Bloatware wasn't that bad, the speed of this laptop made going through that process reaaally fast. I'm a DJ/Producer and this laptop handles Traktor and Ableton without a hitch. Its just amazing. :D
I work at a computer repair shop and I find it ironic that I bought a dv6 even after I've seen 30+ dv6000s from 3-4 years ago with bad motherboards. :D I just hope that trend doesn't carry over with complete redesigns... :D
This is a relevantly new laptop, so no one can speak on longevity, but with tech progressing like it is, life expectancy should only go up. :) If your looking for a high end PC for a little over a grand, this is a great place to start.
Amazon might decide to edit my comment for me saying this, but consider buy directly from HP, you WILL wait at least 2 weeks for your laptop to arrive, but for me its worth it. :D You get exactly what you want. For me I really wanted the 1080p screen. :P
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This computer has an excellent overall performance. I owned a HP Pavilion DV5 before this one with a Core 2 Duo and there is a big difference between them. The 15,6" display is great too and the aluminium case is well finished (although a little bit cold in winter and finger prints get easily marked on it). Memory size and HD are also significant pros in this laptop. I have only two minor issues: the battery charger is quite large, even bigger than the one my previous HP had, thus it's not very nice for travelling. The second issue is a simple but quite annoying thing: the num lock key has no "on" indicator (very strange considering the caps lock key does).Above that, the laptop provides an excellent user experience, with a much better boot up speed and delivering a noticeable processing power.
I must point out that this laptop didn't came with Bluray player. There must be some mistake in the description.
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I just got this laptop recently and I love it. Definitely a slick deal if you can ever get it for under 1000 dollars and the same specs. I'll make a list to keep it short and sweet.Pros:
-Switchable Graphics are awesome. Just use Catalyst Control Center to switch between high powered gaming graphics and battery saving integrated graphics.
-Super powerful! the i7 quad core is fast. Really fast. Especially for me, who upgraded from a single cored desktop.
-Design is great. Everything looks really sleek. Aluminum finish is nice, but can get fingerprinty.
-Keyboard is awesome. I can type really fast on it. Chicklet, comparable to Macbook's. The numpad/tenkey can be annoying for some, but I like being able to type:'
-Fingerprint reader is actually pretty useful. I thought it was just a gimmick, but it works really well.
-Amazing battery life if you can get the 9cell battery. I've gotten around 5-7 hours with light internet browsing. Maybe 3 hours with heavy [sc2] gaming.
-Runs games well.
-2 USB 3.0 slots.
-A lot of other hp goodies, like coolsense and that one harddrive protection thing.
Cons:
-Keyboard is not backlit
-touchpad's multitouch gestures (2 finger scroll and pinch to zoom) are kind of faulty
-Screen resolution could be better, but for the gamers, remember that lower resolution will help games run better.
Would definitely buy for any:
Gamer
College Student
Windows enthusiast
Anyone in need of a powerful windows computer.
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I purchased this configuration (except with 1GB graphics) but this holds for both 1GB and 2GB cards:AMD/HP have enabled dynamic switchable graphics in this laptop. This means you can on-the-fly choose which applications you would like to be high performance or low performance... but it doesn't guarantee which card the application will run on. The driver does this, taking your suggestion into account. Unfortunately, by design the driver never switches OpenGL graphics to the dedicated graphics card. This means if you use any OpenGL applications regularly you will only use the integrated Intel graphics card, which is better than previous generations but by no means powerful. Classic example: this is a laptop that can't run Minecraft, one of the most basic games. It also won't accelerate any content applications like Photoshop, etc. that have optional OpenGL acceleration.
If you don't use OpenGL ever, this is an amazing laptop. Unfortunately it's advertised as fully supporting OpenGL, which in my mind makes this a product broken by design hence the score.
EDIT: I'd like re-iterate out that this laptop isn't defective, by design OpenGL doesn't work. HP is unable/unwilling to fix the problem and AMD has been completely silent about it.
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I found this same exact computer with 8 gigs of ram directly from hp for 699. Other than ram it has same specs. I love it. Look for a better price
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