Comments on: HP Pavilion DV6-1350US 15.6-Inch Espresso Laptop – Up to 4 Hours of Battery Life http://www.windowstweaks.net/hp-pavilion-dv6-1350us-15-6-inch-espresso-laptop-up-to-4-hours-of-battery-life.html Windows Tweak | Windows Tricks Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:00:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Recycler http://www.windowstweaks.net/hp-pavilion-dv6-1350us-15-6-inch-espresso-laptop-up-to-4-hours-of-battery-life.html/comment-page-1#comment-229 Recycler Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:04:01 +0000 http://windowstweaks.net/hp-pavilion-dv6-1350us-15-6-inch-espresso-laptop-up-to-4-hours-of-battery-life.html#comment-229 Just got this laptop, and haven't loaded application SW yet. Will do another review later on performance. <br /> <br />Wanted to let you know that this ships with a 12-cell battery, as advertised, but that this is huge and sticks out the bottom of the laptop, so the combination of laptop+battery exceeds the advertised dimensions and weight. The size and shape of the battery make it very difficult to fit into my briefcase. I called HP, and they said that this is the standard configuration, and that I'd have to buy a 6-cell battery if I wanted one that is flush with the bottom of the laptop case. <br /> <br />Also, the chrome trim has a lot of sharp corners and edges that may catch on the interior of a briefcase. <br /> <br />There are no recovery disks, so budget time and expense to make these. <br /> <br />Other than that, everything's fine. The initial start-up and registration were painless. The (glossy) display and keyboard (with a nearly full-size number pad) are terrific. I look forward to using the machine as my main PC. <br /> <br /> Rating: 4 / 5 Just got this laptop, and haven’t loaded application SW yet. Will do another review later on performance.

Wanted to let you know that this ships with a 12-cell battery, as advertised, but that this is huge and sticks out the bottom of the laptop, so the combination of laptop+battery exceeds the advertised dimensions and weight. The size and shape of the battery make it very difficult to fit into my briefcase. I called HP, and they said that this is the standard configuration, and that I’d have to buy a 6-cell battery if I wanted one that is flush with the bottom of the laptop case.

Also, the chrome trim has a lot of sharp corners and edges that may catch on the interior of a briefcase.

There are no recovery disks, so budget time and expense to make these.

Other than that, everything’s fine. The initial start-up and registration were painless. The (glossy) display and keyboard (with a nearly full-size number pad) are terrific. I look forward to using the machine as my main PC.

