thoughts on this please?

rotters · 24 Aug 2011 at 10:55

HP Pavilion DV7-6102SA Laptop, AMD A4-3310MX, 2.1GHz, 6GB RAM, 1TB, Beats Audio,17.3", Black

Product Information

HP’s Pavilion DV7-6102SA 17.3-inch laptop offers you everything you could ever need to keep you entertained and informed. Watch DVDs, gain finger print access to all your favourite applications and store a huge amount of media in one place, this laptop is packed full of top-end features to meet all your computing needs.
Key benefits:

Powered by a 2.1GHz AMD A4-3310MX processor and boasting 6GB of RAM, the DV7-6102SA will breeze through everyday multitasking, allowing you the freedom to surf the web, catch up with friends via the integrated webcam and microphone, as well as burn the latest tunes onto a CD for your enjoyment.
Play and burn CDs and DVDs and create personalised music compilations.
Thanks to an HDMI input, the DV7-6102SA will connect to your HDTV, enabling you the opportunity to experience the saved content from your hard drive via the big screen, and in greater comfort.
Top graphics performance is delivered by an AMD Radeon HD 6490M graphics card with 512MB graphics memory, resulting in smooth gameplay and flicker-free browsing.
To keep your documents and information safe, as well as for easy log on, a finger print reader will allow you to lock your computer in seconds and very easily sign back in. You’ll even be able to launch applications with one swoop of your finger, assigning accounts such as Facebook, eBay and Amazon to each finger!
Storing all your treasured media and important documents is made easy too thanks to the DV7-6102SA’s twin 500GB hard drive, handing you 1TB worth of storage. The options for transferring files are also impressive. Either take advantage of one of the four USB ports, the multi-card reader - which allows you to instantly share all of your digital cameras magic moments, or connect to compatible devices via Bluetooth, enabling you to instantly file share with other computers, mobile phones or home cinema systems within range.
Providing up to 5.5 hours of battery life, the DV7-6102SA is ideal for mobile use. Watch stunning HD movies on the train or impress your clients during meetings by delivering classy presentations via its High-Definition (1600x900) LED BrightView 17.3-inch screen.
To match the fantastic visual treat this laptop offers, integrated Beats speakers help to provide an immersive experience when watching movies or listening to your albums the way your favourite artist intended them to be heard.
The DV7-6102SA also includes the Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) operating system and a 2-year guarantee for your peace of mind.
Software Included:
This laptop is optimized for Microsoft® Office 2010. Purchase aProduct Key Card or Disc to activate full-featured Office softwarepreloaded on this PC.
HP Setup Manager
HP Support Assistant
HP CoolSense
HP ProtectSmart
HP Recovery Manager
HP SimplePass
Cyberlink DVD Suite
Cyberlink YouCam

Omnifone MusicStation
Windows Live Applications
HP Games Console
EasyBits Magic Desktop
HP CloudDrive (30-days trial

Key Features

Battery life Up to 5.5 hours

Bluetooth Yes

Brand HP

Built-in ethernet connection 10/100/1000

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Drive DVD RAM and DVD±R/±RW (dual layer)

Computer Software Helpline Free 90 day computer support

Dimensions H3.16 x W41.6 x D27.5cm

Finish Metal Brown

Graphics card AMD Radeon HD 6490M

Graphics card - video RAM 512MB

Guarantee FREE 2 year guarantee, extend to 3 years £135

Hard drive 2x 500GB

Memory card slot Multi-Format Digital Media Card Reader for Secure Digital cards and Multimedia cards

Model name / number DV7-6102SA

Multi Touch Pad Yes

Operating system Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Processor AMD A4-3310MX

Processor speed 2.1GHz

Processor Type AMD A4

RAM 6GB

Screen resolution 1600 x 900

Screen size 17.3"

Stereo speakers Beats™ sound system with integrated subwoofer

Touch Screen No

USB ports 2x USB 2.0, 2x USB 3.0

Visible screen size (measured diagonally) 43.9cm

Built-in Webcam Yes

Weight 3.4kg

Widescreen Yes

Wireless networking 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth

found this for £599 last night, what are your thoughts on it? its mainly for media, but I will be using it for music production.

rotters

Scrutinize · 24 Aug 2011 at 19:51

over priced and under powered esp as the review below compare it to the P340 which only scores 1304 passmarks on cpubenchmarks.net passmark software compared to 2500 of an i3 380m / i3 2310m. This only just scores a bit higher than my old Lenovo G555 with an m320 and although it is ok for basic tasks, I wouldn't want it now.

