Need your opinion about this model (laptop)

[akhileshbc]

http://www.flipkart.com/computers/la...mczyw5vxemn59p

It's HP Pavilion DV6 Series DV6-6115TX Laptop (Black).

Summary of HP Pavilion DV6 Series DV6-6115TX Laptop (Black)
Your search for an all-purpose laptop ends here. The HP Pavilion DV6 is a mid-range consumer notebook packed with powerful processor and entertainment features. Engineered to meet your multitasking demands, this HP laptop dons the latest Intel 2nd Generation Core i5 processor. This laptop comes preloaded with a 64-bit Windows 7 Home Basic operating system, which gives you ease in work and play. What makes this laptop unique from its competitors is the HP CoolSense Technology, which can detect your environment and automatically adjust the cooling of the laptop.
Style and Portability

The lightweight design and build quality of HP Pavilion laptop are a step above many of its rivals. Encased in durable plastic, the base of this notebook is strong and the body has a smoothly contoured physique. The Dura Coat island style keyboard with integrated numeric keypad and illuminated touchpad with multi-touch gesture support make typing or web browsing an enthralling experience. The glowing HP logo on the lid serves as an icing on the cake. With the dimensions of 378 x 246.8 x 31.1 mm and 2.5 kg weight, this laptop is a mighty entertainment machine.
When it comes to display screen, this Pavilion DV6 laptop is one of the best in class. Boasting a 15.6 inch High-Definition LED Brightview Display screen with 1366 x 768 pixels, watching a HD movie or playing video games will not be the same anymore. The cinematic 16:9 aspect ratio of the screen allows movies to fill the screen and it also provides a large display screen for productive use.

Performance

Built on Intel HM65 chipset, this Pavilion notebook runs an Intel 2nd Generation Core i5 2410M processor, which has a clock speed of 2.3 GHz and 3 MB cache memory. The powerful processor onboard lets you work on various applications at a time and gives enhanced visuals for an immersive experience on your PC. Loaded with 4 GB DDR3 RAM, which is expandable up to 16 GB via dual memory slots, this HP DV6 series model offers you more for less.
The AMD Radeon HD 6490M graphic processor with a dedicated 1 GB DDR5 graphic memory makes this laptop a herculean gaming machine. Be it playing a high-end graphic game or watching a HD multimedia file, DV6 is the right choice to meet your demands. Adding more spice, HP DV6 gives you 500 GB SATA Hard Disc Drive storage capacity, letting you store all your favourite movies and important files onboard.

Multimedia and Connectivity

The Altec Lansing speakers on DV6-6115TX laptop gives you louder and much clear sound while watching movies or listening music. With the integrated HP TrueVision HD web-camera situated on the bezel of the top panel and the internal digital microphone, you can video chat on Skype or social networking sites like Facebook and Google Plus.
The HDMI output port lets you connect this computer with compatible devices like HD TVs, gaming consoles, HD monitors and many more to watch movies or play games on bigger screens. The LightScribe SuperMulti Drive with Double Layer support allows you to burn or play DVDs. You can also extend the storage capacity via Multi Card reader that supports various formats. Bluetooth and Wi-Fi enhance faster wireless internet connectivity.

Battery and Other Features

The 6 cell battery promises you backup time up to 3 hours. This HP Pavilion DV6 notebook has security features like Kensington MicroSaver lock slot, Power-on password and also accepts third party security locking devices. This laptop comes loaded with softwares like Cyberlink Youcam, Adobe Flash Player, Recovery Manager and Evernote.

What do you think ? A good one ?

[dilettante]

I had an HP laptop. Died of a motherboard problem HP knew about but did not inform anyone about until just after the warranty expired.

Got burned the exact same way on an HP desktop.

Never again.

[baja_yu]

It depends. Good for what, and at what price?

[moti barski]

here is my opinion :
as a rule of thumb do not buy hp, theire costumer servise and quarenty are meaningless
many computer vendors have stoped working with them.
if it brakes you could end up waiting 6 weeks ir more for them to return it still broken.

in your specific link the specs seem weak, they would suffice for just browsing though.

