by. However, that machine is way past showing its age and particularly in screen brightness it suffers compared to newer machines. As a result I have instead preferred my office machine much more and have stopped spending time in the common areas.
A newer, more portable machine would help me remain productive while spending time in the common area, which lets me interact with, teach, and learn from others who are also there.
I currently own a desktop at home that I currently use for gaming (primarily), Netflix/Amazon streaming and occasional work on the weekends. At work I have a Dell Inspiron 14. Even though the Dell is satisfactory for work duties, it's a few years old, and an upgrade such as the Sleekbook would be nice!
Palm Pre 2 that just died and a HP that has a screen that shows every green pixel when the graphics chip gets to warm, so everything blurs and gets green dots in it. A Kindle I ran over a few weeks ago with my car and no longer works, and an HP Touchpad that is working fine....
I could use a new laptop, I gave my old laptop to my neice, which was a Compaq AMD 15.6 inch. I currently do not have a laptop, my desktop is a X4 965 BE @ 4.0 Ghz. I do pretty much everything with my PCs, like photo edtiing. work like spreadsheets and MS apps, browsing and gaming when I have time.
This would be a very nice thing to win, and I have experience as a reviewer with newegg and my own sites. I am an enthusiast, modder, and gamer.
Awesome AMD!! We currently have 3 computers that we share, one 5 years old desktop AMD and two 3 years old laptops (one HP Pavilion and one Dell Latitude), we share the computers between I my wife and my 2 collage daughters, A beautiful AMD-HP Envy will greatly improve our family flexibility and happiness.
I have a dell xps with 8GB sdram which I carry around with me on a daily basis. I'ld like something lighter, and with an SSD to consume less power. I do a lot of photo and video editing, as well as online classes (in medicine). Having a lighter system will save me back pain, faster disk accesses is something I could really use.
Currently running an AMD 6 core Zambezi desktop which I use for light web page editing and some gaming. I also have a work iPhone4 and a Kindle Fire which I use for light web browsing. I could really use a sleekbook with more capabilities than I currently have.
Intel Celeron G540 B75 MB 4GB RAM 80gb Harddrive for the OS 80gb for games 160gb for storage No SSDs :( No CD or DVD player An old ViewSonic G90f 19" crt which is slowly dying, I'll miss it :(
Currently using the Intel IGP for gaming which is not all that great.
The above PC is actually my first time going intel(low budget). From my first PC an Athlon XP M 2500+ Barton(got it to 2.4 ha) with a 9700pro to an A64 3300+ with a x800 to my last great pc an A64x2 4800+ with a HD3850(sold due to hard times), I generally prefer AMD and it would be nice to have one again :).
Getting this laptop would be an all around upgade completely replacing my current less than stella computer. I mainly use my PC for web browsing(job searching >.>), watching youtube/netflix and gaming. Having this laptop will definitely increase my time spent actually enjoying gaming :), so many great games waiting(steam sales haha) to be played that I can't with this poor little intel igp :(.
I'm not at all use to touchscreens, but I'm very interested in seeing how this laptop having one will or won't change how I use a PC. The portability of having a laptop vs a desktop will be quite fun as well, I'll enjoy being able to browse the web and game to my hearts content while soaking up the sunshine outside and on the road :).
A more spacious and cleaner looking desk from no longer having a tower and crt up here will be quite nice as well.
My current PC parts would go to upgrading my mother's old(OLD!!!) P4 era PC, she would finally be able use facebook without any slowdowns and watch kitty videos on youtube without stuttering, for which I'm sure she would be happy.
PC gaming desktop, iPad 3, HTC One! Need a laptop for school so obviously this would be awesome for me. I would absolutely love to review it, putting in the dedication to get a honest and worthwhile review for anyone that reads it!
I'm a typical family guy with typical computing needs like editing photos and videos of my kids, video chatting with their grandparents, remote connecting to work, serving up kids movies on Netflix, tracking finances in Excel, and of course browsing the internet.
I currently have a home built Intel Core i7 920 Windows 7 PC that I use for everything mentioned above. I need robust mobile device to share photos anywhere, Skype from the living room, work in a coffee shop, and otherwise liberate myself from a PC tethered in one spot. I'm not a tablet customer, however, because I need the full Windows PC experience. If I won the Sleekbook I would review the following:
1. Review the general Windows experience on a mobile device (is it quick and smooth, feel like a desktop?) Does touch make it even better?
2. See how some more demanding tasks like photo editing on the go, or working remotely, work on the device.
3. As a general living room device for family life, how does it stack up? I might even build an AMD based HTPC (I was thinking of doing so anyway) and see how it does for the skyping / chatting / serving up movies to the TV kind of usage scenario.
I am a 40 something going back to college and will have to fight my kids for the computer... Tablets are nice for web browsing and email, but more screen real estate and a full keyboard will be the nice to have's.
I'm not from the US, and I posted the computing devices I had on the previous competition.
I just wanted to say why the Sleekbook has no place in my setup. The reason is simple: display resolution. I can accept 1366x768 on a small size laptop (and won't be too happy about that, either), but not on a 15.6" one.
I just recently built my own pc. It's running a fx-8120 on a asrock 970 extreme 4 with a sapphire Radeon hd 7950. I got really lucky with pricing this summer :)
but since a pc is stationary lol, I would really like to win and have something portable and more powerful than my HTC one s for school.
All I have is an Asus Transformer Prime as a portable. It would be cool to compare it with this HP Envy as a daily use device. My other PC is a monster gaming device, not very portable.
Main computer is currently an OptiPlex 755 which runs our 40" TV as a media center and file server. I gave my Dell M1730 XPS laptop to a church to use for graphic design and other needs. I do most content consumption on my Lumia 920 or on the Media Center when my wife/daughter isn't watching TV but have nothing that can play modern games. Would love this new laptop for the family to use instead of the media center.
I work at a rural secondary school in Vanuatu (legal US resident in the US PeaceCorps). Life here is very hard on electronics, and our servers keep dying. We use a beige box Core Duo tower right now to run Server 2k3, but as our site is run on generator power, it shuts off twice a day at fairly random intervals. If I had an HP Envy Sleekbook I would donate it to the school and use it as a server with the best kind of UPS around (an integrated battery). That way we wouldn't be so hard on it when the power goes out.
Finished 8 years in the US Military & taking an MBA to the private sector to work for a small financial planning business. As one of the first tasks I've been asked to accomplish for my new company I will be reviewing their current IT posture in order to propose a new strategy. Because it's a small business I believe I will ultimately recommend multiple displays, sleek or ultra books & secure shared online storage.
Currently, personally, I own an HTC One phone, Asus Transformer Prime tab, Asus touchscreen win8 w/intel I7 4200 series processor laptop & custom desktop w 3 23" screens. For what it's worth I formerly built using AMD processors but switched to Intel after the 4200s were released.
1. Acer Aspire - AMD TL-20,256GB 5200rpm HD, 2GB used for schoolwork (back in the day...) 2. Acer Aspire - AMD TF-50,500GB 7200rpm HD, 4GB used for live multitrack recording (when working) 3. Custom Built - AMD Phenom X4 820,500GB 7200rpm HD, 8GB Ram, Radeon HD 4670 used as my main rig for everything from media consumption to audio creation.
No tablets, just smartphones (Galaxy SII [Virgin], HTC One V [my wife])
All three computers served their purpose quite well, however it is time to put these out to pasture. This laptop would be perfect for live recording. The processor is more than adequate to record 16-24 audio tracks at a time, 128GB is enough to get me through a gig and dump to my main system the next day (typically use 40-50GB/night). An SSD is needed to protect against vibration from subwoofers. Backlit keyboard is perfect for using in a dark corner beside the stages and it has enough I/O to connect to the usb interfaces I use.
I'm a big fan of the detailed reviews made here on Anandtech and a long time reader. Thank you for reading this post.
Currently use Windows and Apple devices. My family have two windows PCS (1 a Win 7 desktop), and 2nd older laptop (Compaq CQ50. The laptop is 5-6 years old, does not have a camera, and was originally Vista. Updated in steps to Win7 and now Win8. Plus we have an iPad3, a complement of iPods and a new iPhone5C. Finally we have a Nook color. The Windows devices are used at home for browsing, email, and remote corrections of student work (am a adjunct at a local College). Would like to upgrade to all Win 8 devices to an Office 13 environment. The ENVY would be a better platform to come up to speed on Win 8 touch properties as the students are starting to bring in touch laptops. Also, want to install ubuntu opposite to Win 8 on a laptop for in class demonstration of a FSF environments. Expect to teach Win8 with Office 13 in Fall of 2014.
Desktop is an OC'd i7-3820 setup that I JUST upgraded my 9800GTX I bought in 2008 to a GTX Titan. Also has a 256GB Samsung 830 Pro... awesome SSD, can never go back to a traditional HDD for booting / programs.
Thinkpad X220 I bought a couple summers ago when there were several coupon deals going on at once. IPS screen, 2520M, upgraded the ram to 8GB and dumped the terrrrible 320GB drive to a 128GB SSD (Also a samsung 830 pro). It's been a solid laptop but the battery is starting to show its age. With normal use it used to get 9-12hrs of battery life, it's now down to 5-6hrs.
I've just turned 21 and I have a part time job and am a full time college student. Would love to have a new laptop to use.
A sleekbook would fit nicely into our home computing environment. Currently, we are working with a i5-3570k desktop build (AMD graphics, though) that I put together last year, an HP Touchpad, a Kindle Fire, and a junky old dual-core Toshiba Satellite that hardly keeps a charge. I do some gaming, some graphic art creation, and home movie editing on the desktop, but my wife likes to sit on the couch with the laptop. Or, she did, anyway, before she became tethered to the wall by the Toshiba's battery problems and it's glacial slowness. It is so outdated, it is not even worth buying a new battery for.
I'd love to review the HP Sleekbook, and it would fill a conspicuous gap in our hardware cannon. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
I have a Lenovo T430, given to me by my company. I don't own any other piece of computing including tablets. I use my phone when am mobile. I travel and am mobile once in 60 days. The sleek book will reduce weight for me, and going by specs I will have fast computing power at my disposal for my needs which include business and personal usage.
Current setup: Win7 desktop machine I built 2 years ago, Nexus 7 tablet, Samsung Galaxy S2 smartphone, and 5-year-old Macbook provided by work. The Macbook is my only option for mobile work, but it's aging pretty hard. I'd love to replace it with a powerful Windows ultrabook with long battery life and an SSD. It would speed up my mobile productivity significantly. I've never been a big AMD fan, but this could potentially change my mind...
My laptop is a 2-year old $300 Toshiba. The screen is cracked from a random stuffed animal throwing in the room. Note I have to connect it to an external monitor to use it.
Gaming/Career Rig (PC): Intel Core i7-3770K, 32 GB RAM, 256 GB Samsung SSD 840 Pro, nVidia GeForce GTX 770. Used for: 1) Gaming - Blizzard WoW & Diablo III. Might be trying a few other games soon. 2) Career - Testing VMware ESXi and Microsoft related products
HP TouchPad (Tablet) - CyanogenMod 10.1 loaded (Android) Used for: 1) 21 month old daughter: play games 2) Wife: Browse around on FaceBook and the Internet 3) Myself: Browse around on FaceBook and the Internet (email, Google Hangouts/chat, etc.).
Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Phone) Used for: 1) A phone of course! 2) Facebook, email, Google Hangouts, etc.
Why I want an Ultrabook: 1) To fill the void between a tablet and a laptop/PC. I think Tablet OSs are fine for certain tasks, but a lot of research that I do would be preferred from a mobile PC OS like Windows on an Ultrabook. 2) To show off to my friends how geeky I am! :)
My main computing device currently is a ThinkPad R61, which my sister received from her university and gave to me because she already had a computer. It has served me well over the years, especially after upgrading from 1 GB to 3 GB of RAM, and updating the operating from Windows XP to 7 and now to 8, but the system is showing its age. It still serves me fine for my school and office work, though it can't do much more beyond that. It's also quite heavy, and the battery only last about half an hour now, tying me to a desk most of the time. For my mobile needs, I use a Windows Phone (Focus S) because of the integrated office. It'd be great to finally be able to upgrade my laptop though!
My current setup is a 16 inch Sony Vaio VPCF-115FM that is running an HDMI out on the tv as my main media device. I just recently found out the brackets for the discrete Nvidia 330m GPU had snapped, so I have to use the GPU at minimum clock frequencies to keep the computer at a manageable temperature. Which even then is a huge hassle because the copper heat pipe that leads to the fan is connected to both the CPU and GPU. This i720QM has enough trouble as it is keeping cool and this just makes it worse. I need to start weaning off this thing as to not kill it so early. At this point I can't even use it as an easy portable laptop anymore because I have to carry around a cool pad with it as well. As far as any mobile work I have to do now is either using my phone, which is extremely limited, especially for when working with clients websites, anything photoshop related, pretty much anything but word processing. Having something powerful, small and low wattage (heat) would change my work day completely, I've been losing business and changing appointments constantly due to my lack of portability now. This would be the greatest gift at a perfect time.
I currently have a i5 2500, radeon 6800 GPU, 8g ram PC. My laptop I use is from 2005 and takes about 15 minutes to boot up. Trying to use it during those 15ish minutes just results in constant lock ups. You can't use it for anything other than browsing the web and email. Running any type of video is a no go. I've been trying to find a good deal on a solid laptop for the past 2-3 years and just never pulled the trigger on anything. I greatly appreciate the kindness to give away these wonderful sleekbooks. Good luck to all!
I am a resident physician saddled with extremely high debt and yet I earn less than minimum wage and have several concurrent needs that could be better addressed by a product like the Sleekbook. First, my home rig is a 5 year old Phenom x3 720 with an unlocked fourth core, 4 gigs of ram, several more recent additions including a solid state drive and a Nvidia GTX 660, and a 28 inch computer monitor. Although this is modern in some respects it is very limited in others. It does a nice job of enabling home access of our medical record system and for the generation of the frequent powerpoint presentations we have to give. However it is completely non portable. I use an iPad for mobile content consumption to try to balance this out but it lacks the ability to edit powerpoints and has no keyboard. A product like the sleekbook would allow excellent portability including use of our EMR at work while on the go, editing presentations at conferences, and facilitate digital based studying in areas away from my make shift office. This product could provide a far more unified experience. I would also be happy to provide detailed and beneficial feedback should I be selected.
Hi! I am presently using a Trinity 5800k APU on an ASUS mother board, it has 8 Gigs of Ram with a 64 Gig SSD from Kingston. I have been building my own computors since 1990 and have built one of every generation AMD has put out. You could say that I am loyal in that regard. Presently I am active with a group of Traffic Exchange Owners and have a lot of experience in helping others to find and correct the problems that they are sure to pick up as they cruise the web. I also am active with the Adobe web based content creation aps and lend a hand to my wife who is presently completing her BS in Multi-Media Design and Graphics with DeVry University. My original training in electronics years ago was with DeVry as well. Normally I build a new computer every year and pass last years build on to a relative or friend. My next build is going to be a highend work station for my wifes Adobe Graphics applications with AMD processor, graphics cards and SSD for the boot drive. I intend to add a RAID 10 array of SAS drives for her storage. It has been a continuous learnng curve over the years and I will be continuing with AMD and pacing on the good experiences I have with others. Thanks for your consideration.
Currently we are running a Core i3 notebook for the home computer. It is a bulky thing, which makes it harder to deal with since we have no longer have a home office (have a second kid on the way). This sleekbook would be far more comfortable for our use. Plus I could game on it. You know, for the kids. ;) I also have a Surface, which I like quite a bit for personal and work purposes.
I wonder how many people get DQ'ed for not following the rules, which are highlighted in bold red.
I'm currently in school and I have one laptop and that's it. While that wouldn't normally be a problem, the Wi-Fi sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. Which I shouldn't even have to mention how problematic that is when you take it to school. Hopefully the sleekbook (assuming it has working Wi-Fi) would make it so I wouldn't even have to worry about the old laptop and make the sleekbook my official school laptop.
Work: Macbook Pro - Used for programming, email, work, simulations, document editing, and upkeeping the company image. This machine is a power house and one of the most versatile pieces of computing I've ever had the pleasure of using. No bootcamp, only OSX, only work related. iPad - Used for testing, at home browsing, outdoor reading, occasional email, and work related experimenting. iOS7 iPhone - Used for work calls, work emails, on the go browsing, taking pictures, and messaging. iOS7.
Home: Raspberry Pi - Used as an ArcadeBerryPi and movie playback device. Used to have it hooked up for tinkering. Airport Extreme - Used as a NAS with a hard drive attached (AFP only is annoying) and decent router. HP DM3-1023NR - Used as a HTPC with external KB/mouse because the original Windows harddrive failed (wiping out the Windows OS), battery no longer holds ~1hr of charge, the case has cracked, the machine runs hot, the fan is not too loud, and it's not the most powerful system (AMD E-350 @ 1.5GHz did the job for awhile, but the Linux drivers for the Video can't cope with dual monitors or 1080p flash).
I'd use the Sleekbook as my own personal Windows device needed to program Android Aps and do some linux dual-boot development as well. I'm looking for a device that gets me ~4hrs of mobile battery and is comparable to the experience I get on the MBP but doesn't cost me what a MBP would. Occasional gaming would be a plus, too, because I miss my late night CounterStrike GO sessions.
Currently I am using '07 Compaq Presario V6000. It has T5600 CPU, 120GB 5400rpm HDD, and an integrated graphics card. The battery on it is dead so it's plugged to AC adapter 24/7. I've always been AMD fan since forever. My gaming rig is custom built way back with AGP Radeon HD 4650 card and AMD 4400+ CPU. I would love to have a AMD powered Sleekbook since I miss having portable PC.
I have a gaming PC at home. It is great for playing games and other stuff but it is not a portable device. I would love to have this device so that I can surf the internet from my bed or take it out with me.
My current setup consists of a gaming desktop (SB i5 + HD7950) and a Nexus 10. I picked up the Nexus 10 with hopes that it would completely replace my aging Thinkpad T42 laptop (circa 2004) and from a content-consumption standpoint it definitely has. With that being said, I'm still hanging onto the Thinkpad for moments that require a mobile x86 setup - case in point, I recently received my Cisco CCNA certification and used the laptop to administer my routing and switching lab.
As much as I love watching Windows XP boot on a machine with a single-core Pentium M and 1GB DDR, a Sleekbook would be a definite upgrade for me. It would be nice to have access to a Windows environment on the go without resorting to screen-sharing via TeamViewer or something similar on my tablet. Plus, the ability to do a little light gaming on the side couldn't hurt - my gigantic Steam backlog isn't going to play itself.
I own a Asus Zenbook Prime UX31A, touchscreen and very portable, and its used mostly for daily everyday purposes (emails, work, internet, etc). I am satisfied with what I have, but I would like to win this laptop to give to my dad. Its almost his birthday and he needs one badly and it would be an awesome gift for him, instead of another shirt. Thank you!
I've a house full of desktops, one for each member of the family, five in total. As of late various things have crept up and made one or more of the machines unusable and then my computer gets to be used by everyone but me. Also, my wife has a laptop she uses for school that I could use in these situations but when she is doing school work, this leaves me out in the cold. Winning this notebook would allow me to have my own computer again. Once my desktop is free I would experiment with Linux, especially now that the SteamOS is coming.
My current home office workstation is running on an Athlon 64 x2... it has served me well, but is getting long in the tooth. I use it for sysadmin work, web development (PHP, Perl, MySQL), and some design work and photography. It's running Windows and VMWare Workstation.
My laptop is a 15" Dell e6xxx with a dual-core CPU... it's really too heavy to travel with, especially after my recent back injury, and I am looking for something lighter. I use it when I'm not at my desk, and often keep it with me as I am frequently on call. I use it for sysadmin work, and development & testing my web apps. I also use it for light photography work when traveling. It's running Fedora 19 and VMWare Workstation.
A lighter laptop would enable me to keep it with me 24/7, and I'd be more likely to take it with me when traveling, so I'd be able to get more done on the road. An SSD would really improve my boot speed and app load times. Longer battery life would be a big plus as well.
I currently have a decently powerful desktop I use for gaming and web development and I have an aging laptop that doesn't do much more than browse the internet and check email. A new laptop would help me do some development away from my desk.
I have a HP Pavillion dv 2000, 2006 model with Core Duo, 1280 x 800, 120 gb hard disk and 1.5 gig RAM and windows 7 and ubuntu. Recently I installed Windows 8 and the processor overheats within 15 minutes. Thinking of getting something which is more current generation and has good battery life and has a graphics card.
I have the original MSI gaming notebook - GX600 with Core 2 T7500 and NV 8600GT. It has served me great for the past 5 (!) years. I frankly didn't feel the need to upgrade since I mostly write scripts and play mostly older games on it until the recent advent of thin and light. This Richland notebook would be a good match for what I am looking for.
Have an older full tower desktop, in addition to a very slow ASUS Eee PC. Would like to replace the ASUS with this Sleekbook. Am NOT an Apple fan and dislike iPads, and would really like the Sleekbook for a portable unit. The Eee PC is getting a bit long in the tooth and just too slow anymore, not to mention it does not run Netflix streamed movies very well either...which the Sleekbook should have no problem with.
Current Dell Pentium DC laptop runs fine plugged in but has very little battery life. Having a truly mobile laptop would allow me to get work done while killing time between classes when I can't find an open plug.
Current laptop is a Gateway LT3103u. For those that don't remember it the specs are Athlon 64 L110 (single core 1.2 ghz), G wireless, 11.6" screen. My wife and I also use android phones but my desktop PC is primarily for gaming and the laptop is primarily for anything she can't do on a 3" touchscreen phone. The battery on the LT3103u is still orginal so the run time is pretty short by now, the 250GB HD I replaced with a 64GB Samsung 830 but the controller in the LT limits the read speeds so even the old 64GB SSD is faster than the LT can handle. Boot up is still slow due to the single core and software installs tend to be slow. It'd be so so nice to not be single core limited on the laptop. The sleekbook would have 4 times the CPU cores running at over twice the ghz and would get one more windows XP PC off the internet. It would be an amazing increase in productivity and comfort.
I only have a desktop PC. I use it for watching movies, browsing the web, and playing games. I don't have any mobile devices. A laptop would be great for getting some work done outside of the home and when I'm traveling out of state.
Currently own a Sony VAIO S laptop that I use for homework and lite gaming. The new sleekbook would increase my gaming chops as well as give me a larger screen to use, not to mention an updated Windows 8 machine.
I have a 17 inch HP DV6t that's about two years old now. I mainly use it at home as a desktop replacement but I occasionally take it with me. A new Envy would be more portable.
I currently have a mostly stationary PC setup. My wife and I have side-by-side first and second gen i5 machines for gaming. However, often I am away from home and feel the need to do some dev work, game, or just browse the interwebs. Right now I have my phone (an HTC One) and an aging Lenovo Arrandale-based Pentium laptop with onboard video and diminishing battery life.
Acquisition of a mobile Richland platform would let me stay wireless longer and easier. The laptop is, amazingly, lighter than mine and much thinner, and would likely last a whole lot longer on a charge. This might make mobile work much more of a reality.
I would give a Fry face at the 768p display on the HP Envy, but gift horses and mouths and all that.
I currently own an FX-6100 based computer, that runs windows 7. It has a gigabyte ga-990fxa-ud3 for the motherboard and two gigabyte GTX660s in SLI, for graphics and rendering blender animations. It uses a 120gb vertex agility 3 for the boot drive and and a 1tb Western Digital Black hdd for data storage. It also has 8gb of corsair vengeance memory DDR3 1600mhz. In addition to my pc I also have an ASUS tf300t, with the keyboard, and a galaxy s4 on sprint. Both my tablet and phone are running cyanogenmod 10.3.
I love my setup, but it has one gaping hole. I don't have a good mobile platform for productivity and mild gaming. I need a laptop, to take to school and friends houses, that will pack a punch, but still be light and portable, and I feel that this one fits the bill nicely. I really like the fact that this laptop has windows 8 as there are no windows 8 computers that I have easy access to, and I have been dying for a chance to play with it. I also really like the fact that this laptop has a touch screen. I've really liked the idea of laptops with touchscreens ever since I first saw a tf101, and using my tf300t has only confirmed that it is a great system. I am very eager to see HP's take on it. If I got this laptop it would enable me to have a complete setup, and to bring Kerbal Space Program into my physics class and play it on a 100in projector. Thanks for the opportunity and think of the Kerbals!
I'm running linux on an AMD 64 dual core and I am a fan of AMD. I run Ubuntu 12.04 and surf the web, do email, word processing and other productivity types of work with my desktop. I would like to use and evaluate the HP ENVY Sleekbook to continue my writing since I am recently disabled and would greatly benefit from a powerful and portable computer like the ENVY Sleekbook.
I have a very large desktop computer that is my gaming workhorse. I need a mobile computer to compliment it as doing work at the desk is not always the most convenient and my smartphone is not capable. An AMD laptop with their capable APUs would be nice to be able to do some light gaming on the go.
My Current Setup (minus extra PCs in house for guests or livingroom HTPC): - Gaming/Work on Desktop: 3770K @4.6GHz, 2x AMD HD 6970, 256GB SSD, 3x1.5TB in RAID5 (with 6TB external network backup) - Mobile: Nexus 7 and Nexus 4 - Travel Laptop: Original HP Envy 14 for light gaming when on work travel
I really could use an upgrade to my laptop, but most things are either too large or not enough power to make me drop money so I can game on the road... this laptop is on the edge of small but good enough. It would be nice for my travel situation, but I honestly wouldn't have paid for it as what I have is "good enough" and I'm hoping for more power and still light (and well built) in the next generation... tho I'm getting tempted by some current offerings.
I currently own an AMD C-50-based Acer Iconia Tablet PC. It's great for what it does, but it is seriously underpowered, with only 2 GB of RAM, 32 GB of SSD space, and 1 GHz of CPU. If I only used it as a email/web-surfing machine, it would be fine; however, I do use it for serious work--I use it at my workplace, where I do not have a company PC, and I use it at home to run my own business and relax with some movies and games. From running GIMP, Office, games, and R-Stat, this thing is limited by its specs, although the touch panel and Windows 8 are really nice (although Windows 7 has a nicer interface--Aero--in my opinion, Windows 8 is really necessary to take advantage of touch). Since I use my computer about 8 hours a day, an upgrade would be nice.
I also have a Sony S-series tablet for my wife, running Android 4.1. It's a very sweet thing, but it is a little restrictive for work. Fortunately, she only uses it for casual games, email, and web. We also have two iPhones, which we got for free.
So my regular mobile work setup is to tether my Tablet to my iPhone, and which then I can go anywhere. I ride a motorcycle to work, so the weight does matter--even an extra kilo will result in some extra soreness at the end of the day. But a new Sleekbook would be extremely welcome. I could cut out a few extra minutes loading games, running programs, or working with excel. I could get some serious work done, and I could play some of the latest games. Alan Wake, for example, runs on my PC, but it is a little slow... And then I could use my tablet for use in my business to entertain waiting customers.
I have a Sony VAIO and it is a piece of junk (not trying to complain) after having it for about 6 months the hard drive went out, a Sony rep came out and replace it. Now it is 6 months later and the hard drive seems to be going out again that is why I need a new one. My current set up is windows 7. thanks so much for a chance to win
Currently have the HP Envy M6 with the AMD processor, I enjoy the laptop a lot. But this HP Envy Sleekbook would be a great power and performance upgrade from my M6.
I am a freshmen in college using my desktop to work on school homework and such. Need a laptop to be mobile working and doing homework. I got a laptop but the thing broke down, so i need a news one to replace. My desktop is a mid range gaming desktop so not winning this is OK too. Good luck to whoever needed this
As a current user of both a Chromebook and an older Atom-based netbook, the HP Envy Sleekbook would be a definite step up in terms of performance and capability, as well as the ability to run more complex applications than my current setup offers.
I have a pieced together tower PC that has gone through various upgrades since buying it as a pre-configured system 14yrs ago. Now with our second baby on the way, I am losing the office and need to figure out how to replace the desktop powerhouse. Currently my wife and my wireless excursions have been limited to a Galaxy S3 and a iPhone 5. Both of which are pretty miniscule and underpowered to be any sort of desktop replacement.
The Sleekbook will be a perfect transition into my brave new desktop-less world while solving our pathetic windows envy phone surfing issues.
i gotta custom built budget gaming pc i built myslef its a GTX 760 2gb AMD FX-6300 OC'ed to 4.1GHZ Asrock 880GM-FE-FX Edtion Xion-180 WD Black Edtion 500gb 72000 rpm Some Cheap dvd/drive a cheap refurb asus monitor 21.5"
I want this laptop becausei am in a home with my gf and she needs a pc or anything she says to play simple games on like minecraft, or even just facebook and web browsing. she also needs it for a online collage course to pass collage.
I use This boss gaming pc to play games like borderland 2,call of duty, battlefeild,arma 3 with friends. and i have to let my gf use it to pass collage, id love for her to have this laptop, i alos record gameplay for my youtube channel with my gf sometimes too.
Well about year ago, I decided to give up my laptop and go tablet only with a Surface RT. Surprisingly the Surface RT for most part of a year has been able to cover about 90% of my needs for home and work. Unfortunately the parts it fell short on were at work and have been painful as well as mission critical needs. So I have been looking to get another laptop just for work.
After building my HTPC with an A10-5700 APU, I was completely amazed at how well it would run everything. So I have been trying to find a good AMD APU laptop with Richland or Kabini in it but I can never find one that fits the size and price I want. The HP Envy 15 was one model I really like but after adding specs I wanted plus looking at adding an SSD to it just got a little up there in price for what I am going to be using it for. So looking at this HP Envy, it has pretty much everything I wanted and it comes with a price of Free. That is just what I have been looking for. Current Systems
I currently own a desktop gaming/work computer which is now somewhat dated. I do mobile warranty TV repairs for most major brands and would like a mobile device such as this so I can be more productive away from my desktop. I often need a computer out in the field so I can look up parts/prices and accept/update work orders on the go. The ENVY Sleekbook has everything I'd need to be more productive!
My main computing devices are a 15" MacBook Pro, Nexus 7 (2012) and Samsung S3. The MacBook Pro is portable but heavy and not small. The Nexus 7 is very portable but not great for typing (I do use a bluetooth keyboard when I travel). Yes, I know, first world problems. For me the Sleekbook would mostly be useful as a gaming laptop for games that don't work on the Mac. Plus it would be nice to have a dedicated machine that would normally be connected to my TV for gaming / XBMC / other stuff.
I have a nexus 7, a i3 530 desktop, and a 5 year old laptop that is dying. I need the desktop for home gaming, the tablet for travel, and the notebook for work
Current setups: Desktop: Intel Core I5-3570K, 16 GB RAM, 2x AMD Radeon HD 7770 Crossfired, MSI Z77A-GD55, running Windows 7. Laptop: Dell Latitude D531, AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60, ATI Radeon X1270, 4 GB RAM, running OpenSUSE 12.3.
It's getting to be time to retire the old beast. The laptop is out of date as far as graphics go and can't play any recent games (to be honest, it probably struggled when new!). The newer versions of Windows are slow on it and the processor runs a bit too warm for my tastes.
I'm a Freshman in college currently working towards a dual degree in Computer Science and Computer Engineering. I need a notebook to handle my programming projects (which tend to get very intensive on cpu usage), take notes in class, and use as a basic entertainment device to play some mid-range games and watch movies for when I am traveling or need a brake from my work. At the moment I have no means of doing work on the go. I have a brand new desktop that I built to handle all of my heavy loads, and they get heavy. I've maxed my 4770k @ 4.62ghz multiple times while working on my personal projects. However I need a laptop just for class projects, super small personal projects, and web development projects. Projects that I can easily do on the go and I really need a device for that. Not being able to work on something and wasting time just sitting around is really killing me when I'm on campus or travelling. I'm looking for something rather thin and light weight, but still powerful to the core for a great price. AMD APU laptops are just that, I love them; however I was not able to afford to buy a laptop for this year of college, I will have to wait until next year when the deals come back up for me to buy one. I didn't have the money, and I didn't get any graduation or birthday money/gifts and all of my current money is going towards surviving. I love HP, my parents both have HP laptops, my mother has an HP desktop, most well built systems I've seen from a manufacturer. HP + AMD = What I want and need on top of my lap for my work.
I'm a gamer, but right now I only have one machine capable of running things decently, a PC I built a few years ago. I used to have a decent laptop, but a dog broke the hinge and the replacement isn't much good for games. I have an android tablet as well, but it's really just used for web stuff. It would be nice to have a good laptop again, my wife would appreciate me being out on the house instead of holed up in the computer room, and being able to take it to work for lunch breaks would be great.
I use my laptop everyday for school and other projects on the graduate level. I would like something with a faster processor and plenty of space since we are down to one pc in my household at the moment. I also need something that offers enough storage for files and other software programs that may be installed.
Toshiba Satellite, i5, 500Gb disk, 4Gb memory, lots of peripherals connected, no spare USB ports, even with a 3 port USB hub. I am on the go, and need a machine which I can carry around without having to disconnectm, and re-connect my main box, and a tablette won't do, that's all. Thank you.
I currently own a laptop with discreet graphics and a HDD and I use it for gaming. It is not thin or portable, even though it is 15.6 inch. If I get a touch enable laptop like this HP Envy, I can carry it around. Especially if it has the SSD in it. I won't need much gaming on the go, but it is good that I can still check my games at lower resolutions on that AMD machine. I want 1 please.
i only have an hp pc and it is 4 years old. i would love to have this one so i could use it anywhere. the iphone is ok for the internet but this would be soooo much better!
I have a four year oldToshiba Satellite with a one-core Intel Celeron processor. It's basically a netbook in a slightly bigger body. There isn't much memory on it and it freezes up on me a lot. It's been crashing on me a lot recently and just can't handle the programs I need it to for my computer engineering classes. My phone actually has better processing and memory than my computer (I have a Galaxy s4) but it doesn't have the capabilities or screen size I need to be able to do homework and programming projects. So I'd really love to win a new computer because of that and because I don't have the budget to fix mine or get a new one.
I have been running AMD hardware since I got into computers back in 1994. First build and all builds AMD. I currently have my main rig, AMD FX 8120 coupled w/ an AMD Radeon 7850. It is my everyday computer I use for about 75% of my computing. I also own a Samsung Galaxy note 8.0 and a Samsung Galaxy S 4. Those two complete the other 25% of my computing workload. A laptop would be great so all of my syncing can be done in the same operating system and not to mention easing the eye strain.
I'm currently a high school senior. I have a netbook that do light work. I mostly use it for school work. I have a few small siblings that want to have a laptop.
If I win this Sleekbook I would give my netbook to my siblings and use the Sleekbook for school and college in the future.
Hello, I am a college student at the wonderful University of New Hampshire. I own a pretty old MacBook and am looking to upgrade. Not only would this computer provide 4x the hard drive space I currently have (which is very nearly almost full). But it would help me to make sure I don't have a dead computer in the middle of my Freshman year. My computer is slowly, but surely, dying. Longer restart times and slower processing speeds are more and more noticeable. I think it's just a matter of time now. Having been my first computer I admit some of the fault is my own. But after 5 years of daily use I can't say I'm too surprised. It would also allow me to pursue more of my interests in gaming, music, and photography. My battery is also crapping out, so it would be nice to be able to bring a laptop for notes in class. I guess that's it. I'm too broke to afford another laptop/computer so crossing my fingers on this.
Right now I have a desktop that I own and use for games and a (giant) work laptop. I have a Galaxy S 3 phone that handles some light internet browsing and a kindle paperwhite that gets some occasional use.
I don't have anything small enough to just take with me on a whim that I can use to be productive though - the phone is pretty much limited to short emails.
I'd really like something for working on side projects on the couch or when I'm out and about, and also web browsing with a bigger screen - and I think this sleekbook would be a great fit for that.
i've been putting along with a 6 year old 2 GHz core duo laptop. i can barely stay in business with this thing. it's so old i don't even know if i can find the parts to upgrade it anymore.
I currently have a gaming desktop which was built by me obviously the only way to go, The setup for my desktop is an xfx 750w psu core edition, Maximus motherboard, Amd fx 6300, sapphire raedeon hd 7870 16 gig of kingston blue ram 1tb hdd. its a fairly simplistic budget build which I use mainly for gaming. I have never actually gamed on any form of laptop every time I have tried it resulted in pretty bad gameplay. I actually purchased just a cheap hp laptop once from walmart with one of the E2 apu's and I returned it the next day. The reason I want a power house laptop I want to be able to see what its like to do the things I like on the go. Honestly I haven't been able to experience a mobile device that can perform anywhere near my desktop, touch screen havent tried windows 8. I'd give it a shot I run 7 64 bit. The biggest thing for me is I want to be able to experience amd in every way possible I absolutely fan boy it out but that's besides the point. Stick a laptop in my hands with a processor that I really want to try and let it go from there. Never owned a laptop well not more than 10 days before returning but I want to give it a shot, Other things I do on my pc is slight overclocking don't get me wrong I don't dare clock hard as I have no water cooling yet but I will. Honestly I have always wanted a good experience with a windows 8 desktop environment touchscreen and to try this cpu. Pick me I totally want a rad laptop to fanbo y about but either way I'm going to stick team red all day!
My current setup would be a HP Compaq dx2450 MT running off of a AMD Athlon 64 X2 to help me with my everyday tasks and school work with the strain of multitasking and visual performance. I really want to win this SleekBook because it would be a great portable upgrade to start my college education off with since i currently do not own any other desktops or specifically Laptops. It would greatly improve my current setup by greatly increasing the processing power and speed i would need for college.
I had a lenovo Z575 that I used for recording sermons and bible studies at my church. The screen broke and now I must have a monitor hooked up to it permanently for it to be any use. Winning a Sleekbook would change/improve my current setup by giving me portability again.
I have a desktop PC that I built 6 years ago with just a GPU upgrade 4 years ago. I also have a first gen Nexus 7. I typically use the desktop for most work, and the Nexus 7 while I'm on the couch or when I travel (using a healthy dose of voice commands and dictation to avoid typing on the screen). While this setup works usually, my travel schedule has changed recently and there's a lack of ability. For example, I will spend over 3 months this year in Asia and having a powerful laptop where I can easily create content would be handy. Also, battery life would naturally be paramount. Because I often work with 3D models, a powerful GPU will be a nice advantage. While it should be obvious that having a laptop wasn't critical enough for me to buy one myself, at least not yet, it should be equally clear how it would make working overseas much easier.
I need a laptop for school, my current one is an old, huge laptop with almost no battery life, my high school is a science and tech school and I need a laptop for bringing Computer Science assignments back and forth, and plus I need a better laptop because my current one often overheats running only a web browser.
Since my Compaq laptop died, I would use the Sleekbook to edit photos and videos at home as well for work. I would like to have a system that would allow for entertainment while traveling for work as well.
First and foremost, I'm an AMD Fan! I have a custom built PC, that i made about 4 years. Runs an AMD Phenom II X4 965. Running 6 Gbs of ram. My video card died about a month ago which was the Raedon HD 4890. I had to go to the Raedon R7750(it's ok). I have 4 WD Caviar black 650 GB HD's running raid 10. Win 7 Ultimate. This PC is my EVERYTHING. If this thing dies, I have nothing else. I use it for android programming, designing websites, surfing, webmail, reading news watching movies(i use it for a media center), gaming (big Iracing fan), learning. My wife has a nexus 7 (1st gen) which i can use from time to time. Just received an Iphone 4 for work, and my personal phone is the evo 4g lte(sprint). My job also gave us the toshiba tecra m9(pretty old). Pretty slow laptop. I personally need something on the go. I'm not mobile. I need something I can use eclipse and wamp server on the go instead of waiting til I get home. You can't do that on a cell phone or even a tablet! This will be the perfect laptop to use for starting my business! It will be nice to sit in the bed or on the couch, and use this instead of my power hungry desktop! I want it because it's cool and new! Since I travel a lot, having this laptop will definitely help out in the airport, and long flights. The size and weight alone is excellent! Thanks for the chance to win!
I have PC desktop, which I built a few years ago. It is a Core i7 2600k, with 8gb of memory, 2TB of hard drive space, and an AMD Radeon HD graphics card on Windows 7. As I am working to begin a professional photography business, a portable computer would be a huge help in the studio.
Oh wow! First of all, Thank You very much for the chance at this! Amazing! Well, currently I am using my old desktop as my main computer. I also get stuck using my phone alot. Recently, our laptop was broken and I have never owned or used a tablet before. Although, I really need something new for me and my hubby to take with us during his doctor appointments and hospital stays! It gets so boring being there all the time, I'd love to have one of these for us to take with us!
Well, my old W500 used to be decent (though a bit short on screen brightness and a bit hot and a bit slow). Then the hinge snapped off. It was never portable before, but now it's all the downsides of a desktop without the benefits.
I currently own just a desktop system for work. Its an AMD build, with an 8 core FX 8320 with 8 gigs of ram and a decent video card. A few TB's of HD space, and a DVD/CD burner. Nothing special. :D Winning this Sleekbook would be great for work and portability. Id be able to share media and stuff with my daughter much easier. AND.... It would just be awesome to have a laptop, I've never owned one.
I am currently an engineering student and i will need a computer either a desktop or a laptop that will easily run AutoCAD and 3d modeling im currently in the process of shopping for a desktop for this purpose (and doing some gaming) but if ia laptop can cut the mustard so to speak then i will settle for that
I am currently running a desktop with the first gen intel quad core. 4gb ddr2 ram. The cheap gt250 1g. This desktop is falling apart at the seems just because of its age of over 4 years. I have an Ipad 2 which is good for the only purpose I bought it, reading comic books, but for everything else like school work it blows chunks. I can't use it to take notes because typing on the digital keyboard sucks. I am studying Computer Information Systems and since I am learning to program in C++ the Ipad is useless because there is no IDE for it. I would love to have this laptop since I would be able to take notes with it, it's a major upgrade to my desktop, and I would be able to use it to program anywhere I am without fear of limitations.
We have a multi device home. Tablets (All Android :)), laptop (Asus Core i5), 2 home built desktops (Intel w/Win8 and AMD w/Ubuntu) and a HP desktop for homeschooling. Oh, can't forget the 2 Samsung smartphones. We use our technology everyday for regular home computing tasks. Nothing I would consider out of the ordinary. The HP sleekbook would be a really nice addition to the "family" and would be a very interesting and useful device. I have been doing a lot of research on touchscreen laptops lately for a friend who wants a couple for her college bound kids. I am intrigued at the usefulness of Win8 with a touchscreen system. Win8 on my main desktop is not ideal but it is usable with 3rd party Start button utilities. So I am basically bypassing all of Win8 new features. While the desktop mode needs some refinement, the touch interface looks very compelling and the HP touchsmart AMD sleekbook would be an awesome device to open up the new world of touch to the Windows platform in my home. The biggest shortcoming of my existing laptop is the not so great battery life. Here again, the Sleekbook would provide a handsome improvement in "cordless" productivity. I have been eyeing the portability, design and refined features of the ultrabook class of laptops for some time. In my opinion, HP has a very strong lineup of laptops in this category of which the AMD touchsmart Sleekbook is arguably the most cost effective solution. I am a "bang for your buck" shopper and over the years, all the way to present day, AMD solutions keep proving to be some of the best values I have had the pleasure to use or build. They provide everything I need in a computing platform (and then some!) but do it without compromising everyday performance or, more importantly, my wallet. The inclusion of the SSD would make this great ultrabook into one ultra speedy performer and I would love to get my hands on one of these babies. That is another reason why I don't use my laptop as much since it has a standard hard drive. My main desktop has a SSD and boy is it had to go back to regular old spinning platters for a boot drive. Well, I could ramble on forever but I bring this post to an end. I do have one last comment...I would love to have one of these laptops because they are one sleek looking machines! Pun intended!
my daughter has a laptop that she uses in school and she does really well i could only imagine how much better she would do with one of these hp envy sleekbooks the possabilities are endless
I've got an old Gateway from 1995. Still running Windows XP. No sound card, because it's fried. No cd/dvd drive, because it stopped working. $0 gig hard drive. It actually has a 3.5" floppy drive! A 1.8 Ghz Pentium 4 processor. Won't run any games without crashing. I need a new Sleekbook so I can play online MMORPG's without my system crashing, or watch videos and movies online and be able to hear them too.
I am a freelance technology consultant. I could use a new (on-site) work laptop.. am currently using a Dell Latitude E4310 with aftermarket SSD and Windows 8 Pro upgrade. I would be happy to provide experiential feedback regarding my use of the Sleekbook with SSD, if I am selected.
I currently own a Samsung Laptop, and two custom built desktops. I use the laptop for work and playing a few games of League, reading tech news sites etc. The desktops I use to watch streaming video on, they are hooked to TV screens, as I don't have cable or satellite. Honestly winning a Sleekbook would be the first device I've owned that has touch enabled for win8 and also be the first AMD device I own. All my computers right now are Intel I-series. Would be cool to see how different the two are first hand.
ALSO: I have an Acer Aspire One AO722 with an AMD C-60, which is only useable because I put the SSD from my desktop in it, I have a desktop with an AMD Athlon IIx3 440, 4 GB Kingston RAM clocked at 1333MHZ, and a Radeon HD4850. I'm looking to get a laptop that will stream 1080p, handle low to medium grade tasks, such as FL Studio, and plays old-ish games.
Well about 5 weeks ago I bought an i3 laptop with 1.8 ghz and 4gb ram for my college computer information systems major, and it turns out the cpu and integrated gpu overheats and underclocks to 850mhz and 350mhz with medium use. Its too late to return it also. So I have an underpowered system that I can't use it's base clock speeds for very long.
I own a desktop computer and a work laptop. I use my desktop for watching tv, movies, and playing games at home. However, when I take trips I have to take my business laptop and it is horrible. The Acer laptop would be a light quick laptop I could take with me on trips so I am not only stuck with my slow heavy work laptop.
I am running a Dell Dimension 5150 and it's 7 years old. We're not some rich family and can't really afford another PC. Mostly likely when it's dead then we're forced to shop for a new but cheap PC. It would be great if I could win this Sleekbook because I could use it for college works and not have to worry about affording one financially.
I currently own a desktop, i5 3750k AMD 7870 GPU, 8GB RAM, 256GB samsung 840 SSD, and a Dell 2713HM display which is what I use at home. Primary use gaming and multi-tasking
On the go, I have an HP envy 15 3rd gen, i7 Q2670M, 1920x1080 display, 8GB RAM, crucial M4 256 SSD. Used in front of the TV primarily for surfing and now starting to use at school.
ipad 2, used for consumption (news/movies/books)
I sold my m17x because it was too large on the go (was used while deployed since I didnt have a desktop) and I thought the envy 15 would be easy to wield after that. Now I've started grad school and find carrying my envy 15, the large brick along with all my text books seems to be more of a burden. My M.S. is in operations research so i expect to be doing a lot of Excel and Matlab programming, the university has wifi to vpn in so you don't need to be in the lab, so having wifi, lightweight and extended battery could be extremely useful and allow flexibility for studying. I'd be interested to see if the sleekbook would be an option for note taking/following, right now my book is too big and battery limited to make it worth while and see.
Hi! I currently own an HP AMD laptop that is a little over 2 years old, and unfortunately from being lovingly & greatly used over the years it is falling apart with keys missing. I am a mom of 2, and recently went back to school to earn my degree and this is the computer I use it for college. My 2 children are homeschooled and have to share this occasionally as well. Having a new Sleekbook would improve my ability to multitask with assignments by having a fully functioning computer that also runs at a faster speed. Thank you for the opportunity.
I currently have a custom desktop, and a Samsung Series 7 Slate (Windows 7/8) that I use at work in my classroom. I use my desktop mostly for gaming and web browsing, as well as productivity work for my job. At work, I use the Slate for taking roll (I'm a teacher), entering grades, controlling my Smartboard, and letting students use it to watch make-up videos of labs.
If I won this Sleekbook, I would use it for productivity at home, which would allow me to work somewhere other than my home office, take it to a coffee shop, etc. It would also be much more energy efficient! I could also use it at work when in meetings, around the classroom, or also for student use when appropriate.
My current computer setup is very good, but I totally lack mobility. I have 2 hand built desktops (one recent intel i5-2500 and an older AMD Phenom2-960), one HTPC and one server for backup purposes. Getting one of those nice laptops would allow me some mobility and to finally enjoy my data on the go.
I have an Asus K43 series Core i5 laptop which I bought almost 2 years ago. This is my very first personal laptop which I used for work and gaming. I also use my laptop to look for online tutorials, and ebooks. Having a GT540M graphic processor on this somehow increased my gaming experience. But I can't play all the games I want. It works fine until I overworked it and have a malfunction on the power jack. I'm worrying that one day my laptop won't start anymore and I don't have any spare to get my data on the HDD of this laptop.
Which leads me to decide to look for a new laptop, a powerful and fast one. A laptop that can do multitasking without having a problem on the speed. A new laptop which can handle the graphics for gaming and video streaming. Which will only happen when I win this giveaway.
I feel like I just did this... Hmmm... My laptop is about 7 years old. It is so big and heavy compared to the new line ups. It makes me not want to take it anywhere, plus the battery is good for about an hour at best. I also have an HP Touchpad converted to Android. I have a gaming desktop I built about a year ago. That's it!
Sorry I didn't post my PC set up in my first post. here it is. I have an AMD tower that I use and built myself, it has an Radeon 5700 graphics and an AMD PhenomII 3.2 processor. I would like to have a laptop that allows me to compute downstairs. I use my iphone 4 when I am downstairs but to have an AMD laptop would make life so much easier. thanks for the chance.
Currently I only have a desktop AMD 960t - radeon hd 4850, no functional laptop and no tablet device. I wanted the original hp sleekbook with trinity, but as a college student I couldn't afford it. I'd like a laptop like this for unteathered internet, emails, Netflix, and light gaming on the go. I could use it for my projects with micro controllers so I wouldn't have to move from my work bench to my desktop in my room to make software changes.
I have a gaming desktop and a media laptop. The gaming desktop is a running build with every part being upgraded within the past year save the GPU which I'm planning on doing next year. It's an intel/nvidia build. I find the ssd is most useful for launching big applications like multisim and matlab quickly. The laptop is a 9lb ideapad that hasn't left my apartment in 6 months. It's simply too much to carry around and because my curriculum is becoming based around modeling problems and using software tools to solve them I find myself becoming tied down to the campus computer cluster or my apartment.
I'm an electrical engineering student and I would love a mobile powerhouse to help with my heavy lifting.
I'm currently using an HP Envy 15t-3000 CTO (December 2011) w/ AMD Radeon 7690M. It's getting a bit buggy as I near the 2-year mark but still meets my needs. I'm more interested in an upgrade for my wife. She uses a very old Samsung laptop (NP-X460 from around 2008) that takes forever just to start up. Her computing needs are not intense, she does word processing, internet browsing, web surfing, photo organizing, and video watching. A fairly sleek and reliable machine with decent battery life would be a massive upgrade for her and make her very happy. And as they say happy wife, happy life.
My config hasn't changed much since my last attempt at getting that Temash laptop but here goes again. My desk at present from left to right: iPad 2, 24" monitor, Macbook Pro 13 Early 2011 (serving as a Mac Mini attached to the Monitor), a custom built AMD A10-6800K Richland, Mini-ITX build in a BitFenix Prodigy, and the new Blue iPhone 5C. That iPhone is a recent change - coming from 3G Verizon I'm loving LTE even in "non-Advanced" mode.
The main machine is still probably the Macbook as it does much of the general browsing, photo editing, etc. The A10 machine is largely a game machine. It has a 7950 in it and plays most modern games without a fuss. Presently it's booted into Linux as I'm doing some network testing with the NAS over my server closet (which is actually a real closet). The Raspberry Pi is in that closet as well; it serves as the OpenVPN server.
The addition of the Sleekbook would offer the same advantages as the Temash we were all chasing a week ago (although with more power!). I'd have a full time mobile workstation able to dual boot Windows / Linux. While I can take the Mac out now, I rarely pull it from my desk. The iPad comes along on vacation, but it's pretty limit to consumption rather than creation tasks. I'd like something more versatile. I built this desktop for that reason but it lacks portability. I'd like the best of both worlds.
I'd love to replace my creaking old, thick, Dell that has a physical (!) hard drive for something a little more modern with touch and the power to play a few games, letting me transition away from consoles.
My computer is almost 10 years old. I have never owned a laptop, let alone any type of tablet. I can prove it! Also, that last contest got my hopes up, and then just dropped my feelings off a cliff.
I should probably mention that I'm a doctoral candidate in Biochemistry at a reasonably large state university (not the one mentioned in my username, I did my undergrad and first graduate degree at West Virginia University). I currently have a gaming desktop in of my office (7950 along side a somewhat aging phenom II 955 running at 3.7ghz) running dual monitors that also moonlights for my visual molecular dynamics rig. I have an A8-3850 slim build as my HTPC which is actually quite nice with a ceton cablecard tuner. In my office at the lab I have a 2nd hand system built around an E7500, which struggles mightily with any VMD work but is solid for any of my other needs. A Richland based system would be a godsend on the VMD front, as I would be able to leverage the graphics punch of the system to use live renderings of the structures rather than prerendered videos, which would be incredibly useful for Q&A sessions in terms of being able to highlight specific structures or even change representation forms to better explain points.
My wife is currently using an old Dell Studio 15" with a Core 2 Duo CPU. This would allow her to have a nice modern laptop to bring with when we go down to my parents so she isn't always borrowing my Acer Ultrabook.
I have the misfortune to have a Dell inspiron laptop. No matter what I do I can't get the sensitivity of the touchpad set so that the cursor does not jump around when I wave my hand above the pad. I need a replacement where all the accessories work properly.
I have an Opteron 6128 with 128 GB of RAM used as a graphic artist workstation. It has a Radeon 6970 video card with three monitors in Eyefinity.
I also have a Core i7 2600k running at 4.2 Ghz, 16 GB of memory and a Radeon 7970. It is primarily used for gaming and entertainment.
My NAS device is a Core i7 3930k running at 4 Ghz with 32 GB of RAM and a Gigabyte X79-UP5 motherboard for the extra SAS ports. It currently houses 16 TB of unformated storage (12 TB faster RAIDZ2). It also hosts several virtual machines I tinker with. It currently has a passively cooled Radeon 6450 video card for the rare case I need to plug in a monitor.
These three systems have something in common: they're not portable. Oddly enough, I'm in need of portable device since work is starting to send me traveling. I do have a laptop through them but I'd prefer to keep business and personal usage on separate devices.
I have a Lenovo e430 with 4gb RAM right now. It's a bit heavy and needs a SSD to speed things up. That sleekbook would be perfect for taking to campus with me and using a VM or two
I am a College student currently debating through college. Debate is an activity that requires a lot of research and document use. I go through about 2000 pages of word files in a given day and my computer crashes about once or twice. I own an HP 2000 that is about 4 1/2 years old and I have never been able to afford a new computer or a cheaper computer. It takes about 20 minutes to start up and load fully. I also travel across the country with this laptop. It barely fits in any case that you can find at the store and generates so much heat the fan is always on high and it requires a cooling pad to run. Winning this laptop would give me an opportunity to get a superior, sleek laptop that would enable me to debate at a higher level.
Good Ole AMD. I have 2 AMD pcs. A desktop with the an AMD 955 BE (Solid as a Rock still), with 6950 AMD video card. My sorta work horse for heavy uses for graphics.
The second I have is the ASUS 1215B with the first gen E-350 Processor, and mainly used when on the road or office graphics work. I abused the hell out of it with the work load I put on it for graphics work, and light gaming. Now the age is starting to show.
I'm a college student and my major is Computer Science. As a result, I tend to code a lot and do a lot of work at my desk, because of two reasons: My older HP laptop gets hot fast and loud so I can't take it anywhere like the library for that reason. The other reason is that my custom desktop is consequently the only reliable machine I have for productivity.
If I were to win the HP Envy Sleekbook, I'd actually be able to do work outside of my dorm room and that would be extremely helpful.
I used to be a Windows + x86 fanboy. I had the first gen Celeron 300, which I overclocked. And promptly BSOD'ed every 16 hours. I didn't care though, because I was a young kid who played Quake and Starcraft, and every extra FPS meant more fun.
Not to namedrop, but I remember reading Anandtech when Anand was still a high school kid down the street (went to college in Durham). I lived the fanboy lifestyle. Every day, I'd read ArsT, T-R, Scary's, Slashdot, Toms, Bluesnews, HardOCP etc. I couldn't afford to buy new gear every year, but loved reading about all the new stuff that came out.
Over many years, I journeyed with x86 and Windows, beating the heck out of various platforms along the way. Like a Moore's Law Odysseus, I encountered various monsters during my travails, such as the the IBM click of death, the infamous K8, some bad heatsink grease, every iteration of Windows, and a creaky IBM thinkpad. I didn't win every battle, but I gained a bunch of xp and had a lot of fun. Hardware, gaming, overclocking, it was all enjoyable because it was my generation's garage and hot rod.
Somewhere along the way though, I grew up. From a joy-filled, tinkering computer engineer, I metamorphosed into an MBA grad: a cranky, irritable, *appliance* user. Work required many, many hours, and then -- heavens -- I even got married and had kids. Put plainly, I didn't have time for shenanigans anymore.
I can't pinpoint the date, but over the past decade, I lost my Wintel faith. More precisely, they lost me. I got sick of blue screens. Sick of driver updates. Sick of weekly OS patch reboots. Sick of regedits for things that should already work. Sick of malware, spyware, slackware, bloatware, and everything else that plagued my computer.
And in 2008, I got my first, only, gorgeous, aluminum unibody Mac(book). Life changed. Everything *worked*. Build quality was (is) superb. These guys were ruthless, willing to drop their PowerPC codebase, forcing everyone to use software/hardware that were actually *good*. I just upgraded to an SSD this year, and that macbook is still my primary computer; it's actually a wonderful performer for the light tasks I require. From 5 years ago! Imagine saying that about a windows + x86 consumer-grade laptop.
Well, in 2010, my wife got an HP dv7qt or something (come on, are you for real with those model names?) and over the past 2 years the cpu fan has died, the OS slowed to a crawl, and this week the screen hinge broke. What. The. Frack.
Just when I was getting ready to go back to Wintel. Honestly, I was ready to for a revival experience. Mostly because my life (my kids) are at a stage when I can start gaming again, and x86 + Windows still dominates the gaming scene. And yet, my only personal experience with a modern era platform blew up, and blew up royally. Thank goodness it was my wife's computer, but what. a. disappointment.
Help me regain faith.
Help me believe that I don't have to go to my grave as an Apple convert. I already own an iPhone, and my whole family has gone that route too, mostly at my insistence that their products are as bulletproof as toasters, as hardy as they ought to be in 2013.
I need this, HP. I need you to make me believe in Windows + x86 again. I've just started reading Anandtech after a half-decade hiatus again and the reviews of the ENVY line have been glowing. The build quality looks good, the materials are impressive, and my experience at work with Windows 7 has made me -- grudgingly -- admit that the platform OS is no longer a complete and utter deathtrap.
Help make me a believer again.
Because this is our last chance. If it doesn't work out, I'll just bide my time over the next few months for the new macbook and the new ipad to be released, and I'm ready to never look back.
Because I'm all grown up now, and I need my stuff to just *work*.
It feels like I'm Rip Van Winkle, and I just woke up from a pleasant Cupertino dream, during which two generations of Windows + x86 have spawned and matured. I haven't seen them though, I've only read the newspaper, and I can't believe the year!
Help me believe the world is a different -- and better -- place, HP + Anandtech. You're my only hope.
Well, I am using a Phenom II x4 B55 with a 4850 Sapphire GPU in and old Biostar mobo. Storage is a Samsung 2TB, yeah still no SSD. I've got 4GB of DD3, with Windows 7(32bit), so effectively 3.2GB. All this is crammed into an 10 year old MicroATX case that doesn't even have to top on it because both my CPU and GPU fans died. Now a big box fan blows across the whole thing to do the trick. We used to have an old Toshiba AMD laptop, until one of the girls dumped cereal on it, lol. So yeah, my only computing is my 5+ year old desktop, but it gets the job done. I mainly use it for video games like Path of Exile, surfing the web, and watching the occasional TV/movie. I imagine if I had a laptop it would be used for much the same, but with the added convenience that the girls could take it to school and use it for their homework. At a minimum it would definitely make it easier on the family fighting over computer time. :-)
Right now, I have an hp Pavilion laptop with intel core i7 and a nvidia geforce gt 650m graphics card. I supposedly use it for gaming, but the fan on this thing is worn down in just over a year and causes my computer to overheat. I do like it, but carrying the thing around is annoying. I got a '17 inch with a large power pack and it barely fits on my desk at college.
The main reason I would want one of the Envys is that while I do love hps, I would really like a computer that is portable, convenient, and keeps quiet while I'm watching videos. I just want a nice sleek computer to carry around with me and could even replace mine for gaming allowing to give the pavilion to my brother. The Envy would just suit my lifestyle better than mine and just seems like an all around nice computer that I would love to have.
I have a 2012 MacBook Air with the 1.8GHz Core i5, 4GB RAM, and 128GB SSD. I also have an old ASUS F3jP to run Windows and Linux, and I could use an updated Windows machine.
I carry with me a Lenovo S10-3t touchscreen netbook from 2010. It originally ran MeeGo, but now triple boots Debian unstable, Android x86, and Windows 8. I've upgraded it with 2 GB of RAM, a 500 GB hard drive, and internal micro SD card slots for ReadyBoost and extra storage.
My home computer is a Dell Inspiron 1501 notebook, with an Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 processor, purchased from the Dell Outlet as a scratch-and-dent model in 2007. It's my home computer as its battery long ago gave up holding a charge. The notebook dual boots Ubuntu and Windows XP, and I've upgraded it with 4 GB of RAM, a 120 GB hard drive, and a more Linux-friendly WiFi+Bluetooth card.
I use both computers for email, web browsing, programming, what games they can handle, and supporting my employer's servers from home and elsewhere.
I've built many AMD systems over the years, but I've never used the A10 series chips. I would love to take this laptop for a spin. If I win this contest, I vow to only use my super-powered laptop for good, not evil. So help me Thor.
I use an old alienware m11r1 as my work laptop. I have a custom PC is my other computer. I would love a new laptop to write software on. I have an iPad I use to watch netflix.
I have an old dual core Athlon laptop that I got when Windows 7 was first released. It has no battery life to speak of, the connection to the charger is failing, and it is too slow to comfortably use Photoshop. Time for an upgrade I think. A free upgrade would make my month so much better.
I currently own a Late-2008 15-inch Macbook Pro. The Macbook Pro is a great computer but I end up using Windows 7 in bootcamp much more often than OSX. Therefore, I would like to transition back to a pure Windows machine--there are compromises when running Windows on a Macbook (poor battery life, two partitions, different keyboard layouts, ect).
As a photographer, I use my computer to manipulate and manage a collection of over 200,000 photos. As a Masters of IT student at Harvard, I use my computer to do classwork and take online classes.
I own several PCs, several notebook computers and one Android tablet. The Android tablet is currently just a toy, a fancy media player. The PCs consist of my "main" system, a portable ITX LAN rig and a couple of HTPCs. The notebooks consist of a couple of older gaming notebooks, plus some newer Ultrabook/ultralights. Depending on how well this lower voltage A10-5745M fares in games (I'm not very demanding) a notebook such as this ENVY Sleekbook can replace all my notebooks as well as my LAN rig. I would use it when I wanted to game, as well as for normal portable usage.
My current primary PC is a 4 year old core 2 duo laptop, with a dedicated GPU half the power of the HD Graphics 4000 on last-generation intel chips, meaning it its MASSIVELY slower than the graphics from an A10.. And this is also my gaming rig.. I run BF3 on low, 640x480, averaging less than 20 fps. That is how I actively play the game. So yeah.. I need this laptop..
I currently have a late 2012 iMac, a PC Desktop I built a long time ago (I'm currently doing some upgrades). I also have an IBM Thinkpad 600X and an Apple iBook (clamshell). I want this because I currently have no actually useful laptop.
I am currently an undergraduate student in engineering. I have a laptop that was not meant to be banged around and was originally poorly built, and after two semesters of carrying it to all of my classes it...well...is banged up to the point where I don't really think I'll be carrying it anywhere but home during breaks. I also have a cheap Windows Phone I bought because I needed the benefits of a mobile computing device, and I have a gaming computer I built 3 years back which sits back at home for my parents to do taxes on. Desktops really are a pain to have to bring on long distances.
A sleekbook would truly benefit my purposes because of the massive upgrade in portability that I would gain with a more portable notebook. My current laptop weighs a ton, can't really be taken anywhere, has a 3-4 hour battery life at best, and can play games half decently because it has an A10 APU. I realize now that, as a college student with limited time, being able to simply use the engineering tools necessary and carry it to and from classes and study sessions FAR outweigh the need for pushing slightly more FPS in my favorite computer game. A sleekbook really fixes the technological imbalance I have by fulfilling the true computing needs a college student has - a healthy balance of productivity and portability. It would be nice to be able to slip my new Sleekbook into my backpack and go instead of dreading the possibility of my laptop snapping in two, running out of battery, and throwing out my back carrying my current hunk of metal and plastic around.
I haven't had a laptop since my old IBM Thinkpad. I now play games at home 12 hours a day on my home-built Core2 Duo System. I built some AMD based machines for my desk top until 5 years ago when I replaced it when I retired. I would really like to have a laptop to have with me when I travel the world on vacation adventures.
Starting from the Top I've got a gaming/AutoCad tower, a Macbook with a SSD and HDD, a nexus 7 late and a HTC ONE. the last two both on anandtechs recommendation. I would like this laptop so I have something more portable so I can replace my aging and decrepit Macbook which has acetone damage and has lived a hard life.
My current computer is a desktop with an AMD X4 630 as well as a AMD 4800 gpu. Both are getting pretty long in the tooth, but with an SSD inside as well I don't mind. For mobile computing, I mostly use my Android phone, although I do have an eee PC that gets occasional use when I am desperate and away from home. A laptop would just allow me to have a middle device that isn't painfully slow (as is the eee pc). Reading school books is not pleasant on the desktop and a laptop would give me much more flexibility to do work anywhere around the house or outside. I have never owned a capable laptop, so getting one would be pretty exciting for me.
I am a college student with a 9 year old MacBook and a 7 year old desktop that I built my freshmen year of high school. I cant afford a new computer. My AMD Athlon 6400+ has treated me well and is still pretty powerful but its pretty out of date compared to modern processors. I use my computers for gaming, homework, CAD, ect. If I won this Laptop it would completely replace both my computers and free up a lot of room on my desk. Plus it would be fun to write a review.
Time for a new laptop. Actually, I have not used laptop since my last Toshiba broke down, that was like 3 years ago. Just sticking to the phones for everyday email and desktop for games.
My current setup has been upgraded several times over the nearly 9 years I've been using it. It is currently maxed out at 2G of PC-3200 DDR (only 2 slots on MB) and I swapped the original Athlon 64 3000+ with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+, socket 939. Still rocking a WD 80G HDD. It's only a matter of time before this old thing gives up the ghost, so I'd LOVE a chance to get any new system. Even the most modest modern processor will run circles around this one.
I have a $1000 2009 iBuyPower desktop computer that I use for gaming, school, video/audio/image editing and random internet browsing. Why I need a Sleekbook: For school, to bring to and from class, get work done during off times on campus, to be able to edit video on campus since I can't carry my desktop around. If I won a Sleekbook: All the problems revolving around not being able to lug a desktop around would be solved. I can get more work done on campus and be able to show others how to get stuff done from my own computer.
All in all, the Sleekbook would be a huge improvement over my current desktop. It would also greatly help in terms of school work too.
Asus schmetbook that lacks power, speed, anything... (just say no to Atom processors) Have another ancient Macbook, still runs and thinks it's 1969 when it boots up.
current setup: a handful of desktops. soon, for financial reasons, i'm moving to a small-ass shared living arrangement which i don't think will even fit my current computer desk setup (without huge space sacrifices), so a laptop would be optimal. IRC would be painful on a tablet.
my current portable (around my place) is what i call a crapdroid ... an offline (out of service) Optimus V: 600mHz Android 2.2; desktop Phenom II X3 705e for hot summers. i7-860 with 7790 for gaming; 5870 and 2 Block Erupters for Litecoin and Bitcoin mining. and E-350 as a somewhat failed HTPC attempt (has issues with Sinc scaling, and struggles at a fair bit of 10-bit h.264)
I currently have a bulky HP laptop. Next year, I'm backpacking around the world for a year. I'm looking for a lightweight yet powerful laptop to be able to save my pictures as I travel, skype with family and friends, and watch movies. As this trip is going to cost me a lot it would be really helpful to not have to include the cost of a new laptop.
I'm an engineering student at Cornell and I've got a 2012 13" MacBook Air. I love it and I don't really need a new computer (and this one doesn't seem like an upgrade anyway).
However, my parents are looking for a laptop. Right now they've got a desktop with an Athlon II X4 and a GTX 460 that I built for them. They don't need mind-blowing CPU or GPU performance, just a decent laptop for travel, and I think this one fits the bill.
I have an HP Envy 15, which is a wonderful gaming rig, but my wife and I share it. It's also a little on the big and heavy side for her. I recently got a Acer S3 model, which isn't bad, but it's not amazing. I also recently bought a Nook HD+, which is nice for video and web surfing, but my wife hasn't touched it -- she strongly prefers a machine with a keyboard. Winning the HP Envy Sleekbook would give my wife a better machine to use, which would allow me to use the Envy 15 more often. (My wife mainly uses the laptop to check email, visit social networking sites, read and write posts in various forums, stream music and watch videos. I use the laptop for much of the same, but also for gaming.)
Dell Inspiron 1764: i5 upraded with 256 GB SSD, 8 GB mem and Win7Pro. Used for internet and light gaming. Take it with me on vacation so I don't have to take my tower. Have a HDD dock to replace the DVD drive, but house is eating up my tech. budget. Tower: i7-920, 500 GB SSD boot, 16 GB mem, 6 TB storage, BD Drive, DVD Drive. Used for music, Photoshop and video rendering. Torn between i7 4770K and 6 core 2011 for next build. May hold out until enthusiast Haswell is released, since I have to wait for tax return money on this one. iPhone 4 (previous was a Nokia). Will probably go back to Nokia due to standard power and data connectors, removable battery and microSD slot. Like the iPhone, hate iTunes. Use as phone, mp3 player, checking email, checking sports scores and watching movies. Samsung Galaxy player for streaming music through bt. 5" screen. Wanted to see if I'd like something in the tablet form factor. Mixed. Need IR blaster to use next tablet as a big remote. Also need more storage for all of my music (256 GB at least). Would like this laptop to take for repairing computers and for short/normal trips I wouldn't take my current laptop on. Currently carry everyone's drivers on flash drives. With this, I can hop onto the internet if needed and store everything else. Dell is too large to lug around and I have almost no space on it.
Current devices: Old Core 2 Duo iMac (slightly upgraded with slightly faster Core 2 Duo, max RAM, faster+bigger hard drive,) Even older Core Duo (no 2) MacBook, iPad (the original one.)
I have been using the iPad as my main mobile device since getting it, but now that *IT* is getting a little long in the tooth (two iOS versions behind now,) combined with the fact that there ARE occasions where a full notebook comes in handy, means that I'm now switching between two portables and an old desktop.
I have been using Windows 8 via Boot Camp and in a VM, and I can see that it would be great on a touch screen, so winning this would allow me to replace all three devices with one. I know the SleekBook isn't the speediest system out there, but it should be better than what I have now at least!
I have a desktop that I assembled a few years ago and a somewhat aged smartphone (SGS2). At home, I use my desktop for school work, gaming, and general computing tasks. On the go, I often use my phone to look things up online, check email, and view lecture slides for my classes, but anything more is a bit unreasonable to ask of a phone.
An HP Envy Sleekbook would allow me to take my school work with me to campus and to project group meetings, something that right now is next to impossible. Aside from that, it could potentially make travel between school and home easier as, if I could make due with a notebook, I would no longer have to move about 50lb of computer equipment between home and school during Fall, Winter, and Spring breaks.
I have a first generation Core i5 desktop with 8GB of RAM and a Radeon 5770. Since I am using one of the 22" 1680x1050 monitors that were ubiquitous a few years ago, it pushes just about as many pixels as I need until I get a new monitor or start blaming my FPS for my gaming failures.
When I'm on the go (or let's face reality here - in bed), I use a 2006 MacBook. It's terribly slow, runs terribly hot, and is just plain terribly frustrating to use. A new laptop would help me get to thesaurus.com when I'm in terrible need. That's what I am eager to replace.
My family currently has only one laptop that was given to us and will hardly run any programs. My two sons who are in middle school get so frustrated because it freezes up when their trying to do school. They are both home-schooled and do quite a bit of their school work on it. I am disabled and can not afford to buy a new one. This would benefit them greatly with their education. I would love to see my boys faces when I told them they won a new computer.
Ok. I wasn't going to enter because I already have 2 computers and I never win these things, anyway. Why waste thought cells for something I don't need or will win? But, after some thought--I know right? There goes those thought cells I was talking about--I thought why not? So, here goes... Like I said, I have two computers. Well, I've had a few computers over the past decade that were since handed down or not in use or plain sold. But, currently, I have a desktop PC running Windows 8 and a Mid-2010 15" Macbook Pro. I know that this is mostly a PC site so don't hate me, but I have always been a Mac guy just because the programs that I use are for OS X (ie: FCP, Motion, Coda, Pixelmator, etc.). But, I recently built my own PC for gaming. It was a revelation because of how much better Windows seem to run games than on my Macbook Pro. Although, I did invest in a beefy expensive GPU for this purpose and that might be the difference. Regardless, it was money-that-I-won't-have-spent-well, sorta speak since I was unemployed, but, needed an upgrade computer-wise to handle my aspiration to make and edit films. I was a few months too early pulling the trigger on the MBP just before the Quad-Core MBP's came out and felt I needed something like a Quad-Core to handle the "future." Well, the future came for me and I was still in the same unemployed. So, instead of making videos and editing them, my PC and MBP sit on my table to watch TV and play videogames. If, I win this laptop, I could have a "Triple monitor" setup on my desk. In the center would be my desktop PC where I play games and my MBP is where I watch TV (via EyeTV) to the left and to the right, if I win, is the HP Envy laptop where I browse the web, like Anandtech to get the latest gadget news or check email or look for jobs.
I'd really love to win this for my wife, and my daughter. She has already mastered her grandma's Ipad. I'd love to sit down with her and be able to have some educational games on it for her. We have a desktop now which I use for school and the occasional gaming. But It isn't very kid friendly. With this we'd all be able to get in on the fun.
I built my own PC for the first time a year ago, upgrading from a 6 year Dell, and it is amazing. I do a lot of work with video so I needed a powerful machine (FX8320, 16GB RAM, SSD). Much of recording work is done with a borrowed laptop. Its not powerful at all and isnt good for much more than moving files and Facebook. Everything I record to it needs to transferred to the desktop for editing. I've been wanting a laptop to call my own for awhile that will let me edit videos and to do more tasks. Since I always have to borrow a notebook to get my footage down having this would would drmatically increase my productivity because I wouldn't need to be concerned with the owner's needs
Desktop is running Win7 Home Premium x64 with a Phenom II X4 965 BE with a Asus M3A78-EM Mobo, 4GB Adata DDR2-800, Plextor PX128M3 SSD, WD Blue 320GB HDD, MSI GeForce GTX 660 TF III OC 2GB DDR5, Sony DVD-RW and a OCX Fatal1ty 550w PSU. It is used mainly for gaming, video converting and web surfing.
Laptop is a Acer Aspire AS5733Z-4445 with a Pentium P6100, 3BG RAM, Intel HD graphics and a 320GB HDD. It is used for light gaming and web surfing. The laptop is fine around the house but battery life is poor when used away from home.
I would like to win this to use as an Autodesk Civil 3d station with attached multi monitors that can also be taken out into the field or to meetings for a small consulting engineering firm. Current computer was frakensteined from son's old gaming tower. Phenom x2 8GB ram 4850 amd gpu (HIS i think) 250 GB HD Win7 pro
Have been a long time HP and AMD fan. Built my first computer when i was 14 and put a first gen AMD athlon 64 (ahead of its time) inside a cool looking thermaltake full size tower. He was my big boy, and he was a powerhouse. No expense was spared with his ATI Radeon 9800 pro. Several years later i laid eyes upon the beautiful HP HDX 9300. Had to have it, and still have it to this day. Her curvy 20'' frame came with me on planes and to college, in a specially ordered case for bigger 20'' girls. Over 6 years old, i keep her running smooth even as she shows her age. This sleekbook would be the child that my full size tower and HDX 9300 would have had. Sadly, my tower passed away in 2009 from natural causes. I have my suspicions though, involving an apple sticker and a tennis ball my friend brought over.
I have an AMD-based desktop system (Phenom II X3 720) and an old Core Duo-based laptop that I use for presentations. The laptop takes close to 2 minutes from turn on to fully booted and ready to set up my presentations, which can be a real bind when I am in a hurry. I will use this new laptop if I am selected for presentations, but also as my productivity computer when traveling.
I have 2 desktop systems and an HTPC that are all Intel systems. The HTPC functions as my cable tuner, streaming device, and Blu-ray drive. My wife and I also each have an AMD laptop. Hers is a couple of years old and mine is over 5 years old. Even though mine is an old system it works well enough for its purpose, which is web surfing and e-mail, even if it is a bit slow at doing those menial tasks.
Honestly, I don't need to replace my laptop. It would be nice to be able to game on my laptop but I have a desktop system for that purpose. If I did win a new laptop what I would do is donate my current laptop to a worthy cause. If they wish, Anandtech could even name that cause. I would love to see my system to go to a person or organization with an honest need for it.
Currently using an AMD powered HP Pavilion from 2010 and it's getting a bit long in the tooth. The Sleekbook would be a direct upgrade in every aspect and would definitely lower boot and load times from my old 5400rpm hard drive.
I just purchased the latest model HP Envy 17t quad edition, which is pretty big, and I'm looking to try something smaller, and faster, and this model, with the AMD graphics and SSD looks like it'll be faster.
I have 2 desktops, 2 laptop, a tablet, and a smartphone. One main desktop is where I do most of my true computing: Email, surfing, word processing, and gaming. I use the other desktop to play games and watch videos on my living room TV. A laptop is for videos on other TV. The tablet I rarely use now, most of the use it used to get is now cannibalized by my smartphone. The second laptop is a Chromebook. I wanted to use for mostly surfing, however it's really slow, and makes the experience terrible. I need a second laptop that I can carry around and surf on and occasionally watch a video. It needs to be light, quiet, and doesn't need to be fast, just fast enough.
Only ever used Intel, but would love to check out AMD. Currently own an Acer V5-171-6422 that I record music, do schoolwork, CAD, and game on. 6GB RAM, 500GB HDD, 1.7GHz i5 3317u, and I'm getting tired of squinting at the 11.6" screen. Would like something a little more modern, and still have never experienced SSD.
My girlfriend (very attractive, available for modeling) is a Special Education graduate student in a rural area of New Mexico serving a diverse and undeserved community of amazing, but challenging kids. Her 5+ year old HP laptop is no longer allowing her to efficiently use the Office Suite to prepare lesson plans, arrange presentations for her students or her own classwork, and effectively leverage technology for educational advancement in general. A new Sleekbook would complement her on-the-go teaching and learning life.
I have a good enough desktop for compiling my android builds and kernels but I need a notebook for writing and pushing changes to github I hate being tethered to the desk all day
I have a dual boot Desktop (Ubuntu & Mac) and and 5 year old MacBook Pro. I use my desktop as a HTPC in my office, video editor, heavy photo editor and all around media manager. The desktop is my main workhorse for anything other than internet browsing or light coding. My Macbook can no longer handle anything besides internet browsing, and that's after I maxed out the ram and upgraded to an SSD. I desperately need a portable computer that I can carry with me but can also preform moderate cpu intensive tasks, specifically at least Photoshop work.
Having a new Windows 8 laptop would improve my computer situation exponentially. Not only have I not had a windows computer in over 5 years but my MacBook must be replaced very soon, and I'm really not able to pay the mac premium right now. I have had zero experience with windows 8 or AMD. I would love to have windows 8 and expand my o/s proficiency to include windows again. I would also love to get some hands on experience with AMD before my next desktop build! Thank you.
I have a custom build i made in 2010 with a Phantom x4 925, 8gb ram, 2 500GB HD and a updated card to amd 7850 1gb. I used this computer for School, Picture editing and Gaming when i have the time. I see my self out of the grips of have to be glued to my desk to do home work since my laptop decided to die on me. I thought about buying another laptop but i cant afford it at the moment. it would help tons on group projects
I currently use a Acer M5 laptop from Best Buy as a stop gap all around solution for work and home, with some multimedia use. I'd love to move from the integrated Intel Ivy Bridge graphics to something with a little more oomph for graphics and gaming, and probably hook it up to my TV more often.
I'm a college student who tends to just read reviews, so I'm not too active on the site. I couldn't pass up commenting on this one though because I'd really like a better laptop! Currently I own the Acer V5 122p with an AMD A6 processor, while pretty nice it was only purchased because it was on sale and the size and weight seemed convient for school. While true, I found the size to be too small and the performance too lacking. It would be great for someone who just uses it for notes, but I needed a machine to function as a main machine as well. That little guy doesn't cut it for that. Other than that I have a pretty nice desktop I use for gaming. The most appealing part of this sleekbook is that it maintains a small form factor, while also having enough muscle to play some games (like DOTA2) on the go. That is what I was originally looking for in a laptop, except I just couldn't afford it and really needed a laptop at the time as classes had started up. It would be great for school as well because I would be able to type much more easily on a 15.6" machine than a little 11.6" screen! I'm a big man, and I my hands do not get along well with a that keyboard. So the improvements would be on 3 levels for me! Bigger screen, easier usage (big hands need big keyboard), and some gaming ability!
This is for my wife. I have a laptop from work, so I'm set but my wife is in desperate need of being saved from the pits of PC obsolescence. She is using a 6-year old Dell laptop with a T5250 CPU (Core 2 Duo, 1.5GHz) and 120GB 5400RPM HDD, etc. The thing is as slow as it gets. Granted, she doesn't do anything hardcore computational but opening up day to day apps like MS Office, or resuming the PC from sleep should not take that long. Not only that the laptop literally has no battery life and it has to be plugged in at all times. So, if I hopefully win, this is going to be an excellent present for my wife's upcoming birthday. She may then actually enjoy her web browsing, social networking, and watching home or online videos along with occasional MS Office usage. There couldn't be a better match than this device for her use cases and her actual need!
I have a desktop with AMD Phenom II X4 970 and AMD Radeon HD 9650, used for my college's work and gaming, it works great, but I really need something I can carry on to the college.
It would be nice to try a windows laptop for the first time in 6 years. I would hope they have improved since then (though, lenovo/IBM laptops have always felt really sturdy compared to most others which is great contrast to the HP consumer laptops of my friends that I continuously have to repair.)
I currently own a Desktop PC (Intel 4670k, an ASRock Z87M Extreme4, nVidia GTX760, 16GB RAM, and a 128GB Samsung 840 Pro) and a Cr-48. I assembled a desktop because I was tired of my old laptop (HP dv3) getting less than 14fps in older games. While my desktop gets pretty good frame-rates in games, I do miss the portability of having a laptop. My Cr-48 could mostly fulfill the portable role (I actually think ChromeOS is excellent), but its battery died recently leaving me without a truly portable system. As a student, needing to walk home from campus if I want to access my computer is a pain (I don't own a smart phone).
While my old laptop had heat issues, I really liked the rest of it, especially the keyboard. I hope HP did a good job with this one.
I'm still currently using my HP Pavillion AMD Llano 15.6" laptop, so the Sleekbook would be an upgrade in every department. I use it mostly for work and school, though some light gaming for R&R gets thrown in the mix. I've bought 4 HP devices over the last 2 decades and they're all ticking and I'd love to put their newest to good use!
For my laptop, I currently own a 1 year old Sony VAIO E-Series: Resolution of 1366X768, i7 3612QM @2.10 GHz, 6 GB RAM, Radeon 7550M 1GB, and 500GB HDD. My rig, named Red Madman: Gigabyte UD5H MoBo, i7-3770K@4.4GHz, using a Phanteks TC14PE air cooler, 12 GB of RAM, Samsung 840 250GB SSD along with 850GB of HDD space, and Radeon 7950. I would love to test out the AMD APUs. I plan on building a rig in the Spring based around one. Owning a machine with one of those bad boys in it would allow me to see how well they run and what to expect from them. I am a CS Major with a Minor in Graphics Technology, so I use my laptop for anything from coding, gaming, and using adobe software, which makes my laptop look underpowered compared to the one in the giveaway. I wish luck to all those who entered. -JRux
Oh boy, currently in this house we have 2 homebuilt game PC, 4 Laptops, a Kindle Fire, a gen 1 iPad and 5 smart phones. What I would use it for is my 2 younger sons - Schools these days put tons of homework, books, information on PC's. (age 12 & 15) I would put it in a central plane for them and the Wife to use. (and keep them off my Game PC) I've built a number of AMD Game PC's, it would be interesting to try out a Notebook. Thanks AMD and Anandtech!
I currently use an 15.4 inch Acer, when I can't work on my main 3 display PC. I would be awesome to get another notebook PC so my wife could finally have her own to use for Facebook and her 100+ photo a day addiction.
All my latest purchases have been team green and intel. I'd love to see how my older Dells feel in hand compared to this Envy. Here's to hoping! Hi mom!
I currently use a desktop PC for serious work and a tablet for browsing on the couch. A Sleekbook would provide that middle ground and allow me to do most of my work while on the couch or out of the house. Most laptop designs in the past have not really appealed to me but this is light and small enough that it would be perfect.
I've got a custom AMD A8 3850 PC with a Radeon HD 6870 in my dorm room for playing games and doing general computing; overclocked to 4.7GHz makes it nice and speedy. However, the mobile side of my setup is a different matter entirely. I'm currently limping along with a Gateway MD2419u running a 2.1GHz AMD Athlon 64 x2 and Radeon HD 3200 graphics. It's usable in the speed department... as long as I don't do anything more than some light web browsing. Its Windows installation broke so badly that I gave up trying to fix it and just installed Ubuntu on it, under which the battery life is worse than it was on Windows 7. I get around 30 minutes to a full charge on a rather pokey old laptop. I can't even make it through half of a college class with it; if I won the HP, I'd use it for taking notes and doing work in my classes for the next 4 years (I'm currently a freshman studying IT). It would allow me much-improved mobility, which is, in college, a very good thing indeed. I certainly don't expect to win; however, if I do win, I will make full use of that machine for years to come. I wish everyone else who entered good luck!
I have a 5 year old laptop that's slow, heavy and doesn't last more than an hr on batt. I can really use this sleekbook as a truly mobile device that has computational power and endurance!
I'm a freshman studying physics secondary education at my school and I'm running with an Acer laptop with a touchpad that's on the fritz and hardware that gets less up to snuff every year, so basically I'm looking to upgrade. I do all my work on my laptop with some gaming and audio encoding on the side. Winning this sleekbook would be fulfilling exactly what I want out of an upgrade for my current laptop: faster cpu, better graphics, portability, all wrapped up in a slick body. Fingers crossed
The laptop would go to my daughter, to help with school work. Our current setup includes a 3-year old desktop that is dying fast, a laptop that can't be unplugged or it won't run, and a newer laptop for my school/work trips. A new laptop would definitely help keep sanity in the household.
Thanks to AMD and Anandtech! I have couple of Asus PC's based on FX-83xx and Dell XPS 18 based on Core i5.
looking for something more lighter, mobile and has a long battery life. Richland APU would perfect for most of my needs, and with the significantly improved battery life with the Hybrid Boost feature over Trinity this could do the job. Not to mention the DX11 and OGL support which is essential for modern light-weight gaming. Richland graphic is far more superior than intel's integrated graphics with many added features to colours more vibrant and remove shake and jetter from video through the steady video features.
My current setup would definitley be improved with a Sleekbook as a relevant alternative for a mobile platforms.
My household is mostly Apple shop: MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iPad. Having said that, we also have Dell notebooks, but they are now 4 years old and in need of replacement (and running Windows in VM has been subpar experience so far).
I currently own an aging desktop with a Phenom II 965, AMD 6970, 4GB ram, and mechanical storage. For mobile computing I have my ASUS K55A, with an Intel 3210m processor and the worst keyboard I have ever had the displeasure of using.
As an engineering student, the main usage scenarios include using Visual Studio, MATLAB, AutoDesk, MultiSim, and of course gaming. While my desktop performs these tasks admirably, the laptop leaves much to be desired in the keyboard, display, and battery life.
With the Sleekbook, I hope to be able to improve my mobile predicament; the specs suggest just that, but as we all know, there is much more to a product than the spec sheet.
Currently own a laptop that is an i5 1st gen, 2 GB ram, integrated graphics card, and a battery that is expired (laptop will automatically shut down if unplugged). Really could use a new laptop but money is real tight at the moment. Going to school and paying my debt from my wedding. A new laptop will help tons!
My HP TX2 recently died. I loved my TabletPC and I'm looking for a next-gen system that has touch and power. I use my laptop mainly for MS Office, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Premiere.
Currently have an i5 in my desktop for work, play, and life (plus some older Core2 and P4 setups that are mostly sitting around as backups and for tinkering). My wife uses a A64 X2 15.6" from 2008 which the battery gave up the ghost a couple years back and has had major HDD surgery. I've had to resurrect it a couple times now. Not pretty.
I like the desktop experience, but she enjoys taking the laptop pretty much through the entire house. At least she used to as she is now tethered to one location or another for she loses everything she was looking at / working on upon unplugging.
My work has provided an iPad 2, which she won't use as she types a lot, that I use at work and home for email, browsing, or gaming for short periods of time. One of these laptops would greatly improve my wife's computing mobility around the house plus it would give her an option of actually taking something with her on trips instead of having to ask our hosts if she can borrow a computer. Battery life and SSD, what nice things to hope for....
Have a Nexus 7 2012, and a 3570K/660Ti desktop. I had an OG Llano laptop, think it had an A6. The graphics were pretty good for a cheap notebook at the time, but things like the HDMI audio and USB ports didn't work. I would love to see how far AMD has come since then. I like to write a few pages about every system I use. I'm buying a Bay Trail/Temash tablet, or maybe one based on Haswell/Broadwell ULX to cover my ultraportable needs. The only spot for a laptop like the Sleekbook in my life is as a somewhat mobile gaming platform. I would pack this in my luggage when I visit relatives out of country I guess. I like that this 32nm 25W chip probably has better gaming performance than the gaming-oriented (and very expensive) Intel 22nm 28W mobile SKU, the one with Iris 5100. How disappointing.
Well currently I own an iPad. (<- Period) My wife has a MacBook Pro with a cracked trackpad that she originally received as part of her tuition at Full Sail university back in 2011 so sometimes I use it for web surfing but my wife uses it has her work horse. She currently teaches adults and tutors them in English. So her laptop is great for lesson planning among other administrative work. I use to have a PC that I assembled with an AMD FX 8150 (thanks to guidance from the forums!) the I mainly used for gaming but i gave that away to my nephew who has a very strong prospect of going to college. Since then we have been buried in student debt, and we have a brand new baby. So we don't really have the funds to purchase a new PC so I would love to win an Envy Sleekbook. I am in the process of learning about mobile development and a new computer would make it a lot easier! However I am hopeful that I will eventually save enough money buy piece by piece new components to assemble a new PC (steamroller FTW!).
I have an older macbook pro that's holding on just fine except for the trackpad. But the ex took the new ivy bridge SFF I built, and I want a windows system again.
I'd really like having an AMD APU powered laptop now, though time is counting down to the point where soon it'll cease being a like and migrate over being a need. Currently I have a desktop PC I've thrown together myself, and my use case is one of a college student pursuing mechanical engineering. Having a lightweight, thin form factor laptop would be great in enabling me to immediately offload tasks such as paper and document creation and note-taking from my current setup of pencil-and-paper and just waiting until I'm home to use my desktop. But it would also enable me to function better while on campus, with more compute intensive applications, such as writing any code for a course, or creating/testing computational code in Matlab, which will be used more and more heavily as I enter my junior and then senior years, and beyond.
As far as any other computing devices I own? There are none. No previous laptops, no notebooks, not even a smartphone (yet) and thus having one would be an exciting and interesting shift for me, particularly as I much, much prefer laptop formfactors over tablets for content consumption and creation.
I have a gaming desktop and HP touchpad with cyanogenmod that seems to be in it's last days + still a bit buggy, and an old netbook that's not worth mentioning since your lucky to load a webpage on it.
I would really love to have a laptop since I like to have access to a real computer anywhere in the house or away from it, tablets are fun but still lack the all around usefulness of a laptop and with a AMD APU at the helm gaming is still a valid option and I'd love to see what it's capable of. I would also use it as a mobile HTPC. The specs are very nice especially with the SSD upgrade, no one likes waiting when your on the go!
I have an i5 desktop that I use when I'm at home. It's perfect for working or playing an occasional game.
I have several other devices that I bounce between when I can't be at my home desk. Generally I a N4 smartphone and tablet when I'm away. They are fine for browsing or reading emails.
This Richland APU equipped laptop would allow me to do everything I use my desktop for on the go. It has impressive clock speeds and faster gaming performance in one complete package.
I'm a college student, and I have a DV6 (i7 2630 + 6770M) which I've had to replace the hard drive within a month of the warranty ending, and now the cooling fan has failed (so much disassembly required to replace that it's not even funny), so it's not particularly useful. I can use it to type things in LibreOffice, but not for much else. I also have a TF201 with broken glass, and a Droid Incredible 2 with a broken USB port. A machine like the Sleekbook would be pretty useful for taking to school, and could realistically replace my current notebook for what I've used it for in the past.
I own a very old laptop and its beginning to show its age. It's a Core 2 w/ 2 gigs of ddr2 and Windows 7 runs VERY slowly. It also has integrated graphics. Needless to say, I've become an expert at minesweeper.
Hi all !! well been reading Anad since he was a wee boy dang it, I was in a avionics QA dept and your high school posts where a guilty pleasure late night when I had a break on stateside duty.. currently my home computer was a haf 900 series case, 3 wd black drives in raid with a 1tb wd black back up, corsar 500 modular class power supply that has lived in many AMD computers, 4g ram that was good back when, creative xfi sound card with full pro console hooked to a polk sony surround system, vapor x 4790 video, formerly, a sony gdm f500, asus motherboard that supports 4 video cards, great little callisto 550be dual core AMD, multi drive , hp scanner, hp printer from when millennium was new, 64 bit pro vista, audiotechnica pro mic, yamaha sound processor from the 80's I cant remember specifics since its been two years since hurricane Isabel then sandy totally wiped out my life and home.
I had gotten a nice MB combo and switched my disabled buddy to AMD with a athlon. great guy cant leave the house much a great electronics tech and programmer who cant really leave the house much but can do amazing things with very little. so if I ever get back home I will pass on my upgrades. currently I am using a friends laptop 17 inch asus n71j gamer with an ATI mobile chip that I have to return :(
Please dont take out the AMD commercials if I win once I will admit to rooting for them. they really seem to care about our little niche market and as evidenced by there use in consoles, mobility and value based computing not to mention bit coin mining and support for Anandtech...and I appreciate that.
