Tigerdirect.com has lowered the price on the refurbished 17-inch HP Pavilion dv7-1245dx (model no. RB-NB231UA) to $579.97, that’s almost half off its original price of $1,149.99 and the lowest price we have for this particular laptop anywhere else. Shipping rates for this deal start at $1.99 for ground delivery and sales tax applies for residents of Florida, Illinois, Texas and North Carolina.

The HP Pavilion comes highly recommend by the majority of its owners, giving it a 4.8 out of five star rating which currently consists of 166 different opinions. Its only main concern so far has been the keys on the keyboard having too much of a shine on them making it difficult to see the letters and numbers under certain light. If you’re someone who tends to shy away from refurbished products, Buydig.com has the Acer Aspire 4810 Timeline Notebook available which is rather comparable with the featured product but has a slightly smaller 14-inch screen. It’s priced only a little higher at $599 and has FREE shipping included. Protect your laptop with the Fellowes 17-inch LCD acrylic protection screen at Nextwarehouse.com, priced at $48.36 with FREE shipping included. Lastly, carry your laptop in style with the Mobile Edge 17-inch Select V-Load laptop carrying case on for $45.99 with FREE shipping included and located at Dell.com.

The 17-inch HP Pavilion dv7-1245dx features a 2.10GHz Truion X2 Dual-Core processor, 4GB of RAM with a maximum capacity of 8GB, and a 320GB hard drive. Its ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics card enables a maximum video resolution of 1440 x 900. It comes complete with an Express card slot, built-in webcam. Four USB ports, and has the Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit operating system pre-installed. It is backed by a three month warranty for parts and labor through HP. Dimensions: (W) 15.59” x (H) 1.31” x (D) 11.22”; weight 7.75lbs.