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HP Pavilion DV6-1360US 15.6-Inch Espresso Laptop - Up to 3.5 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium) | 
| Brand: Hewlett-Packard
Category: Personal Computer
List Price: $949.99
Buy New: $889.99
as of 3/10/2010 02:26 MST details
You Save: $60.00 (6%)
New (8) from $889.99
Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 771
Media: Personal Computers
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
CPU Manufacturer: Intel
CPU Speed: 2.13
CPU Type: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processors: 2
System Memory: 4
Memory Type: SDRAM
Hard Drive Size: 500
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Graphics RAM: 1024
Modem: Fax / modem
Display Size: 15.6
Battery: 1 Lithium-Ion
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6.4
Dimensions (in): 1.7 x 5.4 x 8.1
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: 2531956
Model: VM218UA#ABA
UPC: 884962549117
EAN: 0884962549117
ASIN: B002ONCBX0
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 2.13GHz Intel Core2 Duo P7450 Processor (3MB L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB) | | • | 4 GB DDR3 RAM (2 Dimm), Max supported 8 GB | | • | 500GB (7200RPM) SATA Hard Drive, LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support | | • | 15.6" Diagonal High Definition HP LED BrightView Display (1366x768); ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 with up to 2.8 GB total available graphics memory with 1 GB dedicated | | • | Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, *Up to 3.5 Hours of Battery Life |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
If you are seeking the ideal balance between mobility, comfort and entertainment experience, look no further than the HP Pavilion dv6 notebook PC series.With everything in one place that's simply a click away, you can unleash your world of multimedia entertainment.The built-in HP ProtectSmart technology is a remarkable feature that automatically and effectively locks your hard drive, preventing the loss of your vital data, in case an accident happens. You can be assured of reliable protection for your personal information and media library.Feast your senses on a whole new world of computing experience. The 16:9 aspect ratio widescreen enables you to see even more details, pushing you far beyond the boundaries of your entertainment pursuits. Be enthralled by complete High-Definition content in its native format without the hassle of re-scaling.Fiddling with numbers is a thing of the past. With the full-sized numeric keypad standard, your nimble fingers can sway along and punch in the numbers with ease and at a swift pace.
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 15
 Fair purchase March 7, 2010
Leonardo Kim (Sao Paulo, Brasil)
Well, actually I haven't "played" so much with my new computer yet, but it seems to be a pretty good one.
The only thing I should say is that this Windows 7 is still horrible compared to XP: ok, it's better than Vista, but you can't really compare with it in a serious manner.
HP Pavilion DV6-1360US 15.6 inch Love This Baby! February 25, 2010
David R. Freiman (Phila, PA USA)
I am an extremely frugal shopper who took my time searching many different stores and sites, spoke with techie friends, salesmen, and even technical support at Activision to ensure high quality and compatibility of this computer's components and my needs/desires. This HP meets and exceeds! And Amazon saved me about $160 in buying this HP with an advanced graphics card.