I own an old MacBook unibody and would like to upgrade. I have not tried an APU before and a touch screen experience from windows 8. This notebook will come in handy for multimedia consumption, light gaming, and web browsing.
I have a 6 Core i7-3930k watercooled to 4.7ghz, 32gb of DDR3, Intel 520 240gb, with 2 660's in SLI and a gts250 for Physx that I built. A Macbook Retina 15in for my serious laptop that gets a little warm on my lap. A Samsung GS4 with CM10.2 nightly on it.
I've been wanting to start using a touch screen laptop with an APU for business and presentations. The first thing I'll probably do if I win is to put ddr3 1866/2133 ram in it to improve the GPU speed. I'll also set up dual boot Mint Linux for some development and software work... The only thing keeping this laptop from checking all boxes may be the screen resolution.
Recently needed to sell my Desktop and new Laptop to help out with some family emergency that came up. All I have left is a HP 6730b an older core 2 duo and a Intel GMA. Its was a great laptop but it really dated now. Almost all of my game collection does not work on it and the battery life is not up to par in this day in age.
I would love to have an Richland Laptop to help with work and with gaming. The best of both worlds.
I need this notebook for rendering purposes. I don't have an SSD on my laptop nor a dedicated graphics card and it takes a whole day to render a video or graphics image cz my hard drives are not very fast and I cannot upgrade due to some financial problems.
I have a desktop that I built a while ago (its E8400 is the only noteworthy component). I use it mostly for developing software when I can (I'm a full-time student). I had an old Dell laptop, but it recently broke. I really miss being able to move from a desk to a comfortable chair, or just being able to get work done between classes. Owning a sleekbook would solve a lot of problems for me.
I am currently using a 3 year old HP Pavilion desktop w a duel core pentium, 6 gb ram, and not so great graphics, I use it for general use and Adobe creative suite 5.5 I also have a laptop that just had the hd fail, a gateway, about 2 to 2 1/2 years old w an i3, 4 gb ram. Used it for general use, I.e office, web, some very light gaming due to the less than stellar graphics.
i'm a 24 year old soon-to-be PhD student. My last desktop was an Athlon 64 3000+, Radeon X850XT equipped machine that I built somewhere around 2005. It lasted for a few years, but the motherboard died prematurely and I moved to a laptop rather than replacing it, since I was about to enter college and it seemed more useful to have a portable. A friend's company was acquiring a few thousand business notebooks, and I got my hands on a (for 2009) high-end HP Elitebook 8530p with a dual core Centrino and Radeon HD3650M. Four years later, the machine is showing its age, and though I've been able to maintain it well (I disassemble & clean it once a year, and replaced the thermal paste once so far) it's having a hard time keeping up with modern laptops. Mobility is also becoming an issue, since it is quite big and bulky and doesn't fit in the 15" sleeves in a lot of notebook backpacks. Having a new, light, fast notebook would not be a life-changer - but like most incremental improvements in technology, it would make my life and my career a little less stressful, a little more enjoyable, and overall easier and more worry-free.
From miscellaneous components collected through many custom builds/upgrades for friends and relatives over the years, I was able to populate HTPCs for each of my 4 bedrooms and 1 living room. The CPUs used range from Phenom 2s all the way down to 4200 X2 CPUs.
The Sleekbook would be invaluable in filling the void left behind due to untimely demise of the sole laptop in the home based on Turion CPU which served as the primary family machine for media consumption, internet usage, casual gaming, and productivity.
Desktop system is a I7-3930K with SSDs. I use it to process focus stacking and HDR images. I would be able to do this in the field / on the road with the new laptop.
I have a 2010 macbook pro 15" upgraded to a 256 GB Samsung 830 SSD and 8 gb of ram. It is plugged into a 24" Dell monitor, Logitech keyboard, and Logitech mouse. The setup is used for office productivity and occasional gaming. As it is a laptop, it can also be mobile when necessary.
I am an 18 year old college college student majoring in robotics. Currently I only have a Gateway SX2110 series desktop and a Galaxy S4 smartphone. Having a laptop would help me tremendously as then I would be able to take my work with me all over campus easily. Trying to work on assignments and take notes on a smartphone is very slow and, in some cases, not possible (it's kind of hard to do win32 programming on a device running Android).
My laptop is currently DOA. I was using it to help my mother (who lives a number of miles away and does not have a computer of her own) with projects any my desktop is too bulky to carry back and forth.
I currently have a custom build gaming desktop and an older lenovo sleekbook with an a6 in it. If I won this laptop it would be a direct upgrade to my current laptop.
I own a Macbook air, a Nexus 4, and a Nook HD+. Adding the Sleekbook to my lineup would allow me to test the mettle of the AMD processor on the statistical work (MPlus) that I do
I have a 5 year old Dell m1330 (core2duo) laptop that I've been maintaining quite well, as well as a relatively modern desktop gaming PC (Sandy Bridge + Kepler GPU). Despite the latter, I still revert to the laptop for most of my usage. It's getting long in the tooth however - I've managed to extend it's life by putting a Samsung SSD into it, removing the slot-loading DVD drive (it was noisy, consumed power, and added weight to the device) and replacing the battery several times over the years. Getting a brand new Sleekbook would allow me to continue using a laptop as my primary device without having to sacrifice performance so much (choppy streaming videos are the norm for me right now). The Sleekbook would no doubt also provide better battery life, which would be most welcome since I regularly fly across the continent. In short, a Sleekbook would provide a much needed laptop upgrade.
I have a home built tower for gaming and and ibuypower laptop for travel and work. A Sleekbook would improve my current setup by giving a smaller form factor that I could commute with and the opportunity to use Windows 8. Thank you
I currently own a Sony Vaio PCG-TR2AP from 2003. Has an Intel pentium M 1GHz, 512MB and 40GB HDD. Runs okay for the most part but the 4200rpm ide drive is a severe bottleneck especially when browsing. Installed Windows 7 on it with few problems (proper vga driver was hell to properly install, had to run through many hoops to get it stable) and I even have 4 usb 2.0 port courtesy of an adapter in the PCMCIA cardbus slot although I've disabled the webcam (caused BSOD's at shutdown). Use it mainly for music, videos (no HD though, 720p at any decent bitrate chokes it and I either lose frames -VLC,GOM- or sound snippets -MPC ), even light timewasting games like Plants Vs Zombies. Its a lovely little machine for the most part but takes a long time to get anything done. Been looking at getting a replacement soon and all my options are touchscreen - Acer V7, Asus N550JV-DB72T, HP Envy 15t/15z. Wouldn't mind the sleekbook one bit and it would improve my setup in every way.
I'm running a dell 27 in monitor hooked up to my surface pro (bought with some sweet student discounts!). As far as all my work related stuffs go (taking lab notes with the pen, sketching diagrams, crunching numbers) it's close to an ideal set up, but I need something more for my other hidden passion... Gaming! Surface pro is actually pretty great for something running an Intel IGP, but it still coughs whenever I want to run something fancy at above low/med settings... It's driving me crazy.
We've got a battered, old 12" laptop (some ULV Intel Core CPU) and a desktop with a quad-core AMD Phenom CPU. One of these HPs would make a great replacement for the old laptop, because doing any work on that 12" screen is a real pain.
I have a powerful Desktop, but it does not move very well. Would love to get a laptop to use on the move and remote into the desktop when I need the power, but don't want to be stuck in the house. Also makes looking up information while in the garage working on a project rather difficult.
I currently have a bulky 17" Toshiba w/ an A8 processsor. While functional, its a pain to move around, especially for the kids. The sleekbook would be a welcome addition due to its portability. The better graphics in the A10 would help out w/ the casual gaming that I do as well.
I don't have a mobile device of any kind. I would love to have a machine that allows me to conveniently watch videos, enjoy web content, and participate in online classes all while not tied to a desktop.
This would be fore the missus. She currently has a Vista-based Dell XPS 13 that runs hot and she needs something a little more updated for her workplace. She's a teacher and spends a lot of time putting together different curriculum and projects for her coworkers and district.
I have my desktop for gaming and home productivity. Next, I have a DTR laptop for gaming and productivity when I'm away from home. Lastly, my phone can provide entertainment and productivity in super mobile situations. However, I am missing a product for situations in between the kinds suitable for my phone or DTR. Tablets don't appeal to me very much, so I've been considering sleek laptops. Such a device would be much more effective when I fly or need to travel light.
I currently own 2 aging machines. I have a X58 desktop which still runs great, but my other machine is a 5 year old HP Elitebook which is ready for the waste bin. The battery life has always been terrible but now that the battery is also shot it is basically not usable as a portable machine. I had a 7 in Nexus tablet but I gave it to my 13 year old son so I have no portable machines that are functional. I am a big fan of the new AMD APU's for laptops and this would be a great replacement for me for my aging HP
We have three desktops at home - 2 are HTPCs, mainly just used as streaming platforms and utilize the older hand me down parts from the main computer as I upgrade components. The main desktop is the general use computer + gaming computer. My wife has a netbook that she uses for grad school and, occasionally, work.
The laptop would help mainly so I can get my desktop back! (Joking...kinda). The netbook is too slow to do a lot of what my wife wants to do so she needs to use the main desktop for most of those tasks. Also starting next year we are looking to do a lot more travel and don't have a good travel computer option
My main computer is a home-built i7-950/HD6970 tower that I'm pretty happy with. The problem is that I'm a student and I just can't lug it everywhere, even to the couch while I watch TV. I have a 2010 iMac for running some work applications and a couple old Mac notebooks, the newest being a 2008 C2D which is just deathly slow and which fills half its 4GB of RAM just by booting. With interview season coming and a paper to write up, a new functional notebook would let me commute to work, travel with my writing, and get something done on the couch while I watch TV. It would really free me from my computer desk, which I and my significant other would really appreciate.
Currently using a Lenovo G570 with intel b940, so this would be a nice step up in power and sleekness. It would be great to try gaming on the 8610G. Have yet to experience an AMD APU... Also having HDMI out would be great for using some of that graphics power on a bigger screen.
I have three PCs, all built by me--one for me, one for the wife, and one that is an HTPC. All have AMD graphics cards (one with 2 6870s in crossfire, one with a 5850, and one with a 5670) and are great for working at home and playing PC games. My wife has a Dell laptop with the A8 APU and it is great. What I would like is some portable PC love for me, and the sleekbook would fit the bill!
I have a 2011 MacBookPro and a Nexus 7. My wife has a 6 year old Acer desktop running XP and it would be great for her. Maybe for me too as I'm getting a bit fed-up with Apple after using Mac's for almost 20 years.
This HP Sleekbook would replace our 5-year old HP Pavillion DV9700 as our "around-the-house" laptop that my wife mainly uses throughout the day, when she needs a keyboard or the kids are playing with the iPad. The DV9700 has terrible battery life at this point and the screen is starting to go (have to wobble it back and forth a couple times before it displays sometimes). We also have a desktop, but that stays upstairs and is for more serious work.
I have a desktop with a e8400@3.8ghz and a 24"lcd@1920x1200 with which I mostly use to rip and compress movies and do taxes. (It doesn't get much use.) My wife has a z370 laptop with an i5 2410m, with which she does, email, FB, picture editing and watches TV. I have an Aspire 722 with a C60, with which I check email, FB, update budget spreadsheet and watch TV. It stays at my night stand, but I use it all around the house too. I really like the small size. I used to own a Fujitsu p2040 and later a Dell 700m. I have a media/file server running WHS 2011 using an AMD e-350 with 4TB in raid 1. It hosts all our video files, pictures, music, and important user files. It runs ITunes which I control with my iPhone and play on my Airplay capable Denon receiver. I had and HTPC, but replaced it when it died with an Apple TV 2 with XBMC. We watch shows on a 42" LCD and on 1080P LCD projector on a 100" screen. We have an HDHomeRun with which we watch through WMC on our laptops. Now days when we want to watch TV on the projector or play our DDR like dance mat game, I have to use a laptop, usually mine, to attach to the AVR. Winning this laptop would allow me to cycle down my Aspire 722 to become a full-time HTPC as it fits nicely on top of the BluRay player, has HDMI and uses very little power at idle. I have Couch Mouse which works nicely with it. Also, it would give me a performance boost in replacing my Aspire as my daily driver.
I don't need to win it, would like to replace my, slowly dying 2008 Dell laptop though which can't even do light gaming very well, Cities in Motion 2 for example.
Dell Inspirion 13 2.2GHz C2D which I have in front of TV to surf while watching movies on it. Desktop i5 3.6GHz 460GTX gaming computer, Lightroom photo processing too. ASUS HD7 tablet, to play the odd game, and while I exercise, surf web, email.
I have a desktop computer with an AMD Phenom II from 2007 with upgraded Nvidia GTX 660 video card, 4 gb ram, and 128gb Corsair 4 SSD. It works pretty well for my desktop needs but my work requires me to travel a lot and I really enjoy getting my work done while traveling. I don't have a tablet or laptop and would really benefit of the speed, performance, and portability of the Sleekbook. thanks so much for helping out with this giveaway!
I have a custom-built desktop with a Phenom II 550, 4GB RAM, 120GB Kingston HyperX 3k SSD, 500GB HDD and a Radeon HD 4670. I also have a Lenovo T410 and an iPad Mini. I love the desktop when I am at home, but I hate lugging around my T410 because it is fairly heavy. I really want to upgrade to a thin and light laptop to improve my ability to work on the go.
My daughter just started going to college to be administrative asistant. She has a old Asus netbook running Windows XP. She is finding with classes and homework that it would really help her to have the latest Windows operating system and version of MS Office to keep up with what they are teaching in class. I have a HP mini running XP and my wife has a HP probook with Win 7. My daughter tries to do her homework with my wifes probook when she can but it would sure be nice for her to have this ENVY!
I'd use one of these to bring a fully capable laptop to many places since right now all I have is a massive Dell Precision M4600 with terrible battery life that I'd rather leave at home.
I would like to check one of these out so I can get a subjective feel for how the AMD apu handles real world computing. BTW I know that it is described as a 4 core processor but isn't it really 2 core 4 thread a more correct description. I realize that hyper threading can not be part of the description since HT is an Intel term. With 4 cores and 2 execution units it certainly is more equivalent to a 2c 4t processor.
I currently have a custom built desktop, Nexus 7 tablet and my Nexus 4 smartphone. Android is a great mobile OS, but I still don't have anything portable with enough power to get any real work done. Having a laptop would really help fill this gap.
We have 2 computers at my house. My wife has an HP laptop that she uses for everything. I have a Frankenstein desktop whose origins began in 2007. It was an HP media center pc, a couple things have been replaced so it is now an "okay" running desktop but the power supply is starting to scare me. My wife and I both plan to go back to school this winter to finish our degrees. My degree will be in computer engineering so I actually need a good working computer. Thanks for the contest AnandTech!
I've got an old Compaq laptop that this would be a very nice replacement for. It's from 2004, one of the first generation Intel Centrino platforms, with an ATI GPU in it. I also have a couple older AMD-based desktops, and a Surface RT. The latter suffers from poor OS design choices, but currently gets used instead of the laptop most of the time as the laptop is just too slow to bother with anymore. It would be nice to have a mobile x86 based machine again.
Hi, I currently have a homebuilt desktop running Linux - it's a Core i5 4670, 16GB Crucial DDR3-1600 RAM, 256GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD, 1TB Western Digital Black HDD, 500GB Hitachi HDD, in a Xigmatech enclosure with a Corsair 450W PSU. Just running Intel graphics pushing a 24" 1920X1200 ASUS IPS and a 22" 1680x1050 HANNSpree. I also have a Dell Studio 1555 with a 2.4GHz Core2Duo, 8GB RAM, and a 64GB Crucial m4 SSD. Both machines run Fedora Linux. It's really time to update to a new laptop, and I'd really like something in this form factor. I'd also like to try an AMD system specifically since I haven't had one for a while after being an AMD enthusiast for many, man years going back to the K6 days. Also, I really need a Windows machine handy, as I rely on virtualization now to provide a Windows environment when needed, and I'd love to see how this machine handles running Linux as well as Windows 8. I'm a software developer by trade, and I'd give this machine a great workout every day, and I'd provide a thorough review on my blog as well. As for mobile devices I have an iPhone 4S.
I currently own a gaming PC for myself (Intel Q6600 / AMD HD6970), a gaming PC for my daughter (AMD 1045T / AMD HD5870), an HTPC (AMD 955 / AMD HD7770), a work PC (Intel E6300 / AMD HD4870), two HP Touchpads running Android and a couple of smart phones. My daughter has a laptop as well, but my old Dell laptop just recently died (mobile 4870).
If I were to win, I would use the laptop mostly for general PC tasks. Email, web browsing, light gaming and taking with me on business trips.
I have a desktop computer that I built that has an x58 i7-930 processor. That is in an old Cooler Master Stacker case that I ordered several years ago. The desktop is used when I have a LOT of transcoding to do or I want to play one of my "serious" videogames.
I have an older HP dv7 laptop that doesn't have any usb 3.0 ports, but this is my main laptop for everyday use and it has/had all the storage that I need. This laptop is running out of storage space and it's really too heavy for me to carry around from place to place when I'm doing my daily routine.
I have an Acer w700 tablet with an msata drive that I pretty easily swapped out for the original 64gb drive that it came with. 64gb would never have been enough storage for a Windows 8 device and not even the maximum 128gb drive that it could have shipped with would have been enough space for me. This is the device I use for most of my media consumption/video viewing.
A sleekbook would be nice for the much faster usb 3.0 ports and because it's much, much lighter then my current laptop. The w700 is light, but I would love something maybe a little heavier, as long as it has an included/built-in keyboard of some kind.
Currently I have two desktops that I use. Primary desktop is a Core i5 machine running Windows 7 Pro. Secondary desktop is a Q6600 running WIndows XP pro.
At the moment I do not have any functioning laptops. I had an IBM X31 that lasted a long time but died over a year ago. Since then I have been without a laptop, which is a tad inconvenient.
I like having my laptop accessible on my desk when I am using my desktops. Also, it would be nice to be able to go out on my deck again with a laptop or have it available when the power goes out to watch a movie or two.
I currently own a Lenovo Ideapad that is about 5 years old. I use it to view pictures and play music. I also use it to check email and read blogs/forums. My current setup is old and very slow. Winning this would improve my current setup for the sheer speed alone. The backlit LED keyboard is a bonus and would allow me to see what I am actually typing when the lights are dim. The Sleekbook would also be easy for me to travel with since it is so thin and light. I need this system and would be happy to write a review.
My current laptop is an HP DM1z-3020us, which is a tiny netbook that isn't powerful enough to do much of anything. Winning a Sleekbook would give me so much more power for almost the same weight. It would greatly improve my productivity. I'd love to have a faster thin laptop.
I have a sandybridge i7 gaming desktop and a Haswell i5 HTPC for streaming movies, storage, and light gaming.
I've honestly always been an Intel guy, but that's mainly because it's what I was first introduced to, so I've stuck to what I know. I would be very interested to give AMD a shot. This would also be the first laptop I've ever owned, and would allow be to get work done while home that much more comfortable.
I currently own a OC'd Sandy i5 gaming desktop, a 17" dell i5 inspiron and a smartphone. This would fill the need I have for something small and light, great for class note-taking and general mobility, as there is a huge gap in usability while on the go between my laptop and phone. This hits the sweet spot between usable size and portability that my 17" is far too big for.
hey there. currently have a Lenovo T420 that I've upgraded to 16Gb of memory and using an SSD. use VMware workstation for a lot of customer work, especially network designs, and capabilities. the Sleekbook would help with some of the OpenCL work I'm trying to do based around AMD's excellent APU designs as well as for general productivity and show/tell to customers.
Currently I own 2011 Macbook air and I am in great need of windows machine. My basic use of laptop is around web surfing, watching movies over Netflix and YouTube and create documents for my personal and work purpose. Windows machine will help me resolve some compatibility issues as well as ease the use for my wife.
I currently own a quite older rig (xps 720 with a qx6800 and 8800gtx) that's starting to give out on me, and winning something like this would be perfect for me. I'm going to be starting CIT in January, and really need something that I could take to class.
My current laptop is a bit old. It's a Intel Pentium Dual core T4200 @ 2GHz. The dual core is good enough for most processes, since most software doesn't have that degree of parallelism. But when I try compiling a kernel or launch a huge number of processes, I can see my system waving a white flag. I racked up the RAM to help out, but with a 32-bit system you can only do this much (4GB!). The CPU uses a 45nm technology and has 1MB L2 cache bank; I have USB 2.0 and an integrated graphics chipset (not really Intel's speciality). I think you pretty much pity me by now. That's why I HAVE to use my laptop mostly as a netbook and if I even try running softwares like MATLAB, Solidworks or Photoshop... Well I don't think we should go there.
If I could get my hands on the HP ENVY Sleekbooks, well my peers and my old laptop would definitely be envious. The AMD A10-5745M APU with Radeon HD 8610G graphics. That's four cores right there. So that the next time I launch a make command, I'll be sure to add a "-j4". AMD have been working on APUs for quite some time now. That's the reason when more and more tablets, handhelds and gaming devices look for integrated solutions, AMD would be the answer! With 8GB DDR3 and SSD, I just want to launch that Linux kernel compilation and smile on seeing the core-utilization in my task manager. I am pretty sure that running the heavy softwares would not be an issue and I can play with multiple softwares at the same time. A 15.6inch touch screen on top of that is nothing less than fantastic. Kudos to AMD for pushing on with the APUs (not to mention the overclocking world record) and a great config being offered here by anandtech.
I have two PC's currently, my previous laptop died in 1996 when I purchased my first PC a sony Vaio, intel pentium 2. I loved that laptop and would love to have another one. This sony lasted me until this year when I decided it was time to upgrade. The sony is still running and will be used for photo storage. I went with a homebuilt pc, this was my first pc build and it was enjoyable and I would love to do it again. I am planning on building a HTPC in the future, this will be on an extreme budget, I am planning on seeing how low I can get the price without sacraficing quality. At this time I could use a laptop for a portable homework center for my wife and 3 boys. They all have desks in their rooms but do not have computers there. This laptop would help solve that problem and give my boys the access they need to complete their assignments in a timely fashion. This laptop would improve my computer setup as noted above by providing the portability needed to provide all the boys with a computer solution when it comes time to do homework. The school they attend provides them with ipads, I feel that this is not a good solution as you can create anything on a laptop and the ipads are just gaming glass as far as I am concerned when it comes to schools proving ipads this is a step in the wrong direction. These kids need to be provided with the means to learn how to create instead of just searching the internet for answers. A laptop would provide the means to teaching the kids many things coding, creating, etc. I would put this laptop through the ringer and see if it survived, I would provide a detailed review and update after using it and abusing it with the three boys doing whatever it is that three boys under 12 can do to a laptop.
I currently have three desktop computers - AMD dX2-100 - 250 MB 1 RAID hard drive - 8mb RAM - Windows XP, Intel 920 - 12 MB RAM - 500 MB RAID 1 hard drive Win 7 - raid 1 took too long to reboot when win7 crashed and it needed to check verify RAID integrity - slowly down boot time by 3-5 min till everything was back to full speed, new I5-3570K overclocked to 4.2 Gigaherz - water cooled Cooler Master H80i -168 MB PC12800 - Samsung 256 830 PRO SSD - WD 2Gigabyte Black Hard Drive (no more SATA 6 for RAID) - much faster book times - looking for economical laptop to be able to play games (don;'t have to do Metro Light - Crisis type games at full resolution) - allow me to do work or play on the coach when my arthritis is acting up making sitting at my desk uncomfortable
We currently have a five year old ASUS PC. My son is taking dual enrollment classes this year, half at the college and half at the high school. All of his papers have to be typed now, and his notes have to be typed and turned in. He is currently writing his notes out and typing them up at home. A notebook would drastically improve his college experience and save him a lot of time.
I am currently using an HP Pavilion a1114n desktop with a 64bit AMD chip and a 2 megs of Ram to do SEO research and rating at home. A new Sleekbook would allow me to be considerably more mobile and much faster at the gig. I also own an old Toshiba lappie which has to be plugged in to work - not much help, but at least it allows me to sit on the bed. - small consolation for a retired old music teacher.
I will skip the editorial and exposition this time around. My main system is an i7 2600k, an AMD 7970 OC to 1000 Mhz by factory, not a GHz edition. I am using Eyefinity with a 3 monitor setup and I am also using the onboard Intel video as an additional monitor, mostly for netflix or TV from my add in tuner card. Multiple ssd drives for booting, programs, and VMware images. Raid 5 setup up using an LSI and raid controller with on board memory and a xor engine giving me a large volume for media, etc. The machine is a do it all type of workstation. I does games, productivity, and handles my amateur programming. I have a file server which is up occasionally using windows 2003 server and a LAMP server.
For mobility, there are a variety of options. A couple of smart phones, one iPhone and one Android. The kindle fire for some media and book consumption and a laptop, though the laptop is closer to a desktop replacement for mobile gaming and productivity, i7, added graphics and a 17" lcd.
With budgeting and building over time, it's difficult to get your hands on mobile devices and when each purchase needs to be planned and determined, research is done well in advance so when you go to buy a product it's usually behind the technology curve but the savings is usually good. Essentially I would like to get my hands on a relatively powerful contemporary mobile platform at the time it is contemporary. Mobile is really where it's at. The funny part is I know I used to survive before my smartphone and tablet, but I am not sure how.
My husband would love this! He is currently using an Ebook netbook that is on it's last leg. He just uses it to surf, youtube, etc. He loves to have something small and lightweight because he is frequently in the hospital and needs something easily portable and functional. Thanks!
I'll be honest. My current laptop is an HP Pavillion dv4, and I still to this day have no clue what I was thinking when I bought it.
Its only saving grace was that I got a core 2 with it, but AMD's current processors would probably stomp it. The glassy touchpad actively hurts my fingers even when it's properly greased. The keys have broken off, and my experiences with HP customer support has been atrocious. It's heavy, hot, and incredibly slow.
I should have gotten a new laptop a long time ago, but any upgrade would be more than welcome. I've heard HP's build quality on these notebooks is much greater than the chintzy plastic my dv4 is made of, and that's what I'd look forward to the most.
I currently have a desktop system I built around a first-gen i5 as my gaming workhorse. I also have a Dell XPS 17 laptop, with a second-gen i5. It's good for all of my mobile needs, but is quite bulky. Winning the Sleekbook would give me a much lighter and easy to transport system, that would have a longer battery life of the XPS 17. But what it would really do, is give me a laptop that I could give to a good friend who needs one for college.
We have a mix of computers and tablets. I built up a livingroom pc around an amd phenom ii x4 and a discrete nvidia 650 ti to take over big screen and high res gaming duties from our ps3. My wife has a macbook and ipad and there is a kindle fire hd for the kids. The apple devices have become an ownership nightmare because of too many format and usage limitations and most of what my wife does is web based. Owning a sleekbook solves my sprawling ecosystem issues and it solves the portability problem. Mostly though we found tablets too limiting because they always lack that "one program" that you rely on. Tablets also don't support really big budget games and the sleekbook does.
My wife and I are currently tied to our desktops, as we have not been able to afford a decent laptop as of yet. The ability to take her photography work, and my programming work with us anywhere in the house would be a fantastic change of pace!
I have a 5 y/o single core eee netbook. I *need* this to help me forget about the case full of bad ATI/AMD video cards. If it's better than the eee, that is...
I7-950 rig with a pair of GTX 475s. An Envy would be a nice alternative to the current furnace desktop. I swear half the lights in the neighborhood dim when I fire it up.
I built my current work PC back in 2009 and I'm typically cooped up in my office pecking away at my work. Many moons ago I had and enjoyed an HP TX2000, powered by an AMD Turion, but its northbridge overheated and the machine stopped booting. I was always fond of that machine and the mobility and versatility it offered me.
As my hobby, and some of my work, deals with PC hardware, I'm typically the one in my circle that gets prodded when someone is thinking about buying a new PC, notebook, or smartphone.
I've configured and built several PCs for friends and clients over the years, most recently an HP ENVY 15z (AMD Richland A8-5550) for a relative, which I was very impressed with. Aside from the choices of wireless cards, it's a solid machine with a superb keyboard (adequate key travel and tactile feedback), and surprisingly large touchpad. I installed a Samsung 840 SSD in it as well, and I've heard no complaints from the family member it serves.
It's a delight to see the folks at AMD reaching out to and rewarding their customers who read Anandtech. I'd be more than happy to donate significantly more than a couple of paragraphs about an AMD-powered HP Sleekbook.
I'm currently using a hp pavilion dv6t 15.6" and my tablet is a 8.9" Nook HD+. First of all, I travel a lot so it'd be nice to have a lighter baggage (my current notebook came with a nine-cell battery which adds a lot to the burden). Also, I have a growing line of dead pixels on my notebook screen. Honestly, it's not at the end of it's life cycle yet, but I definitely wouldn't mind having a new computer to give my sister, who's going to college soon and is still using an old Toshiba satellite we bought in 2007, battery life almost a whopping 1.5 hours.
I'm a photographer whose laptop finally kicked the bucket, and now needs a suitable in-the-field replacement for snap editing and live adjustments. A machine like this would be perfect for mobility and basic editing/uploading on the fly, as well as temporary photo storage until I can get back home and work on the desktop. I currently own a home built desktop with an AMD 975, 8gig ram, Radeon 5000 series graphics, and a smartphone (Samsung Focus w/WP7), laptop is broken, no tablet. I use the computers for photo editing/managing/uploading/storage, design, media playback and communications. having a sleekbook would vastly improve my setup by being able to take pictures in the field longer, be able to upload them without going home and plugging into the desktop, and assuming the display can be calibrated adequately, be able to do edits while in the field, all while adding minimal weight to my already heavy photography bag - all of which is amazing for my workflow.
Homemade i7-3770 desktop, ipad 2, note 2. Every once in awhile you need a desktop replacement when mobile, and the ipad & note 2 just can't cut it when you're used to working on a 3770 w/ 32gb ram...
OK, so why do I need a new Sleekbook? Well, I'm definitely in the market for a new laptop! I am definitely a power user when it comes to computing but I'm no IT expert and no gamer. I don't code, I don't mine bitcoins in my spare time and my idea of PC gaming is Solitaire and Minesweeper. What I do need is a solid machine to run Word, Excel and PowerPoint with the stamina (battery life) to keep up, as well as excellent HD media playback to take full advantage of my FiOS connection. What I like about the A10 APU is that AMD's UVD technology is built right in. I also applaud their OpenGL support, which will come in handy if I ever need to use Adobe Lightroom on this machine.
My current setup is oldschool--I have an aging Core 2 Quad desktop that struggles at times to keep up, and an ancient Core 2 Duo-based Panasonic Toughbook (hand me down from work) that's now only good enough for Ubuntu. Most of my web browsing/media surfing is done on my Retina Display iPad with keyboard! What's worse--I just broke the budget to buy my wife a killer laptop--she's now got a loaded Dell XPS 14 with Core i7, 8GB RAM, nVidia graphics and a 500GB SSD. Unfortunately that broke the budget for my upgrade--so winning a new Sleekbook would be nice!
I am currently a student studying Computer Network and System Administration at MTU, and could greatly benefit from this laptop. My current computer setup is a custom built desktop with a 4770k overclocked to 4.7ghz and GTX660 graphics card, a Google Nexus 10 Tablet, Galaxy S4 phone, and an old laptop that I received broken, then fixed. This laptop would be put to good use by me, through my studies in programming, and networking. For me, mobility is very important in order to go to labs and communicate with others about the code i write to help further my own education. I have built desktop systems with A10 chips in the past, and have been impressed with the end product. If chosen, I would be happy to review the laptop, and would use it every day.
I'm an engineer that does a heavy amount of CAD design work, as well as a fair amount of design optimization including flow analysis and FEA. Currently I have an older Core 2 Duo Desktop that I assembled myself from spare parts, a 5 year old Core 2 Thinkpad with failing NVS140M graphics, and an ipad 2. I could really use a replacement laptop with more processing power than both of these systems combined to speedup analysis when on the road. This HP Envy Sleekbook looks to fit the bill perfectly.
Currently I am back for my MBA and My laptop is an Inspiron E1405, It is stock except it now has 2 gigs of ram instead of the 512 MB it came with. This was a needed upgrade as this was a Vista machine and my program requires me to have windows 7 for some of the finance apps and excel plugins. Currently on this machine it slows down dramatically whenever I open programs especially ram intensive ones like Outlook and Excel if I am working on a large project. The Battery life on this machine has also gone down due to an old battery to less then an hour on a full charge and often not even getting 30 minutes.
This would change my life because it would allow me to actually get my schoolwork done at school and with the teams I have group projects with instead of having to go home as ofter to plug in as the building I am in is a green building so has almost no plugs other then in classrooms. Being able to do more work where I can ask questions and work with the team would leave me more free time at home to be with my new wife, we got married in may. Currently I have been having to try and get some work done on my laptop and then go home do work there and then e-mail my results to my teams instead of going over them at school.
Having a great computer would allow me to better work and allow for more time in my Job search and with my wife. That is what I would love to have this Sleekbook.
My current setup is an old 17 inch pentium core 2 based laptop that weighs about 10 pounds. I got it just after Windows Vista was released. It's so old, it's 32 bit only and a max of 2 GB RAM! I could use the upgrade!
I am an accountant. I currently have a Desktop, an aged netbook, and a Galaxy note 2. My desktop at home was built last year with powered by i5 3570k, gfx 480 and 120gb ssd. I use it for internet and gaming. But it's too powerful and generates too much heat for daily entertainment like neflix and email. My galaxy note 2 is convenient to use but sometimes i wish i can use bigger screen to deal with heavy email replying and excel processing. My 3 years old netbook turns out to be my first opinion when i am on the living room and want to reply email, also do some light internet usage.
I have been finding a more powerful laptop for netflix, internet, and work perfect when i am in my living room, outdoor and my girlfriend's place. I bought a levono ideapad but its quality sucked so i return it. HP Envy Sleekbook should be the perfect fit for me.
This laptop would be an upgrade from my current situation. I have a 3-4yr old custom PC with i7 core and GeForce 9800GT w/ a defective core. Since I bought that PC, my living arrangements and job have changed. So even if I repair/update the PC, it won't be the best setup for me. A device like the HP ENVY Sleekbook is what I need to move up to my new computing needs. Thanks!
I currently own a 13.3 " HP-DM3Z CTO model. This laptop contains an AMD-Turion Neo 625L (X2) with 4 Gb RAM, 320 Gb HDD, and a switchable dedicated ATI 4330 graphics card in addition to its internal graphics card. This laptop was great for mobility since it was very light and compact. I required 4-5 hours battery life back then, and this laptop was able to reach those battery lifes on minimal settings. The dedicated graphics card also allowed for light gaming of old games. When doing any gaming, this laptop gets rather hot. It cannot handle 3-D games but on lowest resolutions with a lot of patience (due to low FPS). I also own a Samsung Galaxy SII phone for on the go and mobile apps.
If I won this laptop, it would replace the DM3Z laptop. I am looking for a more powerful laptop with the following criteria: still light, longer battery life on a charge (6-7 hrs) on light use (like word processing, programming, and web surfing), powerful enough for everyday applications, graphically powerful enough to handle light video editing, and games like CivV and ME3. From a professional perspective, I want to start exploring OpenCL on AMDs APUs to explore how these APUs can be used in solving scientific computing problems more efficiently. Winning the sleekbook would allow me to achieve all these goals.
I'm actually in the market for a new laptop. i've got a dell latitude d600 which basically runs a Pentium-III the thing struggles to do anything in the same 10 minutes as a request. For home use im running an i7 930 which is my first intel desktop system since my P1. as a long time AMD fanboy I was finally forced into switching to intel desktop when i built this pc as AMD was just way behind at the time. And when I say fanboy I really mean it, as in even owning AMD stock
Currently struggling with the decision of getting something cheap to get by, or springing for a MBP and running windows.
So getting this sleekbook would not only help me give my old love AMD another chance, it would keep me from giving any money to the evil corp known as Apple.
This is the perfect replacement for our current 2004 Compaq laptop that is used daily but requires extra fans under it. Its very slow but works for general browsing and Skype.
I am currently rocking an HP Elitebook 8570w and a Dell Studio XPS 1645. I travel quite a bit and I use the Elitebook for work and the Dell while I am at home. The Dell is my entertainment laptop and the more powerful of the twobut, honestly, is way too flashy to use on the road. The Elitebook is much more professional and much more suited to a work environment but is also bulky and heavy. Winning this laptop would allow me to replace both laptops with one device that I could feel comfortable using in both spaces of my life. It would significantly simplify my life by allowing me to replace all of my current computers with one device.
Also, between you, me, and the rest of the internet, it would also make my wife happy since it would go a long way to cleaning up the various computers that sit around my house. =)
Right now I have a Thinkpad from around 2006 or 2007 that I'd love to replace with something 1/ faster and 2/ smaller and lighter. I'm mostly using it for developing open source code, so if I were to win this I would put Linux on it and keep using it for that purpose. Fortunately the AMD support in Linux is getting pretty good these days, so I think this would be a great laptop to use.
I have an old Dell desk top and a ASUS Eee laptop. I use them for writing and photo editing. This Sleekbook would be a great replacement and the graphics would be great for the photo editing.
I'm currently using a 11" Macbook Air as my portable solution and a very old Q6600 based desktop for my gaming needs. The desktop is getting long in tooth and the Sleekbook would help me replace both my desktop and my mba.
In addition to desktops and a netbook, we have a heavily-used Vostro 1500 desktop replacement that is substantially larger and heavier than a Sleekbook. A modern laptop with Windows 8 would reduce boot times enough to be suitable as a coffee table system--for spur-of-the-moment minor tasks that would otherwise get postponed.
I have a phenom 2 x4, gtx 460 computer. I use it mainly for gaming, some homework and movie watching. Winning this would improve set up because i don't have a laptop, and it would be useful to have a mobile device, to put movies on big screen with hdmi and just do homework in class.
We have Dell 15R and HP 6910p notebooks with Windows 7, an old blackbox Pentium 4 PC with XP for websurfing and kids school work, plus an iPad 2. I'd dedicate this notebook for the kids, since scheduling the PC is becoming more difficult as they're getting older. The PC also needs to be replaced soon because the hardware is becoming insufficient for some web content and the OS going end-of-life.
I've been using Intel CPU/GPU based notebooks for running a Linux distro. I'd like to use this opportunity to see how far Linux support as come with respect to Linux support.
I'm running a still strong Phenom II 955 BE that's starting to show it's age in current gaming. I've got a dying HP laptop that needs to be killed off. And a pair of Galaxy s4's.
The desktop is for gaming and general productivity while the laptop is just for mobility and the small amount of productivity capable on the crippled device.
Winning the ENVY would finally give me a useful mobility product that I can actually work on and my wife could use for more than just a wireless coupon printer.
I bought one for my wife and is almost exactly the same specs as this one. She has the model that is 1 model down. 6gb ram, 750gb hd, but has the same cpu and gpu. It really is a good quality notebook. It plays games quite well especially her SWTOR which the laptop had to be able to do or she wouldn't want it. Anyways, this is a very nice laptop they're giving away. Just put an ssd in it like I did and it truly is a fast running notebook. The cpu is no slouch by any means.
Currently, my only mobile computing device is my iPhone. It is great to have but very limited in terms of substantial productivity. Owning this Sleekbook would make life while traveling MUCH better. I would be able to get a lot more work done when I'm away from home for extended periods of time.
I have a self-built PC (AMD 6350 CPU, HD 7850 + GT 610 GPU’s) that I use for games, and a 1st Gen Nexus 7 (16Gb) for reading and some Netflix. I’ve been using the Nexus 7 with a Bluetooth keyboard for when I’m traveling but I need to run MS Office apps which it doesn’t do.
But let’s be honest here, my wife will probably annex any new laptop. She has an old laptop which she uses for school. She is getting a PhD in Ecology and is an adjunct professor and uses apps like ArcGIS & R as well as MS Office. She has an iPad for Netflix and reading.
I currently own an older i7 2600K based desktop, a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and a 2013 Google Nexus 7. About a year ago I also had an i5 based Acer notebook.
Since getting rid of the notebook, I've been flipping from tablet to tablet trying to find one that would let me do actual work and play games while I'm not at my desktop. My desktop, so far, has proven to be powerful enough without my wanting/needing to upgrade. However, I still have yet to find anything that fills the notebook need.
I write short devotionals and work with some people in regards to emotional struggles, and every now and then I get to a point while not at home that I need to be able to communicate a little bit faster than a phone or tablet really allow. While a dockable tablet would be sufficient, the times that I need to have easier access are not so common that having an 8" or 10" tablet makes sense for the other 90% of time.
While this notebook is a little heavier than I would really like, the remainder of the specs would firmly place it in a spot that would allow me to do what light gaming I do, Civ V and World of Warcraft, that level, as well as give access to a full keyboard with number pad, allowing for IM communication to be used.
The 128GB SSD is just icing on the cake. Here's hoping!
I'm tired of sharing my desktop with my sons. Another machine in our house would be greatly appreciated and would allow us to do some multiplay within the household.
This would be for my wife. She is currently stuck with one of the early Atom Netbooks, 10" screen, etc. She hates it, and has been begging for a bigger laptop with a bigger screen where she can actually see enough on the screen to make it useable. I have a decent laptop for myself, so it would be for her. We currently cannot afford a laptop for her so we have been getting by as best we can. This would make a huge difference for us. :)
I'm currently using a near-obsolete HP Pavilion with an AMD Phenom X4 9150e (Quadcore) CPU, 4Gb of DDR2 PC6400 SDRAM, and two 2TB Samsung harddrives (PCLinuxOS on one and PCBSD 9.1 Isotope/Windows 7 on the other). As a video editing enthusiast, the minimum system requirements for the majority of recently released/current versions of all linear video editing applications I'm familiar with is asking more from my system than it has to give. An HP ENVY Sleekbook would without a doubt revitalize (but quite honestly REVIVE) my former level of project productivity and allow me to yet again manifest my visions and ideas quickly into digi-visual HD 1080p content both here in my studio and anywhere my creativity demands. Wow, I just begged for a laptop. Wouldn't you? :)
I currently use a large quad core i7 notebook which, while mobile is not exactly a Goliath in terms of battery life. I would like something like this Sleekbook to use as a truly mobile device. I would also very much enjoy a chance to play with some current generation AMD silicon.
I currently own a a custom mid-high end PC with an i-5 3570k plenty of RAM and a HD 7970 which is great to play games on if I can ever find the time to squeeze into my tiny smaller then a cubical closet my wife moved my office into to play. So most of the computer time I get outside work involves a l502x dell with a a failing motherboard. I need a new laptop if I ever want to get some minecraft time or other casual uses and an AMD laptop is definitely my prime choice and winning one of these fine devices would be a wonderful help. Its hard to budget for a personal device when the family needs new tablets and smart phones.
I need a sleekbook to do more heavy lifting than my macbook air allows, especially photo editing using the touchscreen. Also, this would make it possible to try the bring your own device program at the office as it would be a very good office alternative to the very slow Lenovo E520 I currently use.
Winning this would let my wife give up her old Acer Aspire One netbook which is not very good for doing work on - not that it ever was - but she must use for work now as she's taken on administrative duties. I don't have the cash to buy her a good laptop at this point so this would improve her life measurably.
We own a HP Desktop and use it constantly. However my grandson and I go to the library on school nights to do our homework. Many of his assignments as well as textbooks can now be accessed online. The library allows one hour limited access to a bank of PCs; but anyone can bring a there own portable device such as their own laptop or notebook.
His reward for completing of his work is 30 minutes of 'non-constructive' computer access at the end of the day.
Winning one of these laptops would allow me to finally retire my Toshiba Satellite P25-S507 relic that is on its last breath. It would also ease the tension in the household by ending the ongoing quarrels me and my wife have over who is to use our decent HP M6-1035DX (AMD APU) computer vs. the geriatric Toshiba. Thank you kindly for the opportunity.
Currently I do most of my work on a Core i3-2350 with 3 gigs of RAM supplied by my employer for my line of work. I have an old socket 939 Opteron as my "gaming" desktop, but I use that term to mean I play really old games once a week to kill a few minutes, and usually it's just running Ubuntu for email and web browsing. What would really change my life with one of these Richlan Quad Core notebooks is the ability to ACTUALLY multitask. I get two programs open on the i3, and I may as well fire up the Opteron to do the second task. Unfortunately, I'm regularly running 4 programs or so. I mentioned this in the last giveaway, but I'd also LOVE to have more than an hours worth of battery when I'm out. This laptop is for all intents a desktop, as it's entirely dependent on a power supply for any length of time. Being able to put a laptop to work in it's intended workspace (mobile!) would be oh so lifechanging.
We use an Acer tablet (3 years old) to check emails, recipes, sports scores, etc. in the kitchen via wireless network. I click a link and come back 2 min later. It's not the wireless, it's quite fast. The PC is so slow and has Win 7 Starter on it. It's painful!
My current computer is a 2007 Gateway laptop, with a 1.86 GHz Core 2 Duo and 2 GB (the maximum) of RAM, with Intel graphics. I'm on Social Security, and I don't have the money for a better computer.
I do 3D modeling and animation and video editing. I also pick up a few bux converting VHS tapes to DVDs. Anything faster would make my work time more productive.
I am running an FX-6350 with a Radeon 7870 at the moment. This system is great for playing games, but I need something to carry with me on the go. I've been looking at buying Trinity/Richland/Kabini in a laptop, and the Acer V5, this HP Sleekbook, and Vizio's 14" sleekbooks look like the best candidates.
The HP Pavilion sleekbook should provide a much better graphics experience than a conventional ultrabook, and that's the biggest reason to want one. Other than that, it's thin, light and fast. What's not to like?
I work as a Merchant Seaman sailing deep sea aboard US flagged cargo vessels. I currently carry with me an 15.4" Acer Aspire 3102WLMi I purchased 6 years ago along with my Samsung Galaxy S4. I use the notebook largely for entertainment, viewing movies, writing and developing home projects on SketchUp. The HP ENVY would offer me less weight in traveling, faster processing and the ability to port via HDMI the digital video files I carry with me to my quarters television for viewing. In port I use the S4 as a hotspot to connect the computer to the Internet.
I'm currently running a mid 2012 11" Macbook Air. I would like to migrate back to windows, need more RAM than my current machine has, and want more screen real estate without giving up portability.
Great! Another giveaway! Didn't get it the last time so here goes.
I have used AMD extensively since my first computer (K6+) and they were competitive in terms of price/performance till the past few years. I still haven't given up on them and hope they become more competitive with Intel. That being said, here is my current setup.
Even though I like AMD, they've not been good from a power/performance perspective in the mobile space lately. Winning this giveaway will give me a chance to find out how much they've improved in this metric. Getting a good laptop will just be a bonus. :)
My family has the following computer equipment: a gaming focused desktop, a file/media server, an iPad (primarily a mobile game device), a Kindle Fire and a Surface RT. The two laptops we have had both now are decomissioned (one after a long term of service now overheats the other won't boot after an accident with a cat startling a sleepy wife and a cup of coffee). The wife is territorial about "her" surface so I have nothing portable but more powerful than the kindle fire to use at present. A replacement for my dead overheating laptop would be most appreciated. Possible usage would involve light gaming, email, web, and a device in which to do minor photo/video editing.
Currently I don't have a desktop. My main computing device is an aging gaming laptop from 2010. I don't have a smartphone, and my only other digital device is a Kindle Paperwhite.
Winning the Sleekbook would allow me to be a lot more mobile. My notebook is the size of a mobile workstation, so it isn't portable at all. On the other end, my Kindle is always with me, but doesn't have the computing power to allow me much more than checking my email. The Sleekbook would allow me to read my pdf textbooks on the go without needing to squint at a tiny screen. It would mean I wouldn't have to run back to my dormroom if I wanted to open a spreadsheet, work on a paper, or just browse online. It's small footprint would make it the perfect companion for college, fitting snugly in my bag without having to worry about not being connected when I'm away from my room.
I currently only have a 13" MacBook Pro which I use for school and browsing the internet, and an iPhone which is mainly used to ease boredom when waiting in lines, and other normal smartphone tasks. I would my mac for gaming to get in some down time from studying but it renders the content at too slow of a frame rate to even bother playing. I would use one of these laptops extensively, both in creating presentations for school, streaming videos for my dorm, gaming with my friends, and writing/modifying programs both for my computer science classes and at work supporting the business software at my university.
I'm a CSc student, and my current laptop has an aging battery. I run Linux on this, not just for school-related development, but for daily use (Gaming, web, etc), but I'm going to have a need pretty soon for running Windows outside of a virtual machine. I'd prefer to have a dedicated Windows system than having to accommodate both Windows and Linux on the same machine. Plus, it'd be nice to have both AMD and Intel, especially with AMD graphics - that'll give me access to Intel graphics and processors, AMD graphics and processors, and NVidia graphics (my laptop has Optimus).
i currently use a hp g56 boat anchor to learn windows phone 8 app development. unfortunately, i am very immobile while learning to develop mobile apps. AMD, please unshackle this budding mobile app developer with some of your sweet HP ENVY Touchsmart Sleekbook love.
all I want to do is to write an awesome app for my Lumia Windows Phone 8 and make all my iOS and Android phone friends look at my mobile app built on my mobile laptop with ENVY.
My 10 year old Sony Vaio S170P just died a few months ago. 14 inch screen, 3 hour battery life with decent Centrino tech. Survived college and major gaming sessions...
I am currently using an old vista pc with windows 7 on it. I try to play video games like, World of Tanks, Minecraft, and Simcity. I can not play them very well, they are the lowest settings and I still get 12ish fps. Having the ENVY Sleekbook would allow me to play games with much higher fps. More importantly I am a college student(Majoring in Information technology) and using a old outdated pc is very cumbersome and it makes doing some work very difficult. Having a portable pc would make my college life more enjoyable and I could be more productive. I don't have a tablet, I hav one of the first smartphones and I can't do too much on it. I am also and AMD fanboy and I am really excited to test out a Richland APU, and really can't wait for Kaveri to come out. This ENVY Sleekbook would make my life easier and more enjoyable.
I have a older dual core amd desktop system that needs a windows reinstall and I'm currently using a HP 4530s laptop. The laptop is still a decent performer but I could definitely benefit from a new ultrabook type laptop with speedy ssd and touch screen, and I would like to play around with windows 8 as well.
I currently have a Trinity desktop and an old HP laptop running a Pentium from the age of the Core 2 Duos. The Trinity build is used for light gaming, the laptop is used for educational purposes. Unfortunately the laptop has terrible fan whine and is unbearably slow (even with a fresh copy of Windows, Linux helps but not enough). If I win the sleekbook I would use it for school because my school has just recently adopted a BYOD (bring your own device) policy at the school allowing us to use technology to aid our learning process.
I would love to have this computer for many reasons. I currently have a desktop I built about a year ago I use for gaming, and it is excellent for that. I also have a smartphone that I use for a tremendous amount of media consumption. But as far as laptops to use when I travel (about 15 weeks on the road a year), all I have is a 6 year old macbook. Ideally I would have a laptop that is light, easy to travel with, and can play all of my favorite old CRPGs. The idea of sitting in my sad hotel room in another country (so netflix does not even work), but being able to play classics like Planesape Torment and even modern RPGs would make all the difference in the world. I have been trying to decide what the best solution for this super light gaming machine would look like, and this Sleekbook looks like it would do the job quite well.
I have a passel of Macs that I use for work and my kids use for Minecraft. I can only imagine how great Minecraft could be with a touchscreen. But would it work?
Have custome built AMD 8150, 3.5 HDD running Altergos (Arch fork) primary machine, CR-48 for audio listening over the Internet, Kindle Fire 2 for books and games, Looking for a light portable with a real OS
I have a Sandy Bridge i5 PC desktop that I edit photos and play steam games on. My wife has a 6 or 7 year old Dell Inspiron 14b that only works when plugged into the wall in the exactly correct position. We do most our websurfing on our Nokia window phones because of this. Doing anything on my wife's laptop is painfully slow. She is incredibly busy with a 9 month old and getting her MBA. Loading her textbook pdf's is sometimes measured in minutes to open (!!!). Websites like shutterfly are too intensive for the little Dell laptop. If we won, my wife and I would share time on the new laptop upstairs, and she can be much more productive much more quickly.
Hi, my setup may be decent but if I did win I would give the pc to my sister who plays alot of league of legends on a crappy dell laptop with e-450 apu. It struggles to play lol with everything on low and shadows off at 30 fps when nothings happening, this laptop would be for her so she can actually hit her skill shots in team fights, she actually does pretty good at that even when its at 15 fps...
I currently own a CDMA Galaxy Nexus, a desktop with an i7-920 and HD 7950. My laptop is basically duct taped together, an 8 year old dell with broken hinges that is somehow still working.
I use my tablet for things that don't really require a laptop, like browsing the internet and other things where I don't have to type much.
I use the laptop (sort of) for everything else when I'm not near my desktop, but it's a pain. I really do need a new laptop given that my hinges are broken and the screen isn't attached by more than the LVDS cord.
A Sleekbook would improve my current setup greatly due to the lack of a really portable laptop right now, my battery lasts under an hour and I can barely take it anywhere. It would be a huge boon to have a working laptop again.
I currently own a Windows 7 Starter netbook the Acer Aspire One 532h-2268, a desktop (Intel i5 2500k, 8 GB RAM, AMD Radeon 6950), and an iPad.
I currently use the desktop as my go to for gaming/school/media activity for when I am home, but I have the need to use something lighter for general web browsing and school related activities. I currently use the iPad for light web browsing, yet it does not satisfy the need for a device that can run productive software or run the majority of the sites on the internet. The netbook I currently own satisfies the need for basic Microsoft word and excel needs away from my desktop, but it is slow for satisfying the requirements as a web browsing and media activities.
I need a HP-ENVY laptop as a go-to for school related activities and media consumption. Since it has more performance than either the iPad or my current netbook, it would hold up much better when traveling as well in terms of running higher performance applications. With the included SSD it would even boot faster than my netbook. I would also use it as an HTPC given the capabilities of modern graphic cards to decode more varieties of video, versus what is currently included in my current netbook.
I currently own a conroe 775 Pentium desktop pc with windows xp, the dumbest smart phone in existence which can be had for 17$, (http://www.target.com/p/virgin-mobile-lg-optimus-v... and no tablet or laptop to speak of.
I'm typing to you from the computer lab of Butte community college, which is one of three reasons I really, REALLY need this laptop.
1. The first is that the computers here have restricted access so if I go to fox news it runs fine, but if I go to "the guardian" it won't load the page or it will be in a basic text format like it hasn't received enough bandwidth or something. A lot of the course content I view for my classes like eastern religion, public speaking, argument and debate, and sustainable environmentalism, all have abstract course material that doesn't appear to look like traditional academic homework like a word document, or a spreadsheet. So I've been stopped and asked to show my class schedule four times this year going back to last semester to justify and show that what I was viewing was related to my classes. This is so inconvenient and frustrating seeing other students on their devices and being able to do whatever they want without being policed and literally having someone looking over their shoulder. So this laptop would give me my own space to explore and academic freedom in general.
2. The second reason this particular laptop would help me to fly, is because it's a technological specimen I have drooled over for years. It would be my home theatre and entertainment center, my MP3 player, my tool to make movies with my nieces and nephews like I've done with AMD laptops in the past (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4gNIeGDkP8), it would be my dictionary, encyclopedia, and a canvas in which I could do "anything" on for the foreseeable future. I understand the tech inside the machine, it's future proof nature, and it would fill a significant void in my life. I read an article on anandtech this past summer talking about how "Moore's Law" is slowing down, because even an entry grade processor can do 90% of the day-to-day tasks most consumers need. I could actually use this laptop to develop my own software ideas by taking advantage of the horsepower it produces. I'm registered for "UDK" and want to create worlds, but I can't do anything by my current means. I work and go to school, but there is no way I could afford a machine this technically sound, or any machine at all. I live in a roommate situation and want to be a teacher someday, this laptop would enable me to succeed and "do anything" that requires a computer.
3. I have been an ardent AMD fan for life. I am the respective "geek" the family and every computer I've ever purchased for my family or bought for a friend has been AMD. I always go for the underdog, and I've made all my purchases with AMD's market share in mind... That I could insignificantly, incrementally contribute to them and help the perception of shareholders not to give up. If I were given this laptop, it would be such a profound gift to me, such a blessing in my life, it would make me even more of a missionary and advocate for AMD, I would treasure it like a jewel use it proudly.
Please bestow this sacred device to me, I've got five years left of academia, a big family full of kids, and a love for technology. If you guys gave me this gesture, it would mean more to me than what the laptop is, but it would give me the joy and momentum to use it for all that life requires. Please give me this laptop, I will do it justice and appreciate in so many ways.
I use a home built i7 gaming pc and an i5 Samsung notebook for streaming video and playing minecraft with my 10 year old daughter. I like to make upgrades myself so I purchased an ssd and maxed out the ram in new notebook. Until this past 2 years all of my computers have been custom AMD rigs with discrete Radeon HD graphics (4890, 5870, 7950). The initial rollout of FX processors was not what I was hoping for so I tried out Intel this last go round. I am really hoping that the Kaveri processors and later upcoming units will give me the computational power and efficiency that hooked me in the first place. I am an avid gamer and college student who uses computers for just about everything including work. I would love to see AMD on top again. -Cheers
Currently owned and used: * Main PC: Intel 4770k and Radeon 7970, used for gaming and software development * NAS/HTPC/Fileserver: Core i3 ITX system * iPad for reading, surfing and some gaming. Lots of note taking and scheduling for work.
A 12" HP Elitebook 2560p and 15.6" HP Elitebook 8560, used for work and private stuff while traveling or working at Coffee Shops and customers. Those two need to be replaced with something lightweight and "small" but still needs to have some power for software development. 12" is too small for most work, 14" would be minimum, 15" is good for screen and keyboard size, but then it still needs to be lightweight. After using a MacBook Air, those HP bricks aren't good enough anymore...
I am currently running a 2009 Athlon Propus desktop that seems to be crashing once a week (BSOD). Not sure if the GPU is failing, etc (because despite clean reinstalls, it still seems to be occurring periodically. I think moving to a laptop may be simpler for me because I won't need to worry about parts working together, etc. Furthermore, I've realized over the years that a desktop does not seem as necessary anymore as it did 10 years ago. For today's standards, a laptop will suffice for 95% of computer work that needs to be done. If a larger screen is needed, I hope this sleekbook is capable of connecting to external monitors (hopefully displayport is present?). So here's to hoping!
For the better part of my life I have been infected with an incurable case of AMD fanboy-ism. It first appeared when I experienced my venerable Athlon XP 2800+ custom desktop and has escalated over the years into a Phenom II 970/Radeon 5850 desktop gaming rig. My unwavering devotion went global when I traveled abroad with an HP dv6500z Turion TL-58 laptop, though sadly that once lively, glossy-screened world traveler has seen better days and is relegated to a dusty shelf. I look forward to the day when I can roam freely with the mobility of an AMD APU in my hands. In such a world, no longer would I have to utter the phrase “I’ll send it when I get back to the office.” Be it CAD, be it Photoshop, be it a long-winded blog post… I will do it all on-the-move and continue to spread my fanhood to the masses.
I have a VERY old thinkpad...think 1990's! and it just doesn't work well. Had to install Linux just to get it to run decently. I've been borrowing my sister's Macbook for school (Engineering Student) but that just doesn't cut it with some of my courses. Would love to have a laptop that could keep up with my course work and help me conceptualize my ideas...with the touch screen outside and AMD inside this would be perfect for my work.
I currently own an i7-2600k+Nvidia GTX 680 gaming rig, along with a newer MacBook Air and a very old MacBook Pro that my wife uses.
I am not a fan boy by any means, and prefer to go with what I perceive to be the best value at the performance level I want (aside from the GTX 680, that product was more of an impulse buy because I actually found one when they first launched).
Here recently I have wanted to start shifting my devices back to AMD powered devices to give them a try. I plan on selling the GTX 680 and buying a new Radeon card when they launch, and would like the AMD powered laptop to begin the shift. It would replace the aging MacBook Pro in our house.
I've got a desktop for gaming and an old netbook that I used to use for school. Don't use the netbook anymore since it has become unbearably slow and freezes at random times. Winning would mean I can have a mobile computer again.to bring to class.
I currently own two PC's. One Toshiba laptop, Powered by an AMD A6 APU and used for light gaming, streaming, and web browsing...( My first PC), and one desktop PC, Powered by an AMD A10-6800k APU and used for longer periods of gaming. (Provided by AMD for #Test Drive Program) Winning a Sleekbook would improve my current setup by replacing my current laptop, which is almost two years old. I really enjoy my laptop, and wouldn't part with it for any reason if I had the choice, but I fear I may have to soon. The battery won't hold a charge and constantly reminds me that I should consider replacing it, the LED screen goes blank when I connect my power brick to an outlet, and sometimes when I connect to the internet and browse. I've even experienced unexplained BSOD's. I don't like any of those things, and I don't want my computer to die! If I have no choice but to part with it, I'd like to know that it's still got some life in it...even if it's sitting unused.
That being said...I could REALLY use the Sleekbook! Thanks for the opportunity and for your consideration.
I've currently got a gaming desktop and an older laptop. As a current couch potato i'd love a newer thin and light laptop for some couch gaming and school work.
I would love to use this to replace my wife's 6 year old Dell Inspiron. If it says anything it is the same laptop Penny had in Season 1 of Big Bang Theory. Yuck. At this stage in its life the letters are even starting to fail in the keyboard. I want her to actually enjoy a reasonably modern platform for her writing and occasional editing of our kids photos.
This would be my first laptop... I have only owned/built desktops. No tablets, smartphones, just a flip phone. My experience with AMD is with graphics cards, as I have used them exclusively in all my systems. Certainly a laptop would be useful away from home (to catch up on Anandtech, of course).
I currently have a 2011 hp 11.6" dm1 laptop (1366x768, 4GB RAM, AMD E-350 1.6GHz). The only reason I have this is because my old laptop sudden broke and I need a new one for school. Anyway, this laptop is very limiting for my needs. I like to produce music as a hobby but it is next to impossible with this. Ableton Live runs at a snails pace and many synths cannot even be loaded up because the entire program will just crash. I have basically given up on trying to produce anything on this thing. It'd be great to have a new system like the one shown because a desktop is too cumbersome for me since I move around a lot and I'd like to be able to have music production software be able to run on it.
When my second daughter was born, we needed to turn the second bedroom from an office into a nursery. That meant the desk and desktop got displaced into the only spot we had room, the dining room, a less than ideal place to work.
As far as productivity devices go, I currently own a core i5 750 desktop that I built myself, a first generation iPad I won at work a few years back that my older daughter uses for art and learning games, and a 1st gen Samsung Galaxy Note phone. While the desktop runs fine for being 4 years old, moving to a laptop would let me get rid of the makeshift office next to my dining table and let me work wherever the kids are, from the living room to the park.
I have a Mac Mini and an iPad 3 . I could use a laptop to do some work at the library and similar stuff. I could use a portable machine with more horsepower than the iPad 3 at times
Currently we are using a Macbook Air and a Samsung laptop at home on Windows 7 with a 23 inch monitor and laptop docking hub. We also have an iPad3 and smart phones to round out our tech tools. My wife recent signed up to take on the PTA treasury role and is now responsible for taking the laptop to meetings to keep up with Quickbooks for the non-profit and support other school activities. Having a lightweight, high performance sleek book would provide a nice technology lift to her role and greatly reduce the carrying weight as she helps out. She spends a great deal of time on the laptop managing the day to day activities of the PTA and our household. She can't use the Macbook and share files with the other members of the PTA, the software versions are not the same, and the Samsung is a heavier unit with a lackluster battery life. She hasn't integrated the iPad into any of her PTA activities but uses it and the Macbook Air to read email and for Netflix.
Right now my personal computer is an old hp laptop, not sure of the model. I am sure though that the processor is a sempron si-40 and my god is it slow and outdated. I have basically resorted to doing all of my schoolwork in Middleton Library at LSU because my laptop started to overheat when i was typing a paper on microsoft word (not an exaggeration). My parents got me an ipad for christmas to use for school but it does not have windows programs so i cannot put notes on powerpoints and such during class so having a laptop such as the envy would be much more ideal. I would be more than willing to give a follow up review if I won the prize. thanks for the opportunity.
I need a better portable for work and home media, a laptop, not a tablet. Light IT work and controlling or playing from my JRiver media center pc. Currently making do with a dreadfully slow Atom (slow as death) based Acer, a qiuck cheap replacement for a 4 year old AMD based HP that ran very well, well up to the day it would not run anymore. The laptop motivates to wait until I can get to my Ci5 main pc. If I could game that would be a big bonus. Would also like to dual boot it with PClinux OS KDE orLXDE.
I currently have a desktop with a Phenom II X6 1075T. It has served me well, but I need portability for college, so I need a laptop (I don't have one). The HP ENVY TouchSmart Sleekbook sound like an amazing fit for me.
Currently I have a Phenom II 1075T system in my office and a very old Dell Vostro laptop with an Athlon 64. The laptop is so slow at this point that I almost always use the desktop... but I'd like something more portable and energy efficient. So, yep, I could use a new ENVY sleekbook.
Hi, I'm a software developer in need or a laptop, My current setup is as follows
Motherboard: MSI Z68A-GD65 Processor: i5-2500k (oc to 4.2GHz) Memory: 8GB Ripjaws 1600MHz Case: NZXT PHANTOM full tower. Storage: 60GB OCZ Agility 3, (2) 500GB WD Caviar in raid 0. VideoCard: MSI N260GTX(yes a Gforce 260 192 cores) It runs most games out there, thanks to a long console cycle. ;) Monitor: 21.5”Acer H213H and a LG PA70G Projector
Mobile Devices: Iphone4, access to Ipad2, MK809 Android mini TV computer. I also have a few other things like an xbox Kinect that I tinker with.
I work for a Web Site Development company who primary based in PHP technologies although I come from C++, C# and Java background. Allow me to get to the point by saying in order to beat traffic and reach to work on time I have to reach about 2 hours before my work office opens, which I spend in a Cafe with only my iPhone as entertainment/research tool. I need a laptop and this one looks very much like what I'm searching for a SSD with enough space to install dev tools and games, along with a Touch Screen to experiment with. Not to mention access to Opencl and Directx 11 hardware. Strange enough I have not owned a laptop since I was in college, while on the other hand I have helped friends and family purchased quite a few laptops off of Amazon. Cheers!
yes, please. I don't own a laptop, only a desktop (amd phenom 945 x4 w/ radeon 6950) and a tablet (Nexus 7 original). I find myself using the tablet a lot but browsing is a bit painful. I'd love to play low spec pc games on a laptop like Card Hunter, Skulls of the Shogun, etc and not be tethered too much to the desktop for work (lightroom, indesign, photoshop would stay on the desktop but editing articles and general use of office would be great)
I have a super fast intel pentium e5200 with an amd 4870 I think (can't remember the model at the moment...). This was my first smaller build I made, and it pretty much stuck around after my small business dried up.... I pretty much use this for everything: gen web browsing, some programming, gaming, a lot of school related stuff these days. It starts to sputter when I'm using firefox (i have HUNDREDS of TABS) and at times with the newer games, but for the most part old faithful gets the job done. But lately it's been whining a bit louder than usual (this may be because I also use it as a space heater....) so I'm hoping it holds out till I can get a new computer.
Wow where to start? I fried my gaming PC last week, yes they do smoke when you burn the video card out. The Video on my Notebook went out this week. I am currently using an old HP mini Desktop that was built to run Vista and I put 7 on it, it will not run anything worth playing. I have an Huawei android tablet, a iPad 2 and a Chromebook. I use the Android Tablet all of the time because it has mobile service and works well with my phone, PC and the Chromebook. I use it for work and play. I am able to keep my address booked, music, pictures and email synced but let's face it, it would be much cooler with an Envy! The sound on the Envy is very high quality so my music would sound better on the Envy than on my tablet. Editing pictures would be a lot better and I could actually see what the picture would actually look like. Every PC I have owned in the last 15 years has had an AMD processor and do not plan on changing that now!
I have a desktop and figured that a tablet (nexus 10) would work well for work at school. Turns out I was wrong. Not having a keyboard and a mouse makes typing and word processing a giant pain.
I'm currently using a custom built PC from 2006(Windows XP SP3, AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2GB DDR RAM, ATI Radeon x800xt, 500GB HDD) and winning this laptop would be a huge upgrade. My current PC is adequate for web browsing, video streams, and less demanding games like League of Legends. But with a Sleekbook, it would be a whole new experience compared to my PC because it will run everything at a faster speed, higher image quality and I can try out other software/games that I couldn't before.
My set up consists of custom built gaming rig (i7 3770K, 16GB, Radeon 7870), iPad 3, and a 2008 Macbook Pro. My work environment is entirely Windows based. This includes an Office 2010 oriented workflow. While I can use my iPad for some editing of my Office files, without native support, everything feels 'kludgy'. I would use the Sleekbook in all my meetings. I'm heavily vested in PowerPoint presentations and Excel spreadsheets so this would absolutely boost my productivity. Thank you!
I'm all about big powerful computing, I over clock my desktop to its limits just to get that extra smidge of performance. I run AMD, Phenom II 1100t @ 4.3ghz, Radeon 7870xt @ 1250/1550, 16GB 1866mhz RAM.
Although I dig big and powerful on desktops; that doesn't quite work in the mobile space.
Currently I am using a 2010 model HP DV7. I bought it off a friend two years ago that had it during a tour in Afghanistan. Needless to say the thing had been to hell and back. I bought it for $75, sounds like a deal before I realized it needed to be gutted. So after opening her up and dumping out all the sand (literally) followed by replacing Screen, HDD, Keyboard, Fan, disc drive, and Battery I had a working laptop, albeit one that looked like it had been beaten half to death.
Worst of all it's huge, I thought I'd love the 17.3" but its so big and heavy lugging it around to work and classes is almost more trouble then its worth, which is the reason I am typing this on my new Nexus 7. To top it all off the thing runs so hot it will damn near burn the hair off your legs.
After using this new Nexus 7 for the last 3 weeks it's really shedding some light on how much I actually appreciate portability. Although I really enjoy my android Tablet it just doesn't offer the flexibility I need for my coursework and general computing needs. Think a Sleekbook would be that perfect medium to fill the roll I so desperately need filled.
Not to mention I've been wanting to get my hands on one of these Richland A-10's. Oh, and good call on the SSD Anand.
I would love to get this for my son. He is a senior in HS and his current laptop is 5 years old, a dual core amd with 1.5 gig of ram running vista. He likes to edit audio and uses his laptop to DJ school functions. This system would get him up to date and improve his editing and performances. Plus it would help him with college next year. Thanks for the consideration.
I'm an IT guy at work so I have unlimited access to tech. When I come home I've got access to some Mac/iPad, some Windows XP (desktop), Windows 7 (laptop), and my Android HTC Droid DNA. A sleekbook would improve my ability to be mobile with a powerful device with great battery life. The fact that Windows 8 is installed would help me support my family that's currently on the latest-and-greatest. LET'S DO THIS.
I have a monster of a desktop that I use primarily for development, two tablets(Kindle Fire HD, Nexus 7 1st Gen) that I use for media consumption. I also have a Samsung Chromebook that is primarily for my wife to use for her small business. My plans for a Richland based laptop would be to use it as a development machine on my bus ride to work, VPN to work, media consumption and as a tool to teach my two daughters about electronics via arduino programming.
Well, I would like to win this laptop because currently when I go to school I'm stuck using my galaxy nexus smartphone to search up syllabus. I would like to carry around something that can actually let me write my paper in a more mobile setting and do a bit of light gaming on the side.
I currently have an old netbook. It barely suffices for my everyday work which is mostly typing notes because I am a student. I would love a more functional laptop that I am able to use well. It would greatly assist note taking and other student activities because the netbook gets so overburdened even with Word sometimes that it won't even register typing.
I have a desktop with a 920 i7 and gtx 670 for gaming. I also have an Asus laptop from 2010 with an Intel i3 that is pretty slow and the screen flickers. I would use the HP/AMD laptop as a replacement for my Asus, which is used for travel mostly. I am looking forward to using Windows 8 with a touchscreen. I doubt gaming would be very good with the HP, but I would love to test it. I also have an old Android tablet which is used exclusively for watching Netflix. It would be cool if the HP/AMD was a hybrid so a tablet and laptop could be replaced.
I graduated from medical school this past summer and have just started working as a physician. I am also a gamer at heart. Unfortunately I had taken out a lot of loans for college and med school and have to start saving the majority of my meager intern's paycheck for paying these off.
I am also a gamer at heart, but have really only had access to handheld gaming (Nintendo DS) and the few games that can run on the only computer I have - a Lenovo T400 laptop I bought during my junior year of college. I have had this for about 5 years now and it has been steady and reliable; it serves my educational needs perfectly. However it is slowly starting to peter out in terms of speed and being glitchy more often.
I would absolutely love to win one of these new HP ENVY Sleekbooks. It would be a financial boon considering most of my money is going to loan payoffs. I have a lot of medical software that is running sluggishly on my old Thinkpad and this new laptop would allow me to finish my work more quickly. But most of all, my afterwork gaming yearnings could be satisfied as I would have access to a wider range of games :)
My main computer is an Intel i7 960, 12GB Ram, Radeon 4870 GPU. I run a secondary computer which used to be my primary, it's an Intel C2D E6600, 2GB Ram, and onboard Intel graphics (used to have a Radion x800) for linux
My laptop/netbook is an HP mini311 I upgraded to 3GB of Ram and a cheap 64GB SSD to keep it viable, but the CPU on it is really holding it back
My tablet is a 16GB HP Touchpad running Cyanogenmod
I would have to say that I would probably end up giving this laptop to my mother. Years ago she said she would never use a computer, but we finally got her to use a netbook to check her e-mail every once in a while, but as time went on she started using it for other things, and now a 1.6Ghz Atom and 1GB of ram aren't enought for her anymore. She watches content on youtube alot, browses the web for health related information and recipes, and talks to friends and family in europe on skype. Her computer just can't keep up.
I'm a AMD fan for long time ,my first pc had a duron cpu and a ATI Gpu ,later I get the Athlon and later the Phenon 1090 with radeon 5850, and now I'm unemployed and my daughter is asking me a laptop for school ...you never know perhaps AMD makes my day and too my daughter
Currently I run a Celeron-based laptop for digital audio capture and it barely has enough processing power. The home machine for major audio processing was Athlon-based (the main board failed two weeks ago). The HP notebook in this contest could easily take the roles as my home and portable machine. It would be fun to bench audio software on this HP and compare to the numbers I got from my last machine (when it was running) ;)
I have a nexus 7 for mostly video viewing and a laptop that I got in 2009. The laptop has a AMD turion neo chip and to be honest it seems to have trouble doing hd video from youtube and such. Still it is useful for typing up papers and that is enough for now. I do not know yet how the sleekbook will change my utilization of computers but I expect greater mobility and more media consumption.
I have a MacBook Pro 13 with a core duo that is a little long in the tooth, and a cr-48. I would really like a more powerful windows laptop to do some gaming on the go that doesn't way 10lbs. I have a older HP laptop with an AMD, but it's only good for the ubuntu I have on it. Really like the style of HP's laptop of late and would love to get my hands on one of these.
I am burdened by my ex-wife's four year old macbook onto which she accidently spilled coffee with milk. Although it got dried out by an industrial dehumidifier, installed after a flood in the house, it is a very bad machine, old and quirky, rather like me. My child support obligations, which I am otherwise happy to pay, prevent me from getting something better. The new machine would make a big and positive computing difference.
I have a few PCs and one laptop. My laptop is a Toshiba Tecra A10 running Windows 7 with a 2.93GHz T9400 CPU. Swapping the hard drive for a Sandisk SSD did a lot to keep it snappy. I'm a reservist and use it for administrative work. Before that, I used it for my PhD research in Li-ion batteries. My primary desktop is a Core-i7 920 on a Gigabyte motherboard with an AMD (Sapphire) HD 7970 graphics card. It also runs Windows 7. As you may guess, I mostly play on this one. I'm currently playing Assassins Creed 3. My other PC is an older one: a Pentium D 945 on an MSI motherboard with an AMD (Sapphire) 5400 series video card. This one is hooked up to the TV as a media PC. It runs good old Windows XP. My kids' PC is a Core 2 Duo 6600 on a Gigabyte motherboard with an (you guessed it) AMD (Gigabyte) HD 5870. Hey, I like AMD cards. They've worked well for me. The kids do homework and play games on it. My final PC is also a Core 2 Duo 6600, but on an Asrock motherboard and an older AMD video card. I watch internet TV on it while I work out. Naturally, if I win the HP laptop, it will replace my Toshiba.
My laptop has a Pentium M cpu. The battery doesn't hold a charge so I have to keep it plugged in to use it. But wait, it gets better -- it's running Windows XP SP3!
I have an AMD Phenom X3 desktop that is going strong and I don't plan to replace anytime soon since I value the speed. I also have a E350 based HTPC that has consistently surprised me on how well it handles what I throw at it. Sadly all I have for mobile is a single core atom netbook and although I love the low weight I only got it because I needed the cheapest I could get for school a few years ago. Now that I am out of school having an upgrade to my mobile side that can also help out my wife would be fantastic. Also it would be the first windows touch enabled device and I would love to have that to work with as a beginning career IT guy. Completing my set of AMD hardware wouldn't hurt either.
I need a mobile machine, because I am going to significantly changing how I work. I'll have my beefy, professional-grade machine at work, and an equally beefy gaming rig built within the next two years. But both being what they are, or will be, they can't be taken along with me, as I am finding myself working on the go more and more, and there are some things that my phone just can't do.
In the absence of an A300-based laptop, I guess this will just have to do!
I currently own a 2009 Dell 13" PC. It is now causing a lot of issues and I am on the look out to get a sleekbook and a Tablet. I would love to try AMD powered HP sleek book :)
Have a several year old core i5/gtx 260 desktop that I rarely game on anymore as 4 part time jobs and school have taken over. I'd love to have something reasonably powerful to lug around with to and from work, school, and the lab.
I have 4 homemade pcs, the best of which is an amd phenom 2 x2 555 that is unlocked to run all 4 cores, along with an nvidia 9800 and 4 gb of ram. The other pcs are powered by intel core 2 duo, intel pentium 4 1500 and amd 64 3200. I also own 3 laptops, the most recent being a core i3 with windows 8 for my daughter. My main system laptop is an HP with a core i7, 6 gb ram and 500 gb hard drive. The giveaway and laptop sounds better than that, especially with the ssd drive.
I currently have a Toshiba Satellite. It was a good computer for a while, then I made the mistake of letting my sister borrow it. She dropped it on its cord and now I have to be sure it doesn't move so that it won't shut off on me. On top of that, it runs slower than molasses going down a hill in the dead of winter. That makes it hard to use for school work and other things of that nature.
I have an older 15.6" i7 mobile workstation for the bulk of my work and a much older 14" core2 duo with an ssd as my "mobile" unit but it is quite cumbersome. I have a nexus 7 as well as my android phone. While the convenience and mobility of a smartphone or a tablet is unrivaled, it cannot provide a platform for more complex tasks. A sleekbook would be a nice compromise between the two...so feel free to toss it my way!
I have a 3 year old Toshiba Satellite with a plastic case that squeaks when you open it. I lug it around from place to place doing my genealogy research. All the Apple users with their sleek notebooks give me disgusted looks as I squeak open my laptop. Sure would be nice to have a slim and speedy laptop so that I don't have to endure those Apple stares.
I am need of this computer of this HP Sleekbook. When I graduated high school I got my very own 17 inch HP laptop and I loved using it. The problem is I am now a senior in college after having my laptop for four years it bit the dust. As a college student, I am not exactly loaded with money to replace my computer. I am now in the stone age studying in the school library until I am able to replace my broken laptop. Winning this contest would make my life right now as I am in need of a computer to take notes on and study. Help me out, please?
I currently own a gaming pc with an ivy bridge i7, samsung ssd, and nvidia 670. My laptop is sorely lacking in power, its from hp who make quality stuff but with a sandy bridge i3 and 3 gigs of ram. it is also an older model so its a bit bulky, and because it lacks a dedicated video card, even light gaming is labored due to intel's integrated graphics which are inadequate. I also own a galaxy note 10 which is great for reading, browsing, and other simple tasks but I need a mobile windows machine which is why I am entering this contest. I have been very interested in AMD's apu for their integrated graphics which I have read are quite good. It would be very nice to have a light laptop to run my windows programs that is also capable of gaming. The last gaming laptop I had quite a few years ago had a dedicated gpu but was too heavy and the battery life was abysmal. I would very much like this laptop and would be more than happy to provide my thoughts and experiences to amd about their processor. Thank you very much for the opportunity.
I'm using an old Intel Atom powered Asus netbook -- it was actually quite impressive for its time, but it's visibly slow just running the OS (Windows XP). It shouldn't be too difficult to appreciate the benefit of having virtually everything doubled in hardware capability; a light, do everything system that boots the (two generations newer) OS faster then my netbook starts some applications would be a treat. It would be nice to have something like this I could get real work done on; as opposed to just functions as an accessory to my workstation at work. One can always dream of better tools -- but this one is priced out of my reach...
I've got a older AMD-based desktop that is in need of replacement, and a Surface (RT) tablet. The Surface is great for around the house, but it doesn't run legacy x86 software, so when traveling it's no better than any other ARM tablet (in that regard). I recently gave away my only x86 laptop to my niece - admittedly, it was not a powerhouse (older Brazos). It was annoying to lug around anyway, and it was a low-end Toshiba - good for the rock-bottom price, but very flimsy.
A newer APU would be a nice replacement for the old laptop, and would be a better option to take on the road than the tablet. Plus I wouldn't feel the need to spend any money on a replacement laptop, freeing up coin for my budget desktop build. I haven't decided on AM3+ or FM2+ yet for my desktop. I think there's a good possibility that they'll release FM2+ Steamroller chips without a functioning GPU (as they have with unlocked Trinity and Richland). So FM2+ could very well have better longevity than AM3+. I'm just waiting for the right FM2+ board (needs at least 4 PWM connectors).
I'm using a Core 2 Duo desktop with a 1st gen iPad where Safari crashes if a page has too many pictures. I'd probably use this in place of the iPad, but I still love having a full desktop with a big monitor.
As it stands, my main computer once was a large, powerful desktop I assembled back in 2010. It consisted of a i7-920 overclocked to 4ghz, 3 nvidia 470s, and 12 gb of ram, along with a Hp-zr30w and an old syncmaster 900nf, both amongst the best monitors in the CRT and LCD category when built. As such, it was extremely powerful when it was built, back around the turn of the decade when it was built. However, until this point, I have been traveling more, marginalizing its role as my primary computer for gaming and heavy-duty lifting, as it gradually becomes comparatively slower. Since I am now jumping between moving in a very small dorm, and a much larger house, and need something which is both mobile and powerful, I purchased a Clevo p150em with a i7 29 and a 680m. This has been my primary computer for the last year, and has served me quite well, as it is powerful enough to be used for gaming and can be easily upgraded, much like a desktop, yet is also a relatively affordable solution as a workstation, as it has a high-gamut, high-accuracy display, and is subtle enough to be used in a working environment with its understated design. However, while it is able to blend in, it is quite heavy, weighing 11 pounds, plus equipment; this, when combined with schoolbooks, becomes an incredibly heavy load to carry. As such, in the past, I have resorted to having a secondary, smaller laptop for situations where I will not always be sitting down at a table. My most recent example has been a Dell Latitude D630, a laptop I still use because of its durability, reliability, and understated looks. However, this laptop has recently broken, due to old parts finally wearing out; even if it was fixed, it would still be slow by today's standards, as it has a Intel Core 2 Duo, which, given Dell, I suspect was from a lower parts bin. As such this has left a major gap in my portable system lineup. Currently, this only leaves me with an HP Touchpad I bought on sale and a Galaxy S3 on the truly portable end. While I have managed to hook up a bluetooth keyboard and mouse to the phone, allowing me to type on it like a computer, along with a monitor hooked up by HDMI, this still doesn't help in mobile settings, when I am trying to hold both the keyboard and the mouse, let alone a monitor. On the other hand, the ability to have a touchscreen is an extremely useful element, as much of the time, when recording notes in a class or a meeting, it is often useful to have the ability to both type and draw at the same time. As such, a laptop such as the Envy would be exceptionally useful, as it is smaller and several factors lighter than the Clevo, or even the Dell, while maintaining usable speed, having much better battery life, and the extremely useful addition of the touchscreen. Being able to have such a small, portable package that has everything that is necessary while mobile would completely change where I could take a laptop, and how I could use it.
I have a dell laptop with a 2.0ghz core (not 2) duo processor, and a desktop with an amd a10-5800k that I just upgraded with a amd7870xt. With the new envy I could actually play games at my friends house without having to lug around my PC, use the wireless without using a crappy usb dongle, and use the HDMI out to watch shows on my TV.
I'm currently owning a Asus UL30VT Notebook. 1.3 GHz, 4 GB RAM. I would want to have a Sleekbook because it is a very powerful yet mobile notebook. I'm trying to practice my video editing skills, but my current hardware is struggling. Hopefully I can make better videos for my projects using this machine.
I own a kickass custom made desktop, a 2010 Dell XPS 15, and a Lumia 920. I don't own a tablet as being a engineering student it won't really help me do anything. I do have a Kindle touch for reading. I have been looking into devices to replace the XPS as its now too heavy and slow for my needs. I needs something lighter for my mobile needs as I have the desktop for heavy lifting.
So... I happen to be a college student living on a ramen noodle budget. I've always been a tech user, however the financials of college make that a rather unrealistic dream. I use my desktop (a computer I built in 2008 with an AMD x2 6000, 2g DDR2 800, and Windows 8) for mostly everything school related, which is mind numbingly abysmal. I also have an original Nexus 7 for in class use, however that almost runs laps over my desktop. As an English major considering switching to graphic design, this computer world be simply life changing. If I could win this, my life would improve tenfold.
I'm using an older HP laptop that's certainly seen better days as a living room PC for streaming movies and music right now, but I tend to avoid using it wherever I can because of how slow it is. I'd bet that new Envy would made my setup just a wee bit more usable. ;)
I have a Compaq Presario CQ60 which is AMD powered. My wife and daughter use it for email, keeping up to date with news ect. as well as gaming and online shopping. I also have a Nexus 7 and a CR-48 Chromebook. I would use the HP ENVY TouchSmart Sleekbook laptop to replace the aging Compaq CQ60 and use it for the same tasks.
I own an old and probably broken sony VAIO that sounds like an airplane whenever I turn it on. I am taking computer science courses at my university and I refuse to bring my laptop so I dont disturb the entire class with the ruckus. I'd LOVE this laptop so I can pass my classes. Please send it this way!
I am currently using and older Sony laptop that has really slowed down over the years. I use the computer to manage the activities of the local branch of a national fitness walking organization. I need to have a better laptop to use to manage the walking club activities, including using the laptop to log in to the start point of each walk to get activity data.
I have a reasonable i5 desktop and a relatively heavy and lame Acer laptop with an i3 330M processor and 4G of RAM. I would like to update my mobile computer to have higher performance, less weight, Windows 8.1 and a touchscreen. General Internet usage, playing media, and light gaming would be much better with the sleekbook while "on the road" than my current laptop.
I have a HP 2000-2b20NR Notebook PC I bought from Best Buy. That has served me very well?
It has:
Microsoft Windows & Home Premium Service pack 1 x64 AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon, HD Graphics, 1400 MHz, 2 Cores, 2 Logical processors. 2.40bGHZ is the speed. HD Capacity is 278 GB. DDR3 SDRAM. 4 GB of memory installed with a max of 8 GB. 3 USB, 1HDMI, 1 VGA, 1RJ45 port. 802.11 B/G/N WI-FI Adapter. Web-cam and microphone. About 5 pounds. All black and very plastic.
I recently finished an eight month networking program and I am studying for my A+, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 certifications. I have dropped my cable provider and unplugged my TV as I plan on passing all the certification exams on the first try. I passed the Network+ on the first try and don’t foresee any problems passing the others. My laptop is my only means of receiving news and entertainment and would love to have another HP to set-up a home network to test all the things I have learned in school.
I have a desktop AMD Athlon II x2 and a Galaxy S2 as my main machines. A string of pleasure builds has gone out the door, Q6600, multiple Core2 duo and Celeron 440 systems, LGA1155 Pentium and Celeron builds, an E-350 laptop and a Turion II. I have had a string of video cards, a couple or three 48xx series, Geforce 5xx series, 460 768mb, and 260. I also am keenly interested in how well integrated solutions work for casual gaming, whether my 880GM motherboard (played the new Tomb Raider at 4-12fps), or an Intel HD, or the APU in my HTPC.
I am out and about and don't usually have access to a real PC, just the phone. I could really use a portable system for work and play. I am a great fan of the APU initiative, having built a FM1 a4-3300 htpc using XBMCBuntu recently, I was happy with the performance of the extreme budget processor, I would love to check out the performance of my steam library on a sleekbook with AMD graphics
Currently using a pair of Core2Duo based desktops and a Core2Duo notebook. Pathetic, I know, but I keep them pretty clean and updated as much as possible with maximum memory (4GB) and SSDs, so they just keep going and going, sometimes appearing to be faster than other colleague's new systems. I use my systems primarily for my business, in which I design electronic circuits, including IC packaging of the very chips I am always scoping out in systems. These days, with Operating Systems and modern application's taxing requirements for memory, hard disk space, etc. I am in need of a modern computer with a raw CPU upgrade, and a Sleekbook sounds exactly like what I have been looking for, as it would allow me to improve my productivity and improve income and profit.
Right now I have a custom desktop that is two years old running a 955BE and an radeon 6970.My laptop is an Hp Envy 17 with a core i7 and Radeon HD7850m and windows 7. What would really help would be a smaller computer for taking notes. I also want to get some experience with Windows 8 and decide for my self weather or not it is good or bad.
The only computing device I own is my 10 year old Pentium 4 Dell desktop running Windows XP. I've never even owned a smart phone or a portable MP3 player, so this new updated Sleekbook would be awesome. I would love to be able to play some of the latest games and browse the internet faster and safer with Windows 8. Thanks for the chance and hope I can be one of the lucky winners. Good luck everyone.
I have an old, old desktop(XPS 400) which I upgraded a bit, an HP Probook 4430s(with a deep gouge in the screen from a friend being a bit to carefree with the power cable) and an HP Touchpad which I recently put Android on. I have essentially no ability to game and a very limited ability to take my laptop anywhere. The battery on my Probook is not so great and the gaming performance is about as a good as integrated graphics on a Celeron get(which is why AMD is pretty awesome). If I got this laptop it would enable me to become a gamer of sorts and to have mobile computing power.
My desktop is powered by an AMD A8-3850 APU. Old laptop has a monocore AMD Sempron which is clocked at 800mhz perpetually because the battery died on it, so it has to be plugged into the AC adapter to even stay on (LOL!). The graphics are some ancient ATi-based chipset, don't even know what it is. Would love a new laptop/notebook to use at work and school, without it being such a hassle.
Running on an A4 APU with an HDD right now. This laptop would be my first exposure to SSD speeds since I'm waiting on the prices to drop. Nice max RAM too.
I currently have 2 window 7 desktops and a Win 8 desktop, all home built. One win 7 PC was a HTPC experiment that is now a Plex server. The other win 7 PC is my wife's computer that is used occasionally for picture editing / posting (she mainly uses her iPad 2 for email, facebook, and games). My win 8 desktop is a gaming PC. I occasionally use my Dell M6600 work laptop for gamin on the couch, but it doesn't game well without being plugged in which is a nuisance. I would like to get a laptop I could easily game with, but the price increase ($1000) for a gaming laptop versus home built desktop is a problem. With something like the Sleekbook I hope to game on the couch more while I watch TV instead of using my iPhone for gaming.
I have an HP DM1 (E-350) that I use for reading stuff on the internet. Occasionally, I create a Power Point presentation on it but the screen is too small to be ideal for that. So creations are usually done on my Dell GX-610 (Pentium 4 + HD5450). This Sleekbook would be ideal for reading and making presentations, all on the comfort of my couch.
I have a dell latitude antique 6000 , that is well past it's service life and a samsung np365e5c that runs sweet , but my wife is in need of her own , so that smart new ENVY would keep the peace at home , and allow me to get some of my photo and video editing done .
I currently have an Apple MBA that is provided by my work and is woeful for playing games on the go! Also - installing some great games isn't really possible as it's my work laptop and it's all I have! I'd love to use this as my family laptop.
We have a celeron 860 with a Radeon 7770 for our HTPC, and I use an old core 2 duo with a 6850 for my personal gaming machine. Fiance has an old Dell Lattitude that is in dire need of an upgrade, which we take on trips. This HP would blow it out of the water in every metric!
A light laptop would be great! This won't help me win but I want to say I'm a fan of AMD. NVidia has great products but are usually priced too high for my budget and AMD usually hits the sweet spot for me.
My components:
PC with AMD FX8320 vishera CPU, 16GB DDR3, dual Nvidia GTX460 GPU's in SLI (both from a friend), 1TB mechanical HD. win 8
PC with Intel core i5 2400, 8GB DDR3, NVidia Quatro 4000, intel m series cherrywood 80GB SSD and 2TB Hitachi mechanical drive. Also has 9TB attached raid 5 array (esata). win 7 (media center PC that we watch our TV and movies on, has 5 TV tuners, Silicon Dust HD Homerun)
Sony vaio laptop with core i7, touchscreen, win 8. Nice laptop but heavy to travel with.
dell streak 10 tablet that i rarely if ever use (from a friend)
original ipad, which hasn't been charged in about a year.
Having all of this works for us but a smaller, lighter laptop to travel with as I consult and get requests to do work that I shouldn't be doing on my corporate LAN would be great! The envybook's small weight would be perfect for that while tethered to my phone.
I'm using a mid-2009 Macbook Pro for grad school and for using at home. While this macbook is still good for home use and light gaming (lowest settings and with everything else turned off), the biggest handy cap for this machine is it's ability to do the computational and other work I need it to do for grad school and research at the same time. When I'm running a heavy computation, things slow down considerably, to the point where I basically put everything else on hold and just wait for it to be done rather than take away resources in the hopes of getting something else done at the same time and slowing both processes down. I'm hoping the HP Envy sleekbook will help pick up some of the slack so that I can have both run computations at the same time or I can do other work on one while computations run on the other. As a side note, I'm getting tired of having to find adaptors to connect my macbook to other peripherals I use regularly (projectors, monitors) from friends or the IT office and of the slowdown/mini-freezes that happens from time to time and the error message, telling me to bring it in for a check up. Knowing Apple, fixing it might cost more than just buying the HP Envy sleekbook outright.
