HP Pavilion DV6-2162NR 15.6-Inch Black Laptop–Up to 4.25 Hours of Battery Life
- Intel Core i3-350M processor (2.26 GHz, 3MB L3 Cache)
- 4GB DDR3 System Reminiscence (2 DIMM) (expandable to 8 GB)
- 500GB (7200RPM) Hard Drive (SATA), SuperMulti 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support
- Real Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, * Up to 4.25 Hours of Battery Life
- 15.6″ Diagonal High-Classification LED HP BrightView Show (1366×768), Intel HD Graphics with up to 1696MB Whole Available Graphics Reminiscence
For those who want an all-in-one performance notebook with rich multimedia features, the HP Pavilion dv6 Entertainment series delivers mobile performance that looks as fantastic as it runs. Powered by the latest processor and graphics technologies, it deliver the features you need to support your digital lifestyle.
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Review by J. DREIER for HP Pavilion DV6-2162NR 15.6-Inch Black Laptop–Up to 4.25 Hours of Battery Life
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I bought this HP for my wife to replace her 3 year ancient Toshiba. It’s 100% her computer but she places everything technical in our lives on me and then holds me accountable for its performance. My wife is brutal on electronics and her laptop is no exception. The Toshiba had a VERY hard life and ticked along perfectly in anticipation of the past few months. After wasting $200 on a failed repair (hard drive) I chose it was cheaper to replace it than to nurse it along. I initially went shopping for another Toshiba and frankly, I feel like I would be writing a 5 star review for a Toshiba if it hadn’t come down to a $150 price difference. I was able to use the competing Toshiba at a retailer, but when I went to Amazon I found this HP. Nearly identical in performance and appearance; aside from a couple of keyboard control features they were the same.
I bought the HP, Amazon shipped it FedEX and it arrived to Fairbanks Alaska in less than 48 hours (used standard shipping, nothing special). She likes it, exciting it up and it performs flawlessly and much better than my 8 month ancient Dell XPS (Argh, never again…long tale). I have not attempted to load Office 2007 yet, but suspect from my investigate on 64 bit systems, it will work fine. Neither one of us cares for the bubble machinate and thinks it detracts from the professional look of the rest of the end (petty, I know).
The mouse pad works perfectly and I particularly like the keyboard layout and feel of the keys. I REALLY like the number pad without having to buy a 17+ inch system which is of course standard now.
4 USB ports, 1 HDMI productivity, a fantastic LCD screen and Graphics card…zero to complain about. Oh, and Windows 7 works very well.
I’ll report back if it doesn’t hold up to the flagrant neglect my wife typically inflicts on her electronics, but as of for now she is rightfully treating like a shiny new sports car!
Review by Felix Felicis for HP Pavilion DV6-2162NR 15.6-Inch Black Laptop–Up to 4.25 Hours of Battery Life
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Alright, so I’m 26 and a student, and I had been making due with a ancient Dell Dimension for the last 3 years, so hopelessly out of date that I wont emergency you the details. I needed an upgrade and wanted a laptop in the $600-800 range that had a speedy processor, ability to handle videos of all types smoothly (esp. HD), enough RAM to multi-task with heavy programs and not break a sweat, lots of slots USB and otherwise and 500 gigs of space. When I saw the specs on this Pavillion it met all my qualifications, with excellent battery life for my traveling (I go from FL to NY often) and a nice look and charming functionality/keyboard to boot.
Obviously, buying a laptop is not a light significance, especially when you have been working toward it for a while like me. So naturally upon booting up I immediately place it through the ringer. I loaded a printer, scanner and second monitor into the USBs, then used Nero to burn a DVD while surveillance Futurama on the monitor and Inglorious Basterds playing in 1080p on the main screen. Additionally I had iTunes doing a mass conversion while scanning some images in the background, with BitTorrent and Limerwire downloading and WinAVI converter making a .VOB as well. I had NO problems whatsoever = no lag, no image interlacing, no errors or delays in the converting/burning, no internet problems, no scanning issues or anything. That immediately sold it for me; if it can handle all the tasks I use most frequently all at once and look terrific doing it, who am I to complain?