-blvd1@hotmail.com
 Really Bad Ergonomics February 23, 2010
C. Holliday
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've had many laptops over the years but this is probably the worst I've ever used. HP clearly put form over function when they mis-engineered this line of notebooks. The keyboard is the absolute worst. To start with, the keys are flat so it looks cool but you get no tactile feedback telling you if you are centered on the keys until your fingers go over the edge of a key. Second, the keys are shiny so they are impossible to read at an angle if you are laying down with the computer on your chest or stomach. Third, the addition of the number pad might make accounts happy but for the rest of us that don't use the number pad it shoves the keys we do use off to the left of center from the screen. This also moves the extremely shiny and finger print ridden mouse pad off of center. The mouse pad also has no separation between the pad and the buttons so if you hit the button high and get the edge of the pad your mouse jumps towards the bottom of the screen right as the click event happens resulting in random clicks where you don't want them, sometimes with really bad results like sending and email you weren't ready to send. Probably the worst design decision that will lead to repeated repairs is the power adapter which plugs into the side of the computer and sticks out about 2 inches. With it sticking out that far it acts like a lever so whenever you bump the plug on something it's putting tons of pressure on the connector and with it sticking out that far it gets bumped ALL THE TIME. It makes it virtually impossible to actually use the use the laptop on your lap. I'm guessing they made the plug this long because it's common for power adapter wires to fray and break right at the plug but all they've done is moved where it will fray out an inch and created a new failure point at the connector inside the computer. What are they going to do next, stick the entire power cord inside a 2 inch PVC pipe? Hmmm, maybe an L shaped plug that's flush to the computer case and can rotate freely in the connector might work but that might add half a penny to the cost, can't have that. There are also little lights all over the laptop; the power button, the speaker on/off, the volume control and the network on/off are all lights right under the monitor which to me is visually distracting. There is also a great big HP Logo on the lid that serves no purpose other than advertising for HP and wasting your battery charge. The entire laptop is also one gigantic fingerprint magnet, it's nice and shiny in the show room but because of this it always looks like you were eating greasy pizza or something the last time you used it. My last gripe is the wide-screen monitor but this isn't specific to HP, it's almost impossible to find a laptop without one anymore. Wide-screens are a great fit for watching movies but I prefer to watch movies on my TV, however, wide-screens totally suck for pretty much everything else. When reading and writing documents you don't want to see wider lines, you want see more lines or to be able to see both a picture and the related text at the same time. I thought the bigger screen would be better but my old 14.1 inch screen was more than an inch taller than this 15.6 inch screen and that extra inch really makes a big difference to me doing my job. In my opinion wide-screens are the absolute worst thing to happen to laptops for people that actually do all of their work on a laptop. I've had this computer for a month now and the thought of having to work on this for another 3 years makes me sick, I absolutely hate it.
very satisfied February 6, 2010
Sandra L. Coffey
i purchased this laptop for school. and i am very satisfied. previously i owned a dell but i really prefer the hp. since i have always had hp products.
i would recommend this product to anyone
great laptop January 28, 2010
Jared R. Shoemaker (Texas)
My wife and bought this to replace an older HP pavilion. We currently live abroad and had arranged for it to be brought to us by some friends who came to visit. We would have ordered a custom built machine from HP, but it would not be delivered to our friends in time for their departure. So, we went with this quick-ship model from Amazon.
This computer runs Windows 7 perfectly with a fast start-up time and no waiting when you open programs, but where it really shines is watching media. The screen is very high-end with HD resolution that makes anything from you-tube videos to hulu, to DVDs beautiful to watch. There are two headphone jacks on the front so both you and a companion can watch a movie without turing on the speakers or having to go one earbud each. When you do want to use the speakers, they are very good for a computer this size. The computer also comes with a convenient media remote control that you can store in the express card slot on the left side of the chassis. I read many reviews of HP pavilions complaining about the touch smart media controls across the top of the keyboard, but I have found these to work really well. There are 4 USB ports, super fast draft "n" wifi, VGA out for an external monitor, and an HDMI out for connecting to an HDTV.
The only complaints we might have are rather minor. I think that the number pad on the right side of the keyboard is really unnecessary and doesn't fit well on this size computer. It also makes the keyboard and mouse pad off-center from the screen which I don't particularly like. The only other complaint is the high gloss finish on the lid and palm rests. It shows smudges and fingerprints every single time you touch the computer. I also don't really love the imprint design on the lid and palm rest either. It isn't bad, it just isn't that great to me. I much prefer HP's moonlight white imprint, but we needed this computer fast so we ordered it from Amazon instead of getting one custom from HP. The white is still high gloss, but it doesn't show smudges as badly and I think it is more attractive. I do wish that HP would go back to their more timeless liquid-metallic/silver body color and can the stupid and unnecessarily cramped "full-size" keyboard.
This HP laptop is sturdy and well made, it runs very fast, it has lots of nice and well thought out little features like a remote and two headphone jacks, tons of ports for everything you need, and the screen is extremely good. Overall a great laptop especially considering the price.
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