My wife and I each have our own laptops, but they're both over 6 years old and are limping along. Mine is a Dell Inspiron 640m, which was a pretty entry-level laptop back in 2007, and hers is an Acer Aspire 1410, which has a first-generation CULV processor in it (Pentium SU2700) that's barely adequate. My laptop frustrations (and tablet curiosity) led me to purchase the original Nexus 7 (32GB) last fall, and I'm come to rely on it for most day-to-day things. But I'm in the process of encoding our DVD collection to H.264 to put on our Home Server (HP EX475 w/ processor and memory upgrades), and I do a lot of photo editing in Lightroom, both of which really benefit from 'horsepower'. If we won an ENVY Sleekbook, my wife and I could actually share the laptop and give our aging machines the retirement they've deserved for a while now. I'd be happy to give the ENVY a thorough testing and write a brief review, too!
I have an ancient Dell XPS M1530 and a refurbished MS Surface RT. I use the Dell for everything, which includes photo editing, light gaming, and for homework and notes for college classes. I just bought the Surface RT and am currently using it for entertainment, but I intend to use it for class as soon as my used touch cover arrives. I would love to replace my Dell with a modern, highly portable notebook, but finances are a bit tight. I would ditch the old dell and use this sleekbook for my college classes and my general computer usage.
I have a gaming desktop, a home server, a android tablet, two windows phones, a htpc, a low power laptop, and a hybrid laptop/tablet. If I got a slimbook it could replace the low powered laptop (core 2 solo with 2 GB RAM) that my wife uses as her main PC. It constancy freezes up and isn't very portable. The touchscreen would work great for her when doing things like recipes.
A few years ago when I started college I only had enough money to choose one system: a value oriented desktop built from parts or a laptop. I chose to build the desktop because it could do everything I needed (i3-2120, HD 6870, 4GB DRAM). I told myself I'd buy a laptop later that year to take to class, study groups, home for the holidays etc.
Well my financial situation not only didn't improve, it got much worse. Due to unforeseen circumstances I became completely financially independent for my schooling as well as everything else. Buying a laptop suddenly became a distant dream.
With this laptop I would be able to do everything most students take for granted; namely being productive on the go. Between my two part time jobs, school, social life and visiting family I am rarely at home. It's difficult to do all my computer work during the short time I spend at home. Having the ability to do work away from home would allow me to do so much more and relieve a huge amount of stress from my life.
I know there are plenty of people in worse situations than I am, but it certainly feels as if I need to win this Sleekbook. Thanks, Nicholas
HI, Here is what I'm running at home: 1. Main Workstation/Gaming Rig + Watching TV(netflix/hulu) in bed: Self Built Intel i7-3930k, 16GB Ram, Win7 Home 64, 2x Radeon 6870 in Crossfire. 250GB Samsung SSD + 2x WD 640BG Black in Raid 0. All of this I managed to fit inside a Sunbeam UFO, even a Noctua cooler(with some cutting); 22" Viewsonic Mounted on modified Arm over the bed. 2. Living Room PC: on 50" LED TV (For watching Netflix/Hulu, DVDs, and for the Family Gaming: Lego Lord of the rings, Dungeon defenders etc) .AMD Athlon 3.2 GHZ Dual core CPU with 4GB Ram, fastest discreet GPU I could find that didn't require extra power, can't remember the model. Antec Aria Case. 3. Dell Inspiron 15z (i7, Nvidia 2GB discreet video): Work Laptop That I use for family Lan gaming at home. 4. Asus 15" Gaming Laptop: (I7, Descreet Nvidia): Girlfriend's Gaming station for Family Lan Gaming + TV(netflix/hulu) watching.
How would the Envy would improve my setup: Currently we can only have all 3 of us gaming in the living room with the kid on the TV and us on our laptops. This would allow us to game in a different Room or outside if just the 3 of us or to invite a guest and have 4 players (great for Dungeon defenders) without the guest having to lug a whole PC. It would also live in the kitchen when not gaming. Currently we bring the Asus back and forth from the Bedroom to the kitchen twice a day (morning and evening). Guess that's about it. -Travis.
Currently, I run with an HP tx2, a self built desktop, and a Droid 1 phone. The HP runs an AMD turion, gives me acceptable performance and battery life even though it is 5 years old. It is a convertable latop with a digitizer. I love it. 90% of the time i use it as a normal laptop, but having the ability to flip it around and write on it has really connected me with the laptop. I would like to have an opportunity to use AMD/HP's current iteration of touch friendly devices. I service HP laptops everyday at work and am consistently impressed with their build quality. The sleek book would flesh out my computing experience by allowing me to take it everywhere and have more compute power than I am used to. My Tx2 is heavty. I would expect my droid to get less work as a word processor and web browser if I was able to have a thin and light notebook with me. Nothing replaces the power of having a full desktop, this would supplement my other two tools (phone/desktop) not replace them.
I have an 2010 acer aspire 5542, and have loved it's functionality over the past three years (for a budget laptop), as well as a home built nzxt phantom 410 gaming pc, which is all a murse like me really needs in computer life. I had purchased a nice hp folio 13 for my fiance's grad school work last year, and all was good until one night she lost her **** watching the cat eating with chopsticks video and spilled wine all over it, frying the mobo and soldered chip. Anyways, channeling her any goldilocks, she now complains using my old laptop that it is too heavy and slow, especially runing spss, ibm's psych people database program. the home pc is no good for her since she spends all day at her lab on campus.
This laptop would work perfectly for her, seeing as she: A. Only seemed to like hp ultrabooks the last time we did the search. B. The Richland APU would actually work faster for her SPSS than the old Intel part. C. The SSD is perfect for her uses, since all she uses her pc is for work and web surfing, so 90GB post OS is perfect for her.
So please please please, give this beleaguered grad student another chance. She even promises she won't drink wine and watch cat videos at the same time again (on her laptop at least). Thanks!
Currently have an overclocked sandy desktop for gaming @4.7. x4 820 undervolted as a media server. Gave away tegra3 slow tablet as htc one has filled my ultra mobile void.
Looking for work laptop that I can double duty second screen / stream at home, avoiding a new tablet purchase.
I've got a 2011 MBA, a Core 2 Quad desktop, a Nexus 7 (1st generation) tablet, and an Athlon x3 HTPC. I use the MBA mostly for web surfing on the couch. The Desktop for gaming. The Nexus isn't used much - mostly while in bed.
I'm going to start classes in the spring for grad school and will need a mobile computer that I'll be able to do code compilations and other cpu intensive operations. I'd also like a laptop that I can use that my girlfriend won't take away from me when we're on the couch.
I currently have a Yoga 13 (i5 3rd gen). This is significant because prior to this laptop, I would never even consider an Intel CPU. I have always found the AMD gave me the best 'bang for my buck', so to speak.
Unfortunately, my previous laptop, a HP dv6zqe (A8-3500m) left something to be desired, especially with the relative difficulty in using the switchable graphics with linux and the heat created when used to browse the internet (light to medium usage). This has caused me to 'jump ship' and surprisingly, I have been happy with my Yoga 13's performance and battery life, along with how relatively cool it remained.
I would hope to win this Envy Sleekbook (A10-5750) laptop, so that I can evaluate AMD's current offering and how it will fit my needs better than the HP dv6zqe did.
Main points of interest: Battery life compared to the i5 3rd gen. and other similar CPU's, IRL performance ("in real life"), Heat, future iterations (potential), Linux compatibility.
If these results are favorable to AMD, I may consider going back to AMD in the forseeable future.
Thank you for the opportunity and looking forward to the possibility of seeing how far AMD has come and how they fare with current Intel offerings.
I've been building desktops by hand for 20 years - my current box (not a gamer, but do some heavy duty spreadsheets and photo editing) is an i5-2500k, 4*4GB memory, Win 7. I have supplemented that with a Thinkpad T420 (i7) and a Nexus 7. If I won a device like this, it would be more for fun.
I work for a university and I need a new laptop for travel; something that doesn't weigh a ton. You typically can't by computers with grant funds and getting the department to pay for one is like getting blood from a stone.
currently, i have a custom built desktop mainly used for video encoding, gaming, and computing. At school, i used half dead laptop that doesn't have working battery and working wlan. I would like to win this laptop and use mainly for school related work.
Currently I have a self built windows 8 system connected to my main TV which serves as the primary TV, gaming, and movie system. It is also the hub for streaming media content around the house to other devices. However, if the primary system is in use by a family member, I do not currently have a secondary system for word processing and other productivity applications. Phones are fine for browsing the web and checking email, but I do feel a mobile workstation would be great when serious typing is a requirement.
Hi. I would love to win this HP Sleekbook, because it would let me play Starcraft 2 with my 9-year old son while sitting beside him. Currently we both have our desktop gaming rigs apart from each other in the house, but for playing SC2 coop, it's nice to sit next to each other. My PC has a 2500k, M4 SSD and a GTX660 TI, whereas he has my old machine, an Phenom II X4 940 with a GTS250 1GB and an SSD. Thank you.
So I'm pretty much a gadget geek (and have been since the Palm Pilot days) and go through devices frequently. Right now I am using a Nexus 7 (2013) 16GB for everything from reading to playing a few games to taking notes and entering grade and accessing class materials during (I teach an A+ certification class at a local community college). I have a Lumia 920 I use of course as a cell phone and for access to Skydrive in a pinch. I'm waiting on parts to get here on my new A10-6800k mATX build. Currently I don't have a laptop and use my Nexus 7. However, a 7" screen isn't the best for 4+ hour lesson plan work 2-3 times a week. I would use the laptop for after-class work and sometimes in class for labs and such. I also work in IT full time as a syadmin/jack-of-all-trades. I've seen the new HP Sleekbook and they are very nice. The size and weight would be perfect for me both for my IT work (remote troubleshooting via VPN from home/coffee shops/wherever) and for my teaching work as well.
I hava a Mac book pro 2012 and a Nook hd+ tablet. I'd like a more portable yet more powerful laptop like this sleekbook to carry around but actually do more things than I can ever do with my tablet yet not be so cumbersome as my Mac book pro.
I have a MacBook that really hasn't been living up to the claims of stability. It lost a key from the keyboard far too easily and it isn't stable in OSX or Windows. So having something to replace it would be great. I put windows on because I prefer the programing tools available on the windows side and I am just starting to code so this could be great to help get me going farther with that. Also it would be a great help since finances are tight while I am pregnant with our first child. Oh I also have an HTC Sensation but I don't do anything special with it. Looking into the republic wireless Moto X deal in coming months.
In my desktop PC I'm running a FX-8320, a XFX radeon HD 7870, 8g of corsair DDR3 1600 memory, a 120g samsung SSD for boot, 1tb WD black hard drive for game storage, and a 500w power supply by corsair.
I want to win the HP laptop because it will replace my 7 year old laptop. Also the Richland APU will come in handy for portable gaming because of the large amount of radeon graphics on the die of the APU. Thanks for the giveaway and hope I win!
Being a “cart before the horse" guy, I've managed somehow to acquire an iPad 4, Galaxy S3, and Nexus 7 while not owning a PC, laptop, ultrabook, or notebook. Granted, they're all great devices but obviously I'm rudderless without a mother ship. I have no way to backup and restore, upload OS enhancements (unless OTA), sync, etc. The HP ENVY Sleekbook would allow for all of the above and serve to render order to the chaos inherent to my dilemma. I dream of a central repository for bills, photos, videos, and music. Help!
I am a long time supporter of AMD. I believe in the company's idea of creating a great experience for their customers over raw processing power. I would use this notebook as a very general purpose machine. I am interested in PC gaming, but I also need a machine to handle the everyday activities such as web browsing, checking email, creating and editing documents and watching videos. The A10 5745 packs plenty of power for daily computing as well as enough graphics power to handle all of the eye candy in windows 8 and even a few games. The touch-screen is the cherry on top which allows for a fuller windows 8 experience.
I currently own a custom built desktop sporting AMD's Phenom II x4 955 and an antiquated Radeon x1950 xtx that still runs like a champ. I plan to upgrade my video card to another Radeon card this holiday season. I use this rig for gaming, work and general computing. I also own a Samsung Galaxy S III which is great for minimal tasks that I need to perform on the go. I need the HP Envy to fill in the gap between my desktop PC and my smartphone.
I currently have a cheap gaming laptop that I bought three years ago. I don't own any tablets, just a Samsung Galaxy S+. My current ASUS laptop is giving way; the battery can't hold a charge, the shift keys don't work so I had to remap caps lock to shift, and the power input port is loose so I need to play with the plug to get it to work. I need a new laptop, and I would prefer if it had a discrete gfx card and decent battery life ( I'm tired of not being able to carry my laptop from room to room without plugging it in). I know that the ENVY line has very good build quality, so the Sleekbook would be perfect for me.
I'd like to be entered. I currently have two systems which I use. The first is my main unit, my desktop. It sports a Core 2 Duo E8400, Gigabyte P45 Express mobo, ATI Radeon 4870HD 1gb, 4GB of DDR2, and it runs Windows Vista. The second, my tablet, is a Toshiba M4 Tecra S435 running a Pentium M 740, 1GB RAM, and a GeForce GO 6200 running a Windows 8 evaluation copy.
Overall, they're both serviceable units, though the tablet is quickly becoming kind of useless due to a dead battery, scratched up screen, and just being old (have had it a little over 8 years!). The tablet was used originally in school for everything (even gaming!), and now because of its slow speed it has been relegated to use out at the flying field (to tune model helicopters). When I first got my desktop, I used to game exclusively on it. Recently though, I've been forced back to consoles, just because I can't keep up with the latest titles on my PC, at least not at 1080p with maxed settings like it used to. Now I pretty much use it for photo editing, streaming movies, and playing older games I still love.
I'm headed to med school soon, and really would like to consolidate into a single system. Ideally, I'd like to find a powerful laptop with good battery life for portability, as I anticipate many hours in the library with various study groups. I'd like to continue photo editing, tuning my helicopters, streaming movies, and of course standard office productivity type stuff. But I'd love to be able to add in some light video editing (aerial photography!) and gaming as well.
I've started to look around for systems to purchase, focusing on battery life versus performance, and this seems like a good fit. I'd love to give it a try and see how it fares at a variety of tasks.
I currently have a self built PC, it consists of the following:
CPU: AMD FX 8350 MB: Asus M5A97 R2.0 CPU Cooler: CM Hyper 212 EVO GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870XT RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X (2x4 GB) DDR3-2400 MHz HDD: WD Caviar Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM PSU: CM Silent Pro M2 620W Semi-modular Case: Gigabyte GZ-GS2 Plus Optical: Samsung DVD RW Monitor: Hanns G 22" 1920x1080p HD
The sleek book would certainly help me, as I am currently in the market for a laptop. I need something that can really do some heavy lifting in a Laptop though, as I am a game designer by trade working on a MMO. I have always been a fan of AMD products, since back in the K6-2 days when I built my first system on a 300 MHz K6-2 with 8 MB of RAM and a 64 MB Video card to play things like Myst, Diablo, Half-Life and Counterstrike.
I would be more than happy to provide feedback on the performance of the Notebook to AMD.
I currently have a desktop, a laptop, and a tablet. But as of yesterday, I lack mobility. My nexus 7 is not working, and while my desktop is very powerful, it weighs 50 lbs. So that leaves my laptop.
It's a 6 year old thinkpad t60. It's a workhorse; it's the same size, but weighs about four times as the one being given away. It's also thicker than a delicious filet mignon. Back when I was in college, none of that was a problem. There were plugs everywhere, and my backpack was huge. Now, however, my work requires me to be able to write from anywhere, at any time. Lugging that monstrosity around is not ideal - it weighs too much and i have nowhere to put it, plus its oversized power brick.
Thus, I've been eyeing ultralights for a while. I think a laptop with those specs would make my life a lot easier.
My wife is currently using a hand me down 17.3" laptop from HP with a Llano A4. She's 5' 2" which means her computer is about 28% of her total height. It is also really heavy. I want to get her a nice light system, but, unfortunately, cost is beyond my control. Could you help a brother out for his wife's 12th wedding anniversary/birthday/Christmas? Thanks!
Current setup. Intel i7 4770k, AMD 7950 3GB, 8GB 1600 RAM, 1TB HDD, Asus Z87-A, Windows 8, Evo 212.
The reason I would like to win this laptop is to be able to fully test the boundaries of this laptop. From gaming, to video/music editing, to programming. I am an IT Systems developer and would love to see what I could use on this laptop over current Windows 7 that we use on our work systems. I started to game on laptops as well and currently made the switch to Desktop, but having prior knowledge of laptop gaming, I believe i could take this knowledge and allow a full test of the hardware in the laptop and the software to match it. As for video and music editing, that's just a minor hobby that I like to help friends out with but would still be another way to test the boundaries of the laptop itself and really push the CPU and GPU to it's max to test out the performance.
Having this laptop would improve my current setup because to go game or edit at a friends house wouldn't require having to haul my desktop to their place. I could take this beast performer, with it's SSD and 8gb of RAM not to mention the amazing processor as well and be there and setup in seconds. Ready to game, record, edit, upload, rule the race of technology!
Overall I would be extremely happy to have a laptop back in my arms that I could carry with me at all times again. If i don't win, i wish the winners luck with their new laptop and hope that they use them for as much as they possibly can and not just store it!!
I have a Dell L502x, a Mac Mini, a Dell mini HTPC, as well as a number of android phones and tablets. I am looking for a good travel laptop with strong media and productivity capabilities.
i have a desktop PC with a FX-8350 and AMD HD 7950 i use it for everything gaming, programing, ect and well being in collage for computer science having a AMD powered HP sleekbook would greatly help me. Having a awesome portable computer like that would enable me to get so much more work done.
Hmm .. I own a MBP ,2007 Model . Pretty old and bulky by current standards. Wonder if these AMD powered books would be able to deliver performance for light workloads like word/presentations/blogging etc. The weight and all seems to be right for a travel companion , but haven't tried it. I was thinking of a iPad or an Ultrabook this Nov. Lets see.
I have a nice desktop, with a i7 2600k and Radeon 6950, but when I am overseas or traveling I am stuck with my rather ancient Dell Precision M6300 laptop. That laptop was quite alright when I was still in university back in 2008... but, well, let's just say it's a bit out of date.
I am a gamer and a programmer, and I do not expect to game well on a laptop. But programming on my old clunker laptop is pretty bad nowadays, especially for graphically intensive projects (it has a Quadro 1600m, 32 unified shader pipelines, whoo!). I keep intending to get a new one but don't have the cash.
The Sleekbook probably isn't _exactly_ the type of thing I would buy if I had the money, but it would still be a heck of a lot more useful and practical for me compared to my 17" Core2Duo machine, which causes me to weep softly on a frequent basis.
My current setup consist of an Apple G5. Although I have had it for more than 8 years, it is still working properly. I own a HP envy spectre, that serves as my all day, every day computer. Its the only computer that I utilize for work, travel, and home use due to it's portability. A second laptop is needed for my spouse. She is currently in the process of learning a second language trough the aid of software. Having a second laptop for family use would give her the option to study more often, and study in other areas such as the kitchen or bedroom.
Currently I am using a 5 1/2 year old Lenovo ThinkPad R61i (Dual Core Pentium 1.6/4GB/64GB SSD) that is well past it's prime. It's still useful as a business laptop but it lacks in graphics power and won't even run MineCraft smoothly. I mainly do MS Office and web surfing, though I do view movies and occasionally Photoshop something. I can't really do much more than that with the ancient 965 graphics.
The Envy would dramatically enhance my usability as well as portability (since I have to go out for Wifi, not having a connection at home). I would be able to turn my current laptop into a teaching machine (I'd teach computing to computer-illiterate people so they can get jobs, etc). I'd be able to do things faster, and even play some games (even though I'm not a huge gamer anymore).
I work in IT and my main home laptop which I used for both personal and business duties failed (bad motherboard). It was an AMD laptop, and I've bought many AMD products over the years. I fell in love with the company back in the old Slot A Athlon days when it was the only way I could afford a good gaming computer as a kid with limited financial means.
I do everything from gaming, email, virtual machines, DIY projects, website creation and maintenance, and online reading of sites like Anandtech, so having a nice laptop again would be fantastic. My finances are so crushed (like many adults my age) that I sadly haven't been able to afford a replacement. I am a tech enthusiast and I would love to be given a shiny new Sleekbook to use.
My current systems at home are two custom-built desktop machines and two old Pentium III's (my LAN battle rigs from the nostaligic days). My main media/gaming machine is an AMD FX system. Please pick me and add the sleekbook to my collection so I can work when I'm traveling and not near my big boxes. Thank you AMD for all the years of great products
Let's start out with who I am and then briefly go over what I currently own. Currently, I'm a student here in the Chicago area and also work part time doing tech support + minor development work for Northwestern University IT. I'm always on the road traveling between downtown Chicago campus for class, the Evanston campus further north for work, and home. At home, I currently have an Intel i7 875K desktop w/ a pair of SLI'd GTX 670's that I pieced together just to game on - this desktop rarely gets used during the school year unfortunately. As for mobile devices, I own a Macbook Air 13 (2010) and a Surface RT. The MBA was initially used primarily for school work along w/ occasional movies, shows, anime, etc. After picking up the Surface earlier this year and getting accustomed to the Touch Cover, I found myself carrying around the Surface to class to take notes and began to notice that I was doing pretty much all my school work on it. For this school year, I will need to pick up a thin notebook/ultrabook of some sort due to some of my classes requiring Microsoft Access, Visio, and other legacy applications that my Surface probably won't be able to support. I know I can install boot camp on the MBA and get a fresh battery for it, but the device just fell out of flavor w/ me after using Windows 8 on a touch screen. I would like to give the HP Sleekbook a shot since it has a lot of the features that I'm look for in a notebook – thin, touch screen, upgraded SSD, the ability to run legacy apps and some games. The weight of the Sleekbook might be a minor issue, but I'm more concerned about being able to fit it in my backpack w/ my books. Whether I get chosen or not, I will definitely be looking at the new AMD APU powered notebooks due to the fact that it seems to be a well rounded platform (improved graphics processing capabilities) for the price. I would like to note that I don't tend to be biased to certain brands/companies long as the product does what its suppose to and also wouldn't have a problem providing feedback/writing a detailed review upon request.
I felt I needed 3 monitors for better productivity at work, so I selected the A10-5800K with Asus FM2 85X to get the job done. OC'd to 4.5GHz, it is a beast for running mainly Google Apps, MS Office, PDF Converter Pro, Handbrake, Sony Movie Studio, and Adobe Photoshop. At the moment I've only got a smartphone (HTC One) for when I'm away from my desk; I'd love an HP Envy Sleekbook to keep the productivity going when I am on the road.
I currently have a desktop (Intel 2700k 3.5 GHz processor, Geforce GTX 670 graphics card, OCZ Vector 256 GB SSD, Asus Republic of Gamer Maximus V Formula Motherboard) and an HP Spectre xt-13r ultrabook (Intel 1.7 GHz processoer) and would like this computer because whenever I want to play games on the move or go home for the weekend (from college), my ultra book is not very good for gaming so I would love this laptop for the mobile gaming aspect.
I've been a supporter of HP and AMD for a long time. I've been a happy and content user, for the last 3 years, of an HP ENVY 14 with an AMD 5650. Used the HP Envy 14 for a variety of things for work and PC games.
But the start of 2013 with Windows 8, problems with drivers and switchable graphics. Now, HP heating problems and the AMD 5650 chip has stopped working, and stuck in Intel mode.
It would be awesome to own/use a newer HP Envy with a newer AMD graphics chipset. Hopefully, HP has fixed durability & heating problems, and AMD fixed durability, switchable graphics, Windows 8 driver support.
We have two tablets and two laptops at home. The tablets are an iPad 2 (running IOS 7) and a Nexus 7 (2013) running Android 4.3. The laptops are a Lenovo 14" Edge a couple years old running the Sandy Bridge i5 and Windows 8. And a Lenovo 15" about 4 years old running the Core processors. We use the tablets for casual web browsing, Google+, Twitter, occasional email and simple games. My wife uses her 15" laptop for email and financial management. I use my 14" laptop for email, post-processing on digital pictures, taxes, and the occasional game.
I am looking for a new laptop to replace our two older laptops. My wife and I plan to share the new one and will have separate IDs to separate our 'stuff'. I am sure 128 gig's of SSD would be enough for both of us and if not we would simply add a SD card to get additional portable space. I doubt that a USB attached hard drive will be needed but it remains a possibility.
My interest in the new laptop is windows 8.1 of course. While I think Microsoft has a ways to go to get back into the game, I think 8.1 is an interesting approach.
Currently, my sole portable PC is an aging Asus eeePC 1000E, single core Atom circa 2009. When I got her, I was thrilled, right up till I tried to do anything more than word docs. Anyone who has used a netbook knows what I am talking about. I found an old 80 GB ssd, and threw an extra 2 GB of RAM in it. It is about as fast as it is ever going to run (considering its a 4 year old piece of hardware that was on the lowest of the low to begin with, running is a very generous term). A sleekbook would completely revolutionize my portable abilities.
I currently have a Sandy Bridge i5 2500K, w/4gb of ram and a GTX460 running windows 7. I built it about 2.5 years ago, first build since I was in high school (~2003). I've got a 23" and 24" display hooked up, which is just amazing and would one day like to put in an SSD, but don't really feel like installing the OS and applications again. I recently purchased a macbook pro 13" (2013 i5 base model) which i use because I just started medical school. I use google drive to share data between the two devices. I follow lectures and take notes on the air at school, then I do research and write up flashcards with my desktop at home.
As a side note of AMD nostalgia, the first PC i built for myself with my hard earned 16 year old slave wages had a 1ghz athlon slot A processor with the world's most giant air cooling heatsink. I opened it up and "lapped" the die (which was probably a terrible idea), as well as unlocked the multiplier using a pencil mark. Those were the days...
I currently own a Lenovo T61, a Dell Inspiron 530, and HP TouchPad (used for web browsing on the couch) revived by the amazing work of the folks at Cyanogenmod and RootzWiki.
I've maxed out the RAM and tossed in SSD's on my systems to help things along, but my setup (especially my laptop) is getting old.
I code quite a bit in Visual Studio 2010 (not a light weight IDE!), keep far to many Firefox and Chrome tabs open, and do some light gaming on my desktop (don't even get me started with the Intel integrated graphics on my Lenovo!).
I would love to replace my current laptop for some light gaming and programming use. As it is, I generally avoid programming on my laptop due to its age. The idea of having a battery that lasts more than 2 hours would be a huge help, and being able to compile my code in under a minute can't be under estimated! :)
I have been a happy, content owner, for the last 3 years, of an HP ENVY 14 laptop with an AMD 5650 GPU.
I've used the HP ENVY 14 for a variety of uses, from work (MS Office) to PC games.
Starting 2013, I've experienced problems. Lack of AMD Windows 8 driver support for switchable graphics functionality (switch from AMD to Intel, vice versa).
Heating problems with the laptop, and now, the AMD 5650 has stopped functioning. Now I'm stuck in Intel mode.
It would be awesome to be able to own/use a newer HP ENVY / AMD laptop. Hopefully HP & AMD has improved upon the ENVY 14, fixing heat, durability, driver support, etc. issues.
With years of experience using an HP ENVY 14 laptop, I can surely make detailed comparisons with an HP ENVY Sleekbook.
I’m still running my same setup with my gaming desktop (Core i7 2600k, 16 GB RAM, 1.6 TB total drive space, and an ATI Radeon HD 5870 1 GB), a handful of older desktops including two Pentium 4s and one with a Pentium 3, though those are simply used for hobby purposes (the pentium 3 does pretty well with linux!). I have an older 15.6 inch laptop, I think the model is an Averatec 6100, maybe 6200, with a Pentium 4 and 512 MB of ram. My current-use laptop is an Asus UL30VT I think (it has a core 2 duo SU7300 1.3 ghz, 4 GB ram, and a 500 GB HDD). It’s been a good laptop, but it’s age is certainly showing. Random slow downs, overheating, among other things are becoming more consistent even after installing new OSes on it. I also have a netbook, the Asus 900HA, but that has been retired and rarely gets used, even for a hobby. Lastly I have the 2013 Nexus 7 and use it quite frequently.
A new laptop like the sleekbook would provide a much needed power boost over my aging laptop and give me the extra power my tablet can’t provide when needed. I’m always reluctant to take my current laptop with me to place since I know the performance will be sluggish. I will say after installing Linux Mint on the machine it felt like new again, but sadly the fan on it always kicks into high gear and doesn’t seem to do a great job cooling the computer. A new laptop that could replace it would be fantastic in that I’d have no worries about taking it with me anywhere. Yes, a larger laptop isn’t as portable as the 13.3 inch kind, but I think laptops today are becoming increasingly thin and lightweight even on larger models anyways, so the size difference wouldn’t really be a concern to me. As for the AMD chip inside of it, well, I recently built a computer for my parents using the A10-6800 APU, and they’ve been thrilled with the performance. I’m also pretty happy with Richland overall and would love to see what it could do in a laptop!
My main machine is home grown desktop with a I3-3220 processor and a Samsung 840 Pro SSD. It's used with MS office, Photoshop, Chrome and Google Docs.
My iPad 3 is used with Chrome and Google Docs when lounging in the recliner. Using this tablet has turned into something of a nuisance on busy web websites. The small screen does nothing to enhance the Google Docs experience.
I really think It would be cool to win this laptop, I am a Fan of AMD's APU category. Its important to have that aspect of parallel processing, with the serial CPU, and as you can see Intel "finally" see's the importance of having the graphics performance, of a low-end mobile GPU in their 4th gen. CPUs', but AMD, in my opinion, will always have the head start, technically, and the support of their fans, in the "APU" category. I really think it would be a great thing to win this Laptop, it would be fantastic, and I think I could give some good feedback to AMD. When I bought my first Laptop, i did the long term research, and that brought me to choose a laptop running an APU, the first generation A10, in my opinion, it was the best laptop for the price, performance, build quality. For all those people who really need laptop like this one, I hope you win, but how humble you are about it is up to you (commenters), I would love to test, give feedback to AMD. I really hope that the three people who win this are humble, and are humble in displaying their need, because having an oppertunity in winning this, is a great oppertunity, thank you, I hope you can give me chance to use this laptop for my daily tasks.
This is about as simple as I could make my application,
I'm posting this using my very old notebook that has an AMD Athlon X2 TK-57, 4GB DDR2 Ram and 14" screen. This HP ENVY TouchSmart Sleekbook is definitely an upgrade for me.
Currently using a trio of computing devices including a desktop PC running a Phenom II X3 705e, a Samsung ultraportable running an A6-4455, and a HP Touchpad. The Sleekbook would replace the Samsung ultraportable and would become the center of a new HTPC setup. I've got to admit that I otherwise think 15.6" is a bit too big for most of the types of traveling that I do; I just got back from a trip to Malta where the 13.3" screen on my Samsung came in handy when cramped into an Economy class seat for my 24+ hour return trip. Using a laptop as an HTPC might seem like a waste of a perfectly good screen, but it fits perfectly into my energy conservation plans as it's a great way to get a very energy-efficient PC. As a plus, the Sleekbook should have ample horsepower for some basic gaming, something which the Samsung definitely struggles with.
I currently have an off the shelf HP with an AMD Athlon2 X4 635, 8GB ram, and a GTX 570. I use my PC for many roles, such as work, media center for my wife and two children, gaming, and research. There have been many times I have been in the middle of something and needed to look up something online only to have to stop what I am doing and go to my desktop. I have an iPad Mini and my wife a full size iPad, but many websites do not like Safari. Our oldest daughter just started school and uses the computer for educational games, which cannot be played on the iPads. Having a powerful laptop would help us accomplish all of this and more! Our daughters could play their learning games while we use the desktop for more grown up things like paying bills. I would be able to use a laptop at work, as a Volkswagen mechanic, and we could of course use it along with the iPads to keep the kids busy on car rides.
My current laptop is the Acer TimelineX 3830TG. It's a great compact machine for games and has great battery life. I use it at school, multitasking between Skyrim and Word documents. I really enjoy full day computing with this one, and the discrete video card in a small package. However, I miss my first Vaio, that was a 15" laptop. I often miss big display as I mostly interact with my Nexus 4 and the 13" Acer. the Sleekbook can be amazing for working with multiple windows at the same time (important to law students, I currently use our libraries' dual-screen desktops for that task) and touchscreen for web surfing is also a bonus. I would also give the iGPU a test with some games: my first Vaio had a Radeon card that was impressive at its time, so I'm curious about AMD's current product line.
It would seem that with five (780G based) computers around here, we would be all set. But two are HTPCs (x2-5050e), two are desktops (x2-4850e), and the gaming rig (x2-7750be) is off to college. And they are all a little inconvenient to use while we are at work or school. Our only foray into mobile computing was an Everex Celeron based laptop, which although still running, is considerably slower than my Nexus7. The ENVY Sleekbook would bring us up to speed on the mobile front, liberating us from the meager workstation offerings at work or school.
My wife is a "Mac". She has an iMac, Macbook Air, iPad, and iPhone. I get to help her out when she has questions or problems even though I'm a "PC", and am the default tech support go-to for friends and family. I have a 7 year old home-built tower that is just about ready for retirement, and an old laptop that I recently updated with a 1 TB disk so I can store all my music on it. It came with Vista which I upgraded to Windows 7 and eventually Windows 8. I really need a newer, faster PC, and one with a SSD would be very cool indeed! Yes, I would gladly accept one of your prize laptops!
My go-to devices are a 13" Retina Macbook Pro with a Nokia Lumia Windows Phone. They are both great but it's kind of like having a really nice house that doesn't have a garage for your beloved new Corvette Stingray. I'd like to get a Windows 8 laptop so that my app library can be a common one and I can easily swap between work and home. Corporate America and Windows is like college kids and Modern Warfare, inseparable.
From time to time I'll do a bit of freelance CG work and while I've got plenty of computing power at home (all AMD based systems; not a fanboy, just cost conscious) but whenever I am not home I am SOL. I don't need a full-blown mobile workstation, just something relatively light that lets me run regular x86 programs and has decent battery life. And no, tablets are not an option. At least not yet. I have one and it's great for email or Netflix but not real work.
I have a HP Pavilion Media Center m800n TV PC with AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+ with 1.87 gb usable RAM and a Galaxy S 3 Tmo version running CM10. I use these two devices mainly for school related activities. It is impossible for me to bring my desktop to school so I'm often forced to edit documents on my phone using quickoffice or google docs. It is very annoying having to use a 4.7 inch screen to type essays and such. Being in the computer science class and digital imaging class, I often have to borrow laptops from other students as the teachers do not provide hardware. Being the publicity commissioner for many clubs at school, I often use photoshop and other image/video editing softwares, but with the limited RAM and outdated processor, my desktop lags, crashes, and takes very long to get work done. Opening more than 3 tabs on Chrome slows down the computer and freezes Chrome, there is no webcam, and I can't even watch 720p videos on Youtube without the video being jagged. Having this HP Envy would make it much more convenient and productive for school, for work, and for relaxation. Thank you for your consideration.
Also, this is a 5 year old family shared desktop between 3 family members. Often I cannot use it to access email and online schoolwork or homework that I need.
Previously a macbook air, iphone and ipad user, I have now converted to using a nexus 4, nexus 7, and I use a chromebook pixel to connect to a workstation for work. I am not much of a gamer, as my setup shows, however, mobility and multimedia is important to me. I prefer to be connected all the time, and my multimedia needs are served via online streaming services.
The touchscreen of the chromebook was a big clincher, I must say. It works better than expected. Once you get to scrolling, flipping pages, play, pause or zooming via touch, it's hard to go back.
I am actually posting on behest of my son, who has a the original 2006 MacBook. It has a Intel Core Duo (Not a core 2) clocked at 1.83 Ghz, and has been upgraded to 1 Gb of RAM and and 256 GB harddrive. Needless to say the computer is pitifully slow. The battery is completely shot too so the machine must be plugged in at all times or it will not work. We are both tech enthusiasts but have never really had the money to justify a newer machine, although it is definitely coming time to replace his. I have a tower that we built in 2009 with and Intel core quad processor at 2.6 Ghz and 8 Gb of RAM with Intel integrated graphics. It still serves me fine to this day.
He will be attending college next year so we will need to get him a new machine regardless, but winning one of these new machines would help him immensely. Although we have never been constant AMD users, the SSD and a10 processor should be miles faster than what he is currently using. This Sleekbook would be a long-deserved much needed update to his current setup, it would be used mostly for schoolwork, web-browsing, and light gaming.
I considered this exact laptop for my cousin, but when it came time to buy it, she picked a different machine based entirely on aesthetics. I wish I knew a bit more about teh machine as almost everyone that knows me is always asking me about what computers are great, what to buy, what can do what.
I currently have a desktop i built myself a while ago- core i7 860, 16 gb ram, ati 5850, intel mlc 80 gb ssd. i use this as my main workstation at home, but i am constantly away from my desk and am need of a mobile platform for work productivity.
i would use the sleekbook for computing away while at work. i work primarily in a hospital, and i would use the sleekbook to display videos of surgical procedures that were performed earlier in the day for review. i would also use it to run interactive programs on surgical techniques with my team. i would also be able to network the computer, allowing me to display videos on projectors for presentations.
I currently use an Asus G73 that is about 3 years old and still runs like a champ, but is far too heavy and bulky to carry out of the house. Add to that the fact that the battery life is around an hour and it makes for a very poor LAPtop. I used to play lot's of games and that's why I originally bought this one, but since then I have stopped playing games as much and don't need the power of this one. If I had a new sleekbook it would allow me to carry it around and not have to worry about where the nearest power outlet is.
I have a HP G7 (2011), and iPad (3th gen.) & a Samsung Galaxy S II (AT&T). My G7 is now running Windows 8 but I need a more portable laptop and a touch screen would do me wonders.
Currently my computing is restricted to the original Google CR-48 (Intel Atom Processor N455 1.66GHz 512K Cache, 2 GB of DDR3 RAM, and a 16 GB SSD) although I’ve grown accustomed to Googles internet ecosystem of Crome OS. I long for greater control and adaptability (the ability to play PC games for one, listen to music and watch .mkv videos offline would be a plus). The Sleekbook would I imagine provide the same if not better mobility than the CR-48 and coupled with greater variability as a PC I’m very excited to possibly take it for a test drive!
My current PC setup is pretty basic: a desktop computer, now several years old, that is mostly used by me; a Windows Home Server for network storage, and an older HP netbook that is mostly used by my girlfriend. I used to have a newer HP notebook that I left connected to my television for playing videos from the server on that screen, but my mother's old computer died and I gave her that notebook.
If I won this, it would allow me to replace my girlfriend's poor old netbook and let us to watch most of our movies on the TV again... something I'd otherwise not be able to afford to do for quite some time.
Imagine yourself, circa January of 2010...the Intel Core series of processors has just been unveiled and is the talk of the town - greatly surpassing Intel's previous endeavors by leaps and bounds. You are in the market for a laptop, but also happen to be a student with a limited budget (but also an avid fan of gaming) so what do you do? You go shopping for rock bottom prices whilst periodically browsing to those tabs that have the brand spanking new Core i7 laptops with discrete Radeon graphics glistening on their pages.
Something on Slickdeals catches your eye - a brand new Dell Inspiron 1545 for only $349? What's the catch? So it has Windows 7...3GB RAM...160GB HDD...1366x768 15.6" screen powered by Intel integrated graphics...and an Intel T4400 CPU that's about as fast as a tortoise. And it's all wrapped up in an almost 2 inch thick, 7ish pound, glossy black plastic package that attracts fingerprints like no other surface can? Sounds like a steal right? So I place my order and let my dreams of a beautiful, powerful laptop that can do anything fall by the wayside in favor of feeding and clothing myself for a few months. Who needs sustenance anyways?
Well, three and a half years later and a new AC adapter, battery, and HDD later, it still works. Sometimes. When I don't turn it on to find a BIOS message of "No bootable device found" or a Windows power icon showing "Plugged in, not charging. 0%" or some other such nonsense. Not to mention several keys on the keyboard decide whether or not to work periodically, frustrating me to no end. It runs Netflix, and I can play Flash games fairly well, and I guess my homework doesn't have any issues - yet. I have had to forgo my PC gaming though, therefore succumbing to purely using my Xbox 360 for my main source of interactive entertainment.
A nice, aluminum body, touch screen ENVY Sleekbook would be a great replacement for my aging dinosaur of a laptop. Being able to run anything and everything, and with great speed would be such a change! It would also be my first foray into the realm of SSD storage of any sort, which would definitely make the experience that much more pleasurable with amazing boot times and insanely quick load times.
Beats Audio, a backlit keyboard, HDMI, HD webcam, USB 3.0, Bluetooth and a bevy of other features that I would find myself stricken with, due to my acclimation with yesterday's technology. I think each and every facet of this incredible Sleekbook, if provided to myself, would be subject to my scrutiny until I figure out how to use everything, without exception, to its fullest. Now back to my Inspiron 1545, wishing it to be a thing of the past. One can always dream, no?
I'm about to start my master degree on Design and Manufacturing Processes, and this Sleekbook would be a really useful tool for me while at it. I currently own an Asus G75 laptop, it's a big and heavy laptop and not really a piece of hardware I'd like to carry around that much while I study, it's not adequate for that purpose as this gaming laptop falls in the "desktop replacement" category of mobile computers. In fact, I have it up for auction at Ebay at the time of this writing, thinking about the future I'd rather have a nicely equipped desktop and a portable and lighter laptop; that would better fit my needs. Winning this laptop would save me the need to buy a mobile pc and allow me to better equip my future desktop pc. The only other gadget I own is a Nexus 4, which is not an appropriate tool for study...
Currently I've got an iMac (Fall, 2009) serving as my desktop, used for video and graphic editing, as well as media repository (I dropped a 3 TB drive in it last year). On the HTPC front I use an AMD A8 based mini-ITX setup. This is used for the obvious music and video duties, as well as some classic game emulation. Unfortunately I was laid off a couple of weeks back and had to return the 13" MacBook Pro that I had as a work computer. Now I'm looking off a replacement - a relative portable machine that can handle some photo work, yet provide a big enough display so that I don't have to have my nose 6" from the screen. I'm a fan of AMDs Fusion line as it gives sold video performance (something that was lacking in the 13" MacBook Pro) and still allows for good battery life - something that discrete graphics cards can't offer.
My current computer runs an overclocked Phenom II X6 with 8 GB of ram, an MSI 7950, and a Corsair Force GT 120 GB SSD. This works well for gaming, streaming, and other casual activities. However, my wife finds my desktop clumsy to use and inconvenient. Also, she is pregnant and has a tough time moving around. A laptop would be great for her as she could use it to watch some Netflix, write, and do research about being pregnant.
Homebuilt desktop (i5 2500k, HD 6950) for homework and most of my electronic leisure (gaming, browsing, derping). This pulls double duty as a media server for my PS3. Nexus 4 for phoney things and mp3s, Nexus 7 for textbooks, comics, movies/videos, and killing time between classes.
Where a Touchsmart Sleekbook fits in is when I'm on campus and have enough time to do an assignment but don't want to find an open lab or muck about with "does this computer have the programs I need". I could also drop a few lighter weight games like WoW or some steamapps for when on feeling less productive or when I'm travelling.
I currently own an Asus VivoTab RT, a Lumia 620 and a full-desktop with 8.1 preview. This lappie would be AWESOME because I thought I could live with windows RT but as it turns out, I do need to install more programs than just what's available in the windows store... Getting this laptop would certainly be helpful so I can install Acrobat Pro and Photoshop CS6 and finish my PhD dissertation faster!
My computing device is an Xbox 360. I occasionally borrow a friend of the family's laptop when she needs problems solved on her laptop. When on occasion I use a laptop that has Windows 7 on it. I need to win the Sleekbook because my only computing device is an Xbox 360 with internet Explorer. As many know an Xbox 360 is mostly for playing games but I have been using it as a personal computer for year or so to enter contests, giveaways and freebies. It can be slow at times where as Sleekbook would help me out a lot faster. I would be greatly appreciative of winning a Sleekbook and would give a great review because I have been without for so long.
Hi, I have 3 desktops. 2 powered by amd phenom II X2 550 and one by an A6 apu. I also have an HP dv6-6135dx. My 2 sons use the x550 desktops.My 17 year old son uses the computer to watch youtube. He plays piano and youtube has helped him learn a few songs, he is also learning Spanish with roseta stone. My 13 year old son also watches youtube. He also skypes his friends and plays league of legends. My wife is using the A6 and she does e-mail, facebook. She also works on several projects for our home schooling group.I would love an A10 powered machine. I have been using AMD powered computers since the K6. If I win I would I would try real hard to give it to my wife. I love gaming and my 6135dx does quite well but an A10 with an ssd hard drive....... I have to be honest my wife is getting the 6135dx and I am taking the A10. This will improve my gaming and improve my wife's setup as well. S
I hit post on accident. I was saying, I my wife would be the one to benefit from this. We just celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary, and this would be a great gift.
I have an HP Elitebook, but it has an early i5 processor and slower 5400 drive. I do a lot of data integration work using remote servers hosted in Amazon's web services. What I want out of a laptop is portability, connectivity and speed alowing me to start up and shut down quickly and create local design documents.
I currently own an Asus A53S, a Toshiba Satellite A660 13q, both running W7, I use the Tosh as an HTPC as it's CPU is more than enough to handle the decoding of 1080p 10bit MKV, on the tablet department I have a good old HP Touchpad dual booting webos and CM10.1, I rarely use it now because I have both an iPad 3 (jail broken 6.1.1) and a Nexus 10 (currently with Samsung for warranty repairs), the phones I own right now are a pair of Sony Xperia Us, an AT&T Galaxy S2 and my N4, not a single one of these running stock ROMs or kernels, basically, I'd love to have a new thing to try, I love trying out and comparing devices and technologies, the resolution is crap (just like on my 2 laptops) but I'd like to give AMD a try since I haven't considered buying an AMD product ever since Sandy Bridge and Kepler came out and I've yet to own a laptop with an SSD so I'd love to see the performance improvements that would bring.
I currently run a Mac Pro at work (12 core) and a 2009 13" C2D MBP for personal use. Video editing and some specialized tasks and software are involved. I've been using Premiere CC lately, and wouldn't mind giving it a shot on a Windows AMD build. The Richland should shine over the C2D which I currently run (sans dedicated GPU), but the OS shift would probably be most notable. Used to run XP as my daily.
I own a built-it-myself desktop with an Athlon II X4 645 a radeon, HD6950 and 8 GB of ram as my general use/gaming system, and a samsung galaxy note 2 phone with a USB keyboard attached.
My desktop is in our common room with 4 kids and a wife and I do my studying on it with earplugs in, as well as all my writing except for the lightest tasks which my phone can handle. The screen is too small for extended viewing, and doing anything more involved than simple writing tasks is halfway between awkward and impossible.
The HP Sleekbook would handily replace the far from ideal setup and allow me some more peaceful studying in my bedroom, as well as replace my desktop for all but pure gaming. I'd love to be able to actually be productive without having to wait until everyone is in bed.
So at the moment I use a desktop running an ol q8200 (still going strong) used for recording, school, coding, and light gaming. My laptop is a heavy thick dell studio 1537 and has the awesome battery/mobo problem so it must be plugged in to use.and I use that for my job. I work IT and having to restart and set up just to go to a different room is the bane of my existence and a win here would be a serious life win for me. Also have a HP touchpad running jb 4.2.2 (also, still going strong)
I have a xps dell desktop and im using it for my business every day o goodness this would change from me having to stay in everyday haveing to cancel things cause i cant get away it would improve my speed of how fast i get my work done. It would make it easy to do my work out in the field to were i can not postpone work do to more work it would be 2 in one for me do work and still do work as im getting there o my what a dream it would be!
Currently I have an AMD xp3800 desktop and a Mid 2007 MacBook laptop. Clearly I could use a new computer. With a Sleekbook, I could browse, computer and game with the best of them. I have been following AND's chip development with interest over the last few years and would l love to experience firsthand the improved performance. Thanks
Right now, all I have is a desktop machine I built based on ASRock mobo, INTEL i5 3570 CPU, 16GB RAM, Samsung 830 SSD for system drive, 250GB 7200RPM HD for data, ASUS Xonar Essence sound card and two GTX 480 Nvidia video cards for SLI. I do everything on this machine both productivity and entertainment wise, from checking e-mail, to converting 1080P home videos to DVD and playing some Resident Evil 6 (when I have time). I just opened up my own online business and decided I needed a mobile solution. Now before I laid down money for a laptop, my sister gave me a Kindle HD for my birthday and I said well, let me give this tablet thing a try... meh. I mean it's nice for reading books and doing other basic things, but *man* do I miss my DAS keyboard back home when I'm trying to type stuff! For me at least, I need a real keyboard and some decent processing power to get work done, and winning this would be downright awesome!
As for other devices, I already mentioned the Kindle HD, my boss gave me his old Iphone 4 (selling that to help subsidize a new iPhone 5S) and last but not least is my (don't laugh) HP LaserJet 5 laser printer. Yeah I know... it's old as hell... but let me tell you, these old HP laser printers are built like tanks!
I currently have a late 2010 iMac and I use an iPad for anything on the go. The iMac is great, but I have found that using an iPad in a work related capacity is fairly limited. I use both OSX and Windows 8 Pro through parallels. I would love to improve my ability to work on the road by using a small ultra book instead of an iPad.
I currently have two outdated systems running a Q8200 and an AMD Athlon X2 5600 that are both being used for school work, streaming content to our Apple TV, and light gaming. With this laptop my wife and I would use it primarily for work and school; photo editing and word processing for her real estate work, and programming and paper writing for school for me.
My current desktop system (FX 8150) that I was going to use for daily compute and gaming is now an ESXI whitebox system running media services and a Minecraft server. I have android phones and a Kindle. I would use the Sleekbook for compute and training.
I currently have a desktop, I am a returning student and having this will enable me to do my work while at school. I won't have to be running back and forth between school and home .I can use the schools internet/wi-fi and not be wasting the little gas I have.That is why I need to win this.
My wife and I live in a one bedroom apartment in New York. Until recently, I had a desk set up in one corner of the apartment with a computer I had built back in 2009 using an AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition Deneb 3.0GHz processor which still runs great today. I use the computer for surfing the web and assisting with my job search as I am currently unemployed. My wife and I are both 46 years old and this year the good Lord has seen fit to bless us with not one but two children (our first)! As you can imagine, the arrival of the twins has been profoundly life altering. Because space is such a premium, we had to get rid of the desk and replace it with a changing table and my desktop is underneath and the monitor is at one end. This setup has been problematical as the babies keep pulling at the monitor and cables and have nearly toppled the monitor on several occasions; it is an accident just waiting to happen but we don't have any other place for the computer.
With New York prices, the arrival of the twins and only one income at the moment, we cannot afford to buy a laptop. If I was fortunate enough to win one of the HP ENVY Sleekbooks, I would be able get rid of my desktop, freeing up the changing table and remedying a hazardous situation. I could keep the sleekbook on the bookshelf and when needed, I could use it at the kitchen table or in bed and put it back on the bookshelf when done. I would use the sleekbook to surf the web and continue my job search. I would also connect the sleekbook to my television to access content from Hulu, Amazon etc., to entertain and educate my twins. I would also be able to easily disconnect the sleekbook from my television when not in use, keeping it out of reach from the twins. If I were to win, I would be happy to provide before and after pictures and make myself and my home available for any promotional photos or videos. Thank you in advance for your consideration.
I currently have a Lenovo W520, my wife has a ASUS Zenbook UX31A, and my daughter is using an old, dying, Macbook. I'd like to get a proper computer for my daughter, but I can't really justify the expense. A light-weight 15.6" laptop with a touchscreen would be perfect for her.
Please count me in. Currently I have a couple setups ranging from a weak but netbook for travels, to a desktop. I currently use an i3 and i5 paired with a 7950. I travel quite often and could use an amazing laptop with more power than a weak netbook which is only good for browsing the web. I think it would be the perfect combination to fit in my travels and daily life and be powerful enough to utilize for more tasks.
My main PC is a cyberpower built silent I5 gaming rig, witch is the first PC that i did not build myself in at least 12 years. It is also the first intell based PC i have owned. In that same room is also a PS3 and a synolgy disk-station for backup and movie/music streaming. My step son has my old gaming rig AMD based, a few years out but still kicking! In the garage is a dinosaur amd based laptop that is a tank, hoked to a power-line adapter to stream music and look up pdfs and youtube videos for fixing cars and motorcycles. I have never owned a laptop i can truly take someplace on its own battery power, let alone run a game! I would use this as my first portable, a HTPC for streaming and Steam big pitcher mode. And i would finally be able to play a game of CIV on the couch while enjoying a Movie with my girl. Lastly i can put that new cromecast dongle to work more often. Thanks for the shot at this prize.
I have 10 Desktop PCs in my house and all but 1 are AMD cpus. I have 4 Gaming Video cards and 3 out of 4 of them are AMD. (7870 is the best card I have) I have 2 laptops 1 is for work and the other is personal. The Work laptop is supplied by my employer and is heavy slow and loud. The personal one is really the cheapest thing I could get for the kid to be able to do school work on.
I would love to have a decent Laptop where I could actually play games on Steam or hurt my shoulder while walking thru the airport.
I currently have an older HP ENVY 14 that the wife has started using very frequently for her writing. My job is requiring more and more travel and I find myself in hotels frequently with not much to do. I've been watching the sleekbooks for a bit now as a way to kill some time when I'm on the road. This laptop seems like a great compromise between size and performance, would love to stuff it in my bag next time I'm heading to the airport.
I'm looking for a powerful Windows 8 machine with touch screen. I hope that a touch experience with Windows 8 is better then a mouse experience. Make me a believer !!
My current setup is a Dell Latitude D430 running Windows XP and a Dell Precision workstation running Ubuntu where I do development work. I mainly use the D430 when I'm mobile but the small screen makes it difficult to view content over remote sessions to the Ubuntu workstation. I also use a Nook HD+ which has a great high resolution screen but sadly no good software I can find for running xsessions to Ubuntu so it's primarily for reading documents, surfing the web and the occasional video streaming.
With the ENVY Sleekbook, I'd set up a dual-boot with Windows and Ubuntu. With what seems like a powerful processor and decent graphics setup, I'd be able to do development work under either OS and, if I need to remote in to my workstation, either Windows or Ubuntu would serve just as well.
And when I'm not working, I could also use it for couch surfing and streaming video.
Current setup: I have 2 active desktops, a gaming box and a older computer as my web server. Both them use Intel. The gaming box is a i5 Ivy Bridge running with SLI GTX670s with Windows. The web server is an old Core 2 Duo running headless with Linux. I have 3 Raspberry Pis serving various functions around the house. I have 4 laptops, 2 provided by work, and one personal one. The personal one is an old 2008 MacBook Pro that I have outfitted with a DIY Fusion Drive. I do most of my photos and blogging on it. I also have 2 Chromebooks, the CR-48 and the Artic White that succeeded it. They are laying around the house and used for surfing and writing. In terms of tablets, I recently passed down my old iPad 3 w/ LTE and got a Nexus 7 (2013) w/ LTE. In terms of phones, I have an iPhone 5 (Work) and a Nexus 4 (Personal).
As I travel a lot for work, I usually don't lug the MacBook around because the work laptop is heavy enough. If I got the Sleekbook, I think I would ground my work laptops at home and remote into them with the Sleekbook. Also, it would give me the opportunity to do some light gaming at on the road during the down times.
I currently have 2013 27" iMac. My wife and two kids currently fight me for daily use. Girl scouts planning, my wife's homework, my kids play pbskids.org...I just want a machine for my own daily activities and to supplement my work computer as well which is an ancient T60.
My current setup has a big gap in the middle that I think the sleekbook would fill perfectly. On the high end I've got a home built gaming desktop that lives in my office which is great for gaming/photo editing/media encoding. On the low end I've got an ipad 2, which my wife uses for web browsing and magazine reading. It would be great to have a laptop in the middle which we could leave in the living room for tasks that don't need the huge power of the gaming PC but are better suited for a real computer than the iPad (ex. ordering pictures online, writing longer emails, document editing, etc). The portability would be really nice as well. I love what AMD is doing with their APU's, and I would love to try out a Richland powered notebook.
I currently have 3 computers: 1) A desktop with an I7-2600K running on a P8Z68 motherboard with 16 gb of memory and a GTX 560 video adapter; 2) an HP 625 laptop (Athalon II powerred) and 3) a Nexus 7 tablet. My laptop boots and runs pretty slow and is in need of an upgrade.
I'm actually entering for my niece. She's a Junior in HighSchool and is focuing on which colleges she'll be applying to. She has an early HP Laptop thats running an AMD Turon II CPU with 2 gigs of ram. The system is running slow and I've already re-loaded the OS in an attempt to clean things up. She's definitely needs a hardware upgrade for college and this system would be a great upgrade for her.
If I were fortunate enough to be one of the lucky winners, it would go to her as a gift for college.
I've been a PC enthusiast for over 10 years now and have spent many many hours reading the excellent content covered by Anandtech. Built my first desk top with an Athlon 64 3200 inside it and have been building mostly AMD rigs ever since. I recently moved to North Carolina, and am living with my girlfriend. Between us we have a fairly modest collection of computing devices- She's all Apple, (iPhone 4, iPad 2) but personally I only own a Razr M and a custom built desktop (A10-5700, on a Mini-ITX board.) It functions as my main computer, and our HTPC. I have a small 4tb NAS that streams to the desktop. This set up works alright, but it can be frustrating.
For instance, if we want to watch a movie or something, but I would like to respond to a few Emails, write, browse the web, or play a game (this one especially), it's not possible. She gets to sit on the couch and play on her iPad while the news is on, but I have nothing fun to play on! Not only that, but we have a 2 floor home... Can't very well take the desktop upstairs every night if I want to steam something upstairs... we're stuck dealing with the headaches of streaming MKVs onto a tiny iPad screen. The 15.6" Sleekbook would solve that issue as well!
Lastly, I work in computing sales. I hear a lot of complaints and concerns from customers over HPs build quality. I would love to be able to put that to the test first hand.
My current desktop is an Intel 850E based system complete with an internal Zip drive. I'm constantly on the lookout for a good deal on more PC-1066 RDRAM or a replacement AGP video card (I built it with a Radeon 9700 Pro, but now I'm using a somewhat buggy HD 4650 rigged to work with AGP).
More often I'm using my Acer Aspire Timeline 1810T notebook, though, which I purchased in 2009 in lieu of a netbook. I love that little machine, but it's beginning to show its age. I work in IT and need to ferry a system back and forth regularly between my home, office and clients' buildings. A new ultraportable would make both my personal and business related computing a lot more pleasant.
Incidentally I'm a huge Sid Meier fan - I've also owned Civilization V since launch and have yet to be able to play it. That may be the first thing I do with a new notebook!
Hp laptop with a4 apu. Desktop with Phenom 960T, 8gb ram, 256 samsung 840. Galaxy Tab 2 10.1. The Desktop is for gaming mostly, as well as the laptop........but my son spilled soda on the laptop and now it constantly throttles.... so no League of Legends for me when I'm out of town. =/
Currently own a desktop, smartphone and a work laptop. Would love of have a laptop that I could use without fear of taking company data with me to public places etc.
I'm a freelance web designer. I do code and visual design mostly from cafes as I travel a lot. I'm currently lugging around a Sager NP9130 / Clevo P151EM1. While the machine is technically capable for my needs, it really breaks the back. I'd use the Sleekbook to cut back on my chiropractic bill.
My current setup is a custom rig that's starting to get out of date along with an Acer Aspire AS5520-5281 that's over 5-years old. I can't really do much mobile computing, and haven't had the funds to upgrade. I'm starting to find more areas of my life where mobile computing would be a good thing, from browsing to gaming to work activities. An updated mobile platform would be a great way for me to explore a lot of new options, and be the perfect opportunity to give feedback!
Celeron HTPC that I extend my cable to 360s (using an HDHomerun Prime), as well as my full digital collection hosted on a RAID-5 array. Also hosts some websites and my TFS server.
Phenom x6 1055t desktop (5870s XFire) used for gaming and media conversion. definitely the workhorse.
i5 Acer notebook, used for casual browsing from the couch, maybe some light programming.
a galaxy tab 7 plus (built-in remote), used for pretty much nothing because its a stupid tablet.
the sleekbook would be a better rounded machine than my current notebook, allowing for some light gaming and be more portable around the house and when I venture out of town (which I do). The Acer is nice, but one dimensional.
I currently have a home-built desktop PC which is ~2 years old which I use to game on. In addition to this I have a Nexus 10 tablet which I use on the couch. I'd like to have a laptop with a slim profile and good battery life so I can remote into my Raspberry Pi and do some Python programming while sitting next to my wife as she watches Property Brothers.
I have a two and a half year old HP Pavilion DV6 running a core i3 350M running at 2.27 GHz with 4GB DDR3 SDRAM. It features intel "HD" graphics with a little under 2000MB of memory. It is running 64 bit windows 7 home prem edition. It sports a 6 cell Li Ion battery that doesn't last 2 hours. I never came close to the claimed 5.5 hrs. I use it for work and home. The few times I used it for gaming it ended in miserable failure. I recently got chromecast and the app tells me to improve my computer performance because it can tell my cast does not look pretty on the TV. It is right, it does not look good. A sleekbook would enable me to do my work more efficiently, be better entertained, enable me to be more portable, and maybe be the ENVY of a few instead of being the subject of a few chuckles. Therefore I would like a new machine out of pity. This thing isn't the oldest or slowest but it sure is pathetic. FWIW, I got this crappy machine after someone broke into my apt and stole my previous crappy machine. Just pity me.
I currently own a custom built gaming machine in a cooler master case that I play games on, but it's not too portable. I have the original ASUS transformer (tf101) that i use sometimes , but it can't handle some of the websites and work I need it to do. The laptop I have is far from stellar. It has a core 2 duo, 4GB RAM, and a 320GB HD. Not bad ,but quickly getting old. It has quirks like fallling asleep and refusing to wake up or taking forever to do so. I recently noticed that it has a dead cooling fan as well. Moving the laptop at the right angle provides a nice clanging sound similar to something you would hear in crouching tiger hidden dragon. The bottom gets extremely hot and smells like burnt plastic. Usually I try to use it quickly and then turn it off so it can cool down. Having a new laptop would be great as I would not have to wait on it, (SSD FTW), put up with noises sounding like something choreographed by Yuen Woo-ping, and I could leave it running and ready for me without worrying about it possibly melting through the table and leaving a smelting hole reminiscent of an ALIEN presence.
Looking to replace my fathers old thinkpad laptop which has the original core processor. This will perfectly suit his needs for email, light browsing and skype
I would love to win this laptop being in IT and having a love of playing games. My sad desktop is a 2.6 quad core that is 6 years old, one of AMD's first series quads and fastest my main board can take with a AMD 4780 GPU which as we all know cannot play any new games. Second laptop is a Lenovo netbook which I take around for work for testing and configuring networks. It is horribly slow and ill suited in my opinion for anything but a grandma browsing email on dialup. Having this new Sleekbook would allow me to play games at work. :) No, but seriously, I would be more far productive at work and enjoy my favorite past time much better at home. And I can give my Mother-In-Law the netbook and make her happy.
I have 2 desktops 1 for connecting to work via vpn and 1 general purpose. Both are about 5 years old. If I win this AMD laptop, it would be useful mainly for kids (middle school age) to do their school work and homework. It look thin, portable and powerful to handle daily tasks.
I have a 4 year old Phenom 9500 based desktop that I use as a media center and for light gaming. I also have an acer netbook that I bring back and forth to classes to take notes. I'd love this Sleekbook. It would be great for video/media. AMD lifer.
I am currently a student going to school for computer science. I own a custom built desktop with an fx8350 overclocked to 4.5 and a 7870. I also own a very old very used core2duo laptop with a partially broken screen. I have been looking for a new laptop for some time. Being in computer science tends to the fact that I need a computer, and while I love my desktop I often need a laptop for when I have to be mobile. I only have a bike so I need something that isn't that bulky or heavy. This laptop would be more than powerful enough for my needs because anything really heavy weight I can just ssh into my desktop to run. Overall I would say that this laptop is a good fit for my needs.
I have been in need for a laptop for years. I have 4 year old XPS laptop that barely functions anymore. I have spent the last 2 months waiting to find one, from the Surface Pro, to Yoga, then started reading about the AMD laptops. This would be perfect for my work as I am in desperate need of a good work laptop to use when I am away from home. One I could travel, put up in a coffee shop, and of course does not look as outdated / functions better than my current.
System wise at home I am using an I7-930 O/C to 4.4 GHZ with 6gb of ram, SLI setup. I don't own any other devices except my crackberry and I would utilize this laptop everyday when I am traveling at work as it's the perfect hybrid to allow me to be on the go. I have always wanted to go back to AMD as I was a die-hard fan from there 3dnow instruction set to their GPU's Yes 290!
I am a journalist/photographer who feels tethered to a desk with my 4 year old 16'' Sony Vaio FW-390 laptop. I desperately need a computer than I can take around to meetings and locatons without breaking my back but still have enough oomph to edit photos and the occasional short video.
This would allow me into invest in a real desktop for home instead of trying to find a perfect do-everything machine for home and travel. The built-in SD card reader on the Sleekbook makes it a great mobile editing platform, and the relatively low power consumption means I would be able to forgo carrying a power brick for times when luggage space is really tight.
I have three computer systems. (not counting my Android smartphone) First, a server built by me about 4 years ago for self-hosting my company website, as well as backing up my other systems and "serving" (har!) as primary storage for all of my files. It uses an AMD Athlon X2 5050e processor, Antec Neo HE psu, 2GB of OCZ DDR2-800 memory, a Western Digital 640GB Black series drive loaded with Windows Home Server, and 4x 1TB Samsung F1 drives. No audio, video, optical, floppy, etc. I only access it with RDP. It's plenty powerful enough for my purposes and really sips the AC. (and QUIET!)
Second is a (now) Windows 7 Desktop PC, also built by me about 5 years ago but upgraded a few times since. It's an Intel Xeon E3110 (E8400) on an Asus P5K-E motherboard with 8GB of Corsair DDR2-800 memory, an AMD HD7770 video card, Seasonic G-series psu, Kingston HyperX SSD, and an Asus BD-RW drive. A Scythe Ninja, Nexus 120mm case fan, Accelero Mono Plus, and Antec P150 case make it silent. The cpu is getting a little long in the tooth, but it still does the job pretty darn well as I'm not a gamer.
Third, is my nearly 5 year old Lenovo T400, also upgraded to Windows 7 Pro. It's got an Intel P8600, 8GB of DDR2-800 memory, Intel wifi, (802.11n) Samsung 830 SSD, and AMD HD 3470 discrete graphics.
Why do I need a Sleekbook? The T400 laptop is in need of replacement. It's been physically beat up by it's travel-heavy lifestyle. It's a little slow for the heavy multitasking I subject it to, and although I've replaced the cooler inside once already it's bearings are failing again and the discrete gpu gets intolerably hot when enabled.
My use is a mix of media consumption and mobile productivity. I favor small and thin over large and powerful in a laptop, and I don't view my mobile computing devices as replacements for my desktop. I don't own a tablet and don't want to buy a separate device just for media consumption. I need any mobile computer to have a physical keyboard so I can get real work done, so a touchscreen ultrabook offers me the best compromise between the two. I don't do much gaming, but I do use gpu accelerated apps like Adobe Creative Suite, and the AMD A10 cpu looks to offer the right balance of power efficiency and graphics power for what I need to do. The Sleekbook looks like a great fit for both what I need and what I want.
I have a Windows 8 desktop that I use for my high school work, but when I am visiting colleges this year and I am about to go to college I will need a thin, light, and powerful laptop that can handle moderate use for most of the day and having this sleekbook would benefit me greatly when I am on the go.
Currently have a 2011 MacBook Pro, 2005 Dell Laptop running Linux, and another broken 2006ish laptop that my wife and I share. Winning this laptop would allow me and wife to use a computer at the same time. It would be enjoyable to use a computer at the same time as my wife and possibly introduce her to some light gaming that could be fun for us to play together. Also I am currently enrolled a yearlong class that requires me to write a fair bit and take the computer for a full day twice a month leaving my wife at home with no computer. Between student loans, life, and my wife being a stay at home there is no way for us to consider buying another computer anytime soon so it would a large blessing to win one.
Have an HP dv6700 SE laptop that just died. System LEDs flash upon boot and then it immediately powers back down. Not sure what type of hardware failure I am dealing with, but it is not looking good. I am now relying on my desktop, but I could really use another portable solution.
I have a HP Pavilion g7 that was a family Christmas gift 2 years ago. I have a family of 4 and its our only computer. I use it to skype with my sister who lives in Maryland also with my brother who is away in college. I use it to watch videos and for educational use for my 2 yr old daughter. My son uses it for school,socially and for music-- he is a senior in high school. My love uses it for work doing research and making reports.. I must say we work the heck out of our not so little computer.
I have a gaming desktop and an ancient laptop for non-tethered work around the house and on the go. I really need a new laptop. Have been torn between a new tablet and a new laptop and this would make the decision for me.
My family currently uses 4 PC's, 1 PS3, 1 XBox. 2 Desktops and 2 Laptops, I built both desktops, one is an aged Athlon64 3400+ on an Asus MB, which is used mainly by the kids, The 2nd desktop is a Core 2 Duo e8400 on a Gigabyte MB and a HD6850, of which is my main system used for gaming and watching TV shows mostly. My eldest daughter has an Lenovo laptop she earned for good grades, and my wife has a Dell laptop she uses for work. The Sleekbook if it came to my home would most likely split its time between my 3 boys, reducing fighting for time on the desktop.
I've got Excel spreadsheets, NMR data processing, light gaming, and photo editing - all going on at the same time. With that kind of stuff, I can always use a more well rounded notebook! Work gives a a three year old brick with old Intel integrated graphics.
My personal setup hasn’t changed from last time. For light browsing and media consumption I use a Nexus 7, paired with a Chromecast when watching stuff on a bigger screen is desirable. For anything else, however, I use a self-built desktop PC. Originally built for gaming, it is also my main productivity tool while not in the office.
In my estimation, tablets and other portable computing devices are too limited for productivity. I work best with full-size physical keyboards and robust office suites (Microsoft Office and LibreOffice).
On the other hand, portability is very nice to have. I don’t like being chained to an office chair for work, and being able to work from more than a single physical location would be great.
An HP ENVY would allow the best of both worlds. The simple fact that this includes a numeric keypad already makes it better than the V5’s featured last promotion.
Where's the Nvidia center portal? More Anandtech AMD Bias/LOVE?
I will be coming here less for my vid card articles I guess. Since 660TI article last year (sept) this site has went completely AMD, and now is actually outing that fact front and center. WOW.
Your alexa traffic has been off by 1/2 or so since the 660TI article (you can look it up at alexa). BIAS like this won't help those numbers. The trend will continue downward I suspect.
Promoting a giveaway isn't really a problem (everyone gives crap away, that's great). It's the promotion of AMD with a specific portal for them only that is the issue. I have a real issue with a website pushing a vendor in a whole section of a supposedly NEUTRAL website. My comment is regarding the portal, not the contest, which I'm not entering :) I own 3 laptops (a pc and a server too) and don't think this would change my life ;) Good luck to those who entered.
I'm currently running an old presario 915us with an athlonxp. Nice laptop, linux keeps it going well past its prime, but it's starting to feel a little slow with some applications. I mainly browse the web, email, code, do a little light 3D work, and ocasionally some virtualization. The radeon r100 graphics are starting to feel their age, and I could you use a bit more cpu and memory for some of the newer IDE's. And an OpenCL capable graphics processor would be nice.
I also have an 8-core AMD desktop with a radeon 5570 graphics card, which is why I can get by with such an old laptop. If the job is too big, just send it to the desktop.
I could really use this computer for school work and also for general internet browsing. I'm sending this comment from a super slow and old intel atom desktop. It has a low res monitor and it is a real pain to use because if I want to work anywhere other than my main computer room I need to unplug all the cables, drag everything where it needs to be and then sit next to the wall so I can use the power and Ethernet. I would really appreciate this
Currently we have 4 people living here. We have one 6 year-old HP laptop with a Pentium processor that we use mainly for basic tasks like word processing and web surfing. It's slow and even though the fan spins and makes a lot of noise it gets very warm, even doing these basic tasks. Video stutters and games are out of the question. We also have a newer (5 year-old) HP laptop with a dual core Core2 processor which has similar limitations although it does get as hot or noisy and video stutters much less. The original screen is busted so we have an external monitor hooked up, but this makes bringing it anywhere impossible or at least undesirable. We also have a 1 year-old HP laptop with a quad core AMD A8 processor. It runs much more smoothly and my sons use it for gaming. It's 17" screen and weight make toting it around a chore. My older son has been experimenting on all three computers writing and compiling programs.
We also have two iPhone's, which serve their purpose when the laptops are occupied or we are traveling.
The HP Envy Sleekbook would help us by providing a computer that is powerful enough to handle anything we throw at it - compiling, gaming, video, photo editing, etc;... - and still light enough to take anywhere we go. The touch screen would make navigating Windows much easier and intuitive. The backlit keyboard sure would help me in times like this when I'm typing in the dark. I'm quite sure I'd still have to do some sharing, but having another computer around would cut down on that as well.
I'm excited about this new AMD 25w APU. It should not only do everything we want it to do, but it should keep cool and quiet while doing it. It also makes this smaller, thinner design more possible.
I'd love to give this new computer a try and incorporate it into my daily use. Why, I might even be able to break away from my usual activities and play a few more games with the kids!
I'm currently typing this comment of an archaic HP laptop (it's actually only 4 or 5 years old) that is running on a dual-core Intel Pentium... Really in a need of a new laptop as this thing is probably going to break any day. The screen is broken and will display colored lines once in a while and the fan turns on when I watch YouTube -_-. Also need to bring this thing to college everyday and it weighs like 10+ pounds, so to halve that weight would do wonders for me. Seriously hope I can win one of these laptops because I can't buy a new one because I need to pay for tuition.
I currently have an oldish Intel desktop that I do some light gaming and work on. I own an old Acer laptop with a bad battery, so it is relegated to couch duty now because it has to stay plugged in. I recently got a job teaching so I could definitely use an upgrade in portability as right now I have to make do with only my smartphone on the go. Very excited to see the SSDs as well!
I currently own a Desktop, Desktop replacement laptop (Sager) and a Nexus 7 tablet. My desktop is my HTPC and I use my laptop mostly for work/games. Most of my email is done on my Galaxy S3. My tablet is used 99% for Kindle and not much else. Adding a sleekbook would add much needed portability where I can go to a coffee shop or elsewhere with it without dragging a giant laptop with only a 2-3 hour battery life as I have today.
I have a late 2008 Unibody Macbook and a first-gen Nexus 7. I'm learning to program on the Macbook with Udacity. Creating content with desktop quality web apps and games are my main interests.
The convergence of touch interfaces on desktop and mobile is exciting and I wonder how touch can help make creating simpler and more accessible to users. I would use my Sleekbook to explore touch by making my own apps or games and hopefully contributing to open platforms and game engines to encourage more touchy computing.
I currently have a desktop at home that is a few years old. Presently a college student, having a laptop would make a huge difference in my daily life. Now I do research in the library, then go to a computer lab or home and put the project together on my pc. It's pretty easy to do with moving files around, but being able to do my work on a machine that I could take anywhere and just pick up where I left off without needing to update the file I'm working on would save time and headaches. Please consider me, thanks!
This laptop would be perfect for my wife. She is a 4th grade teacher in a title 1 school in Tennessee. Title 1 means that over half the kids are on free or reduced lunch. The district is hard pressed for money for technology in the classroom. She lost her Promethean smartboard. She used this in nearly every lesson. These systems run several thousand dollars and we have been looking for an affordable solution to replace that. A touchscreen enabled laptop would work great. She could project the screen for the students and like with the smartboard the students can easily manipulate the screen for class excercises. The HP envy has a good balance between power, size, and battery life.
Beyond the classroom another laptop is needed for her to work on at home. She never has time at school to enter grades, make tests, or create newsletters for the class. Being able to do this comfortably from the couch would be great.
Our house has a main PC based on an Intel sandy bridge cpu. This PC is isolated in a small room. We have a Presario F700 and a Presario V6000. Both of these have served us well, but the hardware finally gave out. Our Toshiba C655D met an early end in an accident and no longer works either. All of these machines were based on AMD cpus and offered great values.
We do have an Ipad in the house but it is difficult for her to enter grades or make tests on that.
Having an HP Envy would be perfect and provide some relief for a hard working teacher.
The year was 2011. It was March. I just finished my bachelors degree, and graduated from using the so-so computers offered by the university. Being an AMD fan ever since Athlon 64 circa 2005, I was looking for a laptop I could use on the go, mainly for web browsing, office productivity, and light gaming in the field as I was a salesman. I have bought an HP 2000 equipped with a Llano E-350, 4GB DDR3, and all the accessories I would need as I started to weave my way through the so-called “Real World.” Compared to now, however, my trusted lappy-top cannot handle the workload I do. In addition to the work load I mentioned before, I am now getting into free lancing, which means me using Photoshop and Premiere Elements, not to mention I’m also building a website. My laptop CANNOT do those. Then again, yes it could, albeit very slowly. Now, I was honestly leaning into buying the updated MacBook Pro coming out in the few weeks, but the AMD giveaway was just too juicy and tasty and impressive to pass up. Impressive? Si. Look at the numbers I gathered below comparing my E-350 with the latest Richland (all from Anandtech hihi)
X264 Video Encoding (Pass 1) E-350 = 13.7 Richland = 21.23 (55% Faster)
X264 Video Encoding (Pass 2) E-350 = 3.16 Richland = 5.17 (64% faster)
I can’t really compare PCMark, 3DMark Numbers, and gaming numbers since the software used back then and now is different, it is easy to see the performance advantage *when* I get my hands on Richland. Magic word is AMD 8610G. Back then, there was no Diablo 3 and DoTA 2. All I did was play Diablo 2 and DoTA, but seeing as they are released now, it might be a good idea to upgrade to better games.
Of course, not to mention the better hardware included in the laptop, USB 3.0, HDMI (my laptop got only VGA hahaha, talk about old skool), touchscreen, Windows 8, slimmer profile (cmon, 0.9 inches?), and just a plain more beautiful laptop to behold and use.
All in all, I see winning this laptop as a way of me upgrading to better hardware which would enable me to do the work I will be doing from now on, very different from what I was doing after graduating. I sure would love to try out and compare my old laptop with the new one, but for now that is best left to my imagination until I see my name as the winner on September 30. :)
I currently own a Sandy i5 based Sony Viao laptop, am a gamer at heart and miss those days when I was proud of my Athlon XP PC, want to relive those days as a happy gamer.
Hi, would love to have this laptop to replace my 4 year old HP Windows Vista desktop. Currently being used as a media center. This laptop would be more powerful and much more power efficient.
I currently use an hp envy 17 with i7-2670qm, samsung 830 ssd and 16gb ram.I use it for editing my youtube videos, calligraphy and making my own desktop backgrounds with fractal flames. At over 8lbs and with 11 peripherals hooked up, its not fun to move around. The envy sleekbook would not only complement my current system, but also remove the need to carry the giant with me. It would also be really cool to try out calligraphy on a touch screen. the 25 watt apu would be amazing too since my 45 watt cpu runs 60 C and over just with web browsing. it would be interesting to see the improvements on the samsung 840 ssd as well. I have a ipad mini which i haven't used in over a month since it is so underpowered. i don't even know where i put it. my phone is a gs2...almost two years and still going. I might put a 4g lte mpcie card in the laptop for convenience. I don't need it....but i could definitely use it.
I have an old Dell Studio 1537 running a dual core Core Duo. It is heavy, and will only run two hours or so. I gave it a new lease on life by swapping out the 250GB 5900 RPM HD and replacing it with a 120GB SSD. I take it to conferences and stuff. It keeps me connected while I'm away.
My wife got a Macbook Air, but I can't justify that for me.
I've been looking for an inexpensive yet fast laptop with an HD I could pull out and swap for a good-performing large SSD. I will get the lappy between now and February, when I'll really need the battery life.
(BTW Anand, a buyers guide would be interesting -- especially if we got tips on when laptop prices would be lowest.)
I have four desktops at home, three of which I built and OC'd. They serve the family on our homenet.
Well, I have a Pentium 4/Windows 2000 desktop I built years ago and still use to play Neverwswinter Nights/Baldur's Gate/Icewind Dale games with my dad but for current gaming, it's an Asus G50v laptop from 2008 that struggles to run Dragon Age: Origins, much less Vista. So while a new laptop would not make me more productive, per se, I could do a lot more gaming :)
As a full-time student, part-time tutor, and freelance editor, I spend a lot of time in front of computers. Right now, I'm using a home built Core i3 system, which works reasonably well for my needs, which is mostly productivity applications and some light gaming such as Borderlands 2.
However, I find myself wishing for a bit more mobility lately. I had to dispose of my trusty but very old Thinkpad T60 earlier this year, and I'm really starting to miss being able to take my work with me wherever I go. Winning a Sleekbook would unchain me from my desk.
I currently own an old HP Pavilion Slimline that I purchased back in 2008. To be honest, I think it was a year old by the time I bought it. I just needed any computer and thankfully this one came with a monitor and a nice sized HD (300 GB). It's fitted with a dual-core AMD Sempron LE-1220 processor operating at 2000 MHz. It's bursting with 3 GB of DDR2 RAM and is supercharged with an NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 IGP that supports DirectX all the way up to version 9.0c. It's a pretty serviceable kit.
The problem is that it barely scratches the bare minimum of what I need for my activities. I do art and graphic design as a hobby and recently have taken a shining to film. The former works well enough without issue. The latter is virtually impossible. I tried editing a 5 minute video recorded at 1080i and could never get the sound and video to sync up on Adobe Premiere. I was forced to use a much less capable piece of software.
On top of that, being able to have all of my work with me wherever I am in case I get any ideas away from home would be a huge addition to my productivity.
As the Director of an Honors College in a small, private HBCU (Historically Black College & University), I am charged with not only challenging and fostering innovation in my students but my faculty as well. A TouchSmart Sleekbook would provide not only the power necessary to record and crunch my assessment data but also to do the cool things like video capture and editing for flipping classrooms. Currently we have an older Dell OptiPlex desktop- 4 GB RAM, Intel core Duo E8400 and two Dell Latitude laptops for classroom use. None of these have the power or flexibility to do the innovative things we want to do in the Honors College.
I have a bulky old Acer laptop that is on the verge of dying from overheating, a slim Acer with an i3 and very little ram and no touchscreen, and a decent desktop at home. As a student, I really like using the slimmer Acer but I still need something more powerful to get my work done, or game on, when I am not home or stuck sitting at my desk.
As a student who is just starting college, day 5 down baby! My current laptop for school is in dire need of an upgrade. It is a Dell 1535 that was given to me by a friend who had all but destroyed it. New mobo, keyboard, and HDD. Bezel is no more, and screen anchors were shot, so its held together by screws and nuts, but it still works. Having a new laptop would help me get my degree in Computer Information Systems a little easier.
I use a tablet and it doesn't offer much diversity an can't do much due to its limitation . I am tired of it new something new with features to do my projects .
I have a Lenovo Ideapad I5, a HP I7, and an Asus transformer Tablet. This would better my setup because it is more efficient, and I am looking to start my own business, so I can use this as opposed to one of the older models.
I currently use a Dell Inspiron 1501 with a AMD Turion 64 x2 Mobile. It is about 7 years old, the battery only lasts for about 15 minutes and not running like it was on day 1. A new AMD with an updated OS would really be awesome for me!
I'm a student with a very underpowered, bulky acer laptop that most smartphones can outperform as my only computer, something like this giveaway would make my life easier.
I have a 6 year old HP dv6915 laptop. Its big, clunky and the battery doesn't hold a charge anymore. Oh my gosh I need a new computer so badly. I really want to get into programming and web development, but my current setup is no good. I also have a few games I've purchased in hopes I will one day get to play them on a computer that can handle it.
I have a decent PC at home, but it's shared among the members of the household, so I never really get the time to use it outside of really inconvenient times. All I really want is something that'll let me code and do schoolwork outside of the home, maybe run a few light games to kill time.
I'm running a desktop with an AMD 9950 and an ASUS laptop that has an Intel Core2Duo. Currently this setup more or less works for me. I do some light gaming on my desktop which thanks to the crossfire setup of my graphics cards is still able to handle fairly well. I use my ASUS to take notes at school, I'm a 1L law student, It does the job but it very clearly lags and just in general runs slow. I'll admit it does the job though; for notes at least. Suffice to say a new laptop, at this point any new laptop, would work wonders for me as a fair chunk of the market is currently more powerful than anything I own. I'd use it mainly for notes and writing but I'd also use it for media, like watching streaming content from netflix, and probably some light gaming from time to time.
Currently using a Lenovo Ideapad N586 that I share with 3 other people in the household. It is equipped with a dual core A6 4400m Trinity APU which unfortunately cannot run to many games. Sharing a computer with other people is extremely hard when I rely on it for everything shopping to socializing due to having mental illnesses that prevent me from functioning in a real world environment. Winning my own computer would greatly increase my quality of life because it would allow me to have access to the internet which is essentially my lifeline to the world whenever I wanted.
I have a Lenovo W520 from work and my wife has an HP dv6t. Other computing devices are Ipad2, HP Workstation (5 year old), Samsung S4, S2 and HTC DNA.
Winning a laptop will help us in many ways. My wife runs graphic intensive ArcGIS software and also learning to program. Often she connects remotely to work with over a remote desktop connection. The current dv6t does not meet her needs and she is looking to buy another laptop with better graphics, CPU performance and network connectivity. Additionally she has dual monitor setup both at work and home that she frequently uses to do her GIS work. She is also learning to program.
The dual monitor was originally for my work for times for times when I work from home. It runs over Targus docking station with USB3.0. I am a software engineer and starting up a company. I can use her old laptop to build / test software. I will be looking to compare between AMD and Intel, both price and performance when i buy new hardware. Naturally I am not able to use my work laptop for the startup.
The workstation is currently used for startup software. This limits my ability to demo the software to my co-founders and partners.
We have a 1 year old who just loves to "program". He is mostly mimicking me when i am on my laptop. Its fun to watch him when he commandeers my laptop. He drools and that has rendered the lenovo's built in mouse buttons inoperable. Luckly lenovo 520 has two sets of buttons :). Ipad is his :)
I was looking at laptop deals today. Perhaps that is why an add showed up on my FB news feed that lead me to here. Wining the Sleekbook will be cool. I have varying uses of the laptop which i will definitely provide feedback on :)
I currently use a desktop i built myself running an AMD FX-6100 processor and a Radeon HD 6850 video card. Built as a budget build as i currently attend university. This makes it easy to state my need, cause I already have my home base. Now i just need my satellite system to take to class and the occasional game or two. Would definitely round out my experience! That and probably make my year...
I never attend these things as I know I have bad luck anyways. Anyways I have some free time a bit about myself; I have started my masters degree towards Computer Sciences, it would be very convenient to have a small flexible laptop replacement currently I do not have a machine I use the library 24/7. Plus AMD should give students options to get laptops and tablets for a monthly fee. That would be awesome! Maybe a future AMD employer ;) - Casemaker
I am running a 5 year old Acer laptop that is on it's last legs. Dual Core Pentium that has never seemed quick and of course Intel mobile graphics! Help me modernize my life and make moblie work good again!
Winning a HP Envy TouchSmart Sleekbook would help me tremendously with my job search. Currently the library computers or using a relative's on occasion is my only resource. Imagine the speed with which I could research and apply for jobs with a HP Envy TouchSmart Sleekbook.
I am a recent college graduate who is looking for a long term career. I am also a casual gamer and frankly, my Toshiba Satellite P755-s5320 just does not fulfill my gaming needs. I currently only use this laptop for browsing the internet and watching movies as it is unable to run any game I wish for it to run. This laptop is also somewhat cumbersome to carry around as it is significantly thicker than your sleekbook. I also have a HP desktop which is by no means portable and is less powerful than my laptop which is already lacking, and I do not currently own any tablets as they are quite costly and I really have no need for one. I use my desktop mostly for gaming but as of late I have been unable to run any of the newer games which I would really enjoy playing. What I really need is a small and powerful laptop that will allow me to play the games I desire such as the very one you are offering. I have been accepted into an internship program in New York City and in my move I do not plan on taking my desktop with me. My laptop in the current state it is in will not be able to fulfill my needs as it lags if one even breaths on it or touches it. If I were to win the sleekbook it would become my main computer due to it's incredible power packed into such a small and highly convenient size. I need a computer that will be portable so that it can easily make the move from New Hampshire to New York. The features I appreciate most in this laptop would be the large amount of RAM which beats my desktop by 2 gb, the large hard drive which will allow me to store important documents and of course entertainment items and, most of all, the convenient size which is excellent for a short and rather weak person such as myself. I thank you for this opportunity to win a HP Envy Sleekbook and I wish you all well.
I have a self built desktop that I use for most of my work and gaming, its running off an AMD Phenom II X4 840 processor, has 6 GB of RAM, and an AMD Radeon HD 6800 (plus plenty of hard drives). I have had this setup for a while and will upgrade parts as time goes on. My next system is a ASUS G75 Series G75VW-NS71 Intel Core i7 3610QM(2.30GHz) 12GB Memory and 2x 500GB HDDs. This machine is a beast in every sense but it is bulky and generally stays attached to my livingroom TV for movies, gaming, and some couch schoolwork. Next to that I have an iPad and some expired dell laptops from work (D & E Series). I use those for some fun network and linux projects. Finally at work I use a lenovo T430s, latest and greatest model with a core i5, 8GB ram, and 250GB SSD, as well as an HTC One phone.
Currently I am a junior level network admin and also a graduate student studying for an MBA with a concentration in IT security. Im working on my Cisco certs at the same time so I am a really busy guy and I make a lot of demands from my technology. Because I like to tinker, I am not the biggest fan of Apple products, I feel that the software is limiting to my purposes. My work allows me to test some of the latest software from Microsoft and other companies. I am also a gamer when I have the time so I like to max out the graphics on any games I play. I have always enjoyed AMD chips for their affordability and effeciency and have been prefering them over intel for over a decade. My main use for an HP ENVY Sleekbook would be to have a portable platform to assist me with work, school, and games. If I were to use this system I would definetely push it to its limits. I have the luxury to keep my software up to its newest release and my helpdesk expierience makes me very good at finding bugs. Winning one would improve my setup substantially because I can use it in work, school and at home. I particularlly am excited about using the Windows 8 platform on a touch device that is capable of doing some decent gaming (Civ V, Diablo 3) and school work, all while weighing a fraction of my beastly laptop.
I have a Gateway MD2614U. The battery life is abysmal (maybe an hour from full to dead). Being over four years old, I've already noticed that the few games I do play on my laptop are slow even under low resolution and graphics quality. I've also been experiencing heat issues and keyboard issues with my current laptop, most likely due to the age (the F and J nubs are worn off almost completely, as are the stickers on the D and K keys, for example). The RAM in my laptop has been upgraded to its maximum of 4GB, meaning that I am finding myself very quickly left behind in the area of performance, especially compared to the base 8GB of the ENVY and the maximum of 16 GB. Lacking a touch screen, I know that my experiences with Windows beyond Windows 7 (by default, my laptop came with Vista) will be sub-optimal, especially compared to the already limited hardware that I have right now.
I currently have a HP Pavilion dv5t-1000 CTO as my computing device. I use it for entertainment primarily, but I plan on finishing up my degree soon and it would be nice to have something much more portable with better battery life to use in class. It's also a nice all around upgrade from what I currently have.
I have a hp laptop that is about 3 years old. I am a student so I use my computer mostly for working on homework and my online classes. I also have 3 kids, so it used for their homework as well.
Would be so grateful if I was the winner. Current rig is HP Pavilion dv5z circa 2008. It's running Windows 7 now and Vista was installed originally. Powered by AMD Athlon so I'd welcome the opportunity to provide my feeback on 2008 technology compared to 2013 AMD tech. I'm a long time fan of both HP and AMD.
I'm IT major at an university, so I need some processing power and or speed from time to time. My current setups are a custom built AMD Quad Core Phenom 9950 (not even a Phenom 2), 4 GB RAM currently in it, GTX 260 and 500 GB HDD I think. The machine actually take to school is somewhat ancient Sony VGN-N365E (Windows Vista, 2 GB RAM, Core Duo CPU (not a Core 2 Duo) and a 128 GB SSD I put there to help it. I'm an IT student, so I think I could give you perhaps some worthwhile feedback and you'd have my appreciation for getting me speedier system.
I am currently using an old Acer Aspire laptop with a Celeron CPU, 2GB of RAM, and a 250GB PATA hard drive. Needless to say, it's not exactly a powerhouse. I started working for myself a little over a year ago so I would have free time to take care of a sick family member. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to purchase a new laptop and the machine above is the one I lug around with me for work. It was actually given to me by one of my clients (she is a very kind person). I do have a fairly recent desktop (Sandy Bridge CPU), but I can’t transport that around with me. Winning this laptop would be awesome and I would finally have a machine that could do more than barely browse the net. When you’re the “IT Guy” it’s usually a good idea to have more than a 6 year old laptop. :-)
I am currently using an i7 920 cpu with quadro fx 580, win7 x64, and 8gb ram. I use my system mainly for 3d effects such as hair/fur, cloth, and fluid dynamics.
Winning this sleekbook would allow me to add this device as an additional machine for rendering. Whenever I render, it can take a long time. Having multiple machines really help to split the render jobs in half and make the render time much faster and shorter.
I have a PC. It has an amd fx 6100 and an amd HD 6870. The reason i would like win is that i have always wanted to try one of the new APUs for amd but didnt want to rebuy a whole new pc. And with mantel right around the corner an APU is looking better and better as a standard for a new pc build.
Right now I have a Toshiba satellite m645-s4050 running windows vista basic and has 2 gigs of ram and nvidia m310. My friend came over and split water on my keyboard so I have to use an external keyboard and at the momment I use a crap mouse. This computer would be like a dream come true because I do so much with mine even though it is broken in so many areas.
I am a volunteer medical courier transporting bone marrow and related products to and from the US for the National Marrow Donor Program. I travel roughly once per month. I have been using a small HP notebook which is very slow and worse, starting to get flaky because I have dropped it several times going through TSA and foreign security (the entire left corner is missing). I use Skype a LOT to communicate with everyone... doctors at the donor center, doctors at the transplant center, my wife, National Marrow Donor Program, travel agents and airlines and probably a few others that I haven't thought of.
While I can use my phone it is enormously expensive to make overseas calls with ATT. I know I have saved thousands of dollars for NMDP by using Skype. My little HP is giving out - the power cord is loose, and the screen turns magenta from time to time. It is time to move on.
Selfishly I could also watch my movies while on long flights, view some stock markets charts and it would probably be lighter. and it would absolutely boot up faster than the little guy.
I would be happy to provide feedback to AMD about the product. I would, of course, take it with me on a trip or two so it would be used in a wide variety of places and circumstances such as airports and on airplanes, hospitals and clinics, office buildings, libraries and coffee shops and, of course, in my home office.
I have no computer right now , just use me iphone 5 for everything. Use others computer if I need to do anything right now, which hasn't been very frequently. Will be starting a website so I have to find one soon, or win one!
