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The Envy 17 TouchSmart in 2012 was a pretty impressive beast, but the new version now includes a built-in Leap Motion sensor, which attempts to bring 3D motion control à la Minority Report to laptops and other devices. Design and features It's a hefty d...
Very fast performance, fine screen, Leap Motion technology...
Big and heavy, poor battery life...
The HP Envy 17 is a top quality laptop with a fine screen and plenty of power for even the most demanding of desktop replacement tasks. But while the 3D motion sensor is a pretty cool party trick, in its current incarnation it's more of a look-at-me gim...
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The market for big, powerful laptops has been growing as the demand for a portable, desktop spec equivalent has increased. Recently we've seen competitive offerings from the likes of Acer, Asus and now HP...
I wouldn't buy this laptop just for the Leap motion functionality. Further development of apps and desktop integration needs to happen before I can justify a purchase on those grounds alone. But if you're after a desktop replacement that has some serious...
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Though we've been waiting for Minority Report-style interfaces to arrive for years, so far we've been stuck with touchscreens, their infinitely more practical but much less futuristic cousin.However, with the Leap Motion controller now out and gaining sup...
Decent design, Good quad, core processor, Loads of RAM, Solid graphics...
Poor battery life, Leap Motion not a great addition, Priced close to faster machines, No SSD...
HP's Envy line has had recent ups and downs, but it seems to have found its feet recently. Being (and looking like) a lower-cost alternative to a MacBook Pro-like machine is no bad thing – especially for people who want that kind of power without the cos...
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techradar.com/au/ Updated:
2014-06-29 02:33:13
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Though we've been waiting for Minority Report-style interfaces to arrive for years, so far we've been stuck with touchscreens, their infinitely more practical but much less futuristic cousin.However, with the Leap Motion controller now out and gaining sup...
Decent design, Good quadcore processor, Loads of RAM, Solid graphics...
Poor battery life, Leap Motion not a great addition, Priced close to faster machines, No SSD...
The HP Envy Leap Motion is kind of odd – you'd think the main selling point is right there, in the name. The Leap Motion controller appears built into a laptop for the first time ever here, and is clearly important to the machine. Except that, well, no it...
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theaustralian.com.au Updated:
2014-06-29 02:33:13
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The idea of gesture based control has so far made its mark in the gaming industry, courtesy of Microsoft's Kinect and Nintendo Wii, but Leap Motion, a relatively modest manufacturer, is aiming to take motion sensing and gesture control mainstream.Making t...
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The popularity of touch among smartphones and tablets hasn’t just inspired more of the same. Instead, it’s served as a wake-up call that the reign of the keyboard and mouse may be ending, spurring inventors across the globe to search for new ways to interact with electronics...
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The Leap Motion is a small iPod sized device which you place on the desktop in front of your computer which allows you to interact with the computer via hand movements. The device looks at a hemispherical area with around a metre's radius and can detect i...
very interesting but flawed and probably not going to be the new way we all interact with our computers.The Leap Motion was released in July 2013 and is compatible with PC, Mac and Linux. The review is based on the PC version...
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We saw the standalone version of the Leap Motion Controller earlier this year and were impressed by its promising gesture-recognition technology. Now here's a laptop that integrates Leap Motion. The motion sensor in the Leap Motion Controller works in a...
Full marks to HP for attempting to do something different with the new Envy 17. However, gesture-recognition is still in its infancy and there are few apps that currently use that technology in a way that grabs the imagination. The Envy 17 Leap Motion SE...
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What is the HP Envy 17 Leap Motion SE? The HP Envy 17 is a high-class desktop replacement with a trick up its sleeve – or, more accurately, in its wrist-rest. It's the first laptop we've seen with Leap Motion, which means games and apps can be controlled...
Fast and good for games, Bright, high-contrast, Full HD screen, Good keyboard with numberpad, Smart design...
Terrible Leap Motion controls, Overheating internals, Poor trackpad buttons, Mediocre battery life, Poor screen colour accuracy...
Leap Motion's gesture control technology sounds impressive but doesn't deliver thanks to a lack of consistency and accuracy. Elsewhere, it's a mixed bag: fast but hampered by high heat and noise levels, with middling battery life, a good keyboard, and a d...
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digitalversus.com Updated:
2016-12-14 19:36:12
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The HP Envy 17 Leap Motion Edition satisfactorily fulfils its role as a multimedia laptop. It has enough computing power to handle everyday tasks and even run a few games, but the screen's picture quality is just incredibly poor and the Leap Motion Contro...
Good performance, Quiet, Four USB 3.0 ports...
We don't really see the point in having the Leap Motion Controller, Incredibly bad screen quality, Keyboard could use some work...
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What happens when you take a desktop replacement laptop and add in Leap Motion's fingertip-tracking, movement-control system? You get the special edition HP Envy 17. You can control this laptop without even touching it. But is an otherwise pretty basic co...
Maybe. If you like the idea of a Leap Motion controller integrated into a desktop replacement portable computer, the Envy 17 doesn't do a great deal wrong. But despite the inclusion of the Controller, and despite its perfectly adequate mid-range specifica...
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