The HP Pavilion dv6-6110us ($ 649.99 at Staples) is a good deal for those looking for a cheap laptop desktop replacement that will last more than six hours on one charge and delivery performance respectable graphics. You will not get that much power or Source characteristics of this model, however.
Design
So dv6-6113cl Pavilion ($ 699.99 list, 3.5 stars) dv6-6135dx ($ 679.99 list, 3.5) comes with an aluminum finish that has dark brown dv6-6110us a plastic cover Espresso is black with a black finish with HP Imprint a grid pattern texture. A strip of silver trim along the outer edge of the base complements the black cap, making a good job of rejecting fingerprint spots, despite its brilliant luster. The ubiquitous logo HP takes its usual place in the top right corner of the lid, but it is not lit, as it was on the two models mentioned above. At 5.4 pounds, it dv6-6110us slightly lighter than the 5.7-pound dv6 6113cl-and 5.5-pound Lenovo ThinkPad V570-1066A9U ($ 629.99 list, 4 stars).
Design
So dv6-6113cl Pavilion ($ 699.99 list, 3.5 stars) dv6-6135dx ($ 679.99 list, 3.5) comes with an aluminum finish that has dark brown dv6-6110us a plastic cover Espresso is black with a black finish with HP Imprint a grid pattern texture. A strip of silver trim along the outer edge of the base complements the black cap, making a good job of rejecting fingerprint spots, despite its brilliant luster. The ubiquitous logo HP takes its usual place in the top right corner of the lid, but it is not lit, as it was on the two models mentioned above. At 5.4 pounds, it dv6-6110us slightly lighter than the 5.7-pound dv6 6113cl-and 5.5-pound Lenovo ThinkPad V570-1066A9U ($ 629.99 list, 4 stars).
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The bridge keypad sports the same finish as the top and maintain a full-size keyboard blocks dedicated numeric keypad. The keys are flat and relatively solid, comfortable writing. The touchpad and mouse buttons are presented in a narrow strip cutting backlit and are both responsive and comfortable to use. Missing is a fingerprint sensor, as found in dv6-6113cl, but the web browser shortcut keys above the keyboard, just the power switch. Speaker Bar Silver can accommodate two Altec Lansing speakers, which are adequate for light listening, but it lacks volume and bass.
The 15.6-inch screen has a resolution of 1366 x 768, which is pretty much standard issue for a budget laptop. The screen is bright and offers good color fidelity and black decent and gives a nice sharp image 720p.
Feature
Port selection is the center of the road in the dv6-6110us. There are four USB ports, but they are all USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 speed of running on several of the latest laptops. Video outputs include VGA, HDMI, and there is an Ethernet port, two headphone jacks and a microphone. This model is equipped with an eSATA port, which is convenient to transfer files to and from external devices. DVD multi-drive is on the right side of the chassis and a card reader SD / MMC on the leading edge. There is also a built-in HP webcam TrueVision top of the screen frame.
The wireless network through a radio comes 802.11b/g/n dv6-6110us but not Bluetooth, WIDI 2.0 (Wireless Display), or the capabilities of WiMAX. The 640 portable hard drive running at 5400 rpm and comes preinstalled with Windows 7 Home Premium, Skype, CyberLink YouCam, and HP Recovery Manager (for backup and restore) and CoolSense (for automatic temperature control) software. Of course, the usual bloatware programs (eBay, Snapfish, games and combining test versions) are also present.
Performance
The dv6-6110us is configured with an AMD processor A6-3400, which calls for an AMD Accelerated Processing Unit (or APU). It has a stock speed of 1.4 GHz, but can clock up to 2.3 GHz Core AMD turbo. Populated with 4 GB of system memory, dv6-6110us had trouble keeping up with competitors. Its PCMark 1483 score of 7 was 500 points lower than the dv6-6113cl (Core i3) and nearly 600 points lower than the Lenovo Ideapad 066A9U-V570 (i5). The dv6-6135dx, which uses a slightly more powerful AMD processor A8-3500, scored 1632 on this test. The results were the same on our Cinebench test R11.5 CPU, the score of dv6-6110us "of 1.74 was the lowest of all. The IdeaPad led with a score of 2.6, followed by dv6-6013cl with 2.04 and the Toshiba Satellite P755-S5215 ($ 719.99 list, 3 stars) with 2.02.
The dv6-6110us need a huge 7 minutes 55 seconds to complete our Photoshop test CS5 Multimedia, who finished in a 4 IdeaPad relatively quick minutes 10 seconds. P755-S5215 needs and dv6-6113cl 5:39 to 6:37 ET, respectively. 3:44 time dv6-6110us on our test handbrake for video conversion has also been the slowest of the pack.