I currently own both a 2-year-old Asus G74SX gaming laptop that is pretty much used as a desktop upstairs in the office/spare bedroom, and an HTPC/media server downstairs that doesn't have enough power for any kind of gaming. As I don't really have any viable options for a lightweight, portable device that can be used for light gaming or programming away from my desk, this HP Envy would fill that void wonderfully. Having the ability to work or play on the couch with my wife or while out of the house would be very much appreciated.
I'm a huge AMD fan, all of the PC's that I currently own are powered by AMD but I don't own a personal laptop. This would be a welcome addition to my home.
I currently have an Asus G53S series notebook which was plagued with the problem of the plug pin breaking. Mine broke a long time ago but I've jimmy rigged it to slightly work over time since paying 150 dollars to send it in for the same internal hardware to be put back in with the same chances of breaking would be fool hardy. I generally use my laptop for work and general use while traveling. A sleekbook would be a great upgrade and it would definitely help not to have to continually fix my own.
I have a total of 3 computing devices in my house: 1 HTC First which is my wifes smartphone and main source of consumption, 1 HTC Inspire (AT&T) which is primarily just my phone, and 1 amalgamation of a computer I pieced together with spare parts when my laptop died. It resides in the case of an old Gateway that was given to me by a family member, has 4 gigs (2x2GB) of RAM that came stock with the Gateway and 2 aftermarket Corsair sticks (2x1GB) from an old computer that I built, an nVidia GT 9400, and my old Seagate 500GB laptop hard drive from the laptop that died on me, and an AMD Phenom II CPU.
If I won this laptop, it would make life substantially easier. My wife could use it from wherever she needed to so she wouldnt have to keep our son in the computer room (he is 8 months old and a handful). I could use it when I (hopefully) get to go back to school this next semester, and frankly it would be nice to get to experience a SSD first hand since I have been using low speed laptop drives for more years than I can stand.
I tried getting the envy series last month form staples, and even highly recommended it to people when I worked there, but never got a chance to play around with it. Would love a shot. Thanks for the possible chance, Cheers.
My aging Acer Extensa laptop is simply not cutting it anymore. It was a low-end laptop buy to begin with, which always made it just little less useful than I wanted it to be most of the time, mostly in terms of GPU power.
But with the advances in software, with web browsers relying on GPU acceleration for website rendering, my old Acer seems to be limping along, with the internal fan constantly running on high just to do basic web browsing or word processing.
An AMD-based laptop would let me not only do all the basic tasks I'm used to without even breaking a sweat, but it would let me play pretty much my whole Steam library on it as well, which would be a really cool bonus.
Have a desktop PC, heavy laptop and tablet. The desktop is where I do most work. The laptop was useful when I had to travel but yet still do some real (computation and graphics intensive work) work, but it's not so useful these days since I don't travel as much. The tablet I carry around the house for quick browsing and streaming. An ultrabook would fill that gap between the tablet and the desktop while being lighter than my current laptop.
I own a couple android devices and an HTPC. I'd love to have something more portable for school and Android devices just don't cut it yet for workstations.
I'm definitely in need of a proper portable. I work some pretty long hours, and need the ability to do programming homework (online courses) whenever and wherever I can find the time. For now, I'm making due with a desktop PC (gen2 i3 + GTX 550Ti) for gaming, homework, organizing music, general internets, etc) and an old headless Mac Mini I use for music playback (it gives me bit-perfect audio output at up to 96/24. good stuff)
My programming class is online, and that means I'm tied to the house to get it done. I've got a family reunion coming up, and I need something to take with me so I can do that homework, otherwise I fail the course. This would be perfect!
I have a desktop on Windows 8, and I like it okay, but I feel like I am missing a large part of the experience by not being able to use the interface by touch. A laptop like this would be perfect.
I currently have a desktop computer and an iPad mini. My girlfriend is going to grad school and she uses my computer to write her papers. Would be nice to get another computer for her to be able to use.
Hi, I'm currently on a macbook pro from 08 and I want to win a sleek book so I can play dota 2 with my friends from high school. My old mac can't run it and I've been thinking about getting a new computer, however being a poor med student I can only afford subway sandwiches.
i think i am the last but still i hope may be i'll get one. i am a bigger student of web development i have a Lenovo G50-30 with Intel Celeron n2840 2.16GHz 2GB RAM
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dadbeh - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm firstdadbeh - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
lol .... i dont think 1 is the number that ever comes up randomly when they're picking the winner ... :ddadbeh - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a dell latitude laptop .... very bulky and heavy. I also have a nexus 7 tablet that jst doesnt cut it for school work so i have to carry the laptop most of the time,FwFred - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a 2011 i5 Macbook Air, a Sandy i5 HTPC, and an Ivy i5 desktop. I use the desktop for photo editing and some gaming. The MBA is a great couch and mobile PC. What would I do with a 15.6" 5.6 lb laptop? Don't know. It's slower than my 2 year old Air with graphics that aren't quite up to a gaming system. It's too heavy to bring with me places. It has awful resolution for a 15.6" screen. I guess I don't get the point. It really seems like this PC (other than the 8GB RAM and 840 SSD) belongs to 2010.fumigator - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
You're comparing apples to oranges. No kidding, also I love the mac book air, but this AMD laptop costs lot less.FwFred - Sunday, September 29, 2013 - link
Yes, but I'm a consumer and I get to choose between apples and oranges. Guess what? I like apples. But let's say @ $699, I think I'd much rather have an ultrabook which will still be faster in the areas that matter while much more portable. What's the use of a 15.6" screen when it is 13x7? Just to add weight?ET - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I've used random.org for choosing giveaway winners (for games I gave at GOG.com or elsewhere), and the number 1 came up often enough (granted, from a much smaller range of numbers than Anandtech gets). Assuming the random number generation is uniform, any number is as good as any other.stacey94 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
It's just as likely as any other number.solien - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
ly/1bBkd71rhofmann - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Long time AMD fan.bmasumian - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I would like to know when we will have hybrids (laptops and tablets in one) with AMD chips in them. Can't wait. My son is waiting for one, too.IamSushi - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
nice!solien - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
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I have a little Acer Aspire 11" AO-722 netbook (AMD C60-based), a home-assembled desktop built around an A10 Trinity processor, and a Dell 6250 Latitude for work. I'd use an HP envy to replace my Acer Aspire as my personal mobile laptop - for writing, light gaming, photo-editing, etc. inside and outside the home. I've been a long-time (non-exclusive) AMD user.venk90 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
First !!I am a graduate student in engineering with a 5 year old MacBook that I picked up based on reviews here and I have no regrets. I don't own any other computer or tablet and something that can be used for media consumption and general computing without over heating and feeling sluggish sometimes would be great.
Hope I can get this, else I will probably buy a kaveri desktop when I can afford it.
WhatAboutBobby - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Five years is nothing, I'm currently using a Toshiba Qosmio F45-AV411. Bought this baby in '07 and have already swapped the hdd once because of failure in July. Fun fact: I saw the HDD repair article last week and laughed at how my problems with diassembly and reassembly you all had was exactly the same when I tried to repair it.My specs are: Intel Core 2 Duo T5450, 15.4" 1280x800, now 300GB HDD(still too cheap to go SSD), 2GB RAM, 802.11n, and Windows Vista(please I've heard all the jokes about still using this atrocious OS but MS will not have any more of my $). Also I use an optical mouse due to the touchpad that no longer works.
Mostly use this when travelling for work, which is suprisingly a lot, writing TPS reports for the bosses upstairs. I also watch quite a lot of media on it since I cut off my cable a year ago, just so expensive here in Cali for cable. Two years ago on a long business trip overseas one person on my team would not stop hurling insults at this laptop because I've no usb pass through for power and there is no way to switch the monitor off when listening to music. Aparently this is the standard for laptops for a while.
Basically I want to join the people of the world and use a piece of hardware from this decade. Something with decent battery life(currently about 90 minutes of surfing the net), but alass I see myself waiting atleast until 2016 to 2017 before I retire this baby. Sooner if this baby dies beforehand which probably is around the corner since the fan never stops going full blast and I clean it weekly with canned air. Thanks.
Poopship - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
You should pick me because im using a c2d 6950 desktop that's really slow nowadays and it weighs 300 pounds so I cant take it anywhere. That laptop looks sweet and i'd be able to actually take it places and do computer stuff when i'm not at home.Pick me!!
nichjones10 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I am a mother of 4 teenagers all boys and the time has come in school for them to have need of a laptop for class work. The economy is bad right now and money is tight. How awesome of a blessing would this be to win one!bigboxes - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have four desktops in my home, all built by me. It is nice, but at times I would like to be able to sit in the living room and be free to untether myself from the desktops. I use my phone to check on the basic stuff (e-mail, scores, headlines), but miss being able to do what I'm able on my desktops. I often go on the road for my employer. Not having a laptop, I normally just take my smartphone. Having this laptop would allow me to do most of the things I do on my desktops at home. Just the other day I was disappointed that I could not get some codecs and flash to work fully. I've hacked my android phone allowing me to do all sorts of stuff, but it's just not as functional as one of these sleekbooks would be.Please pick me. I need one!
WeaselITB - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I've got several machines -- my main gaming machine (Sandy Bridge i5 / GTX 670), the wife's gaming machine (i7-920 / GTX 570), a couple other gaming machines for when friends come over (various combinations of couple-generation old graphics and processors; basically hand-me-downs), the main file server, the Hyper-V server, the HTPC upstairs in the theatre, the HTPC in the workout room, my Surface Pro mainly used for work, and the wife's ancient Acer AMD netbook.Winning this laptop would allow me to replace the netbook, so that the wife would stop ragging on me for being able to modestly play games on my Surface Pro while she can't do even Minecraft on her netbook.
Thanks!
-Weasel
tehkyle5k - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I don't need it for myself, I have a decent Asus K-55N laptop with an AMD A8 APU and I like the performance I get out of it. If I win, I'd give it to my sister. She's a college student with an older Toshiba laptop. Her laptop is massive and the battery is pretty much shot. I think she'd really like the option to use the touch interface. I think AMD would like to hear feedback from tech enthusiasts that frequent AnandTech, but also from more mainstream consumers, like my sister.Thanks for the contest!
icedredrink - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have an old intel 775 desktop and an old dell laptop. This would bring me into the new generation of windows 8 and touchcreeens so I can finally understand the hate it gets. I would use it to take notes in class and watch movies at my girlfriends house. It would be really cool.allenwr1505 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a gaming desktop but really need something ultraportable for when I'm traveling. Would love to win this!jagadeeshwar.b - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm a big fan for AMD products and currently have 3yrs old HP pavillion dv6 2113-sa laptop and looking to upgrade with new one.DanNeely - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a high end desktop and a netbook for when I'm away. I'd like an in between device with more performance than the atom but which maintains the lightness and battery life.stym - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm an IT professional lugging around an antiquated 15.6" Core 2 laptop with a very poor Intel 4500MHD GPU. This device could cover my needs and then some (light gaming on the road, anyone?)dirkdigles - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently have a desktop Win7 PC (custom built) and an old dell vostro laptop from 2007, with a core 2 duo. I'm getting into the DAW / music production / performance space, and for mobility, my Dell just isn't going to cut it anymore. That's why I'm extremely interested in this giveaway - it would accelerate my ability to get on the road!vol7ron - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
AMD? who?Dennis Travis - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently use an HP Pro workstation with gaming card for my gaming and video work and an iMac for all my other work and Internet usage. I have a older Compaq notebook that is showing its' age and a 1st gen iPad. The iPad for my usage is very limited with no ports. I would love to update to a newer thin laptop for the best of both worlds but $$$ is very tight. Been into computers since the mid 80's and a member of Anandtech since the old days. I also own an iphone. To me a complete but thin notebook is still the way to go for portable usage for anyone needing more than basic internet and reading books. If I win this it will give me a notebook I can use for my work and not be tied to a desk.TheTom - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Thanks to AMD and Anandtech for this opportunity!Currently own an FX-8320 platform, Core i5 2500K PC and A10-5800K based desktops and a Surface Pro, Alienware M11x and HP TouchPad running Android. I like to try and sample something of each form factor / platform, as I commonly get asked for my perspective on "what to get" by friends and family (as I'm sure many readers here do).
I've long felt that APUs are perfect for most user's needs, and would love to have a Richland system on hand to prove it! Coupled with some of the mobile features (facial recognition, etc.) I think Richland APUs are a great alternative to any other mobile platform. My current setup would improve with a Sleekbook as I'd finally have a system to show others that AMD is an especially viable alternative for a mobile platform.
jimbo48222 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Currently I have a desktop that i built with the fx8350 cpu and 7970 gpu. I use this for mostly gaming and entertainment. I am limited to the computer room which can feel claustrophobic at times. I would use this laptop so i can still do some light gaming and internet surfing while in the living room with the family. I might even give it to my granddaughter for school.unhuman - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Baby needs a new pair of shoes!Got a few AMD rigs in my house (HTPC and my primary desktop). Wife has an older Macbook (2006) that is starting to fall to pieces, so she's the target. I've got a 2010 Macbook pro. Kids have an i7 quad HP DV7T laptop which is way beyond anything they'd really need.
My wife likes a small portable machine that lets her do her work. :)
Death666Angel - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I am not eligible for this contest (not a US resident), just wanted to say that I think this is a good and worthwhile thing on this website. And kudos for AMD recognizing that an SSD will go along way to making their products feel even better! :) Let's hope this helps the rest of the market to get there as well.StevoLincolnite - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Bummer how it's limited to only the yanks, an entire planet would like to join in thanks to the power of the internet!Quickdraw401 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have several Desktop machines. An HTPC, main gaming rig and a spare setup in another room for people to use. I also have a gigantic laptop (m6600 8lbs) I have to use when traveling for work which I do pretty frequently.I would love to have a smaller laptop. I think it would make life to much easier going through TSA checks and not break my back carrying it around everywhere.Jebzilla - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
This is pretty much the same entry as last time. I have one desktop, one netbook, and two smartphones. I'm the primary user for the desktop and it is mainly a gaming computer. I also use it for general web surfing and home finances. It's home built with a 7870 LE GPU and an FX-6300 CPU. I prefer to use AMD products when I home build. The netbook is my wife's and she uses it for general internet stuff and also school. She's a full time college student and really needs a new laptop. The sleekbook would be perfect for her needs. Other than that I have some e-readers but mainly use my phone for reading.mike_ekim - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My current setup is a system that I built 10 years ago. I have it hooked up to my TV via a DVI to HDMI adapter, but sadly the system is so dated that it can't stream HD videos from YouTube or Amazon; the sound and video go out of synch and eventually the computer overheats and shuts down. The processor is a Pentium D; those Intel Netburst CPUs put out a lot of heat, and the video card is a dinosaur too.I need a system that can stream HD video without effort. I also want to be able to use Chromecast (or Cheapcast) along with my Android smartphone (LG L7) and tablet (Viewsonic G tablet, still running strong!). I would really like the touch screen too, I think Windows 8 works a lot better with touch. When I use friends' touch laptops it is clear that Windows 8 was built with touch in mind.
miker25 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a $300 lenovo B570 laptop that has done wonders for me and my family over the past few years but between kids and general wear and tear we are in need of an upgrade. Never hurts to submit a try, best of luck to everyone. Thanks!dark4181 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Currently my sole computer is an X58 rig that I built 4 years ago. It's been a great computer, and it's still very fast; but it is starting to show those little quirks that come with age. Randomly goes into hibernation, blue screens, etc. I could probably fix most of it with a reformat, but that's only half of my battle. What I really need a new computer for is to be able to compute on the go. With my new job I need to be able to work more than I can at my desk. I can shoot off a quick email, take notes, or schedule on the calendar of my HTC One; but for some things a large display and a keyboard is just necessary. Having a laptop to carry would be a great help.Thanks for the great opportunity, Anandtech.
danjw - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Me! Me! I could really use this!Haipapa - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Running a Dell Latitude D520, Core2 T5500, very long in the tooth and would benefit greatly from a new system.xenocidexxxx - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
It would be nice to have a laptop againIllumin4tion - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Hey!I am a student at the UW and I own a mid range Vaio laptop. Unfortunately its battery life is pretty bad and is way to bulky and heavy to take it anywhere but from my house to the dorms. I'd love to have a smaller laptop that I can carry to classes and take notes on.
AnandFan2013 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
So need a new laptop for school.Right now I'm using an old Dell XPS from like 2006, 3gb of DDR2, Intel Core Duo and Windows Vista (uckers)
It "works" for school, but it isn't pretty, I'll tell you that much.
My Galaxy s4 feels faster..
So this lovely AMD rig would be great for frequent in-and-out uses around campus. Fast boot times! The size would be one of the best features. This angry dell is like 7 pounds :(
htwingnut - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I would love to have this laptop. I have a powerful laptop computer currently (Sager NP7330), but wouldn't mind an AMD laptop for performance comparison and review, as well as a laptop that my kids could use (so they stay away from mine, lol). I have enjoyed AMD laptops in the past, an HP previously with Llano APU and it was spectacular.Da W - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm non-US so i can't apply.But WHY, oh WHY, does it only have a 1366 x 768 display.
EvenSix - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I am submitting this entry from a PC that I have access to, when it is not in use by someone else. My current setup involves a 2007 Macbook Pro (OS X Tiger) with a non-functioning screen and non-functioning optical disc drive. I used my MBP to browse the web and stream media (movies,television shows, and podcasts). I want to win a Sleekbook to replace my MBP, as I cannot repair/upgrade it at this time. A Sleekbook would allow me to browse the web, stream media, game, and increase productivity.nyc_louie - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
AMD FTW!!wreichard - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm a poor broke writer who prays every day that my prehistoric Dell Studio 1555 doesn't give up the ghost in the unsaved middle of the best-written sentence of all time. I also can't go to the coffeeshop the way a writer should because the battery only holds a charge for about 30 minutes anymore.I could really use a cool new battery-efficient lightweight computer that I could trust. Thanks!
squishyTurtle - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
The computers I have... Let's see.The ones that I use on a regular basis are a home built Core i5 box in my office for work, and a lenovo T430 that I adore. The little media box isn't used for much more than streaming movies to the projector.
However, I do have several special purpose computers that I cobble together and use for certain things; I volunteer at the local high school as the technical director, and since I've done that, we've stopped using CDs and the analog light board to run shows. However, the computers that I use for this are an old iMac bought at a surplus sale that has a tendency to overheat and my old Macbook Pro that has a broken screen. Replacing the need to use one of those (probably the iMac that has a tendency to lock up when it gets too hot) would save me a great deal of worry when I'm running around making sure that the high schoolers don't kill themselves on the set fixing things as they fall down, etc.
On top of that, as a graduate student, I am doing research in the field of qualitative spatial reasoning, and a large aspect of that research involves creating a GUI that sits on top of the QSR system we're designing. One of the platforms we'd like to investigate is tablets: manipulating 3D objects seems like a touch screen interface would be beneficial.
Scarier - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Since I didn't win the lottery, I'll settle for a free laptop thanks.Jeff Lee - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Thank you Anandtech for providing an outlet for direct feedback for AMD and potentially others to come. It is certainly refreshing for a community to hear that our voices are heard.Currently my gaming setup is a hand build desktop that is 1 year old. It has a Core I7-2600k, 16 GB of ram, an old school Sapphire Vapor-X 5870, 256 GB SSD from Kingston, all in an awesome antec eleven hundred. That 5870 still rocks games as far as I'm concerned.
Having a desktop is very nice, if I am at home. I just got a new job and will probably be traveling more and having something to work on that is a bit faster than the old work computer would be a blessing no doubt. There's also the minor detail of being able to game and relax and take my mind off the fact I'm not home with my wife. Yes, I miss my wife when I'm gone.
Thank you all for the hard work you up in to your reviews and thanks for reading.
Jeff
zorgon - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My wife and I currently share a computer that I built. But, she teaches some online college courses and has to do online activities and chats with her students. We also have 2 children ages 3 and 4 1/2, so Mommy cannot get any alone or quite time to work with her students. With a laptop then she could "retreat" to our bedroom and do her classwork in peace. :)franklyc - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently own a desktop PC running Windows 7 which consists of an Intel i5 2500k CPU, AMD 6950 GPU, 8 GB of RAM, various HDD's, etc. I use this mainly for gaming, photo / video editing and recording / editing music. I also own a Lenovo IdeaPad Y550 (15.6 Screen, Intel T6500, 4 GB RAM, GT 130M) which I use for web browsing, Word / Excel, PDF creation / editing, streaming video / music and for a mobile computer while traveling. I'm planning on giving this to my father so I'm in the market for a new laptop / notebook. The Envy would be perfect replacement / upgrade for the Lenovo.Not only would the Envy be a welcome and much needed addition to my current device stable, it would also be providing a much needed computer to my father as well. Thanks!
menestrel - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
[Sorry bad English] When I was finally going to replace an AMD notebook by another AMD, gain by gift one "economic" profile and notebook CPU brand competitor [read Intel], which lags with 4 tabs opened in a browser? This dilemma experienced three years ago is the reason for the gamer had turned an ordinary user, but with an insane desire to get back to the glory days with friends asking for compassion (a little bit of exaggeration) ... This is the main reason why I should win this giveaway!Aganazer - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I am a software developer in the medical field. My job responsibilities have me traveling about 25% of the time. Until recently I was using a Samsung ATIV Clovertrail hybrid while on the road. Some recent life changes (separation from wife) has left me without a portable computer. I need a replacement computer for both personal and business use. The HP ENVY Sleekbook would be perfect for this.I am an old school gamer and would like to see how well it can perform with games over the years. My old Clovertrail tablet could only handle games up to about 2005 and I am sure that the HP would be much better.
NXTwoThou - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Currently have a desktop from 2007 connected to my television that I've updated to all the latest MS OSs on. It's also my Blu-ray player. I've pretty much given up on playing games on it and really use it when I'm watching videos(I canceled my cable television right about a year ago). I also own a notebook circa 2009 that has a dead bluray drive in it, horrific display panel, heavy, horrific trackpad, and battery life of a little over an hour. I put an SSD at the beginning of 2012 to breath new life in it, but primarily its become my facebook computer and my watch videos while laying in the tub computer.Having something with more graphical umph would allow me to reexplore some light gaming. Having something lighter would make me feel less tied down, having better battery life would make me less tied down. If I'm in the kitchen cooking, I'll just cart it in there(without needing a plug). If I'm in the bedroom, I'd be less likely to use my phone and would cart it in and watch a video or chat online(again, without needing a plug). It'd become my new traveling companion. I gave up on my regular notebook due to size/weight/power requirements. I've learned to live with my phone, but that's far from optimal.
gentlearc - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
The past 5 years have been a mobile life, moving with only what fits in airport luggage, I've relied on access to the world has been through an early i7-720qm notIeook with a gts250m discreet (acting as phone,internet,word processing, school software), which isn't portable (just movable). I'm attending university and while the ol' notebook suffices as a desktop replacement, portability as well as integration into daily life is non-existent. I believe an AMD Envy would enable me to take better advantage of cutting edge benefits of portable technology with an integrated solution that has the battery life to support my efforts.bdub951 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently own a 6 year old AMD based laptop along with a gaming desktop based on Intel. I also own a Kindle Fire. I use the gaming PC for games (obviously) and for my normal day-to-day computing needs. The laptop is for travel and business and it's a pretty painfully slow experience. I would benefit greatly from the performance of the 4 Richland cores as well as the integrated GPU power of the APU. It's been a long time since I've played any game on my laptop. Hopefully this post changes that!Hulk - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
We have a desktop I built for business use, a Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet that is primarily used by me, my wife, and my 5 year old daughter for Netflix watching. I also have a 2006 Dell Inspiron laptop that has been apprehended by my daughter so I could really use a new laptop.toki5 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently own a PC. I use it for everyday use, i mean everything. Owning a sleekbook would be so great because I have never owned a notebook. It would free me up to move my computer around which seems like it would be pretty neat.Darkvette - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Hello,I have been an AMD enthusiast for a number of years now, ever since the AthlonXP days(going back a ways). Curently, I have a custom built gaming rig with an AMD FX-8120 and an AMD Radeon 7970. My wife and I use this not just for gaming, but also for music, video editing, and email/internet surfing. I am often away from my family on business, and my only means of communication with my family is via phone. Winning a Sleekbook would allow my family and I to keep in touch visually, through Skype or Google+ while I am away from home, so we're not missing as much time with one another.
thrash_metash - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I teach an early morning Bible study class to high school students and this would really come in handy for showing videos, pictures, or slides. I currently use an old Android tablet but it is quite flaky which gets embarrassing. I'd love to give the sleekbook a try and provide a meaningful review. Thanks for your consideration!jojoguy10 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My current setup is a full tower gaming PC that stays at my desk 24/7. I also own an HTC Droid DNA smartphone as well. I'm also getting ready for college and have been looking for a nice laptop to use.If I win this laptop, it would be used for my robotics team that I'm involved with (FRC Team #2990). I'm the head of tech support which is in charge of running PowerPoints, working with other computers, and I'm also the lead programmer as well.
mga318 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I've been looking for a slightly larger laptop for a while for practical purposes. I use my 11" laptop on the go and love it, but I just moved from Vancouver to Chicago and had to sell my larger computer. an 11" screen is limiting as my only computing device...abrowne1993 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I am an undergrad student with a desktop for heavy work and a 4 year old laptop that I hardly use anymore. It's kind of heavy and the battery life isn't great, so I tend to carry my tablet around instead. If I had a new, slimmer laptop I would certainly carry it around more.w2aith - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Could really use this, My current computer is on its last legcyberburnout - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently have an older Toshiba laptop. It has served me well in the past but it is starting to really show its age. It is running slow, the Intel Cpu is hot as heck, the battery life is next to zero, screen resolution is poor, Memory is maxed out at 2gb and takes forever to boot. I do a lot of work in photoshop and Lightroom. It can get the basic stuff done when I'm on the move but when it comes to the more detailed stuff I have move my work over to my desktop. This is very inconvenient but I can't render on a laptop that has less then 512mb or vram. I would love to have a notebook that could be my central and solo working station. No more porting files, boots faster, better screen resolution and just overall performs better. It would help me so much have a notebook that fits my work and have the ability to play a few games or watch HD content with it hiccupping. Oh please help me get rid of this notebook I have now. I promise to dontate to a school or charity!Boogaloo - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Currently only have a desktop and a tablet, no laptop. If I won actually I'd give it to my girlfriend, as her old laptop is on the cusp of death and she doesn't have an actual desktop.JaredC01 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My current setup was built in late 2009, and has had a few upgrades along the way. In it's current setup, I'm running an i7 920 paired to an EVGA Classified board, with 24 GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz RAM, powered by an Enermax Revolution 1050w PSU, with an EVGA GTX670 FTW LE video card, six HDDs of the Western Digital variety ranging from 500 GB (in a RAID 0 array) up to 2TB (in a RAID 1 array), sound from a Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty card, and all thrown into a Corsair 650D case. The setup is mainly used as a gaming computer, but doubles as a graphics editing and video rendering machine.A long while ago I was an AMD fan, though since the introduction of the Core 2 line in CPUs and the GTX 400 series in GPUs, I've not even bothered with the AMD offerings due to the performance gap between the two manufacturers. With AMD now more focused on their APU offerings, I'm very interested to see how well their mobile platform stacks up to the Intel based setups, especially in graphics performance.
If I had the Sleekbook, it would be used as a replacement for my desktop when rendering, and when not rendering, it would allow me to get away from the officer chair to browse, and play an occasional game or two.
Nintendo Maniac 64 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Simply put, the fastest PC that I own period has the following:- Athlon 64 x2 4800+ 2.5GHz (65nm, C2 stepping, 2 x 512KB L2)
- Geforce 8800GS 384MB
- Crucial M4 128GB SSD
- 2x1GB 800MHz DDR2 + 2x1GB 667MHz DDR2
And the fastest laptop I own period has the following:
- 1280x800 LCD display
- 2GHz T5800 Core 2 Duo
- integrated Intel 965GMA
- OCZ Onyx 32GB SSD
- 2x1GB 667MHz DDR2
Nintendo Maniac 64 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
And to clarify, that laptop in question isn't particularly light at all and is quite think too, and it's a 15" LCD. It's an Acer Aspire 5315-2639.The best mobile computer I have, that is, something that's actually not moderately heavy and has a battery life better than 1-2 hours, is the following Asus EeePC netbook:
- 1024x600 LED-backlit LCD display
- 1.6GHz N270 Intel Atom (1 core, 2 threads)
- integrated Intel 945GMA
- OCZ Onyx 32GB SSD
- 2GB DDR2
emollient - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Keep it!designerfx - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Currently, I have a mobile heavy/desktop environment. I have a high end consumer desktop serving as both a media and file server while powering both a TV display and a 1920x1200 display simultaneously. Usually all of the above is going at the same time, as I have separate hard drives for the media/file servers which don't impact the plenty of ram and graphics (HD 6970 3GB with an i7 920) for gaming. win7 x64.In addition to that, my wife and I have about 4 active mobile phones (2 work, 2 personal), a tablet (nexus 7", and are about to look into whether we purchase a laptop or a tablet to assist with couchsurfing/portable needs that are above what a mobile phone is capable of. Chromecast has its limits vs chromecasting a browser window. Our laptops are broken/not cost efficient and were traded for the tablet - except for our 2 work laptops.
A sleekbook fits right into testing that capability with a touch screen to assess windows 8 vs another android tablet. This is as much about mobility (considering the laptop's radio range tested with an asus rt-n56u) as it is about just seeing how much a laptop like this can handle - whether the laptop could be an always-on candidate for offloading some of the file server functions or as more than a temporary storage place for DSLR photos, that's I want to see.
It's hard to assess what can be done without a laptop, but that's my current environment.
Hrel - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My entry: (modified for this entry)I currently have an older desktop I built, based on Nvidia's 650SLI chipset. At the time it was the only platform that officially supported DDR2-800Mhz. Currently the CPU is an E8400 and it has 4GB of DDR2-800 at 4-4-4-12. I have one GTX460 768MB GPU and a Hauppage TV Tuner/Capture card. I'm using a Thermaltake 550W PSU in an old Atrix case with a build in handle. It has one front Scythe 120mm fan, 2 side 80mm Antec Cool n Quiet fans with one rear 90mm Antec fan.
Though I started with one 500GB hard drive ($160 at the time) it now has two in RAID 0 and the OS is on a 256GB SSD. I ordered a Crucial SSD, but they gave me $80 back since they sent me a VisionTek; it works well so I'm happy with the deal. Finally it has a USB 3.0 expansion card in the spare PCI-E x16 port; it's a x1 card though.
My main laptop is a Clevo P151HM with Core i7 2630 and GTX560M GPU. 8GB DDR-3 1333 RAM with a Seagate MomentusXT 500GB hdd.
My work laptop is a cheap HP with Core i5 and integrated graphics on a 1360x768 screen.
I already won the V5 and am grateful. I really don't have a need for this level computing device. This class laptop is a role better fulfilled by my Clevo. However it would be really cool to have both this and the V5 for testing purposes. I'd love to run both of these through some benchmarks and testing scenarios just to see what happens. I work as an Engineer so I do performance testing and documentation all the time; it's just on Industrial level hardware. Most of which is built in house. It's much less exciting than consumer class hardware; at least most of the time.
Once I was done testing this machine I'd likely give it away to the wife of one of my friends. They just got married and are struggling to get by. Someone gifting them something like this is really the only way they're going to have a nice computing platform for the foreseeable future. This is thin and light so she could carry it around easily enough and the specs should exceed her needs. The most taxing thing she does is put music to pictures and play flash games. I also don't expect the resolution would bother her and I know the SSD would make her very happy with it.
I've never won anything before so that V5 was really cool. I figure maybe I can let some of my karmic momentum benefit someone else; if I should happen to win two give a ways in a row.
mrdude - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently own a desktop - 955 Deneb and a 5870 with 12GB of RAM in a 770 ASRock motherboard. My laptop is an X220 with an i3 Sandy Bridge.I use the machines mainly for web browsing, media, minimal gaming (couple hours a week and only on the desktop as HD300 can't handle it), and AutoCAD for work. The desktop is still going strong, with more than ample power for my needs. The laptop on the other hand could use an upgrade, if only for the graphics. I love my X220, but the HD3000 appears to be a limiting factor in my AutoCAD work and therefore I'm restricted to 2D modeling on the field (and that can get slow too) while 3D is a nonstarter. I reckon this HP Envy would provide ample power to do both :)
laweijfmvo - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
i have a 11" macbook air (2010), which i use for casual stuff -- email, news, etc., and a desktop (i3 sandy bridge) that i use for work and tasks that require power. it would be great to have a notebook with a "big enough" screen that's powerful enough to replace the desktop, because desktops are inconvenient for my small apartment.i also have a nexus 4 and nexus 7, which serve strictly as a phone and ebook/bedtime device.
TheTick077 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Currently I have PC 2 systems (no tablets but both my wife and I have Android smartphones). One is my HTPC/Media server/(light)Gaming Rig (Intel Pentium G860 w/ Radeon 7770 GPU) that I have hooked into my main tv downstairs, and the other is a 15" Lenovo laptop (Intel i5). Both systems are currently running Windows 7 and I have a couple of Linux distros installed via VM on the laptop for some light development work I do on the side.If I were to win this laptop it would enable me to work on my existing laptop while my wife and kids use the new laptop. In addition, we home school our two oldest kids (2nd grade and kindergarten) and have been thinking of incorporating some light computer instruction and having the latest OS with a touchscreen would be a HUGE benefit for us. It would enable us to cross the gap they currently have when they go from using our phone to trying to use the Laptop - they always reach up and try to touch and manipulate the screen (especially the 2.5 year old). In addition, I have always been an AMD fan (first PC I built was a 1GHz AMD machine), but went with Intel on my latest HTPC build and laptop and would love the opportunity to go back to AMD and see how it stacks up with the Intel chipset.
Gunbuster - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I've got a slow netbook that I would love to replace. Maybe this laptop would fit the bill. Apprehensive about a 1366 x 768 screen. Maybe winning one would change my mind?menting - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have 3 computers at home. One desktop, one laptop, and one netbook.The desktop is a core i7-920 from a few years ago. It has dual monitors, and it is my go to computer when I'm at home. Reasons are the big monitors and the fast speed. I sometimes remote log in to work, but mainly it's used for browsing the web (social websites, news, etc), as well as some light gaming.
The laptop is an old Core Solo laptop. It's currently connected to the TV and runs XBMC. The reason for that is because the battery died, and it's not worth it to buy a new one for it.
The netbook is what I use when I am on the go. It is an Atom N280 netbook. It works fine for simple web browsing, but I've noticed that the 10 inch screen is increasing becoming stressful for my eyes. Not to mention it can't do much other than browsing simple sites.
With a new AMD sleekbook, I'll be able to protect my eyes better, and not want to smash my computer when I'm out and suddenly want to watch a video or some family pictures. Weight was a major consideration when I chose the netbook, and I had to sarifice light gaming in order to hit that weight. With the AMD sleekbook, the weight would not increase too much, but gaming is now very doable.
hyperlobic - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
This one will be for my lovely wife. She went through college and grad school with an old beat up HP notebook that is now just about dead. That thing is slow, a good bit of the screen has dead blue pixels, and yet she loves the look and the feel of that old broke laptop. When I showed here this HP she really liked it, this the entry.With her new job going to visit clients (marketing) the new laptop will make a world of difference for her.
driscoll42 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently have my old desktop from 2009, which was top of the line then and has aged well enough but I can't lug it around wherever I want! My laptop died recently and I just have too many other things to pay off to buy a new one, so a new, sleek laptop would be perfect for when I go visit family, friends, club meetings and more!racerx_is_alive - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I've got a desktop computer that I built a few years back that has an Athlon X2 with an SSD as my primary machine. It is starting to show its age, though the SSD gave me a couple more years. We also have an ASUS laptop that is a little old, pretty slow, and serves as a computer for the other person stuck not using the desktop. Before I put the SSD in the desktop, it was the primary computer that people would try to use. Would love to win this one because the last one is due for a replacement, and I'd love to switch to windows 8 the way it was meant to be used- with a touchscreen.skiboysteve - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Hello! We currently have phones and a terribly old Asus laptop. Often we want to do something on a real computer because its very hard to do on our phones or just awful to use our old laptop. Would love something like this!!Strk - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently have my desktop. Which was built using a Shuttle SFF, which is making upgrades quite a pain. It has a Phenom II x3 (forget the exact model, but the fastest one that was still 95w TDP, since that is the max the system could take) with an XFX 7750 (needed to be single slot). It does have two SSDs though, which make it very fast.I also have an Asus Transformer TF700. It's ok, but a bit sluggish. I'm going back to school and it works ok for notes, but none of the Pearson stuff works, which stinks since there is a decent amount of info that helps with the books available online. They all force you to their Android apps, which are broken. I also have a Galaxy Nexus in serious need of replacing. It eats batteries :(
justaviking - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I would love to have a notebook like this.My current setup is heave on desktop units. I have some laptops but they are showing their age, and one has a broken hinge and I don't dare open or close it any more, so it is no longer portable. I'd love to compare my older laptops with one that was actually manufactured in this decade.
HisDivineOrder - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
When I first noticed the AMD Center, I didn't pay it much mind, but now I'm beginning to wonder if you guys are going to be capable of beating AMD down into the dirt when they screw up if you've got a section bought and paid for on your site.For example, where are the news releases and commentary on the current CF 4K issues that most other technical sites are talking about? Are those also in your AMD section somewhere?
superunknown98 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Right now I currently own a self built desktop with an AMD FX 8320. It is currently more than fast enough for games and whatever else I might throw at it. However a new notebook would be very much appreciated as my Acer aspire one is a bit long in the tooth.red_dog007 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Lets see. My name is Luke. I am a Computer Science major in Information Security and Assurance. I currently have a lenovo B575. The day I got it a key popped off. I thought it would be good enough for my needs, but turns out I was mistaken. I got it for $250 new on a sale as that is I could afford anyways. It is more of a pain to work with than anything. It is pretty slow having a Brazos E450 in it.For my major, just to do homework I usually need a VM open (Kali or Ubuntu), a couple Word documents, a couple PowerPoints, and Internet for labs. I also have program in PHP (so have XAMPP and MySQL running as services), I use Netbeans, BlueJay and Visual Studio so I can learn Java, C++ and C#.
It is very slow makes me want to toss it across the library every time I use it. The thing has a hard time navigating through Chrome yet a lone multitasking or running these heavy applications.
I always envy these new laptops I see online and out in the wild wishing that I could afford something with some bunch. But as a poor married college student with two children, it can be hard to keep a decent amount of food in the fridge let a lone buying another lowend, slightly faster laptop.
sethcrow - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My current laptop is an HP Envy but my fan is going out! I'm leaning heavier on my desktop to compensate, but winning this would help me get away from my desk!gharkay - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I built a desktop for my mom, but she needs a laptop when she is constantly working away from home and staying in an apartment.laytoncy - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Would love to give feedback on this device while making great use of it.Dfere - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Hey, No one needs this more than me! (well....). I just bough at i5 acer for my busines, and this POS died on my during tax season. Further, a computer company client of mine wiped the HD and did not keep my Office Keys. So I thought about trying Office 365, but I also had a hosted outlook Exchange server. 365 tried to subvert the server, so I cancelled it, but then my Windows Phone contacts could not be accessed on Outlook.com as Outlook.com tried to access the new subverting cancelled server at my business address. My phone was then dying, so I tried to merge all contacts on the phone, sync with Exchange, which seemed to work! Well it didn't. It only added phone numbers to known contacts already in Exchange, and worse, it updated OLD numbers that were no longer working that I had updated in Exchange already. 2000 contacts, and I do not know it the phone numbers are correct now.Have I not suffered enough at the hands of the Tech God? Have I not made enough blood sacrifice. I have been a devotee of this site since 1999 or so, even though I did not have an account for many years. I have posted numerous secular (mac v Win) posts here, made jests about the great robot protector with sword and flaming shield for over a decade to lift the hearts of the hosts. Mother of god, pick me! Pick me! :)
warrenk81 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'd like a personal laptop that's not one component away from failure. Currently rocking an iPhone 4S with no wifi and a two generations old latitude with a hinge that's just about to snap. Hoping to get something current before one of these takes the next step into the grave.tacosRcool - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have an awesome gaming setup currently and a HTPC that I recently built. I just gave away my 13.3" ultraportable laptop to my dad so he could use it at church. At my job they didn't give me a computer but it seems like a laptop would be good to have since I don't have one anymore. Plus if I go traveling I could always play a game or two!s1175290 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My laptop is 5.5 years old....I would love this!abhaxus - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
first of all, it wasn't until the last contest that I realized that the email address I had set up here for probably the last 10+ years was my college email, so even if I've won a contest, I don't know because the email didn't work due to my own stupidity!second, I currently have 2 gaming PCs (one fx8320 @ 4.6ghz, one c2q6600 @ 3.6 ghz) and an old acer laptop (turion based), plus an HTPC, and of course 2 smart phones. The old acer laptop is, well, old, and these would be ideal replacements, especially since they are powerful enough to play a game or two if I wanted without firing up the power hungry desktop.
semicycle - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My home consists of 6 main PCs, 2 NAS, 1 laptop, 2 tablets, 4 cell phones…My pc is a custom C2Q Q6600, my wife has an HP C2Q 8200, my teen has a small Dell studio hybrid and my two younger children share an AMD 4850e based system running Ubuntu. The living room and master bedroom have C2D based HTPCs for media consumption. Media is served inside and outside the home via (2) Unraid based servers (older 8TB and newer 30TB server).
I work from home 40% of the time and use my desktop for web, email and virtualbox to log in to multiple VPN environments. My wife and teen use their desktops for web,email, and youtube (teen) while my younger kids are logged into one of the many kid friendly websites (Disney, Nick,CartoonNetwork, etc) on their shared PC. The older Unraid server is used for data backups while the newer one is used for streaming audio and movies around the house. My wife finally allowed me to dump her netbook this past Mother’s day and she now uses an Asus i3 based touchscreen ultrabook when traveling. (10-15% of the time)
My youngest daughter has a 1st gen kindle fire and my son has permanently taken over my Nexus7. Both are used for reading and light gaming on the go.
Lastly I use a Nexus4, my wife has an HTC One and my teen uses a hand-me-down HTC Sensation 4G. All are just typical use smartphones. My youngest daughter is allowed to carry the spare LG GS170 with her when she’s over a friend’s house.
So what’s missing…A laptop for me. I’m tired of sitting in the office away from the family while working. The laptop would allow me to carry my work into any room and not be confined to my desk.
rgupta82 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Love Anandtech. I have been in semiconductor startegy/corp. development roles professionally, and routinely use Anandtech for valuable insights on technologies, roadmaps, tear-downs, reviews etc.vignyan - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I am in! :)Grinson - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Smexyeanazag - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I am a fan of AMD. I'm rooting for them to roll out some competitive products. This looks like a nice laptop at a good price. I would upgrade the SSD to 256/240. I'd look for a mSATA port internally. I like the idea of having two storage ports internally. I wish I could upgrade the screen to 1600x900 minimum. I think their APUs give them the best competitive edge from their products. I believe they can compete on a platform level and have just missed the opportunity. There is a lot of opportunity to innovate there even with out the fastest proc. Anyway this laptop would be used for mobile gaming. I know that it will be better than what I have.LarsBars - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently have a dual-monitor desktop with a Phenom 9750 that my wife and I use for all of our computing. I also have two headless desktops that I use for my Exchange server study lab: A Phenom II X4 (4GB) and an FX-8350 (8GB). My wife and I don't like spending time together in the office at the desk, so I have been looking for a long time to get a lightweight device that we can consume content with in the living room. I would love to win the Acer V5 so that I my wife and I could leverage SmartGlass, and I could sit next to her while I study in my lab. I have done many usability studies and would love to provide in-depth, honest feedback!TrackSmart - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Thanks to AMD and Anandtech for the contest. I currently have two desktop computers (each 3-4 years old) that still have reasonable computational power (quad core AMD chips, 8 GB RAM, SSD + HDD). One desktop is at work the other is in the office. When traveling, I use a ~4 year old laptop with a core i3 processor, which is starting to feel its age since. It still works fine, but it would be great to have something with a bit more oomph when traveling. And for downtime, having a laptop with something better than the original Intel HD graphics would be fantastic. I'm glad these have SSDs installed. My other wish-list item would be a higher resolution display. It wouldn't need to be 1080p, but certainly 1600x900 would be appreciated on a 15.6" display.rseiler - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a fairly modern desktop and an antique one for emergencies and experiments, though no longer a second monitor. Other than a phone, what I don't have is a portable computing device, so I very much would like a laptop.Crono - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have an AMD A4-5300 APU desktop. No current laptop or tablet. I would use the Sleekbook to do video editing, work on my website on the go, and game from time to time.vangl76 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I wouldn't mind winning thisYuriman - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Hey! I'm a poor college student with an Ivy Bridge desktop an a smartphone. I'm a light gamer (mostly Minecraft) and use my desktop for media consumption purposes, but find myself lacking a mobile device for use in school. I often take notes and view course materials in class on my aging Galaxy S2 (with a broken USB port), so this notebook would be coming with me to class every day. If I win, I will probably look for an expanded battery for it as some days I may be away from an outlet for 4-5 hours.mrfou - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My laptop is a 17" Lenovo Ideapad Core2 era. It is huge and does not cool properly, so I mostly use my ipad and Nexus 7 for every day computing but I would really love a new laptop to start a dev project that has been on my mind for a few months.Nanophys - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
(copied and pasted from the other one as the argument is exactly the same) I have a ~3 year old W510 that I've used as a portable desktop for the last couple years. It's been a great computer, does everything I've needed, but recently I've had very strong desires to get an ultraportable. Since I started to walk to work everyday I've left my computer at work, as the system starting becoming too bothersome to really justify taking it back home. When I recently hurt my back, and ran into a situation where I did need to take my computer home, I came to acutely realize how important it was to cut down on the weight of my computer. My next computer will certainly be an ultraportable, and I'd feel very lucky to win this one!Borumha - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
1) Desktop - AMD FM3+ HD5750 (xFIRE) Gaming/NAS build2) Lenovo Y550P Intel i7 720QM - Gaming laptop
3) Samsung Galaxy S3 - Daily phone
4) Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus - Youtube viewer
Looking to replace the Y550p want something lighter. Something like this would be perfect!
Borumha - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
1) Desktop - AMD FM3+ HD5750 (xFIRE) Gaming/NAS build2) Lenovo Y550P Intel i7 720QM - Gaming laptop
3) Samsung Galaxy S3 - Daily phone
4) Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus - Youtube viewer
Looking to replace the Y550p want something lighter. Something like this would be perfect!
frogger4 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Desktop: Windows 7 (although soon to be Windows 8.1 / Linux Mint), on an Intel i5-3570K (4.3GHz), Radeon HD 7970 (1050MHz), 8GB 1866MHz RAM, Intel 520 SSD (240GB). I built this desktop as a gaming rig, although it has more generally served as my home theater PC, and I have a lot less time for gaming than I'd like .... so really it is just a lot of power that goes idle most of the time.Laptop: Clevo W110ER with Windows 8.1 (previously Ubuntu) on an Intel i5-3360M, Nvidia GT 650M, 8GB 1600MHz RAM (CL9!), Crucial M4 128GB SSD. This is an 11 inch box of bad compromises unfortunately. I bought the chassis and put the parts in it in hopes of having an awesome do it everything ultra-portable, but it ended up being not good at much of anything. The GPU + CPU do well enough for games, but it is such a poor laptop that it really isn't enjoyable to use (poor display, undersized mushy keyboard, uncomfortable trackpad, thick and heavy but without great performance or a larger screen, and very bad battery life).
What I need: I am currently a Computer Science undergrad, and really just spend most of my time either doing schoolwork or programming projects, making my gaming computers not very useful. After spending more time with Windows 8, I really want a laptop with a touchscreen; that's a must for my next computer. I also want something either more portable, or with a larger screen, and it looks like the Envy Touchsmart fits that exactly. Plus, I am a big fan of an APU setup - I have built a couple ITX desktops with Llano and Trinity and was really excited with them. I really do hope AMD can continue to innovate and deliver on the APU platform since there is clearly a lot of potential.
frogger4 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I forgot to add, I have one more rig that you might appreciate =)Giant desktop with an AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 Clawhammer, rockin almost 3GHz, on an Asus A8N32 - SLI motherboard, 4GB (that's right!) Corsair XMS 450MHz DDR RAM, and a bricked ATI Radeon X850 XT PE. Needless to say, I don't use this rig for much of anything, but it is amazing to me that I can STILL use it to get stuff done. Those were the glory days for AMD!
trishul.vp - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Need one..... ThanksPhantom9309 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Pick me please!Landspeeder - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
At home I own 3 primary computing devices:1 - An unraid rig that houses my movie collection as well as a primary storage of my important documents (family photos, legal documents, etc).
2 – An Android smartphone that is used for taking work calls, checking/updating Google Documents, and its Navigation software.
3 – A 10 year old budget Dell laptop containing a single core Pentium 1.5 Ghz with a slow as mud failing hard drive running Ubuntu 12.04
This third machine I use for remoting into work every day as well as for banking/billing. It is the machine that I rely on for being able to actively work and sustain a living. I use it from home and while traveling (for work).
My fourth machine –custom built by me - a 920 liquid cooled Gaming rig – was recently parted out to help with our cash flow. I had desired to replace both this machine and my 10 year old dell with a single modern laptop but life stepped in the way and that cash liquidity is gone.
I also own a Raspberry Pi but have found this to not allow me to reliably remote into work.
Now I find myself with a failing machine that responds far slower than I need a machine to - replacing it would not be a fiscally sound decision, but its degrading convalescence may force it to land upon a credit purchase. I would LOVE to be able to reliably remote into work using this laptop, not have to wait for sluggish single core reaction times coupled with a slow failing mechanical hard drive waits, to be able to test my work’s software for windows 8 compatibility, as well as having the chance to play some less demanding games once again. Oh how I miss playing games.
hshendon - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently have two desktops that I built myself at home used by myself and my son for general use and gaming. I have one desktop made by HP and two HP laptops that my wife and daughter use for work and school, respectively. I used to have a laptop for general use around the house and for when we travel or have work to do while on the go, but that gave up the ghost about 6 months ago and we have not yet replaced it. Instead, we have been getting by by using our phones (2 iPhone 4s's, a Galaxy S3, and a Galaxy S4) or our tablet (a Motorola Xoom). These mobile options have been great and get us by for most things, but I really find myself missing the flexibility of a good laptop when I have more intense work to do on the go where a PC would be helpful (writing papers, doing research, working remotely through the VPN, doing IT troubleshooting for my extended family, or helping with homework). I have wanted to get into the Windows 8 experience for some time with a modern laptop, but our budget just hasn't allowed it, yet.So, winning something like this would be great and would completely round out my computing experience once again. Balance in the universe! ;-) Anyway, I would also enjoy capturing my experience with it and would be happy to write a detailed review for AMD and Anandtech!
celestialgrave - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Well not entering for myself but for my gf. She has an older Dell Latitude running a Core Duo and a small slow hdd (80gb) and could really use the upgrade. With one of these new ones I can finally get her more into gaming and she would use it occassionally in the kitchen to bring up recipes.nand - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
i only have a 5 year old mid range pc and looking for a way to split light web browsing and office work from more demanding gaming and codingtoooskies - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
If this laptop was reviewed by this website, the big terrible factor would be a 15.6" 1366x768 screen.blrg891 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently run an old HP DV7 with an AMD Turion x2 and a HD3200. The machine is still chugging along, but the graphics is lacking and the CPU cache proves to be frustrating... Not to mention the cooling fan is now making fun noises.docstryder - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I would like one!l8gravely - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I've got a wife and two kids, and a bunch of linux desktops and just one windows desktop for the wife. We both have work laptops, but I'd like a personal one for travelling, and/or letting the kids play minecraft together. This would also let me retire one of the old linux desktops, it's just not got enough oomph to do what I want graphically any more. And it's an AMD box too, as are all my linux systems.cubanresourceful - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
WOW Anand, this is INSANE. Another giveaway in less than a month and great ones to boot! Well, count me IN! :Dmischlep - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Main desktop PC, a Linux based file server, a laptop, and a tablet.Bones265 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have an old Dell Inspiron 9300 I use it to internet search and would love to step into the new centuryjakortze - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have an i5-2500k based desktop and a first gen kindle fire running Android 4.1. I am going to be traveling more in the near future and the table doesn't quite cut it for anything other than reading emails / watching short videos. I could certainly use an upgrade.gldnduck - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a Surface Pro, old Dell Studio 14z with a dead battery, and an HP TouchPad that just gave up its ghost this weekend. An ENVY Sleekbook would fit nicely to replace the old 14z that cannot stray too far from a wall outlet. I would use the Sleekbook for some light gaming, media consumption, and the occasional on-the-go productivity work.jamyryals - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have an old Q6600 desktop sitting on my desk in the family room. It's definitely showing it's age now, and it would be awesome to replace the big case, fans, and wires with a nice sleek notebook on the desk!teiglin - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
The V5 would be a great computer for my son, who could use his own proper computer for school use--he has use of my old Galaxy Tab 7.7, but that is inadequate for ... most things. My primary-use machine is an ultrabook (Vaio Pro 13) alongside an older-but-still-game-capable desktop (Lynnfield+Radeon 6950)--this is what my son uses when he needs to do anything to which Android is unsuited. My wife uses a pre-"ultrabook" laptop (first-gen Samsung Series 9), and my daughter is less than a year old and doesn't use any computing devices.This would probably even be better for him to use at home than the small Temash laptop from last time, since I know that Richland will provide an eminently adequate computing experience for him, not to mention he could get away with some light gaming on it. And while we all have the same feelings as adults about those 768p 15" screens, the larger text and UI elements might keep him from getting as near-sighted as I am, or at least slow the process... (hey, silver lining, right?)
wayneent - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Current laptop: HP Pavilion dv6t-7000 i7-3610QM used as primary Windows 8 computer.Current desktop: Custom built AMD Phenom II X4 965 used as primary Linux/development machine.
How a Sleekbook would improve my current setup: Would love to have a lightweight, touchscreen enabled Windows 8 laptop to carry around for Photoshop and general computing needs. Afterall, Windows 8 is designed for touch and AMD provides the best graphics at low-power! It would allow me to move Linux to my HP Pavilion to replace the awesome but power-hungry desktop. Of course I would find my old desktop a loving and caring new home.
Foge1 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently have a desktop that was built 8 years ago and a laptop that is 4 years old and is currently my "main" computer. They both function when it comes to general computing like browsing or word processing, but are starting to show their age especially in terms of streaming movies or TV where they overheat and shut themselves down after about a half hour. I'd use the Sleekbook as my main computer as it would be able to handle streaming video as well as the every day typing that I do.MikieTImT - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently do onsite IT work for small businesses and home users in my area, and my current laptop is an old Dell Studio 1737 with both a hard drive and 60GB SSD. It's pretty heavy to lug around with all of my other tools and bags, and I'm starting to have back trouble as a result. I'd like a sleekbook both to save weight as well as to evaluate AMD's current generation processors and Microsoft Windows 8 with a touchscreen as I didn't much care for it with keyboard and trackpad. I would certainly be willing to provide feedback on the machine, and it would be a visible demonstration unit to my client base who are looking to replace machines currently.kbhakta - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Currently have an old IBM X41 tablet and a rapidly aging HP($99!) touchpad with Cyanogenmod, so less then sleek. The need for more power on the desktop end is less. Have a watercooled I7 930 at 4.2ghz, originally with dual AMD/ATI 4870's running in crossfire, which were replaced by a single 7870(tahiti core) last year. Still fits all my needs. Would be awesome to get similar power in a sleek mobile chassis, and indication of how far we've come in the mobile space.Torgog - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Me!ryanmt - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Hmm... I could manage with a new laptop. It is bound to exceed the performance of my 2008 model I'm using now.kjknight - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a desktop that I built. It is a modest system with a 3570k, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, and a radeon 7850. I also have a Galaxy Note 2.Winning a sleekbook would allow me to do some productivity work and mild gaming while I am away from my desktop since my Note 2 can only do so much. It is more frequent nowadays since I am preoccupied with my job.
fuzzykiss - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
i have a homebuilt AMD 8 core powerhouse, Nvidea 580 graphics card, sabertooth 990fx mobo, soundblaster x-fi soundcard, samsung 128 ssd, samsung 1tb hdd, corsair vengence 16 gig, corsair 850 psu, corsair h110 wc, sitting in a thermaltake level 10 gt case with a geforce 3d vision setup, and a viewsonic 120 hz 3d monitor. I love gaming, gaming in 3d is great, but I would like to be able to be portable with my gaming as well. the laptop would be a great addition. my first laptop was AMD and every pc I have owned since has been AMD, I have never owned an Intel pc. thanks for your time and consideration.trevorwhopkins - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently have an iPad, a Galaxy S4 smartphone, and an ACER 20" All-In-Once touchscreen PC at home. I followed the development of Windows 8 closely as I am a very informed consumer, esp with technology, and am always interested in increasing productivity or useability. I manage the IT (mostly integrating software into our workflow and choosing hardware in general) for a small office and so I focus alot on bottom line benefits of new stuff. I sold my Win7 PC and laptop to try iPad and Win8 PC exclusively. I find the iPad nearly useless for our work, the apps are nice but smartphone does the same, half our websites only work on Int Explorer, and the iPad is just another peripheral to drag around. The PC I like but don't find time to explore Win8 enough, and having it tied to my home means I barely use it. Currently my most common usage is in an emergency I will stream my Win8 desktop to my iPad so I can use all my websites. I love the new Start screen and prefer the UI to the iPad's simplicity. It makes me want a real Win8 tablet constantly. I previously had an Asus Transformer and loved the keyboard dock, but Android is no good for my work.So if I got the HP Envy I could throw away my entire current setup, bring my Windows with me everywhere, work anywhere, and never have to worry about streaming problems (latency, data, internet connection, etc). I could work faster and smarter, and enjoy personal news, videos, etc with the UI I actually enjoy using.
arein - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Great giveaway!95497 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
This poet works on a failing Sony Z laptop. New poems will spring from a new computer.tviceman - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Anandtech giveaways are great!daemonfox69 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
AMD has been at the heart of every rig I have ever built for myself for nearly 20 years now, from my Super Socket 7 first time build, to my current gaming and development rig sporting Radeon 7950s from Sapphire.My only regret to date, is I have never owned an AMD based laptop, as I have always been provided one through work, which always happen to be Intel based. If I won this, it would simply be a sign that AMD really does love it's fans, and I would lovingly use this Slate to its maximum potential everyday.
DarkPhantom36 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I need this to replace my aging and slowly dying laptop. I would use it for work and media consumption on my twice-daily 1.25 hour bus commute.zjakkmd - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Hello everyone,My current setup includes:
- My beloved gaming desktop (3770K / Radeon HD 7970) that I use for gaming whenever my studies permit it.
- An AMD "Sleekbook" from HP that I take with me to classes for notes and use for studying at home and elsewhere.
- My faithful Samsung Galaxy S2 that I take with me everywhere and seemingly at all times distract myself with.
I am actually entering this contest for my girlfriend who doesn't personally visit AnandTech's website but I quite persistently try to inform her of the latest tech news and reviews (Most of the time at least she'll nod as if she's listening while scrolling through Facebook). She has a very old 13" Macbook that is too slow for HD video, which I frequently "fix" for her by selecting a lower video setting on YouTube. The Macbook has also sustained much physical damage since coming into her possession. For example, she recently elbow-slammed the display after jumping on the bed unaware that her laptop was hiding under the covers (It was a lethal blow for many of the pixels in the upper left corner). Nonetheless, the Macbook lives and she also uses it for notes and studying.
Winning the V5 would surely make her quite happy, which would also make me quite happy. She could finally watch her cat videos on YouTube in HD and note taking would surely be better without a black sun of dead pixels in the corner of her display.
Thanks for the contest!
YaBaBom - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Oh sure, I guess i could use one... If you insist... :)robjw - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I own a nexus 10 for media and web, mid range desktop for games, and a low end laptop for my wife for web and facebookjdavenport608 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
The current computing environment in use at our residence includes1. six android phones (very light web use such as weather, news, email)
2. two android tablets for you tube, android games, web surfing
3. five PCs all 3 years or older (gaming, web surfing, school work)
4. Blue ray player for netflix
5. Several handheld gaming consoles such as DS, 3DS, etc.
A lap top would be a nice addition for a engineering student in the family who is making do with a home based PC but really needs a more mobile solution for school. A modern multi core laptop with decent memory and graphics capabilities is a must for an aspiring engineer using Solid Works and LabView.
kathyh - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
currently have a mac and an ipad, kids always on both playing games, watching videos, and doing homework. Need Sleekbook so that i can pay bills, look for a job, etc.Maroon - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
In our house currently, I'm using an old Dell C2D desktop (which gets the job done) and my wife is saddled with a clunky old Acer Aspire notebook. If I happened to win the giveaway, the new laptop would go to the wife. Happy wife, happy life!Stuka87 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I own several machines that I use daily. For work, I use a Dell Precision M4600. Its very heavy and bulky. Good performance, but oh so heavy. For personal use I have an older Santa Rosa based MacBook (In black) which is getting very long in the tooth. For mobile I carry an iPhone 5S. I currently do not own a tablet, or any form of ultrabook.This machine would really help in this area. Having a high quality, light weight, machine would be *SO* nice.
Rocket321 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently own a smartphone (Galaxy S3), an aging desktop PC and an e-reader. The desktop was built as a gaming machine 5 years ago and is definitely showing its age. I previously had an AMD + nVidia Laptop which was unfortunately a member of “bumpgate” (a term I learned from Brian Klug on the Anandtech podcast) and no longer functions. As a result I am without a mobile productivity solution. I use the e-reader for books, and my smartphone for most other things (web, email). Because the desktop PC is on a different level of my house from the living area where the family hangs out, I rarely use it but for the occasional time I want to play an old game or need to do some video conversions.I could really benefit from a modern notebook with great battery life. I would anticipate using it for several hours a day most evenings to access the web, store edit and share photos, and for occasional video or music streaming and light gaming. This would be my “go to” PC due to its mobility and ability to be used from the couch or around the house.
Thanks for your consideration!
Thalomos - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My wife and I currently have two desktops and one laptop. My gaming desktop is plenty fast, while her desktop is pretty typical: about 3-4 years old with an upgraded 560ti graphics card.Our HP DM4 laptop, however, is not so great. I think it is at least 3-4 years old. We recently took it completely apart to try and clean out the fan to make it run a littler cooler, but that does not appear to have helped at all. This thing runs toasty hot and is not a joy to use unless you prop it up and make sure that nothing is touching the “hot” side with the CPU. It’s also not lightweight or fast.
We would love a nice new cooler running laptop that is lightweight and slim. And this HP Envy Sleekbook looks like the perfect match.
max40watt - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
What I have is a solid desktop machine for work and gaming as well as an older Thinkpad that is used for work. The Thinkpad is unfortunately a single core model, relatively large/heavy and really showing its age. A new slimmer lighter laptop, especially a decently powerful one would be useful.Peteman100 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'd like to win the Sleekbook because I will soon be without a computer! I will soon be graduating from grad school and will have to return the MBP that supplied to me for my research. I'm interested in the touch aspect of the Sleekbook, as I currently don't have a tablet.strahd13 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a 2 year old self-built PC and my daughters have a 5 year old self-built desktop. Both of my kids have tablets to increase their electronic habit portably but I do not have a tablet or laptop. I would need a laptop to add productivity as I attend college and it would be nice to take along to my friends where we game together (not graphically intensive bleeding edge games but still). Also there have been times when a laptop capable of office software would help out my kids with their schoolwork in ways their tablets cannot.Turnkey1 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I've missed having a laptop.GS274 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently use a 32gb iPad for my mobile computing needs as a business major. With a "real" notebook, I would have more flexibility on where and when I can do my work without having to head home every time a paper is due.gronshore - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I am using the home-build desktop on i7-2600 running Windows 7. Home network is build around the server running Home Server 2011 that runs on home-build server based on dual core CPU. I have 13" very old Sony laptop S260 running XP or Ubuntu. Looking for the old laptop replacement.danact - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have 2 computers (one AMD, one Intel) that are so old that it would be embarrassing to describe them here. Consequently, I do most my home web browsing on my iPhone.bsryan68 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I do a lot of photography and this laptop would make an excellent portable workstation with its large display and ultra light weight. I have an older desktop with a Tri-core AMD processor and a Surface RT tablet and both are quite good but the laptop here would allow for actual photo editing on site as well as displaying it to the customer. The SSD also allows for faster boot and speed as well as a longer battery life. I could really use this as a serious tool! Besides, I'm very partial to AMD components. Good price and a long life in them.jrtolle21 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a gaming machine/server (AMD with Radeon), my wife has a laptop she uses in the living room, and a 1st-Gen Atom netbook. I would like to be able to spend time with her while watching our child play (and TV). Also, she is pregnant again, so having a second computer that can actually be used (as the netbook is just awful with modern software) in the living room would be nice to let us spend quality family time together before and after our 2nd child is born.nhilyna - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Nice looking laptop. Hope to be selected. Currently have a self-built desktop with an Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe motherboard and love it. This laptop will perfect complement my desktop for everyday tasks because it appears to have more than enough muscles to handle many tasks.Master_Sigma - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My parents (which is who this laptop will go to if I win) are running some ancient HP pre-built desktop featuring a blazing fast single core AMD processor (the model number I do not immediately recall), 1GB of DDR1 system memory and a rarely updated Windows XP. Their primary uses are email, word processing and web browsing. I NEED to win this so I can get them the heck off that dinosaur and onto something running a modern version of Windows and is actually capable of fully booting to desktop in less than 5 minutes.RamarC - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
wifey needs a new laptop and this has enough oomph for herRutgrr - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I need a laptop for portable work. I'm a musician - I don't need anything particularly heavy lifting. I need something with plenty of battery life and low weight, and this would be perfect.raen7 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently have a 4 year old Dell Studio laptop that is showing its age and has very little battery life. Plus, it's my home machine and I don't like mixing home and work. Then I have an iPad 1... yeah, exactly. The Sleekbook would allow me to work on the road, and play occasionally too. Plus it would help me start developing and testing software on Win8. Pick me! :) I'm not too shabby at reviews either, so I'll have plenty of feedback for AMD & HP.binarydissonance - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Long time AMD fan, looking forward to a slim laptop that gets good battery life!nedjinski - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I am using an ancient Gateway laptop that is slow beyond reason - I could really make good use of this Sleekbook.Syllabub - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I am currently running a couple of computers and several tablets in the household. The kids use iPad 2s for consumption of media and for gaming. The wife and I have iPad 3s also used for media and gaming. No android or msft tablets yet but I am curious about the latest Nexus 7 from Google. The wife and kids all use iPhones while I am using a Galaxy Note II. The PCs are all home brew based on Intel; the oldest is Core 2 Duo 6750 with Nvidia 9600 and the most recent is Sandy Bridge i5 2500k with AMD 6850. A new AMD based laptop with the Richland APU would be a great addition to the collection of tech around here; probably get snagged by the wife!d@mn'd - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
It would be for my father. I purchased his last laptop several years ago. He used it for several years (mostly for oovoo calls to my little boy). About two years ago he helped a person with a place to stay and had his laptop and a few other things stolen. It would be great for us because we could resume coast to coast grand-dad to grand-son oovoo calls. It looks slim enough for him to travel with too.Kineo - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Hello,This laptop would help me out a lot, I work all day and am going to college at night, it is a completely online college and I am currently using an old Gateway laptop NX560 which overheats often. I would love something new to keep up with assignments and class projects. My current laptop is outdated and has little problems that get very frustrating. This laptop would greatly improve my present situation and would allow me the ability to be mobile again, I also do photography in my spare time and since I take a large amount of pictures, I need the ability to transfer my pictures to a permanent storage solution and this laptop would give me the power I need to run Photoshop and Lightroom for editing.
verifyid - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My current setup consists of only a desktop PC. Although this PC is powerful I cannot carry it around with me, which is a problem because I am just starting my graduate studies. Winning this laptop would help me tremendously with my school work by being able to access the internet and have a means to write papers/do projects while at school. This would mean that I do not have to come back home to type and print papers which would save me a lot of time. Just having a computing option that I can carry around with me is something that has become very important right now.martyrant - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm currently starting a company with a former colleague of mine and while I have plenty of desktops and old equipment for infrastructure on what we need to do I haven't had a need to be mobile for years until now and while my wife still has a 10" netbook that is running an E-350, she doesn't like me stealing it--especially not to do work on. This would help me out a lot with getting this project moving forward and hopefully make it a reality (I've been doing a lot of the programming for it, and I'm not a programmer so it's slow going, so being able to work on it whenever I have spare time would be nice). Thanks for the opportunity Anand :)zeiker - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Currently in service (not counting 3 self-built desktops in cold standby) is a trusty Win 7 Pentium Extreme 955 Presler that functions mainly as a media server and (albiet a tad dated) game machine. I also have a BB Bold that functions mainly as email reading on the fly and a phone. An iPad for a tad more serious emailing and surfing. This leaves a void for serious mobile PCing such as databasing, spreadsheets, presentations etc. at work away from my desk (e.g., meetings and conferences) and on the road. The Sleekbook form factor and performance of the Richland would fit the bill nicely (and just may satisfy the occasional modest-resolution Skyrim craving :) ).TheExplorer - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Well for me,I have this desktop that I am using mainly, it would be nice for me to have a light, portable laptop with me on trip/out of town, etc.
Thanks!
The_General - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I bought my current computer just before going to college 5 years ago. I was going in for video editing and got a MacBook Pro. It still runs well enough, but only after I upgraded to 6 Gigs of RAM and a SSD. I had scraped up the money to build a proper powerhouse computer, sacrificing portability on my primary device. The building process has become a nightmare with an RMA still ongoing after a month.Oh, and I have a Galaxy Nexus. Best phone I have ever had. I can't upgrade until it's 3 years old (bought it a year late so it was cheap on contract) but it has done everything I have ever asked it to.
donebu - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I could really use a 15.6-inch HP ENVY TouchSmart Sleekbook, my Toshiba Satellite laptop is on its last legs. A Sleekbook would be quite a step up in power and portability. I would be more than happy to give a review with feedback on my experiences with an AMD powered Sleekbook.PPalmgren - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently have no portable computer but a decent home computer for gaming. This becomes an issue when travelling to visit my girlfriend, who is about a year out from finishing school, and for our vacations. I'm currently studying for my CPP exam and will continue on to an accounting degree, so a laptop would help me remain diligent in my studies by allowing me to study easily when away from home. It will also help at home by isolating me from gaming temptation, studying away from the gaming machine.KarlMJohnson - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
We have an HP Envy Spectre which is great. For anyone purchasing, Envy is the way to go. We broke our charging cable and HP sent one free of charge. Definitely not expecting that because it was our fault. We had one other small issue and called and got a live person that I could understand and it was resolved quickly. We also have an Ipad 3rd generation and MK808 Android TV stick. We have a 1tb raided nas drive to centrally store our media. I have been visiting Anandtech just about everyday looking for unbiased reviews for over 10 years.AKA OX - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My first system was a 32BIT small form HP 7600DC with 1.5GB which I still have in the closet. It is the one I will not forget because trying to get some sort of juice out of that little thing is what got me learning and researching anything computer. I now run a 2009 Dell Vostro220s with a E5300 Intel processor 64 BIT DELL which is 3x better that the 32BIT; it's still a long way from what I hope to have put together one day. I also happened to get this computer from a boss who was throwing it out becuase a sprinkler head broke and water logged it. I grabbed it took it home and tore it apart trying to troubleshoot on why it would not boot up. Thank you Ebay because $50, a new Dell mobo and a new PSU and I had my frist upgrade from a 32BIT.. Man i was excited, to actually tear down a machine and get it running again. I have another older desktop's here at home; a T5062 E-machines running a AMD 3800 Anthlon chip is another one I got as a buddy was upgrading to something newer.. I let the oldest have it to play to do her school projects on.I come here and to a couple of other PC build sites and drool over new hardware and the monster build's you guys put your hearts into making; and I sometimes a little disheartened by the fact that I just cant afford some of the things I see and really want. Knowing that the $60 I've been saving up for a new mobo or case is most likely going to go to the family because something breaks, we need gas money, groceries or meds. It can sometimes be frustrasting; but it also doesn't stop me from dreaming and wanting to have a great little gaming PC one day. When I finally get something worthy it is usually a few years old but that is ok because is new to me and better than what I had before and that makes me happy.
My main goal in this whole ordeal is to be able to actually have a decent gaming system that I can play any game I want. Right now with the PC and chipset I have; It just doesnt have the processing power to run anything past 09'. I think if I could even just get a decent graphics card then maybe I would be satisfied? lol nahhhh it probably won't stop there either. I joined EVGA a couple of months ago once I learned about Folding@home and felt that to be important to the scientific family. Knowing that running my desktop at night while I am asleep to help in the fight against cancer and other diseases is a good cause and I enjoy knowing that I'm helping in some small way.
I'm a big fan of AMD and their products and would gladly share my experiences with others if I happen to be choosen. This is a great oppurtunity for someone like me and I thank you guys and AMD for the chance to be apart of the AMD community again.
bebimbap - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
daddy needs a new notebook!frelledstl - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
We are currently running an old 2.0 ghz celeron with 1gb ram and win xp as our desktop. I really need to replace that with something with a little more pep that I can also use as a portable PC while out doing studies toward my engineering degree. We also have a laptop that she caries with her with a duo core Pentium and 4gb of memory that sees a lot of use but that I almost have to schedule in time to get to use it. At one point I had a decent desktop but it got zapped in a storm and I haven't had enough discretionary income to purchase a new one. Now it seems that a laptop would be a better bet for the use that I need from it.cullensadler - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm currently working on my advertising undergraduate degree and only have an iPad mini at the moment for schoolwork, as my Sandy Bridge HP Envy 15 suffered an untimely death at the hands of a power surge recently. Having the zippy new Sleekbook to work in Photoshop and InDesign would be a huge improvement from borrowing my friend's machines and working on the university's slow desktops.MmmmmBeef - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Nice!artoodetoo - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I would like a Windows 8 computer so that I can develop for Windows 8 phone.stuartrue - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My wife and I have two nice desktops and two very old laptops. More and more we are having trouble doing everything we want to do on the laptops. As software advances, our old hardware struggles to keep up. We could really use a modern setup for portable writing sessions and smooth media streaming. Thanks!Avalonx86 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have an asus touchscreen laptop that works well for everyday tasks but I want to get back into game development (from the DX7-DX9 days). I need something like this system for fast compiles and DX11 compliance but also on the go because I'll be taking graduate classes as well. I think this is supposed to support tiled resources (DX11.2) with a driver update but I won't need that for a year anyway (when I've re-learned all the basics and am trying to expand my capabilities for tesselated terrain). If I won this I'd be very motivated to do something impressive with it quickly and share it with AMD and Anandtech.lonemavericks - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a hp dmt 14 about 3 years old. I use a lot for study and analysis purposes. Over the years it has slowed down. A sleek book will be light ...i can't do this anymore... here is the truth. I want the sleekbook because it is new and it it is free. I do have a 3 year old hp dmt 14 laptop and it runs fine for now but with almost non existent battery life. I never had a amd machine before due to irrational fears i guess and this will be an opportunity for me to own one.schang105 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Have a 4 year old HP pavilion dv6000 which puts out very high heat, i'm mostly a stationary computer user who would like an upgrade from current model. Winning a sleekbook would be great!nportelli - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have an old Dell Latitude, which is great for upgrading but poor or portability. I have yet to find a laptop that can replace it. I mainly look for amount of ram 8gb min and display. Current resolution I have is 1920x1200 and I refuse to go lower. I also have a newer Dell Latitude from work. Still big, but battery life is much better. It's low resolution makes it hard to work on when not docked to gain more displays.The HP would be great for testing and developing touch applications. Sadly with a 768 display it would not replace my old Latitude. My cell phone has the same resolution.
amart565 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I am self employed and constantly on the go. I require access to an online spreadsheet that I've been managing with my Galaxy S3. I thought this setup would function but it only barely manages. I decided to get a Nexus 7 to help with the situation, but it is not any better. What I really need is a real PC with a real keyboard that is also portable and good on battery life. This notebook would better fit the bill than what I've tried, and give the the full usability of a PC.Detailed - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a Dell inspiron m5110 with an A8-3520m +6470m in dual graphics as well as a nexus 4 and have no desktop. Our old desktop was an XPS 400 and it died out. We are using a Sony VAIO e series with an i3-330m to replace it. My mom has an iPad 2. I'd like to win this for my dad as he has no work laptop and to give this to him. He owns a galaxy s4 as his smartphone. He's been looking for a good laptop and I know AMD is good and along with their generosity of adding an SSD I'm sure he will be more than satisfied with the speed and mobility of this laptop. Thanks and good luck everyonemichaelfrommars - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Go AMD - We need you!vLsL2VnDmWjoTByaVLxb - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE PROMOTION IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. IN THE EVENT SUCH AN ATTEMPT OCCURS, ANANDTECH RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.asgallant - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My current setup is a Core i5-2500k based gaming desktop, a Nexus 7 for mobile content consumption, and an 8-year-old laptop for "mobile" productivity (mobile in the tied-to-a-wall-socket sense, since the laptop lasts about 15 seconds on a full charge - the battery is so old and decrepit that I just leave it out to keep the weight down). Those 4 Piledriver cores have to be about a gazillion times faster than the single core Pentium M in the brick, and probably draw half the power.rynoman - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Looks sexy! Go AMD!MasterofOssus - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'd love to win one.I currently have a 17-inch HP dv9000, which is obviously now getting quite long in the tooth and furthermore is redundant (as a desktop replacement) with my desktop. (Desktop is a self-built: ASROCK Z77 Extreme, 3570k, Radeon 7850, Tachyon 450 Platinum PSU, 8 GB RAM, Samsung 830 120GB SSD, 2x1TB WD Black HDD, Thor v2 case). I also have a small HTCP (also self-built), a media server, and two tablets (iPad and Kindle Fire).
I would like to have a modern laptop that's more transportable than the desktop replacement machine which is currently my only "notebook", but I also need it to be capable of driving media (preferably including some gaming capability), and functioning as an all-around notebook for me. I do not feel like a true ultrabook or other ultra-portable is necessary for most of my use cases, and frankly an actual laptop would help fill a gaping hole in my current set-up, since my house is pretty well tricked out with stationary computers between the desktop and the other machines.
I'd LOVE to get my hands on the HP Envy to try it out. It's been quite a while since I had any real mobile capability, since while I like both the iPad and the Kindle Fire they're both inadequate for productivity tasks while I'm on the go.
Jupakazoid - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My current setup consists of a gaming desktop and a phone. While my gaming desktop is nothing to shrug at with a 3570k and crossfire 7870s, I've been in a dire need for a laptop for school. My HTC one can check my emails and do basics, but it's just not enough to do real work on. I would love to have one of these HP envy's. It would be SO helpful having a laptop for my school work, and when I'm done being productive I could actually get some gaming in too, which is a nice added bonus. Thank you AMD and anandtech!Borislav - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
OHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I WANT THIS ONE.peteratfundrdotus - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Currently using my old gaming box as the primary development machine for my web startup. It's a i5 2500 with 8 gigs of ram, a 120gb phoenix pro SSD and AMD 6850. My only other device is a Nexus 7 tablet with a 3g plan. I carry an old school flip phone since I carry the tablet with me everywhere. I really need to get a laptop so I can start taking my work with me to startup events, instead of always borrowing my wife's laptop.AnotherGuy - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a desktop and a 5 year old Sony laptop with an Intel processor that is showing its age. I will need a new one very soon and am looking to see what performance these AMD new cpus can give. As a long time AMD supporter I'd love to own one of these.glindner - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I've been aching to get off my Dell Vostro 1400 but haven't been able to pull the trigger with costs and quickly changing tech. This would be a fantastic replacement.bkbroiled - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Just helped son build a desktop with an fx6300 and a Sapphire 7870 graphics card, but he took it back to college with him. While researching son's build, I investigated all CPU chip performances and concluded FX series best for my son's needs -- but an APU chip would satisfy my needs. My current desktop rig dates to late 2006 (updated w/ win 7, but only 2 GB Ram and an Intel dual core processor) and has served me well, its just that it is so dated. Tablets limited to E-ink Nooks (which I do like for reading books). My needs are less graphics wise (mostly video and photo editing) and an APU in a mobile platform is something I could put to good use. An affordable, modern, mobile machine would be the next logical move for my computing environment.kayouu - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My current setups: Toshiba satellite A6 laptop with Windows 8 otherwise I'm kicking it old school with AMD Socket A's in 2 desktops with some blazing fact pc3200 ram. I wish I had something faster.Ever since windows 8 came out I find myself wanting to touch it, like it was ment to be. This sleekbook would be perfect to enter me into the touch era and blazing fast with the a10 apu.
With this laptop I would get to experience amazing new hardware and all the features of windows 8. This sllekbook would blow all of my current systems away without a blink. Pick this guy.
MrCommunistGen - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a pretty decent gaming desktop rig for when I'm home and an aging hp 15.6" laptop which quite frankly I never use because it's too bulky to want to carry around when I travel. When I bought it I made sure to get a model with dedicated graphics since I was still playing games a lot on the road. I really don't anymore. Now I'd prefer portability.Although this 15.6" ENVY Sleekbook isn't as compact as a netbook it'd still be a sizable improvement over my current beast. It will also likely have significantly better battery life. Even though I'm not completely sold on the new Windows 8 interface, it's here to stay and I need to learn it. I believe that a touchscreen will really help with that.
SigmaNick - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I am an AMD fan. All of my Desktop builds have been AMD - Athlon 64 3400+, Athlon 64 x2 4200, Phenom 2 x3 720, and FX-6300. My laptop is an HP G7 series with an A6-3420m apu. I would love to use the Richland Processor with an SSD for work and Play. I am the Quality Assurance Supervisor at my job and would use this for presentations both at work and on the road.Thank you for your consideration.
-=Sigmanick
c0llin - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently have a 2007 MacBook Pro. With its Nvidia 8600GT M gpu I haven't seen mobile gaming in quite some time. Battery life on this device has not aged well, I routinely get 2 hrs of lite use. Winning a sleekbook would allow me to use a real work machine instead of a toy (ipad3) to take notes at school.e36Jeff - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a FX-8150/HD 7970 powered gaming rig, an A10-6800K HTPC, an Athlon X2 240e based server, a Turion X2 K625 based server, and an ASUS TF201 tablet in my house, but I do not have a notebook. The transformer can cover most of my mobile computing needs as long as I have internet, as I can remote into one of the computers if I need heavier lifting abilities, but when I dont have internet, I lack any ability to do any heavy lifting, this notebook would fill that gap and allow me to have a mobile windows platform to game on or do some video editing.zhjb - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
AMD forces intel lower its cpu pricerbuck9 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I am still using a gateway laptop I purchased in 2004,only device i have at this time.Bakes - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My current laptop is a Toshiba Satellite U205 with an Intel Core Duo, 1GB ram, ~12" screen, running Windows XP. The battery no longer holds a charge so it must be plugged in to use. The receptacle on the laptop for the power supply has been broken and glued so many times I had to open it up and solder the power supply cable directly to the motherboard. My laptop is no longer portable but I now have enough practice that I can disassemble and reassemble it in under five minutes.I use it in the living room for web browsing, social media, light photo editing, and streaming video.
It is well beyond time for an upgrade but funds simply don't allow it at this time. This HP would be a significant upgrade in terms of processing power, screen size, keyboard size, and portability. It would also be my first computer with Windows 8. I look forward to trying the latest version out after reading so much about it.
Please take pity on me...
PolarisOrbit - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
The Envy would be a laptop upgrade for me.I do most of my computing on a high end desktop so home is covered. A couple years back I got a mid range 15" laptop for commuting via public transit or traveling (an HP Llano A8). I can't use a tablet because the main things I want to do in those times are work on spreadsheets (Libre Office) or code (Visual Studio), so keyboard and PC ecosystem are both important. I think the ENVY would work for me be because it will do these things faster. And who knows, maybe having a touch screen I will learn to love Win8.
fetuse - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I need a new laptop because the one I have right now has been around since the days of the Backstreet Boys. My desktop is almost as portable. I need a laptop that can use modern software and can be as pretty as this one right here ;) I would love to be able to go to a coffee shop with my laptop and not have to worry about the battery dying within 5 minutes of turning it on. I use my laptop for some website usage, and I use my desktop for everything ( office work, movies, internet, music, etc ) I play some games on my desktop every so often, and I think it would be neat to be able to load my games on my laptop without crashing! Pleeease pick me! The naughties need their technology back.aznchum - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I am currently have a couple laptops, the newer one being the Elitebook Pro 8560w. I want to see how AMD is doing in the mobile space with respect to "Good Enough" CPU performance with an awesome integrated GPU at a reasonable power envelope. My Core 2 based notebooks are still in use today.orphius_ou - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Current Desktop: customized core 2 duo/ 8MB ram/ 512MB Nvdia (forgot the model) - 5 years old. I mostly used it for my PhD work (some environmental model simulation, thesis etc.), photo editing (photoshop) some video editing.Current Laptop: 15" 2009 Mac book pro - not any more. Something Fell on it and it stopped working. Needs to replace it ASAP. It was my goto laptop.
Current Tablet: 10.1" Motorolla Xoom. Mostly used it for email/ browsing on the go. Now my 5 and 3 year old kids use it for Netflix and skype with their grandmom and grandpa.
Looking at my current set up it is obvious, if I win, this one will be my main computing device. Besides normal use like email/browsing I will use it for photo and vedio editing.
Jonahkirk - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
We own three HP laptops and 5 AMD based machines (large household). I have an HP DV7 with I7 Sandy Bridge-it's a beast and not very portable. My wife has an aging g-series HP LLano which she is hoping to replace. My daughter has an ancient athlon x2 AMD HP Compaq Presario which has to be connected to a external monitor since the screen cracked-it overheats playing minecraft. My boys have an ancient Athlon X2 desktop for school work and older games or minecraft (AMD Radeon 5750). My oldest has a powerhouse Samsung Series 7 Gamer (he codes and is in High School-I7 Ivy with AMD GPU). The office beast is an AMD Thuban 1075T with a Radeon 7850 for gaming and video editing. An AMD 4850E with a 6450 powers our HTPC. Finally we have an Atom based WHS 2011 backing everything up. As you can see, I'm a computer geek and love AMD, but our systems are showing their age. I'd love for my wife to win this portable powerhouse and hand her g-series to my daughter who could then play minecraft with the boys. Note: the only way I'm coping with this aging hardware is that I jumped on the SSD bandwagon long ago. Only the server does not, in some fashion, incorporate an SSD.titanmiller - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm currently using an 8 year old Acer laptop with an AMD Sempron 3200+ CPU. I have installed Windows 8 on it and upgraded it to 4GB of memory and it actually works surprisingly well when hooked up to my 24" 1920x1200 displays. However it is too slow to run web videos and it takes forever to boot up. I am very much in need of a new laptop that can run modern programs and high resolution video. Oh yeah, my battery only lasts about 20 minutes too with the computer at idle. :( I'd love another AMD powered computer that can last me 8 more years to 2021!jd_w98 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Well lets see. I used to have an AMD Athlon x2 platform with a Radeon 4850.I recently upgraded to an FX 4300 and a radeon 7770 Ghz Edition but I gave no laptop and am stuck with my iPhone 4.
As a student in High School, a Laptop would be perfect for me during school.
Plus those APU's can run games quite well ;)
OctaneZ - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
C2Duo 13" MProDell Poweredge running Ubuntu LTS
HP Microserver running FreeBSD+ZFS
Samsung Galaxy phone running Cyanogenmod
The sleekbook would make a great mobile addition.
floodcontrol - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'd be entering this contest to replace my girlfriend's laptop. She's using a pretty basic IBM ThinkPad from about 6 years ago (I think it's using a Core 2 Duo). It's running pretty slow these days, even after I've done all I can with registry and services tweaks. Aside from its performance, its physical condition is pretty bad, as well; the battery latch is broken, the keyboard and mouse buttons are falling apart, and the chassis itself is starting to chip and break.She just landed her first professional job out of college, and a new laptop would bring a lot of pressure off of her with the car payments, student loans, and rent that she has to worry about already. Being able to have a slimmer laptop with a better battery life would help her tremendously, as she will have to do data entry, check email, and surf online databases in a multi-tasking scenario in her new job. The only reason I haven't bought her a new laptop myself is that I'm unemployed myself.gamoniac - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a PC, an aging laptop, and an Android tablet. A HP Sleekbook would definitely extends the mobility and productivity on the road that I currently do not have.infotechinMO - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Thanks for the chance to win.xdrol - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Good Lord, I should move to USA..I currently have a Ivy Bridge based Ultrabook, where I need to do some OpenCL-based computing. An AMD based device both could speed up stuff and give me a useable development environment as well..
hlper - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I would very much like to replace my terrible old Dell that overheats in 30 minutes or less.kumquatsrus - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
have an old laptop that is getting long in the tooth, need an upgrade.Spacecomber - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I won't repeat the details of my current computers and their usage, since I covered that in my entry for the Acer V5 (http://www.anandtech.com/comments/7282/amd-center-...As for this HP Envy, if I were to win it, I'd look forward to seeing just how well Microsoft 8 works on a touchscreen device, and I'd like to see if this laptop, which is more powerful than the V5, lends itself to some online gaming. My current bad habit is World of Tanks, which is a rather old game engine, and it might lend itself well to being played on a modern laptop (for some reason, it is very CPU intensive).
Spacecomber - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Apparently, the above link is trying to add the parenthesis and period at the end to the address; so, let's try again.http://www.anandtech.com/comments/7282/amd-center-...
kjbetz - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Currently I have a 5 year old HP that doesn't work unless it's plugged in. It's pretty slow and practically unusable. I've got a slimmed down version of Fedora on it, as well as Windows 7, but it runs pretty bad.I also have a 3 year old Toshiba netbook but its harddrive is busted somehow and basically unusable as well.
I currently use my work computer for most things but due to many restrictions I'm unable to test out newer pieces of software and operating systems.
I'm definitely in the market for a new machine and this would be an awesome way to get one!
dhoshaw - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I build my own PC's and my main machine is built around an Ivy Bridge 3770k. I also have a Galaxy Note II and a Tab 7. My laptop, however, is an ancient Dell Latitude. If I won one of the Sleekbooks, I would have the computing power to do anything on the go: develop software, gaming or streaming entertainment.wonderblue - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
>havedesktop with 3570k
nexus 7 tablet (out for repair)
a dead HTC one (RIP)
>why I want/need it
would be handy for college.
Caitiff - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm a longtime AMD FANatic. Unfortunately when it comes to laptops I've always had to endure generations-old intel machines. My most up-to-date laptop at home right now is my wife's Dell D630, and mine is a much older D600 Dell, both of which are greatly in need of replacement. All but one of my desktop machines are AMD, ranging from 7750/7850's to my own current rig running a 960T Thuban. I have a graveyard of old AMD processors from all my previous rigs and all their respective motherboards, all of which still work (or did when they were retired from service) starting with K-6 processors forward. All my systems run (again aging) AMD/ATI vid cards too! I would be proud to run this machine and do a review of it.uscmafia - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I want one so bad!!!!deeleo - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm still rocking an old Dell Latitude D600 laptop, complete with a 1.4GHz Pentium M and 2GB of RAM. This model was introduced sometime in the middle of the previous decade! As much as I admire the longevity of this relic (from what I hear, Dells just don't last that long anymore), it's not good for much more than surfing the Internet at this point. Of course, I've thought forever about upgrading, but other money needs keep cropping up. For me, an ENVY Sleekbook would be a Lamborghini-scale upgrade.LanceTDavis - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Hello, Our house computer is a Gateway NV73a from 2009! It is a 17 inch beast with about 1.75 hours battery life. It has eaten 1 hdd and required some creative chassis engineering repair for the power plug. It gets the job done for web browsing as long as the screen is just right, but struggles with programs like "mixed in key" and "mashup". Surface of the sun hot is how i will describe using it on your lap, and it is not very portable. It has served well a family of 4! We also have a Asus tf101 which is stuck on ICS so many new apps will not run on that machine. Winning this new AMD laptop will give our family an extra screen and allow us to use some modern software without becoming so frustrated!!! We really do not want to invest upgrades in an old laptop like this as it is not cost efficient.testbug00 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently own a thinkpad T61, which I use for doing all the working stuff, and, trying to play games in as low settings as possible, due to the weak integrated graphics.Also have a nokia Lumia 920 which I use as a phone, video player, and, sadly, more of a gaming device than my T61.
quaz0r - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently own an aging desktop that was decent enough 7 years ago or however long it has been now. It has an AMD dual-core Athlon64 and a couple GB of RAM. I've always been a fan of AMD processors for being a solid alternative to the inflated prices of Intel. I use my computer for everything - work, general use, and a few games. Being a life-long geek I'm realizing I've never owned a laptop of any sort and how lame that is! Winning this Sleekbook would bring me back into the modern era of computing and get me portable at the same time - all kinds of win!Jonathandt11 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I own an AMD Phenom II based gaming-oriented desktop, and an HTC smartphone. Winning a notebook would fill in the gap between maximum mobility and maximum power. This would be something I could use on the sofa or when travelling.p1esk - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Typing this on Sony Vaio VGN-A290, which is 4 years old, and is very bulky and heavy, so it's almost like a desktop. Sleekbook would be more portable, while still being powerful enough to do any serious work.brainsbro13 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently only enjoy a personal built desktop. Features a i7-2500K OC'd to 4 GHz, Corsair H60 closed loop water cooler, 16GB G.Skill RAM, Powercolor AMD 7970LE graphics card, and the primary drive is a Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB SSD. The rig is primarily used for gaming, watching movies, email etc., and as a media server. I would really like to be able to do some light gaming when on the go or stream some media for the child who is routinely monopolizing the TV. I think the Sleekbook would be great for that. Also I really only think Windows 8 makes sense with a touch screen (currently running Win 7) and this would be a great way to test that theory.Mayuyu - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I would love to have a portable computer in addition to my gaming setup.rajl1983 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I own a 3 year old desktop, an iPad mini, and a 6 year old laptop. The laptop has been to hell and back. It still works, but the battery is shot, the case is cracked, and the monitor has a permanent coffee stain from where I spilled coffee and it soaked inside the panel.A new laptop would allow me to work remotely and much more effectively. Currently, I do most of my work on my desktop. I used to use my laptop for most of my work, but now it's relegated to a second class machine. In order to work remotely, I have to make sure I have access to an electrical outlet (because the battery shot). A new laptop that has a battery life of greater than 5 minutes would therefore be a god send for the times I need mobile productivity.
The iPad is great, but it's a personal entertainment device. In other words, I use it to read books, browse the web, check my personal email, watch movies, etc. But it's not something I can get real work done with.
vykos - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Currently I have my self-built semi-casual gaming / video editing machine with an AMD FX-8320 and an old Radeon HD 4870 for a graphics card. In addition I have a Samsung ARM Chromebook that I use for my coffee-shop web browsing.I would love to have this HP Sleekbook with the A10 APU so that I could use it for some casual gaming when I don't want to be tied to my hot tower in the office. It would especially come in handy for when I go home for the holidays and want to continue my Civilization addiction! Otherwise I suppose I could remote desktop into my tower with the Chromebook to get my fix when I'm away from home, but that is a little sluggish and would require me to leave my desktop on all the time (the wireless card in it does not support Wake On LAN).
