Bill.. I just got a dv7 last week. Its my first laptop. It isnt the same model. ITs a Amd turion X2 RM-72, 4 gigs of Ram. 300 gig drive. I can tell you this is the fastest pc iv had to date. I have a few issues with the vista premium 64 bit OS, but those are fixable in time. I use alot of high...