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Posted at 4:20 PM on Friday 01/8/10 by
Ben
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HP has the HP dv6t 15.6" Quad Edition Notebook PC for $1200 - $300 off with coupon code NBTW34871 = $900 with free shipping. Start with the $1000 base configuration and then configure as below. [Compare]

  • Core i7 720QM 1.6Ghz, 6GB DDR3, 500GB HDD, 15.6" LED-backlit LCD
  • 1GB GeForce GT 230M, SuperMulti DVD+/-RW DL, Windows 7 HP x64
  • Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N w/ Bluetooth, webcam only, 6-cell Li-ion
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      RKLE - Posted 6:30 pm PST 01/8/10 (8910 Posts)  Report Spam

      I wish I had a grand to drop on this.

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      dhho1 - Posted 6:44 pm PST 01/8/10 (2173 Posts)  Report Spam

      how long does the battery last on this one?

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      whitetrash69 - Posted 7:15 pm PST 01/8/10 (463 Posts)  Report Spam

      1.6GHz? I realize this is a quad i7 in a laptop, but even so, 1.6GHz is going to be pretty anemic.

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      wonders - Posted 9:44 pm PST 01/8/10 (375 Posts)  Report Spam

      #3 quad core procs in laptops are clocked slower to "improve battery life" and can use Turbo Boost to increase clock speed. However if you are into gaming only, go with a dual core processor with higher clock speed. These quad cores are only good with multithreaded apps such as video rendering and such...

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      tshrimp - Posted 5:52 pm PST 01/9/10 (29 Posts)  Report Spam

      Coupon code showed "invalid" for me. I tried with a $1500 config to test the coupon since it didn't work for my $1200 configuration and still no good. Probably good it didn't though as I shouldn't be pending $900 on a laptop.

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