4 GB of RAM is bounty, and even if I prefer AMD in general the Intel i3 chipset is powerful and well worth it over Core Duo processors. Everything looks gorgeous, especially vivid colors in HD – South Park is a excellent example. The HDMI exporting is wonderful and looks fantastic on my huge screen. I’m never a huge fan of proprietary software, but HP has a number of useful programs on here. The Mediasmart app is really excellent for HD, much better than Media Player in my estimation. The IDT sound options are terrific, especially for making an artificial depth of field out of tiny Altec Lansing speakers – not terrible themselves, by the way. The pad is fantastic, with a scroll bar built in, the keyboard is huge and has a number pad, a mic jack and two headphone jacks are in the front, and it’s not too heavy any – I mean I may possibly go on and on but you get the top. The only thing remotely disappointing was the webcam but honestly I don’t care about it one iota.
This machine is sleek, speedy and strong with lots of options and will certainly be in use for a long time for me at least. Highly recommended.
Review by a reader for HP Pavilion DV6-2162NR 15.6-Inch Black Laptop–Up to 4.25 Hours of Battery Life
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I picked this up at another store, the dv6-2155dx, and I was a small unsure of getting the i3 processor instead of a model with the i5 or i7. I’m sure those are even quicker but I can say for sure, this laptop is the quickest, most responsive, of any laptop I’ve had and I go through a lot by frequently upgrading and selling or loaning my previous.
In this case I wanted to get a machine built with Windows 7 instead of trying to install it on my previous Outlook system.
Standout features for me so far:
* Very solid and comfortable (and silent) keyboard with lots of space, very ergonomic.
* The fact that it has a number pad area like a desktop keyboard.
* The widescreen performance and look. It just perfectly feels like a 17″ screen even even if its not.
* Speed, as I mentioned.
* Startup time is brilliant. I can open and use an attention in < 30-secs. I can also start many applications at once without it skipping a beat.
* Silent and speedy CD-rom.
* Nice 500GB hard drive
Potential drawbacks.
* The i3 is very new but also the bottom of the tier of this generation of intel processors. It force become dated or bog down after I add a lot more data/programs to the system. The 4GB of RAM is a huge help in keeping things moving.
Overall I am very pleased with what I got. It’s very solid feeling and very silent and doesn’t get hot at all.
Review by J. Tanenbaum for HP Pavilion DV6-2162NR 15.6-Inch Black Laptop–Up to 4.25 Hours of Battery Life
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This is a very nice laptop. Here are the highlights:
The Core i3 runs cool and quick
The 15 inch screen is bright and clear
The 500GB hard drive is a excellent size and is also 7200 rpm (many laptops in this price range are only 5400rpm)
The keyboard is comfortable and includes a number pad. At the top is a charming touchpad style volume control/mute button.
The synaptics trackpad is somehow different than others that I’m used to, being made of a shiny silver material, but works just like any other; it has a dedicated vertical scroll area, but does not seem to support two finger scrolling, even after installing the driver support for it.
Not too much preinstalled junkware to remove.
Excellent amount of ports (4 USBs, one which handles eSata, plus an HDMI port) in addition to the standards you’d expect on a laptop.
Speakers are nothing special, which is to be probable, but the computer comes with a small remote control that can be used to control audio and video playback. I haven’t messed around with it much, but it force only work on the preinstalled HP media software. The remote can be conveniently stored in the express card slot on the left side of the computer. There is a nice dedicated volume/mute
Honestly lightweight.
Wireless-N capability
Negatives? Not much really.
It won’t handle heavy duty gaming, but that’s not what it’s designed for.
This model doesn’t include Lightscribe or bluetooth, which is vital to some people.
You can certainly see fingerprints and I may possibly do without the bubble graphics, but it’s still a very sleek looking computer.
I compared this to a number of other similarly priced laptops (mostly other HPs, Dells, and Sonys) and feel pretty confident that I made the right choice.
Well I just got my notebook in the mail now but so far I am very pleased. I like Windows 7, and the webcam works fantastic. I used it to talk with my family and my kids had a lot of fun by the special effects with the webcam when we were by Skype. The system starts up quick which is a really excellent thing even after loading all my stuff to the notebook I had it all done in a few hours. I did a lot of investigate before I bought this and for the price you can’t go incorrect.