Amoro - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Currently I just have a desktop PC at home. It would be great to have a laptop I can take with me when traveling. Also, I could use it to browse strategy guides on the couch when I do console gaming.fulltext - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'd like to replace my aging Core Duo desktop with something sleek, portable and powerfulkenroy112 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I can winSniperWulf - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm actually entering for my wife. Her old Inspiron 1505 is really long in the tooth. Especially for all the video content she consumes. I've offered plenty of times to replace it, but she won't let me spend the money. It's not like we are hurting, but she's the type that likes to use something till it gives up. Super practical (thats why I married her, lol). All that said, if we won a machine in a contest, she'd be totally find with a replacement. And this machine would fit her use case quite nicely.Demon-Xanth - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 7, home built Core i5-750 system, all of which rock for my usage....but then comes my Vostro 1000.
I've upgraded the CPU to a Turion X2 and replaced the HDD with a 60GB SSD, but it now only serves to be a webcam system very rarely. The graphics can't keep up without turning anything requiring 3D to be slower than having the display updated by the USPS. The 2GB RAM is virtually maxed out. The display is low res for today's webpages.
Thus for most usages, I'm parked at my desk rather than sitting somewhere else relaxing.
Most of my past systems have been AMD systems with a run from my 233K6 to the Phenom 9600 and a half dozen AMD systems in between. So I like AMD and would gladly welcome one as a step up to let my laptop find a new home for someone who doesn't need much more than a netbook. But as it is, I'm limited to Android systems for my mobile computing since my budget doesn't allow for a new laptop at this time.
kenng329 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Here I go.lebarle - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a capable I5 Ivy Bridge quad core with a good Nvidia graphics card. I used it for Massively Multiplay Online Role Playing Games, but I don't do that much anymore. I also have an Acer atom net top to which I added an SSD and more memory. It is OK but still slow. I like the small laptop because it is portable and. I check email, facebook, and some light games. I was looking at an inexpensive Chromebook, but the Richland is a much better laptop.Doublehelix23 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have an ultrabook (Acer Aspire S7), a Samsung chromebook (Series 3), and a Nexus 7(2013). These three keep me covered for work/internet/reading but they are all pretty terrible for any kind of gaming, that's what i would use the ENVY Sleekbook for!oln - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently have a desktop (Q6600, 6600GT), a 17 inch laptop (ivy i5, 650GT), a first gen kindle fire, a first gen nexus 7, and a myTouch 4g (HTC Glacier). The tablets and phone are fine for comsumption, the desktop does everything I need it to at home, and the laptop is more movable than portable. I recently started a EE master's degree, and would really like to have something that is more portable than the 17", but still able to do actual compute tasks, unlike the tablets.DrachmasErus - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I am a college student that could really use a laptop for school. One that could play games such as this would be really nice too. I periodically travel to visit family and it'd be nice to have a laptop with me.Narco5 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My only portable device (other than an underpowered iPAD2) is a DELL laptop over 5 years old. I rarely use it because of its heft and lack of "power". I travel frequently for work and have to rely on my iPad, which can't do some of the things I require. The sleekbook would greatly alleviate my busieness travel necessities.Tellurium52 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My current personal setup is an ancient custom built PC with one of the first gen x64 Athlon procs. Hey, it still runs Firefox and has 4 GB of RAM. It's also on Windows 2000, so it is getting a bit outdated and I could probably use an upgrade. I'd like to try gaming on some new hardware and this Sleekbook looks more than capable.For work, I've got an HP EliteBook. I'd love to see how an AMD device stacks up against Intel.
yyaros01 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a big x79 rig with nvidia GTX680 sli but i'm not using it everyday, instead resorting to my aging AsusT100 transformer for everyday tasks which is painfully slow when browsing web, looking forward to this new sleekbook..randomreed - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I’m finishing up my PhD in informatics and am interested in exploring how a lightweight, touch enabled laptop would work as a visual analytics interface to some of my data-intensive research. I own an aging gaming desktop and a handful of portables – kindle tablet, windows phone, 6-year-old macbook pro – but these obviously don’t share the same interface paradigm as the HP ENVY Sleekbook. It would be fun to play with.And, of course, I wouldn’t mind having something portable to take to coffee shops and do work besides my current laptop that takes 5 minutes to open up a web browser!
BrentStew - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
All I have is an iMac desktop, so a laptop would be great for all my portable computing needs, especiallly for recording music. Thanks!apljack80 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Hello AnandTech and AMD,I currently own a notebook, and have two smart phones in my household. The notebook is an old but steady Asus ROG G50V, and it still handles the demanding workload we put on it. Especially with heavy software like ArcGIS that I use regularly for school work, it has been a well loved piece of hardware. For the most part what we have works, the notebook for writing papers, research, school work, and the phones for email, Facebook/socializing, and all those “ask Google moments”. But many times we find ourselves in need of another computer. The demands of a High school junior in AP classes, and a graduate student simply overlap to much at any given time. I want to give my son the tools he needs to accomplish his school work, while still being able to focus on classes I need to attend to online.
What the ENVY Sleekbook could do for us would be tremendous. A notebook like this would add a second workstation when both students need to work. I prefer to study outside of the home since it helps me focus, and 10 lbs. of laptop and power cable is far too heavy to lug around. I could use a laptop that is light and has a decent battery, so it can easily be taken on the road. My son could use a computer that would allow him to write and research papers comfortably, while I have to take up more demanding software on the ASUS. And above all else I think my wife would like to be able to get away from our 2 year old, and surf the web without feeling like she is depriving anyone a computer. We have everything from casual computing to power users, and a laptop that would find its way from the desk to the couch or on the road. If AMD and HP would like to show how well their notebook works in real life, over a broad spectrum of use cases, then we would be excited to help out!
Thank you again AnandTech and AMD for the awesome contest!
stormcrow216 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm a college professor in LA and I teach at three different schools. My commutes average from 45-60 minutes and I don't have my own workstation available at any of these campuses. I even have an office at one, but no computer. I use a Core i3-2120 at home, which I purchased mostly for the integrated graphics (the AMD options at the time weren't that great). I always used AMD builds before and I'd love to go back to them. I'd particularly love to have a nice portable option that would allow me to work on my own machine at all of my different jobs and avoid making a two-hour drive back and forth. A Sleekbook would fill that niche perfectly, providing me with more than enough power for all of my presentations in a format that would fit in my current briefcase.kenthaman - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a dell latitude laptop and two desktops connected to a home NAS. As laptops have become more powerful and wireless networking has improved in speed and reliability it has become more appealing to decommission my desktops in favor of more mobile solutions. This would be a great opportunity to phase out my Conroe class desktop as the A10 effectively meets or exceeds either in performance or power savings. Looking forward to the results of this drawing.Cheers!
Ken
Muldoonite - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My desktop is a Phenom II X6 system that I built in 2010 and has been nothing short of stellar ever since. As far as portable computing goes, I'm currently rocking a Galaxy S4 which I got in July of this year (my first ever smartphone), a stand, and I plan to get a USB OTG cable so I can use a keyboard with my phone. A dedicated laptop would obviously be more ideal than this, but since both of my old laptops are broken, this is what I'm going to be trying out for the semester. I imagine that with the right compact keyboard, using a GS4 for basic portable computing tasks won't be so bad so I'm excited to be trying it out. The addition of an HP ENVY Sleekbook would change this GS4 exercise from one of necessity to merely one of curiosity. Thanks for doing the giveaway!random betrayal - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
oh, how i need this. My laptop is so old that i have replaced my battery twice now. The current battery will no longer hold a charge and so my laptop is now a pseudo desktop.dungeonimp - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My desktop is a year and a half old but still powerful (SB i5 2550k oc'd to 4.7 w/ 16gb ram, 780gtx, 256 ssd +2TB HDD. Its serves as my central home computer (gaming, media, work.) Great except I cannot take it with me.My laptop is a hand-me-down Gateway notebook (Celeron, 1 GB ram, 70 GB HDD, Win XP) approximately 8 years old. Takes 5 min to boot, cannot run off battery more than 45 min, and has cursor lag when typing. I take this into the production office and out on location with me, but hate using it. It struggles with more than one tab open with regular internet browsing and Google Docs eventually becomes too much for it. Most of the time I am waiting for things to load or resources to be free (I have the task manager window open most of the time.) I estimate this machine cuts my productivity down to about 25%.
I also recently purchased a 2013 Nexus 7 tablet. It is great: great screen, fast mobile SOC. Although I hoped it would be able to replace my laptop, and it is great for internet browsing, it can struggle and is cumbersome as a business machine (complex docs, writing, specific applications.)
A new notebook, specifically a Sleekbook, would do wonders for me as it is portable, thin, and light, and I'd actually have a capable machine to take into the production office and out on location with me; bonus not having to be plugged into an outlet at all times!
Thanks for considering me!
xonotic - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a Fujitsu LifeBook from 2004 that started out as a 1.66ghz dual core, 512mb ddr2, and a 60gb hdd. It has had XP, W7, W8, Ubuntu 12/13 and now Elementary OS on it. The processor hasn't changed, but it now has 2gb of ddr2 and a 250gb hdd. The battery hasn't worked since before it came into my procession in 2008 so it never leaves my dorm room. If had this sleekbook, I would be able to take it to class for notes and write papers while having a browser open for research.AlexanderMoralez - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
the first AMD product I ever purchased was a 7200 Radeon and I ran that thing into the ground. I replaced it with a 9700 Pro which played Morrowind surprisingly well. What I'm getting at is, I love AMD and regardless my next laptop will be an AMD powered machine. My current laptop just went out, which makes rooting phones a lot more difficult on my ARM Chromebook. I've got a new HP Ultrabook from work, but I'm not really able to game/code/hack on it.dweccl - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a simple home setup with two laptops. One is my wife's ancient Dell Inspiron 1501. The battery won't charge anymore due to a motherboard problem, but the clunky budget laptop is still churning along after seven years. The same cannot be said for my significantly newer Sony Vaio VGNFW290. It bit the dust last August. Since I'm working on my Master's degree in English and need something for coursework, I bought a Latitude 2100 netbook at a garage sale for $50. I installed Linux Mint XFCE and now have a wonderfully portable (if anemic) machine to run Chromium and Libre Office.The bottom line? Both laptops are barely meeting our needs, but both are outdated platforms that sorely need to be replaced.
The Sleekbook would make a great replacement for the Inspiron. The APU will be plenty powerful enough for office apps and web browsing while providing some multi-media punch for light gaming. It balances portability with screen size the same way our Inspiron does and that form factor suits us well. We still have some DVD's lying around, but I have an external DVD drive for that, so the lack of an internal DVD drive is a non-issue.
What I especially like about the configuration is the 8GB RAM and 128GB SSD which will help boot times and real world performance of routine office and web browsing tasks. An i7 in this thing would be overkill, and I doubt I'd see an appreciable difference in every day use. All in all, the components are well matched for it's intended purpose: mainstream web browsing and light to moderate multimedia consumption. And that's exactly what I need.
Ananke - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a gaming/media desktop, laptops for each family member, and a server, plus couple of tablets. The server is for storage of family pictures, videos, documents and media/HDCP. The laptops are for work/education - mostly online login in webpages, media streaming from Internet, social media, Skype. The tablets are for media consuming - Netflix, music; and reading books, browsing. At this point this organization is OK for me, I just look for portability of the laptops - ultraportables like this, or Haswell based.DarkKnight_Y2K - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a custom-built desktop and have never owned a laptop/notebook.Having a ENVY Sleekbook as my first would be great!
mackdevin - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
The last three computers I have built have been APU based machines, and each time I am more impressed with the great performance these chips offer! They are a homerun for AMD, keep up the good work! And yes, I am now a 'fan-boy', no regrets!!!aznjoka - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
This notebook would be lovely for me, currently having overheating problems with my current one using the A8-5557M. Having this would save me the money to buy a new one.Kcilorak - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Hi there! Let me start out by saying that I love your site!My current setup consists of my ancient lenovo x60 thinkpad which is, sadly, on it's third battery and, if it weren't for linux, would be well past being functional. It is finally, after many years of of faithful service, starting to slow me down with certain tasks.
I also have my "gaming desktop" which is built around a hand-me-down core 2 duo and motherboard that I got from a friend paired with a BFG Nvidia 9600gt video card. I am very much a tweaker so, in spite of it's age, I am still able to play contemporary games like SR4 with decent graphics at a playable framerate.
This laptop would blow those two machines out of the water. I primarily use the laptop for android development but building a kernel on it takes a LOOOOONG time, and sadly the desktop is not much better. I have been very interested in AMD APUs since their inception and would be very excited to get the chance to own one. with one of these I would actually be able to play some games the way they were meant to and my work-flow would be dramatically accelerated.
Pick please me!
Thank you for all of your fantastic reviews and hard work!
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I am currently using a 3 years old Dell Inspiron 1545 running on Core 2 Duo with just 2GB of RAM. Have been looking into new notebook recently (because, obviously, the Dell is just too old and slow for about everything) but still haven't actually got one because apparently my wallet isn't full with $$$. Want a laptop that runs Dota 2 reasonably well (HD8610G will do :D) and of course a SSD doesnt hurt at all.In short: I WANT THAT THING!
kyuu - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm currently in the market for a portable computing device of some sort, whether a tablet or laptop. In the portable space, I much prefer AMD's more balanced approach to CPU/GPU performance with their APUs -- not to mention the possibilities as GPU-accelerated applications become more prevalant -- and would love to have an AMD-powered laptop or tablet.fbennion - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm a graduate student working on a PhD. I have decent desktops at home and work, and an older HP Pavilion running Windows XP for when I'm away from the desktops. Unfortunately, Windows XP won't be supported soon, Skydrive won't work on it (which is important for collaborating with others on papers), and I usually don't take it everywhere with me because it's relatively heavy compared to a modern, beautiful, slim laptop like the HP Envy. With that sleek creation, I could take it with me everywhere, and it would provide plenty of battery life for me to pop it out and work on papers whenever I have free time, wherever I go. The nice 15.6" screen size would make document editing much easier. For example, I could comfortably display documents I'm referencing right next to the document I'm editing. The display's inherent brightness would even let me work outside! And with AMD's graphics prowess, I could even kick back and play some games once in a while to relax and let off some steam. It would be a the perfect combination of productivity and relaxation.LochDhu10yr - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My aunt is the family photographer. But she suffers with photo editing on an Atom netbook. An A10 APU sleekbook would be an ideal upgrade for her. If I don't win this I will buy her one for Xmas. (I would get her one with a higher resolution display tho.)FrostyLumberjack - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently own a gaming desktop I built back in 2009, based on an i7-920, and my current laptop is a Lenovo R61 from 2008. I don't end up using the laptop very much, since the battery has been shot for about two years now. I'm a university student, so if I won it would allow me to have a portable machine that doesn't weigh a ton and isn't tethered to the wall.nkrz - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Currently I have a semi modern desktop (homebuilt. I think I was trying to relive my gamer days.) I have an ancient, on its last leg, upset me every time I have to pull it out of my laptop bag Dell Inspiron 1525. The battery no longer holds a charge, so it’s basically a 6 lbs. desktop that I make excuses for in order to just leave it in my trunk. My last device is an iPad, which I use every day for teaching, but basically can only use it as an email / note taking device because it’s not made to create the original notes, quizzes, tests, and worksheets.The problem that I have is that the two machines I have to do work on need to plug their umbilical cords into the wall. That doesn’t work for me when I want to hang out with my family while I do work in the living room or other places. So right now I have to make a choice to separate myself from my wife and son.
Winning this great device would enable me to enjoy time with my family (which is also limited right now because I’m a football coach) while I do work. I would love the opportunity to be more of a multitasker!
skytoastar - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My 2006 Gateway laptop is running a Turion Mobile TL-52. It's DC jack has been resurrected four times over its life thanks to my soldering iron. It's my main laptop and is showing its age with anything beyond basic web browsing. I'm a PhD student in Electrical Engineering and it certainly takes its time to perform scientific computing tasks for research. My wife has a 2007 Dell Inspiron 1720 laptop with a Core 2 Duo T5250. It gets by for email and Pintrest. Our baby girl was born in May and is our first child. Of course we needed to buy a camcorder. We bought a Panasonic HCV700M, which is great, but neither computer is capable enough to even play back in real time the 60p H.264 files it produces. We'd like to be able to play and edit these files. Right now they just get backed up to hard drives waiting for a better computer. A Sleekbook would help tremendously to be able to do that as well as use its quad core processor for scientific computing tasks for school.Des_Eagle - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently own a few computers: (a) Haswell-based gaming desktop, (b) Bloomfield-based media/backup server (repurposed gaming PC), (c) MSI GT70 laptop for general home use and occasional work use, (d) Microsoft Surface for... I don't know. It sucks.The MSI GT70 is a beast but it's impossible to lug around, and the Surface is essentially useless. I would like a laptop that I can bring anywhere without sacrificing power or usability. The Sleekbook would fit in perfectly.
Flipper34 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
We have several desktop computers but this would be ideal for our oldest as she is getting to the point where she can do a lot of her homework on a computer and since we have a lot going on she can take this with her instead of waiting to get home and do it on her desktop. We can then delegate hers for more games for her. :)Thrakazog - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently have a desktop I built myself (i5-2500k) and a Kindle Fire 1.0. I could really use a more powerful portable solution than the first generation Fire.WalkingDead - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Give mefragmentedsoul - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Currently I own a custom built desktop with a GPU that has a broken fan. Since it is an older Intel, I don’t have integrated graphics that would make my desktop functional. I also have a Core 2 Duo Thinkpad (2008) that broke down last week. I also have a Core Duo Sony (2007) laptop that runs Ubuntu with 1GB of memory. I also have a HP Touchpad running Android 4.2.2.I am a college student that is on the go constantly and need a laptop that is reasonable mobile with a good battery life and great performance. I just recently bought an Acer with an i3 Sandy Bridge processor with only 4GB of memory (the memory is soldered). This laptop is mobile; but it only has decent battery life and barely manageable performance.
The i3 processor is constantly being taxed while nearly all of the memory is being used. Around 85-90% of the memory is constantly being used while I have Chrome, Adobe Reader, and a few Office applications open. Oddly, Windows 8 consistently takes up half of the memory. I haven’t even opened up my other applications like SQL Server, multiple Visual Studio windows, SAP GUI, or even any of the Windows 8 apps from the Windows Store.
The HP Sleekbook with the Richland APU will help me be more productive than this i3 laptop. With the Sleekbook my application and coding would run much faster and the additional memory remove the bottleneck of memory. The SSD would also remove the bottleneck of my spinning hard disk. Having a touchscreen would also make Windows 8 even more usable as it was designed with touch in mind. I might even be able to do a little gaming on the side when I am done with my studying of course.
ClearlyWeary - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
As far as computing devices go I've got my iPad, iPhone 5 and my desktop which has an 8350 and 7970 inside. Use the iPad for just casual usage surfing the web and playing some light games and whatnot. Any actual work I need to do I do on my desktop however. As well as gaming.This little Sleekbook would be great cause I could use it for work instead of my desktop. So heres hoping I get one of these..
joetekubi - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I've got an older HP laptop with an Intel i5 - it's slow, runs real hot, and has poor battery life. I need a new laptop that can run Windows, Linux, and VM software well.MorpheusMan - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Currently using an Asus EP121 Windows based tablet for my mobile needs, and an E8400 based desktop at home. The Ep121 has been a mixed bag. It's a little heavy for surfing the web in front of the TV, thought the screen size seems about right. For work purposes I've found I miss having a built in physical keyboard a lot more than I though I would. If I had it to do over again, I'd have bought a laptop for work, and a smaller tablet for everything else.Mahdimael - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a 6 year old gaming PC, and my wife has a 3 year old HP 17" laptop that she uses generally but also with a Wacom drawing pad to do photoshop work. I'd be curious to see how well some games run on a newer system to see if that would be a viable gaming replacement system for me, and it would be nice to try and move my wife towards a 15" form factor, which seems to be the way things are standardizing.NeatOman - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Now you're all 1/91.6 less likely to win! muah ha ha haNo really though, it would be a nice replacement to my Thinkpad X301 that just got stolen along with my equipment.
LuckyWave - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
only have a desktop i7 3770k with a gtx 780 and 16 gigs of ram but have no laptop to use for classes in college i was thinking on buying a laptop but don't have the cash to buy a acceptable one. it would mean a lot to get this computer since i heard that the apus get good battery-life and all anyway that is my entry thank you.eliani - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I own macs mostly now. nicer hardware and excellent os.Sttm - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I need one so I can see why everyone on these boards whines about 1366x768.xluo - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have one Windows desktop and one Mac laptop. It will be nice to have a Windows laptop.dlang1234 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a nice desktop at home, but with kids, sitting at the desktop getting work done is non existant, so I need to be mobile. I have a 4-5 year old Windows 7 laptop, but when I try to use the VM's from work on it... it just doesn't work.. literally.. it gives me some error about the instruction set being too old.. a new SleekBook would mean I could work when the kids are sick, thus not having to burn up so much vacation time.spe1491 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My main pc is an I7 920 based desktop tucked away in my "office" in the basement. We have a6 week old baby so I'm not getting much time on it right now. I also have a old core 2 duo based laptop but the battery is shot, so it's not very mobile unless I bring the power cord. Needless to say it's not getting used much either. Most of my computing is happening on my phone lately, an HTC One. If I were to win one of these laptops it would allow me to be mobile around the house and not need to duck off to my office near as often to use the desktop.
Tenugui - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My current system is a 2010 MacBook Pro 17" it's big and great, but growing a little long in the tooth and heavier under the arm. This laptop has been my goto machine for design, coding, browsing, gaming and every other task life throws at me.I'd very much like to get myself back into a Windows platform and see the benefits of AMD, Win8 and touchscreens. Moreover the improvements in speed and additional cores will add a boost to my life and productivity.
superflux - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Want! I had a PUMA platform, I want an upgrade.Fyodor - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I replaced my old dying laptop with a desktop for 3d modeling and programming work at uni, but it turns out I could still use something portable. I still need something for notes / homework on the go, but simply don't have a budget for it.asoiaf7 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently have my desktop (i5, 670 sli) and smartphone (htc one). Winning a laptop would help me in school and would help with my photography by being able to have a pc on the road.lipanconjuring - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My current desktop setup is a i5 2500k, GeForce 670, and OCZ Vertex 4 256GB ssd, all of which is pretty sweet. For mobile computing, I have a 8GB Nexus 7 and an aging Toshiba laptop, which a Sleekbook would certainly replace. I do plenty of classwork on the desktop, however, I am cursed with only being able to get satellite internet where I live along with its high latency and low (500mb/day) bandwidth cap. This forces me to travel to campus to use wi-fi, meaning I am tethered to the notebook. How would the Sleekbook improve things? It would be a huge upgrade over my current laptop with its ancient Core2 Duo chip, lack of adequate memory, and slow hard drive.YEHUDIS - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have an old, old, old PC. Every time windows updates my computer, my computer crashes. I have to keep resetting the date back several months to avoid the updates and the inevitable crash. This is driving me nuts! With a Sleekbook I can move into the 21st century!antonyt - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a core 2 duo desktop I built way back in 2009 and a weathered, beat-up aluminum macbook (also from 2009). My laptop is too underpowered to game on, and I can't do any Windows development (which I do as a hobby) on it without going through bootcamp hassles. With a new Envy I wouldn't be chained to my desk to do all the things I want to do!superjim - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I work as a programmer and have a gaming/video-editing desktop, a Trinity-based HTPC, Synology NAS and a Nexus 7 tablet. I also have two kids still in diapers which require near-constant supervision. I'd like to get some work done while I watch my kids but using my desktop isn't practical and my tablet is for consumption only. Having a highly portable laptop would allow me to get work done while simultaneously ensuring my kids aren't eating play-doh and hanging from the ceiling fan. In 2-3 years, the ENVY would become my kids learning computer with the touch screen being invaluable to their understanding.gspence2000 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm a Windows developer and my main development machine is a Samsung Slate 7. It's basically one of the machines that Microsoft gave to all of the attendees of the Build conference a year before they shipped Windows 8 (although I didn't attend, so I bought my own). I bought it so that I'd have the opportunity to use the Preview release of Windows 8 with a touch-capable device.Paired with a mouse and keyboard, and a second monitor, it is actually a pretty decent development machine.
But it's getting long in the tooth. Intel HD2000 graphics and 1.6GHz cores are awfully slow, and 4GB ram is a bit short for Visual Studio. I need more horsepower and something more portable than bringing a slate, keyboard, mouse, and stand around with me.
chaudx - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently own a custom build desktop and T420 laptop, but using Windows 8 on it is a hassle. I wouldn't mind giving a Sleekbook a try to see if Windows 8 works better with touch.ganjah - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm a PhD student in the social sciences at an R-1 university. I currently make below poverty level wages, and have not taken out any loans. As such, I have fairly old computer equipment.For home, I have a DIY desktop consisting of an AMD Phenom X3 720, 4 gigs of DDR2 ram, and a single 400GB HDD, on which I do most of my work. Part of the reason is the large screen I have attached - a Dell 2405FPW. This allows me to work in many windows simultaneously, and do two full-sized windows side-by-side. I don't have time for much gaming, but when I do, this machine can barely keep up. It's mostly a productivity device, however.
At school, I use an old Acer AS1410 netbook that has the Intel dual core Celeron processor in it. I like the small form factor and low weight, but the tiny 11.6" screen and 1368x768 is just too small to get any real work done - whether statistical analysis or research article reading. However, the screen is gorgeous, not too reflective, and has great contrast and color reproduction.
Another big annoyance is the 4000RPM 160GB HDD in this netbook. At this point in its lifespan, even after formatting and reinstalling the netbook a couple of times with fresh installs of Windows 7 Home Premium, it still experiences 10-15 minutes of constant disk thrashing upon every boot or resume, even though I upgraded the ram to 8GB and installed an SD card to make use of ReadyBoost! This is really annoying, as the disk IO subsystem is so thoroughly saturated when it's doing this, that the little guy can't really do anything else until the disk stops thrashing.
The Acer's trackpad is so small and finicky that it's basically unusable. Thus, I have a small bluetooth mouse that I carry along with my netbook. This also means that one of my netbooks 3 USB ports is filled by an external BT dongle, as the Acer doesn't have one built-in.
The last big problem with this Acer netbook is that its battery can no longer hold more than 2hrs charge with WiFi off and the brightness on its lowest settings. Thus, I have to carry around the additional power brick everywhere I go, because all of my classes are 3hrs long. It's kinda annoying and embarrassing having to hunt around in my backpack every class to plug the darned thing in.
If I were to win this new HP ENVY Sleekbook, I would immediately have a huge upgrade in productivity at school. No longer would I have to print every document to read - I'd read them directly on the Sleekbook, instead. I'd also be able to take it to school without the power brick (hopefully) and get a full day's work out of it, and never have to plug in during the middle of a lecture or seminar.
Without having to carry a power brick or a wireless mouse around, I'll greatly reduce the weight I'm carrying around on a daily basis. Some days, when multiple classes require multiple books, I'm carrying in excess of 35lbs in my backpack, so any ability to shave pounds off here or there would help a ton!
Lastly, I will be so glad to finally be able to use a laptop that doesn't have to "settle" for 15 minutes after every boot. The sheer loss of productivity by having to wait for my Acer's ancient HDD to stop thrashing after every boot or resume is staggering, especially since I have to open and close the thing so frequently at school. That, perhaps more than anything, will be a welcome change if I was to win this Sleekbook.
britjh22 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Do want, have been interested in trying out the APU's.buttmuffin - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
im using a refurbished dell desktop that is slow as grandpappy and it is the complete opposite of sleek.Dapke - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Currently running a custom build from my last year in college with a Phenom II (socket AM3). Had to put something together that was relatively inexpensive yet could handle my modeling software & rendering. Machine performed admirably then (esp for the price!), and is still chugging along attached to my TV (albeit graphics card is stressed a bit pushing that screen size).I would love a new sleekbook to help modernize my system, and to get the screen closer to me! My old system was reliable, but I would like something faster, better looking, and Portable! Tired of relying on my cell phone when working remotely - the ability to bring along a nice looking, fast, portable machine would really help when i'm out and about!
Val23G - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Currently we use a 5 year old Dell laptop at home. It has just started running slow and i've done everything i can think of to get it to speed back up. We need an updated laptop to use around the house. We mostly use them for access to the internet. My husband has been using it to job search. I like to use it for music as well and for my concert photos. I have an ipad as well but don't like that i can't use it for my music and photos. A laptop is so much easier. We need an updgrade and i will gladly give feedback on the HP Envy TouchSmart Sleekbookdhiran - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Doesn't need to be first to win.crashtestdummy - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I own a five-year-old Puma-based laptop that's in dire need of replacement (AMD ZM-80-based HP system). I'm a graduate student and use my computer as a work computer and media center. I take the computer into work every day, which is a pain with how heavy my current system is. My workload isn't CPU intensive, but even HD video and photoshop give my current setup a hard time. I don't game much, but I would like to be able to play the occasional modern strategy game. The most important aspects in a new system for me are weight, thermals, battery life, and loading times (meaning the SSD would be much appreciated).cyrusfox - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently have a Trinity(A10-4600M) full HD 15.6" laptop, an old X120e(e-350), a custom watercooled desktop(i5-3570k, and Radeon HD 7970). A Celeron 847 itx box for the tv, and old am2 quad core doing server duty. I use a cheapo Lumia 521 while the wife has a galaxy S4. Waiting for a kabini itx board and then the celeron box becomes the new file server. I am also highly interested in a laptop dock for the S4, with that, my wife wouldn't even use a laptop again, especially with office on android now.TheEvilBlight - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
"explaining your current PC setup and why you want, or need to win a Sleekbook."I'm running a Samsung series 7 laptop and am in need fo a refresh, an Intel+AMD Enduro kitbash (and to make things worse, it's a 6490M). I'm open to trying out AMD's newer product; the Sleekbook would be a straight upgrade in terms of GPU, and I'm be happy to test out if the older Sandys will out-do the newer Piledrivers. I'm also interested in the touchscreen, but it isn't the primary feature for me in non-tablet computing.
PakkaDakka - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have an old q6700 desktop that is on its way out and an original Atom netbook. Neither of these things can really help with my schoolwork and have to do it all at the college. I also just got married so I have no money to replace any of this. Help me Anandtech, you're my only hope.Ldstarr - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently own an ipad3 and an android phone. The iPad is easy to carry and allows me to do basic internet surfing, check email etc. They both lack flash, which doesn't allow me to see some websites. I am currently unemployed and having a laptop would really help in applying for jobs. I currently use the pages app for my resume and cover letters.....but cannot upload the files directly to websites. Winning this would allow me to search with hopefully more luck, and allow me to get an excellent job. I would be more than happy to write about my impression of the HP Envy Sleekbook, as it looks like an amazing machine. Thanks so much for the chance to win one!Regards,
Lisa
magnusmundus - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My current PC is a self-built rig with an AMD 1090t and a gtx 480, water cooled and overclocked. I use it for gaming, web browsing, school work, and BOINC distributed computing. When modding and upgrading my desktop I would really like to have a nice laptop like the Sleekbook as a secondary computer. Having to look up guides and troubleshooting manuals on my old P4 system is a pain. I never got into the tablet craze, preferring the full functionality of a PC. However, my only laptop is old and bulky, hardly ideal for taking to class or traveling. The Sleekbook would be a great fit for my purposes.srengara - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
AMD fan who wants to get the last of the PD generation NBspavlindrom - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I am basically without a good computer. I have an old notebook that is as slow as it could be. This is an upgrade. Then I don't have a desk so the form factory would be perfect for me.So there you go, I'm perfect for winning this!
Chapbass - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Ever since I got out of school, I haven't really had a need for a laptop until now. I have my home desktop that I use for gaming and general usage while I'm at home, and I have a work laptop that per company policy is used strictly for work related things (VMware client, office, putty, etc. only allowed).I have a digital pro sound mixer that I want to start recording audio out of while playing shows with my band. Having a laptop would allow me to control things like digital effects, faders, and audio routing from on stage without needing to be standing by the mixer itself. I will also be able to start experimenting with combining electronic sounds into our electric and acoustic only sound right now. Experimenting with sampling while onstage could open up an entirely new possibility. Having a small laptop like a sleekbook that has an SSD in it would be perfect for me as it would be easily portable, durable, and the lack of a hard drive would make sure any bumps or movement while it is on stage wouldn't ruin the drive. Plus, the extra speed will ensure low latency for monitoring and recording at the same time (which can prove difficult with traditional hard drives).
Tifosi248F1 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have numerous reasons to need a new laptop, and a few reasons to want one. I am an avid photographer, and always carry my current laptop around to offload photos and review them in the field. My current laptop is getting around 5 years old. It's an HP G50 with an aging and slow T3400 with 3GB of memory, and on-board graphics that take ups about 25% of the memory alone. Working with Lightroom or other camera apps is getting increasingly slow. To make things even worse, the screen, or at least the cable connecting the screen, is going bad. More and more the display will turn into a garbled mess and I will need to adjust how far open I have it just to get things to return to normal. The lid hinges are also loose from use. I've had to take it apart and tighten them twice.I enjoy watching videos with the laptop connected to the TV, and the laptop is starting to struggle with all the HD content available out there now. I also love playing Minecraft. I have an i5 system for my major gaming needs, but having a more powerful laptop would allow me to run my server on it, freeing up resources on my desktop.
This Sleekbook would help to improve my productivity when working with photos out in the field. It would be leaps and bounds above my current, dying laptop. It would also be a useful tool for business, being able to take it along to consultations with clients. And lastly, it would increase my enjoyment in my free time by allowing me to watch HD video without chugging along, and complementing my gaming setup letting me run what needs to be run at maximum efficiency Those are the reasons I think I should be considered as one of the lucky three.
Thank you AT, and good luck to everyone..
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Me, pick me.GravyGraphics - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm running a Dell Lattitude D830 running Win 7 with the original 5400rpm HDD. Luckily a 128GB SSD is larger than my current HDD so the change over should be easy. I was forward looking enough to get it with 4GB of RAM, but running an XP VM still brings the machine to its knees in a fit of contant-paging. Compiles take f-o-r-e-v-e-r. While Visual Studio 6 runs well (yes I still have to use that), Visual Studio 2010 is crazy laggy. Forget about hibernating it. Getting back to work involves 30 minutes of watching the hdd light blink. Its faster to reset and reboot.siderst - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently use a Thinkpad T420s and a HP Elitebook 9470m. Neither have touch capable displays and using a mouse with Windows 8 sucks. The primary improvement if I were to win this Envy 15 would be that I would finally be able to use Windows 8 the way it was intended, with my hands.garwynn - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Well, here's my rundown. I have at home a Core i7-3770k (8GB DDR3, HD7770, 1TB HDD + 100GB SSD cache) that is my wife's desktop after promising her many years she could have one of her own that I would not touch. I also have another i7-3770k (almost same setup but HD7790) for my Android Build box. Great system but it needs to be up and running all the time for making android builds and allowing others to get on. Third box at home is a C2Q Q9400 (8GB DDR2, HD6450, 750GB) that was our mainstay and has now pretty much taken a role as our media box, primarily with the kiddo's programming. Kiddo (toddler) has an iPad mini and I have my Note 2. Wife has a Samsung Galaxy S4. All 3 PCs are home builds - been doing it since '93.The Note 2 is great for checking my work e-mail (work laptop is Dell Latitude E6400, T8400 + 4GB RAM) but I have nothing for relaxing or checking anything on my own. Obviously work laptop can't be used except for... well, work. Since the C2Q is hooked up to our only TV, I don't get much use out of it because others are using the TV. This is a serious problem for me because I'm expecting to start school here in 4 weeks and I need something to do class work on - as a vet I'm running short on time to finish those classes. I also can't lug a desktop to work, which is all I have now for personal use. This leaves me in a bind, something that I believe the Sleekbook can help fill the current void.
I am looking for the Sleekbook for classwork, supporting my startup business (IT sales & consulting - sole proprietor), watching football and other sports on the screen instead of fighting over our TV - and admittedly some gaming as time allows. (Have an Xbox 360 but again - all tied up to the one TV.) It is something that I can take to work and other places with me so I can easily hit the road or do studies during my lunch break. I kindly hope I merit a Sleekbook. Thank you for your time.
HiiraTeruyo - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Currently I have a first gen i7 laptop [740QM] with an nvidia310m, which I only recently realized how bad it was haha. It's also a fairly bulky 16" that doesn't have the CPU intake vent even cut out, so the thermals on it are pretty bad. To round it all out, it's battery is pretty much all of 5-10 minutes these days.I also have an ipad 2 that I generally only use for some rhythm games [Reflec beat, Jubeat, etc.] and for ebooks or light note taking in class, since it's much easier to bring than my laptop, but productivity on a tablet just doesn't really work much for me, particularly now that I'm starting to learn C and unix/linux.
This sleekbook would not only allow me to actually have a productivity and entertainment machine that isn't a hassle to use or carry around, but would both alleviate the costs of replacing my currently laptop (College ;_;), along with letting me finally get the chance to try an AMD system.
That and I've also never had a system with an SSD before, after so much I've heard about them ;w;.
SalientKing - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Hello, currently i have a pair of desktops and some really old laptops. Mostly used for games. I think i should win this, because im a really tired and sad corporate drone slave. Winning makes me happy, because i rarely get to win in real life. I would probably use this laptop for awhile to do very non-productive things, but eventually i'd give it to my GF who needs a laptop for work/school/art. Thanks!GhostClocking3 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Water cooled i2600k, ipad, and an old Dell inspiron I rarely use which was the only computer I used throughout college. I haven't used a laptop/notebook since then, as tablets became much more popular and I started to learn how to build my own PC. I just never got around or needed to upgrade laptops. I now want to see what improvements have been made after all these years and if they manage to make laptops/notebooks as powerful and as portable.rpmrush - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I game with my main rig (2500k/7950) on a 27 inch TN panel.It also does double duty as the my HTPC and plays movies on the living room HDTV.
I have WD streamer that I use my OG Nexus to control and watch YouTube, Netflix, and Hulu.
I have an OG Nexus 7 that I use with a Jambox wireless speaker for video consumption and browsing away from the TV. Kudos for nabbing the SSD. I added a Corsair Accelerator SSD as a cache drive for my main rig's 2TB Win7 drive...night and day. I would love a more powerful and useful device outside of the Nexus 7 for computing outside of my main rig.
mtheb - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My laptop died, motherboard went bad, and my Thrive's glass is broken. I don't have a fully functional mobile device. No, I don't want a smart phone.sevenayan - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Honestly, I'd love to win the laptop just because I'm tired of not being able to game on my Macbook. I bought this laptop in 2009 and it just doesn't cut it anymore. I do run windows 8 on bootcamp but I can barely play any of the newer games on it. I just want a device that will run me starcraft, cs, and battlefield.cygnus1 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I want to win this for my gf. she currently has a really old macbook she inherited from a friend and is in need of something new to use when she goes back to schoolamo_ergo_sum - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
i wish i may, i wish i might, win this sleekbook quad core tonight.adellag - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a old 12" Dell Mini... I think that says it all. It was slow out of the box...3+ years later I'm close to hanging myself because this technological joke is really the worse model ever!I mean I fell alseep waiting for Firefox to open up... Really?
So, yeah, I would go insane if I won this sweet lill baby! The ENVY Sleekbook is just all of my dreams come true...in one thin sexy laptop!
raptoro07 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I would like to win....... Please :)alembic5 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My Dell D630 just took a dive, so I currently only have a Dell Precision T3500 workstation. A new laptop would be very useful!juliembrown86 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My only computer-like device, besides a "dumb" phone and a Kindle, is a five year old lemon of an laptop, an HP Pavilion dv4. It's overheated and crashed inconsistently and frustratingly since I got it at the beginning of my Master's degree, but it made it through that degree program and beyond. I am between degrees at the moment (hoping to start a PhD program within a year), so I use my laptop for entertainment purposes and keeping in touch with my out-of-state family and family abroad. I would use a new laptop to do everything I do now, from paying bills to video chatting with my brother to watching TV. I would be able to enjoy a computer than can handle sitting on a coffee table without over-heating while watching a movie and than can even have an Office program, Skype, and Gmail open all at once without crashing. Thank you for your consideration!! I would love to be able to appreciate the "lap" part of a laptop with a mobile laptop that keeps cool so I can use it around town.sircod - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently use a desktop for work and gaming, and a tablet for some portable entertainment. I don't even have a laptop anymore, although it would be nice to have one so I could do some work away from home.LB-ID - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently have Intel workstations at home and at work, and take an iPad 2 and a Toshiba laptop with me on the road. The Sleekbook would replace the iPad and laptop combo I'm currently using with one device, cutting down on the weight I carry around on the road.Scorpial - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Currently I have a 5 year old HP Pavilion laptop that is definitely showing its age. I upgraded it with an SSD about two years ago to try and squeeze some extra life out of it, but even with that speed boost it still has trouble getting some routine tasks done without bogging down. It's also a chunky beast that isn't great to look at, and the battery life is terrible. I'd love a new ENVY Sleekbook, it should be able to accomplish everything that I do on a daily basis without any trouble :-)Raging George - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Hopefully this is a good post for winning.tygersrule - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Currently I am a High School student enrolled in multiple college classes, and I run with a custom built PC that I built last year. I use it for school work and games. Getting a ENVY sleekbook would be amazing because I could actually do stuff at my college and be mobile.marcustyphoon - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Like last time, I want the opportunity to experience/compare AMD's hardware to Intel's, as I've never tried a Trinity/Richland APU and I'm really curious if it's worth the cost savings over Haswell+Kepler+Optimus. (Current system: Intel C2D T8100 MacBook). Also, I need a native Windows computer to run SolidWorks for a class.AnitaUtami - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Alright. I am just a work-at-home-mom and I don't really speak techy lingo, so I cannot be too detail with the specs. I have an HP TouchSmart 310 PC that starts to go (making high pitch noise, stalling, etc). It is a touchscreen all-in PC, but to be honest, I never really utilize the touchscreen. The screen is just way too big and it hurts my eyes when I utilize the touchscreen because then I need to be close to the screen.Anyhow, I would love to have a laptop so I can be mobile and work from other area of the house. I have a little baby, and sometimes she gets bored in the room where I work from. It will be nice if I can have the Sleekbook so I can watch my baby play in the living room, and can still work on my laptop. It will definitely increase my productivity. It will also be great if I have the Sleekbook, so I can work from a coffee shop while my daughter people watch from her stroller.
The touchscreen feature will be a great way for me and my daughter to learn some stuff, like learning the alphabets or learning the music notes where she can touch the screen from some piano apps.
I hope I will win the Sleekbook. It will definitely add benefits to our everyday learning and working time :-) Thanks for the chance!
ZeroPointEF - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently have 2 desktops (core2duo, Ivy Bridge) and 1 Sandy Bridge HTPC. I have two WindowsPhone 925s. I would like to win this because it would give me the chance to see how far AMD has come since I left them about 10 years ago. Additionally, it would be nice to try out a notebook. I have never had one because they are underpowered compared to a desktop, but this might change my mind. I would also like to get an idea of Windows 8 in a touch environment. I love it with a mouse and keyboard, and this would be a nice extension of the experience.Backedupdrive - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Don't have a laptop. I can't drag my tower with me when I have to be on the throne. ;)alfredska - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Current PC setup: Lenovo T430s - multipurposed as my travel and work PCI use my T430s for everything from crunching numerical integrals, to conference companion and personal travel. It's a trusty machine, but isn't really geared for light packing and I'm missing out on the touch craze. The Sleekbook would be great for research presentations and abroad travel.
I'd be happy to write-up a review touching on its usability in travel (work and pleasure), research, and light gaming.
piker84 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a gaming PC along the wall right up next to the left corner of my living room which I do everything PC game/internet related on at the moment. My home theater/surround sound is in the center of the room along the same wall. I'm using a receiver and several HDMI devices (PS3, 360, Cable, PC) to run all my content through.I currently do not have a laptop or tablet to use for enhancing my gaming experience from the couch while playing games on my big screen at the moment. As it is right now, I have to get up and run over to my desktop to look something up. If I were to win one of the AMD Sleekbooks then I would put it to use with the new Battlefield 4 Battlelog, as well as make use of it with next-generation gaming systems like the PS4 and XBOX One, both of which I have reserved for day-day. The next-gen possibilities are exciting!
SAMSAMHA - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently have a desktop pc with 27'' display, core i7 2500k, ssd, hd, 8gb of ram as my primary pc that i use for work. In addition, I got a asus ux31e for mobile use. While the laptop is nice that it has good performance, the keyboard of the unit is not the best. If the keyboard on this system can actually deliver a good performance with good screen and killer keyboard. it would be a great replacement that can potentially merge both my desktop and laptop. I don't have a tablet since I use my note 2 as my phablet for phone and simple tab use for web browsing. I often use laptop for heavy browsing as oppose to a tablet.giarcnoswals - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My DV7 Trinity could use a companion.Essence_of_War - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Presently, I have a gaming desktop that I built myself, an ipad2, and an htc 8x windows phone.On the desktop, I do mostly gaming, but a little work from home, the ipad is mostly for media consumption and very light gaming while traveling (bloons tower defense!) and the htc 8x is combination phone, messaging, skype, and evernote platform.
I've recently begun traveling for work, and I obviously can't take the desktop with me, and frankly, both the phone and tablet are horrible for any sort of productivity activities. I've been considering adding a laptop to the mix to be able to do things like latex, presentations, matlab simulations and data analysis portably, but budget issues at work meant that it would have to be added myself, and personal budgetary issues make that a non-starter :)
Winning a sleekbook would add significant flexibility to my ability to work on-the-go, and generally make my work related travel MUCH easier.
GX1XD1PD - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Well I'll take another stab at it.Sumotku - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Still chugging along with my Vostro 1700 from 2007. I've replaced the processor and dual hard drives with SSD but it's limited by the older hardware obviously. Sure would be nice to upgrade but it's working well and I'll see if I can hold out a bit longer.slimane.agouram - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Well let's Hope i get lucky this time...erikiksaz - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently use my desktop PC as my workhorse computer. Whether I'm modifying images, typing up documents, or altering audio files, it's my go to device. Problem is that I can't bring it alone with me, it's not portable. A newer laptop would fit the bill!kurtj_homebrew - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently use a Hp Pavilion dv9700 laptop with an AMD Turion X2 processor in it, which is on its second hard drive. The cd rom drive has also gone out on it, so I've been using an external drive, so much for booting from CD. I've been a longtime Hp buyer and AMD buyer, as I haven't purchased an Intel machine since my wife's HP Pavilion Celeron 400, so you can imagine how long ago that was. I've felt that the extra money saved on a AMD CPU could be put into other better components ( video cards, etc ) when choosing a machine.My kids also use my dv9700 to play games and watch videos with, a new machine would certainly help that situation out. The current setup labors a bit under Minecraft, and stutters quite a bit with HD video. A quad core chip ought to make short work of Minecraft and help smooth out the videos.
Ragnaroknroll - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'd be interested in this laptop because of its size. Currently I have a 17.3 in laptop, which while it works fine can be a pain to carry to classes and such (I had to purchase a new backpack when I bought it). As an aside, winning this laptop would also mean that I would once again have a AMD processor in one of my devices. Previously my desktop ran a Phenom II 955 until I won a Tom's Hardware competition and received an i7 3930k. There was nothing wrong with the Phenom I just received something better for free. Here's to hoping lightning strikes twice.lelliott73181 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a MacBook Air, and would love to have a Windows 8 machine side by side for the development work I do.TheDeepThought42 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently have a Thinkpad W530 that I use for college/school. Having a Sleekbook would be nice for taking notes/not having to carry a 6lb laptop + it's like 2lb charger everywhere with me.I also own a (original) Nexus 7, but I feel like it's too slow (even with the 4.3/fstrim update) to use and difficult to type quickly on.
ravasg - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I own two tower computers, an older laptop too power hungry to get away from the wall, and a kindle fire (gen 1).These days the laptop and the tablet are the only things seeing use. Towers are just too big to keep in convenient places and my 1 year old keeps pulling out power cords...
The laptop is pretty much doing it all (internet, games, software development, etc) at the moment. The tablet is nice for reading, checking stuff quickly online, and watching Netflix away from the TV.
Another laptop would enable us to play games together without having to haul out and find space for a tower computer, monitor, and mess of cables.
maheshkumar911 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I own a old PC (P4) a acer laptop (i5) and a android smartphone.Capadac - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I wanna recycle my current Desktop and laptop ( probably donate them ), but i need a quality replacement and wont have the funds available anytime soon, because of financial strain living by myself, thus this Envy is right up my alley (If i win). Where power and battery life goes hand in hand with the new Richland APU (awesome!!) and my pocket (electric bill). The laptop i have now is a 17" Pavilion g7 from walmart, running windows 8 with an A8-4500m and its ok but a little too heavy, i would like something exactly like the envy sleekbook, thin, light, and more powerful than my current. My desktop is one i built myself with: Intel core2duo 3.0GHZ, 8 gigs ddr3, geforce Gts 450, and 550w power supply, but i barely use it cause mobility is my future especially when i wanna make beats on the go with FL Studio. This laptop will be able to replace both my desktop and laptop cause it would play most games i play (Call Of Duty mw3, Left4dead2, Tropico 4, and Grid2, and Tony Hawks HD). My android phone is used for music, email, and a little gaming but its not a ideal experence until more games start supporting Bluetooth HID Controllers. So there you have it, i dont have a sad story about how my dog chewed up my laptop or anything, im just saying if i want to kill two birds with one stone and cut my power bill down significantly, that ENVY would be the tool of choice!!Zerhyn - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently have a desktop that is used for work (programming and content creation) and gaming. It is equipped with an Intel Core i5-3570K, ASUS GTX 670 and 8 GB ram. I previously had a Lenovo T500 until the hinges around the green stopped working which made it unusable. I do a lot of traveling so it would helpful to have a machine that would be powerful enough to do some light data processing and a bit of gaming. The machine would get a lot of use when I am not around my desktop and/or would like to get away from working at home.strid3r - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm in it to win it!martajd - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
currently own a sony vaio duo 11, which I use for work and school. Also use a gaming desktop with i5 2500k and a gtx 560ti. Nexus 4 as phone. I would really like to see how this laptop would fair well at mobile gamingjdknoblett - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm a long time AMD fan,I currently use an iBuyPower desktop with AMD FX-4100 Quad Core Processor, AMD Radeon HD 6670 graphics and Win7 OS; my wife has an Asus VivoBook touch screen notebook with Win8 OS. I've used her notebook some and enjoy using Win8 with a touch screen. Winning an AMD powered HP ENVY Sleekbook including a 128GB Samsung SSD 840 drive, would be AWSOME!!Rocinantex1 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My current laptop is over 8 years old and the screen is going out (has about 40 vertical lines going through it). Its time for an upgrade.SD_Machine - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently own a Phenom2 x4 PC for gaming, a trinity A6 media center, a trinity A8 laptop, a kindle fire and a gs3. For the most part theses are shared with the wife (kindle is hers and we each have an S3).This sleekbook is pretty much what I am looking for in a laptop. something that is capable of gaming on the road. The mobile trinity A8 has been respectable in this regard, but only at the lowest settings. I am hoping that the newer A10 Richland will perform better in games and i can give the mobile trinity to my wife full time.
thornburg - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently have a nice self-built PC gaming desktop, and an aging Macbook as my laptop. I'd love to have a new Windows notebook to run those Windows-only apps without using a virtual machine.goldfish42 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My wife and I both have old Dell laptops, but they are nearly 9 years old now and although we still use them occasionally it's really out of last resort. I just recently built a desktop machine myself that we use as a HTPC and family computer. That has adequate horsepower for anything we need to do, but something portable (and a second computer) would be really convenient. We have Kindle Fire HD that provides some portable computing, but for most of what I do I really need a full fledged computer.I would love to have a Sleekbook for me and my family!
dragonboy - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have two HP Pavilions (quad-core Athlon) for my desktops, one to play games and do general Internet stuff, and one used just in my music studio. For mobile I have an old Macbook that is really showing its age. The Sleekbook would gladly replace the Macbook and probably easily run some music software well enough for me to do better live recordings with.GNUminex - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My set up consists of a desktop PC with a Pentium branded core2duo and Radeon HD 6850 graphics card that I mainly use for gaming. I also have a Dell Latitude e6400 which is my main work horse. The laptop I use for writing assignments, programming, viewing video lectures and viewing assignments for online classes. When living in a college dorm I had a second monitor a would connect the laptop to for extra screen space for working on assignments and for better video viewing quality. Unfortunately the the NVS 160m graphics in my laptop has poor performance and throttling issues which comes up after prolonged multitasking on two screens. I should also mention that I mainly run linux on my laptop with Windows 7 only for when I must use a windows only program. I don't have any sort of tablet or smartphone so carrying around my laptop is often a necessity.They ways in which the Sleek book might help is in getting rid of the the graphics issues I have and reducing the weight I have to carry around on a large campus with many steep hills.
Sunday Afternoon - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm looking to replace my 3.5 year old Lenovo Thinkpad Edge. Winning a sleekbook would do the trick!Taenon - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a few computers, but this would make a great little around the house server/htpc/linux machine.noahcollins - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm a web developer. My current setup: a quad-core desktop with two 24" IPS displays, a rack-mounted test server, an aging Core 2 Duo laptop, and a range of phones and tablets used for testing.Adding the the ENVY sleekbook to the mix would improve my productivity when I'm on the go. Having four cores would be great since I multi-task heavily. I regularly run background tests in virtual machines while I'm coding or designing. The modern graphics API support of the A10-5745M would be very useful. My design workflow benefits from OpenCL acceleration, particularly for 3D Visualizations and Creative Cloud apps.
P.S. - Thanks again, Anand, for making those SSDs happen :)
Yrusoad - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I've got a 3820 + 680 SLI, but no laptop or tablet. This thing is too heavy to take to class each day, I'm in need of something portable.Psychosylph - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My Dell XPS (Sandy Bridge) is very nice, but I would very much appreciate something lighter and faster since I am currently toting it around for work. And if it could play World of Warcraft... :)Franzen4Real - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
1) HP TouchPad2) Win Phone 8
3) Gaming Desktop
I am a full time student and currently use my TouchPad to take notes in class. It kind of sucks typing on a touch screen tablet, but I want something very thin and portable with very good battery life. I would like this laptop to integrate across my phone and desktop better, and to have a computer that I can research/type papers, and do my work someplace other than my desk. It is important that I can get enough battery time to make it through my classes. I would also like the ability to load Steam for light gaming while waiting between classes.
Lord 666 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Anand - Thank you for considering swapping out the old-school drive for an SSD. Huge time saver along with meeting the line of work I do encryption requirements.remccart - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
When you look at all the most important parts of modern life, they intersect at a common point – your personal computer. From family photos and videos - to paying bills – to keeping in touch with family and friends - to being able to produce and communicate your work. Like a constant drip, my quality of life is affected by my experience with my computer. It is very personal.My current set-up is a rather bulky 7+ lbs, 5 year old Dell computer. It is heavy to carry on my commute, is still affected by the blue screen of death (yes, it still exists) and sometimes just shuts off in the middle of doing work. It is slow and means that when I have to boot it up (or restart) it takes time away from spending with my kids. At best, it is a pain to have to re-create work that I’ve lost due to these shut-downs. At worst, I’ve lost a family memory.
A HP Sleekbook powered by AMD would make my commute less painful, my computing more reliable, and most importantly would give me time back with my family!
dr.khan - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
me too...ChaMbuna - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm currently working on a Core i3 530 system with 8GBs of RAM, a 64GB SSD and 500GB HDD that has seen some of the world. Half the original system was left in Belgium due to weight (psu, case, perhiperals, ...). Other parts were damaged in transport (beer chiller, chocolate sensors, waffle drive). I have been a US resident for some time now and with some upgrades last year in the form of a nice and shiny Fractal Design Define XL case and an XFX 750w PSU) the system is running great again.A sparkling new AMD/HP notebook would be put to good use, as I am going back to college soon. Also, this notebook seems more capable of fulfilling my entertainment and gaming needs than my desktop is...(a new case and PSU don't excactly improve performance)
The only downside is it doesn't make waffles.
mkhadi1 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Currently I have a desktop which I put together many years ago (it uses intel q9450 processor, monitor is a 46" sharp aquos). I use it for everything, general web surfing, pc gaming, skype, work related stuff, movies. I have never owned a laptop before but have been thinking about switching to something portable for a while. Winning this HP Envy Sleekbook would be the perfect way to switch to a laptop. No longer would I have to move to the PC room to look something up or watch a youtube clip. It would be freedom.sonofgodfrey - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Current setup is 2 Core 2 Duo laptops and 2 desktops. I would like to get something more powerful (and more portable) to use for live video editing.Apollyon1980 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
A laptop would be awesome!PaperPlate - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Commenthoracelau - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a first generation netbook (Lenovo S10) and an old *IBM* Thinkpad T41!Apollyon1980 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Re-posting because I read the requirements after posting. I currently have a Desktop computer that sits in a backroom and is untouched because I am either not at home or watching tv in the living room. I could really use a laptop when away from home to avoid using my work laptop for personal use.Solandri - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Using a Sony Z1 which is coming up on 3 years old and in need of replacement. I tend to do a lot of light 3D gaming (i.e. almost no new games) so always looked for laptops with dedicated 3D cards. I have a side business building systems and buying laptops for friends and businesses so I get to try out a lot of hardware. The general impression I've gotten is that 2 cores will still lag on occasion, but 4 cores almost never do (I suspect the sweet spot is e, or 2.718 cores). So I was looking for a quad core as my next laptop.A friend's laptop died recently and due to her budget she asked me about the A8 and A10. I had dismissed the AMD A series due to the poor performance vs Intel. But I did some quick research and the A8/A10 actually look fairly competitive. Decent 3D video (better than Intel's integrated graphics, which is probably all that 95% of laptops will have). And they're quad core vs the vast majority of Intel laptops being dual core. So I'm genuinely curious how much smoother a A8/A10 laptop would be in general use even though they're significantly slower at single-threaded tasks.
gstovall - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I am a software developer and general computer nerd with a sizeable high school/college age family, so I look after quite a number of machines:My personal machine is an Intel i3-2105 running Ubuntu. Since I work at home, I built a Phenom II X6 1055T-based machine to use as a target server for the media server software I write. My employer has supplied a Xeon W3520 machine as my desktop and developer machine; we recently began updating all our corporate resources from WinXP to Win7, and I have to admit that I've been pleased with the update.
My college age children each have a newer low/mid-end laptop (some AMD and some Intel) running Win7, while my last remaining high school student is using an old HP Pentium class notebook -- very slow machine. My wife has an older low-end laptop running Win7 -- it's still quite fine.
I use an iPad 2 as one of my endpoint media test devices, along with my work desktop machine. I'd love to have a laptop of my own for travel and for another media test endpoint. Originally, I thought it might be nice to give the machine to my youngest child, but since she's already slated to get a laptop for high school graduation, I think she can wait a little longer for a new machine. :)
tarheel91 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I originally bought a well-spec'd laptop 4 years ago as a 3DCAD/Matlab machine that I could take to college and game on as well. The problem was that, 1) It's heavy enough to cause shoulder pain after lugging it around all day, 2)battery life is <3 hours on the most conservative settings, and 3) it no longer provided acceptable performance playing games after a few years. I recently built a desktop PC for my gaming needs, but I still don't have something that's easy to take somewhere to write reports, browse the internet, do light engineering work, etc. Plus, it'd be nice to have a laptop that could last past noon. This laptop would be my general purpose device that I could take anywhere and not have to worry about finding a power outlet or how long I was going to have to carry it around. I just built a PC with a Richland APU for my girlfriend, so can imagine how great it'd be in a mobile form factor.plemans - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have an sony viao with an old first gen i5 that I use for beta testing. Kind of puts a damper on things when the laptop is the bottleneck in testing. This new laptop would allow me to fully test other systems as well testing itself and I'll be able to provide good feedback with it.Elixer - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Currently just own a few AMD based desktops with some going on 14 years old now. Don't own a laptop or a tablet.A ENVY Sleekbook would allow me to cut the cord so to speak and not have to travel up a long flight of stairs to be able to see the grandkids on skype.
megalodon1992 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently have old dell E5400 with almost broken screen and Lumia 920. If I were to win I would replace my current laptop with a new sleekbook, which is probably better for daily college tasks than that old Dell that weighs north of 6 lbs and can not be carried anywheremaster381 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Thanks to Anandtech and AMD for offering these giveaways.If randomly chosen, I would use the Sleekbook to take my computing mobile again. I'm a graduate student in computer engineering and spend the great majority of my work time at my desk, on a workstation machine. While this setup is fine for working, it ties me to my office.
I know that a large part of education is passing on your experience and knowledge to others, and to that end, I have used my trusty 7-year old Dell E1505 to sit in the common areas of our engineering building and chat / help undergraduates and graduates alike who pass by. However, that machine is way past showing its age and particularly in screen brightness it suffers compared to newer machines. As a result I have instead preferred my office machine much more and have stopped spending time in the common areas.
A newer, more portable machine would help me remain productive while spending time in the common area, which lets me interact with, teach, and learn from others who are also there.
Thanks again.
totallyfailed - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently own a desktop at home that I currently use for gaming (primarily), Netflix/Amazon streaming and occasional work on the weekends. At work I have a Dell Inspiron 14. Even though the Dell is satisfactory for work duties, it's a few years old, and an upgrade such as the Sleekbook would be nice!theinvisibleduck - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Palm Pre 2 that just died and a HP that has a screen that shows every green pixel when the graphics chip gets to warm, so everything blurs and gets green dots in it. A Kindle I ran over a few weeks ago with my car and no longer works, and an HP Touchpad that is working fine....buzznut - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I could use a new laptop, I gave my old laptop to my neice, which was a Compaq AMD 15.6 inch. I currently do not have a laptop, my desktop is a X4 965 BE @ 4.0 Ghz. I do pretty much everything with my PCs, like photo edtiing. work like spreadsheets and MS apps, browsing and gaming when I have time.This would be a very nice thing to win, and I have experience as a reviewer with newegg and my own sites. I am an enthusiast, modder, and gamer.
doido - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Awesome AMD!!We currently have 3 computers that we share, one 5 years old desktop AMD and two 3 years old laptops (one HP Pavilion and one Dell Latitude), we share the computers between I my wife and my 2 collage daughters,
A beautiful AMD-HP Envy will greatly improve our family flexibility and happiness.
Thanks.
bortiz - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a dell xps with 8GB sdram which I carry around with me on a daily basis. I'ld like something lighter, and with an SSD to consume less power. I do a lot of photo and video editing, as well as online classes (in medicine). Having a lighter system will save me back pain, faster disk accesses is something I could really use.compudog - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Currently running an AMD 6 core Zambezi desktop which I use for light web page editing and some gaming. I also have a work iPhone4 and a Kindle Fire which I use for light web browsing. I could really use a sleekbook with more capabilities than I currently have.ALLisONE - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My one and only PC is sporting the following:Intel Celeron G540
B75 MB
4GB RAM
80gb Harddrive for the OS
80gb for games
160gb for storage
No SSDs :(
No CD or DVD player
An old ViewSonic G90f 19" crt which is slowly dying, I'll miss it :(
Currently using the Intel IGP for gaming which is not all that great.
The above PC is actually my first time going intel(low budget). From my first PC an Athlon XP M 2500+ Barton(got it to 2.4 ha) with a 9700pro to an A64 3300+ with a x800 to my last great pc an A64x2 4800+ with a HD3850(sold due to hard times), I generally prefer AMD and it would be nice to have one again :).
Getting this laptop would be an all around upgade completely replacing my current less than stella computer. I mainly use my PC for web browsing(job searching >.>), watching youtube/netflix and gaming. Having this laptop will definitely increase my time spent actually enjoying gaming :), so many great games waiting(steam sales haha) to be played that I can't with this poor little intel igp :(.
I'm not at all use to touchscreens, but I'm very interested in seeing how this laptop having one will or won't change how I use a PC. The portability of having a laptop vs a desktop will be quite fun as well, I'll enjoy being able to browse the web and game to my hearts content while soaking up the sunshine outside and on the road :).
A more spacious and cleaner looking desk from no longer having a tower and crt up here will be quite nice as well.
My current PC parts would go to upgrading my mother's old(OLD!!!) P4 era PC, she would finally be able use facebook without any slowdowns and watch kitty videos on youtube without stuttering, for which I'm sure she would be happy.
StealthGhost - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
PC gaming desktop, iPad 3, HTC One! Need a laptop for school so obviously this would be awesome for me. I would absolutely love to review it, putting in the dedication to get a honest and worthwhile review for anyone that reads it!campbbri - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm a typical family guy with typical computing needs like editing photos and videos of my kids, video chatting with their grandparents, remote connecting to work, serving up kids movies on Netflix, tracking finances in Excel, and of course browsing the internet.I currently have a home built Intel Core i7 920 Windows 7 PC that I use for everything mentioned above. I need robust mobile device to share photos anywhere, Skype from the living room, work in a coffee shop, and otherwise liberate myself from a PC tethered in one spot. I'm not a tablet customer, however, because I need the full Windows PC experience. If I won the Sleekbook I would review the following:
1. Review the general Windows experience on a mobile device (is it quick and smooth, feel like a desktop?) Does touch make it even better?
2. See how some more demanding tasks like photo editing on the go, or working remotely, work on the device.
3. As a general living room device for family life, how does it stack up? I might even build an AMD based HTPC (I was thinking of doing so anyway) and see how it does for the skyping / chatting / serving up movies to the TV kind of usage scenario.
steveyz19 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I am a 40 something going back to college and will have to fight my kids for the computer... Tablets are nice for web browsing and email, but more screen real estate and a full keyboard will be the nice to have's.ET - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm not from the US, and I posted the computing devices I had on the previous competition.I just wanted to say why the Sleekbook has no place in my setup. The reason is simple: display resolution. I can accept 1366x768 on a small size laptop (and won't be too happy about that, either), but not on a 15.6" one.
dntXblink - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I just recently built my own pc. It's running a fx-8120 on a asrock 970 extreme 4 with a sapphire Radeon hd 7950. I got really lucky with pricing this summer :)but since a pc is stationary lol, I would really like to win and have something portable and more powerful than my HTC one s for school.
ol1bit - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
All I have is an Asus Transformer Prime as a portable. It would be cool to compare it with this HP Envy as a daily use device. My other PC is a monster gaming device, not very portable.wisque - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Main computer is currently an OptiPlex 755 which runs our 40" TV as a media center and file server. I gave my Dell M1730 XPS laptop to a church to use for graphic design and other needs. I do most content consumption on my Lumia 920 or on the Media Center when my wife/daughter isn't watching TV but have nothing that can play modern games. Would love this new laptop for the family to use instead of the media center.jimmyeatapple - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Hello!I work at a rural secondary school in Vanuatu (legal US resident in the US PeaceCorps). Life here is very hard on electronics, and our servers keep dying. We use a beige box Core Duo tower right now to run Server 2k3, but as our site is run on generator power, it shuts off twice a day at fairly random intervals. If I had an HP Envy Sleekbook I would donate it to the school and use it as a server with the best kind of UPS around (an integrated battery). That way we wouldn't be so hard on it when the power goes out.
Thanks!
MaximillianSterling - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
oooo so thinmnhoops - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Finished 8 years in the US Military & taking an MBA to the private sector to work for a small financial planning business. As one of the first tasks I've been asked to accomplish for my new company I will be reviewing their current IT posture in order to propose a new strategy. Because it's a small business I believe I will ultimately recommend multiple displays, sleek or ultra books & secure shared online storage.Currently, personally, I own an HTC One phone, Asus Transformer Prime tab, Asus touchscreen win8 w/intel I7 4200 series processor laptop & custom desktop w 3 23" screens. For what it's worth I formerly built using AMD processors but switched to Intel after the 4200s were released.
Thx for the fun contest. -dave
jodyweiss - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Currently have an old Acer 5742z. Would like to upgrade so I can do parallel programming. Would use OpenCL or other.HigherState - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
1. Acer Aspire - AMD TL-20,256GB 5200rpm HD, 2GB used for schoolwork (back in the day...)2. Acer Aspire - AMD TF-50,500GB 7200rpm HD, 4GB used for live multitrack recording (when working)
3. Custom Built - AMD Phenom X4 820,500GB 7200rpm HD, 8GB Ram, Radeon HD 4670 used as my main rig for everything from media consumption to audio creation.
No tablets, just smartphones (Galaxy SII [Virgin], HTC One V [my wife])
All three computers served their purpose quite well, however it is time to put these out to pasture. This laptop would be perfect for live recording. The processor is more than adequate to record 16-24 audio tracks at a time, 128GB is enough to get me through a gig and dump to my main system the next day (typically use 40-50GB/night). An SSD is needed to protect against vibration from subwoofers. Backlit keyboard is perfect for using in a dark corner beside the stages and it has enough I/O to connect to the usb interfaces I use.
I'm a big fan of the detailed reviews made here on Anandtech and a long time reader. Thank you for reading this post.
ralrutz - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Currently use Windows and Apple devices. My family have two windows PCS (1 a Win 7 desktop), and 2nd older laptop (Compaq CQ50. The laptop is 5-6 years old, does not have a camera, and was originally Vista. Updated in steps to Win7 and now Win8. Plus we have an iPad3, a complement of iPods and a new iPhone5C. Finally we have a Nook color. The Windows devices are used at home for browsing, email, and remote corrections of student work (am a adjunct at a local College). Would like to upgrade to all Win 8 devices to an Office 13 environment. The ENVY would be a better platform to come up to speed on Win 8 touch properties as the students are starting to bring in touch laptops. Also, want to install ubuntu opposite to Win 8 on a laptop for in class demonstration of a FSF environments. Expect to teach Win8 with Office 13 in Fall of 2014.firelord - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
nice laptopcolinstu - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Desktop is an OC'd i7-3820 setup that I JUST upgraded my 9800GTX I bought in 2008 to a GTX Titan. Also has a 256GB Samsung 830 Pro... awesome SSD, can never go back to a traditional HDD for booting / programs.Thinkpad X220 I bought a couple summers ago when there were several coupon deals going on at once. IPS screen, 2520M, upgraded the ram to 8GB and dumped the terrrrible 320GB drive to a 128GB SSD (Also a samsung 830 pro). It's been a solid laptop but the battery is starting to show its age. With normal use it used to get 9-12hrs of battery life, it's now down to 5-6hrs.
I've just turned 21 and I have a part time job and am a full time college student. Would love to have a new laptop to use.
T_Boogie - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
A sleekbook would fit nicely into our home computing environment. Currently, we are working with a i5-3570k desktop build (AMD graphics, though) that I put together last year, an HP Touchpad, a Kindle Fire, and a junky old dual-core Toshiba Satellite that hardly keeps a charge. I do some gaming, some graphic art creation, and home movie editing on the desktop, but my wife likes to sit on the couch with the laptop. Or, she did, anyway, before she became tethered to the wall by the Toshiba's battery problems and it's glacial slowness. It is so outdated, it is not even worth buying a new battery for.I'd love to review the HP Sleekbook, and it would fill a conspicuous gap in our hardware cannon. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Genesys9 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a Lenovo T430, given to me by my company. I don't own any other piece of computing including tablets. I use my phone when am mobile. I travel and am mobile once in 60 days. The sleek book will reduce weight for me, and going by specs I will have fast computing power at my disposal for my needs which include business and personal usage.Electron? - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Current setup: Win7 desktop machine I built 2 years ago, Nexus 7 tablet, Samsung Galaxy S2 smartphone, and 5-year-old Macbook provided by work. The Macbook is my only option for mobile work, but it's aging pretty hard. I'd love to replace it with a powerful Windows ultrabook with long battery life and an SSD. It would speed up my mobile productivity significantly. I've never been a big AMD fan, but this could potentially change my mind...hackareatech - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My laptop is a 2-year old $300 Toshiba. The screen is cracked from a random stuffed animal throwing in the room. Note I have to connect it to an external monitor to use it.Rhodenator - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Gaming/Career Rig (PC): Intel Core i7-3770K, 32 GB RAM, 256 GB Samsung SSD 840 Pro, nVidia GeForce GTX 770.Used for:
1) Gaming - Blizzard WoW & Diablo III. Might be trying a few other games soon.
2) Career - Testing VMware ESXi and Microsoft related products
HP TouchPad (Tablet) - CyanogenMod 10.1 loaded (Android)
Used for:
1) 21 month old daughter: play games
2) Wife: Browse around on FaceBook and the Internet
3) Myself: Browse around on FaceBook and the Internet (email, Google Hangouts/chat, etc.).
Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Phone)
Used for:
1) A phone of course!
2) Facebook, email, Google Hangouts, etc.
Why I want an Ultrabook:
1) To fill the void between a tablet and a laptop/PC. I think Tablet OSs are fine for certain tasks, but a lot of research that I do would be preferred from a mobile PC OS like Windows on an Ultrabook.
2) To show off to my friends how geeky I am! :)
ln.ham - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My main computing device currently is a ThinkPad R61, which my sister received from her university and gave to me because she already had a computer. It has served me well over the years, especially after upgrading from 1 GB to 3 GB of RAM, and updating the operating from Windows XP to 7 and now to 8, but the system is showing its age. It still serves me fine for my school and office work, though it can't do much more beyond that. It's also quite heavy, and the battery only last about half an hour now, tying me to a desk most of the time. For my mobile needs, I use a Windows Phone (Focus S) because of the integrated office. It'd be great to finally be able to upgrade my laptop though!Flashfir - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
yesz!joeyrushlow - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My current setup is a 16 inch Sony Vaio VPCF-115FM that is running an HDMI out on the tv as my main media device. I just recently found out the brackets for the discrete Nvidia 330m GPU had snapped, so I have to use the GPU at minimum clock frequencies to keep the computer at a manageable temperature. Which even then is a huge hassle because the copper heat pipe that leads to the fan is connected to both the CPU and GPU. This i720QM has enough trouble as it is keeping cool and this just makes it worse. I need to start weaning off this thing as to not kill it so early. At this point I can't even use it as an easy portable laptop anymore because I have to carry around a cool pad with it as well. As far as any mobile work I have to do now is either using my phone, which is extremely limited, especially for when working with clients websites, anything photoshop related, pretty much anything but word processing. Having something powerful, small and low wattage (heat) would change my work day completely, I've been losing business and changing appointments constantly due to my lack of portability now. This would be the greatest gift at a perfect time.Curja - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
What does the fox say?Curja - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently have a i5 2500, radeon 6800 GPU, 8g ram PC. My laptop I use is from 2005 and takes about 15 minutes to boot up. Trying to use it during those 15ish minutes just results in constant lock ups. You can't use it for anything other than browsing the web and email. Running any type of video is a no go. I've been trying to find a good deal on a solid laptop for the past 2-3 years and just never pulled the trigger on anything. I greatly appreciate the kindness to give away these wonderful sleekbooks. Good luck to all!alphacat44 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I am a resident physician saddled with extremely high debt and yet I earn less than minimum wage and have several concurrent needs that could be better addressed by a product like the Sleekbook. First, my home rig is a 5 year old Phenom x3 720 with an unlocked fourth core, 4 gigs of ram, several more recent additions including a solid state drive and a Nvidia GTX 660, and a 28 inch computer monitor. Although this is modern in some respects it is very limited in others. It does a nice job of enabling home access of our medical record system and for the generation of the frequent powerpoint presentations we have to give. However it is completely non portable. I use an iPad for mobile content consumption to try to balance this out but it lacks the ability to edit powerpoints and has no keyboard. A product like the sleekbook would allow excellent portability including use of our EMR at work while on the go, editing presentations at conferences, and facilitate digital based studying in areas away from my make shift office. This product could provide a far more unified experience. I would also be happy to provide detailed and beneficial feedback should I be selected.ricster7227 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Hi! I am presently using a Trinity 5800k APU on an ASUS mother board, it has 8 Gigs of Ram with a 64 Gig SSD from Kingston. I have been building my own computors since 1990 and have built one of every generation AMD has put out. You could say that I am loyal in that regard. Presently I am active with a group of Traffic Exchange Owners and have a lot of experience in helping others to find and correct the problems that they are sure to pick up as they cruise the web. I also am active with the Adobe web based content creation aps and lend a hand to my wife who is presently completing her BS in Multi-Media Design and Graphics with DeVry University. My original training in electronics years ago was with DeVry as well. Normally I build a new computer every year and pass last years build on to a relative or friend. My next build is going to be a highend work station for my wifes Adobe Graphics applications with AMD processor, graphics cards and SSD for the boot drive. I intend to add a RAID 10 array of SAS drives for her storage. It has been a continuous learnng curve over the years and I will be continuing with AMD and pacing on the good experiences I have with others. Thanks for your consideration.MonkeyPaw - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Currently we are running a Core i3 notebook for the home computer. It is a bulky thing, which makes it harder to deal with since we have no longer have a home office (have a second kid on the way). This sleekbook would be far more comfortable for our use. Plus I could game on it. You know, for the kids. ;) I also have a Surface, which I like quite a bit for personal and work purposes.I wonder how many people get DQ'ed for not following the rules, which are highlighted in bold red.
Nickelindiana - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm currently in school and I have one laptop and that's it. While that wouldn't normally be a problem, the Wi-Fi sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. Which I shouldn't even have to mention how problematic that is when you take it to school. Hopefully the sleekbook (assuming it has working Wi-Fi) would make it so I wouldn't even have to worry about the old laptop and make the sleekbook my official school laptop.christovski - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Work:Macbook Pro - Used for programming, email, work, simulations, document editing, and upkeeping the company image. This machine is a power house and one of the most versatile pieces of computing I've ever had the pleasure of using. No bootcamp, only OSX, only work related.
iPad - Used for testing, at home browsing, outdoor reading, occasional email, and work related experimenting. iOS7
iPhone - Used for work calls, work emails, on the go browsing, taking pictures, and messaging. iOS7.
Home:
Raspberry Pi - Used as an ArcadeBerryPi and movie playback device. Used to have it hooked up for tinkering.
Airport Extreme - Used as a NAS with a hard drive attached (AFP only is annoying) and decent router.
HP DM3-1023NR - Used as a HTPC with external KB/mouse because the original Windows harddrive failed (wiping out the Windows OS), battery no longer holds ~1hr of charge, the case has cracked, the machine runs hot, the fan is not too loud, and it's not the most powerful system (AMD E-350 @ 1.5GHz did the job for awhile, but the Linux drivers for the Video can't cope with dual monitors or 1080p flash).
I'd use the Sleekbook as my own personal Windows device needed to program Android Aps and do some linux dual-boot development as well. I'm looking for a device that gets me ~4hrs of mobile battery and is comparable to the experience I get on the MBP but doesn't cost me what a MBP would. Occasional gaming would be a plus, too, because I miss my late night CounterStrike GO sessions.
ramj70 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Don't have a laptop but would be nice to have one.azido - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Could really use this.tjlee87 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Currently I am using '07 Compaq Presario V6000. It has T5600 CPU, 120GB 5400rpm HDD, and an integrated graphics card. The battery on it is dead so it's plugged to AC adapter 24/7.I've always been AMD fan since forever. My gaming rig is custom built way back with AGP Radeon HD 4650 card and AMD 4400+ CPU. I would love to have a AMD powered Sleekbook since I miss having portable PC.
whyso - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I hate how canada is never allowed.kralmentor - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Hi,I have a gaming PC at home. It is great for playing games and other stuff but it is not a portable device. I would love to have this device so that I can surf the internet from my bed or take it out with me.
burwij - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My current setup consists of a gaming desktop (SB i5 + HD7950) and a Nexus 10. I picked up the Nexus 10 with hopes that it would completely replace my aging Thinkpad T42 laptop (circa 2004) and from a content-consumption standpoint it definitely has. With that being said, I'm still hanging onto the Thinkpad for moments that require a mobile x86 setup - case in point, I recently received my Cisco CCNA certification and used the laptop to administer my routing and switching lab.As much as I love watching Windows XP boot on a machine with a single-core Pentium M and 1GB DDR, a Sleekbook would be a definite upgrade for me. It would be nice to have access to a Windows environment on the go without resorting to screen-sharing via TeamViewer or something similar on my tablet. Plus, the ability to do a little light gaming on the side couldn't hurt - my gigantic Steam backlog isn't going to play itself.
nonsibi90 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I own a Asus Zenbook Prime UX31A, touchscreen and very portable, and its used mostly for daily everyday purposes (emails, work, internet, etc). I am satisfied with what I have, but I would like to win this laptop to give to my dad. Its almost his birthday and he needs one badly and it would be an awesome gift for him, instead of another shirt. Thank you!Silicon_Vampire - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I've a house full of desktops, one for each member of the family, five in total. As of late various things have crept up and made one or more of the machines unusable and then my computer gets to be used by everyone but me. Also, my wife has a laptop she uses for school that I could use in these situations but when she is doing school work, this leaves me out in the cold. Winning this notebook would allow me to have my own computer again. Once my desktop is free I would experiment with Linux, especially now that the SteamOS is coming.bobbozzo - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My current home office workstation is running on an Athlon 64 x2... it has served me well, but is getting long in the tooth. I use it for sysadmin work, web development (PHP, Perl, MySQL), and some design work and photography. It's running Windows and VMWare Workstation.My laptop is a 15" Dell e6xxx with a dual-core CPU... it's really too heavy to travel with, especially after my recent back injury, and I am looking for something lighter. I use it when I'm not at my desk, and often keep it with me as I am frequently on call. I use it for sysadmin work, and development & testing my web apps. I also use it for light photography work when traveling. It's running Fedora 19 and VMWare Workstation.
A lighter laptop would enable me to keep it with me 24/7, and I'd be more likely to take it with me when traveling, so I'd be able to get more done on the road. An SSD would really improve my boot speed and app load times. Longer battery life would be a big plus as well.
IvanChess - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently have a decently powerful desktop I use for gaming and web development and I have an aging laptop that doesn't do much more than browse the internet and check email. A new laptop would help me do some development away from my desk.samgt13 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a HP Pavillion dv 2000, 2006 model with Core Duo, 1280 x 800, 120 gb hard disk and 1.5 gig RAM and windows 7 and ubuntu. Recently I installed Windows 8 and the processor overheats within 15 minutes. Thinking of getting something which is more current generation and has good battery life and has a graphics card.roc1 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have the original MSI gaming notebook - GX600 with Core 2 T7500 and NV 8600GT. It has served me great for the past 5 (!) years. I frankly didn't feel the need to upgrade since I mostly write scripts and play mostly older games on it until the recent advent of thin and light. This Richland notebook would be a good match for what I am looking for.blizhu - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently own desktop PC and tablets but no laptop. I can certainly make good use of it!Pyrokinetic - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Have an older full tower desktop, in addition to a very slow ASUS Eee PC. Would like to replace the ASUS with this Sleekbook. Am NOT an Apple fan and dislike iPads, and would really like the Sleekbook for a portable unit. The Eee PC is getting a bit long in the tooth and just too slow anymore, not to mention it does not run Netflix streamed movies very well either...which the Sleekbook should have no problem with.DRajagopal - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My use case isn't for a pc replacement . Its for a tablet replacement albeit more powerful so its tablet++ .ghitz - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have only a Desktop. Winning this would really help me be more mobile.neilroder - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Current Dell Pentium DC laptop runs fine plugged in but has very little battery life. Having a truly mobile laptop would allow me to get work done while killing time between classes when I can't find an open plug.gloinsir - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
This would be a great laptop to donate to a non-profit customer of mine!dhanson8652 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Current laptop is a Gateway LT3103u. For those that don't remember it the specs are Athlon 64 L110 (single core 1.2 ghz), G wireless, 11.6" screen. My wife and I also use android phones but my desktop PC is primarily for gaming and the laptop is primarily for anything she can't do on a 3" touchscreen phone. The battery on the LT3103u is still orginal so the run time is pretty short by now, the 250GB HD I replaced with a 64GB Samsung 830 but the controller in the LT limits the read speeds so even the old 64GB SSD is faster than the LT can handle. Boot up is still slow due to the single core and software installs tend to be slow. It'd be so so nice to not be single core limited on the laptop. The sleekbook would have 4 times the CPU cores running at over twice the ghz and would get one more windows XP PC off the internet. It would be an amazing increase in productivity and comfort.exspider64 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I only have a desktop PC. I use it for watching movies, browsing the web, and playing games. I don't have any mobile devices. A laptop would be great for getting some work done outside of the home and when I'm traveling out of state.ImSpartacus - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I want something portable to play modest games.I actually like that it's only 768p because that's all I'm going to game at.
I play old Source mods (Empires represent!) that can easily be driven by Richland's GPU at 768p. There's also a little Minecraft in there.
And it has an SSD, so it's excellent at general usage when I'm not gaming.
DoctorRobotnick - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Working on a borderline ancient MacBook Pro with a finicky NVIDIA 8600GTM. Reasons for want should be obvious.davtay - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Currently own a Sony VAIO S laptop that I use for homework and lite gaming. The new sleekbook would increase my gaming chops as well as give me a larger screen to use, not to mention an updated Windows 8 machine.bingho - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
it would be nice to finally have a mobile device that fits between my smartphone and my full tower desktop.GreenOrbs - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a 17 inch HP DV6t that's about two years old now. I mainly use it at home as a desktop replacement but I occasionally take it with me. A new Envy would be more portable.VoraciousGorak - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently have a mostly stationary PC setup. My wife and I have side-by-side first and second gen i5 machines for gaming. However, often I am away from home and feel the need to do some dev work, game, or just browse the interwebs. Right now I have my phone (an HTC One) and an aging Lenovo Arrandale-based Pentium laptop with onboard video and diminishing battery life.Acquisition of a mobile Richland platform would let me stay wireless longer and easier. The laptop is, amazingly, lighter than mine and much thinner, and would likely last a whole lot longer on a charge. This might make mobile work much more of a reality.
I would give a Fry face at the 768p display on the HP Envy, but gift horses and mouths and all that.
sam813 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently own an FX-6100 based computer, that runs windows 7. It has a gigabyte ga-990fxa-ud3 for the motherboard and two gigabyte GTX660s in SLI, for graphics and rendering blender animations. It uses a 120gb vertex agility 3 for the boot drive and and a 1tb Western Digital Black hdd for data storage. It also has 8gb of corsair vengeance memory DDR3 1600mhz. In addition to my pc I also have an ASUS tf300t, with the keyboard, and a galaxy s4 on sprint. Both my tablet and phone are running cyanogenmod 10.3.I love my setup, but it has one gaping hole. I don't have a good mobile platform for productivity and mild gaming. I need a laptop, to take to school and friends houses, that will pack a punch, but still be light and portable, and I feel that this one fits the bill nicely. I really like the fact that this laptop has windows 8 as there are no windows 8 computers that I have easy access to, and I have been dying for a chance to play with it. I also really like the fact that this laptop has a touch screen. I've really liked the idea of laptops with touchscreens ever since I first saw a tf101, and using my tf300t has only confirmed that it is a great system. I am very eager to see HP's take on it. If I got this laptop it would enable me to have a complete setup, and to bring Kerbal Space Program into my physics class and play it on a 100in projector. Thanks for the opportunity and think of the Kerbals!
sam813 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I meant cyanogenmod 10.2...ZilchTech - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm running linux on an AMD 64 dual core and I am a fan of AMD. I run Ubuntu 12.04 and surf the web, do email, word processing and other productivity types of work with my desktop. I would like to use and evaluate the HP ENVY Sleekbook to continue my writing since I am recently disabled and would greatly benefit from a powerful and portable computer like the ENVY Sleekbook.Good Luck to All Contest Entrants!
jsv35 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a very large desktop computer that is my gaming workhorse. I need a mobile computer to compliment it as doing work at the desk is not always the most convenient and my smartphone is not capable. An AMD laptop with their capable APUs would be nice to be able to do some light gaming on the go.Trefugl - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My Current Setup (minus extra PCs in house for guests or livingroom HTPC):- Gaming/Work on Desktop: 3770K @4.6GHz, 2x AMD HD 6970, 256GB SSD, 3x1.5TB in RAID5 (with 6TB external network backup)
- Mobile: Nexus 7 and Nexus 4
- Travel Laptop: Original HP Envy 14 for light gaming when on work travel
I really could use an upgrade to my laptop, but most things are either too large or not enough power to make me drop money so I can game on the road... this laptop is on the edge of small but good enough. It would be nice for my travel situation, but I honestly wouldn't have paid for it as what I have is "good enough" and I'm hoping for more power and still light (and well built) in the next generation... tho I'm getting tempted by some current offerings.
TGMGroup - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently own an AMD C-50-based Acer Iconia Tablet PC. It's great for what it does, but it is seriously underpowered, with only 2 GB of RAM, 32 GB of SSD space, and 1 GHz of CPU. If I only used it as a email/web-surfing machine, it would be fine; however, I do use it for serious work--I use it at my workplace, where I do not have a company PC, and I use it at home to run my own business and relax with some movies and games. From running GIMP, Office, games, and R-Stat, this thing is limited by its specs, although the touch panel and Windows 8 are really nice (although Windows 7 has a nicer interface--Aero--in my opinion, Windows 8 is really necessary to take advantage of touch). Since I use my computer about 8 hours a day, an upgrade would be nice.I also have a Sony S-series tablet for my wife, running Android 4.1. It's a very sweet thing, but it is a little restrictive for work. Fortunately, she only uses it for casual games, email, and web. We also have two iPhones, which we got for free.
So my regular mobile work setup is to tether my Tablet to my iPhone, and which then I can go anywhere. I ride a motorcycle to work, so the weight does matter--even an extra kilo will result in some extra soreness at the end of the day. But a new Sleekbook would be extremely welcome. I could cut out a few extra minutes loading games, running programs, or working with excel. I could get some serious work done, and I could play some of the latest games. Alan Wake, for example, runs on my PC, but it is a little slow... And then I could use my tablet for use in my business to entertain waiting customers.
Something like that, at least.
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I have a Sony VAIO and it is a piece of junk (not trying to complain) after having it for about 6 months the hard drive went out, a Sony rep came out and replace it. Now it is 6 months later and the hard drive seems to be going out again that is why I need a new one. My current set up is windows 7. thanks so much for a chance to winshrimp64 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
i have a very old used laptop..... I am disabled and live on line..... the only way i can keep intouch with family out of state.............SamD21 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Currently have the HP Envy M6 with the AMD processor, I enjoy the laptop a lot. But this HP Envy Sleekbook would be a great power and performance upgrade from my M6.haven30slk - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
This is a great product! My current laptop is only 4 years old but it acts like its 20! This would be a great prize to win!john_john7508@yahoo.com - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I am a freshmen in college using my desktop to work on school homework and such. Need a laptop to be mobile working and doing homework. I got a laptop but the thing broke down, so i need a news one to replace. My desktop is a mid range gaming desktop so not winning this is OK too. Good luck to whoever needed thismerlin3212 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
As a current user of both a Chromebook and an older Atom-based netbook, the HP Envy Sleekbook would be a definite step up in terms of performance and capability, as well as the ability to run more complex applications than my current setup offers.devoneh - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a pieced together tower PC that has gone through various upgrades since buying it as a pre-configured system 14yrs ago. Now with our second baby on the way, I am losing the office and need to figure out how to replace the desktop powerhouse. Currently my wife and my wireless excursions have been limited to a Galaxy S3 and a iPhone 5. Both of which are pretty miniscule and underpowered to be any sort of desktop replacement.The Sleekbook will be a perfect transition into my brave new desktop-less world while solving our pathetic windows envy phone surfing issues.
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I have a desktop, and a tablet. The tablet isn't really capable of doing the things I need from a computer.Medellon - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm waiting to see what the new macbook pro is like before I buy a new laptop.ThePCgamer72 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
i gotta custom built budget gaming pc i built myslef its aGTX 760 2gb
AMD FX-6300 OC'ed to 4.1GHZ
Asrock 880GM-FE-FX Edtion
Xion-180
WD Black Edtion 500gb 72000 rpm
Some Cheap dvd/drive
a cheap refurb asus monitor 21.5"
I want this laptop becausei am in a home with my gf and she needs a pc or anything she says to play simple games on like minecraft, or even just facebook and web browsing. she also needs it for a online collage course to pass collage.
I use This boss gaming pc to play games like borderland 2,call of duty, battlefeild,arma 3 with friends. and i have to let my gf use it to pass collage, id love for her to have this laptop, i alos record gameplay for my youtube channel with my gf sometimes too.
SGTGimpy - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Well about year ago, I decided to give up my laptop and go tablet only with a Surface RT. Surprisingly the Surface RT for most part of a year has been able to cover about 90% of my needs for home and work. Unfortunately the parts it fell short on were at work and have been painful as well as mission critical needs. So I have been looking to get another laptop just for work.After building my HTPC with an A10-5700 APU, I was completely amazed at how well it would run everything. So I have been trying to find a good AMD APU laptop with Richland or Kabini in it but I can never find one that fits the size and price I want. The HP Envy 15 was one model I really like but after adding specs I wanted plus looking at adding an SSD to it just got a little up there in price for what I am going to be using it for. So looking at this HP Envy, it has pretty much everything I wanted and it comes with a price of Free. That is just what I have been looking for.
Current Systems
Main Rig: Intel Core i7-3770, 16GB RAM, 2x AMD 7950 OC, 128GB Samsung 840 Pro, 256GB Intel 520, 2xWD Black 1TB, Win 8Pro
HTPC: AMD A10-5700, 8GB RAM, OCZ Vertex4 128GB, WD 1TB Blue, Ceton InfiniTV4 PCI-E Win8 pro
Tablet: Surface RT
overcome - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently own a desktop gaming/work computer which is now somewhat dated. I do mobile warranty TV repairs for most major brands and would like a mobile device such as this so I can be more productive away from my desktop. I often need a computer out in the field so I can look up parts/prices and accept/update work orders on the go. The ENVY Sleekbook has everything I'd need to be more productive!aaronrdmkr - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I could use a new laptop. Batteries die. But I will go on.tom_yellowblue - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My main computing devices are a 15" MacBook Pro, Nexus 7 (2012) and Samsung S3. The MacBook Pro is portable but heavy and not small. The Nexus 7 is very portable but not great for typing (I do use a bluetooth keyboard when I travel). Yes, I know, first world problems. For me the Sleekbook would mostly be useful as a gaming laptop for games that don't work on the Mac. Plus it would be nice to have a dedicated machine that would normally be connected to my TV for gaming / XBMC / other stuff.Thestrider - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a nexus 7, a i3 530 desktop, and a 5 year old laptop that is dying. I need the desktop for home gaming, the tablet for travel, and the notebook for workreplywithin - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I would really love to have one of these.cklaubur - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Current setups:Desktop: Intel Core I5-3570K, 16 GB RAM, 2x AMD Radeon HD 7770 Crossfired, MSI Z77A-GD55, running Windows 7.