These fusion CPUs are not designed for performance laptops, they are really powerful netbook / ultra ultra portable geared to compete with the Intel ULV processors with longer battery life and low power consumption. Really starting to grind with me seeing all these manufactures including them in entertainment systems.

notebookcheck.net said:
The AMD A4-3310MX (Codename Llano) is a dual-core processor for entry level laptops. It is part of the Fusion family of APUs (=Accelerated Processing Units) and features an integrated Radeon HD 6480G graphics card. The processor core is clocked at 2.1 GHz base clock speed and is able to automatically overclock up to 2.5 GHz (TurboCore, depending on temperature and used cores).

The processor core is based on the Husky familiy 12h. Compared to the older Phenom II mobile processors, the Husky core is very similar but features an additional hardware divider. However, the performance per clock should be similar to the old Turion II, Athlon II, Phenom II mobile processors (as the Llano APU they did not feature a Level 3 cache).

The performance of the processor part should be comparable to a previous AMD Athlon II P340 (2.2 GHz Dual-Core). Due to TurboCore the single threaded performance should be slightly better and the multithreaded slightly slower. Therefore, the performance is clearly worse than similar clocked Sandy Bridge based processors (e.g. Core i3-2310M).

rotters · 24 Aug 2011 at 22:10

thanks fella for the reply, if you where going to get a new lappy for £600 what would it be?

rotters

Django x2 · 24 Aug 2011 at 22:58

An HP EliteBook or ProBook of some sort

Scrutinize · 25 Aug 2011 at 09:08

rotters said:
thanks fella for the reply, if you where going to get a new lappy for £600 what would it be?

rotters

what do you want it for, does it have to be a 17"? for this money take a look on dmxdimension.com for the dell deals as they will list the best deals plus they list bonus coupons. once you have the system code, click through from topcashback to get an extra 5%-10% back as well.

andicole0 · 25 Aug 2011 at 09:14

If you want an HP laptop wait a bit they may be making price reductions as with the Touchpad. HP are pulling out of the hardware market.

Andi.

Django x2 · 25 Aug 2011 at 11:36

andicole0 said:
If you want an HP laptop wait a bit they may be making price reductions as with the Touchpad. HP are pulling out of the hardware market.

Andi.

This is speculation at the moment. Announcement from their CEO yesterday made specific mention that they would continue with PC / laptop hardware and only WebOS hardware is ceasing

the_r_sole · 25 Aug 2011 at 11:44

...and if you wait till the price of pc hardware drops, the next thing will be out and then you'll have to wait for that to drop, and repeat - buy the best you can for your money at the time you need it!

Scrutinize · 26 Aug 2011 at 08:13

Lucero said:
This is speculation at the moment. Announcement from their CEO yesterday made specific mention that they would continue with PC / laptop hardware and only WebOS hardware is ceasing

I see no reason for them to exit the pc/notebook market unless it is operating at significant losses which cannot be rectified through altering the model range and means of distribution.

imo, HP home systems are not good vfm at retail compared to alternatives but this gives no indication of their profit to point of distribution (i suspect pretty low). they are the system of choice in the big high street home/elec/pc retailers at the moment (possibly due to very low unit costs with HP trying to buy market share and wide range?) so the public are steered towards them. this is only in the UK though and I don’t know how they fare in other countries.

however, their corporate and business systems are in a different league quality wise and are some of the best built systems you can get, and in many cases the better specced ProBook notebooks can be had cheaper than the home systems. but again, profit on the business systems is probably very low although they obviously prop up their own global staff base. Most small businesses and even the larger corporates seem to go with dell these days.

I imagine HP’s main money is in the IT consulting and corporate server infrastructure.