HP Pavilion dv7-4197cl

Specifications

Cpu

Intel Core i7-720QM (4 cores, 8 threads, 1.6 GHz base, up to 2.8 GHz Turbo Boost, 6 MB L3 cache), paired with an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 discrete GPU (1 GB DDR3)

Ram

max: 8 GB DDR3-1066 (2x4 GB); some third-party spec pages for this exact model number list a 4 GB base with an 8 GB ceiling, which appears to describe a different regional or refurbished configuration rather than the retail Costco SKU · base: 6 GB DDR3-1066 (two SO-DIMM slots, one 2 GB + one 4 GB module in the shipping configuration confirmed by retail listings)

Ports

3x USB 2.0 · 1x USB 2.0/eSATA combo · HDMI · VGA · RJ-45 Ethernet · ExpressCard/54 slot · 5-in-1 media card reader · Headphone and microphone jacks

Battery

6-cell Li-ion, 5200 mAh (about 56 Wh), removable; some later production runs and refurbished units shipped with a 9-cell pack instead

Display

17.3" BrightView LED-backlit, 1600x900 (HD+), glossy

Storage

base: 1 TB (2x500 GB SATA HDD, 5400 RPM, in a dual-drive configuration) · options: Single 500 GB SATA HDD (other dv7-4000 series configurations) · DVD+/-RW SuperMulti optical drive standard

Weight

3.11 kg

Os Support

latest: Windows 7 officially; Windows 10 is widely reported as running on this hardware unofficially, though HP never published drivers for it · shipped: Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)

Release Price

Not publicly documented for this exact Costco SKU; contemporary dv7-4000 series configurations with this CPU/GPU/storage tier retailed in roughly the $900 to $1,100 range

Variants

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