Laptop: Dell Latitude D531, AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60, ATI Radeon X1270, 4 GB RAM, running OpenSUSE 12.3.
It's getting to be time to retire the old beast. The laptop is out of date as far as graphics go and can't play any recent games (to be honest, it probably struggled when new!). The newer versions of Windows are slow on it and the processor runs a bit too warm for my tastes.
Casey
twinstead - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I need a new computer because my current laptop is a dinosaur! So sloooooooooow!Aaron7pm - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm a Freshman in college currently working towards a dual degree in Computer Science and Computer Engineering. I need a notebook to handle my programming projects (which tend to get very intensive on cpu usage), take notes in class, and use as a basic entertainment device to play some mid-range games and watch movies for when I am traveling or need a brake from my work. At the moment I have no means of doing work on the go. I have a brand new desktop that I built to handle all of my heavy loads, and they get heavy. I've maxed my 4770k @ 4.62ghz multiple times while working on my personal projects. However I need a laptop just for class projects, super small personal projects, and web development projects. Projects that I can easily do on the go and I really need a device for that. Not being able to work on something and wasting time just sitting around is really killing me when I'm on campus or travelling. I'm looking for something rather thin and light weight, but still powerful to the core for a great price. AMD APU laptops are just that, I love them; however I was not able to afford to buy a laptop for this year of college, I will have to wait until next year when the deals come back up for me to buy one. I didn't have the money, and I didn't get any graduation or birthday money/gifts and all of my current money is going towards surviving. I love HP, my parents both have HP laptops, my mother has an HP desktop, most well built systems I've seen from a manufacturer. HP + AMD = What I want and need on top of my lap for my work.TVsIan - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm a gamer, but right now I only have one machine capable of running things decently, a PC I built a few years ago. I used to have a decent laptop, but a dog broke the hinge and the replacement isn't much good for games. I have an android tablet as well, but it's really just used for web stuff. It would be nice to have a good laptop again, my wife would appreciate me being out on the house instead of holed up in the computer room, and being able to take it to work for lunch breaks would be great.rmww - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I use my laptop everyday for school and other projects on the graduate level. I would like something with a faster processor and plenty of space since we are down to one pc in my household at the moment. I also need something that offers enough storage for files and other software programs that may be installed.Alex Smart - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Toshiba Satellite, i5, 500Gb disk, 4Gb memory, lots of peripherals connected, no spare USB ports, even with a 3 port USB hub. I am on the go, and need a machine which I can carry around without having to disconnectm, and re-connect my main box, and a tablette won't do, that's all. Thank you.kafkar - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently own a laptop with discreet graphics and a HDD and I use it for gaming. It is not thin or portable, even though it is 15.6 inch. If I get a touch enable laptop like this HP Envy, I can carry it around. Especially if it has the SSD in it. I won't need much gaming on the go, but it is good that I can still check my games at lower resolutions on that AMD machine. I want 1 please.donnastin - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
i only have an hp pc and it is 4 years old. i would love to have this one so i could use it anywhere. the iphone is ok for the internet but this would be soooo much better!blythefan27 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a four year oldToshiba Satellite with a one-core Intel Celeron processor. It's basically a netbook in a slightly bigger body. There isn't much memory on it and it freezes up on me a lot. It's been crashing on me a lot recently and just can't handle the programs I need it to for my computer engineering classes. My phone actually has better processing and memory than my computer (I have a Galaxy s4) but it doesn't have the capabilities or screen size I need to be able to do homework and programming projects. So I'd really love to win a new computer because of that and because I don't have the budget to fix mine or get a new one.jcannon - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have been running AMD hardware since I got into computers back in 1994. First build and all builds AMD. I currently have my main rig, AMD FX 8120 coupled w/ an AMD Radeon 7850. It is my everyday computer I use for about 75% of my computing. I also own a Samsung Galaxy note 8.0 and a Samsung Galaxy S 4. Those two complete the other 25% of my computing workload. A laptop would be great so all of my syncing can be done in the same operating system and not to mention easing the eye strain.yyang114 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm currently a high school senior. I have a netbook that do light work. I mostly use it for school work. I have a few small siblings that want to have a laptop.If I win this Sleekbook I would give my netbook to my siblings and use the Sleekbook for school and college in the future.
Thumbcrusher - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Hello, I am a college student at the wonderful University of New Hampshire. I own a pretty old MacBook and am looking to upgrade. Not only would this computer provide 4x the hard drive space I currently have (which is very nearly almost full). But it would help me to make sure I don't have a dead computer in the middle of my Freshman year. My computer is slowly, but surely, dying. Longer restart times and slower processing speeds are more and more noticeable. I think it's just a matter of time now. Having been my first computer I admit some of the fault is my own. But after 5 years of daily use I can't say I'm too surprised. It would also allow me to pursue more of my interests in gaming, music, and photography. My battery is also crapping out, so it would be nice to be able to bring a laptop for notes in class. I guess that's it. I'm too broke to afford another laptop/computer so crossing my fingers on this.keljac - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I am currently using an AcerOne netbook, with both Shift keys missing/broken. I would LOVE to win this!!tech-user - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
This would relieve my family's shortage of gadgets, pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaseee.trivoldus28 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Got a monster PC but all I play is LoL so I thought getting a laptop like this would be plenty powerful to play stuff on the go.nfriedly - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Right now I have a desktop that I own and use for games and a (giant) work laptop. I have a Galaxy S 3 phone that handles some light internet browsing and a kindle paperwhite that gets some occasional use.I don't have anything small enough to just take with me on a whim that I can use to be productive though - the phone is pretty much limited to short emails.
I'd really like something for working on side projects on the couch or when I'm out and about, and also web browsing with a bigger screen - and I think this sleekbook would be a great fit for that.
9 A.D. - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
i've been putting along with a 6 year old 2 GHz core duo laptop. i can barely stay in business with this thing. it's so old i don't even know if i can find the parts to upgrade it anymore.bruceohio - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently have a gaming desktop which was built by me obviously the only way to go, The setup for my desktop is an xfx 750w psu core edition, Maximus motherboard, Amd fx 6300, sapphire raedeon hd 7870 16 gig of kingston blue ram 1tb hdd. its a fairly simplistic budget build which I use mainly for gaming. I have never actually gamed on any form of laptop every time I have tried it resulted in pretty bad gameplay. I actually purchased just a cheap hp laptop once from walmart with one of the E2 apu's and I returned it the next day. The reason I want a power house laptop I want to be able to see what its like to do the things I like on the go. Honestly I haven't been able to experience a mobile device that can perform anywhere near my desktop, touch screen havent tried windows 8. I'd give it a shot I run 7 64 bit. The biggest thing for me is I want to be able to experience amd in every way possible I absolutely fan boy it out but that's besides the point. Stick a laptop in my hands with a processor that I really want to try and let it go from there. Never owned a laptop well not more than 10 days before returning but I want to give it a shot, Other things I do on my pc is slight overclocking don't get me wrong I don't dare clock hard as I have no water cooling yet but I will. Honestly I have always wanted a good experience with a windows 8 desktop environment touchscreen and to try this cpu. Pick me I totally want a rad laptop to fanbo y about but either way I'm going to stick team red all day!DarkXero1 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My current setup would be a HP Compaq dx2450 MT running off of a AMD Athlon 64 X2 to help me with my everyday tasks and school work with the strain of multitasking and visual performance.I really want to win this SleekBook because it would be a great portable upgrade to start my college education off with since i currently do not own any other desktops or specifically Laptops. It would greatly improve my current setup by greatly increasing the processing power and speed i would need for college.
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hope i winwretchedstare - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I lost my computer over a month ago so for now its a Toshiba Tablet running Android ICS.4.0, I miss Windows!Glory2God - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I had a lenovo Z575 that I used for recording sermons and bible studies at my church. The screen broke and now I must have a monitor hooked up to it permanently for it to be any use. Winning a Sleekbook would change/improve my current setup by giving me portability again.telivanos - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
All yoy got to go is get it to me and I will tell you all about iteezip - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a desktop PC that I built 6 years ago with just a GPU upgrade 4 years ago. I also have a first gen Nexus 7. I typically use the desktop for most work, and the Nexus 7 while I'm on the couch or when I travel (using a healthy dose of voice commands and dictation to avoid typing on the screen). While this setup works usually, my travel schedule has changed recently and there's a lack of ability. For example, I will spend over 3 months this year in Asia and having a powerful laptop where I can easily create content would be handy. Also, battery life would naturally be paramount. Because I often work with 3D models, a powerful GPU will be a nice advantage. While it should be obvious that having a laptop wasn't critical enough for me to buy one myself, at least not yet, it should be equally clear how it would make working overseas much easier.yizbenlazzer - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I need a laptop for school, my current one is an old, huge laptop with almost no battery life, my high school is a science and tech school and I need a laptop for bringing Computer Science assignments back and forth, and plus I need a better laptop because my current one often overheats running only a web browser.Littlebit - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Since my Compaq laptop died, I would use the Sleekbook to edit photos and videos at home as well for work. I would like to have a system that would allow for entertainment while traveling for work as well.tcrowder4466 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
First and foremost, I'm an AMD Fan! I have a custom built PC, that i made about 4 years. Runs an AMD Phenom II X4 965. Running 6 Gbs of ram. My video card died about a month ago which was the Raedon HD 4890. I had to go to the Raedon R7750(it's ok). I have 4 WD Caviar black 650 GB HD's running raid 10. Win 7 Ultimate. This PC is my EVERYTHING. If this thing dies, I have nothing else. I use it for android programming, designing websites, surfing, webmail, reading news watching movies(i use it for a media center), gaming (big Iracing fan), learning. My wife has a nexus 7 (1st gen) which i can use from time to time. Just received an Iphone 4 for work, and my personal phone is the evo 4g lte(sprint). My job also gave us the toshiba tecra m9(pretty old). Pretty slow laptop. I personally need something on the go. I'm not mobile. I need something I can use eclipse and wamp server on the go instead of waiting til I get home. You can't do that on a cell phone or even a tablet! This will be the perfect laptop to use for starting my business! It will be nice to sit in the bed or on the couch, and use this instead of my power hungry desktop! I want it because it's cool and new! Since I travel a lot, having this laptop will definitely help out in the airport, and long flights. The size and weight alone is excellent! Thanks for the chance to win!nvettese - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have PC desktop, which I built a few years ago. It is a Core i7 2600k, with 8gb of memory, 2TB of hard drive space, and an AMD Radeon HD graphics card on Windows 7. As I am working to begin a professional photography business, a portable computer would be a huge help in the studio.KimWi - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Oh wow! First of all, Thank You very much for the chance at this! Amazing! Well, currently I am using my old desktop as my main computer. I also get stuck using my phone alot. Recently, our laptop was broken and I have never owned or used a tablet before. Although, I really need something new for me and my hubby to take with us during his doctor appointments and hospital stays! It gets so boring being there all the time, I'd love to have one of these for us to take with us!WMudrockJr - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Could use it my current laptop is in pieces and trying to replace screen. Lady luck need ittinawil - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
love the giveaways!!!!catachresis - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Boy-howdy. Learning InDesign would be so much more fun on one of these sleek devils!mhersher - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Well, my old W500 used to be decent (though a bit short on screen brightness and a bit hot and a bit slow). Then the hinge snapped off. It was never portable before, but now it's all the downsides of a desktop without the benefits.Rhordain - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have an up-to-date desktop and laptop, but my wife has a fairly aged laptop that weighs a ton. It'd be a fantastic birthday gift for her.wilber7 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
It will be new to me if I win.Leonard Emery - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently own just a desktop system for work. Its an AMD build, with an 8 core FX 8320 with 8 gigs of ram and a decent video card. A few TB's of HD space, and a DVD/CD burner. Nothing special. :D Winning this Sleekbook would be great for work and portability. Id be able to share media and stuff with my daughter much easier. AND.... It would just be awesome to have a laptop, I've never owned one.Thanks guys! Good luck everyone!
Sdf89 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I am currently an engineering student and i will need a computer either a desktop or a laptop that will easily run AutoCAD and 3d modeling im currently in the process of shopping for a desktop for this purpose (and doing some gaming) but if ia laptop can cut the mustard so to speak then i will settle for thatdrgngd - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I am currently running a desktop with the first gen intel quad core. 4gb ddr2 ram. The cheap gt250 1g. This desktop is falling apart at the seems just because of its age of over 4 years. I have an Ipad 2 which is good for the only purpose I bought it, reading comic books, but for everything else like school work it blows chunks. I can't use it to take notes because typing on the digital keyboard sucks. I am studying Computer Information Systems and since I am learning to program in C++ the Ipad is useless because there is no IDE for it. I would love to have this laptop since I would be able to take notes with it, it's a major upgrade to my desktop, and I would be able to use it to program anywhere I am without fear of limitations.rts1 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
We have a multi device home. Tablets (All Android :)), laptop (Asus Core i5), 2 home built desktops (Intel w/Win8 and AMD w/Ubuntu) and a HP desktop for homeschooling. Oh, can't forget the 2 Samsung smartphones. We use our technology everyday for regular home computing tasks. Nothing I would consider out of the ordinary. The HP sleekbook would be a really nice addition to the "family" and would be a very interesting and useful device. I have been doing a lot of research on touchscreen laptops lately for a friend who wants a couple for her college bound kids. I am intrigued at the usefulness of Win8 with a touchscreen system. Win8 on my main desktop is not ideal but it is usable with 3rd party Start button utilities. So I am basically bypassing all of Win8 new features. While the desktop mode needs some refinement, the touch interface looks very compelling and the HP touchsmart AMD sleekbook would be an awesome device to open up the new world of touch to the Windows platform in my home. The biggest shortcoming of my existing laptop is the not so great battery life. Here again, the Sleekbook would provide a handsome improvement in "cordless" productivity. I have been eyeing the portability, design and refined features of the ultrabook class of laptops for some time. In my opinion, HP has a very strong lineup of laptops in this category of which the AMD touchsmart Sleekbook is arguably the most cost effective solution. I am a "bang for your buck" shopper and over the years, all the way to present day, AMD solutions keep proving to be some of the best values I have had the pleasure to use or build. They provide everything I need in a computing platform (and then some!) but do it without compromising everyday performance or, more importantly, my wallet. The inclusion of the SSD would make this great ultrabook into one ultra speedy performer and I would love to get my hands on one of these babies. That is another reason why I don't use my laptop as much since it has a standard hard drive. My main desktop has a SSD and boy is it had to go back to regular old spinning platters for a boot drive. Well, I could ramble on forever but I bring this post to an end. I do have one last comment...I would love to have one of these laptops because they are one sleek looking machines! Pun intended!lee4334 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
my daughter has a laptop that she uses in school and she does really well i could only imagine how much better she would do with one of these hp envy sleekbooks the possabilities are endlessJJames41 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I've got an old Gateway from 1995. Still running Windows XP. No sound card, because it's fried. No cd/dvd drive, because it stopped working. $0 gig hard drive. It actually has a 3.5" floppy drive! A 1.8 Ghz Pentium 4 processor. Won't run any games without crashing. I need a new Sleekbook so I can play online MMORPG's without my system crashing, or watch videos and movies online and be able to hear them too.xylem - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Count me in.. I could use a new laptop.xylem - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I am a freelance technology consultant. I could use a new (on-site) work laptop.. am currently using a Dell Latitude E4310 with aftermarket SSD and Windows 8 Pro upgrade. I would be happy to provide experiential feedback regarding my use of the Sleekbook with SSD, if I am selected.broncoken - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently use a HP dv7 amd turionx2 from 2009. I would like to win something new with longer battery life.Assassin314 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Thank you for supplying this giveaway! Hope I win (:sc4747 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
ihavea desktop in need of a laptop for my classes and kidsSoldier1995 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
cool!!c0nc3pts - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently own a Samsung Laptop, and two custom built desktops. I use the laptop for work and playing a few games of League, reading tech news sites etc. The desktops I use to watch streaming video on, they are hooked to TV screens, as I don't have cable or satellite. Honestly winning a Sleekbook would be the first device I've owned that has touch enabled for win8 and also be the first AMD device I own. All my computers right now are Intel I-series. Would be cool to see how different the two are first hand.kimchijun - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I never win anything:(defiantstyles - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
So... just comment and I'm entered?defiantstyles - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
ALSO: I have an Acer Aspire One AO722 with an AMD C-60, which is only useable because I put the SSD from my desktop in it, I have a desktop with an AMD Athlon IIx3 440, 4 GB Kingston RAM clocked at 1333MHZ, and a Radeon HD4850.I'm looking to get a laptop that will stream 1080p, handle low to medium grade tasks, such as FL Studio, and plays old-ish games.
Samuel32 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Well about 5 weeks ago I bought an i3 laptop with 1.8 ghz and 4gb ram for my college computer information systems major, and it turns out the cpu and integrated gpu overheats and underclocks to 850mhz and 350mhz with medium use. Its too late to return it also. So I have an underpowered system that I can't use it's base clock speeds for very long.dflynchimp - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I us an HP pavillion with A8-3500, and my desktop is self built running i7-3770 and Radeon 7950.akay47z - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I own a desktop computer and a work laptop. I use my desktop for watching tv, movies, and playing games at home. However, when I take trips I have to take my business laptop and it is horrible. The Acer laptop would be a light quick laptop I could take with me on trips so I am not only stuck with my slow heavy work laptop.shellls - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have an overclocked amd desktop system, but a laptop would really help me get school work done on the go.Soldier1995 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I am running a Dell Dimension 5150 and it's 7 years old. We're not some rich family and can't really afford another PC. Mostly likely when it's dead then we're forced to shop for a new but cheap PC. It would be great if I could win this Sleekbook because I could use it for college works and not have to worry about affording one financially.ATC9001 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently own a desktop, i5 3750k AMD 7870 GPU, 8GB RAM, 256GB samsung 840 SSD, and a Dell 2713HM display which is what I use at home. Primary use gaming and multi-taskingOn the go, I have an HP envy 15 3rd gen, i7 Q2670M, 1920x1080 display, 8GB RAM, crucial M4 256 SSD. Used in front of the TV primarily for surfing and now starting to use at school.
ipad 2, used for consumption (news/movies/books)
I sold my m17x because it was too large on the go (was used while deployed since I didnt have a desktop) and I thought the envy 15 would be easy to wield after that. Now I've started grad school and find carrying my envy 15, the large brick along with all my text books seems to be more of a burden. My M.S. is in operations research so i expect to be doing a lot of Excel and Matlab programming, the university has wifi to vpn in so you don't need to be in the lab, so having wifi, lightweight and extended battery could be extremely useful and allow flexibility for studying. I'd be interested to see if the sleekbook would be an option for note taking/following, right now my book is too big and battery limited to make it worth while and see.
Thanks for your consideration,
Aaron
Ohana4 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Hi! I currently own an HP AMD laptop that is a little over 2 years old, and unfortunately from being lovingly & greatly used over the years it is falling apart with keys missing. I am a mom of 2, and recently went back to school to earn my degree and this is the computer I use it for college. My 2 children are homeschooled and have to share this occasionally as well. Having a new Sleekbook would improve my ability to multitask with assignments by having a fully functioning computer that also runs at a faster speed. Thank you for the opportunity.jmtxusa999 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a Fujitsu T4310 laptop, I could use a replacement.GeoBoy(SU - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently have a custom desktop, and a Samsung Series 7 Slate (Windows 7/8) that I use at work in my classroom. I use my desktop mostly for gaming and web browsing, as well as productivity work for my job. At work, I use the Slate for taking roll (I'm a teacher), entering grades, controlling my Smartboard, and letting students use it to watch make-up videos of labs.If I won this Sleekbook, I would use it for productivity at home, which would allow me to work somewhere other than my home office, take it to a coffee shop, etc. It would also be much more energy efficient! I could also use it at work when in meetings, around the classroom, or also for student use when appropriate.
frenchy_2001 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My current computer setup is very good, but I totally lack mobility.I have 2 hand built desktops (one recent intel i5-2500 and an older AMD Phenom2-960), one HTPC and one server for backup purposes.
Getting one of those nice laptops would allow me some mobility and to finally enjoy my data on the go.
tonyhe1 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Pick me! I'd love the opportunity to test out this notebook.lightweiss - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have an Asus K43 series Core i5 laptop which I bought almost 2 years ago. This is my very first personal laptop which I used for work and gaming. I also use my laptop to look for online tutorials, and ebooks. Having a GT540M graphic processor on this somehow increased my gaming experience. But I can't play all the games I want. It works fine until I overworked it and have a malfunction on the power jack. I'm worrying that one day my laptop won't start anymore and I don't have any spare to get my data on the HDD of this laptop.Which leads me to decide to look for a new laptop, a powerful and fast one. A laptop that can do multitasking without having a problem on the speed. A new laptop which can handle the graphics for gaming and video streaming. Which will only happen when I win this giveaway.
JKeefer - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Hook me up!! Already bought 3 AMD products this year...seriously. ;)gilmoreisu - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I feel like I just did this... Hmmm... My laptop is about 7 years old. It is so big and heavy compared to the new line ups. It makes me not want to take it anywhere, plus the battery is good for about an hour at best. I also have an HP Touchpad converted to Android. I have a gaming desktop I built about a year ago. That's it!rynoman - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Sorry I didn't post my PC set up in my first post. here it is. I have an AMD tower that I use and built myself, it has an Radeon 5700 graphics and an AMD PhenomII 3.2 processor. I would like to have a laptop that allows me to compute downstairs. I use my iphone 4 when I am downstairs but to have an AMD laptop would make life so much easier. thanks for the chance.westernestates - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Very nice laptop. I'll be knocking on wood and hopes that helps my chances. :Dpwrntspd - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Currently I only have a desktop AMD 960t - radeon hd 4850, no functional laptop and no tablet device. I wanted the original hp sleekbook with trinity, but as a college student I couldn't afford it. I'd like a laptop like this for unteathered internet, emails, Netflix, and light gaming on the go. I could use it for my projects with micro controllers so I wouldn't have to move from my work bench to my desktop in my room to make software changes.Jumangi - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Not the highest end laptop but won't complain about free.willis936 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a gaming desktop and a media laptop. The gaming desktop is a running build with every part being upgraded within the past year save the GPU which I'm planning on doing next year. It's an intel/nvidia build. I find the ssd is most useful for launching big applications like multisim and matlab quickly. The laptop is a 9lb ideapad that hasn't left my apartment in 6 months. It's simply too much to carry around and because my curriculum is becoming based around modeling problems and using software tools to solve them I find myself becoming tied down to the campus computer cluster or my apartment.I'm an electrical engineering student and I would love a mobile powerhouse to help with my heavy lifting.
kimchijun - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm currently using an HP Envy 15t-3000 CTO (December 2011) w/ AMD Radeon 7690M. It's getting a bit buggy as I near the 2-year mark but still meets my needs. I'm more interested in an upgrade for my wife. She uses a very old Samsung laptop (NP-X460 from around 2008) that takes forever just to start up. Her computing needs are not intense, she does word processing, internet browsing, web surfing, photo organizing, and video watching. A fairly sleek and reliable machine with decent battery life would be a massive upgrade for her and make her very happy. And as they say happy wife, happy life.quagga - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Ah, a Richland Laptop. Let's try this again!My config hasn't changed much since my last attempt at getting that Temash laptop but here goes again. My desk at present from left to right: iPad 2, 24" monitor, Macbook Pro 13 Early 2011 (serving as a Mac Mini attached to the Monitor), a custom built AMD A10-6800K Richland, Mini-ITX build in a BitFenix Prodigy, and the new Blue iPhone 5C. That iPhone is a recent change - coming from 3G Verizon I'm loving LTE even in "non-Advanced" mode.
The main machine is still probably the Macbook as it does much of the general browsing, photo editing, etc. The A10 machine is largely a game machine. It has a 7950 in it and plays most modern games without a fuss. Presently it's booted into Linux as I'm doing some network testing with the NAS over my server closet (which is actually a real closet). The Raspberry Pi is in that closet as well; it serves as the OpenVPN server.
The addition of the Sleekbook would offer the same advantages as the Temash we were all chasing a week ago (although with more power!). I'd have a full time mobile workstation able to dual boot Windows / Linux. While I can take the Mac out now, I rarely pull it from my desk. The iPad comes along on vacation, but it's pretty limit to consumption rather than creation tasks. I'd like something more versatile. I built this desktop for that reason but it lacks portability. I'd like the best of both worlds.
Good luck everybody!
The Saint - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'd love to replace my creaking old, thick, Dell that has a physical (!) hard drive for something a little more modern with touch and the power to play a few games, letting me transition away from consoles.dovescry1999 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My computer is almost 10 years old. I have never owned a laptop, let alone any type of tablet. I can prove it! Also, that last contest got my hopes up, and then just dropped my feelings off a cliff.nismotigerwvu - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I should probably mention that I'm a doctoral candidate in Biochemistry at a reasonably large state university (not the one mentioned in my username, I did my undergrad and first graduate degree at West Virginia University). I currently have a gaming desktop in of my office (7950 along side a somewhat aging phenom II 955 running at 3.7ghz) running dual monitors that also moonlights for my visual molecular dynamics rig. I have an A8-3850 slim build as my HTPC which is actually quite nice with a ceton cablecard tuner. In my office at the lab I have a 2nd hand system built around an E7500, which struggles mightily with any VMD work but is solid for any of my other needs. A Richland based system would be a godsend on the VMD front, as I would be able to leverage the graphics punch of the system to use live renderings of the structures rather than prerendered videos, which would be incredibly useful for Q&A sessions in terms of being able to highlight specific structures or even change representation forms to better explain points.Vepsa - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My wife is currently using an old Dell Studio 15" with a Core 2 Duo CPU. This would allow her to have a nice modern laptop to bring with when we go down to my parents so she isn't always borrowing my Acer Ultrabook.hmspe - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have the misfortune to have a Dell inspiron laptop. No matter what I do I can't get the sensitivity of the touchpad set so that the cursor does not jump around when I wave my hand above the pad. I need a replacement where all the accessories work properly.MakingMonkeys - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My sister needs a new laptop.Kevin G - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have several computing devices at home.I have an Opteron 6128 with 128 GB of RAM used as a graphic artist workstation. It has a Radeon 6970 video card with three monitors in Eyefinity.
I also have a Core i7 2600k running at 4.2 Ghz, 16 GB of memory and a Radeon 7970. It is primarily used for gaming and entertainment.
My NAS device is a Core i7 3930k running at 4 Ghz with 32 GB of RAM and a Gigabyte X79-UP5 motherboard for the extra SAS ports. It currently houses 16 TB of unformated storage (12 TB faster RAIDZ2). It also hosts several virtual machines I tinker with. It currently has a passively cooled Radeon 6450 video card for the rare case I need to plug in a monitor.
These three systems have something in common: they're not portable. Oddly enough, I'm in need of portable device since work is starting to send me traveling. I do have a laptop through them but I'd prefer to keep business and personal usage on separate devices.
dtolios - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Really interested in an affordable and slick looking laptop for office tasks and light gaming. APU ftwsiberstorm - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
AMD needs to kick some Intel ass!y2chris - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a Lenovo e430 with 4gb RAM right now. It's a bit heavy and needs a SSD to speed things up. That sleekbook would be perfect for taking to campus with me and using a VM or twoagg2537 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I am a College student currently debating through college. Debate is an activity that requires a lot of research and document use. I go through about 2000 pages of word files in a given day and my computer crashes about once or twice. I own an HP 2000 that is about 4 1/2 years old and I have never been able to afford a new computer or a cheaper computer. It takes about 20 minutes to start up and load fully. I also travel across the country with this laptop. It barely fits in any case that you can find at the store and generates so much heat the fan is always on high and it requires a cooling pad to run. Winning this laptop would give me an opportunity to get a superior, sleek laptop that would enable me to debate at a higher level.brubro - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My HP is big and heavy . It was a replacement for a stolen one. I wish I'd have gotten a smaller version so this would be a welcome replacement.MegaManZero - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Good Ole AMD. I have 2 AMD pcs. A desktop with the an AMD 955 BE (Solid as a Rock still), with 6950 AMD video card. My sorta work horse for heavy uses for graphics.The second I have is the ASUS 1215B with the first gen E-350 Processor, and mainly used when on the road or office graphics work. I abused the hell out of it with the work load I put on it for graphics work, and light gaming. Now the age is starting to show.
Chosen or Not, hail AMD
wanderer000 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm a college student and my major is Computer Science. As a result, I tend to code a lot and do a lot of work at my desk, because of two reasons: My older HP laptop gets hot fast and loud so I can't take it anywhere like the library for that reason. The other reason is that my custom desktop is consequently the only reliable machine I have for productivity.If I were to win the HP Envy Sleekbook, I'd actually be able to do work outside of my dorm room and that would be extremely helpful.
MasonDoctorjt - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Really need one!aaaron - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I used to be a Windows + x86 fanboy. I had the first gen Celeron 300, which I overclocked. And promptly BSOD'ed every 16 hours. I didn't care though, because I was a young kid who played Quake and Starcraft, and every extra FPS meant more fun.Not to namedrop, but I remember reading Anandtech when Anand was still a high school kid down the street (went to college in Durham). I lived the fanboy lifestyle. Every day, I'd read ArsT, T-R, Scary's, Slashdot, Toms, Bluesnews, HardOCP etc. I couldn't afford to buy new gear every year, but loved reading about all the new stuff that came out.
Over many years, I journeyed with x86 and Windows, beating the heck out of various platforms along the way. Like a Moore's Law Odysseus, I encountered various monsters during my travails, such as the the IBM click of death, the infamous K8, some bad heatsink grease, every iteration of Windows, and a creaky IBM thinkpad. I didn't win every battle, but I gained a bunch of xp and had a lot of fun. Hardware, gaming, overclocking, it was all enjoyable because it was my generation's garage and hot rod.
Somewhere along the way though, I grew up. From a joy-filled, tinkering computer engineer, I metamorphosed into an MBA grad: a cranky, irritable, *appliance* user. Work required many, many hours, and then -- heavens -- I even got married and had kids. Put plainly, I didn't have time for shenanigans anymore.
I can't pinpoint the date, but over the past decade, I lost my Wintel faith. More precisely, they lost me. I got sick of blue screens. Sick of driver updates. Sick of weekly OS patch reboots. Sick of regedits for things that should already work. Sick of malware, spyware, slackware, bloatware, and everything else that plagued my computer.
And in 2008, I got my first, only, gorgeous, aluminum unibody Mac(book). Life changed. Everything *worked*. Build quality was (is) superb. These guys were ruthless, willing to drop their PowerPC codebase, forcing everyone to use software/hardware that were actually *good*. I just upgraded to an SSD this year, and that macbook is still my primary computer; it's actually a wonderful performer for the light tasks I require. From 5 years ago! Imagine saying that about a windows + x86 consumer-grade laptop.
Well, in 2010, my wife got an HP dv7qt or something (come on, are you for real with those model names?) and over the past 2 years the cpu fan has died, the OS slowed to a crawl, and this week the screen hinge broke. What. The. Frack.
Just when I was getting ready to go back to Wintel. Honestly, I was ready to for a revival experience. Mostly because my life (my kids) are at a stage when I can start gaming again, and x86 + Windows still dominates the gaming scene. And yet, my only personal experience with a modern era platform blew up, and blew up royally. Thank goodness it was my wife's computer, but what. a. disappointment.
Help me regain faith.
Help me believe that I don't have to go to my grave as an Apple convert. I already own an iPhone, and my whole family has gone that route too, mostly at my insistence that their products are as bulletproof as toasters, as hardy as they ought to be in 2013.
I need this, HP. I need you to make me believe in Windows + x86 again. I've just started reading Anandtech after a half-decade hiatus again and the reviews of the ENVY line have been glowing. The build quality looks good, the materials are impressive, and my experience at work with Windows 7 has made me -- grudgingly -- admit that the platform OS is no longer a complete and utter deathtrap.
Help make me a believer again.
Because this is our last chance. If it doesn't work out, I'll just bide my time over the next few months for the new macbook and the new ipad to be released, and I'm ready to never look back.
Because I'm all grown up now, and I need my stuff to just *work*.
It feels like I'm Rip Van Winkle, and I just woke up from a pleasant Cupertino dream, during which two generations of Windows + x86 have spawned and matured. I haven't seen them though, I've only read the newspaper, and I can't believe the year!
Help me believe the world is a different -- and better -- place, HP + Anandtech. You're my only hope.
jjf46n2 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Well, I am using a Phenom II x4 B55 with a 4850 Sapphire GPU in and old Biostar mobo. Storage is a Samsung 2TB, yeah still no SSD. I've got 4GB of DD3, with Windows 7(32bit), so effectively 3.2GB. All this is crammed into an 10 year old MicroATX case that doesn't even have to top on it because both my CPU and GPU fans died. Now a big box fan blows across the whole thing to do the trick. We used to have an old Toshiba AMD laptop, until one of the girls dumped cereal on it, lol. So yeah, my only computing is my 5+ year old desktop, but it gets the job done. I mainly use it for video games like Path of Exile, surfing the web, and watching the occasional TV/movie. I imagine if I had a laptop it would be used for much the same, but with the added convenience that the girls could take it to school and use it for their homework. At a minimum it would definitely make it easier on the family fighting over computer time. :-)thorein - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Right now, I have an hp Pavilion laptop with intel core i7 and a nvidia geforce gt 650m graphics card. I supposedly use it for gaming, but the fan on this thing is worn down in just over a year and causes my computer to overheat. I do like it, but carrying the thing around is annoying. I got a '17 inch with a large power pack and it barely fits on my desk at college.The main reason I would want one of the Envys is that while I do love hps, I would really like a computer that is portable, convenient, and keeps quiet while I'm watching videos. I just want a nice sleek computer to carry around with me and could even replace mine for gaming allowing to give the pavilion to my brother. The Envy would just suit my lifestyle better than mine and just seems like an all around nice computer that I would love to have.
Thanks
~Lance
Hemlocke - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a 2012 MacBook Air with the 1.8GHz Core i5, 4GB RAM, and 128GB SSD. I also have an old ASUS F3jP to run Windows and Linux, and I could use an updated Windows machine.Verdigris - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I carry with me a Lenovo S10-3t touchscreen netbook from 2010. It originally ran MeeGo, but now triple boots Debian unstable, Android x86, and Windows 8. I've upgraded it with 2 GB of RAM, a 500 GB hard drive, and internal micro SD card slots for ReadyBoost and extra storage.My home computer is a Dell Inspiron 1501 notebook, with an Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 processor, purchased from the Dell Outlet as a scratch-and-dent model in 2007. It's my home computer as its battery long ago gave up holding a charge. The notebook dual boots Ubuntu and Windows XP, and I've upgraded it with 4 GB of RAM, a 120 GB hard drive, and a more Linux-friendly WiFi+Bluetooth card.
I use both computers for email, web browsing, programming, what games they can handle, and supporting my employer's servers from home and elsewhere.
slappyhooper - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I've built many AMD systems over the years, but I've never used the A10 series chips. I would love to take this laptop for a spin. If I win this contest, I vow to only use my super-powered laptop for good, not evil. So help me Thor.HenriKraken - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I use an old alienware m11r1 as my work laptop. I have a custom PC is my other computer. I would love a new laptop to write software on. I have an iPad I use to watch netflix.ryguy64 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have an old dual core Athlon laptop that I got when Windows 7 was first released. It has no battery life to speak of, the connection to the charger is failing, and it is too slow to comfortably use Photoshop. Time for an upgrade I think. A free upgrade would make my month so much better.sherazch - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently own a Late-2008 15-inch Macbook Pro. The Macbook Pro is a great computer but I end up using Windows 7 in bootcamp much more often than OSX. Therefore, I would like to transition back to a pure Windows machine--there are compromises when running Windows on a Macbook (poor battery life, two partitions, different keyboard layouts, ect).As a photographer, I use my computer to manipulate and manage a collection of over 200,000 photos. As a Masters of IT student at Harvard, I use my computer to do classwork and take online classes.
Thanks AnandTech and AMD!!!
Zap - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I own several PCs, several notebook computers and one Android tablet. The Android tablet is currently just a toy, a fancy media player. The PCs consist of my "main" system, a portable ITX LAN rig and a couple of HTPCs. The notebooks consist of a couple of older gaming notebooks, plus some newer Ultrabook/ultralights. Depending on how well this lower voltage A10-5745M fares in games (I'm not very demanding) a notebook such as this ENVY Sleekbook can replace all my notebooks as well as my LAN rig. I would use it when I wanted to game, as well as for normal portable usage.DiaSin - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My current primary PC is a 4 year old core 2 duo laptop, with a dedicated GPU half the power of the HD Graphics 4000 on last-generation intel chips, meaning it its MASSIVELY slower than the graphics from an A10.. And this is also my gaming rig.. I run BF3 on low, 640x480, averaging less than 20 fps. That is how I actively play the game. So yeah.. I need this laptop..mob590 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently have a late 2012 iMac, a PC Desktop I built a long time ago (I'm currently doing some upgrades). I also have an IBM Thinkpad 600X and an Apple iBook (clamshell). I want this because I currently have no actually useful laptop.DrJitter - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I am currently an undergraduate student in engineering. I have a laptop that was not meant to be banged around and was originally poorly built, and after two semesters of carrying it to all of my classes it...well...is banged up to the point where I don't really think I'll be carrying it anywhere but home during breaks. I also have a cheap Windows Phone I bought because I needed the benefits of a mobile computing device, and I have a gaming computer I built 3 years back which sits back at home for my parents to do taxes on. Desktops really are a pain to have to bring on long distances.A sleekbook would truly benefit my purposes because of the massive upgrade in portability that I would gain with a more portable notebook. My current laptop weighs a ton, can't really be taken anywhere, has a 3-4 hour battery life at best, and can play games half decently because it has an A10 APU. I realize now that, as a college student with limited time, being able to simply use the engineering tools necessary and carry it to and from classes and study sessions FAR outweigh the need for pushing slightly more FPS in my favorite computer game. A sleekbook really fixes the technological imbalance I have by fulfilling the true computing needs a college student has - a healthy balance of productivity and portability. It would be nice to be able to slip my new Sleekbook into my backpack and go instead of dreading the possibility of my laptop snapping in two, running out of battery, and throwing out my back carrying my current hunk of metal and plastic around.
sheven - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I've never tried AMD notebooks.orion2374 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
This laptop would help a Marine Corp Veteran college student be able to accomplish getting his work done in a more efficient mannerAlkanlover - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I haven't had a laptop since my old IBM Thinkpad. I now play games at home 12 hours a day on my home-built Core2 Duo System. I built some AMD based machines for my desk top until 5 years ago when I replaced it when I retired. I would really like to have a laptop to have with me when I travel the world on vacation adventures.cairbram - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Starting from the Top I've got a gaming/AutoCad tower, a Macbook with a SSD and HDD, a nexus 7 late and a HTC ONE. the last two both on anandtechs recommendation. I would like this laptop so I have something more portable so I can replace my aging and decrepit Macbook which has acetone damage and has lived a hard life.evonitzer - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My current computer is a desktop with an AMD X4 630 as well as a AMD 4800 gpu. Both are getting pretty long in the tooth, but with an SSD inside as well I don't mind. For mobile computing, I mostly use my Android phone, although I do have an eee PC that gets occasional use when I am desperate and away from home. A laptop would just allow me to have a middle device that isn't painfully slow (as is the eee pc). Reading school books is not pleasant on the desktop and a laptop would give me much more flexibility to do work anywhere around the house or outside. I have never owned a capable laptop, so getting one would be pretty exciting for me.hapkiman - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
A Reply. I definitely could use one these rigs.JahnkeJ - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I am a college student with a 9 year old MacBook and a 7 year old desktop that I built my freshmen year of high school. I cant afford a new computer. My AMD Athlon 6400+ has treated me well and is still pretty powerful but its pretty out of date compared to modern processors. I use my computers for gaming, homework, CAD, ect. If I won this Laptop it would completely replace both my computers and free up a lot of room on my desk. Plus it would be fun to write a review.cwei10 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Time for a new laptop. Actually, I have not used laptop since my last Toshiba broke down, that was like 3 years ago. Just sticking to the phones for everyday email and desktop for games.typicalGeek - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My current setup has been upgraded several times over the nearly 9 years I've been using it. It is currently maxed out at 2G of PC-3200 DDR (only 2 slots on MB) and I swapped the original Athlon 64 3000+ with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+, socket 939. Still rocking a WD 80G HDD. It's only a matter of time before this old thing gives up the ghost, so I'd LOVE a chance to get any new system. Even the most modest modern processor will run circles around this one.ASG1221 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a $1000 2009 iBuyPower desktop computer that I use for gaming, school, video/audio/image editing and random internet browsing.Why I need a Sleekbook: For school, to bring to and from class, get work done during off times on campus, to be able to edit video on campus since I can't carry my desktop around.
If I won a Sleekbook: All the problems revolving around not being able to lug a desktop around would be solved. I can get more work done on campus and be able to show others how to get stuff done from my own computer.
All in all, the Sleekbook would be a huge improvement over my current desktop. It would also greatly help in terms of school work too.
CrbMstr - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Asus schmetbook that lacks power, speed, anything... (just say no to Atom processors) Have another ancient Macbook, still runs and thinks it's 1969 when it boots up.plonk420 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
current setup: a handful of desktops. soon, for financial reasons, i'm moving to a small-ass shared living arrangement which i don't think will even fit my current computer desk setup (without huge space sacrifices), so a laptop would be optimal. IRC would be painful on a tablet.plonk420 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
my current portable (around my place) is what i call a crapdroid ... an offline (out of service) Optimus V: 600mHz Android 2.2; desktop Phenom II X3 705e for hot summers. i7-860 with 7790 for gaming; 5870 and 2 Block Erupters for Litecoin and Bitcoin mining. and E-350 as a somewhat failed HTPC attempt (has issues with Sinc scaling, and struggles at a fair bit of 10-bit h.264)smhall820 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I currently have a bulky HP laptop. Next year, I'm backpacking around the world for a year. I'm looking for a lightweight yet powerful laptop to be able to save my pictures as I travel, skype with family and friends, and watch movies. As this trip is going to cost me a lot it would be really helpful to not have to include the cost of a new laptop.Bacchus392 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Can't wait to try Linux on this bad boy! I hope HP will give me a refund for not activating Windows!My daughter would love this!
Customize_Your_Sleep - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Still dont have a laptop, so I will enter.rish095 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm an engineering student at Cornell and I've got a 2012 13" MacBook Air. I love it and I don't really need a new computer (and this one doesn't seem like an upgrade anyway).However, my parents are looking for a laptop. Right now they've got a desktop with an Athlon II X4 and a GTX 460 that I built for them. They don't need mind-blowing CPU or GPU performance, just a decent laptop for travel, and I think this one fits the bill.
Hoogineer - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have an HP Envy 15, which is a wonderful gaming rig, but my wife and I share it. It's also a little on the big and heavy side for her. I recently got a Acer S3 model, which isn't bad, but it's not amazing. I also recently bought a Nook HD+, which is nice for video and web surfing, but my wife hasn't touched it -- she strongly prefers a machine with a keyboard. Winning the HP Envy Sleekbook would give my wife a better machine to use, which would allow me to use the Envy 15 more often. (My wife mainly uses the laptop to check email, visit social networking sites, read and write posts in various forums, stream music and watch videos. I use the laptop for much of the same, but also for gaming.)Fujikoma - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Dell Inspiron 1764: i5 upraded with 256 GB SSD, 8 GB mem and Win7Pro. Used for internet and light gaming. Take it with me on vacation so I don't have to take my tower. Have a HDD dock to replace the DVD drive, but house is eating up my tech. budget.Tower: i7-920, 500 GB SSD boot, 16 GB mem, 6 TB storage, BD Drive, DVD Drive. Used for music, Photoshop and video rendering. Torn between i7 4770K and 6 core 2011 for next build. May hold out until enthusiast Haswell is released, since I have to wait for tax return money on this one.
iPhone 4 (previous was a Nokia). Will probably go back to Nokia due to standard power and data connectors, removable battery and microSD slot. Like the iPhone, hate iTunes. Use as phone, mp3 player, checking email, checking sports scores and watching movies.
Samsung Galaxy player for streaming music through bt. 5" screen. Wanted to see if I'd like something in the tablet form factor. Mixed. Need IR blaster to use next tablet as a big remote. Also need more storage for all of my music (256 GB at least).
Would like this laptop to take for repairing computers and for short/normal trips I wouldn't take my current laptop on. Currently carry everyone's drivers on flash drives. With this, I can hop onto the internet if needed and store everything else. Dell is too large to lug around and I have almost no space on it.
CharonPDX - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Current devices:Old Core 2 Duo iMac (slightly upgraded with slightly faster Core 2 Duo, max RAM, faster+bigger hard drive,)
Even older Core Duo (no 2) MacBook,
iPad (the original one.)
I have been using the iPad as my main mobile device since getting it, but now that *IT* is getting a little long in the tooth (two iOS versions behind now,) combined with the fact that there ARE occasions where a full notebook comes in handy, means that I'm now switching between two portables and an old desktop.
I have been using Windows 8 via Boot Camp and in a VM, and I can see that it would be great on a touch screen, so winning this would allow me to replace all three devices with one. I know the SleekBook isn't the speediest system out there, but it should be better than what I have now at least!
carlwu - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Haven't had an AMD in a while. Would like to have one now!sandineyes - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a desktop that I assembled a few years ago and a somewhat aged smartphone (SGS2). At home, I use my desktop for school work, gaming, and general computing tasks. On the go, I often use my phone to look things up online, check email, and view lecture slides for my classes, but anything more is a bit unreasonable to ask of a phone.An HP Envy Sleekbook would allow me to take my school work with me to campus and to project group meetings, something that right now is next to impossible. Aside from that, it could potentially make travel between school and home easier as, if I could make due with a notebook, I would no longer have to move about 50lb of computer equipment between home and school during Fall, Winter, and Spring breaks.
schmedy - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Good luck all, thank you for the contest!dbishop - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
i need a new laptop...Ikeisawesome - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a first generation Core i5 desktop with 8GB of RAM and a Radeon 5770. Since I am using one of the 22" 1680x1050 monitors that were ubiquitous a few years ago, it pushes just about as many pixels as I need until I get a new monitor or start blaming my FPS for my gaming failures.When I'm on the go (or let's face reality here - in bed), I use a 2006 MacBook. It's terribly slow, runs terribly hot, and is just plain terribly frustrating to use. A new laptop would help me get to thesaurus.com when I'm in terrible need. That's what I am eager to replace.
mcswaindar - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My family currently has only one laptop that was given to us and will hardly run any programs. My two sons who are in middle school get so frustrated because it freezes up when their trying to do school. They are both home-schooled and do quite a bit of their school work on it. I am disabled and can not afford to buy a new one. This would benefit them greatly with their education. I would love to see my boys faces when I told them they won a new computer.Cutiebugg - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
It would be so awesome to win!wurizen - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Ok. I wasn't going to enter because I already have 2 computers and I never win these things, anyway. Why waste thought cells for something I don't need or will win? But, after some thought--I know right? There goes those thought cells I was talking about--I thought why not? So, here goes... Like I said, I have two computers. Well, I've had a few computers over the past decade that were since handed down or not in use or plain sold. But, currently, I have a desktop PC running Windows 8 and a Mid-2010 15" Macbook Pro. I know that this is mostly a PC site so don't hate me, but I have always been a Mac guy just because the programs that I use are for OS X (ie: FCP, Motion, Coda, Pixelmator, etc.). But, I recently built my own PC for gaming. It was a revelation because of how much better Windows seem to run games than on my Macbook Pro. Although, I did invest in a beefy expensive GPU for this purpose and that might be the difference. Regardless, it was money-that-I-won't-have-spent-well, sorta speak since I was unemployed, but, needed an upgrade computer-wise to handle my aspiration to make and edit films. I was a few months too early pulling the trigger on the MBP just before the Quad-Core MBP's came out and felt I needed something like a Quad-Core to handle the "future." Well, the future came for me and I was still in the same unemployed. So, instead of making videos and editing them, my PC and MBP sit on my table to watch TV and play videogames. If, I win this laptop, I could have a "Triple monitor" setup on my desk. In the center would be my desktop PC where I play games and my MBP is where I watch TV (via EyeTV) to the left and to the right, if I win, is the HP Envy laptop where I browse the web, like Anandtech to get the latest gadget news or check email or look for jobs.Best,
Wuri
Pat-Rick - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have my 10 year old home built desk top computer that has windows XP.Plus I want to get into 3d modeling.
MacTheSpoon - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Well, here goes nothing! :) It would be great to win, nice gear there.delysid - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'd really love to win this for my wife, and my daughter. She has already mastered her grandma's Ipad. I'd love to sit down with her and be able to have some educational games on it for her. We have a desktop now which I use for school and the occasional gaming. But It isn't very kid friendly. With this we'd all be able to get in on the fun.jargus - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I built my own PC for the first time a year ago, upgrading from a 6 year Dell, and it is amazing. I do a lot of work with video so I needed a powerful machine (FX8320, 16GB RAM, SSD). Much of recording work is done with a borrowed laptop. Its not powerful at all and isnt good for much more than moving files and Facebook. Everything I record to it needs to transferred to the desktop for editing. I've been wanting a laptop to call my own for awhile that will let me edit videos and to do more tasks. Since I always have to borrow a notebook to get my footage down having this would would drmatically increase my productivity because I wouldn't need to be concerned with the owner's needschrisprcr - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Desktop is running Win7 Home Premium x64 with a Phenom II X4 965 BE with a Asus M3A78-EM Mobo, 4GB Adata DDR2-800, Plextor PX128M3 SSD, WD Blue 320GB HDD, MSI GeForce GTX 660 TF III OC 2GB DDR5, Sony DVD-RW and a OCX Fatal1ty 550w PSU. It is used mainly for gaming, video converting and web surfing.Laptop is a Acer Aspire AS5733Z-4445 with a Pentium P6100, 3BG RAM, Intel HD graphics and a 320GB HDD. It is used for light gaming and web surfing. The laptop is fine around the house but battery life is poor when used away from home.
rshappard - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
This is exactly what I was looking for!uberdag - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I would like to win this to use as an Autodesk Civil 3d station with attached multi monitors that can also be taken out into the field or to meetings for a small consulting engineering firm. Current computer was frakensteined from son's old gaming tower.Phenom x2
8GB ram
4850 amd gpu (HIS i think)
250 GB HD
Win7 pro
thanks
ishearman - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Have been a long time HP and AMD fan. Built my first computer when i was 14 and put a first gen AMD athlon 64 (ahead of its time) inside a cool looking thermaltake full size tower. He was my big boy, and he was a powerhouse. No expense was spared with his ATI Radeon 9800 pro. Several years later i laid eyes upon the beautiful HP HDX 9300. Had to have it, and still have it to this day. Her curvy 20'' frame came with me on planes and to college, in a specially ordered case for bigger 20'' girls. Over 6 years old, i keep her running smooth even as she shows her age. This sleekbook would be the child that my full size tower and HDX 9300 would have had. Sadly, my tower passed away in 2009 from natural causes. I have my suspicions though, involving an apple sticker and a tennis ball my friend brought over.Devious1 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Would be a Nice upgrade.PreacherEddie - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have an AMD-based desktop system (Phenom II X3 720) and an old Core Duo-based laptop that I use for presentations. The laptop takes close to 2 minutes from turn on to fully booted and ready to set up my presentations, which can be a real bind when I am in a hurry. I will use this new laptop if I am selected for presentations, but also as my productivity computer when traveling.TastesLikeChicken - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have 2 desktop systems and an HTPC that are all Intel systems. The HTPC functions as my cable tuner, streaming device, and Blu-ray drive. My wife and I also each have an AMD laptop. Hers is a couple of years old and mine is over 5 years old. Even though mine is an old system it works well enough for its purpose, which is web surfing and e-mail, even if it is a bit slow at doing those menial tasks.Honestly, I don't need to replace my laptop. It would be nice to be able to game on my laptop but I have a desktop system for that purpose. If I did win a new laptop what I would do is donate my current laptop to a worthy cause. If they wish, Anandtech could even name that cause. I would love to see my system to go to a person or organization with an honest need for it.
JBB-SaDo - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Free Mobile PC? sure I take a invest 2 mins into a chance.aegrescovitae - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I'm using an 8 year old PC to game, work and use for school. I would love to be able to rely on an HP and have the mobility.I love AMD!
Kradenbomber - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Currently using an AMD powered HP Pavilion from 2010 and it's getting a bit long in the tooth. The Sleekbook would be a direct upgrade in every aspect and would definitely lower boot and load times from my old 5400rpm hard drive.brenduntu - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I just purchased the latest model HP Envy 17t quad edition, which is pretty big, and I'm looking to try something smaller, and faster, and this model, with the AMD graphics and SSD looks like it'll be faster.beepboy - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I wouldn't mind a touchKibbles - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have 2 desktops, 2 laptop, a tablet, and a smartphone. One main desktop is where I do most of my true computing: Email, surfing, word processing, and gaming. I use the other desktop to play games and watch videos on my living room TV. A laptop is for videos on other TV. The tablet I rarely use now, most of the use it used to get is now cannibalized by my smartphone. The second laptop is a Chromebook. I wanted to use for mostly surfing, however it's really slow, and makes the experience terrible.I need a second laptop that I can carry around and surf on and occasionally watch a video. It needs to be light, quiet, and doesn't need to be fast, just fast enough.
ddejohn - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
Only ever used Intel, but would love to check out AMD. Currently own an Acer V5-171-6422 that I record music, do schoolwork, CAD, and game on. 6GB RAM, 500GB HDD, 1.7GHz i5 3317u, and I'm getting tired of squinting at the 11.6" screen. Would like something a little more modern, and still have never experienced SSD.rangerdavid - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
My girlfriend (very attractive, available for modeling) is a Special Education graduate student in a rural area of New Mexico serving a diverse and undeserved community of amazing, but challenging kids. Her 5+ year old HP laptop is no longer allowing her to efficiently use the Office Suite to prepare lesson plans, arrange presentations for her students or her own classwork, and effectively leverage technology for educational advancement in general. A new Sleekbook would complement her on-the-go teaching and learning life.Randomblame - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I have a good enough desktop for compiling my android builds and kernels but I need a notebook for writing and pushing changes to github I hate being tethered to the desk all daybammthis - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
i need this asapenrobriaffej - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a dual boot Desktop (Ubuntu & Mac) and and 5 year old MacBook Pro. I use my desktop as a HTPC in my office, video editor, heavy photo editor and all around media manager. The desktop is my main workhorse for anything other than internet browsing or light coding. My Macbook can no longer handle anything besides internet browsing, and that's after I maxed out the ram and upgraded to an SSD. I desperately need a portable computer that I can carry with me but can also preform moderate cpu intensive tasks, specifically at least Photoshop work.Having a new Windows 8 laptop would improve my computer situation exponentially. Not only have I not had a windows computer in over 5 years but my MacBook must be replaced very soon, and I'm really not able to pay the mac premium right now. I have had zero experience with windows 8 or AMD. I would love to have windows 8 and expand my o/s proficiency to include windows again. I would also love to get some hands on experience with AMD before my next desktop build! Thank you.
Chuckeru - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a custom build i made in 2010 with a Phantom x4 925, 8gb ram, 2 500GB HD and a updated card to amd 7850 1gb. I used this computer for School, Picture editing and Gaming when i have the time. I see my self out of the grips of have to be glued to my desk to do home work since my laptop decided to die on me. I thought about buying another laptop but i cant afford it at the moment. it would help tons on group projectsfumanstan1 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently use a Acer M5 laptop from Best Buy as a stop gap all around solution for work and home, with some multimedia use. I'd love to move from the integrated Intel Ivy Bridge graphics to something with a little more oomph for graphics and gaming, and probably hook it up to my TV more often.jakeb0653 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I'm a college student who tends to just read reviews, so I'm not too active on the site. I couldn't pass up commenting on this one though because I'd really like a better laptop! Currently I own the Acer V5 122p with an AMD A6 processor, while pretty nice it was only purchased because it was on sale and the size and weight seemed convient for school. While true, I found the size to be too small and the performance too lacking. It would be great for someone who just uses it for notes, but I needed a machine to function as a main machine as well. That little guy doesn't cut it for that. Other than that I have a pretty nice desktop I use for gaming. The most appealing part of this sleekbook is that it maintains a small form factor, while also having enough muscle to play some games (like DOTA2) on the go. That is what I was originally looking for in a laptop, except I just couldn't afford it and really needed a laptop at the time as classes had started up. It would be great for school as well because I would be able to type much more easily on a 15.6" machine than a little 11.6" screen! I'm a big man, and I my hands do not get along well with a that keyboard. So the improvements would be on 3 levels for me! Bigger screen, easier usage (big hands need big keyboard), and some gaming ability!augiem - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I would like to enter the contest. Anandtech is awesome. DailyTech however.....theGryphon - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
This is for my wife. I have a laptop from work, so I'm set but my wife is in desperate need of being saved from the pits of PC obsolescence.She is using a 6-year old Dell laptop with a T5250 CPU (Core 2 Duo, 1.5GHz) and 120GB 5400RPM HDD, etc. The thing is as slow as it gets. Granted, she doesn't do anything hardcore computational but opening up day to day apps like MS Office, or resuming the PC from sleep should not take that long. Not only that the laptop literally has no battery life and it has to be plugged in at all times.
So, if I hopefully win, this is going to be an excellent present for my wife's upcoming birthday. She may then actually enjoy her web browsing, social networking, and watching home or online videos along with occasional MS Office usage. There couldn't be a better match than this device for her use cases and her actual need!
viniciusmotta - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a desktop with AMD Phenom II X4 970 and AMD Radeon HD 9650, used for my college's work and gaming, it works great, but I really need something I can carry on to the college.kezeka - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
It would be nice to try a windows laptop for the first time in 6 years. I would hope they have improved since then (though, lenovo/IBM laptops have always felt really sturdy compared to most others which is great contrast to the HP consumer laptops of my friends that I continuously have to repair.)dylan522p - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I hope I win.harishmnnr - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Count me in too!!! Fingers crossed..ThortonBe - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently own a Desktop PC (Intel 4670k, an ASRock Z87M Extreme4, nVidia GTX760, 16GB RAM, and a 128GB Samsung 840 Pro) and a Cr-48. I assembled a desktop because I was tired of my old laptop (HP dv3) getting less than 14fps in older games. While my desktop gets pretty good frame-rates in games, I do miss the portability of having a laptop. My Cr-48 could mostly fulfill the portable role (I actually think ChromeOS is excellent), but its battery died recently leaving me without a truly portable system. As a student, needing to walk home from campus if I want to access my computer is a pain (I don't own a smart phone).While my old laptop had heat issues, I really liked the rest of it, especially the keyboard. I hope HP did a good job with this one.
CSbeer - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I'm still currently using my HP Pavillion AMD Llano 15.6" laptop, so the Sleekbook would be an upgrade in every department. I use it mostly for work and school, though some light gaming for R&R gets thrown in the mix. I've bought 4 HP devices over the last 2 decades and they're all ticking and I'd love to put their newest to good use!JRuxDev - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
For my laptop, I currently own a 1 year old Sony VAIO E-Series: Resolution of 1366X768, i7 3612QM @2.10 GHz, 6 GB RAM, Radeon 7550M 1GB, and 500GB HDD. My rig, named Red Madman: Gigabyte UD5H MoBo, i7-3770K@4.4GHz, using a Phanteks TC14PE air cooler, 12 GB of RAM, Samsung 840 250GB SSD along with 850GB of HDD space, and Radeon 7950. I would love to test out the AMD APUs. I plan on building a rig in the Spring based around one. Owning a machine with one of those bad boys in it would allow me to see how well they run and what to expect from them. I am a CS Major with a Minor in Graphics Technology, so I use my laptop for anything from coding, gaming, and using adobe software, which makes my laptop look underpowered compared to the one in the giveaway. I wish luck to all those who entered. -JRuxJRuxDev - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I like how it linking the 3770K because of the @. xDpurerice - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
0.9" thin? Lame marketing ploy.Sorry, there is no measure for thinness, only thickness. Come on, Anand.
curos2 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I own desktop machines and don't have a fast mobile computer. The HP Envy would be awesome to have and allow me to be mobile.JETninja - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Oh boy, currently in this house we have 2 homebuilt game PC, 4 Laptops, a Kindle Fire, a gen 1 iPad and 5 smart phones. What I would use it for is my 2 younger sons - Schools these days put tons of homework, books, information on PC's. (age 12 & 15) I would put it in a central plane for them and the Wife to use. (and keep them off my Game PC) I've built a number of AMD Game PC's, it would be interesting to try out a Notebook. Thanks AMD and Anandtech!trumpeter001 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently use an 15.4 inch Acer, when I can't work on my main 3 display PC. I would be awesome to get another notebook PC so my wife could finally have her own to use for Facebook and her 100+ photo a day addiction.Now, which one to give her if I win........
Runamok81 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
All my latest purchases have been team green and intel. I'd love to see how my older Dells feel in hand compared to this Envy. Here's to hoping! Hi mom!antef - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently use a desktop PC for serious work and a tablet for browsing on the couch. A Sleekbook would provide that middle ground and allow me to do most of my work while on the couch or out of the house. Most laptop designs in the past have not really appealed to me but this is light and small enough that it would be perfect.PGleo86 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I've got a custom AMD A8 3850 PC with a Radeon HD 6870 in my dorm room for playing games and doing general computing; overclocked to 4.7GHz makes it nice and speedy. However, the mobile side of my setup is a different matter entirely. I'm currently limping along with a Gateway MD2419u running a 2.1GHz AMD Athlon 64 x2 and Radeon HD 3200 graphics. It's usable in the speed department... as long as I don't do anything more than some light web browsing. Its Windows installation broke so badly that I gave up trying to fix it and just installed Ubuntu on it, under which the battery life is worse than it was on Windows 7. I get around 30 minutes to a full charge on a rather pokey old laptop. I can't even make it through half of a college class with it; if I won the HP, I'd use it for taking notes and doing work in my classes for the next 4 years (I'm currently a freshman studying IT). It would allow me much-improved mobility, which is, in college, a very good thing indeed. I certainly don't expect to win; however, if I do win, I will make full use of that machine for years to come. I wish everyone else who entered good luck!papajohn - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a 5 year old laptop that's slow, heavy and doesn't last more than an hr on batt. I can really use this sleekbook as a truly mobile device that has computational power and endurance!MrBleepBleep - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Hello,I'm a freshman studying physics secondary education at my school and I'm running with an Acer laptop with a touchpad that's on the fritz and hardware that gets less up to snuff every year, so basically I'm looking to upgrade. I do all my work on my laptop with some gaming and audio encoding on the side. Winning this sleekbook would be fulfilling exactly what I want out of an upgrade for my current laptop: faster cpu, better graphics, portability, all wrapped up in a slick body.
Fingers crossed
Impulse411 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
The laptop would go to my daughter, to help with school work. Our current setup includes a 3-year old desktop that is dying fast, a laptop that can't be unplugged or it won't run, and a newer laptop for my school/work trips. A new laptop would definitely help keep sanity in the household.hijer - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Thanks to AMD and Anandtech!I have couple of Asus PC's based on FX-83xx and Dell XPS 18 based on Core i5.
looking for something more lighter, mobile and has a long battery life. Richland APU would perfect for most of my needs, and with the significantly improved battery life with the Hybrid Boost feature over Trinity this could do the job. Not to mention the DX11 and OGL support which is essential for modern light-weight gaming. Richland graphic is far more superior than intel's integrated graphics with many added features to colours more vibrant and remove shake and jetter from video through the steady video features.
My current setup would definitley be improved with a Sleekbook as a relevant alternative for a mobile platforms.
nutmac - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
My household is mostly Apple shop: MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iPad. Having said that, we also have Dell notebooks, but they are now 4 years old and in need of replacement (and running Windows in VM has been subpar experience so far).Simple Tools - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently own an aging desktop with a Phenom II 965, AMD 6970, 4GB ram, and mechanical storage. For mobile computing I have my ASUS K55A, with an Intel 3210m processor and the worst keyboard I have ever had the displeasure of using.As an engineering student, the main usage scenarios include using Visual Studio, MATLAB, AutoDesk, MultiSim, and of course gaming. While my desktop performs these tasks admirably, the laptop leaves much to be desired in the keyboard, display, and battery life.
With the Sleekbook, I hope to be able to improve my mobile predicament; the specs suggest just that, but as we all know, there is much more to a product than the spec sheet.
Thanks for the Consideration!
kotoko - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Currently own a laptop that is an i5 1st gen, 2 GB ram, integrated graphics card, and a battery that is expired (laptop will automatically shut down if unplugged). Really could use a new laptop but money is real tight at the moment. Going to school and paying my debt from my wedding. A new laptop will help tons!therealonlysublime - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
My HP TX2 recently died. I loved my TabletPC and I'm looking for a next-gen system that has touch and power. I use my laptop mainly for MS Office, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Premiere.KillerBee2 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I will use it to crush my enemies, see them driven before me,hear the lamentation of their women - and also play Minesweeper.
yelped - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I can't comment. It's flagged as spam.LiveSlow - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Currently have an i5 in my desktop for work, play, and life (plus some older Core2 and P4 setups that are mostly sitting around as backups and for tinkering). My wife uses a A64 X2 15.6" from 2008 which the battery gave up the ghost a couple years back and has had major HDD surgery. I've had to resurrect it a couple times now. Not pretty.I like the desktop experience, but she enjoys taking the laptop pretty much through the entire house. At least she used to as she is now tethered to one location or another for she loses everything she was looking at / working on upon unplugging.
My work has provided an iPad 2, which she won't use as she types a lot, that I use at work and home for email, browsing, or gaming for short periods of time. One of these laptops would greatly improve my wife's computing mobility around the house plus it would give her an option of actually taking something with her on trips instead of having to ask our hosts if she can borrow a computer. Battery life and SSD, what nice things to hope for....
267267123 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Have a Nexus 7 2012, and a 3570K/660Ti desktop. I had an OG Llano laptop, think it had an A6. The graphics were pretty good for a cheap notebook at the time, but things like the HDMI audio and USB ports didn't work. I would love to see how far AMD has come since then. I like to write a few pages about every system I use. I'm buying a Bay Trail/Temash tablet, or maybe one based on Haswell/Broadwell ULX to cover my ultraportable needs. The only spot for a laptop like the Sleekbook in my life is as a somewhat mobile gaming platform. I would pack this in my luggage when I visit relatives out of country I guess. I like that this 32nm 25W chip probably has better gaming performance than the gaming-oriented (and very expensive) Intel 22nm 28W mobile SKU, the one with Iris 5100. How disappointing.ktkrk8 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have an Acer Aspire from about 3 years ago that I use for everything. I would love to win this to replace my old laptop.azunaki - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
a great competition, would love to win this for school.mrguzman83 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Well currently I own an iPad. (<- Period)My wife has a MacBook Pro with a cracked trackpad that she originally received as part of her tuition at Full Sail university back in 2011 so sometimes I use it for web surfing but my wife uses it has her work horse. She currently teaches adults and tutors them in English. So her laptop is great for lesson planning among other administrative work. I use to have a PC that I assembled with an AMD FX 8150 (thanks to guidance from the forums!) the I mainly used for gaming but i gave that away to my nephew who has a very strong prospect of going to college. Since then we have been buried in student debt, and we have a brand new baby. So we don't really have the funds to purchase a new PC so I would love to win an Envy Sleekbook. I am in the process of learning about mobile development and a new computer would make it a lot easier! However I am hopeful that I will eventually save enough money buy piece by piece new components to assemble a new PC (steamroller FTW!).
fikuschris - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have an older macbook pro that's holding on just fine except for the trackpad. But the ex took the new ivy bridge SFF I built, and I want a windows system again.garadante - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I'd really like having an AMD APU powered laptop now, though time is counting down to the point where soon it'll cease being a like and migrate over being a need. Currently I have a desktop PC I've thrown together myself, and my use case is one of a college student pursuing mechanical engineering. Having a lightweight, thin form factor laptop would be great in enabling me to immediately offload tasks such as paper and document creation and note-taking from my current setup of pencil-and-paper and just waiting until I'm home to use my desktop. But it would also enable me to function better while on campus, with more compute intensive applications, such as writing any code for a course, or creating/testing computational code in Matlab, which will be used more and more heavily as I enter my junior and then senior years, and beyond.As far as any other computing devices I own? There are none. No previous laptops, no notebooks, not even a smartphone (yet) and thus having one would be an exciting and interesting shift for me, particularly as I much, much prefer laptop formfactors over tablets for content consumption and creation.
sartwell - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I would replace my Dell 2008 C2D that has a failing backlight.atticus14 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a gaming desktop and HP touchpad with cyanogenmod that seems to be in it's last days + still a bit buggy, and an old netbook that's not worth mentioning since your lucky to load a webpage on it.I would really love to have a laptop since I like to have access to a real computer anywhere in the house or away from it, tablets are fun but still lack the all around usefulness of a laptop and with a AMD APU at the helm gaming is still a valid option and I'd love to see what it's capable of. I would also use it as a mobile HTPC. The specs are very nice especially with the SSD upgrade, no one likes waiting when your on the go!
plee3 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently have a 4 year old Lenova notebook which I need to replace as it has become very slow.phatswarra - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have an i5 desktop that I use when I'm at home. It's perfect for working or playing an occasional game.I have several other devices that I bounce between when I can't be at my home desk. Generally I a N4 smartphone and tablet when I'm away. They are fine for browsing or reading emails.
This Richland APU equipped laptop would allow me to do everything I use my desktop for on the go. It has impressive clock speeds and faster gaming performance in one complete package.
nickb64 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I'm a college student, and I have a DV6 (i7 2630 + 6770M) which I've had to replace the hard drive within a month of the warranty ending, and now the cooling fan has failed (so much disassembly required to replace that it's not even funny), so it's not particularly useful. I can use it to type things in LibreOffice, but not for much else. I also have a TF201 with broken glass, and a Droid Incredible 2 with a broken USB port. A machine like the Sleekbook would be pretty useful for taking to school, and could realistically replace my current notebook for what I've used it for in the past.Marqoni - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Can never get enough Tech stuff or new technology...hotsacoman - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I own a very old laptop and its beginning to show its age. It's a Core 2 w/ 2 gigs of ddr2 and Windows 7 runs VERY slowly. It also has integrated graphics. Needless to say, I've become an expert at minesweeper.dexterkarthik - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
My entry from last time still applies. Will be gifting this to my brother for his college work.addition to previous post - Nexus 4 after the price cut :)
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I own a custom built AMD 955 + AMD 6770 desktop, but I need laptop which I can carry on the move.bludragoon - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Hi all !! well been reading Anad since he was a wee boy dang it, I was in a avionics QA dept and your high school posts where a guilty pleasure late night when I had a break on stateside duty.. currently my home computer was a haf 900 series case, 3 wd black drives in raid with a 1tb wd black back up, corsar 500 modular class power supply that has lived in many AMD computers, 4g ram that was good back when, creative xfi sound card with full pro console hooked to a polk sony surround system, vapor x 4790 video, formerly, a sony gdm f500, asus motherboard that supports 4 video cards, great little callisto 550be dual core AMD, multi drive , hp scanner, hp printer from when millennium was new, 64 bit pro vista, audiotechnica pro mic, yamaha sound processor from the 80's I cant remember specifics since its been two years since hurricane Isabel then sandy totally wiped out my life and home.I had gotten a nice MB combo and switched my disabled buddy to AMD with a athlon. great guy cant leave the house much a great electronics tech and programmer who cant really leave the house much but can do amazing things with very little. so if I ever get back home I will pass on my upgrades. currently I am using a friends laptop 17 inch asus n71j gamer with an ATI mobile chip that I have to return :(
Please dont take out the AMD commercials if I win once I will admit to rooting for them. they really seem to care about our little niche market and as evidenced by there use in consoles, mobility and value based computing not to mention bit coin mining and support for Anandtech...and I appreciate that.
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I own an old MacBook unibody and would like to upgrade. I have not tried an APU before and a touch screen experience from windows 8. This notebook will come in handy for multimedia consumption, light gaming, and web browsing.zobisch - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a 6 Core i7-3930k watercooled to 4.7ghz, 32gb of DDR3, Intel 520 240gb, with 2 660's in SLI and a gts250 for Physx that I built. A Macbook Retina 15in for my serious laptop that gets a little warm on my lap. A Samsung GS4 with CM10.2 nightly on it.I've been wanting to start using a touch screen laptop with an APU for business and presentations. The first thing I'll probably do if I win is to put ddr3 1866/2133 ram in it to improve the GPU speed. I'll also set up dual boot Mint Linux for some development and software work... The only thing keeping this laptop from checking all boxes may be the screen resolution.
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yay sign me up!minigig - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Recently needed to sell my Desktop and new Laptop to help out with some family emergency that came up. All I have left is a HP 6730b an older core 2 duo and a Intel GMA. Its was a great laptop but it really dated now. Almost all of my game collection does not work on it and the battery life is not up to par in this day in age.I would love to have an Richland Laptop to help with work and with gaming. The best of both worlds.
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I need this notebook for rendering purposes. I don't have an SSD on my laptop nor a dedicated graphics card and it takes a whole day to render a video or graphics image cz my hard drives are not very fast and I cannot upgrade due to some financial problems.siodine - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a desktop that I built a while ago (its E8400 is the only noteworthy component). I use it mostly for developing software when I can (I'm a full-time student). I had an old Dell laptop, but it recently broke. I really miss being able to move from a desk to a comfortable chair, or just being able to get work done between classes. Owning a sleekbook would solve a lot of problems for me.lanestew - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently only own a desktop and a laptop is needed.Samoht - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
WHy is it only the US in these give-aways? Anand, how many percent of your viewers are from elsewhere than the US?Dh2923 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I am currently using a 3 year old HP Pavilion desktop w a duel core pentium, 6 gb ram, and not so great graphics, I use it for general use and Adobe creative suite 5.5 I also have a laptop that just had the hd fail, a gateway, about 2 to 2 1/2 years old w an i3, 4 gb ram. Used it for general use, I.e office, web, some very light gaming due to the less than stellar graphics.Tim Thorpe - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
sweep stakes!admiralpuns - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
i'm a 24 year old soon-to-be PhD student. My last desktop was an Athlon 64 3000+, Radeon X850XT equipped machine that I built somewhere around 2005. It lasted for a few years, but the motherboard died prematurely and I moved to a laptop rather than replacing it, since I was about to enter college and it seemed more useful to have a portable. A friend's company was acquiring a few thousand business notebooks, and I got my hands on a (for 2009) high-end HP Elitebook 8530p with a dual core Centrino and Radeon HD3650M. Four years later, the machine is showing its age, and though I've been able to maintain it well (I disassemble & clean it once a year, and replaced the thermal paste once so far) it's having a hard time keeping up with modern laptops. Mobility is also becoming an issue, since it is quite big and bulky and doesn't fit in the 15" sleeves in a lot of notebook backpacks. Having a new, light, fast notebook would not be a life-changer - but like most incremental improvements in technology, it would make my life and my career a little less stressful, a little more enjoyable, and overall easier and more worry-free.aedgy - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
From miscellaneous components collected through many custom builds/upgrades for friends and relatives over the years, I was able to populate HTPCs for each of my 4 bedrooms and 1 living room. The CPUs used range from Phenom 2s all the way down to 4200 X2 CPUs.The Sleekbook would be invaluable in filling the void left behind due to untimely demise of the sole laptop in the home based on Turion CPU which served as the primary family machine for media consumption, internet usage, casual gaming, and productivity.
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Desktop system is a I7-3930K with SSDs. I use it to process focus stacking and HDR images. I would be able to do this in the field / on the road with the new laptop.masivemunkey - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I would love to win this!Freyzz - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a 2010 macbook pro 15" upgraded to a 256 GB Samsung 830 SSD and 8 gb of ram. It is plugged into a 24" Dell monitor, Logitech keyboard, and Logitech mouse. The setup is used for office productivity and occasional gaming. As it is a laptop, it can also be mobile when necessary.num42 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I am an 18 year old college college student majoring in robotics. Currently I only have a Gateway SX2110 series desktop and a Galaxy S4 smartphone. Having a laptop would help me tremendously as then I would be able to take my work with me all over campus easily. Trying to work on assignments and take notes on a smartphone is very slow and, in some cases, not possible (it's kind of hard to do win32 programming on a device running Android).Kalex - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
My laptop is currently DOA. I was using it to help my mother (who lives a number of miles away and does not have a computer of her own) with projects any my desktop is too bulky to carry back and forth.Proxicon - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
PICK ME PICK MEbbordwell - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently have a custom build gaming desktop and an older lenovo sleekbook with an a6 in it. If I won this laptop it would be a direct upgrade to my current laptop.cmnapolitano - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I own a Macbook air, a Nexus 4, and a Nook HD+. Adding the Sleekbook to my lineup would allow me to test the mettle of the AMD processor on the statistical work (MPlus) that I doIKeelU - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a 5 year old Dell m1330 (core2duo) laptop that I've been maintaining quite well, as well as a relatively modern desktop gaming PC (Sandy Bridge + Kepler GPU). Despite the latter, I still revert to the laptop for most of my usage. It's getting long in the tooth however - I've managed to extend it's life by putting a Samsung SSD into it, removing the slot-loading DVD drive (it was noisy, consumed power, and added weight to the device) and replacing the battery several times over the years. Getting a brand new Sleekbook would allow me to continue using a laptop as my primary device without having to sacrifice performance so much (choppy streaming videos are the norm for me right now). The Sleekbook would no doubt also provide better battery life, which would be most welcome since I regularly fly across the continent. In short, a Sleekbook would provide a much needed laptop upgrade.dcohen32 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a home built tower for gaming and and ibuypower laptop for travel and work. A Sleekbook would improve my current setup by giving a smaller form factor that I could commute with and the opportunity to use Windows 8. Thank youSamunosuke - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently own a Sony Vaio PCG-TR2AP from 2003. Has an Intel pentium M 1GHz, 512MB and 40GB HDD. Runs okay for the most part but the 4200rpm ide drive is a severe bottleneck especially when browsing. Installed Windows 7 on it with few problems (proper vga driver was hell to properly install, had to run through many hoops to get it stable) and I even have 4 usb 2.0 port courtesy of an adapter in the PCMCIA cardbus slot although I've disabled the webcam (caused BSOD's at shutdown). Use it mainly for music, videos (no HD though, 720p at any decent bitrate chokes it and I either lose frames -VLC,GOM- or sound snippets -MPC ), even light timewasting games like Plants Vs Zombies.Its a lovely little machine for the most part but takes a long time to get anything done. Been looking at getting a replacement soon and all my options are touchscreen - Acer V7, Asus N550JV-DB72T, HP Envy 15t/15z. Wouldn't mind the sleekbook one bit and it would improve my setup in every way.
ion.sh - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I'm running a dell 27 in monitor hooked up to my surface pro (bought with some sweet student discounts!). As far as all my work related stuffs go (taking lab notes with the pen, sketching diagrams, crunching numbers) it's close to an ideal set up, but I need something more for my other hidden passion... Gaming! Surface pro is actually pretty great for something running an Intel IGP, but it still coughs whenever I want to run something fancy at above low/med settings... It's driving me crazy.TheFalseHuman - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a 2008 white plastic MacBook. I so need an upgrade TT_TTCastleman - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Hi my name is Stamatis and I'm a 29 yo engineering from Greece.Your reviews are by far the best in a scientific approach
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Looks goodmartinpm68 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
We've got a battered, old 12" laptop (some ULV Intel Core CPU) and a desktop with a quad-core AMD Phenom CPU. One of these HPs would make a great replacement for the old laptop, because doing any work on that 12" screen is a real pain.samuelspark - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I would like to win this laptop. I only have a desktop right now and would like to be able to play games on the go.Icabus - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a powerful Desktop, but it does not move very well. Would love to get a laptop to use on the move and remote into the desktop when I need the power, but don't want to be stuck in the house. Also makes looking up information while in the garage working on a project rather difficult.Miskal - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Looks like a nice laptoparnavvdesai - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Hoping to win, getting a sleekbook would mean more portability - I hope!biguns - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently have a bulky 17" Toshiba w/ an A8 processsor. While functional, its a pain to move around, especially for the kids. The sleekbook would be a welcome addition due to its portability. The better graphics in the A10 would help out w/ the casual gaming that I do as well.franxalot - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Would enjoy using this.Goldleader - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I don't have a mobile device of any kind. I would love to have a machine that allows me to conveniently watch videos, enjoy web content, and participate in online classes all while not tied to a desktop.shiznizza - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
This would be fore the missus. She currently has a Vista-based Dell XPS 13 that runs hot and she needs something a little more updated for her workplace. She's a teacher and spends a lot of time putting together different curriculum and projects for her coworkers and district.Uritziel - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have my desktop for gaming and home productivity. Next, I have a DTR laptop for gaming and productivity when I'm away from home. Lastly, my phone can provide entertainment and productivity in super mobile situations. However, I am missing a product for situations in between the kinds suitable for my phone or DTR. Tablets don't appeal to me very much, so I've been considering sleek laptops. Such a device would be much more effective when I fly or need to travel light.toast70 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently own 2 aging machines. I have a X58 desktop which still runs great, but my other machine is a 5 year old HP Elitebook which is ready for the waste bin. The battery life has always been terrible but now that the battery is also shot it is basically not usable as a portable machine. I had a 7 in Nexus tablet but I gave it to my 13 year old son so I have no portable machines that are functional. I am a big fan of the new AMD APU's for laptops and this would be a great replacement for me for my aging HP-Toast
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We have three desktops at home - 2 are HTPCs, mainly just used as streaming platforms and utilize the older hand me down parts from the main computer as I upgrade components. The main desktop is the general use computer + gaming computer. My wife has a netbook that she uses for grad school and, occasionally, work.The laptop would help mainly so I can get my desktop back! (Joking...kinda). The netbook is too slow to do a lot of what my wife wants to do so she needs to use the main desktop for most of those tasks. Also starting next year we are looking to do a lot more travel and don't have a good travel computer option
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yeah definitely want to win an amd laptop from my favourite tech blog website :)Rivensteel - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
My main computer is a home-built i7-950/HD6970 tower that I'm pretty happy with. The problem is that I'm a student and I just can't lug it everywhere, even to the couch while I watch TV. I have a 2010 iMac for running some work applications and a couple old Mac notebooks, the newest being a 2008 C2D which is just deathly slow and which fills half its 4GB of RAM just by booting. With interview season coming and a paper to write up, a new functional notebook would let me commute to work, travel with my writing, and get something done on the couch while I watch TV. It would really free me from my computer desk, which I and my significant other would really appreciate.ehicks05 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Currently using a Lenovo G570 with intel b940, so this would be a nice step up in power and sleekness. It would be great to try gaming on the 8610G. Have yet to experience an AMD APU... Also having HDMI out would be great for using some of that graphics power on a bigger screen.stivb - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have three PCs, all built by me--one for me, one for the wife, and one that is an HTPC. All have AMD graphics cards (one with 2 6870s in crossfire, one with a 5850, and one with a 5670) and are great for working at home and playing PC games. My wife has a Dell laptop with the A8 APU and it is great. What I would like is some portable PC love for me, and the sleekbook would fit the bill!tjeerdijk - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a 2011 MacBookPro and a Nexus 7. My wife has a 6 year old Acer desktop running XP and it would be great for her. Maybe for me too as I'm getting a bit fed-up with Apple after using Mac's for almost 20 years.jaydee - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
This HP Sleekbook would replace our 5-year old HP Pavillion DV9700 as our "around-the-house" laptop that my wife mainly uses throughout the day, when she needs a keyboard or the kids are playing with the iPad. The DV9700 has terrible battery life at this point and the screen is starting to go (have to wobble it back and forth a couple times before it displays sometimes). We also have a desktop, but that stays upstairs and is for more serious work.Torpe - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a desktop with a e8400@3.8ghz and a 24"lcd@1920x1200 with which I mostly use to rip and compress movies and do taxes. (It doesn't get much use.)My wife has a z370 laptop with an i5 2410m, with which she does, email, FB, picture editing and watches TV.
I have an Aspire 722 with a C60, with which I check email, FB, update budget spreadsheet and watch TV. It stays at my night stand, but I use it all around the house too. I really like the small size. I used to own a Fujitsu p2040 and later a Dell 700m.
I have a media/file server running WHS 2011 using an AMD e-350 with 4TB in raid 1. It hosts all our video files, pictures, music, and important user files. It runs ITunes which I control with my iPhone and play on my Airplay capable Denon receiver.
I had and HTPC, but replaced it when it died with an Apple TV 2 with XBMC.
We watch shows on a 42" LCD and on 1080P LCD projector on a 100" screen.
We have an HDHomeRun with which we watch through WMC on our laptops.
Now days when we want to watch TV on the projector or play our DDR like dance mat game, I have to use a laptop, usually mine, to attach to the AVR.
Winning this laptop would allow me to cycle down my Aspire 722 to become a full-time HTPC as it fits nicely on top of the BluRay player, has HDMI and uses very little power at idle. I have Couch Mouse which works nicely with it. Also, it would give me a performance boost in replacing my Aspire as my daily driver.
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I don't need to win it, would like to replace my, slowly dying 2008 Dell laptop though which can't even do light gaming very well, Cities in Motion 2 for example.Dell Inspirion 13 2.2GHz C2D which I have in front of TV to surf while watching movies on it. Desktop i5 3.6GHz 460GTX gaming computer, Lightroom photo processing too. ASUS HD7 tablet, to play the odd game, and while I exercise, surf web, email.
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New steam OS laptop plzcobberbearr - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a desktop computer with an AMD Phenom II from 2007 with upgraded Nvidia GTX 660 video card, 4 gb ram, and 128gb Corsair 4 SSD. It works pretty well for my desktop needs but my work requires me to travel a lot and I really enjoy getting my work done while traveling. I don't have a tablet or laptop and would really benefit of the speed, performance, and portability of the Sleekbook. thanks so much for helping out with this giveaway!collinearskies - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a custom-built desktop with a Phenom II 550, 4GB RAM, 120GB Kingston HyperX 3k SSD, 500GB HDD and a Radeon HD 4670. I also have a Lenovo T410 and an iPad Mini. I love the desktop when I am at home, but I hate lugging around my T410 because it is fairly heavy. I really want to upgrade to a thin and light laptop to improve my ability to work on the go.wildman67 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
My daughter just started going to college to be administrative asistant. She has a old Asus netbook running Windows XP. She is finding with classes and homework that it would really help her to have the latest Windows operating system and version of MS Office to keep up with what they are teaching in class. I have a HP mini running XP and my wife has a HP probook with Win 7. My daughter tries to do her homework with my wifes probook when she can but it would sure be nice for her to have this ENVY!hannes2horns - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I'd take one anytime!VisionX302 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Daughter starting college soon. Must have for her.anandnotme - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Which market is AMD targeting this laptop at?Kid98 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
In for the win!!Kid
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I'd use one of these to bring a fully capable laptop to many places since right now all I have is a massive Dell Precision M4600 with terrible battery life that I'd rather leave at home.ramaram - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
HP INVENTed; I Want.Dalonely - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I would like to check one of these out so I can get a subjective feel for how the AMD apu handles real world computing. BTW I know that it is described as a 4 core processor but isn't it really 2 core 4 thread a more correct description. I realize that hyper threading can not be part of the description since HT is an Intel term. With 4 cores and 2 execution units it certainly is more equivalent to a 2c 4t processor.brndnzlda - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently have a custom built desktop, Nexus 7 tablet and my Nexus 4 smartphone. Android is a great mobile OS, but I still don't have anything portable with enough power to get any real work done. Having a laptop would really help fill this gap.ncartledge - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
We have 2 computers at my house. My wife has an HP laptop that she uses for everything. I have a Frankenstein desktop whose origins began in 2007. It was an HP media center pc, a couple things have been replaced so it is now an "okay" running desktop but the power supply is starting to scare me. My wife and I both plan to go back to school this winter to finish our degrees. My degree will be in computer engineering so I actually need a good working computer. Thanks for the contest AnandTech!domboy - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I've got an old Compaq laptop that this would be a very nice replacement for. It's from 2004, one of the first generation Intel Centrino platforms, with an ATI GPU in it. I also have a couple older AMD-based desktops, and a Surface RT. The latter suffers from poor OS design choices, but currently gets used instead of the laptop most of the time as the laptop is just too slow to bother with anymore. It would be nice to have a mobile x86 based machine again.jaysonr - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Hi, I currently have a homebuilt desktop running Linux - it's a Core i5 4670, 16GB Crucial DDR3-1600 RAM, 256GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD, 1TB Western Digital Black HDD, 500GB Hitachi HDD, in a Xigmatech enclosure with a Corsair 450W PSU. Just running Intel graphics pushing a 24" 1920X1200 ASUS IPS and a 22" 1680x1050 HANNSpree. I also have a Dell Studio 1555 with a 2.4GHz Core2Duo, 8GB RAM, and a 64GB Crucial m4 SSD. Both machines run Fedora Linux. It's really time to update to a new laptop, and I'd really like something in this form factor. I'd also like to try an AMD system specifically since I haven't had one for a while after being an AMD enthusiast for many, man years going back to the K6 days. Also, I really need a Windows machine handy, as I rely on virtualization now to provide a Windows environment when needed, and I'd love to see how this machine handles running Linux as well as Windows 8. I'm a software developer by trade, and I'd give this machine a great workout every day, and I'd provide a thorough review on my blog as well. As for mobile devices I have an iPhone 4S.Creig - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently own a gaming PC for myself (Intel Q6600 / AMD HD6970), a gaming PC for my daughter (AMD 1045T / AMD HD5870), an HTPC (AMD 955 / AMD HD7770), a work PC (Intel E6300 / AMD HD4870), two HP Touchpads running Android and a couple of smart phones. My daughter has a laptop as well, but my old Dell laptop just recently died (mobile 4870).If I were to win, I would use the laptop mostly for general PC tasks. Email, web browsing, light gaming and taking with me on business trips.
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I have a desktop computer that I built that has an x58 i7-930 processor. That is in an old Cooler Master Stacker case that I ordered several years ago. The desktop is used when I have a LOT of transcoding to do or I want to play one of my "serious" videogames.I have an older HP dv7 laptop that doesn't have any usb 3.0 ports, but this is my main laptop for everyday use and it has/had all the storage that I need. This laptop is running out of storage space and it's really too heavy for me to carry around from place to place when I'm doing my daily routine.
I have an Acer w700 tablet with an msata drive that I pretty easily swapped out for the original 64gb drive that it came with. 64gb would never have been enough storage for a Windows 8 device and not even the maximum 128gb drive that it could have shipped with would have been enough space for me. This is the device I use for most of my media consumption/video viewing.
A sleekbook would be nice for the much faster usb 3.0 ports and because it's much, much lighter then my current laptop. The w700 is light, but I would love something maybe a little heavier, as long as it has an included/built-in keyboard of some kind.
Bromsin - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Currently I have two desktops that I use. Primary desktop is a Core i5 machine running Windows 7 Pro. Secondary desktop is a Q6600 running WIndows XP pro.At the moment I do not have any functioning laptops. I had an IBM X31 that lasted a long time but died over a year ago. Since then I have been without a laptop, which is a tad inconvenient.
I like having my laptop accessible on my desk when I am using my desktops. Also, it would be nice to be able to go out on my deck again with a laptop or have it available when the power goes out to watch a movie or two.
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I'm last as of now.chasingbaby - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently own a Lenovo Ideapad that is about 5 years old. I use it to view pictures and play music. I also use it to check email and read blogs/forums. My current setup is old and very slow. Winning this would improve my current setup for the sheer speed alone. The backlit LED keyboard is a bonus and would allow me to see what I am actually typing when the lights are dim. The Sleekbook would also be easy for me to travel with since it is so thin and light. I need this system and would be happy to write a review.veystass - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
My current laptop is an HP DM1z-3020us, which is a tiny netbook that isn't powerful enough to do much of anything. Winning a Sleekbook would give me so much more power for almost the same weight. It would greatly improve my productivity. I'd love to have a faster thin laptop.unbellum - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I could use a new laptop for development. Mine is aging badly and this looks like it could fit the bill!quicksilver98 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I would love a new ultra portable laptop. AMD has been making some great strides in the laptop and budget desktop.RobZ615 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a sandybridge i7 gaming desktop and a Haswell i5 HTPC for streaming movies, storage, and light gaming.I've honestly always been an Intel guy, but that's mainly because it's what I was first introduced to, so I've stuck to what I know. I would be very interested to give AMD a shot. This would also be the first laptop I've ever owned, and would allow be to get work done while home that much more comfortable.
GalaxyWide - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently own a OC'd Sandy i5 gaming desktop, a 17" dell i5 inspiron and a smartphone. This would fill the need I have for something small and light, great for class note-taking and general mobility, as there is a huge gap in usability while on the go between my laptop and phone. This hits the sweet spot between usable size and portability that my 17" is far too big for.davegraham - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
hey there. currently have a Lenovo T420 that I've upgraded to 16Gb of memory and using an SSD. use VMware workstation for a lot of customer work, especially network designs, and capabilities. the Sleekbook would help with some of the OpenCL work I'm trying to do based around AMD's excellent APU designs as well as for general productivity and show/tell to customers.vishalbotre - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Currently I own 2011 Macbook air and I am in great need of windows machine. My basic use of laptop is around web surfing, watching movies over Netflix and YouTube and create documents for my personal and work purpose.Windows machine will help me resolve some compatibility issues as well as ease the use for my wife.
Jetman82 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently own a quite older rig (xps 720 with a qx6800 and 8800gtx) that's starting to give out on me, and winning something like this would be perfect for me. I'm going to be starting CIT in January, and really need something that I could take to class.mclarenrulz - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
My current laptop is a bit old. It's a Intel Pentium Dual core T4200 @ 2GHz. The dual core is good enough for most processes, since most software doesn't have that degree of parallelism. But when I try compiling a kernel or launch a huge number of processes, I can see my system waving a white flag. I racked up the RAM to help out, but with a 32-bit system you can only do this much (4GB!). The CPU uses a 45nm technology and has 1MB L2 cache bank; I have USB 2.0 and an integrated graphics chipset (not really Intel's speciality). I think you pretty much pity me by now. That's why I HAVE to use my laptop mostly as a netbook and if I even try running softwares like MATLAB, Solidworks or Photoshop... Well I don't think we should go there.If I could get my hands on the HP ENVY Sleekbooks, well my peers and my old laptop would definitely be envious. The AMD A10-5745M APU with Radeon HD 8610G graphics. That's four cores right there. So that the next time I launch a make command, I'll be sure to add a "-j4". AMD have been working on APUs for quite some time now. That's the reason when more and more tablets, handhelds and gaming devices look for integrated solutions, AMD would be the answer! With 8GB DDR3 and SSD, I just want to launch that Linux kernel compilation and smile on seeing the core-utilization in my task manager. I am pretty sure that running the heavy softwares would not be an issue and I can play with multiple softwares at the same time. A 15.6inch touch screen on top of that is nothing less than fantastic. Kudos to AMD for pushing on with the APUs (not to mention the overclocking world record) and a great config being offered here by anandtech.
wooksquatch - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have two PC's currently, my previous laptop died in 1996 when I purchased my first PC a sony Vaio, intel pentium 2. I loved that laptop and would love to have another one. This sony lasted me until this year when I decided it was time to upgrade. The sony is still running and will be used for photo storage. I went with a homebuilt pc, this was my first pc build and it was enjoyable and I would love to do it again. I am planning on building a HTPC in the future, this will be on an extreme budget, I am planning on seeing how low I can get the price without sacraficing quality. At this time I could use a laptop for a portable homework center for my wife and 3 boys. They all have desks in their rooms but do not have computers there. This laptop would help solve that problem and give my boys the access they need to complete their assignments in a timely fashion. This laptop would improve my computer setup as noted above by providing the portability needed to provide all the boys with a computer solution when it comes time to do homework. The school they attend provides them with ipads, I feel that this is not a good solution as you can create anything on a laptop and the ipads are just gaming glass as far as I am concerned when it comes to schools proving ipads this is a step in the wrong direction. These kids need to be provided with the means to learn how to create instead of just searching the internet for answers. A laptop would provide the means to teaching the kids many things coding, creating, etc.I would put this laptop through the ringer and see if it survived, I would provide a detailed review and update after using it and abusing it with the three boys doing whatever it is that three boys under 12 can do to a laptop.