Rating: 4 / 5

]]> By: J. Harris http://www.windowstweaks.net/hp-pavilion-dv6-1350us-15-6-inch-espresso-laptop-up-to-4-hours-of-battery-life.html/comment-page-1#comment-228 J. Harris Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:38:09 +0000 http://windowstweaks.net/hp-pavilion-dv6-1350us-15-6-inch-espresso-laptop-up-to-4-hours-of-battery-life.html#comment-228 I decided it was time to upgrade my laptop and looked for several weeks for the right combination of price, hard drive, RAM, Bluetooth, battery, numeric keypad, etc. This laptop has it all. I thought my replacement laptop would be a second Mac since I bought a Mac for my wife six months ago. However with Windows 7 getting good reviews and a price one-third of the cost of an "equivalent" Mac, my decision was what PC did I want. The DV6-1350 has all the features I was looking for including the new DDR3 RAM instead of DDR2 and Bluetooth. I also like having the 12 cell battery pack attached. The extra "bump" on the bottom doesn't bother me. Ergonomically the keyboard is great. My last laptop was an HP and I am pleased with the reliability. I am really liking Windows 7 in it's functionality. It starts up almost instantly from sleep mode. This is great laptop at a very good price. Rating: 5 / 5 I decided it was time to upgrade my laptop and looked for several weeks for the right combination of price, hard drive, RAM, Bluetooth, battery, numeric keypad, etc. This laptop has it all. I thought my replacement laptop would be a second Mac since I bought a Mac for my wife six months ago. However with Windows 7 getting good reviews and a price one-third of the cost of an “equivalent” Mac, my decision was what PC did I want. The DV6-1350 has all the features I was looking for including the new DDR3 RAM instead of DDR2 and Bluetooth. I also like having the 12 cell battery pack attached. The extra “bump” on the bottom doesn’t bother me. Ergonomically the keyboard is great. My last laptop was an HP and I am pleased with the reliability. I am really liking Windows 7 in it’s functionality. It starts up almost instantly from sleep mode. This is great laptop at a very good price.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: Garrett Cook http://www.windowstweaks.net/hp-pavilion-dv6-1350us-15-6-inch-espresso-laptop-up-to-4-hours-of-battery-life.html/comment-page-1#comment-227 Garrett Cook Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:15:37 +0000 http://windowstweaks.net/hp-pavilion-dv6-1350us-15-6-inch-espresso-laptop-up-to-4-hours-of-battery-life.html#comment-227 Purchased at local Office Depot. For the price, seems to have a lot of good features (bright LED backlight, 8-hour battery, memory (also expandable), remote control (useful for pictures / presentations), high speed hard drive (most machines in this price range have 5400-rpm drive; this one is a faster 7200). <br />One thing (which was pointed out by other reviews) is that the battery _is_ large and sticks out the bottom by almost an inch. I like Dell's method better of having the battery extend horizontally in front of the keyboard, but on the other hand it does raise the rear of the keyboard a bit which can make typing easier. I thought it might be troublesome to use it while in my lap but fortunately there is just enough space on the right side (which the batt is closer to) to rest the main unit on your legs. An odd thing about it is that they made the extension go even further to the right than to the left, which would have otherwise centered it more. <br />Another item which may be an issue for some is that the back of the screen has a very bright HP logo when the computer is on. It is not software configurable, but an internet search revealed that there is a cable inside which can be disconnected to cut the light. I may do this or cover it with black tape. <br />On the power, charge, and HD indicators, when any one LED is lit they kind of bleed over to the others, making it difficult to determine if they are truly lit or not. I do however like the lit indicators for volume & wireless; my old laptop used standard press-buttons and they would frequently get stuck from dust or food crumbs or whatever. <br />The fan runs relatively quietly, and can also be configured in the BIOS. <br />As mentioned earlier the screen has good levels of brightness, but reflections can easily be seen. Unfortunately almost all laptops made today did away with the nice, anti-glare screens of the past in favor of these. I also noticed when first using it that the colors appeared very washed out; the brightness or gamma settings seemed way too high. I tried using the Intel GMA software to change the gamma but it was already at its lowest setting, and the brightness and contrast settings did little to improve. Windows 7 though has a color calibration tool that lets you set these independently, I turned it all the way to Min which makes it look normal compared with other computers I've seen. I then had to use msconfig to disable the Intel GMA software from starting up and changing my settings each time the system was rebooted, so now the setting is remembered (if you go into the Intel settings again though, it takes over and you have to run the calibration program again). <br />I usually try and remove all the pre-installed software from store-bought machines, but HP seems to have improved their lineup with some useful tools so I decided to keep most of them. <br />All in all, a good machine, and would buy again. Rating: 4 / 5 Purchased at local Office Depot. For the price, seems to have a lot of good features (bright LED backlight, 8-hour battery, memory (also expandable), remote control (useful for pictures / presentations), high speed hard drive (most machines in this price range have 5400-rpm drive; this one is a faster 7200).

One thing (which was pointed out by other reviews) is that the battery _is_ large and sticks out the bottom by almost an inch. I like Dell’s method better of having the battery extend horizontally in front of the keyboard, but on the other hand it does raise the rear of the keyboard a bit which can make typing easier. I thought it might be troublesome to use it while in my lap but fortunately there is just enough space on the right side (which the batt is closer to) to rest the main unit on your legs. An odd thing about it is that they made the extension go even further to the right than to the left, which would have otherwise centered it more.

