Recent content by AZmathteacher

Hmm. Now I'm hearing about AMD's new Carrizo processors coming out this year. Maybe OEMs didn't run to the FX-7600p because they new something better would be out shortly. I still haven't seen anything for sale in the US with an FX-7600P in it. Suspect I'm not going to.

[/quotemsg] it has up to 12 gigs of ram if you configure it. there is no ssd option but not too many "budget" laptops have that.[/quotemsg] When I look at "Configure your HP ENVY - 15z Slim Touch Laptop" on the hp.com store, I can get it with an FX-7500, 8gigs of ram, a 1080p screen, and a...

It'd make more sense to me for Asus to spend the dough on better memory instead of a dedicated GPU.

I'm cool w/o playing the latest games. I'm still having tons of fun with Torchlight and Magicka. Besides, I can always run a 1080p screen at a lower resolution. My current notebook has a 1366X768 screen and I've been feeling for a while like my screen should be a couple inches taller: many web...

That one is tempting, but I'd really like a 1080p screen... at this point I'm waiting to see if anything better turns up at/after the Black Friday sales. If not I suppose I'll be ordering the 15z from HP.com.

HP has listed this Envy 15z with the FX-7500 and a 1080 screen in the "customize and buy" section. You can get 6gigs or 8 gigs of memory but the page does not specify what kind of memory it is beyond "DDR3". Still, with the FX and the 1080 options it comes out to about $800. I'm tempted to buy...

Ever since the new AMD A10s launched I've been looking for a notebook powered by one of the new Kaveri FX chips. I can't find anything for sale in the US. Do any of you all see such a beast?