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Never won.mainebears - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently have three desktop computers - AMD dX2-100 - 250 MB 1 RAID hard drive - 8mb RAM - Windows XP, Intel 920 - 12 MB RAM - 500 MB RAID 1 hard drive Win 7 - raid 1 took too long to reboot when win7 crashed and it needed to check verify RAID integrity - slowly down boot time by 3-5 min till everything was back to full speed, new I5-3570K overclocked to 4.2 Gigaherz - water cooled Cooler Master H80i -168 MB PC12800 - Samsung 256 830 PRO SSD - WD 2Gigabyte Black Hard Drive (no more SATA 6 for RAID) - much faster book times - looking for economical laptop to be able to play games (don;'t have to do Metro Light - Crisis type games at full resolution) - allow me to do work or play on the coach when my arthritis is acting up making sitting at my desk uncomfortablefreddie8768 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
We currently have a five year old ASUS PC. My son is taking dual enrollment classes this year, half at the college and half at the high school. All of his papers have to be typed now, and his notes have to be typed and turned in. He is currently writing his notes out and typing them up at home. A notebook would drastically improve his college experience and save him a lot of time.hamrdul - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I am currently using an HP Pavilion a1114n desktop with a 64bit AMD chip and a 2 megs of Ram to do SEO research and rating at home. A new Sleekbook would allow me to be considerably more mobile and much faster at the gig. I also own an old Toshiba lappie which has to be plugged in to work - not much help, but at least it allows me to sit on the bed. - small consolation for a retired old music teacher.jclarksprintanand - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I will skip the editorial and exposition this time around.My main system is an i7 2600k, an AMD 7970 OC to 1000 Mhz by factory, not a GHz edition. I am using Eyefinity with a 3 monitor setup and I am also using the onboard Intel video as an additional monitor, mostly for netflix or TV from my add in tuner card. Multiple ssd drives for booting, programs, and VMware images. Raid 5 setup up using an LSI and raid controller with on board memory and a xor engine giving me a large volume for media, etc. The machine is a do it all type of workstation. I does games, productivity, and handles my amateur programming. I have a file server which is up occasionally using windows 2003 server and a LAMP server.
For mobility, there are a variety of options. A couple of smart phones, one iPhone and one Android. The kindle fire for some media and book consumption and a laptop, though the laptop is closer to a desktop replacement for mobile gaming and productivity, i7, added graphics and a 17" lcd.
With budgeting and building over time, it's difficult to get your hands on mobile devices and when each purchase needs to be planned and determined, research is done well in advance so when you go to buy a product it's usually behind the technology curve but the savings is usually good. Essentially I would like to get my hands on a relatively powerful contemporary mobile platform at the time it is contemporary. Mobile is really where it's at. The funny part is I know I used to survive before my smartphone and tablet, but I am not sure how.
ArbitorFallen - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a big desktop and a bulky-ish laptop - I think this would make me more mobile.kjlawson2003 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
My husband would love this! He is currently using an Ebook netbook that is on it's last leg. He just uses it to surf, youtube, etc. He loves to have something small and lightweight because he is frequently in the hospital and needs something easily portable and functional. Thanks!Ryanman - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I'll be honest. My current laptop is an HP Pavillion dv4, and I still to this day have no clue what I was thinking when I bought it.Its only saving grace was that I got a core 2 with it, but AMD's current processors would probably stomp it. The glassy touchpad actively hurts my fingers even when it's properly greased. The keys have broken off, and my experiences with HP customer support has been atrocious. It's heavy, hot, and incredibly slow.
I should have gotten a new laptop a long time ago, but any upgrade would be more than welcome. I've heard HP's build quality on these notebooks is much greater than the chintzy plastic my dv4 is made of, and that's what I'd look forward to the most.
Kerick - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
My current pc is from about 2004. Ouch. Loved xp but its a bit worn out.thx
Qubix - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Can't win if you don't play, right?CyberKender - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently have a desktop system I built around a first-gen i5 as my gaming workhorse. I also have a Dell XPS 17 laptop, with a second-gen i5. It's good for all of my mobile needs, but is quite bulky. Winning the Sleekbook would give me a much lighter and easy to transport system, that would have a longer battery life of the XPS 17. But what it would really do, is give me a laptop that I could give to a good friend who needs one for college.Macduda - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
We have a mix of computers and tablets. I built up a livingroom pc around an amd phenom ii x4 and a discrete nvidia 650 ti to take over big screen and high res gaming duties from our ps3. My wife has a macbook and ipad and there is a kindle fire hd for the kids.The apple devices have become an ownership nightmare because of too many format and usage limitations and most of what my wife does is web based. Owning a sleekbook solves my sprawling ecosystem issues and it solves the portability problem. Mostly though we found tablets too limiting because they always lack that "one program" that you rely on.
Tablets also don't support really big budget games and the sleekbook does.
AlphaVortex - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
My wife and I are currently tied to our desktops, as we have not been able to afford a decent laptop as of yet. The ability to take her photography work, and my programming work with us anywhere in the house would be a fantastic change of pace!bruce098 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
This would be an awesome birthday gift!!!!dnd728 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a 5 y/o single core eee netbook.I *need* this to help me forget about the case full of bad ATI/AMD video cards.
If it's better than the eee, that is...
MushiMushi - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I7-950 rig with a pair of GTX 475s. An Envy would be a nice alternative to the current furnace desktop. I swear half the lights in the neighborhood dim when I fire it up.Pellehbg - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
HI! I am currently sitting on an old, bulky Core 2 duo laptop and need to be revitalized :)HP + AMD sound like great combo!
arthur449 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Freelance tech writer here.I built my current work PC back in 2009 and I'm typically cooped up in my office pecking away at my work. Many moons ago I had and enjoyed an HP TX2000, powered by an AMD Turion, but its northbridge overheated and the machine stopped booting. I was always fond of that machine and the mobility and versatility it offered me.
As my hobby, and some of my work, deals with PC hardware, I'm typically the one in my circle that gets prodded when someone is thinking about buying a new PC, notebook, or smartphone.
I've configured and built several PCs for friends and clients over the years, most recently an HP ENVY 15z (AMD Richland A8-5550) for a relative, which I was very impressed with. Aside from the choices of wireless cards, it's a solid machine with a superb keyboard (adequate key travel and tactile feedback), and surprisingly large touchpad. I installed a Samsung 840 SSD in it as well, and I've heard no complaints from the family member it serves.
It's a delight to see the folks at AMD reaching out to and rewarding their customers who read Anandtech. I'd be more than happy to donate significantly more than a couple of paragraphs about an AMD-powered HP Sleekbook.
acham1 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I'm currently using a hp pavilion dv6t 15.6" and my tablet is a 8.9" Nook HD+. First of all, I travel a lot so it'd be nice to have a lighter baggage (my current notebook came with a nine-cell battery which adds a lot to the burden). Also, I have a growing line of dead pixels on my notebook screen. Honestly, it's not at the end of it's life cycle yet, but I definitely wouldn't mind having a new computer to give my sister, who's going to college soon and is still using an old Toshiba satellite we bought in 2007, battery life almost a whopping 1.5 hours.mdevay - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I'm a photographer whose laptop finally kicked the bucket, and now needs a suitable in-the-field replacement for snap editing and live adjustments. A machine like this would be perfect for mobility and basic editing/uploading on the fly, as well as temporary photo storage until I can get back home and work on the desktop. I currently own a home built desktop with an AMD 975, 8gig ram, Radeon 5000 series graphics, and a smartphone (Samsung Focus w/WP7), laptop is broken, no tablet. I use the computers for photo editing/managing/uploading/storage, design, media playback and communications. having a sleekbook would vastly improve my setup by being able to take pictures in the field longer, be able to upload them without going home and plugging into the desktop, and assuming the display can be calibrated adequately, be able to do edits while in the field, all while adding minimal weight to my already heavy photography bag - all of which is amazing for my workflow.vinothsunder - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a Thoshiba laptop, I would like to experience the Touch display with windows8 and also the sleek design of HP Envysnappyq - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Homemade i7-3770 desktop, ipad 2, note 2. Every once in awhile you need a desktop replacement when mobile, and the ipad & note 2 just can't cut it when you're used to working on a 3770 w/ 32gb ram...UNCjigga - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
OK, so why do I need a new Sleekbook? Well, I'm definitely in the market for a new laptop! I am definitely a power user when it comes to computing but I'm no IT expert and no gamer. I don't code, I don't mine bitcoins in my spare time and my idea of PC gaming is Solitaire and Minesweeper. What I do need is a solid machine to run Word, Excel and PowerPoint with the stamina (battery life) to keep up, as well as excellent HD media playback to take full advantage of my FiOS connection. What I like about the A10 APU is that AMD's UVD technology is built right in. I also applaud their OpenGL support, which will come in handy if I ever need to use Adobe Lightroom on this machine.My current setup is oldschool--I have an aging Core 2 Quad desktop that struggles at times to keep up, and an ancient Core 2 Duo-based Panasonic Toughbook (hand me down from work) that's now only good enough for Ubuntu. Most of my web browsing/media surfing is done on my Retina Display iPad with keyboard! What's worse--I just broke the budget to buy my wife a killer laptop--she's now got a loaded Dell XPS 14 with Core i7, 8GB RAM, nVidia graphics and a 500GB SSD. Unfortunately that broke the budget for my upgrade--so winning a new Sleekbook would be nice!
prakash386 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a 2009 HP Inspiron. It is aging and hinges are broken. Looking for a replacement real badly.hurd.jason1 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I am currently a student studying Computer Network and System Administration at MTU, and could greatly benefit from this laptop. My current computer setup is a custom built desktop with a 4770k overclocked to 4.7ghz and GTX660 graphics card, a Google Nexus 10 Tablet, Galaxy S4 phone, and an old laptop that I received broken, then fixed. This laptop would be put to good use by me, through my studies in programming, and networking. For me, mobility is very important in order to go to labs and communicate with others about the code i write to help further my own education. I have built desktop systems with A10 chips in the past, and have been impressed with the end product. If chosen, I would be happy to review the laptop, and would use it every day.samc99us - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I'm an engineer that does a heavy amount of CAD design work, as well as a fair amount of design optimization including flow analysis and FEA. Currently I have an older Core 2 Duo Desktop that I assembled myself from spare parts, a 5 year old Core 2 Thinkpad with failing NVS140M graphics, and an ipad 2. I could really use a replacement laptop with more processing power than both of these systems combined to speedup analysis when on the road. This HP Envy Sleekbook looks to fit the bill perfectly.Senpuu - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Both my fiance and I could use a laptop for school. I'd be delighted to give all the feedback you could want, were I chosen.Thanks.
tyler.droppers - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Currently I am back for my MBA and My laptop is an Inspiron E1405, It is stock except it now has 2 gigs of ram instead of the 512 MB it came with. This was a needed upgrade as this was a Vista machine and my program requires me to have windows 7 for some of the finance apps and excel plugins. Currently on this machine it slows down dramatically whenever I open programs especially ram intensive ones like Outlook and Excel if I am working on a large project. The Battery life on this machine has also gone down due to an old battery to less then an hour on a full charge and often not even getting 30 minutes.This would change my life because it would allow me to actually get my schoolwork done at school and with the teams I have group projects with instead of having to go home as ofter to plug in as the building I am in is a green building so has almost no plugs other then in classrooms. Being able to do more work where I can ask questions and work with the team would leave me more free time at home to be with my new wife, we got married in may. Currently I have been having to try and get some work done on my laptop and then go home do work there and then e-mail my results to my teams instead of going over them at school.
Having a great computer would allow me to better work and allow for more time in my Job search and with my wife. That is what I would love to have this Sleekbook.
tmanenatortech - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
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My current setup is an old 17 inch pentium core 2 based laptop that weighs about 10 pounds. I got it just after Windows Vista was released. It's so old, it's 32 bit only and a max of 2 GB RAM! I could use the upgrade!vista1984 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I am an accountant.I currently have a Desktop, an aged netbook, and a Galaxy note 2. My desktop at home was built last year with powered by i5 3570k, gfx 480 and 120gb ssd. I use it for internet and gaming. But it's too powerful and generates too much heat for daily entertainment like neflix and email. My galaxy note 2 is convenient to use but sometimes i wish i can use bigger screen to deal with heavy email replying and excel processing. My 3 years old netbook turns out to be my first opinion when i am on the living room and want to reply email, also do some light internet usage.
I have been finding a more powerful laptop for netflix, internet, and work perfect when i am in my living room, outdoor and my girlfriend's place. I bought a levono ideapad but its quality sucked so i return it. HP Envy Sleekbook should be the perfect fit for me.
Thanks.
kihedges - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Hey hey hey! Can't pass up an opportunity to win a computer featuring my favorite processor brand at the helm!Dingra - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
This laptop would be an upgrade from my current situation. I have a 3-4yr old custom PC with i7 core and GeForce 9800GT w/ a defective core. Since I bought that PC, my living arrangements and job have changed. So even if I repair/update the PC, it won't be the best setup for me. A device like the HP ENVY Sleekbook is what I need to move up to my new computing needs. Thanks!emmydivita - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I need a new laptop for school! My current one died on me and I need a new one fast! This would really help me!Thornhale - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently own a 13.3 " HP-DM3Z CTO model. This laptop contains an AMD-Turion Neo 625L (X2) with 4 Gb RAM, 320 Gb HDD, and a switchable dedicated ATI 4330 graphics card in addition to its internal graphics card. This laptop was great for mobility since it was very light and compact. I required 4-5 hours battery life back then, and this laptop was able to reach those battery lifes on minimal settings. The dedicated graphics card also allowed for light gaming of old games. When doing any gaming, this laptop gets rather hot. It cannot handle 3-D games but on lowest resolutions with a lot of patience (due to low FPS). I also own a Samsung Galaxy SII phone for on the go and mobile apps.If I won this laptop, it would replace the DM3Z laptop. I am looking for a more powerful laptop with the following criteria: still light, longer battery life on a charge (6-7 hrs) on light use (like word processing, programming, and web surfing), powerful enough for everyday applications, graphically powerful enough to handle light video editing, and games like CivV and ME3. From a professional perspective, I want to start exploring OpenCL on AMDs APUs to explore how these APUs can be used in solving scientific computing problems more efficiently. Winning the sleekbook would allow me to achieve all these goals.
lukewayne - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I'm actually in the market for a new laptop. i've got a dell latitude d600 which basically runs a Pentium-III the thing struggles to do anything in the same 10 minutes as a request. For home use im running an i7 930 which is my first intel desktop system since my P1. as a long time AMD fanboy I was finally forced into switching to intel desktop when i built this pc as AMD was just way behind at the time. And when I say fanboy I really mean it, as in even owning AMD stockCurrently struggling with the decision of getting something cheap to get by, or springing for a MBP and running windows.
So getting this sleekbook would not only help me give my old love AMD another chance, it would keep me from giving any money to the evil corp known as Apple.
toms98pc - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
This is the perfect replacement for our current 2004 Compaq laptop that is used daily but requires extra fans under it. Its very slow but works for general browsing and Skype.Tegeril - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I don't have a PC laptop in my life anymore and could really use one to help with multi-platform work.firesyde424 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I am currently rocking an HP Elitebook 8570w and a Dell Studio XPS 1645. I travel quite a bit and I use the Elitebook for work and the Dell while I am at home. The Dell is my entertainment laptop and the more powerful of the twobut, honestly, is way too flashy to use on the road. The Elitebook is much more professional and much more suited to a work environment but is also bulky and heavy. Winning this laptop would allow me to replace both laptops with one device that I could feel comfortable using in both spaces of my life. It would significantly simplify my life by allowing me to replace all of my current computers with one device.Also, between you, me, and the rest of the internet, it would also make my wife happy since it would go a long way to cleaning up the various computers that sit around my house. =)
sk_forum - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
currently own a HP-DM1Z that is in dire need of an upgrade. I'm a big fan of AMD's mobile solutions and hope to get lucky here.My main pc is a i5 sandybridge micro atx. It's a bit dated but for my current purposes, it's not bad. Just need that video card upgrade.
bratsche - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Right now I have a Thinkpad from around 2006 or 2007 that I'd love to replace with something 1/ faster and 2/ smaller and lighter. I'm mostly using it for developing open source code, so if I were to win this I would put Linux on it and keep using it for that purpose. Fortunately the AMD support in Linux is getting pretty good these days, so I think this would be a great laptop to use.Borzoi - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have an old Dell desk top and a ASUS Eee laptop. I use them for writing and photo editing. This Sleekbook would be a great replacement and the graphics would be great for the photo editing.aufbau - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I'm currently using a 11" Macbook Air as my portable solution and a very old Q6600 based desktop for my gaming needs. The desktop is getting long in tooth and the Sleekbook would help me replace both my desktop and my mba.SandInMyShoes - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
In addition to desktops and a netbook, we have a heavily-used Vostro 1500 desktop replacement that is substantially larger and heavier than a Sleekbook. A modern laptop with Windows 8 would reduce boot times enough to be suitable as a coffee table system--for spur-of-the-moment minor tasks that would otherwise get postponed.phila - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Have an old thinkpad t40 and looking to replace with something with more power and longer battery life.Affluenza - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Longtime AMD user and shareholder, would love to get my hands on the fruits of phase 1 of AMD's turnaround.punarvasu - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Entering!npcomplete - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
This could be my early Christmas gift :)futbol4me - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
coolbonesbrigade - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a phenom 2 x4, gtx 460 computer. I use it mainly for gaming, some homework and movie watching. Winning this would improve set up because i don't have a laptop, and it would be useful to have a mobile device, to put movies on big screen with hdmi and just do homework in class.jedimike64 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently have a 1st i7 desktop but no laptop or tablet. i'd love to have the sleekbook, would be a great mobile devicelarbl8 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
What, no comment on the (very) lousy screen resolution?dh2020 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
We have Dell 15R and HP 6910p notebooks with Windows 7, an old blackbox Pentium 4 PC with XP for websurfing and kids school work, plus an iPad 2. I'd dedicate this notebook for the kids, since scheduling the PC is becoming more difficult as they're getting older. The PC also needs to be replaced soon because the hardware is becoming insufficient for some web content and the OS going end-of-life.KT32 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I've been using Intel CPU/GPU based notebooks for running a Linux distro. I'd like to use this opportunity to see how far Linux support as come with respect to Linux support.Aknosis - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I'm running a still strong Phenom II 955 BE that's starting to show it's age in current gaming. I've got a dying HP laptop that needs to be killed off. And a pair of Galaxy s4's.The desktop is for gaming and general productivity while the laptop is just for mobility and the small amount of productivity capable on the crippled device.
Winning the ENVY would finally give me a useful mobility product that I can actually work on and my wife could use for more than just a wireless coupon printer.
formulav8 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I bought one for my wife and is almost exactly the same specs as this one. She has the model that is 1 model down. 6gb ram, 750gb hd, but has the same cpu and gpu. It really is a good quality notebook. It plays games quite well especially her SWTOR which the laptop had to be able to do or she wouldn't want it. Anyways, this is a very nice laptop they're giving away. Just put an ssd in it like I did and it truly is a fast running notebook. The cpu is no slouch by any means.mythic_quest - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
:-DStickyIcky - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Currently, my only mobile computing device is my iPhone. It is great to have but very limited in terms of substantial productivity. Owning this Sleekbook would make life while traveling MUCH better. I would be able to get a lot more work done when I'm away from home for extended periods of time.lifeblood - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a self-built PC (AMD 6350 CPU, HD 7850 + GT 610 GPU’s) that I use for games, and a 1st Gen Nexus 7 (16Gb) for reading and some Netflix. I’ve been using the Nexus 7 with a Bluetooth keyboard for when I’m traveling but I need to run MS Office apps which it doesn’t do.But let’s be honest here, my wife will probably annex any new laptop. She has an old laptop which she uses for school. She is getting a PhD in Ecology and is an adjunct professor and uses apps like ArcGIS & R as well as MS Office. She has an iPad for Netflix and reading.
seamonkey79 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently own an older i7 2600K based desktop, a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and a 2013 Google Nexus 7. About a year ago I also had an i5 based Acer notebook.Since getting rid of the notebook, I've been flipping from tablet to tablet trying to find one that would let me do actual work and play games while I'm not at my desktop. My desktop, so far, has proven to be powerful enough without my wanting/needing to upgrade. However, I still have yet to find anything that fills the notebook need.
I write short devotionals and work with some people in regards to emotional struggles, and every now and then I get to a point while not at home that I need to be able to communicate a little bit faster than a phone or tablet really allow. While a dockable tablet would be sufficient, the times that I need to have easier access are not so common that having an 8" or 10" tablet makes sense for the other 90% of time.
While this notebook is a little heavier than I would really like, the remainder of the specs would firmly place it in a spot that would allow me to do what light gaming I do, Civ V and World of Warcraft, that level, as well as give access to a full keyboard with number pad, allowing for IM communication to be used.
The 128GB SSD is just icing on the cake. Here's hoping!
CuriousMike - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I'm tired of sharing my desktop with my sons. Another machine in our house would be greatly appreciated and would allow us to do some multiplay within the household.extide - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
This would be for my wife. She is currently stuck with one of the early Atom Netbooks, 10" screen, etc. She hates it, and has been begging for a bigger laptop with a bigger screen where she can actually see enough on the screen to make it useable. I have a decent laptop for myself, so it would be for her. We currently cannot afford a laptop for her so we have been getting by as best we can. This would make a huge difference for us. :)ZmajSnoshaj - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I'm currently using a near-obsolete HP Pavilion with an AMD Phenom X4 9150e (Quadcore) CPU, 4Gb of DDR2 PC6400 SDRAM, and two 2TB Samsung harddrives (PCLinuxOS on one and PCBSD 9.1 Isotope/Windows 7 on the other). As a video editing enthusiast, the minimum system requirements for the majority of recently released/current versions of all linear video editing applications I'm familiar with is asking more from my system than it has to give.An HP ENVY Sleekbook would without a doubt revitalize (but quite honestly REVIVE) my former level of project productivity and allow me to yet again manifest my visions and ideas quickly into digi-visual HD 1080p content both here in my studio and anywhere my creativity demands.
Wow, I just begged for a laptop. Wouldn't you? :)
~Noah Benzing (ZmajSnoshaj)
digitalsolo - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently use a large quad core i7 notebook which, while mobile is not exactly a Goliath in terms of battery life. I would like something like this Sleekbook to use as a truly mobile device. I would also very much enjoy a chance to play with some current generation AMD silicon.Fishille - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently own a a custom mid-high end PC with an i-5 3570k plenty of RAM and a HD 7970 which is great to play games on if I can ever find the time to squeeze into my tiny smaller then a cubical closet my wife moved my office into to play. So most of the computer time I get outside work involves a l502x dell with a a failing motherboard. I need a new laptop if I ever want to get some minecraft time or other casual uses and an AMD laptop is definitely my prime choice and winning one of these fine devices would be a wonderful help. Its hard to budget for a personal device when the family needs new tablets and smart phones.blastingcap - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
WhoohooTaufik - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I need a sleekbook to do more heavy lifting than my macbook air allows, especially photo editing using the touchscreen. Also, this would make it possible to try the bring your own device program at the office as it would be a very good office alternative to the very slow Lenovo E520 I currently use.gmknobl - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Winning this would let my wife give up her old Acer Aspire One netbook which is not very good for doing work on - not that it ever was - but she must use for work now as she's taken on administrative duties. I don't have the cash to buy her a good laptop at this point so this would improve her life measurably.alexmcco - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
boomIbertkc1 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
We own a HP Desktop and use it constantly. However my grandson and I go to the library on school nights to do our homework. Many of his assignments as well as textbooks can now be accessed online. The library allows one hour limited access to a bank of PCs; but anyone can bring a there own portable device such as their own laptop or notebook.His reward for completing of his work is 30 minutes of 'non-constructive' computer access at the end of the day.
todordd - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Winning one of these laptops would allow me to finally retire my Toshiba Satellite P25-S507 relic that is on its last breath. It would also ease the tension in the household by ending the ongoing quarrels me and my wife have over who is to use our decent HP M6-1035DX (AMD APU) computer vs. the geriatric Toshiba.Thank you kindly for the opportunity.
codylee - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Currently I do most of my work on a Core i3-2350 with 3 gigs of RAM supplied by my employer for my line of work. I have an old socket 939 Opteron as my "gaming" desktop, but I use that term to mean I play really old games once a week to kill a few minutes, and usually it's just running Ubuntu for email and web browsing. What would really change my life with one of these Richlan Quad Core notebooks is the ability to ACTUALLY multitask. I get two programs open on the i3, and I may as well fire up the Opteron to do the second task. Unfortunately, I'm regularly running 4 programs or so. I mentioned this in the last giveaway, but I'd also LOVE to have more than an hours worth of battery when I'm out. This laptop is for all intents a desktop, as it's entirely dependent on a power supply for any length of time. Being able to put a laptop to work in it's intended workspace (mobile!) would be oh so lifechanging.Koulikov - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
We use an Acer tablet (3 years old) to check emails, recipes, sports scores, etc. in the kitchen via wireless network. I click a link and come back 2 min later. It's not the wireless, it's quite fast. The PC is so slow and has Win 7 Starter on it. It's painful!daburd - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
My current computer is a 2007 Gateway laptop, with a 1.86 GHz Core 2 Duo and 2 GB (the maximum) of RAM, with Intel graphics. I'm on Social Security, and I don't have the money for a better computer.I do 3D modeling and animation and video editing. I also pick up a few bux converting VHS tapes to DVDs. Anything faster would make my work time more productive.
lxq_ikrana - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I am running an FX-6350 with a Radeon 7870 at the moment. This system is great for playing games, but I need something to carry with me on the go. I've been looking at buying Trinity/Richland/Kabini in a laptop, and the Acer V5, this HP Sleekbook, and Vizio's 14" sleekbooks look like the best candidates.The HP Pavilion sleekbook should provide a much better graphics experience than a conventional ultrabook, and that's the biggest reason to want one. Other than that, it's thin, light and fast. What's not to like?
jerlands - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I work as a Merchant Seaman sailing deep sea aboard US flagged cargo vessels. I currently carry with me an 15.4" Acer Aspire 3102WLMi I purchased 6 years ago along with my Samsung Galaxy S4. I use the notebook largely for entertainment, viewing movies, writing and developing home projects on SketchUp. The HP ENVY would offer me less weight in traveling, faster processing and the ability to port via HDMI the digital video files I carry with me to my quarters television for viewing. In port I use the S4 as a hotspot to connect the computer to the Internet.ApexSon - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Could really use a new laptop/notebook. This ones six years old.ramvoo - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I'm In6thGenPDXer - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I'm currently running a mid 2012 11" Macbook Air. I would like to migrate back to windows, need more RAM than my current machine has, and want more screen real estate without giving up portability.ChickenFur - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I would like one please!alm45 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Good luck everyone!originalnetadmin - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Great! Another giveaway! Didn't get it the last time so here goes.I have used AMD extensively since my first computer (K6+) and they were competitive in terms of price/performance till the past few years. I still haven't given up on them and hope they become more competitive with Intel. That being said, here is my current setup.
Desktop: AMD A8-5500, 16 GB RAM, Linux
Laptop: Toshiba Satellite, AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60, 4 GB RAM
Even though I like AMD, they've not been good from a power/performance perspective in the mobile space lately. Winning this giveaway will give me a chance to find out how much they've improved in this metric. Getting a good laptop will just be a bonus. :)
muiriddin - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
My family has the following computer equipment:a gaming focused desktop, a file/media server, an iPad (primarily a mobile game device), a Kindle Fire and a Surface RT. The two laptops we have had both now are decomissioned (one after a long term of service now overheats the other won't boot after an accident with a cat startling a sleepy wife and a cup of coffee). The wife is territorial about "her" surface so I have nothing portable but more powerful than the kindle fire to use at present. A replacement for my dead overheating laptop would be most appreciated. Possible usage would involve light gaming, email, web, and a device in which to do minor photo/video editing.
sumludus - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Currently I don't have a desktop. My main computing device is an aging gaming laptop from 2010. I don't have a smartphone, and my only other digital device is a Kindle Paperwhite.Winning the Sleekbook would allow me to be a lot more mobile. My notebook is the size of a mobile workstation, so it isn't portable at all. On the other end, my Kindle is always with me, but doesn't have the computing power to allow me much more than checking my email. The Sleekbook would allow me to read my pdf textbooks on the go without needing to squint at a tiny screen. It would mean I wouldn't have to run back to my dormroom if I wanted to open a spreadsheet, work on a paper, or just browse online. It's small footprint would make it the perfect companion for college, fitting snugly in my bag without having to worry about not being connected when I'm away from my room.
drum_nerd - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently only have a 13" MacBook Pro which I use for school and browsing the internet, and an iPhone which is mainly used to ease boredom when waiting in lines, and other normal smartphone tasks. I would my mac for gaming to get in some down time from studying but it renders the content at too slow of a frame rate to even bother playing. I would use one of these laptops extensively, both in creating presentations for school, streaming videos for my dorm, gaming with my friends, and writing/modifying programs both for my computer science classes and at work supporting the business software at my university.drumhellar - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I'm a CSc student, and my current laptop has an aging battery. I run Linux on this, not just for school-related development, but for daily use (Gaming, web, etc), but I'm going to have a need pretty soon for running Windows outside of a virtual machine. I'd prefer to have a dedicated Windows system than having to accommodate both Windows and Linux on the same machine.Plus, it'd be nice to have both AMD and Intel, especially with AMD graphics - that'll give me access to Intel graphics and processors, AMD graphics and processors, and NVidia graphics (my laptop has Optimus).
modrax - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
i currently use a hp g56 boat anchor to learn windows phone 8 app development. unfortunately, i am very immobile while learning to develop mobile apps. AMD, please unshackle this budding mobile app developer with some of your sweet HP ENVY Touchsmart Sleekbook love.all I want to do is to write an awesome app for my Lumia Windows Phone 8 and make all my iOS and Android phone friends look at my mobile app built on my mobile laptop with ENVY.
jeromesm3 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
My 10 year old Sony Vaio S170P just died a few months ago. 14 inch screen, 3 hour battery life with decent Centrino tech. Survived college and major gaming sessions...chcrane - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I am currently using an old vista pc with windows 7 on it. I try to play video games like, World of Tanks, Minecraft, and Simcity. I can not play them very well, they are the lowest settings and I still get 12ish fps. Having the ENVY Sleekbook would allow me to play games with much higher fps. More importantly I am a college student(Majoring in Information technology) and using a old outdated pc is very cumbersome and it makes doing some work very difficult. Having a portable pc would make my college life more enjoyable and I could be more productive. I don't have a tablet, I hav one of the first smartphones and I can't do too much on it. I am also and AMD fanboy and I am really excited to test out a Richland APU, and really can't wait for Kaveri to come out. This ENVY Sleekbook would make my life easier and more enjoyable.KITH - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a older dual core amd desktop system that needs a windows reinstall and I'm currently using a HP 4530s laptop. The laptop is still a decent performer but I could definitely benefit from a new ultrabook type laptop with speedy ssd and touch screen, and I would like to play around with windows 8 as well.Money Loo - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Sleekbook? What is this!? I'm 5'10'' and 119 lbs so I need this laptop to keep from becoming invisible when I turn sideways =DHybridCore - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently have a Trinity desktop and an old HP laptop running a Pentium from the age of the Core 2 Duos. The Trinity build is used for light gaming, the laptop is used for educational purposes. Unfortunately the laptop has terrible fan whine and is unbearably slow (even with a fresh copy of Windows, Linux helps but not enough). If I win the sleekbook I would use it for school because my school has just recently adopted a BYOD (bring your own device) policy at the school allowing us to use technology to aid our learning process.vuduman5 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I would love to have this computer for many reasons. I currently have a desktop I built about a year ago I use for gaming, and it is excellent for that. I also have a smartphone that I use for a tremendous amount of media consumption. But as far as laptops to use when I travel (about 15 weeks on the road a year), all I have is a 6 year old macbook. Ideally I would have a laptop that is light, easy to travel with, and can play all of my favorite old CRPGs. The idea of sitting in my sad hotel room in another country (so netflix does not even work), but being able to play classics like Planesape Torment and even modern RPGs would make all the difference in the world. I have been trying to decide what the best solution for this super light gaming machine would look like, and this Sleekbook looks like it would do the job quite well.dmk2000 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
well, I could use it.Mine is too heave and old.
Kraky - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have an old HP laptop and a gaming rig, so I could use the mobility.windyhouser - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a passel of Macs that I use for work and my kids use for Minecraft. I can only imagine how great Minecraft could be with a touchscreen. But would it work?dcarros - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Have custome built AMD 8150, 3.5 HDD running Altergos (Arch fork) primary machine, CR-48 for audio listening over the Internet, Kindle Fire 2 for books and games, Looking for a light portable with a real OSkevp - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a Sandy Bridge i5 PC desktop that I edit photos and play steam games on. My wife has a 6 or 7 year old Dell Inspiron 14b that only works when plugged into the wall in the exactly correct position. We do most our websurfing on our Nokia window phones because of this. Doing anything on my wife's laptop is painfully slow. She is incredibly busy with a 9 month old and getting her MBA. Loading her textbook pdf's is sometimes measured in minutes to open (!!!). Websites like shutterfly are too intensive for the little Dell laptop. If we won, my wife and I would share time on the new laptop upstairs, and she can be much more productive much more quickly.FearfulSPARTAN - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Hi, my setup may be decent but if I did win I would give the pc to my sister who plays alot of league of legends on a crappy dell laptop with e-450 apu. It struggles to play lol with everything on low and shadows off at 30 fps when nothings happening, this laptop would be for her so she can actually hit her skill shots in team fights, she actually does pretty good at that even when its at 15 fps...SoulShadow - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently own a CDMA Galaxy Nexus, a desktop with an i7-920 and HD 7950. My laptop is basically duct taped together, an 8 year old dell with broken hinges that is somehow still working.I use my tablet for things that don't really require a laptop, like browsing the internet and other things where I don't have to type much.
I use the laptop (sort of) for everything else when I'm not near my desktop, but it's a pain. I really do need a new laptop given that my hinges are broken and the screen isn't attached by more than the LVDS cord.
A Sleekbook would improve my current setup greatly due to the lack of a really portable laptop right now, my battery lasts under an hour and I can barely take it anywhere. It would be a huge boon to have a working laptop again.
tvdang7 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
please pick me.RCSI - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently own a Windows 7 Starter netbook the Acer Aspire One 532h-2268, a desktop (Intel i5 2500k, 8 GB RAM, AMD Radeon 6950), and an iPad.I currently use the desktop as my go to for gaming/school/media activity for when I am home, but I have the need to use something lighter for general web browsing and school related activities. I currently use the iPad for light web browsing, yet it does not satisfy the need for a device that can run productive software or run the majority of the sites on the internet. The netbook I currently own satisfies the need for basic Microsoft word and excel needs away from my desktop, but it is slow for satisfying the requirements as a web browsing and media activities.
I need a HP-ENVY laptop as a go-to for school related activities and media consumption. Since it has more performance than either the iPad or my current netbook, it would hold up much better when traveling as well in terms of running higher performance applications. With the included SSD it would even boot faster than my netbook. I would also use it as an HTPC given the capabilities of modern graphic cards to decode more varieties of video, versus what is currently included in my current netbook.
farmer john - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Hi and good day!I currently own a conroe 775 Pentium desktop pc with windows xp, the dumbest smart phone in existence which can be had for 17$, (http://www.target.com/p/virgin-mobile-lg-optimus-v... and no tablet or laptop to speak of.
I'm typing to you from the computer lab of Butte community college, which is one of three reasons I really, REALLY need this laptop.
1. The first is that the computers here have restricted access so if I go to fox news it runs fine, but if I go to "the guardian" it won't load the page or it will be in a basic text format like it hasn't received enough bandwidth or something. A lot of the course content I view for my classes like eastern religion, public speaking, argument and debate, and sustainable environmentalism, all have abstract course material that doesn't appear to look like traditional academic homework like a word document, or a spreadsheet. So I've been stopped and asked to show my class schedule four times this year going back to last semester to justify and show that what I was viewing was related to my classes. This is so inconvenient and frustrating seeing other students on their devices and being able to do whatever they want without being policed and literally having someone looking over their shoulder. So this laptop would give me my own space to explore and academic freedom in general.
2. The second reason this particular laptop would help me to fly, is because it's a technological specimen I have drooled over for years. It would be my home theatre and entertainment center, my MP3 player, my tool to make movies with my nieces and nephews like I've done with AMD laptops in the past (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4gNIeGDkP8), it would be my dictionary, encyclopedia, and a canvas in which I could do "anything" on for the foreseeable future. I understand the tech inside the machine, it's future proof nature, and it would fill a significant void in my life. I read an article on anandtech this past summer talking about how "Moore's Law" is slowing down, because even an entry grade processor can do 90% of the day-to-day tasks most consumers need. I could actually use this laptop to develop my own software ideas by taking advantage of the horsepower it produces. I'm registered for "UDK" and want to create worlds, but I can't do anything by my current means. I work and go to school, but there is no way I could afford a machine this technically sound, or any machine at all. I live in a roommate situation and want to be a teacher someday, this laptop would enable me to succeed and "do anything" that requires a computer.
3. I have been an ardent AMD fan for life. I am the respective "geek" the family and every computer I've ever purchased for my family or bought for a friend has been AMD. I always go for the underdog, and I've made all my purchases with AMD's market share in mind... That I could insignificantly, incrementally contribute to them and help the perception of shareholders not to give up. If I were given this laptop, it would be such a profound gift to me, such a blessing in my life, it would make me even more of a missionary and advocate for AMD, I would treasure it like a jewel use it proudly.
Please bestow this sacred device to me, I've got five years left of academia, a big family full of kids, and a love for technology. If you guys gave me this gesture, it would mean more to me than what the laptop is, but it would give me the joy and momentum to use it for all that life requires. Please give me this laptop, I will do it justice and appreciate in so many ways.
Thank you very much and sincerely! :)
Adrian Michael Diaz
student I.D. 3396184
metblack328i - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Want one :).diamondoug - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I use a home built i7 gaming pc and an i5 Samsung notebook for streaming video and playing minecraft with my 10 year old daughter. I like to make upgrades myself so I purchased an ssd and maxed out the ram in new notebook. Until this past 2 years all of my computers have been custom AMD rigs with discrete Radeon HD graphics (4890, 5870, 7950). The initial rollout of FX processors was not what I was hoping for so I tried out Intel this last go round. I am really hoping that the Kaveri processors and later upcoming units will give me the computational power and efficiency that hooked me in the first place. I am an avid gamer and college student who uses computers for just about everything including work. I would love to see AMD on top again. -Cheersezschemi - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Currently owned and used:* Main PC: Intel 4770k and Radeon 7970, used for gaming and software development
* NAS/HTPC/Fileserver: Core i3 ITX system
* iPad for reading, surfing and some gaming. Lots of note taking and scheduling for work.
A 12" HP Elitebook 2560p and 15.6" HP Elitebook 8560, used for work and private stuff while traveling or working at Coffee Shops and customers. Those two need to be replaced with something lightweight and "small" but still needs to have some power for software development. 12" is too small for most work, 14" would be minimum, 15" is good for screen and keyboard size, but then it still needs to be lightweight. After using a MacBook Air, those HP bricks aren't good enough anymore...
Zang1 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Cool!PoisonWolf - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I am currently running a 2009 Athlon Propus desktop that seems to be crashing once a week (BSOD). Not sure if the GPU is failing, etc (because despite clean reinstalls, it still seems to be occurring periodically. I think moving to a laptop may be simpler for me because I won't need to worry about parts working together, etc. Furthermore, I've realized over the years that a desktop does not seem as necessary anymore as it did 10 years ago. For today's standards, a laptop will suffice for 95% of computer work that needs to be done. If a larger screen is needed, I hope this sleekbook is capable of connecting to external monitors (hopefully displayport is present?). So here's to hoping!raven3quill - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
For the better part of my life I have been infected with an incurable case of AMD fanboy-ism. It first appeared when I experienced my venerable Athlon XP 2800+ custom desktop and has escalated over the years into a Phenom II 970/Radeon 5850 desktop gaming rig. My unwavering devotion went global when I traveled abroad with an HP dv6500z Turion TL-58 laptop, though sadly that once lively, glossy-screened world traveler has seen better days and is relegated to a dusty shelf. I look forward to the day when I can roam freely with the mobility of an AMD APU in my hands. In such a world, no longer would I have to utter the phrase “I’ll send it when I get back to the office.” Be it CAD, be it Photoshop, be it a long-winded blog post… I will do it all on-the-move and continue to spread my fanhood to the masses.tlmaclennan - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a VERY old thinkpad...think 1990's! and it just doesn't work well. Had to install Linux just to get it to run decently. I've been borrowing my sister's Macbook for school (Engineering Student) but that just doesn't cut it with some of my courses. Would love to have a laptop that could keep up with my course work and help me conceptualize my ideas...with the touch screen outside and AMD inside this would be perfect for my work.jljaynes - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently own an i7-2600k+Nvidia GTX 680 gaming rig, along with a newer MacBook Air and a very old MacBook Pro that my wife uses.I am not a fan boy by any means, and prefer to go with what I perceive to be the best value at the performance level I want (aside from the GTX 680, that product was more of an impulse buy because I actually found one when they first launched).
Here recently I have wanted to start shifting my devices back to AMD powered devices to give them a try. I plan on selling the GTX 680 and buying a new Radeon card when they launch, and would like the AMD powered laptop to begin the shift. It would replace the aging MacBook Pro in our house.
Scitex - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Enter me pleeeeeeeease.........akaplan - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Thank you for the sweepstake.Bulldogtt - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have an ld Latitude Laptop that is really at its wits end. I really need a new machine to keep up with current software....I wish me luck!twkatadin - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I only have a desktop so it would be nice to get a mobile solutionbigdleee - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Just rocking an old Dell E-series and could really use a new laptop.hobbang819 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I've got a desktop for gaming and an old netbook that I used to use for school. Don't use the netbook anymore since it has become unbearably slow and freezes at random times. Winning would mean I can have a mobile computer again.to bring to class.mistergaunt - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently own two PC's. One Toshiba laptop, Powered by an AMD A6 APU and used for light gaming, streaming, and web browsing...( My first PC), and one desktop PC, Powered by an AMD A10-6800k APU and used for longer periods of gaming. (Provided by AMD for #Test Drive Program) Winning a Sleekbook would improve my current setup by replacing my current laptop, which is almost two years old. I really enjoy my laptop, and wouldn't part with it for any reason if I had the choice, but I fear I may have to soon. The battery won't hold a charge and constantly reminds me that I should consider replacing it, the LED screen goes blank when I connect my power brick to an outlet, and sometimes when I connect to the internet and browse. I've even experienced unexplained BSOD's. I don't like any of those things, and I don't want my computer to die! If I have no choice but to part with it, I'd like to know that it's still got some life in it...even if it's sitting unused.That being said...I could REALLY use the Sleekbook! Thanks for the opportunity and for your consideration.
ragenalien - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I've currently got a gaming desktop and an older laptop. As a current couch potato i'd love a newer thin and light laptop for some couch gaming and school work.ou885 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
It would be a nice replacement for my 10yr laptop. Long time AMD fan.lopezmad - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
wait, how do I enter?jtkalcich - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I would love to use this to replace my wife's 6 year old Dell Inspiron. If it says anything it is the same laptop Penny had in Season 1 of Big Bang Theory. Yuck. At this stage in its life the letters are even starting to fail in the keyboard. I want her to actually enjoy a reasonably modern platform for her writing and occasional editing of our kids photos.roncat - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
This would be my first laptop... I have only owned/built desktops. No tablets, smartphones, just a flip phone. My experience with AMD is with graphics cards, as I have used them exclusively in all my systems. Certainly a laptop would be useful away from home (to catch up on Anandtech, of course).dschaeffer - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
currently using just desktops. something more portable would be niceMoonologist - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently have a 2011 hp 11.6" dm1 laptop (1366x768, 4GB RAM, AMD E-350 1.6GHz). The only reason I have this is because my old laptop sudden broke and I need a new one for school. Anyway, this laptop is very limiting for my needs. I like to produce music as a hobby but it is next to impossible with this. Ableton Live runs at a snails pace and many synths cannot even be loaded up because the entire program will just crash. I have basically given up on trying to produce anything on this thing. It'd be great to have a new system like the one shown because a desktop is too cumbersome for me since I move around a lot and I'd like to be able to have music production software be able to run on it.GrebustheGreat - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
When my second daughter was born, we needed to turn the second bedroom from an office into a nursery. That meant the desk and desktop got displaced into the only spot we had room, the dining room, a less than ideal place to work.As far as productivity devices go, I currently own a core i5 750 desktop that I built myself, a first generation iPad I won at work a few years back that my older daughter uses for art and learning games, and a 1st gen Samsung Galaxy Note phone. While the desktop runs fine for being 4 years old, moving to a laptop would let me get rid of the makeshift office next to my dining table and let me work wherever the kids are, from the living room to the park.
Thanks, and good luck to all in the contest!
BerndLS - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a Mac Mini and an iPad 3 . I could use a laptop to do some work at the library and similar stuff. I could use a portable machine with more horsepower than the iPad 3 at timesjdnorthwest - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Currently we are using a Macbook Air and a Samsung laptop at home on Windows 7 with a 23 inch monitor and laptop docking hub. We also have an iPad3 and smart phones to round out our tech tools. My wife recent signed up to take on the PTA treasury role and is now responsible for taking the laptop to meetings to keep up with Quickbooks for the non-profit and support other school activities. Having a lightweight, high performance sleek book would provide a nice technology lift to her role and greatly reduce the carrying weight as she helps out. She spends a great deal of time on the laptop managing the day to day activities of the PTA and our household. She can't use the Macbook and share files with the other members of the PTA, the software versions are not the same, and the Samsung is a heavier unit with a lackluster battery life. She hasn't integrated the iPad into any of her PTA activities but uses it and the Macbook Air to read email and for Netflix.the2armedmen - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Right now my personal computer is an old hp laptop, not sure of the model. I am sure though that the processor is a sempron si-40 and my god is it slow and outdated. I have basically resorted to doing all of my schoolwork in Middleton Library at LSU because my laptop started to overheat when i was typing a paper on microsoft word (not an exaggeration). My parents got me an ipad for christmas to use for school but it does not have windows programs so i cannot put notes on powerpoints and such during class so having a laptop such as the envy would be much more ideal. I would be more than willing to give a follow up review if I won the prize. thanks for the opportunity.angrypatm - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I need a better portable for work and home media, a laptop, not a tablet. Light IT work and controlling or playing from my JRiver media center pc. Currently making do with a dreadfully slow Atom (slow as death) based Acer, a qiuck cheap replacement for a 4 year old AMD based HP that ran very well, well up to the day it would not run anymore. The laptop motivates to wait until I can get to my Ci5 main pc. If I could game that would be a big bonus. Would also like to dual boot it with PClinux OS KDE orLXDE.Pwnstar - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently have a desktop with a Phenom II X6 1075T. It has served me well, but I need portability for college, so I need a laptop (I don't have one). The HP ENVY TouchSmart Sleekbook sound like an amazing fit for me.spdfreak - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Currently I have a Phenom II 1075T system in my office and a very old Dell Vostro laptop with an Athlon 64. The laptop is so slow at this point that I almost always use the desktop... but I'd like something more portable and energy efficient. So, yep, I could use a new ENVY sleekbook.pyrocro - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Hi, I'm a software developer in need or a laptop, My current setup is as followsMotherboard: MSI Z68A-GD65
Processor: i5-2500k (oc to 4.2GHz)
Memory: 8GB Ripjaws 1600MHz
Case: NZXT PHANTOM full tower.
Storage: 60GB OCZ Agility 3, (2) 500GB WD Caviar in raid 0.
VideoCard: MSI N260GTX(yes a Gforce 260 192 cores)
It runs most games out there, thanks to a long console cycle. ;)
Monitor: 21.5”Acer H213H and a LG PA70G Projector
Mobile Devices: Iphone4, access to Ipad2, MK809 Android mini TV computer.
I also have a few other things like an xbox Kinect that I tinker with.
I work for a Web Site Development company who primary based in PHP technologies although I come from C++, C# and Java background. Allow me to get to the point by saying in order to beat traffic and reach to work on time I have to reach about 2 hours before my work office opens, which I spend in a Cafe with only my iPhone as entertainment/research tool. I need a laptop and this one looks very much like what I'm searching for a SSD with enough space to install dev tools and games, along with a Touch Screen to experiment with. Not to mention access to Opencl and Directx 11 hardware.
Strange enough I have not owned a laptop since I was in college, while on the other hand I have helped friends and family purchased quite a few laptops off of Amazon. Cheers!
quidnunc - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
yes, please. I don't own a laptop, only a desktop (amd phenom 945 x4 w/ radeon 6950) and a tablet (Nexus 7 original). I find myself using the tablet a lot but browsing is a bit painful. I'd love to play low spec pc games on a laptop like Card Hunter, Skulls of the Shogun, etc and not be tethered too much to the desktop for work (lightroom, indesign, photoshop would stay on the desktop but editing articles and general use of office would be great)codefeenix - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Oh wow, this thing would be great!wow&wow - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Hope to see more product with AMD inside.iLovefloss - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Well, I was going have to register eventually. Too bad about the screen, but still, I do hope I win.Mishera - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a super fast intel pentium e5200 with an amd 4870 I think (can't remember the model at the moment...). This was my first smaller build I made, and it pretty much stuck around after my small business dried up.... I pretty much use this for everything: gen web browsing, some programming, gaming, a lot of school related stuff these days. It starts to sputter when I'm using firefox (i have HUNDREDS of TABS) and at times with the newer games, but for the most part old faithful gets the job done. But lately it's been whining a bit louder than usual (this may be because I also use it as a space heater....) so I'm hoping it holds out till I can get a new computer.tomcole37853 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Wow where to start? I fried my gaming PC last week, yes they do smoke when you burn the video card out. The Video on my Notebook went out this week. I am currently using an old HP mini Desktop that was built to run Vista and I put 7 on it, it will not run anything worth playing. I have an Huawei android tablet, a iPad 2 and a Chromebook. I use the Android Tablet all of the time because it has mobile service and works well with my phone, PC and the Chromebook. I use it for work and play. I am able to keep my address booked, music, pictures and email synced but let's face it, it would be much cooler with an Envy! The sound on the Envy is very high quality so my music would sound better on the Envy than on my tablet. Editing pictures would be a lot better and I could actually see what the picture would actually look like. Every PC I have owned in the last 15 years has had an AMD processor and do not plan on changing that now!Anonononomous - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a desktop and figured that a tablet (nexus 10) would work well for work at school. Turns out I was wrong. Not having a keyboard and a mouse makes typing and word processing a giant pain.WillyJ - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I like AMDSi1veR - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I'm currently using a custom built PC from 2006(Windows XP SP3, AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2GB DDR RAM, ATI Radeon x800xt, 500GB HDD) and winning this laptop would be a huge upgrade. My current PC is adequate for web browsing, video streams, and less demanding games like League of Legends. But with a Sleekbook, it would be a whole new experience compared to my PC because it will run everything at a faster speed, higher image quality and I can try out other software/games that I couldn't before.tcullum - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
My set up consists of custom built gaming rig (i7 3770K, 16GB, Radeon 7870), iPad 3, and a 2008 Macbook Pro. My work environment is entirely Windows based. This includes an Office 2010 oriented workflow. While I can use my iPad for some editing of my Office files, without native support, everything feels 'kludgy'. I would use the Sleekbook in all my meetings. I'm heavily vested in PowerPoint presentations and Excel spreadsheets so this would absolutely boost my productivity. Thank you!mythrus - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Looking forward to a new computerAcktionhank - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I'm all about big powerful computing, I over clock my desktop to its limits just to get that extra smidge of performance. I run AMD, Phenom II 1100t @ 4.3ghz, Radeon 7870xt @ 1250/1550, 16GB 1866mhz RAM.Although I dig big and powerful on desktops; that doesn't quite work in the mobile space.
Currently I am using a 2010 model HP DV7. I bought it off a friend two years ago that had it during a tour in Afghanistan. Needless to say the thing had been to hell and back. I bought it for $75, sounds like a deal before I realized it needed to be gutted. So after opening her up and dumping out all the sand (literally) followed by replacing Screen, HDD, Keyboard, Fan, disc drive, and Battery I had a working laptop, albeit one that looked like it had been beaten half to death.
Worst of all it's huge, I thought I'd love the 17.3" but its so big and heavy lugging it around to work and classes is almost more trouble then its worth, which is the reason I am typing this on my new Nexus 7. To top it all off the thing runs so hot it will damn near burn the hair off your legs.
After using this new Nexus 7 for the last 3 weeks it's really shedding some light on how much I actually appreciate portability. Although I really enjoy my android Tablet it just doesn't offer the flexibility I need for my coursework and general computing needs. Think a Sleekbook would be that perfect medium to fill the roll I so desperately need filled.
Not to mention I've been wanting to get my hands on one of these Richland A-10's. Oh, and good call on the SSD Anand.
SGTStoney - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I would love to get this for my son. He is a senior in HS and his current laptop is 5 years old, a dual core amd with 1.5 gig of ram running vista. He likes to edit audio and uses his laptop to DJ school functions. This system would get him up to date and improve his editing and performances. Plus it would help him with college next year. Thanks for the consideration.ericwilborn - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I'm an IT guy at work so I have unlimited access to tech. When I come home I've got access to some Mac/iPad, some Windows XP (desktop), Windows 7 (laptop), and my Android HTC Droid DNA. A sleekbook would improve my ability to be mobile with a powerful device with great battery life. The fact that Windows 8 is installed would help me support my family that's currently on the latest-and-greatest. LET'S DO THIS.chuckymonkey - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a monster of a desktop that I use primarily for development, two tablets(Kindle Fire HD, Nexus 7 1st Gen) that I use for media consumption. I also have a Samsung Chromebook that is primarily for my wife to use for her small business. My plans for a Richland based laptop would be to use it as a development machine on my bus ride to work, VPN to work, media consumption and as a tool to teach my two daughters about electronics via arduino programming.koshadows - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Well, I would like to win this laptop because currently when I go to school I'm stuck using my galaxy nexus smartphone to search up syllabus. I would like to carry around something that can actually let me write my paper in a more mobile setting and do a bit of light gaming on the side.robertjekeller - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently have an old netbook. It barely suffices for my everyday work which is mostly typing notes because I am a student. I would love a more functional laptop that I am able to use well. It would greatly assist note taking and other student activities because the netbook gets so overburdened even with Word sometimes that it won't even register typing.rocktober13 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a desktop with a 920 i7 and gtx 670 for gaming. I also have an Asus laptop from 2010 with an Intel i3 that is pretty slow and the screen flickers. I would use the HP/AMD laptop as a replacement for my Asus, which is used for travel mostly. I am looking forward to using Windows 8 with a touchscreen. I doubt gaming would be very good with the HP, but I would love to test it. I also have an old Android tablet which is used exclusively for watching Netflix. It would be cool if the HP/AMD was a hybrid so a tablet and laptop could be replaced.cloudblade70 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I graduated from medical school this past summer and have just started working as a physician. I am also a gamer at heart. Unfortunately I had taken out a lot of loans for college and med school and have to start saving the majority of my meager intern's paycheck for paying these off.I am also a gamer at heart, but have really only had access to handheld gaming (Nintendo DS) and the few games that can run on the only computer I have - a Lenovo T400 laptop I bought during my junior year of college. I have had this for about 5 years now and it has been steady and reliable; it serves my educational needs perfectly. However it is slowly starting to peter out in terms of speed and being glitchy more often.
I would absolutely love to win one of these new HP ENVY Sleekbooks. It would be a financial boon considering most of my money is going to loan payoffs. I have a lot of medical software that is running sluggishly on my old Thinkpad and this new laptop would allow me to finish my work more quickly. But most of all, my afterwork gaming yearnings could be satisfied as I would have access to a wider range of games :)
ungrateful - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
My main computer is an Intel i7 960, 12GB Ram, Radeon 4870 GPU.I run a secondary computer which used to be my primary, it's an Intel C2D E6600, 2GB Ram, and onboard Intel graphics (used to have a Radion x800) for linux
My laptop/netbook is an HP mini311 I upgraded to 3GB of Ram and a cheap 64GB SSD to keep it viable, but the CPU on it is really holding it back
My tablet is a 16GB HP Touchpad running Cyanogenmod
I would have to say that I would probably end up giving this laptop to my mother. Years ago she said she would never use a computer, but we finally got her to use a netbook to check her e-mail every once in a while, but as time went on she started using it for other things, and now a 1.6Ghz Atom and 1GB of ram aren't enought for her anymore. She watches content on youtube alot, browses the web for health related information and recipes, and talks to friends and family in europe on skype. Her computer just can't keep up.
Thank you for this opportunity
Myopic - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I'd like to see what this Richland will do compared to my old core 2 computer. It would be eye opening I think to see the gains made in 7 yearsArdaco - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I'm a AMD fan for long time ,my first pc had a duron cpu and a ATI Gpu ,later I get the Athlon and later the Phenon 1090 with radeon 5850, and now I'm unemployed and my daughter is asking me a laptop for school ...you never know perhaps AMD makes my day and too my daughterCravenmor - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Currently I run a Celeron-based laptop for digital audio capture and it barely has enough processing power. The home machine for major audio processing was Athlon-based (the main board failed two weeks ago). The HP notebook in this contest could easily take the roles as my home and portable machine. It would be fun to bench audio software on this HP and compare to the numbers I got from my last machine (when it was running) ;)rp20 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a nexus 7 for mostly video viewing and a laptop that I got in 2009. The laptop has a AMD turion neo chip and to be honest it seems to have trouble doing hd video from youtube and such. Still it is useful for typing up papers and that is enough for now. I do not know yet how the sleekbook will change my utilization of computers but I expect greater mobility and more media consumption.Woprdroid - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a MacBook Pro 13 with a core duo that is a little long in the tooth, and a cr-48. I would really like a more powerful windows laptop to do some gaming on the go that doesn't way 10lbs. I have a older HP laptop with an AMD, but it's only good for the ubuntu I have on it. Really like the style of HP's laptop of late and would love to get my hands on one of these.emhall54 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I am burdened by my ex-wife's four year old macbook onto which she accidently spilled coffee with milk. Although it got dried out by an industrial dehumidifier, installed after a flood in the house, it is a very bad machine, old and quirky, rather like me. My child support obligations, which I am otherwise happy to pay, prevent me from getting something better. The new machine would make a big and positive computing difference.KGBird - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a few PCs and one laptop. My laptop is a Toshiba Tecra A10 running Windows 7 with a 2.93GHz T9400 CPU. Swapping the hard drive for a Sandisk SSD did a lot to keep it snappy. I'm a reservist and use it for administrative work. Before that, I used it for my PhD research in Li-ion batteries. My primary desktop is a Core-i7 920 on a Gigabyte motherboard with an AMD (Sapphire) HD 7970 graphics card. It also runs Windows 7. As you may guess, I mostly play on this one. I'm currently playing Assassins Creed 3. My other PC is an older one: a Pentium D 945 on an MSI motherboard with an AMD (Sapphire) 5400 series video card. This one is hooked up to the TV as a media PC. It runs good old Windows XP. My kids' PC is a Core 2 Duo 6600 on a Gigabyte motherboard with an (you guessed it) AMD (Gigabyte) HD 5870. Hey, I like AMD cards. They've worked well for me. The kids do homework and play games on it. My final PC is also a Core 2 Duo 6600, but on an Asrock motherboard and an older AMD video card. I watch internet TV on it while I work out. Naturally, if I win the HP laptop, it will replace my Toshiba.franklinyao - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
My laptop has a Pentium M cpu. The battery doesn't hold a charge so I have to keep it plugged in to use it. But wait, it gets better -- it's running Windows XP SP3!thrawn3 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have an AMD Phenom X3 desktop that is going strong and I don't plan to replace anytime soon since I value the speed. I also have a E350 based HTPC that has consistently surprised me on how well it handles what I throw at it. Sadly all I have for mobile is a single core atom netbook and although I love the low weight I only got it because I needed the cheapest I could get for school a few years ago. Now that I am out of school having an upgrade to my mobile side that can also help out my wife would be fantastic. Also it would be the first windows touch enabled device and I would love to have that to work with as a beginning career IT guy. Completing my set of AMD hardware wouldn't hurt either.BearBearBear - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I need a mobile machine, because I am going to significantly changing how I work. I'll have my beefy, professional-grade machine at work, and an equally beefy gaming rig built within the next two years. But both being what they are, or will be, they can't be taken along with me, as I am finding myself working on the go more and more, and there are some things that my phone just can't do.In the absence of an A300-based laptop, I guess this will just have to do!
rathnakeerthi - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently own a 2009 Dell 13" PC. It is now causing a lot of issues and I am on the look out to get a sleekbook and a Tablet. I would love to try AMD powered HP sleek book :)punjabiplaya - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Have a several year old core i5/gtx 260 desktop that I rarely game on anymore as 4 part time jobs and school have taken over. I'd love to have something reasonably powerful to lug around with to and from work, school, and the lab.bankerdude - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have 4 homemade pcs, the best of which is an amd phenom 2 x2 555 that is unlocked to run all 4 cores, along with an nvidia 9800 and 4 gb of ram. The other pcs are powered by intel core 2 duo, intel pentium 4 1500 and amd 64 3200. I also own 3 laptops, the most recent being a core i3 with windows 8 for my daughter. My main system laptop is an HP with a core i7, 6 gb ram and 500 gb hard drive. The giveaway and laptop sounds better than that, especially with the ssd drive.Lexismom - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have an HP G60. Yikess. Help me upgrade~!! My old bessy' has been great though! I Love HP!Bhfriday - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently have a Toshiba Satellite. It was a good computer for a while, then I made the mistake of letting my sister borrow it. She dropped it on its cord and now I have to be sure it doesn't move so that it won't shut off on me. On top of that, it runs slower than molasses going down a hill in the dead of winter. That makes it hard to use for school work and other things of that nature.semandjem - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have an older 15.6" i7 mobile workstation for the bulk of my work and a much older 14" core2 duo with an ssd as my "mobile" unit but it is quite cumbersome. I have a nexus 7 as well as my android phone. While the convenience and mobility of a smartphone or a tablet is unrivaled, it cannot provide a platform for more complex tasks. A sleekbook would be a nice compromise between the two...so feel free to toss it my way!kaborka - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
Current desktop: Asrock 970 Ex3 + FX-6300.I want a good nb for use as a HTPC and for travel.
latenightdog - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I have a 3 year old Toshiba Satellite with a plastic case that squeaks when you open it. I lug it around from place to place doing my genealogy research. All the Apple users with their sleek notebooks give me disgusted looks as I squeak open my laptop. Sure would be nice to have a slim and speedy laptop so that I don't have to endure those Apple stares.WolfSavage - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I am need of this computer of this HP Sleekbook. When I graduated high school I got my very own 17 inch HP laptop and I loved using it. The problem is I am now a senior in college after having my laptop for four years it bit the dust. As a college student, I am not exactly loaded with money to replace my computer. I am now in the stone age studying in the school library until I am able to replace my broken laptop. Winning this contest would make my life right now as I am in need of a computer to take notes on and study. Help me out, please?Sergik12 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I was long time looking for slick notebook with AND CPU and SSD.I hope I can get this one.
Thanks.
ishygddt - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I currently own a gaming pc with an ivy bridge i7, samsung ssd, and nvidia 670. My laptop is sorely lacking in power, its from hp who make quality stuff but with a sandy bridge i3 and 3 gigs of ram. it is also an older model so its a bit bulky, and because it lacks a dedicated video card, even light gaming is labored due to intel's integrated graphics which are inadequate. I also own a galaxy note 10 which is great for reading, browsing, and other simple tasks but I need a mobile windows machine which is why I am entering this contest. I have been very interested in AMD's apu for their integrated graphics which I have read are quite good. It would be very nice to have a light laptop to run my windows programs that is also capable of gaming. The last gaming laptop I had quite a few years ago had a dedicated gpu but was too heavy and the battery life was abysmal. I would very much like this laptop and would be more than happy to provide my thoughts and experiences to amd about their processor. Thank you very much for the opportunity.hoak - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I'm using an old Intel Atom powered Asus netbook -- it was actually quite impressive for its time, but it's visibly slow just running the OS (Windows XP). It shouldn't be too difficult to appreciate the benefit of having virtually everything doubled in hardware capability; a light, do everything system that boots the (two generations newer) OS faster then my netbook starts some applications would be a treat. It would be nice to have something like this I could get real work done on; as opposed to just functions as an accessory to my workstation at work. One can always dream of better tools -- but this one is priced out of my reach...Alexvrb - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I've got a older AMD-based desktop that is in need of replacement, and a Surface (RT) tablet. The Surface is great for around the house, but it doesn't run legacy x86 software, so when traveling it's no better than any other ARM tablet (in that regard). I recently gave away my only x86 laptop to my niece - admittedly, it was not a powerhouse (older Brazos). It was annoying to lug around anyway, and it was a low-end Toshiba - good for the rock-bottom price, but very flimsy.A newer APU would be a nice replacement for the old laptop, and would be a better option to take on the road than the tablet. Plus I wouldn't feel the need to spend any money on a replacement laptop, freeing up coin for my budget desktop build. I haven't decided on AM3+ or FM2+ yet for my desktop. I think there's a good possibility that they'll release FM2+ Steamroller chips without a functioning GPU (as they have with unlocked Trinity and Richland). So FM2+ could very well have better longevity than AM3+. I'm just waiting for the right FM2+ board (needs at least 4 PWM connectors).
Skolde - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I kind of miss not having an AMD system in my collection. This would fix that.unrulycow - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I'm currently stuck using an old acer laptop with a dead battery, broken bezel, and dying hard drive. This would be a drastic improvement for memike55 - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - link
I'm using a Core 2 Duo desktop with a 1st gen iPad where Safari crashes if a page has too many pictures. I'd probably use this in place of the iPad, but I still love having a full desktop with a big monitor.Anthony31 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I think AMD is AmazingEnzoFerrari2 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
As it stands, my main computer once was a large, powerful desktop I assembled back in 2010. It consisted of a i7-920 overclocked to 4ghz, 3 nvidia 470s, and 12 gb of ram, along with a Hp-zr30w and an old syncmaster 900nf, both amongst the best monitors in the CRT and LCD category when built. As such, it was extremely powerful when it was built, back around the turn of the decade when it was built. However, until this point, I have been traveling more, marginalizing its role as my primary computer for gaming and heavy-duty lifting, as it gradually becomes comparatively slower. Since I am now jumping between moving in a very small dorm, and a much larger house, and need something which is both mobile and powerful, I purchased a Clevo p150em with a i7 29 and a 680m. This has been my primary computer for the last year, and has served me quite well, as it is powerful enough to be used for gaming and can be easily upgraded, much like a desktop, yet is also a relatively affordable solution as a workstation, as it has a high-gamut, high-accuracy display, and is subtle enough to be used in a working environment with its understated design. However, while it is able to blend in, it is quite heavy, weighing 11 pounds, plus equipment; this, when combined with schoolbooks, becomes an incredibly heavy load to carry. As such, in the past, I have resorted to having a secondary, smaller laptop for situations where I will not always be sitting down at a table. My most recent example has been a Dell Latitude D630, a laptop I still use because of its durability, reliability, and understated looks. However, this laptop has recently broken, due to old parts finally wearing out; even if it was fixed, it would still be slow by today's standards, as it has a Intel Core 2 Duo, which, given Dell, I suspect was from a lower parts bin. As such this has left a major gap in my portable system lineup. Currently, this only leaves me with an HP Touchpad I bought on sale and a Galaxy S3 on the truly portable end. While I have managed to hook up a bluetooth keyboard and mouse to the phone, allowing me to type on it like a computer, along with a monitor hooked up by HDMI, this still doesn't help in mobile settings, when I am trying to hold both the keyboard and the mouse, let alone a monitor. On the other hand, the ability to have a touchscreen is an extremely useful element, as much of the time, when recording notes in a class or a meeting, it is often useful to have the ability to both type and draw at the same time. As such, a laptop such as the Envy would be exceptionally useful, as it is smaller and several factors lighter than the Clevo, or even the Dell, while maintaining usable speed, having much better battery life, and the extremely useful addition of the touchscreen. Being able to have such a small, portable package that has everything that is necessary while mobile would completely change where I could take a laptop, and how I could use it.akillian - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I have a dell laptop with a 2.0ghz core (not 2) duo processor, and a desktop with an amd a10-5800k that I just upgraded with a amd7870xt. With the new envy I could actually play games at my friends house without having to lug around my PC, use the wireless without using a crappy usb dongle, and use the HDMI out to watch shows on my TV.jcadigital - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I'm currently owning a Asus UL30VT Notebook. 1.3 GHz, 4 GB RAM. I would want to have a Sleekbook because it is a very powerful yet mobile notebook. I'm trying to practice my video editing skills, but my current hardware is struggling. Hopefully I can make better videos for my projects using this machine.meelahi - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I own a kickass custom made desktop, a 2010 Dell XPS 15, and a Lumia 920. I don't own a tablet as being a engineering student it won't really help me do anything. I do have a Kindle touch for reading. I have been looking into devices to replace the XPS as its now too heavy and slow for my needs. I needs something lighter for my mobile needs as I have the desktop for heavy lifting.jeremyjrose - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
So... I happen to be a college student living on a ramen noodle budget. I've always been a tech user, however the financials of college make that a rather unrealistic dream. I use my desktop (a computer I built in 2008 with an AMD x2 6000, 2g DDR2 800, and Windows 8) for mostly everything school related, which is mind numbingly abysmal. I also have an original Nexus 7 for in class use, however that almost runs laps over my desktop. As an English major considering switching to graphic design, this computer world be simply life changing. If I could win this, my life would improve tenfold.joshery420 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I'm using an older HP laptop that's certainly seen better days as a living room PC for streaming movies and music right now, but I tend to avoid using it wherever I can because of how slow it is. I'd bet that new Envy would made my setup just a wee bit more usable. ;)custom1 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I have a Compaq Presario CQ60 which is AMD powered. My wife and daughter use it for email, keeping up to date with news ect. as well as gaming and online shopping. I also have a Nexus 7 and a CR-48 Chromebook. I would use the HP ENVY TouchSmart Sleekbook laptop to replace the aging Compaq CQ60 and use it for the same tasks.NotAgOat - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I own an old and probably broken sony VAIO that sounds like an airplane whenever I turn it on. I am taking computer science courses at my university and I refuse to bring my laptop so I dont disturb the entire class with the ruckus. I'd LOVE this laptop so I can pass my classes. Please send it this way!sdadolf - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I am currently using and older Sony laptop that has really slowed down over the years. I use the computer to manage the activities of the local branch of a national fitness walking organization. I need to have a better laptop to use to manage the walking club activities, including using the laptop to log in to the start point of each walk to get activity data.biagg - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I have a reasonable i5 desktop and a relatively heavy and lame Acer laptop with an i3 330M processor and 4G of RAM. I would like to update my mobile computer to have higher performance, less weight, Windows 8.1 and a touchscreen. General Internet usage, playing media, and light gaming would be much better with the sleekbook while "on the road" than my current laptop.mauler1973 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I could really use a lighter and faster replacement for my HP dv9235nr which is feeling even slower with age.CeramicMan - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I use a dell latitude that is like a bulky tank. I think it oveheats my "boyz".Writing / CAD machine.
Sleekbook is needed to save weight, my back, and my boyz
butlerjay - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I have a HP 2000-2b20NR Notebook PC I bought from Best Buy. That has served me very well?It has:
Microsoft Windows & Home Premium Service pack 1 x64
AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon, HD Graphics, 1400 MHz, 2 Cores, 2 Logical
processors.
2.40bGHZ is the speed.
HD Capacity is 278 GB.
DDR3 SDRAM.
4 GB of memory installed with a max of 8 GB.
3 USB, 1HDMI, 1 VGA, 1RJ45 port.
802.11 B/G/N WI-FI Adapter.
Web-cam and microphone.
About 5 pounds.
All black and very plastic.
I recently finished an eight month networking program and I am studying for my A+, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 certifications. I have dropped my cable provider and unplugged my TV as I plan on passing all the certification exams on the first try. I passed the Network+ on the first try and don’t foresee any problems passing the others.
My laptop is my only means of receiving news and entertainment and would love to have another HP to set-up a home network to test all the things I have learned in school.
nubie - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I have a desktop AMD Athlon II x2 and a Galaxy S2 as my main machines. A string of pleasure builds has gone out the door, Q6600, multiple Core2 duo and Celeron 440 systems, LGA1155 Pentium and Celeron builds, an E-350 laptop and a Turion II. I have had a string of video cards, a couple or three 48xx series, Geforce 5xx series, 460 768mb, and 260. I also am keenly interested in how well integrated solutions work for casual gaming, whether my 880GM motherboard (played the new Tomb Raider at 4-12fps), or an Intel HD, or the APU in my HTPC.I am out and about and don't usually have access to a real PC, just the phone. I could really use a portable system for work and play. I am a great fan of the APU initiative, having built a FM1 a4-3300 htpc using XBMCBuntu recently, I was happy with the performance of the extreme budget processor, I would love to check out the performance of my steam library on a sleekbook with AMD graphics
andresc775 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Currently using a pair of Core2Duo based desktops and a Core2Duo notebook. Pathetic, I know, but I keep them pretty clean and updated as much as possible with maximum memory (4GB) and SSDs, so they just keep going and going, sometimes appearing to be faster than other colleague's new systems. I use my systems primarily for my business, in which I design electronic circuits, including IC packaging of the very chips I am always scoping out in systems. These days, with Operating Systems and modern application's taxing requirements for memory, hard disk space, etc. I am in need of a modern computer with a raw CPU upgrade, and a Sleekbook sounds exactly like what I have been looking for, as it would allow me to improve my productivity and improve income and profit.paradox226 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Right now I have a custom desktop that is two years old running a 955BE and an radeon 6970.My laptop is an Hp Envy 17 with a core i7 and Radeon HD7850m and windows 7. What would really help would be a smaller computer for taking notes. I also want to get some experience with Windows 8 and decide for my self weather or not it is good or bad.Kilgore_Trout - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Dream a little dream!!!BradyWallace - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
The only computing device I own is my 10 year old Pentium 4 Dell desktop running Windows XP. I've never even owned a smart phone or a portable MP3 player, so this new updated Sleekbook would be awesome. I would love to be able to play some of the latest games and browse the internet faster and safer with Windows 8. Thanks for the chance and hope I can be one of the lucky winners. Good luck everyone.LittleTX - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I could use another devicejugglingbuffoon - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I have an old, old desktop(XPS 400) which I upgraded a bit, an HP Probook 4430s(with a deep gouge in the screen from a friend being a bit to carefree with the power cable) and an HP Touchpad which I recently put Android on.I have essentially no ability to game and a very limited ability to take my laptop anywhere. The battery on my Probook is not so great and the gaming performance is about as a good as integrated graphics on a Celeron get(which is why AMD is pretty awesome).
If I got this laptop it would enable me to become a gamer of sorts and to have mobile computing power.
Papaspud - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Coming from an iPod. Nuff said.Naroon - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
My desktop is powered by an AMD A8-3850 APU. Old laptop has a monocore AMD Sempron which is clocked at 800mhz perpetually because the battery died on it, so it has to be plugged into the AC adapter to even stay on (LOL!). The graphics are some ancient ATi-based chipset, don't even know what it is. Would love a new laptop/notebook to use at work and school, without it being such a hassle.chelosu - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
It's kind of silly. asking us why we'd want such a nice piece if hardware. so my reason? Why to take it apart and see what makes it tick :)nandnandnand - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Running on an A4 APU with an HDD right now. This laptop would be my first exposure to SSD speeds since I'm waiting on the prices to drop. Nice max RAM too.brownk5 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I currently have 2 window 7 desktops and a Win 8 desktop, all home built. One win 7 PC was a HTPC experiment that is now a Plex server. The other win 7 PC is my wife's computer that is used occasionally for picture editing / posting (she mainly uses her iPad 2 for email, facebook, and games). My win 8 desktop is a gaming PC. I occasionally use my Dell M6600 work laptop for gamin on the couch, but it doesn't game well without being plugged in which is a nuisance. I would like to get a laptop I could easily game with, but the price increase ($1000) for a gaming laptop versus home built desktop is a problem. With something like the Sleekbook I hope to game on the couch more while I watch TV instead of using my iPhone for gaming.tammlam - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I have an HP DM1 (E-350) that I use for reading stuff on the internet. Occasionally, I create a Power Point presentation on it but the screen is too small to be ideal for that. So creations are usually done on my Dell GX-610 (Pentium 4 + HD5450). This Sleekbook would be ideal for reading and making presentations, all on the comfort of my couch.RHeller - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I have a dell latitude antique 6000 , that is well past it's service life and a samsung np365e5c that runs sweet , but my wife is in need of her own , so that smart new ENVY would keep the peace at home , and allow me to get some of my photo and video editing done .Jason1892 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
What I need is the money. If I win this I would sell it and buy the new iMac :3douglar1 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
My only laptop is an old best buy Semperon 2500+ that I upgraded to an Athlon64 3700+& touch pad doesn't work.
Wolfpup - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I need a couple of new notebooks right now, would probably use it as either my "home" machine or use it for a relative who needs a new one too.Right now I'm using a dying Penryn based notebook, an a completely awesome M17x.
mikedog995 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I currently have an Apple MBA that is provided by my work and is woeful for playing games on the go! Also - installing some great games isn't really possible as it's my work laptop and it's all I have! I'd love to use this as my family laptop.m4dp1x3l - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Pretty nice notebook...AssBall - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
We have a celeron 860 with a Radeon 7770 for our HTPC, and I use an old core 2 duo with a 6850 for my personal gaming machine. Fiance has an old Dell Lattitude that is in dire need of an upgrade, which we take on trips. This HP would blow it out of the water in every metric!DLoweinc - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
A light laptop would be great! This won't help me win but I want to say I'm a fan of AMD. NVidia has great products but are usually priced too high for my budget and AMD usually hits the sweet spot for me.My components:
PC with AMD FX8320 vishera CPU, 16GB DDR3, dual Nvidia GTX460 GPU's in SLI (both from a friend), 1TB mechanical HD. win 8
PC with Intel core i5 2400, 8GB DDR3, NVidia Quatro 4000, intel m series cherrywood 80GB SSD and 2TB Hitachi mechanical drive. Also has 9TB attached raid 5 array (esata). win 7 (media center PC that we watch our TV and movies on, has 5 TV tuners, Silicon Dust HD Homerun)
Sony vaio laptop with core i7, touchscreen, win 8. Nice laptop but heavy to travel with.
dell streak 10 tablet that i rarely if ever use (from a friend)
original ipad, which hasn't been charged in about a year.
Having all of this works for us but a smaller, lighter laptop to travel with as I consult and get requests to do work that I shouldn't be doing on my corporate LAN would be great! The envybook's small weight would be perfect for that while tethered to my phone.
invokerisk - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I'm using a mid-2009 Macbook Pro for grad school and for using at home. While this macbook is still good for home use and light gaming (lowest settings and with everything else turned off), the biggest handy cap for this machine is it's ability to do the computational and other work I need it to do for grad school and research at the same time. When I'm running a heavy computation, things slow down considerably, to the point where I basically put everything else on hold and just wait for it to be done rather than take away resources in the hopes of getting something else done at the same time and slowing both processes down. I'm hoping the HP Envy sleekbook will help pick up some of the slack so that I can have both run computations at the same time or I can do other work on one while computations run on the other. As a side note, I'm getting tired of having to find adaptors to connect my macbook to other peripherals I use regularly (projectors, monitors) from friends or the IT office and of the slowdown/mini-freezes that happens from time to time and the error message, telling me to bring it in for a check up. Knowing Apple, fixing it might cost more than just buying the HP Envy sleekbook outright.gimpybob - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I currently only have a 5 year old desktop. A new notebook would be very convenient for work and play especially for my family of 5.LinusP - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
My wife and I each have our own laptops, but they're both over 6 years old and are limping along. Mine is a Dell Inspiron 640m, which was a pretty entry-level laptop back in 2007, and hers is an Acer Aspire 1410, which has a first-generation CULV processor in it (Pentium SU2700) that's barely adequate. My laptop frustrations (and tablet curiosity) led me to purchase the original Nexus 7 (32GB) last fall, and I'm come to rely on it for most day-to-day things. But I'm in the process of encoding our DVD collection to H.264 to put on our Home Server (HP EX475 w/ processor and memory upgrades), and I do a lot of photo editing in Lightroom, both of which really benefit from 'horsepower'. If we won an ENVY Sleekbook, my wife and I could actually share the laptop and give our aging machines the retirement they've deserved for a while now. I'd be happy to give the ENVY a thorough testing and write a brief review, too!techienate - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I have an ancient Dell XPS M1530 and a refurbished MS Surface RT. I use the Dell for everything, which includes photo editing, light gaming, and for homework and notes for college classes. I just bought the Surface RT and am currently using it for entertainment, but I intend to use it for class as soon as my used touch cover arrives. I would love to replace my Dell with a modern, highly portable notebook, but finances are a bit tight. I would ditch the old dell and use this sleekbook for my college classes and my general computer usage.miahshodan - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I have a gaming desktop, a home server, a android tablet, two windows phones, a htpc, a low power laptop, and a hybrid laptop/tablet. If I got a slimbook it could replace the low powered laptop (core 2 solo with 2 GB RAM) that my wife uses as her main PC. It constancy freezes up and isn't very portable. The touchscreen would work great for her when doing things like recipes.NicholasV - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
A few years ago when I started college I only had enough money to choose one system: a value oriented desktop built from parts or a laptop. I chose to build the desktop because it could do everything I needed (i3-2120, HD 6870, 4GB DRAM). I told myself I'd buy a laptop later that year to take to class, study groups, home for the holidays etc.Well my financial situation not only didn't improve, it got much worse. Due to unforeseen circumstances I became completely financially independent for my schooling as well as everything else. Buying a laptop suddenly became a distant dream.
With this laptop I would be able to do everything most students take for granted; namely being productive on the go. Between my two part time jobs, school, social life and visiting family I am rarely at home. It's difficult to do all my computer work during the short time I spend at home. Having the ability to do work away from home would allow me to do so much more and relieve a huge amount of stress from my life.
I know there are plenty of people in worse situations than I am, but it certainly feels as if I need to win this Sleekbook. Thanks, Nicholas
Travisx2 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
HI,Here is what I'm running at home:
1. Main Workstation/Gaming Rig + Watching TV(netflix/hulu) in bed:
Self Built Intel i7-3930k, 16GB Ram, Win7 Home 64, 2x Radeon 6870 in Crossfire. 250GB Samsung SSD + 2x WD 640BG Black in Raid 0. All of this I managed to fit inside a Sunbeam UFO, even a Noctua cooler(with some cutting); 22" Viewsonic Mounted on modified Arm over the bed.
2. Living Room PC: on 50" LED TV (For watching Netflix/Hulu, DVDs, and for the Family Gaming: Lego Lord of the rings, Dungeon defenders etc) .AMD Athlon 3.2 GHZ Dual core CPU with 4GB Ram, fastest discreet GPU I could find that didn't require extra power, can't remember the model. Antec Aria Case.
3. Dell Inspiron 15z (i7, Nvidia 2GB discreet video): Work Laptop That I use for family Lan gaming at home.
4. Asus 15" Gaming Laptop: (I7, Descreet Nvidia): Girlfriend's Gaming station for Family Lan Gaming + TV(netflix/hulu) watching.
How would the Envy would improve my setup:
Currently we can only have all 3 of us gaming in the living room with the kid on the TV and us on our laptops. This would allow us to game in a different Room or outside if just the 3 of us or to invite a guest and have 4 players (great for Dungeon defenders) without the guest having to lug a whole PC. It would also live in the kitchen when not gaming. Currently we bring the Asus back and forth from the Bedroom to the kitchen twice a day (morning and evening).
Guess that's about it.
-Travis.
pr1mal0ne - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Currently, I run with an HP tx2, a self built desktop, and a Droid 1 phone.The HP runs an AMD turion, gives me acceptable performance and battery life even though it is 5 years old. It is a convertable latop with a digitizer. I love it. 90% of the time i use it as a normal laptop, but having the ability to flip it around and write on it has really connected me with the laptop. I would like to have an opportunity to use AMD/HP's current iteration of touch friendly devices. I service HP laptops everyday at work and am consistently impressed with their build quality. The sleek book would flesh out my computing experience by allowing me to take it everywhere and have more compute power than I am used to. My Tx2 is heavty. I would expect my droid to get less work as a word processor and web browser if I was able to have a thin and light notebook with me.
Nothing replaces the power of having a full desktop, this would supplement my other two tools (phone/desktop) not replace them.
jdmick12 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I have an 2010 acer aspire 5542, and have loved it's functionality over the past three years (for a budget laptop), as well as a home built nzxt phantom 410 gaming pc, which is all a murse like me really needs in computer life. I had purchased a nice hp folio 13 for my fiance's grad school work last year, and all was good until one night she lost her **** watching the cat eating with chopsticks video and spilled wine all over it, frying the mobo and soldered chip. Anyways, channeling her any goldilocks, she now complains using my old laptop that it is too heavy and slow, especially runing spss, ibm's psych people database program. the home pc is no good for her since she spends all day at her lab on campus.This laptop would work perfectly for her, seeing as she:
A. Only seemed to like hp ultrabooks the last time we did the search.
B. The Richland APU would actually work faster for her SPSS than the old Intel part.
C. The SSD is perfect for her uses, since all she uses her pc is for work and web surfing, so 90GB post OS is perfect for her.
So please please please, give this beleaguered grad student another chance. She even promises she won't drink wine and watch cat videos at the same time again (on her laptop at least). Thanks!
hero4hire - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Currently have an overclocked sandy desktop for gaming @4.7. x4 820 undervolted as a media server. Gave away tegra3 slow tablet as htc one has filled my ultra mobile void.Looking for work laptop that I can double duty second screen / stream at home, avoiding a new tablet purchase.
mcorb1 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I've got a 2011 MBA, a Core 2 Quad desktop, a Nexus 7 (1st generation) tablet, and an Athlon x3 HTPC. I use the MBA mostly for web surfing on the couch. The Desktop for gaming. The Nexus isn't used much - mostly while in bed.I'm going to start classes in the spring for grad school and will need a mobile computer that I'll be able to do code compilations and other cpu intensive operations. I'd also like a laptop that I can use that my girlfriend won't take away from me when we're on the couch.
denzphee - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I currently have a Yoga 13 (i5 3rd gen). This is significant because prior to this laptop, I would never even consider an Intel CPU. I have always found the AMD gave me the best 'bang for my buck', so to speak.Unfortunately, my previous laptop, a HP dv6zqe (A8-3500m) left something to be desired, especially with the relative difficulty in using the switchable graphics with linux and the heat created when used to browse the internet (light to medium usage). This has caused me to 'jump ship' and surprisingly, I have been happy with my Yoga 13's performance and battery life, along with how relatively cool it remained.
I would hope to win this Envy Sleekbook (A10-5750) laptop, so that I can evaluate AMD's current offering and how it will fit my needs better than the HP dv6zqe did.
Main points of interest: Battery life compared to the i5 3rd gen. and other similar CPU's, IRL performance ("in real life"), Heat, future iterations (potential), Linux compatibility.
If these results are favorable to AMD, I may consider going back to AMD in the forseeable future.
Thank you for the opportunity and looking forward to the possibility of seeing how far AMD has come and how they fare with current Intel offerings.
jbwhite99 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I've been building desktops by hand for 20 years - my current box (not a gamer, but do some heavy duty spreadsheets and photo editing) is an i5-2500k, 4*4GB memory, Win 7. I have supplemented that with a Thinkpad T420 (i7) and a Nexus 7. If I won a device like this, it would be more for fun.millercommamatt - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I work for a university and I need a new laptop for travel; something that doesn't weigh a ton. You typically can't by computers with grant funds and getting the department to pay for one is like getting blood from a stone.HYPhoenix - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
currently, i have a custom built desktop mainly used for video encoding, gaming, and computing. At school, i used half dead laptop that doesn't have working battery and working wlan. I would like to win this laptop and use mainly for school related work.ajlueke - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Currently I have a self built windows 8 system connected to my main TV which serves as the primary TV, gaming, and movie system. It is also the hub for streaming media content around the house to other devices. However, if the primary system is in use by a family member, I do not currently have a secondary system for word processing and other productivity applications. Phones are fine for browsing the web and checking email, but I do feel a mobile workstation would be great when serious typing is a requirement.waterdragon - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
My dwell ups died. I'm looking for a new comparable laptop This looks like a perfect replacement .efeman - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Anandtech bein' cool as usual.helvetio - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Hi. I would love to win this HP Sleekbook, because it would let me play Starcraft 2 with my 9-year old son while sitting beside him. Currently we both have our desktop gaming rigs apart from each other in the house, but for playing SC2 coop, it's nice to sit next to each other.My PC has a 2500k, M4 SSD and a GTX660 TI, whereas he has my old machine, an Phenom II X4 940 with a GTS250 1GB and an SSD.
Thank you.
insanex - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
So I'm pretty much a gadget geek (and have been since the Palm Pilot days) and go through devices frequently. Right now I am using a Nexus 7 (2013) 16GB for everything from reading to playing a few games to taking notes and entering grade and accessing class materials during (I teach an A+ certification class at a local community college). I have a Lumia 920 I use of course as a cell phone and for access to Skydrive in a pinch. I'm waiting on parts to get here on my new A10-6800k mATX build. Currently I don't have a laptop and use my Nexus 7. However, a 7" screen isn't the best for 4+ hour lesson plan work 2-3 times a week. I would use the laptop for after-class work and sometimes in class for labs and such. I also work in IT full time as a syadmin/jack-of-all-trades. I've seen the new HP Sleekbook and they are very nice. The size and weight would be perfect for me both for my IT work (remote troubleshooting via VPN from home/coffee shops/wherever) and for my teaching work as well.Thanks guys!
someyoungguy9 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I hava a Mac book pro 2012 and a Nook hd+ tablet. I'd like a more portable yet more powerful laptop like this sleekbook to carry around but actually do more things than I can ever do with my tablet yet not be so cumbersome as my Mac book pro.krysmich86 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I have a MacBook that really hasn't been living up to the claims of stability. It lost a key from the keyboard far too easily and it isn't stable in OSX or Windows. So having something to replace it would be great. I put windows on because I prefer the programing tools available on the windows side and I am just starting to code so this could be great to help get me going farther with that. Also it would be a great help since finances are tight while I am pregnant with our first child. Oh I also have an HTC Sensation but I don't do anything special with it. Looking into the republic wireless Moto X deal in coming months.swiftninja09 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
In my desktop PC I'm running a FX-8320, a XFX radeon HD 7870, 8g of corsair DDR3 1600 memory, a 120g samsung SSD for boot, 1tb WD black hard drive for game storage, and a 500w power supply by corsair.I want to win the HP laptop because it will replace my 7 year old laptop. Also the Richland APU will come in handy for portable gaming because of the large amount of radeon graphics on the die of the APU. Thanks for the giveaway and hope I win!
BillJude56 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Being a “cart before the horse" guy, I've managed somehow to acquire an iPad 4, Galaxy S3, and Nexus 7 while not owning a PC, laptop, ultrabook, or notebook. Granted, they're all great devices but obviously I'm rudderless without a mother ship. I have no way to backup and restore, upload OS enhancements (unless OTA), sync, etc. The HP ENVY Sleekbook would allow for all of the above and serve to render order to the chaos inherent to my dilemma. I dream of a central repository for bills, photos, videos, and music. Help!slimscraggle - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
This is cool, I will experience envy whether I win or not.bendermichaelr - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I am a long time supporter of AMD. I believe in the company's idea of creating a great experience for their customers over raw processing power. I would use this notebook as a very general purpose machine. I am interested in PC gaming, but I also need a machine to handle the everyday activities such as web browsing, checking email, creating and editing documents and watching videos. The A10 5745 packs plenty of power for daily computing as well as enough graphics power to handle all of the eye candy in windows 8 and even a few games. The touch-screen is the cherry on top which allows for a fuller windows 8 experience.I currently own a custom built desktop sporting AMD's Phenom II x4 955 and an antiquated Radeon x1950 xtx that still runs like a champ. I plan to upgrade my video card to another Radeon card this holiday season. I use this rig for gaming, work and general computing. I also own a Samsung Galaxy S III which is great for minimal tasks that I need to perform on the go. I need the HP Envy to fill in the gap between my desktop PC and my smartphone.
schwallie - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Currently using a super old desktop and big monitors. Want to switch to a laptop only to save space in my apartment!ichbinexpert - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I currently have a cheap gaming laptop that I bought three years ago. I don't own any tablets, just a Samsung Galaxy S+. My current ASUS laptop is giving way; the battery can't hold a charge, the shift keys don't work so I had to remap caps lock to shift, and the power input port is loose so I need to play with the plug to get it to work. I need a new laptop, and I would prefer if it had a discrete gfx card and decent battery life ( I'm tired of not being able to carry my laptop from room to room without plugging it in). I know that the ENVY line has very good build quality, so the Sleekbook would be perfect for me.Batou2501 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I'd like to be entered. I currently have two systems which I use. The first is my main unit, my desktop. It sports a Core 2 Duo E8400, Gigabyte P45 Express mobo, ATI Radeon 4870HD 1gb, 4GB of DDR2, and it runs Windows Vista. The second, my tablet, is a Toshiba M4 Tecra S435 running a Pentium M 740, 1GB RAM, and a GeForce GO 6200 running a Windows 8 evaluation copy.Overall, they're both serviceable units, though the tablet is quickly becoming kind of useless due to a dead battery, scratched up screen, and just being old (have had it a little over 8 years!). The tablet was used originally in school for everything (even gaming!), and now because of its slow speed it has been relegated to use out at the flying field (to tune model helicopters). When I first got my desktop, I used to game exclusively on it. Recently though, I've been forced back to consoles, just because I can't keep up with the latest titles on my PC, at least not at 1080p with maxed settings like it used to. Now I pretty much use it for photo editing, streaming movies, and playing older games I still love.