I recommend dell (inspiron quad core) or acer

msi netbook's price is cheap

btw, this should go in the general pc

[baja_yu]

Weak for what? He can run basically any IDE or development tool out there on it (I assume that's going to be the main purpose). The only thing it might be weak for are high end games, and maybe some serious 3D modeling and animation rendering, but who does that on a laptop and a 15" screen anyway.

[akhileshbc]

It depends. Good for what, and at what price?

All in all. I mean, with the price and the features. The price is approximately 892$.

It has a 2nd Gen. Core i5 processor, 1 GB Radeon Graphics, 500GB HDD, 4GB RAM.

I'm also worried about the service.

[akhileshbc]

I had an HP laptop. Died of a motherboard problem HP knew about but did not inform anyone about until just after the warranty expired.

Got burned the exact same way on an HP desktop.

Never again.

I'm worried about the service too. That's why I'm not bothering about buying a Lenovo. I have read from certain review sites that the service centres in India are a bit dull.

You think it's not good to buy this one ?

[dilettante]

I can't say, my laptop died 2 years ago with no fix except paying them more than I had the first time. The Pavilion line is for home and entertainment, not performance devices. But it was great up until it began its repeated lockups and bluescreens.

I replaced it with a Toshiba which I love except for its lousy speakers. At least it had a TWO year manufacturer warranty though, and it has outlived that.

Tech-churn is too rapid in the laptop market segment, nothing ever gets perfected before it's obsolete. I think they expect you to be buying a new one every year or two. Even automakers don't change 100% of their product lines every model year.

[si_the_geek]

Thread moved to the 'General PC' forum as requested.

[danasegarane]

I would advice to go for the Dell . See this one with same price but high configuration

[akhileshbc]

I can't say, my laptop died 2 years ago with no fix except paying them more than I had the first time. The Pavilion line is for home and entertainment, not performance devices. But it was great up until it began its repeated lockups and bluescreens.

I replaced it with a Toshiba which I love except for its lousy speakers. At least it had a TWO year manufacturer warranty though, and it has outlived that.

Tech-churn is too rapid in the laptop market segment, nothing ever gets perfected before it's obsolete. I think they expect you to be buying a new one every year or two. Even automakers don't change 100% of their product lines every model year.

Ok. This Toshiba model is within that price range: http://www.gadgetsguru.in/toshiba-sa...dia-12879.aspx

That site is providing 7k reduction. So, I'm not sure what the local price is.
When asked to my favorite local vendor, they said they have only limited models of laptops in their stock. They don't collect any other models other than a handful.

I'm not sure where to look for a good review of laptops. Most of them are confusing. Some are against certain models and in another site, many will be praising that particular models.

[akhileshbc]

I would advice to go for the Dell . See this one with same price but high configuration

This one looks good : http://configure.ap.dell.com/dellsto...iron-15r-n5110

[danasegarane]

Thats looks good. If you are going to buy don't buy online. Call the dell support and order . You will save around 1500INR from online price.

[akhileshbc]

Thats looks good. If you are going to buy don't buy online. Call the dell support and order . You will save around 1500INR from online price.

You mean they'll provide extra discount on those specifications ?

[danasegarane]

The price differs when you call the customer care and book the order as compared to the online price. I bought one laptop for my friend and got around 2000INR from online price.

Have you heard about XPS laptops ?

[akhileshbc]

The price differs when you call the customer care and book the order as compared to the online price. I bought one laptop for my friend and got around 2000INR from online price.

Have you heard about XPS laptops ?

ok. sounds good.

Yeah, heard about it. It looks like have to pay about 50K for a i5 XPS !

While going through the customization of XPS laptop, I got stuck at the SolidState HDD which costs an additional amount of 26K for 256GB drive. Don't know much about SolidState drives. Have to google it.

[dilettante]

I try to avoid anything with only a 1 year warranty. It indicates a lack of trust in their own product and commitment to service.

[akhileshbc]

I try to avoid anything with only a 1 year warranty. It indicates a lack of trust in their own product and commitment to service.

I never found a laptop model(in here) that comes with more than an year warranty ! But I think, we could extend the warranty by paying extra.

It looks like Dell is providing the facility to add upto 3 year warranty by paying about 5K (as additional), while doing the online customization.