Another item which may be an issue for some is that the back of the screen has a very bright HP logo when the computer is on. It is not software configurable, but an internet search revealed that there is a cable inside which can be disconnected to cut the light. I may do this or cover it with black tape.

On the power, charge, and HD indicators, when any one LED is lit they kind of bleed over to the others, making it difficult to determine if they are truly lit or not. I do however like the lit indicators for volume & wireless; my old laptop used standard press-buttons and they would frequently get stuck from dust or food crumbs or whatever.

The fan runs relatively quietly, and can also be configured in the BIOS.

As mentioned earlier the screen has good levels of brightness, but reflections can easily be seen. Unfortunately almost all laptops made today did away with the nice, anti-glare screens of the past in favor of these. I also noticed when first using it that the colors appeared very washed out; the brightness or gamma settings seemed way too high. I tried using the Intel GMA software to change the gamma but it was already at its lowest setting, and the brightness and contrast settings did little to improve. Windows 7 though has a color calibration tool that lets you set these independently, I turned it all the way to Min which makes it look normal compared with other computers I’ve seen. I then had to use msconfig to disable the Intel GMA software from starting up and changing my settings each time the system was rebooted, so now the setting is remembered (if you go into the Intel settings again though, it takes over and you have to run the calibration program again).

I usually try and remove all the pre-installed software from store-bought machines, but HP seems to have improved their lineup with some useful tools so I decided to keep most of them.

All in all, a good machine, and would buy again.
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> By: N. Zhang http://www.windowstweaks.net/hp-pavilion-dv6-1350us-15-6-inch-espresso-laptop-up-to-4-hours-of-battery-life.html/comment-page-1#comment-226 N. Zhang Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:49:22 +0000 http://windowstweaks.net/hp-pavilion-dv6-1350us-15-6-inch-espresso-laptop-up-to-4-hours-of-battery-life.html#comment-226 Bottom line, for $600 , This is one of the best you can get. Overall build quality is good except the slot for storing the remote control is not that smooth. It stuck in the slot and not coming out easily sometimes. Keyboard is great. Touch pad is easy to control but a external mouse defiantly will help. Quite. The gross surface looks good but it will easily show your finger print as well as the dust. Keep in mind, this is not a 3D game machine. Rating: 5 / 5 Bottom line, for $600 , This is one of the best you can get. Overall build quality is good except the slot for storing the remote control is not that smooth. It stuck in the slot and not coming out easily sometimes. Keyboard is great. Touch pad is easy to control but a external mouse defiantly will help. Quite. The gross surface looks good but it will easily show your finger print as well as the dust. Keep in mind, this is not a 3D game machine.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: jason330i http://www.windowstweaks.net/hp-pavilion-dv6-1350us-15-6-inch-espresso-laptop-up-to-4-hours-of-battery-life.html/comment-page-1#comment-225 jason330i Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:51:08 +0000 http://windowstweaks.net/hp-pavilion-dv6-1350us-15-6-inch-espresso-laptop-up-to-4-hours-of-battery-life.html#comment-225 I thought this laptop was a good deal for the price I purchased it at, [...] including rebate. Although there seems to be some price changes lately which would make things different. <br /> <br />The laptop is good. It's got everything I need. Windows 7 seems to work well. <br /> <br />My only complaint would be the design of the battery. Personally I would have preferred if the extended battery stuck out of the back of the laptop, instead of the bottom. This would have made it easier to carry around and place in my briefcase. <br /> <br />But certainly not a deal breaker. Rating: 5 / 5 I thought this laptop was a good deal for the price I purchased it at, [...] including rebate. Although there seems to be some price changes lately which would make things different.

The laptop is good. It’s got everything I need. Windows 7 seems to work well.

My only complaint would be the design of the battery. Personally I would have preferred if the extended battery stuck out of the back of the laptop, instead of the bottom. This would have made it easier to carry around and place in my briefcase.

But certainly not a deal breaker.
Rating: 5 / 5

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