HP Pavilion dv6-6135DX dv6t 15.6-Inch Entertainment Notebook PC - Latest Generation AMD A8-3500M Qu

This is my first notebook with Windows 7 Home Premium which was preloaded with all the usual bloatware on a large 640GB hard drive (5400rpm). I recommend removing all the trialware you can. Hopefully the expirence will be as nice as Windows XP.

AMD Quad-Core A8-3500M* processor, 6GB DDR3 memory, Blu-ray Disc-enabled DVD±RW/CD-RW drive, 15.6" LED high-definition display 1366 x 768, fingerprint reader, AMD Radeon HD 6750M switchable graphics, (the 6620g has 512MB DDR3, 6750m 1GB DDR5 allocated), Weighs 6 lbs. (which is much lighter the my old dell 9400) I've clocked 4 hours of battery life using the 6620g graphics web surfing and 1 hours 30 min using the 6750m with a mix of dvd video and games.

I picked this up at Best Buy for $699. If price point is important to you give this notebook serious consideration. A quad core processor and discrete graphics are hard to find at this price. The dv6-6135dx includes AMDs 32nm chip released around June 2011 for notebooks and this dv6 model supports wifi but not bluetooth. The display is bright and delivers good viewing at 720p. Most games with play at medium to high settings with ease. A real bonus is an blu-ray player for today's movies. Most mobile systems include a blu-ray player for a least $100 more. It seems a little bit of overkill to me because even DVDs can show a better picture than 720p, but blu-ray at least make me current. The full-size keyboard has a number pad and evenly spaced chiclet-style keys which I didn't think I would like, but its growing on me.

Beats Audio is a new name to the same great speaker set up HP has always included in their notebook line. It saves from having to carry external speakers from place to place. There are also plenty of ways to connect with two USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0 ports, HDMI and VGA video outputs, two headphone jacks, a microphone jack, an Ethernet connection, a multiformat card reader and an HP TrueVision HD webcam.

Sluggish productivity performance may show if you video edit a lot. The core processors operate at 1.5ghz and will take a little longer to compile a finished product. Its not a huge need for me and I have ripped a few snippets and not seen a large diference from my old intel dual core running at 2Ghz.

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If you keep in mind what it is that you'll be using your mobile computer for in relation to the price you pay happiness can be yours.