I'm headed to med school soon, and really would like to consolidate into a single system. Ideally, I'd like to find a powerful laptop with good battery life for portability, as I anticipate many hours in the library with various study groups. I'd like to continue photo editing, tuning my helicopters, streaming movies, and of course standard office productivity type stuff. But I'd love to be able to add in some light video editing (aerial photography!) and gaming as well.
I've started to look around for systems to purchase, focusing on battery life versus performance, and this seems like a good fit. I'd love to give it a try and see how it fares at a variety of tasks.
Thanks for the opportunity!
Odysseywraith - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I currently have a self built PC, it consists of the following:CPU: AMD FX 8350
MB: Asus M5A97 R2.0
CPU Cooler: CM Hyper 212 EVO
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870XT
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X (2x4 GB) DDR3-2400 MHz
HDD: WD Caviar Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM
PSU: CM Silent Pro M2 620W Semi-modular
Case: Gigabyte GZ-GS2 Plus
Optical: Samsung DVD RW
Monitor: Hanns G 22" 1920x1080p HD
The sleek book would certainly help me, as I am currently in the market for a laptop. I need something that can really do some heavy lifting in a Laptop though, as I am a game designer by trade working on a MMO. I have always been a fan of AMD products, since back in the K6-2 days when I built my first system on a 300 MHz K6-2 with 8 MB of RAM and a 64 MB Video card to play things like Myst, Diablo, Half-Life and Counterstrike.
I would be more than happy to provide feedback on the performance of the Notebook to AMD.
ghostnote - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I currently have a desktop, a laptop, and a tablet. But as of yesterday, I lack mobility. My nexus 7 is not working, and while my desktop is very powerful, it weighs 50 lbs. So that leaves my laptop.It's a 6 year old thinkpad t60. It's a workhorse; it's the same size, but weighs about four times as the one being given away. It's also thicker than a delicious filet mignon. Back when I was in college, none of that was a problem. There were plugs everywhere, and my backpack was huge. Now, however, my work requires me to be able to write from anywhere, at any time. Lugging that monstrosity around is not ideal - it weighs too much and i have nowhere to put it, plus its oversized power brick.
Thus, I've been eyeing ultralights for a while. I think a laptop with those specs would make my life a lot easier.
ReverendDC - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
My wife is currently using a hand me down 17.3" laptop from HP with a Llano A4. She's 5' 2" which means her computer is about 28% of her total height. It is also really heavy. I want to get her a nice light system, but, unfortunately, cost is beyond my control. Could you help a brother out for his wife's 12th wedding anniversary/birthday/Christmas? Thanks!mdmayberry09 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Current setup. Intel i7 4770k, AMD 7950 3GB, 8GB 1600 RAM, 1TB HDD, Asus Z87-A, Windows 8, Evo 212.The reason I would like to win this laptop is to be able to fully test the boundaries of this laptop. From gaming, to video/music editing, to programming. I am an IT Systems developer and would love to see what I could use on this laptop over current Windows 7 that we use on our work systems. I started to game on laptops as well and currently made the switch to Desktop, but having prior knowledge of laptop gaming, I believe i could take this knowledge and allow a full test of the hardware in the laptop and the software to match it. As for video and music editing, that's just a minor hobby that I like to help friends out with but would still be another way to test the boundaries of the laptop itself and really push the CPU and GPU to it's max to test out the performance.
Having this laptop would improve my current setup because to go game or edit at a friends house wouldn't require having to haul my desktop to their place. I could take this beast performer, with it's SSD and 8gb of RAM not to mention the amazing processor as well and be there and setup in seconds. Ready to game, record, edit, upload, rule the race of technology!
Overall I would be extremely happy to have a laptop back in my arms that I could carry with me at all times again. If i don't win, i wish the winners luck with their new laptop and hope that they use them for as much as they possibly can and not just store it!!
L1FE - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I have a Dell L502x, a Mac Mini, a Dell mini HTPC, as well as a number of android phones and tablets. I am looking for a good travel laptop with strong media and productivity capabilities.LittleJimmyThe1st - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
i have a desktop PC with a FX-8350 and AMD HD 7950 i use it for everything gaming, programing, ect and well being in collage for computer science having a AMD powered HP sleekbook would greatly help me. Having a awesome portable computer like that would enable me to get so much more work done.Satya.Pindiproli - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Hmm .. I own a MBP ,2007 Model . Pretty old and bulky by current standards. Wonder if these AMD powered books would be able to deliver performance for light workloads like word/presentations/blogging etc. The weight and all seems to be right for a travel companion , but haven't tried it. I was thinking of a iPad or an Ultrabook this Nov. Lets see.colinw - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I have a nice desktop, with a i7 2600k and Radeon 6950, but when I am overseas or traveling I am stuck with my rather ancient Dell Precision M6300 laptop. That laptop was quite alright when I was still in university back in 2008... but, well, let's just say it's a bit out of date.I am a gamer and a programmer, and I do not expect to game well on a laptop. But programming on my old clunker laptop is pretty bad nowadays, especially for graphically intensive projects (it has a Quadro 1600m, 32 unified shader pipelines, whoo!). I keep intending to get a new one but don't have the cash.
The Sleekbook probably isn't _exactly_ the type of thing I would buy if I had the money, but it would still be a heck of a lot more useful and practical for me compared to my 17" Core2Duo machine, which causes me to weep softly on a frequent basis.
mgmerino - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
My current setup consist of an Apple G5. Although I have had it for more than 8 years, it is still working properly. I own a HP envy spectre, that serves as my all day, every day computer. Its the only computer that I utilize for work, travel, and home use due to it's portability. A second laptop is needed for my spouse. She is currently in the process of learning a second language trough the aid of software. Having a second laptop for family use would give her the option to study more often, and study in other areas such as the kitchen or bedroom.BuckeyePC - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Currently I am using a 5 1/2 year old Lenovo ThinkPad R61i (Dual Core Pentium 1.6/4GB/64GB SSD) that is well past it's prime. It's still useful as a business laptop but it lacks in graphics power and won't even run MineCraft smoothly. I mainly do MS Office and web surfing, though I do view movies and occasionally Photoshop something. I can't really do much more than that with the ancient 965 graphics.The Envy would dramatically enhance my usability as well as portability (since I have to go out for Wifi, not having a connection at home). I would be able to turn my current laptop into a teaching machine (I'd teach computing to computer-illiterate people so they can get jobs, etc). I'd be able to do things faster, and even play some games (even though I'm not a huge gamer anymore).
Polizei608 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I work in IT and my main home laptop which I used for both personal and business duties failed (bad motherboard). It was an AMD laptop, and I've bought many AMD products over the years. I fell in love with the company back in the old Slot A Athlon days when it was the only way I could afford a good gaming computer as a kid with limited financial means.I do everything from gaming, email, virtual machines, DIY projects, website creation and maintenance, and online reading of sites like Anandtech, so having a nice laptop again would be fantastic. My finances are so crushed (like many adults my age) that I sadly haven't been able to afford a replacement. I am a tech enthusiast and I would love to be given a shiny new Sleekbook to use.
My current systems at home are two custom-built desktop machines and two old Pentium III's (my LAN battle rigs from the nostaligic days). My main media/gaming machine is an AMD FX system. Please pick me and add the sleekbook to my collection so I can work when I'm traveling and not near my big boxes. Thank you AMD for all the years of great products
busywork - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Let's start out with who I am and then briefly go over what I currently own. Currently, I'm a student here in the Chicago area and also work part time doing tech support + minor development work for Northwestern University IT. I'm always on the road traveling between downtown Chicago campus for class, the Evanston campus further north for work, and home. At home, I currently have an Intel i7 875K desktop w/ a pair of SLI'd GTX 670's that I pieced together just to game on - this desktop rarely gets used during the school year unfortunately. As for mobile devices, I own a Macbook Air 13 (2010) and a Surface RT. The MBA was initially used primarily for school work along w/ occasional movies, shows, anime, etc. After picking up the Surface earlier this year and getting accustomed to the Touch Cover, I found myself carrying around the Surface to class to take notes and began to notice that I was doing pretty much all my school work on it. For this school year, I will need to pick up a thin notebook/ultrabook of some sort due to some of my classes requiring Microsoft Access, Visio, and other legacy applications that my Surface probably won't be able to support. I know I can install boot camp on the MBA and get a fresh battery for it, but the device just fell out of flavor w/ me after using Windows 8 on a touch screen. I would like to give the HP Sleekbook a shot since it has a lot of the features that I'm look for in a notebook – thin, touch screen, upgraded SSD, the ability to run legacy apps and some games. The weight of the Sleekbook might be a minor issue, but I'm more concerned about being able to fit it in my backpack w/ my books. Whether I get chosen or not, I will definitely be looking at the new AMD APU powered notebooks due to the fact that it seems to be a well rounded platform (improved graphics processing capabilities) for the price. I would like to note that I don't tend to be biased to certain brands/companies long as the product does what its suppose to and also wouldn't have a problem providing feedback/writing a detailed review upon request.xatosotax - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
my current laptop is huge and runs hot. Not so greatdtd182 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I use a amd a6 that is 2 years old it was great for a cheap platform when i bought it 2 years ago but its dated and unusable even for light gaming.dtd182 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I currently use a dated amd a6 that is unusuable for anything other than basic word processing as a cs major I need a little more power in my pc.Lord Beeblequix - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Everything is better with BACON, even this comment entering me in the giveaway!Lord Beeblequix - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Everything is better with BACON, even this comment entering me in the giveaway!chenetic - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I felt I needed 3 monitors for better productivity at work, so I selected the A10-5800K with Asus FM2 85X to get the job done. OC'd to 4.5GHz, it is a beast for running mainly Google Apps, MS Office, PDF Converter Pro, Handbrake, Sony Movie Studio, and Adobe Photoshop. At the moment I've only got a smartphone (HTC One) for when I'm away from my desk; I'd love an HP Envy Sleekbook to keep the productivity going when I am on the road.azn1invasion - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I currently have a desktop (Intel 2700k 3.5 GHz processor, Geforce GTX 670 graphics card, OCZ Vector 256 GB SSD, Asus Republic of Gamer Maximus V Formula Motherboard) and an HP Spectre xt-13r ultrabook (Intel 1.7 GHz processoer) and would like this computer because whenever I want to play games on the move or go home for the weekend (from college), my ultra book is not very good for gaming so I would love this laptop for the mobile gaming aspect.spetsnaz - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I've been a supporter of HP and AMD for a long time.I've been a happy and content user, for the last 3 years, of an HP ENVY 14 with an AMD 5650.
Used the HP Envy 14 for a variety of things for work and PC games.
But the start of 2013 with Windows 8, problems with drivers and switchable graphics.
Now, HP heating problems and the AMD 5650 chip has stopped working, and stuck in Intel mode.
It would be awesome to own/use a newer HP Envy with a newer AMD graphics chipset.
Hopefully, HP has fixed durability & heating problems, and AMD fixed durability, switchable graphics, Windows 8 driver support.
LDW - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
We have two tablets and two laptops at home. The tablets are an iPad 2 (running IOS 7) and a Nexus 7 (2013) running Android 4.3. The laptops are a Lenovo 14" Edge a couple years old running the Sandy Bridge i5 and Windows 8. And a Lenovo 15" about 4 years old running the Core processors. We use the tablets for casual web browsing, Google+, Twitter, occasional email and simple games. My wife uses her 15" laptop for email and financial management. I use my 14" laptop for email, post-processing on digital pictures, taxes, and the occasional game.I am looking for a new laptop to replace our two older laptops. My wife and I plan to share the new one and will have separate IDs to separate our 'stuff'. I am sure 128 gig's of SSD would be enough for both of us and if not we would simply add a SD card to get additional portable space. I doubt that a USB attached hard drive will be needed but it remains a possibility.
My interest in the new laptop is windows 8.1 of course. While I think Microsoft has a ways to go to get back into the game, I think 8.1 is an interesting approach.
mcn31l - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
The old laptop is needing replacement, a free one would be great ;-)derTorbs - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Currently, my sole portable PC is an aging Asus eeePC 1000E, single core Atom circa 2009. When I got her, I was thrilled, right up till I tried to do anything more than word docs. Anyone who has used a netbook knows what I am talking about. I found an old 80 GB ssd, and threw an extra 2 GB of RAM in it. It is about as fast as it is ever going to run (considering its a 4 year old piece of hardware that was on the lowest of the low to begin with, running is a very generous term). A sleekbook would completely revolutionize my portable abilities.mayo_capone - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I currently have a Sandy Bridge i5 2500K, w/4gb of ram and a GTX460 running windows 7. I built it about 2.5 years ago, first build since I was in high school (~2003). I've got a 23" and 24" display hooked up, which is just amazing and would one day like to put in an SSD, but don't really feel like installing the OS and applications again. I recently purchased a macbook pro 13" (2013 i5 base model) which i use because I just started medical school. I use google drive to share data between the two devices. I follow lectures and take notes on the air at school, then I do research and write up flashcards with my desktop at home.As a side note of AMD nostalgia, the first PC i built for myself with my hard earned 16 year old slave wages had a 1ghz athlon slot A processor with the world's most giant air cooling heatsink. I opened it up and "lapped" the die (which was probably a terrible idea), as well as unlocked the multiplier using a pencil mark. Those were the days...
JFish222 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I currently own a Lenovo T61, a Dell Inspiron 530, and HP TouchPad (used for web browsing on the couch) revived by the amazing work of the folks at Cyanogenmod and RootzWiki.I've maxed out the RAM and tossed in SSD's on my systems to help things along, but my setup (especially my laptop) is getting old.
I code quite a bit in Visual Studio 2010 (not a light weight IDE!), keep far to many Firefox and Chrome tabs open, and do some light gaming on my desktop (don't even get me started with the Intel integrated graphics on my Lenovo!).
I would love to replace my current laptop for some light gaming and programming use. As it is, I generally avoid programming on my laptop due to its age. The idea of having a battery that lasts more than 2 hours would be a huge help, and being able to compile my code in under a minute can't be under estimated! :)
Thanks and good luck to all!
subasa1 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Please sign me up!spetsnaz - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I have been a happy, content owner, for the last 3 years, of an HP ENVY 14 laptop with an AMD 5650 GPU.I've used the HP ENVY 14 for a variety of uses,
from work (MS Office) to PC games.
Starting 2013, I've experienced problems.
Lack of AMD Windows 8 driver support for switchable graphics functionality (switch from AMD to Intel, vice versa).
Heating problems with the laptop, and now, the AMD 5650 has stopped functioning. Now I'm stuck in Intel mode.
It would be awesome to be able to own/use a newer HP ENVY / AMD laptop. Hopefully HP & AMD has improved upon the ENVY 14, fixing
heat, durability, driver support, etc. issues.
With years of experience using an HP ENVY 14 laptop, I can surely make detailed comparisons with an HP ENVY Sleekbook.
Thank you AnandTech for this opportunity.
ds1817 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I'd like oneAntihistamine - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I’m still running my same setup with my gaming desktop (Core i7 2600k, 16 GB RAM, 1.6 TB total drive space, and an ATI Radeon HD 5870 1 GB), a handful of older desktops including two Pentium 4s and one with a Pentium 3, though those are simply used for hobby purposes (the pentium 3 does pretty well with linux!). I have an older 15.6 inch laptop, I think the model is an Averatec 6100, maybe 6200, with a Pentium 4 and 512 MB of ram. My current-use laptop is an Asus UL30VT I think (it has a core 2 duo SU7300 1.3 ghz, 4 GB ram, and a 500 GB HDD). It’s been a good laptop, but it’s age is certainly showing. Random slow downs, overheating, among other things are becoming more consistent even after installing new OSes on it. I also have a netbook, the Asus 900HA, but that has been retired and rarely gets used, even for a hobby. Lastly I have the 2013 Nexus 7 and use it quite frequently.A new laptop like the sleekbook would provide a much needed power boost over my aging laptop and give me the extra power my tablet can’t provide when needed. I’m always reluctant to take my current laptop with me to place since I know the performance will be sluggish. I will say after installing Linux Mint on the machine it felt like new again, but sadly the fan on it always kicks into high gear and doesn’t seem to do a great job cooling the computer. A new laptop that could replace it would be fantastic in that I’d have no worries about taking it with me anywhere. Yes, a larger laptop isn’t as portable as the 13.3 inch kind, but I think laptops today are becoming increasingly thin and lightweight even on larger models anyways, so the size difference wouldn’t really be a concern to me. As for the AMD chip inside of it, well, I recently built a computer for my parents using the A10-6800 APU, and they’ve been thrilled with the performance. I’m also pretty happy with Richland overall and would love to see what it could do in a laptop!
GeoGeezer - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
My main machine is home grown desktop with a I3-3220 processor and a Samsung 840 Pro SSD. It's used with MS office, Photoshop, Chrome and Google Docs.My iPad 3 is used with Chrome and Google Docs when lounging in the recliner. Using this tablet has turned into something of a nuisance on busy web websites. The small screen does nothing to enhance the Google Docs experience.
The AMD laptop would replace the iPad.
Will G. - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I really think It would be cool to win this laptop, I am a Fan of AMD's APU category. Its important to have that aspect of parallel processing, with the serial CPU, and as you can see Intel "finally" see's the importance of having the graphics performance, of a low-end mobile GPU in their 4th gen. CPUs', but AMD, in my opinion, will always have the head start, technically, and the support of their fans, in the "APU" category. I really think it would be a great thing to win this Laptop, it would be fantastic, and I think I could give some good feedback to AMD. When I bought my first Laptop, i did the long term research, and that brought me to choose a laptop running an APU, the first generation A10, in my opinion, it was the best laptop for the price, performance, build quality. For all those people who really need laptop like this one, I hope you win, but how humble you are about it is up to you (commenters), I would love to test, give feedback to AMD. I really hope that the three people who win this are humble, and are humble in displaying their need, because having an oppertunity in winning this, is a great oppertunity, thank you, I hope you can give me chance to use this laptop for my daily tasks.This is about as simple as I could make my application,
Thank you AnandTech and AMD,
sincerely Will G.
mmanalac73 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I'm posting this using my very old notebook that has an AMD Athlon X2 TK-57, 4GB DDR2 Ram and 14" screen. This HP ENVY TouchSmart Sleekbook is definitely an upgrade for me.faster - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Yea I want one,wldfire - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Currently using a trio of computing devices including a desktop PC running a Phenom II X3 705e, a Samsung ultraportable running an A6-4455, and a HP Touchpad. The Sleekbook would replace the Samsung ultraportable and would become the center of a new HTPC setup. I've got to admit that I otherwise think 15.6" is a bit too big for most of the types of traveling that I do; I just got back from a trip to Malta where the 13.3" screen on my Samsung came in handy when cramped into an Economy class seat for my 24+ hour return trip. Using a laptop as an HTPC might seem like a waste of a perfectly good screen, but it fits perfectly into my energy conservation plans as it's a great way to get a very energy-efficient PC. As a plus, the Sleekbook should have ample horsepower for some basic gaming, something which the Samsung definitely struggles with.chemicalbill - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
My current laptop is a Gateway MX6422 with an AMD Sempron 1.6 GHz processor from several years ago. This would be a huge upgrade!VW_Joe - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I currently have an off the shelf HP with an AMD Athlon2 X4 635, 8GB ram, and a GTX 570. I use my PC for many roles, such as work, media center for my wife and two children, gaming, and research. There have been many times I have been in the middle of something and needed to look up something online only to have to stop what I am doing and go to my desktop. I have an iPad Mini and my wife a full size iPad, but many websites do not like Safari. Our oldest daughter just started school and uses the computer for educational games, which cannot be played on the iPads. Having a powerful laptop would help us accomplish all of this and more! Our daughters could play their learning games while we use the desktop for more grown up things like paying bills. I would be able to use a laptop at work, as a Volkswagen mechanic, and we could of course use it along with the iPads to keep the kids busy on car rides.av_av - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
My current laptop is the Acer TimelineX 3830TG. It's a great compact machine for games and has great battery life. I use it at school, multitasking between Skyrim and Word documents. I really enjoy full day computing with this one, and the discrete video card in a small package. However, I miss my first Vaio, that was a 15" laptop. I often miss big display as I mostly interact with my Nexus 4 and the 13" Acer. the Sleekbook can be amazing for working with multiple windows at the same time (important to law students, I currently use our libraries' dual-screen desktops for that task) and touchscreen for web surfing is also a bonus. I would also give the iGPU a test with some games: my first Vaio had a Radeon card that was impressive at its time, so I'm curious about AMD's current product line.Captain Midnight - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
It would seem that with five (780G based) computers around here, we would be all set. But two are HTPCs (x2-5050e), two are desktops (x2-4850e), and the gaming rig (x2-7750be) is off to college. And they are all a little inconvenient to use while we are at work or school. Our only foray into mobile computing was an Everex Celeron based laptop, which although still running, is considerably slower than my Nexus7. The ENVY Sleekbook would bring us up to speed on the mobile front, liberating us from the meager workstation offerings at work or school.earthoid - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
My wife is a "Mac". She has an iMac, Macbook Air, iPad, and iPhone. I get to help her out when she has questions or problems even though I'm a "PC", and am the default tech support go-to for friends and family. I have a 7 year old home-built tower that is just about ready for retirement, and an old laptop that I recently updated with a 1 TB disk so I can store all my music on it. It came with Vista which I upgraded to Windows 7 and eventually Windows 8. I really need a newer, faster PC, and one with a SSD would be very cool indeed! Yes, I would gladly accept one of your prize laptops!Streamlined - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
My go-to devices are a 13" Retina Macbook Pro with a Nokia Lumia Windows Phone. They are both great but it's kind of like having a really nice house that doesn't have a garage for your beloved new Corvette Stingray. I'd like to get a Windows 8 laptop so that my app library can be a common one and I can easily swap between work and home. Corporate America and Windows is like college kids and Modern Warfare, inseparable.yukeAT - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
From time to time I'll do a bit of freelance CG work and while I've got plenty of computing power at home (all AMD based systems; not a fanboy, just cost conscious) but whenever I am not home I am SOL. I don't need a full-blown mobile workstation, just something relatively light that lets me run regular x86 programs and has decent battery life. And no, tablets are not an option. At least not yet. I have one and it's great for email or Netflix but not real work.zodiacsoulmate - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Check mate, no laptop.avataranjie - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I have a HP Pavilion Media Center m800n TV PC with AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+ with 1.87 gb usable RAM and a Galaxy S 3 Tmo version running CM10. I use these two devices mainly for school related activities. It is impossible for me to bring my desktop to school so I'm often forced to edit documents on my phone using quickoffice or google docs. It is very annoying having to use a 4.7 inch screen to type essays and such. Being in the computer science class and digital imaging class, I often have to borrow laptops from other students as the teachers do not provide hardware. Being the publicity commissioner for many clubs at school, I often use photoshop and other image/video editing softwares, but with the limited RAM and outdated processor, my desktop lags, crashes, and takes very long to get work done. Opening more than 3 tabs on Chrome slows down the computer and freezes Chrome, there is no webcam, and I can't even watch 720p videos on Youtube without the video being jagged. Having this HP Envy would make it much more convenient and productive for school, for work, and for relaxation. Thank you for your consideration.avataranjie - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Also, this is a 5 year old family shared desktop between 3 family members. Often I cannot use it to access email and online schoolwork or homework that I need.HDBanger - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I would oh so find it useful, it would change my lifes!sandesh247 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Previously a macbook air, iphone and ipad user, I have now converted to using a nexus 4, nexus 7, and I use a chromebook pixel to connect to a workstation for work. I am not much of a gamer, as my setup shows, however, mobility and multimedia is important to me. I prefer to be connected all the time, and my multimedia needs are served via online streaming services.The touchscreen of the chromebook was a big clincher, I must say. It works better than expected. Once you get to scrolling, flipping pages, play, pause or zooming via touch, it's hard to go back.
CharronTim - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I am actually posting on behest of my son, who has a the original 2006 MacBook. It has a Intel Core Duo (Not a core 2) clocked at 1.83 Ghz, and has been upgraded to 1 Gb of RAM and and 256 GB harddrive. Needless to say the computer is pitifully slow. The battery is completely shot too so the machine must be plugged in at all times or it will not work. We are both tech enthusiasts but have never really had the money to justify a newer machine, although it is definitely coming time to replace his. I have a tower that we built in 2009 with and Intel core quad processor at 2.6 Ghz and 8 Gb of RAM with Intel integrated graphics. It still serves me fine to this day.He will be attending college next year so we will need to get him a new machine regardless, but winning one of these new machines would help him immensely. Although we have never been constant AMD users, the SSD and a10 processor should be miles faster than what he is currently using. This Sleekbook would be a long-deserved much needed update to his current setup, it would be used mostly for schoolwork, web-browsing, and light gaming.
PyreoftheLiving - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I considered this exact laptop for my cousin, but when it came time to buy it, she picked a different machine based entirely on aesthetics. I wish I knew a bit more about teh machine as almost everyone that knows me is always asking me about what computers are great, what to buy, what can do what.cybereql - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I currently have a desktop i built myself a while ago- core i7 860, 16 gb ram, ati 5850, intel mlc 80 gb ssd. i use this as my main workstation at home, but i am constantly away from my desk and am need of a mobile platform for work productivity.i would use the sleekbook for computing away while at work. i work primarily in a hospital, and i would use the sleekbook to display videos of surgical procedures that were performed earlier in the day for review. i would also use it to run interactive programs on surgical techniques with my team. i would also be able to network the computer, allowing me to display videos on projectors for presentations.
loeakaodas - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Aging Lynnfield desktop with 2x5850's & an ancient ASUS CULV laptop that really needs a replacement.Scionero - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I currently use an Asus G73 that is about 3 years old and still runs like a champ, but is far too heavy and bulky to carry out of the house. Add to that the fact that the battery life is around an hour and it makes for a very poor LAPtop. I used to play lot's of games and that's why I originally bought this one, but since then I have stopped playing games as much and don't need the power of this one. If I had a new sleekbook it would allow me to carry it around and not have to worry about where the nearest power outlet is.AbrownOne - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I have a HP G7 (2011), and iPad (3th gen.) & a Samsung Galaxy S II (AT&T). My G7 is now running Windows 8 but I need a more portable laptop and a touch screen would do me wonders.Cleardenominator - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Currently my computing is restricted to the original Google CR-48 (Intel Atom Processor N455 1.66GHz 512K Cache, 2 GB of DDR3 RAM, and a 16 GB SSD) although I’ve grown accustomed to Googles internet ecosystem of Crome OS. I long for greater control and adaptability (the ability to play PC games for one, listen to music and watch .mkv videos offline would be a plus). The Sleekbook would I imagine provide the same if not better mobility than the CR-48 and coupled with greater variability as a PC I’m very excited to possibly take it for a test drive!futurepastnow - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
My current PC setup is pretty basic: a desktop computer, now several years old, that is mostly used by me; a Windows Home Server for network storage, and an older HP netbook that is mostly used by my girlfriend. I used to have a newer HP notebook that I left connected to my television for playing videos from the server on that screen, but my mother's old computer died and I gave her that notebook.If I won this, it would allow me to replace my girlfriend's poor old netbook and let us to watch most of our movies on the TV again... something I'd otherwise not be able to afford to do for quite some time.
andrewdeases - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Imagine yourself, circa January of 2010...the Intel Core series of processors has just been unveiled and is the talk of the town - greatly surpassing Intel's previous endeavors by leaps and bounds. You are in the market for a laptop, but also happen to be a student with a limited budget (but also an avid fan of gaming) so what do you do? You go shopping for rock bottom prices whilst periodically browsing to those tabs that have the brand spanking new Core i7 laptops with discrete Radeon graphics glistening on their pages.Something on Slickdeals catches your eye - a brand new Dell Inspiron 1545 for only $349? What's the catch? So it has Windows 7...3GB RAM...160GB HDD...1366x768 15.6" screen powered by Intel integrated graphics...and an Intel T4400 CPU that's about as fast as a tortoise. And it's all wrapped up in an almost 2 inch thick, 7ish pound, glossy black plastic package that attracts fingerprints like no other surface can? Sounds like a steal right? So I place my order and let my dreams of a beautiful, powerful laptop that can do anything fall by the wayside in favor of feeding and clothing myself for a few months. Who needs sustenance anyways?
Well, three and a half years later and a new AC adapter, battery, and HDD later, it still works. Sometimes. When I don't turn it on to find a BIOS message of "No bootable device found" or a Windows power icon showing "Plugged in, not charging. 0%" or some other such nonsense. Not to mention several keys on the keyboard decide whether or not to work periodically, frustrating me to no end. It runs Netflix, and I can play Flash games fairly well, and I guess my homework doesn't have any issues - yet. I have had to forgo my PC gaming though, therefore succumbing to purely using my Xbox 360 for my main source of interactive entertainment.
A nice, aluminum body, touch screen ENVY Sleekbook would be a great replacement for my aging dinosaur of a laptop. Being able to run anything and everything, and with great speed would be such a change! It would also be my first foray into the realm of SSD storage of any sort, which would definitely make the experience that much more pleasurable with amazing boot times and insanely quick load times.
Beats Audio, a backlit keyboard, HDMI, HD webcam, USB 3.0, Bluetooth and a bevy of other features that I would find myself stricken with, due to my acclimation with yesterday's technology. I think each and every facet of this incredible Sleekbook, if provided to myself, would be subject to my scrutiny until I figure out how to use everything, without exception, to its fullest. Now back to my Inspiron 1545, wishing it to be a thing of the past. One can always dream, no?
Abbysion - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
I'm about to start my master degree on Design and Manufacturing Processes, and this Sleekbook would be a really useful tool for me while at it. I currently own an Asus G75 laptop, it's a big and heavy laptop and not really a piece of hardware I'd like to carry around that much while I study, it's not adequate for that purpose as this gaming laptop falls in the "desktop replacement" category of mobile computers. In fact, I have it up for auction at Ebay at the time of this writing, thinking about the future I'd rather have a nicely equipped desktop and a portable and lighter laptop; that would better fit my needs. Winning this laptop would save me the need to buy a mobile pc and allow me to better equip my future desktop pc.The only other gadget I own is a Nexus 4, which is not an appropriate tool for study...
SlyIke - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
Currently I've got an iMac (Fall, 2009) serving as my desktop, used for video and graphic editing, as well as media repository (I dropped a 3 TB drive in it last year). On the HTPC front I use an AMD A8 based mini-ITX setup. This is used for the obvious music and video duties, as well as some classic game emulation.Unfortunately I was laid off a couple of weeks back and had to return the 13" MacBook Pro that I had as a work computer. Now I'm looking off a replacement - a relative portable machine that can handle some photo work, yet provide a big enough display so that I don't have to have my nose 6" from the screen. I'm a fan of AMDs Fusion line as it gives sold video performance (something that was lacking in the 13" MacBook Pro) and still allows for good battery life - something that discrete graphics cards can't offer.
valin286 - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - link
My current computer runs an overclocked Phenom II X6 with 8 GB of ram, an MSI 7950, and a Corsair Force GT 120 GB SSD. This works well for gaming, streaming, and other casual activities. However, my wife finds my desktop clumsy to use and inconvenient. Also, she is pregnant and has a tough time moving around. A laptop would be great for her as she could use it to watch some Netflix, write, and do research about being pregnant.Thank you
Scabies - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
Homebuilt desktop (i5 2500k, HD 6950) for homework and most of my electronic leisure (gaming, browsing, derping). This pulls double duty as a media server for my PS3. Nexus 4 for phoney things and mp3s, Nexus 7 for textbooks, comics, movies/videos, and killing time between classes.Where a Touchsmart Sleekbook fits in is when I'm on campus and have enough time to do an assignment but don't want to find an open lab or muck about with "does this computer have the programs I need". I could also drop a few lighter weight games like WoW or some steamapps for when on feeling less productive or when I'm travelling.
Typical scenario, no doubt.
euskalzabe - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I currently own an Asus VivoTab RT, a Lumia 620 and a full-desktop with 8.1 preview. This lappie would be AWESOME because I thought I could live with windows RT but as it turns out, I do need to install more programs than just what's available in the windows store... Getting this laptop would certainly be helpful so I can install Acrobat Pro and Photoshop CS6 and finish my PhD dissertation faster!Rana87 - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
My computing device is an Xbox 360. I occasionally borrow a friend of the family's laptop when she needs problems solved on her laptop. When on occasion I use a laptop that has Windows 7 on it. I need to win the Sleekbook because my only computing device is an Xbox 360 with internet Explorer. As many know an Xbox 360 is mostly for playing games but I have been using it as a personal computer for year or so to enter contests, giveaways and freebies. It can be slow at times where as Sleekbook would help me out a lot faster. I would be greatly appreciative of winning a Sleekbook and would give a great review because I have been without for so long.aunomonopia - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
Hi, I have 3 desktops. 2 powered by amd phenom II X2 550 and one by an A6 apu. I also have an HP dv6-6135dx. My 2 sons use the x550 desktops.My 17 year old son uses the computer to watch youtube. He plays piano and youtube has helped him learn a few songs, he is also learning Spanish with roseta stone. My 13 year old son also watches youtube. He also skypes his friends and plays league of legends. My wife is using the A6 and she does e-mail, facebook. She also works on several projects for our home schooling group.I would love an A10 powered machine. I have been using AMD powered computers since the K6. If I win I would I would try real hard to give it to my wife. I love gaming and my 6135dx does quite well but an A10 with an ssd hard drive....... I have to be honest my wife is getting the 6135dx and I am taking the A10. This will improve my gaming and improve my wife's setup as well. Saunomonopia - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I hit post on accident. I was saying, I my wife would be the one to benefit from this. We just celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary, and this would be a great gift.ttownscott - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I have an HP Elitebook, but it has an early i5 processor and slower 5400 drive. I do a lot of data integration work using remote servers hosted in Amazon's web services. What I want out of a laptop is portability, connectivity and speed alowing me to start up and shut down quickly and create local design documents.Fidelator - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I currently own an Asus A53S, a Toshiba Satellite A660 13q, both running W7, I use the Tosh as an HTPC as it's CPU is more than enough to handle the decoding of 1080p 10bit MKV, on the tablet department I have a good old HP Touchpad dual booting webos and CM10.1, I rarely use it now because I have both an iPad 3 (jail broken 6.1.1) and a Nexus 10 (currently with Samsung for warranty repairs), the phones I own right now are a pair of Sony Xperia Us, an AT&T Galaxy S2 and my N4, not a single one of these running stock ROMs or kernels, basically, I'd love to have a new thing to try, I love trying out and comparing devices and technologies, the resolution is crap (just like on my 2 laptops) but I'd like to give AMD a try since I haven't considered buying an AMD product ever since Sandy Bridge and Kepler came out and I've yet to own a laptop with an SSD so I'd love to see the performance improvements that would bring.JoneD - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I currently run a Mac Pro at work (12 core) and a 2009 13" C2D MBP for personal use. Video editing and some specialized tasks and software are involved. I've been using Premiere CC lately, and wouldn't mind giving it a shot on a Windows AMD build. The Richland should shine over the C2D which I currently run (sans dedicated GPU), but the OS shift would probably be most notable. Used to run XP as my daily.akhyn - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I own a built-it-myself desktop with an Athlon II X4 645 a radeon, HD6950 and 8 GB of ram as my general use/gaming system, and a samsung galaxy note 2 phone with a USB keyboard attached.My desktop is in our common room with 4 kids and a wife and I do my studying on it with earplugs in, as well as all my writing except for the lightest tasks which my phone can handle. The screen is too small for extended viewing, and doing anything more involved than simple writing tasks is halfway between awkward and impossible.
The HP Sleekbook would handily replace the far from ideal setup and allow me some more peaceful studying in my bedroom, as well as replace my desktop for all but pure gaming. I'd love to be able to actually be productive without having to wait until everyone is in bed.
bug470s - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
So at the moment I use a desktop running an ol q8200 (still going strong) used for recording, school, coding, and light gaming. My laptop is a heavy thick dell studio 1537 and has the awesome battery/mobo problem so it must be plugged in to use.and I use that for my job. I work IT and having to restart and set up just to go to a different room is the bane of my existence and a win here would be a serious life win for me. Also have a HP touchpad running jb 4.2.2 (also, still going strong)ccntx7 - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I have a xps dell desktop and im using it for my business every day o goodness this would change from me having to stay in everyday haveing to cancel things cause i cant get away it would improve my speed of how fast i get my work done. It would make it easy to do my work out in the field to were i can not postpone work do to more work it would be 2 in one for me do work and still do work as im getting there o my what a dream it would be!piroroadkill - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
Terrible junk. Damn.Where are the 13" 1600x900 Richland laptops?
evongugg - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
My laptop is an AMD A4. It just doesn't cut it anymore.I build my own desktops, but sometimes a laptop is needed for mobility.
anoldnewb - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
Currently I have an AMD xp3800 desktop and a Mid 2007 MacBook laptop. Clearly I could use a new computer. With a Sleekbook, I could browse, computer and game with the best of them. I have been following AND's chip development with interest over the last few years and would l love to experience firsthand the improved performance. ThanksJoseph Luppens - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
Right now, all I have is a desktop machine I built based on ASRock mobo, INTEL i5 3570 CPU, 16GB RAM, Samsung 830 SSD for system drive, 250GB 7200RPM HD for data, ASUS Xonar Essence sound card and two GTX 480 Nvidia video cards for SLI. I do everything on this machine both productivity and entertainment wise, from checking e-mail, to converting 1080P home videos to DVD and playing some Resident Evil 6 (when I have time). I just opened up my own online business and decided I needed a mobile solution. Now before I laid down money for a laptop, my sister gave me a Kindle HD for my birthday and I said well, let me give this tablet thing a try... meh. I mean it's nice for reading books and doing other basic things, but *man* do I miss my DAS keyboard back home when I'm trying to type stuff! For me at least, I need a real keyboard and some decent processing power to get work done, and winning this would be downright awesome!As for other devices, I already mentioned the Kindle HD, my boss gave me his old Iphone 4 (selling that to help subsidize a new iPhone 5S) and last but not least is my (don't laugh) HP LaserJet 5 laser printer. Yeah I know... it's old as hell... but let me tell you, these old HP laser printers are built like tanks!
grimdorf - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I currently have a late 2010 iMac and I use an iPad for anything on the go. The iMac is great, but I have found that using an iPad in a work related capacity is fairly limited. I use both OSX and Windows 8 Pro through parallels. I would love to improve my ability to work on the road by using a small ultra book instead of an iPad.zank87 - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I currently have two outdated systems running a Q8200 and an AMD Athlon X2 5600 that are both being used for school work, streaming content to our Apple TV, and light gaming. With this laptop my wife and I would use it primarily for work and school; photo editing and word processing for her real estate work, and programming and paper writing for school for me.bobharp - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
My current desktop system (FX 8150) that I was going to use for daily compute and gaming is now an ESXI whitebox system running media services and a Minecraft server. I have android phones and a Kindle. I would use the Sleekbook for compute and training.noblehouse - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
AMD rocks! Though we need a new generation of high performance PC CPUs from AMD.tyanmasr - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I currently have a desktop, I am a returning student and having this will enable me to do my work while at school. I won't have to be running back and forth between school and home .I can use the schools internet/wi-fi and not be wasting the little gas I have.That is why I need to win this.Thomas11105 - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
My wife and I live in a one bedroom apartment in New York. Until recently, I had a desk set up in one corner of the apartment with a computer I had built back in 2009 using an AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition Deneb 3.0GHz processor which still runs great today. I use the computer for surfing the web and assisting with my job search as I am currently unemployed. My wife and I are both 46 years old and this year the good Lord has seen fit to bless us with not one but two children (our first)! As you can imagine, the arrival of the twins has been profoundly life altering. Because space is such a premium, we had to get rid of the desk and replace it with a changing table and my desktop is underneath and the monitor is at one end. This setup has been problematical as the babies keep pulling at the monitor and cables and have nearly toppled the monitor on several occasions; it is an accident just waiting to happen but we don't have any other place for the computer.With New York prices, the arrival of the twins and only one income at the moment, we cannot afford to buy a laptop. If I was fortunate enough to win one of the HP ENVY Sleekbooks, I would be able get rid of my desktop, freeing up the changing table and remedying a hazardous situation. I could keep the sleekbook on the bookshelf and when needed, I could use it at the kitchen table or in bed and put it back on the bookshelf when done. I would use the sleekbook to surf the web and continue my job search. I would also connect the sleekbook to my television to access content from Hulu, Amazon etc., to entertain and educate my twins. I would also be able to easily disconnect the sleekbook from my television when not in use, keeping it out of reach from the twins.
If I were to win, I would be happy to provide before and after pictures and make myself and my home available for any promotional photos or videos. Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Respectfully, Thomas11105
rembo666 - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I currently have a Lenovo W520, my wife has a ASUS Zenbook UX31A, and my daughter is using an old, dying, Macbook. I'd like to get a proper computer for my daughter, but I can't really justify the expense. A light-weight 15.6" laptop with a touchscreen would be perfect for her.wand3r3r - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
Please count me in. Currently I have a couple setups ranging from a weak but netbook for travels, to a desktop. I currently use an i3 and i5 paired with a 7950. I travel quite often and could use an amazing laptop with more power than a weak netbook which is only good for browsing the web. I think it would be the perfect combination to fit in my travels and daily life and be powerful enough to utilize for more tasks.Mettech - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
My main PC is a cyberpower built silent I5 gaming rig, witch is the first PC that i did not build myself in at least 12 years. It is also the first intell based PC i have owned. In that same room is also a PS3 and a synolgy disk-station for backup and movie/music streaming. My step son has my old gaming rig AMD based, a few years out but still kicking! In the garage is a dinosaur amd based laptop that is a tank, hoked to a power-line adapter to stream music and look up pdfs and youtube videos for fixing cars and motorcycles. I have never owned a laptop i can truly take someplace on its own battery power, let alone run a game! I would use this as my first portable, a HTPC for streaming and Steam big pitcher mode. And i would finally be able to play a game of CIV on the couch while enjoying a Movie with my girl. Lastly i can put that new cromecast dongle to work more often. Thanks for the shot at this prize.swkerr - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I have 10 Desktop PCs in my house and all but 1 are AMD cpus.I have 4 Gaming Video cards and 3 out of 4 of them are AMD. (7870 is the best card I have)
I have 2 laptops 1 is for work and the other is personal. The Work laptop is supplied by my employer and is heavy slow and loud. The personal one is really the cheapest thing I could get for the kid to be able to do school work on.
I would love to have a decent Laptop where I could actually play games on Steam or hurt my shoulder while walking thru the airport.
Winning would make my day!!!
jeroddunn - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I currently have an older HP ENVY 14 that the wife has started using very frequently for her writing. My job is requiring more and more travel and I find myself in hotels frequently with not much to do. I've been watching the sleekbooks for a bit now as a way to kill some time when I'm on the road. This laptop seems like a great compromise between size and performance, would love to stuff it in my bag next time I'm heading to the airport.momentum - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I'm looking for a powerful Windows 8 machine with touch screen. I hope that a touch experience with Windows 8 is better then a mouse experience. Make me a believer !!batwact - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I need this for my wife, whose pinterest and coupon apps are slowing down my gaming desktop!kashammi - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
My current setup is a Dell Latitude D430 running Windows XP and a Dell Precision workstation running Ubuntu where I do development work. I mainly use the D430 when I'm mobile but the small screen makes it difficult to view content over remote sessions to the Ubuntu workstation. I also use a Nook HD+ which has a great high resolution screen but sadly no good software I can find for running xsessions to Ubuntu so it's primarily for reading documents, surfing the web and the occasional video streaming.With the ENVY Sleekbook, I'd set up a dual-boot with Windows and Ubuntu. With what seems like a powerful processor and decent graphics setup, I'd be able to do development work under either OS and, if I need to remote in to my workstation, either Windows or Ubuntu would serve just as well.
And when I'm not working, I could also use it for couch surfing and streaming video.
erickchung - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
Current setup:I have 2 active desktops, a gaming box and a older computer as my web server.
Both them use Intel.
The gaming box is a i5 Ivy Bridge running with SLI GTX670s with Windows.
The web server is an old Core 2 Duo running headless with Linux.
I have 3 Raspberry Pis serving various functions around the house.
I have 4 laptops, 2 provided by work, and one personal one.
The personal one is an old 2008 MacBook Pro that I have outfitted with a DIY Fusion Drive. I do most of my photos and blogging on it.
I also have 2 Chromebooks, the CR-48 and the Artic White that succeeded it. They are laying around the house and used for surfing and writing.
In terms of tablets, I recently passed down my old iPad 3 w/ LTE and got a Nexus 7 (2013) w/ LTE.
In terms of phones, I have an iPhone 5 (Work) and a Nexus 4 (Personal).
As I travel a lot for work, I usually don't lug the MacBook around because the work laptop is heavy enough. If I got the Sleekbook, I think I would ground my work laptops at home and remote into them with the Sleekbook. Also, it would give me the opportunity to do some light gaming at on the road during the down times.
cbgb - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
The only laptop I have is from work, if I get fired I'll be laptop-less :(blahoink01 - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I currently have 2013 27" iMac. My wife and two kids currently fight me for daily use. Girl scouts planning, my wife's homework, my kids play pbskids.org...I just want a machine for my own daily activities and to supplement my work computer as well which is an ancient T60.pws328 - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
My current setup has a big gap in the middle that I think the sleekbook would fill perfectly. On the high end I've got a home built gaming desktop that lives in my office which is great for gaming/photo editing/media encoding. On the low end I've got an ipad 2, which my wife uses for web browsing and magazine reading. It would be great to have a laptop in the middle which we could leave in the living room for tasks that don't need the huge power of the gaming PC but are better suited for a real computer than the iPad (ex. ordering pictures online, writing longer emails, document editing, etc). The portability would be really nice as well. I love what AMD is doing with their APU's, and I would love to try out a Richland powered notebook.mdc_tjc - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I currently have 3 computers: 1) A desktop with an I7-2600K running on a P8Z68 motherboard with 16 gb of memory and a GTX 560 video adapter; 2) an HP 625 laptop (Athalon II powerred) and 3) a Nexus 7 tablet. My laptop boots and runs pretty slow and is in need of an upgrade.onionjuice - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
pick me!GotThumbs - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I'm actually entering for my niece. She's a Junior in HighSchool and is focuing on which colleges she'll be applying to. She has an early HP Laptop thats running an AMD Turon II CPU with 2 gigs of ram. The system is running slow and I've already re-loaded the OS in an attempt to clean things up. She's definitely needs a hardware upgrade for college and this system would be a great upgrade for her.If I were fortunate enough to be one of the lucky winners, it would go to her as a gift for college.
Thank You,
BFH - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I've been a PC enthusiast for over 10 years now and have spent many many hours reading the excellent content covered by Anandtech. Built my first desk top with an Athlon 64 3200 inside it and have been building mostly AMD rigs ever since.I recently moved to North Carolina, and am living with my girlfriend. Between us we have a fairly modest collection of computing devices- She's all Apple, (iPhone 4, iPad 2) but personally I only own a Razr M and a custom built desktop (A10-5700, on a Mini-ITX board.) It functions as my main computer, and our HTPC. I have a small 4tb NAS that streams to the desktop. This set up works alright, but it can be frustrating.
For instance, if we want to watch a movie or something, but I would like to respond to a few Emails, write, browse the web, or play a game (this one especially), it's not possible. She gets to sit on the couch and play on her iPad while the news is on, but I have nothing fun to play on! Not only that, but we have a 2 floor home... Can't very well take the desktop upstairs every night if I want to steam something upstairs... we're stuck dealing with the headaches of streaming MKVs onto a tiny iPad screen. The 15.6" Sleekbook would solve that issue as well!
Lastly, I work in computing sales. I hear a lot of complaints and concerns from customers over HPs build quality. I would love to be able to put that to the test first hand.
nemt - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
My current desktop is an Intel 850E based system complete with an internal Zip drive. I'm constantly on the lookout for a good deal on more PC-1066 RDRAM or a replacement AGP video card (I built it with a Radeon 9700 Pro, but now I'm using a somewhat buggy HD 4650 rigged to work with AGP).More often I'm using my Acer Aspire Timeline 1810T notebook, though, which I purchased in 2009 in lieu of a netbook. I love that little machine, but it's beginning to show its age. I work in IT and need to ferry a system back and forth regularly between my home, office and clients' buildings. A new ultraportable would make both my personal and business related computing a lot more pleasant.
Incidentally I'm a huge Sid Meier fan - I've also owned Civilization V since launch and have yet to be able to play it. That may be the first thing I do with a new notebook!
King1st - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I like wining free stuff. This is definitely a good replacement for my T400.bakonator - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
Hp laptop with a4 apu. Desktop with Phenom 960T, 8gb ram, 256 samsung 840. Galaxy Tab 2 10.1. The Desktop is for gaming mostly, as well as the laptop........but my son spilled soda on the laptop and now it constantly throttles.... so no League of Legends for me when I'm out of town. =/Ryard - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
Currently own a desktop, smartphone and a work laptop. Would love of have a laptop that I could use without fear of taking company data with me to public places etc.kidconcept - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I'm a freelance web designer. I do code and visual design mostly from cafes as I travel a lot. I'm currently lugging around a Sager NP9130 / Clevo P151EM1. While the machine is technically capable for my needs, it really breaks the back. I'd use the Sleekbook to cut back on my chiropractic bill.Mydnight - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
My current setup is a custom rig that's starting to get out of date along with an Acer Aspire AS5520-5281 that's over 5-years old. I can't really do much mobile computing, and haven't had the funds to upgrade. I'm starting to find more areas of my life where mobile computing would be a good thing, from browsing to gaming to work activities. An updated mobile platform would be a great way for me to explore a lot of new options, and be the perfect opportunity to give feedback!daedbird - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I wouldn't mind testing this guy out.....tjacoby2006 - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
Celeron HTPC that I extend my cable to 360s (using an HDHomerun Prime), as well as my full digital collection hosted on a RAID-5 array. Also hosts some websites and my TFS server.Phenom x6 1055t desktop (5870s XFire) used for gaming and media conversion. definitely the workhorse.
i5 Acer notebook, used for casual browsing from the couch, maybe some light programming.
a galaxy tab 7 plus (built-in remote), used for pretty much nothing because its a stupid tablet.
the sleekbook would be a better rounded machine than my current notebook, allowing for some light gaming and be more portable around the house and when I venture out of town (which I do). The Acer is nice, but one dimensional.
qbert1111 - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I currently have a home-built desktop PC which is ~2 years old which I use to game on. In addition to this I have a Nexus 10 tablet which I use on the couch. I'd like to have a laptop with a slim profile and good battery life so I can remote into my Raspberry Pi and do some Python programming while sitting next to my wife as she watches Property Brothers.sashil - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I have a two and a half year old HP Pavilion DV6 running a core i3 350M running at 2.27 GHz with 4GB DDR3 SDRAM. It features intel "HD" graphics with a little under 2000MB of memory. It is running 64 bit windows 7 home prem edition. It sports a 6 cell Li Ion battery that doesn't last 2 hours. I never came close to the claimed 5.5 hrs.I use it for work and home. The few times I used it for gaming it ended in miserable failure. I recently got chromecast and the app tells me to improve my computer performance because it can tell my cast does not look pretty on the TV. It is right, it does not look good.
A sleekbook would enable me to do my work more efficiently, be better entertained, enable me to be more portable, and maybe be the ENVY of a few instead of being the subject of a few chuckles.
Therefore I would like a new machine out of pity. This thing isn't the oldest or slowest but it sure is pathetic. FWIW, I got this crappy machine after someone broke into my apt and stole my previous crappy machine. Just pity me.
dougwesson - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I currently own a custom built gaming machine in a cooler master case that I play games on, but it's not too portable. I have the original ASUS transformer (tf101) that i use sometimes , but it can't handle some of the websites and work I need it to do. The laptop I have is far from stellar. It has a core 2 duo, 4GB RAM, and a 320GB HD. Not bad ,but quickly getting old. It has quirks like fallling asleep and refusing to wake up or taking forever to do so. I recently noticed that it has a dead cooling fan as well. Moving the laptop at the right angle provides a nice clanging sound similar to something you would hear in crouching tiger hidden dragon. The bottom gets extremely hot and smells like burnt plastic. Usually I try to use it quickly and then turn it off so it can cool down. Having a new laptop would be great as I would not have to wait on it, (SSD FTW), put up with noises sounding like something choreographed by Yuen Woo-ping, and I could leave it running and ready for me without worrying about it possibly melting through the table and leaving a smelting hole reminiscent of an ALIEN presence.saisandeep - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
Looking to replace my fathers old thinkpad laptop which has the original core processor. This will perfectly suit his needs for email, light browsing and skypelametroller - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I would love to win this laptop being in IT and having a love of playing games. My sad desktop is a 2.6 quad core that is 6 years old, one of AMD's first series quads and fastest my main board can take with a AMD 4780 GPU which as we all know cannot play any new games. Second laptop is a Lenovo netbook which I take around for work for testing and configuring networks. It is horribly slow and ill suited in my opinion for anything but a grandma browsing email on dialup. Having this new Sleekbook would allow me to play games at work. :) No, but seriously, I would be more far productive at work and enjoy my favorite past time much better at home. And I can give my Mother-In-Law the netbook and make her happy.sandeepdeshpande - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I have 2 desktops 1 for connecting to work via vpn and 1 general purpose. Both are about 5 years old. If I win this AMD laptop, it would be useful mainly for kids (middle school age) to do their school work and homework. It look thin, portable and powerful to handle daily tasks.squads77 - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I have a 4 year old Phenom 9500 based desktop that I use as a media center and for light gaming. I also have an acer netbook that I bring back and forth to classes to take notes. I'd love this Sleekbook. It would be great for video/media. AMD lifer.tomscrake - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I am currently a student going to school for computer science. I own a custom built desktop with an fx8350 overclocked to 4.5 and a 7870. I also own a very old very used core2duo laptop with a partially broken screen. I have been looking for a new laptop for some time. Being in computer science tends to the fact that I need a computer, and while I love my desktop I often need a laptop for when I have to be mobile. I only have a bike so I need something that isn't that bulky or heavy. This laptop would be more than powerful enough for my needs because anything really heavy weight I can just ssh into my desktop to run. Overall I would say that this laptop is a good fit for my needs.vrk - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
WowDPOverLord - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I have been in need for a laptop for years. I have 4 year old XPS laptop that barely functions anymore. I have spent the last 2 months waiting to find one, from the Surface Pro, to Yoga, then started reading about the AMD laptops. This would be perfect for my work as I am in desperate need of a good work laptop to use when I am away from home. One I could travel, put up in a coffee shop, and of course does not look as outdated / functions better than my current.System wise at home I am using an I7-930 O/C to 4.4 GHZ with 6gb of ram, SLI setup. I don't own any other devices except my crackberry and I would utilize this laptop everyday when I am traveling at work as it's the perfect hybrid to allow me to be on the go. I have always wanted to go back to AMD as I was a die-hard fan from there 3dnow instruction set to their GPU's Yes 290!
knights - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I am a journalist/photographer who feels tethered to a desk with my 4 year old 16'' Sony Vaio FW-390 laptop. I desperately need a computer than I can take around to meetings and locatons without breaking my back but still have enough oomph to edit photos and the occasional short video.This would allow me into invest in a real desktop for home instead of trying to find a perfect do-everything machine for home and travel. The built-in SD card reader on the Sleekbook makes it a great mobile editing platform, and the relatively low power consumption means I would be able to forgo carrying a power brick for times when luggage space is really tight.
woofersus - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I have three computer systems. (not counting my Android smartphone) First, a server built by me about 4 years ago for self-hosting my company website, as well as backing up my other systems and "serving" (har!) as primary storage for all of my files. It uses an AMD Athlon X2 5050e processor, Antec Neo HE psu, 2GB of OCZ DDR2-800 memory, a Western Digital 640GB Black series drive loaded with Windows Home Server, and 4x 1TB Samsung F1 drives. No audio, video, optical, floppy, etc. I only access it with RDP. It's plenty powerful enough for my purposes and really sips the AC. (and QUIET!)Second is a (now) Windows 7 Desktop PC, also built by me about 5 years ago but upgraded a few times since. It's an Intel Xeon E3110 (E8400) on an Asus P5K-E motherboard with 8GB of Corsair DDR2-800 memory, an AMD HD7770 video card, Seasonic G-series psu, Kingston HyperX SSD, and an Asus BD-RW drive. A Scythe Ninja, Nexus 120mm case fan, Accelero Mono Plus, and Antec P150 case make it silent. The cpu is getting a little long in the tooth, but it still does the job pretty darn well as I'm not a gamer.
Third, is my nearly 5 year old Lenovo T400, also upgraded to Windows 7 Pro. It's got an Intel P8600, 8GB of DDR2-800 memory, Intel wifi, (802.11n) Samsung 830 SSD, and AMD HD 3470 discrete graphics.
Why do I need a Sleekbook? The T400 laptop is in need of replacement. It's been physically beat up by it's travel-heavy lifestyle. It's a little slow for the heavy multitasking I subject it to, and although I've replaced the cooler inside once already it's bearings are failing again and the discrete gpu gets intolerably hot when enabled.
My use is a mix of media consumption and mobile productivity. I favor small and thin over large and powerful in a laptop, and I don't view my mobile computing devices as replacements for my desktop. I don't own a tablet and don't want to buy a separate device just for media consumption. I need any mobile computer to have a physical keyboard so I can get real work done, so a touchscreen ultrabook offers me the best compromise between the two. I don't do much gaming, but I do use gpu accelerated apps like Adobe Creative Suite, and the AMD A10 cpu looks to offer the right balance of power efficiency and graphics power for what I need to do. The Sleekbook looks like a great fit for both what I need and what I want.
nbatothemax - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I have a Windows 8 desktop that I use for my high school work, but when I am visiting colleges this year and I am about to go to college I will need a thin, light, and powerful laptop that can handle moderate use for most of the day and having this sleekbook would benefit me greatly when I am on the go.Hob - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
Currently have a 2011 MacBook Pro, 2005 Dell Laptop running Linux, and another broken 2006ish laptop that my wife and I share. Winning this laptop would allow me and wife to use a computer at the same time. It would be enjoyable to use a computer at the same time as my wife and possibly introduce her to some light gaming that could be fun for us to play together. Also I am currently enrolled a yearlong class that requires me to write a fair bit and take the computer for a full day twice a month leaving my wife at home with no computer. Between student loans, life, and my wife being a stay at home there is no way for us to consider buying another computer anytime soon so it would a large blessing to win one.lookingforward - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
Have an HP dv6700 SE laptop that just died. System LEDs flash upon boot and then it immediately powers back down. Not sure what type of hardware failure I am dealing with, but it is not looking good. I am now relying on my desktop, but I could really use another portable solution.Mathman - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I would love a Sleekbook.SanX - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I will write, be suresandcole - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I have a HP Pavilion g7 that was a family Christmas gift 2 years ago. I have a family of 4 and its our only computer. I use it to skype with my sister who lives in Maryland also with my brother who is away in college. I use it to watch videos and for educational use for my 2 yr old daughter. My son uses it for school,socially and for music-- he is a senior in high school. My love uses it for work doing research and making reports.. I must say we work the heck out of our not so little computer.Splotto - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I have a gaming desktop and an ancient laptop for non-tethered work around the house and on the go. I really need a new laptop. Have been torn between a new tablet and a new laptop and this would make the decision for me.Mythbinder - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
My family currently uses 4 PC's, 1 PS3, 1 XBox. 2 Desktops and 2 Laptops, I built both desktops, one is an aged Athlon64 3400+ on an Asus MB, which is used mainly by the kids, The 2nd desktop is a Core 2 Duo e8400 on a Gigabyte MB and a HD6850, of which is my main system used for gaming and watching TV shows mostly. My eldest daughter has an Lenovo laptop she earned for good grades, and my wife has a Dell laptop she uses for work.The Sleekbook if it came to my home would most likely split its time between my 3 boys, reducing fighting for time on the desktop.
NMR Guy - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I've got Excel spreadsheets, NMR data processing, light gaming, and photo editing - all going on at the same time. With that kind of stuff, I can always use a more well rounded notebook! Work gives a a three year old brick with old Intel integrated graphics.hiro_protagonist - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
have a Nexus 7 (2012 version) tablet and a crappy HP netbook. I need a better laptop for school and games.Shinde - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
My personal setup hasn’t changed from last time. For light browsing and media consumption I use a Nexus 7, paired with a Chromecast when watching stuff on a bigger screen is desirable. For anything else, however, I use a self-built desktop PC. Originally built for gaming, it is also my main productivity tool while not in the office.In my estimation, tablets and other portable computing devices are too limited for productivity. I work best with full-size physical keyboards and robust office suites (Microsoft Office and LibreOffice).
On the other hand, portability is very nice to have. I don’t like being chained to an office chair for work, and being able to work from more than a single physical location would be great.
An HP ENVY would allow the best of both worlds. The simple fact that this includes a numeric keypad already makes it better than the V5’s featured last promotion.
TheJian - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
Where's the Nvidia center portal? More Anandtech AMD Bias/LOVE?I will be coming here less for my vid card articles I guess. Since 660TI article last year (sept) this site has went completely AMD, and now is actually outing that fact front and center. WOW.
Your alexa traffic has been off by 1/2 or so since the 660TI article (you can look it up at alexa). BIAS like this won't help those numbers. The trend will continue downward I suspect.
Promoting a giveaway isn't really a problem (everyone gives crap away, that's great). It's the promotion of AMD with a specific portal for them only that is the issue. I have a real issue with a website pushing a vendor in a whole section of a supposedly NEUTRAL website. My comment is regarding the portal, not the contest, which I'm not entering :) I own 3 laptops (a pc and a server too) and don't think this would change my life ;) Good luck to those who entered.
Lowder321 - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I have a dell desktop with Windows XP. I have a Dell laptop that is heavy and hard to use and it's pretty slow. I could something a little faster.we3des - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I'm currently running an old presario 915us with an athlonxp. Nice laptop, linux keeps it going well past its prime, but it's starting to feel a little slow with some applications. I mainly browse the web, email, code, do a little light 3D work, and ocasionally some virtualization. The radeon r100 graphics are starting to feel their age, and I could you use a bit more cpu and memory for some of the newer IDE's. And an OpenCL capable graphics processor would be nice.I also have an 8-core AMD desktop with a radeon 5570 graphics card, which is why I can get by with such an old laptop. If the job is too big, just send it to the desktop.
zaccip - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I could really use this computer for school work and also for general internet browsing. I'm sending this comment from a super slow and old intel atom desktop. It has a low res monitor and it is a real pain to use because if I want to work anywhere other than my main computer room I need to unplug all the cables, drag everything where it needs to be and then sit next to the wall so I can use the power and Ethernet. I would really appreciate thistoeknee323 - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
Currently we have 4 people living here. We have one 6 year-old HP laptop with a Pentium processor that we use mainly for basic tasks like word processing and web surfing. It's slow and even though the fan spins and makes a lot of noise it gets very warm, even doing these basic tasks. Video stutters and games are out of the question. We also have a newer (5 year-old) HP laptop with a dual core Core2 processor which has similar limitations although it does get as hot or noisy and video stutters much less. The original screen is busted so we have an external monitor hooked up, but this makes bringing it anywhere impossible or at least undesirable. We also have a 1 year-old HP laptop with a quad core AMD A8 processor. It runs much more smoothly and my sons use it for gaming. It's 17" screen and weight make toting it around a chore. My older son has been experimenting on all three computers writing and compiling programs.We also have two iPhone's, which serve their purpose when the laptops are occupied or we are traveling.
The HP Envy Sleekbook would help us by providing a computer that is powerful enough to handle anything we throw at it - compiling, gaming, video, photo editing, etc;... - and still light enough to take anywhere we go. The touch screen would make navigating Windows much easier and intuitive. The backlit keyboard sure would help me in times like this when I'm typing in the dark. I'm quite sure I'd still have to do some sharing, but having another computer around would cut down on that as well.
I'm excited about this new AMD 25w APU. It should not only do everything we want it to do, but it should keep cool and quiet while doing it. It also makes this smaller, thinner design more possible.
I'd love to give this new computer a try and incorporate it into my daily use. Why, I might even be able to break away from my usual activities and play a few more games with the kids!
ilikepotatoes - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I'm currently typing this comment of an archaic HP laptop (it's actually only 4 or 5 years old) that is running on a dual-core Intel Pentium... Really in a need of a new laptop as this thing is probably going to break any day. The screen is broken and will display colored lines once in a while and the fan turns on when I watch YouTube -_-. Also need to bring this thing to college everyday and it weighs like 10+ pounds, so to halve that weight would do wonders for me. Seriously hope I can win one of these laptops because I can't buy a new one because I need to pay for tuition.Squeezles - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I currently have an oldish Intel desktop that I do some light gaming and work on. I own an old Acer laptop with a bad battery, so it is relegated to couch duty now because it has to stay plugged in. I recently got a job teaching so I could definitely use an upgrade in portability as right now I have to make do with only my smartphone on the go. Very excited to see the SSDs as well!Lunyone - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
This would be a great laptop for 1 of my 2 kids in college!fun_young_Man - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
This entry is in english, also the 'five' key on my current laptop is broken and I'd really like a new one.sun123 - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
hi, nice to see everybody.compunut - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I would love to try this laptop out!Duwelon - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I currently own a Desktop, Desktop replacement laptop (Sager) and a Nexus 7 tablet. My desktop is my HTPC and I use my laptop mostly for work/games. Most of my email is done on my Galaxy S3. My tablet is used 99% for Kindle and not much else. Adding a sleekbook would add much needed portability where I can go to a coffee shop or elsewhere with it without dragging a giant laptop with only a 2-3 hour battery life as I have today.MichaelCG - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I have a late 2008 Unibody Macbook and a first-gen Nexus 7. I'm learning to program on the Macbook with Udacity. Creating content with desktop quality web apps and games are my main interests.The convergence of touch interfaces on desktop and mobile is exciting and I wonder how touch can help make creating simpler and more accessible to users. I would use my Sleekbook to explore touch by making my own apps or games and hopefully contributing to open platforms and game engines to encourage more touchy computing.
gmiller1357 - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
I currently have a desktop at home that is a few years old. Presently a college student, having a laptop would make a huge difference in my daily life. Now I do research in the library, then go to a computer lab or home and put the project together on my pc. It's pretty easy to do with moving files around, but being able to do my work on a machine that I could take anywhere and just pick up where I left off without needing to update the file I'm working on would save time and headaches. Please consider me, thanks!Lifedelinquent - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
This will be my first Laptop. Been using my phone for all my mobile things for around the house. Would be nice to have something larger.rudder - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - link
This laptop would be perfect for my wife. She is a 4th grade teacher in a title 1 school in Tennessee. Title 1 means that over half the kids are on free or reduced lunch. The district is hard pressed for money for technology in the classroom. She lost her Promethean smartboard. She used this in nearly every lesson. These systems run several thousand dollars and we have been looking for an affordable solution to replace that. A touchscreen enabled laptop would work great. She could project the screen for the students and like with the smartboard the students can easily manipulate the screen for class excercises. The HP envy has a good balance between power, size, and battery life.Beyond the classroom another laptop is needed for her to work on at home. She never has time at school to enter grades, make tests, or create newsletters for the class. Being able to do this comfortably from the couch would be great.
Our house has a main PC based on an Intel sandy bridge cpu. This PC is isolated in a small room. We have a Presario F700 and a Presario V6000. Both of these have served us well, but the hardware finally gave out. Our Toshiba C655D met an early end in an accident and no longer works either. All of these machines were based on AMD cpus and offered great values.
We do have an Ipad in the house but it is difficult for her to enter grades or make tests on that.
Having an HP Envy would be perfect and provide some relief for a hard working teacher.
riverajl - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
The year was 2011. It was March. I just finished my bachelors degree, and graduated from using the so-so computers offered by the university. Being an AMD fan ever since Athlon 64 circa 2005, I was looking for a laptop I could use on the go, mainly for web browsing, office productivity, and light gaming in the field as I was a salesman. I have bought an HP 2000 equipped with a Llano E-350, 4GB DDR3, and all the accessories I would need as I started to weave my way through the so-called “Real World.” Compared to now, however, my trusted lappy-top cannot handle the workload I do. In addition to the work load I mentioned before, I am now getting into free lancing, which means me using Photoshop and Premiere Elements, not to mention I’m also building a website. My laptop CANNOT do those. Then again, yes it could, albeit very slowly. Now, I was honestly leaning into buying the updated MacBook Pro coming out in the few weeks, but the AMD giveaway was just too juicy and tasty and impressive to pass up. Impressive? Si. Look at the numbers I gathered below comparing my E-350 with the latest Richland (all from Anandtech hihi)X264 Video Encoding (Pass 1)
E-350 = 13.7
Richland = 21.23 (55% Faster)
X264 Video Encoding (Pass 2)
E-350 = 3.16
Richland = 5.17 (64% faster)
I can’t really compare PCMark, 3DMark Numbers, and gaming numbers since the software used back then and now is different, it is easy to see the performance advantage *when* I get my hands on Richland. Magic word is AMD 8610G. Back then, there was no Diablo 3 and DoTA 2. All I did was play Diablo 2 and DoTA, but seeing as they are released now, it might be a good idea to upgrade to better games.
Of course, not to mention the better hardware included in the laptop, USB 3.0, HDMI (my laptop got only VGA hahaha, talk about old skool), touchscreen, Windows 8, slimmer profile (cmon, 0.9 inches?), and just a plain more beautiful laptop to behold and use.
All in all, I see winning this laptop as a way of me upgrading to better hardware which would enable me to do the work I will be doing from now on, very different from what I was doing after graduating. I sure would love to try out and compare my old laptop with the new one, but for now that is best left to my imagination until I see my name as the winner on September 30. :)
vamshiram - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
I currently own a Sandy i5 based Sony Viao laptop, am a gamer at heart and miss those days when I was proud of my Athlon XP PC, want to relive those days as a happy gamer.cyjunk - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
Hi, would love to have this laptop to replace my 4 year old HP Windows Vista desktop. Currently being used as a media center. This laptop would be more powerful and much more power efficient.Thanks AMD and Anandtech!
kazis111 - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
I currently use an hp envy 17 with i7-2670qm, samsung 830 ssd and 16gb ram.I use it for editing my youtube videos, calligraphy and making my own desktop backgrounds with fractal flames. At over 8lbs and with 11 peripherals hooked up, its not fun to move around. The envy sleekbook would not only complement my current system, but also remove the need to carry the giant with me. It would also be really cool to try out calligraphy on a touch screen. the 25 watt apu would be amazing too since my 45 watt cpu runs 60 C and over just with web browsing. it would be interesting to see the improvements on the samsung 840 ssd as well. I have a ipad mini which i haven't used in over a month since it is so underpowered. i don't even know where i put it. my phone is a gs2...almost two years and still going. I might put a 4g lte mpcie card in the laptop for convenience. I don't need it....but i could definitely use it.ehume - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
I have an old Dell Studio 1537 running a dual core Core Duo. It is heavy, and will only run two hours or so. I gave it a new lease on life by swapping out the 250GB 5900 RPM HD and replacing it with a 120GB SSD. I take it to conferences and stuff. It keeps me connected while I'm away.My wife got a Macbook Air, but I can't justify that for me.
I've been looking for an inexpensive yet fast laptop with an HD I could pull out and swap for a good-performing large SSD. I will get the lappy between now and February, when I'll really need the battery life.
(BTW Anand, a buyers guide would be interesting -- especially if we got tips on when laptop prices would be lowest.)
I have four desktops at home, three of which I built and OC'd. They serve the family on our homenet.
Cyric_Mage - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
Well, I have a Pentium 4/Windows 2000 desktop I built years ago and still use to play Neverwswinter Nights/Baldur's Gate/Icewind Dale games with my dad but for current gaming, it's an Asus G50v laptop from 2008 that struggles to run Dragon Age: Origins, much less Vista. So while a new laptop would not make me more productive, per se, I could do a lot more gaming :)sunbeamtoaster - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
As a full-time student, part-time tutor, and freelance editor, I spend a lot of time in front of computers. Right now, I'm using a home built Core i3 system, which works reasonably well for my needs, which is mostly productivity applications and some light gaming such as Borderlands 2.However, I find myself wishing for a bit more mobility lately. I had to dispose of my trusty but very old Thinkpad T60 earlier this year, and I'm really starting to miss being able to take my work with me wherever I go. Winning a Sleekbook would unchain me from my desk.
SrRaven - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
So...lets do this :)I'm a CS Student starting in October and can't afford a laptop.
Why would I want this laptop ? So I can properly study :(
terrellar - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
I currently own an old HP Pavilion Slimline that I purchased back in 2008. To be honest, I think it was a year old by the time I bought it. I just needed any computer and thankfully this one came with a monitor and a nice sized HD (300 GB). It's fitted with a dual-core AMD Sempron LE-1220 processor operating at 2000 MHz. It's bursting with 3 GB of DDR2 RAM and is supercharged with an NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 IGP that supports DirectX all the way up to version 9.0c. It's a pretty serviceable kit.The problem is that it barely scratches the bare minimum of what I need for my activities. I do art and graphic design as a hobby and recently have taken a shining to film. The former works well enough without issue. The latter is virtually impossible. I tried editing a 5 minute video recorded at 1080i and could never get the sound and video to sync up on Adobe Premiere. I was forced to use a much less capable piece of software.
On top of that, being able to have all of my work with me wherever I am in case I get any ideas away from home would be a huge addition to my productivity.
Doris Torres - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
About time a notebook that doesn't weigh and take up a lot of room!!sandeepchdy - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
meProfessorVEvans - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
As the Director of an Honors College in a small, private HBCU (Historically Black College & University), I am charged with not only challenging and fostering innovation in my students but my faculty as well. A TouchSmart Sleekbook would provide not only the power necessary to record and crunch my assessment data but also to do the cool things like video capture and editing for flipping classrooms. Currently we have an older Dell OptiPlex desktop- 4 GB RAM, Intel core Duo E8400 and two Dell Latitude laptops for classroom use. None of these have the power or flexibility to do the innovative things we want to do in the Honors College.Grinson - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
Ooh-la-laamtrakjoerie824 - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
HP ONLY IS THERE ANY THING ELSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!p_b_2003 - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
I have a bulky old Acer laptop that is on the verge of dying from overheating, a slim Acer with an i3 and very little ram and no touchscreen, and a decent desktop at home. As a student, I really like using the slimmer Acer but I still need something more powerful to get my work done, or game on, when I am not home or stuck sitting at my desk.Thralk - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
As a student who is just starting college, day 5 down baby! My current laptop for school is in dire need of an upgrade. It is a Dell 1535 that was given to me by a friend who had all but destroyed it. New mobo, keyboard, and HDD. Bezel is no more, and screen anchors were shot, so its held together by screws and nuts, but it still works. Having a new laptop would help me get my degree in Computer Information Systems a little easier.Chermarsh - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
I use a tablet and it doesn't offer much diversity an can't do much due to its limitation . I am tired of it new something new with features to do my projects .jlind - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
I have a Lenovo Ideapad I5, a HP I7, and an Asus transformer Tablet. This would better my setup because it is more efficient, and I am looking to start my own business, so I can use this as opposed to one of the older models.Wells21 - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
I want it. i need a new laptop!MrPerlishells - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
Hmm. Hoping.Del Rio - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
I currently use a Dell Inspiron 1501 with a AMD Turion 64 x2 Mobile. It is about 7 years old, the battery only lasts for about 15 minutes and not running like it was on day 1. A new AMD with an updated OS would really be awesome for me!Kelly_087 - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
I'm a student with a very underpowered, bulky acer laptop that most smartphones can outperform as my only computer, something like this giveaway would make my life easier.tppklp - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
I have a satellite by toshiba. dual core processors with AMD vision.sbaker26 - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
I have a 6 year old HP dv6915 laptop. Its big, clunky and the battery doesn't hold a charge anymore. Oh my gosh I need a new computer so badly. I really want to get into programming and web development, but my current setup is no good. I also have a few games I've purchased in hopes I will one day get to play them on a computer that can handle it.Ltay - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
I have a decent PC at home, but it's shared among the members of the household, so I never really get the time to use it outside of really inconvenient times. All I really want is something that'll let me code and do schoolwork outside of the home, maybe run a few light games to kill time.kuraiohitsuji - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
I'm running a desktop with an AMD 9950 and an ASUS laptop that has an Intel Core2Duo. Currently this setup more or less works for me. I do some light gaming on my desktop which thanks to the crossfire setup of my graphics cards is still able to handle fairly well. I use my ASUS to take notes at school, I'm a 1L law student, It does the job but it very clearly lags and just in general runs slow. I'll admit it does the job though; for notes at least. Suffice to say a new laptop, at this point any new laptop, would work wonders for me as a fair chunk of the market is currently more powerful than anything I own. I'd use it mainly for notes and writing but I'd also use it for media, like watching streaming content from netflix, and probably some light gaming from time to time.chelo67 - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
This HP Sleekbook will be a great gift for son who soon will be graduating form High School and going to College.Bigm2793 - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
Currently using a Lenovo Ideapad N586 that I share with 3 other people in the household. It is equipped with a dual core A6 4400m Trinity APU which unfortunately cannot run to many games. Sharing a computer with other people is extremely hard when I rely on it for everything shopping to socializing due to having mental illnesses that prevent me from functioning in a real world environment. Winning my own computer would greatly increase my quality of life because it would allow me to have access to the internet which is essentially my lifeline to the world whenever I wanted.TheWizardofODd - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
Woot Woot! would love one of these, be nice to be able to get away from my desktop and still be productive.jmhalt - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
Hey! I'd like to win, my wife could really use this.shabss - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
I have a Lenovo W520 from work and my wife has an HP dv6t. Other computing devices are Ipad2, HP Workstation (5 year old), Samsung S4, S2 and HTC DNA.Winning a laptop will help us in many ways. My wife runs graphic intensive ArcGIS software and also learning to program. Often she connects remotely to work with over a remote desktop connection. The current dv6t does not meet her needs and she is looking to buy another laptop with better graphics, CPU performance and network connectivity. Additionally she has dual monitor setup both at work and home that she frequently uses to do her GIS work. She is also learning to program.
The dual monitor was originally for my work for times for times when I work from home. It runs over Targus docking station with USB3.0. I am a software engineer and starting up a company. I can use her old laptop to build / test software. I will be looking to compare between AMD and Intel, both price and performance when i buy new hardware. Naturally I am not able to use my work laptop for the startup.
The workstation is currently used for startup software. This limits my ability to demo the software to my co-founders and partners.
We have a 1 year old who just loves to "program". He is mostly mimicking me when i am on my laptop. Its fun to watch him when he commandeers my laptop. He drools and that has rendered the lenovo's built in mouse buttons inoperable. Luckly lenovo 520 has two sets of buttons :). Ipad is his :)
I was looking at laptop deals today. Perhaps that is why an add showed up on my FB news feed that lead me to here. Wining the Sleekbook will be cool. I have varying uses of the laptop which i will definitely provide feedback on :)
Nightshark - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
I currently use a desktop i built myself running an AMD FX-6100 processor and a Radeon HD 6850 video card. Built as a budget build as i currently attend university. This makes it easy to state my need, cause I already have my home base. Now i just need my satellite system to take to class and the occasional game or two. Would definitely round out my experience! That and probably make my year...Casemaker - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
Hello Anadtech,I never attend these things as I know I have bad luck anyways. Anyways I have some free time a bit about myself; I have started my masters degree towards Computer Sciences, it would be very convenient to have a small flexible laptop replacement currently I do not have a machine I use the library 24/7. Plus AMD should give students options to get laptops and tablets for a monthly fee. That would be awesome! Maybe a future AMD employer ;) - Casemaker
1reeves - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
I am running a 5 year old Acer laptop that is on it's last legs. Dual Core Pentium that has never seemed quick and of course Intel mobile graphics! Help me modernize my life and make moblie work good again!Terrie K. - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
Winning a HP Envy TouchSmart Sleekbook would help me tremendously with my job search. Currently the library computers or using a relative's on occasion is my only resource. Imagine the speed with which I could research and apply for jobs with a HP Envy TouchSmart Sleekbook.angrymuffin6291 - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
Dear AMD,I am a recent college graduate who is looking for a long term career. I am also a casual gamer and frankly, my Toshiba Satellite P755-s5320 just does not fulfill my gaming needs. I currently only use this laptop for browsing the internet and watching movies as it is unable to run any game I wish for it to run. This laptop is also somewhat cumbersome to carry around as it is significantly thicker than your sleekbook. I also have a HP desktop which is by no means portable and is less powerful than my laptop which is already lacking, and I do not currently own any tablets as they are quite costly and I really have no need for one. I use my desktop mostly for gaming but as of late I have been unable to run any of the newer games which I would really enjoy playing. What I really need is a small and powerful laptop that will allow me to play the games I desire such as the very one you are offering. I have been accepted into an internship program in New York City and in my move I do not plan on taking my desktop with me. My laptop in the current state it is in will not be able to fulfill my needs as it lags if one even breaths on it or touches it. If I were to win the sleekbook it would become my main computer due to it's incredible power packed into such a small and highly convenient size. I need a computer that will be portable so that it can easily make the move from New Hampshire to New York. The features I appreciate most in this laptop would be the large amount of RAM which beats my desktop by 2 gb, the large hard drive which will allow me to store important documents and of course entertainment items and, most of all, the convenient size which is excellent for a short and rather weak person such as myself.
I thank you for this opportunity to win a HP Envy Sleekbook and I wish you all well.
Sincerely,
Jesse
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Looks awesome! Thank you AMD!Kamarok - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
Would love to win one. Looks useful.Arkaz3 - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
Been a while AMD. Laptop looks beautiful!vminakov - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
I have a self built desktop that I use for most of my work and gaming, its running off an AMD Phenom II X4 840 processor, has 6 GB of RAM, and an AMD Radeon HD 6800 (plus plenty of hard drives). I have had this setup for a while and will upgrade parts as time goes on. My next system is a ASUS G75 Series G75VW-NS71 Intel Core i7 3610QM(2.30GHz) 12GB Memory and 2x 500GB HDDs. This machine is a beast in every sense but it is bulky and generally stays attached to my livingroom TV for movies, gaming, and some couch schoolwork. Next to that I have an iPad and some expired dell laptops from work (D & E Series). I use those for some fun network and linux projects. Finally at work I use a lenovo T430s, latest and greatest model with a core i5, 8GB ram, and 250GB SSD, as well as an HTC One phone.Currently I am a junior level network admin and also a graduate student studying for an MBA with a concentration in IT security. Im working on my Cisco certs at the same time so I am a really busy guy and I make a lot of demands from my technology. Because I like to tinker, I am not the biggest fan of Apple products, I feel that the software is limiting to my purposes. My work allows me to test some of the latest software from Microsoft and other companies. I am also a gamer when I have the time so I like to max out the graphics on any games I play. I have always enjoyed AMD chips for their affordability and effeciency and have been prefering them over intel for over a decade. My main use for an HP ENVY Sleekbook would be to have a portable platform to assist me with work, school, and games. If I were to use this system I would definetely push it to its limits. I have the luxury to keep my software up to its newest release and my helpdesk expierience makes me very good at finding bugs. Winning one would improve my setup substantially because I can use it in work, school and at home. I particularlly am excited about using the Windows 8 platform on a touch device that is capable of doing some decent gaming (Civ V, Diablo 3) and school work, all while weighing a fraction of my beastly laptop.
Thomas2000 - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
I have a Gateway MD2614U. The battery life is abysmal (maybe an hour from full to dead). Being over four years old, I've already noticed that the few games I do play on my laptop are slow even under low resolution and graphics quality.I've also been experiencing heat issues and keyboard issues with my current laptop, most likely due to the age (the F and J nubs are worn off almost completely, as are the stickers on the D and K keys, for example).
The RAM in my laptop has been upgraded to its maximum of 4GB, meaning that I am finding myself very quickly left behind in the area of performance, especially compared to the base 8GB of the ENVY and the maximum of 16 GB.
Lacking a touch screen, I know that my experiences with Windows beyond Windows 7 (by default, my laptop came with Vista) will be sub-optimal, especially compared to the already limited hardware that I have right now.
golensama - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
I currently have a HP Pavilion dv5t-1000 CTO as my computing device. I use it for entertainment primarily, but I plan on finishing up my degree soon and it would be nice to have something much more portable with better battery life to use in class. It's also a nice all around upgrade from what I currently have.davistonya - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
I have a hp laptop that is about 3 years old. I am a student so I use my computer mostly for working on homework and my online classes. I also have 3 kids, so it used for their homework as well.Oberkanone - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
Would be so grateful if I was the winner. Current rig is HP Pavilion dv5z circa 2008. It's running Windows 7 now and Vista was installed originally. Powered by AMD Athlon so I'd welcome the opportunity to provide my feeback on 2008 technology compared to 2013 AMD tech. I'm a long time fan of both HP and AMD.strj500 - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
I'm IT major at an university, so I need some processing power and or speed from time to time. My current setups are a custom built AMD Quad Core Phenom 9950 (not even a Phenom 2), 4 GB RAM currently in it, GTX 260 and 500 GB HDD I think. The machine actually take to school is somewhat ancient Sony VGN-N365E (Windows Vista, 2 GB RAM, Core Duo CPU (not a Core 2 Duo) and a 128 GB SSD I put there to help it. I'm an IT student, so I think I could give you perhaps some worthwhile feedback and you'd have my appreciation for getting me speedier system.Avenger30 - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
How a sleekbook would change my old stable of far-from-sleek gear? Being sleek!Darkwarlord - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
I am currently using an old Acer Aspire laptop with a Celeron CPU, 2GB of RAM, and a 250GB PATA hard drive. Needless to say, it's not exactly a powerhouse. I started working for myself a little over a year ago so I would have free time to take care of a sick family member. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to purchase a new laptop and the machine above is the one I lug around with me for work. It was actually given to me by one of my clients (she is a very kind person). I do have a fairly recent desktop (Sandy Bridge CPU), but I can’t transport that around with me. Winning this laptop would be awesome and I would finally have a machine that could do more than barely browse the net. When you’re the “IT Guy” it’s usually a good idea to have more than a 6 year old laptop. :-)fx3d - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
I am currently using an i7 920 cpu with quadro fx 580, win7 x64, and 8gb ram. I use my system mainly for 3d effects such as hair/fur, cloth, and fluid dynamics.Winning this sleekbook would allow me to add this device as an additional machine for rendering. Whenever I render, it can take a long time. Having multiple machines really help to split the render jobs in half and make the render time much faster and shorter.
Rank - Friday, September 27, 2013 - link
I have a PC. It has an amd fx 6100 and an amd HD 6870. The reason i would like win is that i have always wanted to try one of the new APUs for amd but didnt want to rebuy a whole new pc. And with mantel right around the corner an APU is looking better and better as a standard for a new pc build.GordonLowe - Saturday, September 28, 2013 - link
Right now I have a Toshiba satellite m645-s4050 running windows vista basic and has 2 gigs of ram and nvidia m310. My friend came over and split water on my keyboard so I have to use an external keyboard and at the momment I use a crap mouse. This computer would be like a dream come true because I do so much with mine even though it is broken in so many areas.diefirma - Saturday, September 28, 2013 - link
I am a volunteer medical courier transporting bone marrow and related products to and from the US for the National Marrow Donor Program. I travel roughly once per month. I have been using a small HP notebook which is very slow and worse, starting to get flaky because I have dropped it several times going through TSA and foreign security (the entire left corner is missing). I use Skype a LOT to communicate with everyone... doctors at the donor center, doctors at the transplant center, my wife, National Marrow Donor Program, travel agents and airlines and probably a few others that I haven't thought of.While I can use my phone it is enormously expensive to make overseas calls with ATT. I know I have saved thousands of dollars for NMDP by using Skype. My little HP is giving out - the power cord is loose, and the screen turns magenta from time to time. It is time to move on.
Selfishly I could also watch my movies while on long flights, view some stock markets charts and it would probably be lighter. and it would absolutely boot up faster than the little guy.
I would be happy to provide feedback to AMD about the product. I would, of course, take it with me on a trip or two so it would be used in a wide variety of places and circumstances such as airports and on airplanes, hospitals and clinics, office buildings, libraries and coffee shops and, of course, in my home office.
magi44ken - Saturday, September 28, 2013 - link
I need oneNinjaGnome - Saturday, September 28, 2013 - link
I have no computer right now , just use me iphone 5 for everything. Use others computer if I need to do anything right now, which hasn't been very frequently. Will be starting a website so I have to find one soon, or win one!Smudgeous - Saturday, September 28, 2013 - link
I currently own both a 2-year-old Asus G74SX gaming laptop that is pretty much used as a desktop upstairs in the office/spare bedroom, and an HTPC/media server downstairs that doesn't have enough power for any kind of gaming. As I don't really have any viable options for a lightweight, portable device that can be used for light gaming or programming away from my desk, this HP Envy would fill that void wonderfully. Having the ability to work or play on the couch with my wife or while out of the house would be very much appreciated.lianthus - Saturday, September 28, 2013 - link
I'm a huge AMD fan, all of the PC's that I currently own are powered by AMD but I don't own a personal laptop. This would be a welcome addition to my home.Rubixube - Saturday, September 28, 2013 - link
I currently have an Asus G53S series notebook which was plagued with the problem of the plug pin breaking. Mine broke a long time ago but I've jimmy rigged it to slightly work over time since paying 150 dollars to send it in for the same internal hardware to be put back in with the same chances of breaking would be fool hardy. I generally use my laptop for work and general use while traveling. A sleekbook would be a great upgrade and it would definitely help not to have to continually fix my own.PerrinAybara162 - Saturday, September 28, 2013 - link
I have a total of 3 computing devices in my house: 1 HTC First which is my wifes smartphone and main source of consumption, 1 HTC Inspire (AT&T) which is primarily just my phone, and 1 amalgamation of a computer I pieced together with spare parts when my laptop died. It resides in the case of an old Gateway that was given to me by a family member, has 4 gigs (2x2GB) of RAM that came stock with the Gateway and 2 aftermarket Corsair sticks (2x1GB) from an old computer that I built, an nVidia GT 9400, and my old Seagate 500GB laptop hard drive from the laptop that died on me, and an AMD Phenom II CPU.If I won this laptop, it would make life substantially easier. My wife could use it from wherever she needed to so she wouldnt have to keep our son in the computer room (he is 8 months old and a handful). I could use it when I (hopefully) get to go back to school this next semester, and frankly it would be nice to get to experience a SSD first hand since I have been using low speed laptop drives for more years than I can stand.
lesherm - Sunday, September 29, 2013 - link
See my comment in the previous contest.Anthony31 - Sunday, September 29, 2013 - link
I am using a 13 year old pc with pentium 4 and Windows copAnthony31 - Sunday, September 29, 2013 - link
I am usingjeetster - Sunday, September 29, 2013 - link
I tried getting the envy series last month form staples, and even highly recommended it to people when I worked there, but never got a chance to play around with it. Would love a shot. Thanks for the possible chance, Cheers.DataPath - Monday, September 30, 2013 - link
My aging Acer Extensa laptop is simply not cutting it anymore. It was a low-end laptop buy to begin with, which always made it just little less useful than I wanted it to be most of the time, mostly in terms of GPU power.But with the advances in software, with web browsers relying on GPU acceleration for website rendering, my old Acer seems to be limping along, with the internal fan constantly running on high just to do basic web browsing or word processing.
An AMD-based laptop would let me not only do all the basic tasks I'm used to without even breaking a sweat, but it would let me play pretty much my whole Steam library on it as well, which would be a really cool bonus.
ilikepotatoes - Monday, September 30, 2013 - link
So how do we find out who won?jkuo13 - Monday, September 30, 2013 - link
Have a desktop PC, heavy laptop and tablet. The desktop is where I do most work. The laptop was useful when I had to travel but yet still do some real (computation and graphics intensive work) work, but it's not so useful these days since I don't travel as much. The tablet I carry around the house for quick browsing and streaming. An ultrabook would fill that gap between the tablet and the desktop while being lighter than my current laptop.stgage - Monday, September 30, 2013 - link
I own a couple android devices and an HTPC. I'd love to have something more portable for school and Android devices just don't cut it yet for workstations.Hermetic - Monday, September 30, 2013 - link
My primary computer at home is an older mid-tower workstation with an i7 940 processor, 12GB of RAM, and a GeForce GTX 260 video card.I use a Nook HD+ (9" tablet) with Cyanogenmod installed on it for reading eBooks and occasional casual web browsing.
I still use an old Zune HD for listening to MP3's, mostly because I love the User Interface and it is a convenient size.
I would really like to win one of these SleekBooks to bridge the gap between my workstation and my Nook HD+ tablet.
bendermichaelr - Monday, September 30, 2013 - link
Did I win?!aooga - Monday, September 30, 2013 - link
Well, I NEED one because, well, I don't have a laptop.vann90720 - Monday, September 30, 2013 - link
I'm definitely in need of a proper portable. I work some pretty long hours, and need the ability to do programming homework (online courses) whenever and wherever I can find the time. For now, I'm making due with a desktop PC (gen2 i3 + GTX 550Ti) for gaming, homework, organizing music, general internets, etc) and an old headless Mac Mini I use for music playback (it gives me bit-perfect audio output at up to 96/24. good stuff)My programming class is online, and that means I'm tied to the house to get it done. I've got a family reunion coming up, and I need something to take with me so I can do that homework, otherwise I fail the course. This would be perfect!
pyrocro - Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - link
Is this Sleekbook on sale anywhere, I could not find it.Santiago Cazares - Wednesday, October 2, 2013 - link
Nice laptop.camberry - Wednesday, October 2, 2013 - link
I have a desktop on Windows 8, and I like it okay, but I feel like I am missing a large part of the experience by not being able to use the interface by touch. A laptop like this would be perfect.joem282 - Wednesday, October 2, 2013 - link
Wow, there is an awful lot of comments. People must really want that laptop.qvaterlaus - Friday, October 4, 2013 - link
I currently have a desktop computer and an iPad mini. My girlfriend is going to grad school and she uses my computer to write her papers. Would be nice to get another computer for her to be able to use.Mettech - Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - link
Are the winners announced? Or did i miss the posting of them some where.thepoper1234 - Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - link
i want onePheinte - Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - link
Nice computer :DI dropped coke on my laptop, and so it is broken...
AvantNoir - Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - link
Hi, I'm currently on a macbook pro from 08 and I want to win a sleek book so I can play dota 2 with my friends from high school. My old mac can't run it and I've been thinking about getting a new computer, however being a poor med student I can only afford subway sandwiches.Kdawn2008 - Thursday, December 5, 2013 - link
This laptop is awesome! I love AMD! Would be able to so much more and game better with this! Thanks for considering me :)j823 - Friday, December 6, 2013 - link
my laptop is old, so I'd love a new one.chac6292 - Monday, December 16, 2013 - link
thats alot for a contestKamal Khan - Wednesday, June 7, 2017 - link
i think i am the last but still i hope may be i'll get one.i am a bigger student of web development i have a Lenovo G50-30 with
Intel Celeron n2840 2.16GHz
2GB RAM