new computer?

Posted by Misconstruct on Oct. 11, 2010, 11:23 a.m.

So a while back I applied for a Dell Preferred Account, and got approved for up to $1000.

Awesome, until I tried to use it. Been nothing but headaches.

I'm sure with a half dozen more phone calls to Dell I'd be able to use it, but I'm lazy and have other options.

Sooo, I applied for a $2000 loan with Navy Federal. And got approved. Hopefully this will be less of a headache than the Dell shit.

But anyway, here's what I'll be getting:

HP Pavillion dv6tse

Components

* • Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

* • Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-840QM processor (1.86GHz, 8MB L3 Cache) with Turbo Boost up to 3.2 GHz

* • 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon(TM) HD 5650 Graphics [HDMI, VGA] - For Quad Core Processors

* • 8GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)

* • 640GB 7200RPM Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection

* • Microsoft(R) Office Starter 2010

* • No additional security software

* • 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (standard) - Up to 5.25 hours of battery life +++

* • 15.6" diagonal High Definition LED HP Brightview Widescreen Display (1366x768)

* • No TouchScreen (includes HP TrueVision Webcam)

* • Lightscribe Blu-ray ROM with SuperMulti DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support

* • Intel Wireless-N Card with Bluetooth

* • Backlit Keyboard with Fingerprint Reader

Comments

Cesar 14 years, 1 month ago

building your own computer will be far far cheaper with far far better components. Just sayin.

Misconstruct 14 years, 1 month ago

Obviously. But obviously I'm in the Navy, thus obviously desire a laptop for obvious convenience. Obviously.

Cesar 14 years, 1 month ago

I didn't read the specs carefully so I didn't realize the only thing that's showing that it's a laptop

* • 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (standard) - Up to 5.25 hours of battery life +++

Besides that there really is nothing that points that this is a laptop. Obviously.

Misconstruct 14 years, 1 month ago

Touche

SteveKB 14 years, 1 month ago

why the hell do you want 8gb of ram :I I barely use 2.5gb on my 6gb mega desktop computer XD

but 8gb on a laptop? death to battery. 4Gb should be good.

KaBob799 14 years, 1 month ago

I have a pavillion dv7, its pretty good. The only problem has been with the brightview screen getting a tiny bit of dust inside it, but they might have fixed that issue in the past few years.

Rob 14 years, 1 month ago

Get 4gb of RAM. i7? i5 should be enough. 5650 with 8gb of RAM/i7? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Quote:
why the hell do you want 8gb of ram :I I barely use 2.5gb on my 6gb mega desktop computer XD

For me, Firefox (500 content-filled tabs) + 20 other windows + Crysis on max (or any other large-world game) = 3gb MAX.

LOLOL

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LOL

If you want to be retarded, go ahead and waste your money.

Edit: HP?

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

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Besides that there really is nothing that points that this is a laptop. Obviously.

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ATI Mobility Radeon(TM)

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i7-840QM processor (1.86GHz, 8MB L3 Cache)

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15.6" diagonal High Definition LED HP Brightview Widescreen Display (1366x768)

noshenim 14 years, 1 month ago

My laptop lasts for about 1 hour on batteries :/

Ferret 14 years, 1 month ago

Mine too, but that's because it's Vista x64 on a freaking Pentium >:l

KaBob799 14 years, 1 month ago

Mine lasts 3 hours if I'm not playing games, but it is old + 17 inch screen.