This has been happening when running off of the battery. Not sure if it does on AC power as well

I recently bought a floor model HP G72. During use, I find that the screen sometimes brightens/dims automatically. For instance, I'll have iTunes open, and I notice the screen gets small pulses/increases of brightness every second until it stops (after 3-4 times/seconds). Is this a possible defect with the monitor, or ome type of setting I should change?

Posting from the new laptop. Went ahead and bought the G72 and I'm very happy with it. The battery was still in the box, they were running it through AC power the entire time. No cosmetic damage, seems brand new. Had to spend a fair amount of time removing HP's bloatware, but overall this thing rocks. Was originally $750, so I save $200 :)

Hey everyone, a buddy of mine that works over at Staples told me they're selling their floor model G72 for $549. It has Windows 7 64-bit, Core i3 2.26ghz, 4GB of RAM, and the usual other offering of a modern laptop.

http://www.staples.com/HP-G72-250US-17.3-Laptop/product_886416

I was going to buy a 15.6'' Dell for $520, but for $30 more I could get this HP, which has just as good battery life (f not better), a larger screen, and I wouldn't have to pay shipping or wait to get it. I could drive there right now lol

My only worry is I might be tempted to overload the 320GB hard drive. The drive itself is also 5400RPM. However, my boss has a spare 500GB 7200RPM laptop drive he'd sell me for really cheap if I needed to upgrade. Also, this laptop only has the integrated graphics, but apparently the i3's integrated graphics are good enough to run stuff like CS1.6, Plants vs. Zombies, you know, simple and/or older games.

I'm mostly using this to do schoolwork, listen to music, watch some movies/TV shows, and websurfing. I'm going to throw virtual machine on it as well, it should have plenty of power to run a VM window of Linux Fedora (for my Unix course).

Plants vs Zombies is good to play while listening to music. Easy to pause/switch songs. Game game be played entirely with the mouse, which makes it even easier.

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I really don't see this effecting anything, whether it be popularity or pricing. It's just the name. Consumers will be looking for the model number, i.e. 5970, instead of the brand name

tequilasunriser

I really don't see this effecting anything, whether it be popularity or pricing. It's just the name. Consumers will be looking for the model number, i.e. 5970, instead of the brand name

[QUOTE="TMallory2482"][QUOTE="swehunt"] No this is not what you can assume! For starter's, your using two diffrent labels on the memory, As far we know of they could have diffrent specs, Even two exsact alike set's of chips from the very same factory on the very same day in the very same batch can differ alot in terms of quality, You are trying to make a "chance" as a predetemin factor. Just return the one you've ordered and get a set of new ones capable of the speed you wan't to run. A 100Mhz on a 800Mhz memory is not a giant OC but why not do it the correct way from the start?swehunt

I mean my current G.Skill memory is at 850mhz (425x2)and running fine and stable at stock voltages. The new AData chips have the exact same specs, so I could try getting my G.Skills up to 900mhz, and if it does, one can assume the AData's would be just as stable no?

And I'm not shootin' for 1066, just a boost up to 900mhz so I can run my E8400 @ 4.0ghz.

I mean my current G.Skill memory is at 850mhz (425x2)and running fine and stable at stock voltages. The new AData chips have the exact same specs, so I could try getting my G.Skills up to 900mhz, and if it does, one can assume the AData's would be just as stable no?

And I'm not shootin' for 1066, just a boost up to 900mhz so I can run my E8400 @ 4.0ghz.