Dv6-6110us video comes in the form of GeForce 6520G, which is an integral part of the APU AMD. In our Crysis DirectX 10 medium-quality test sets dv6-6110us concoct 28.5 frames per second (fps), which is not great but good enough for gaming in low resolution. For comparison, the IdeaPad dv6-6113cl and both driven by integrated Intel Graphics HD 3000, respectively, and statements 14.1fps 13.4fps. The dv6-6135dx that uses a GeForce 6750M discrete graphics solution, all led with a score of 40fps. Again dv6-6110us is not what you call a mobile game, but you should be able to enjoy games rather smooth, as long as you turn down the special effects.
The battery life is dv6-6110us better than average, the six-cell, 55Wh battery gave us a MobileMark 2007 score of 6 hours 18 minutes. It is more than an hour longer than dv6-6013cl (5.17) and P755-S5215 (05:01), and 1 hour 37 minutes longer than the ThinkPad.
HP Pavilion dv6-6110us not offer the processing power of models of the same price, and it is simply in terms of wireless connectivity options and modern features. What it does is offer decent graphics power and more than six hours between charges. If you need processing power and more features, such WiDi 2.0, WiMAX, an eSATA port and a fingerprint reader, Lenovo IdeaPad 1066A9U-V570 is your best bet.
The 15.6-inch screen has a resolution of 1366 x 768, which is pretty much standard issue for a budget laptop. The screen is bright and offers good color fidelity and black decent and gives a nice sharp image 720p.
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Feature
Port selection is the center of the road in the dv6-6110us. There are four USB ports, but they are all USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 speed of running on several of the latest laptops. Video outputs include VGA, HDMI, and there is an Ethernet port, two headphone jacks and a microphone. This model is equipped with an eSATA port, which is convenient to transfer files to and from external devices. DVD multi-drive is on the right side of the chassis and a card reader SD / MMC on the leading edge. There is also a built-in HP webcam TrueVision top of the screen frame.
The wireless network through a radio comes 802.11b/g/n dv6-6110us but not Bluetooth, WIDI 2.0 (Wireless Display), or the capabilities of WiMAX. The 640 portable hard drive running at 5400 rpm and comes preinstalled with Windows 7 Home Premium, Skype, CyberLink YouCam, and HP Recovery Manager (for backup and restore) and CoolSense (for automatic temperature control) software. Of course, the usual bloatware programs (eBay, Snapfish, games and combining test versions) are also present.
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Performance
The dv6-6110us is configured with an AMD processor A6-3400, which calls for an AMD Accelerated Processing Unit (or APU). It has a stock speed of 1.4 GHz, but can clock up to 2.3 GHz Core AMD turbo. Populated with 4 GB of system memory, dv6-6110us had trouble keeping up with competitors. Its PCMark 1483 score of 7 was 500 points lower than the dv6-6113cl (Core i3) and nearly 600 points lower than the Lenovo Ideapad 066A9U-V570 (i5). The dv6-6135dx, which uses a slightly more powerful AMD processor A8-3500, scored 1632 on this test. The results were the same on our Cinebench test R11.5 CPU, the score of dv6-6110us "of 1.74 was the lowest of all. The IdeaPad led with a score of 2.6, followed by dv6-6013cl with 2.04 and the Toshiba Satellite P755-S5215 ($ 719.99 list, 3 stars) with 2.02.
The dv6-6110us need a huge 7 minutes 55 seconds to complete our Photoshop test CS5 Multimedia, who finished in a 4 IdeaPad relatively quick minutes 10 seconds. P755-S5215 needs and dv6-6113cl 5:39 to 6:37 ET, respectively. 3:44 time dv6-6110us on our test handbrake for video conversion has also been the slowest of the pack.
Dv6-6110us video comes in the form of GeForce 6520G, which is an integral part of the APU AMD. In our Crysis DirectX 10 medium-quality test sets dv6-6110us concoct 28.5 frames per second (fps), which is not great but good enough for gaming in low resolution. For comparison, the IdeaPad dv6-6113cl and both driven by integrated Intel Graphics HD 3000, respectively, and statements 14.1fps 13.4fps. The dv6-6135dx that uses a GeForce 6750M discrete graphics solution, all led with a score of 40fps. Again dv6-6110us is not what you call a mobile game, but you should be able to enjoy games rather smooth, as long as you turn down the special effects.
The battery life is dv6-6110us better than average, the six-cell, 55Wh battery gave us a MobileMark 2007 score of 6 hours 18 minutes. It is more than an hour longer than dv6-6013cl (5.17) and P755-S5215 (05:01), and 1 hour 37 minutes longer than the ThinkPad.
HP Pavilion dv6-6110us not offer the processing power of models of the same price, and it is simply in terms of wireless connectivity options and modern features. What it does is offer decent graphics power and more than six hours between charges. If you need processing power and more features, such WiDi 2.0, WiMAX, an eSATA port and a fingerprint reader, Lenovo IdeaPad 1066A9U-V570 is your best bet.