HP Pavilion dv6t laptop gets a quiet upgrade, new paint job

HP just dished out a quiet upgrade to its dv7t gaming laptop last month, and it now looks like it's done the same with its slightly more modest Pavilion dv6t, which gets some sprucing up inside and out. That includes your choice of 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4530 or 1GB HD 4650 graphics, which have edged out the previous NVIDIA options, although the rest of the specs seem to have remained largely untouched, including the usual range of Core 2 Duo processors, up to 8GB of RAM, a max 500GB hard drive, and an unfortunately lackluster 1366 x 768 resolution on that 16-inch display. You can also now get the laptop in your choice of Espresso Black or Moonlight White color schemes, although there seems to be a $25 premium over the $679.99 base price for the latter option (pictured above).

[Thanks, Plasma]

[jagger27 Posted Mar 14th 2009 2:48PM]

Wow! GREAT!

[CheesusCrust Posted Mar 14th 2009 2:50PM]

How so? He just listed the max specs, the specs you get at 679 are probably much lower

[jagger27 Posted Mar 14th 2009 2:51PM]

It was sarcasm. I would buy a blank CD over this POS any day.

[dagamer34 Posted Mar 14th 2009 3:05PM]

The resolution on that screen leaves more to be desired. =/

[Nu Li Posted Mar 14th 2009 6:41PM]

outrageous indeed. The difference between the usual 1280x800 and these miserable 1366x768 pixels is so great that I will immediately start a hunger strike and a jihad against HP.

[YpoCaramel Posted Mar 14th 2009 10:29PM]

Resolution's one thing. The other is that HP looks pretty bad when Dell has a 1080p RGB LED 16" screen out there on the loose. Catch up already!

[kineticarl Posted Mar 15th 2009 5:39AM]

NLI, the usual leaves much to be desired as well...

[CJisohsocool Posted Mar 14th 2009 3:10PM]

Uhh late much? the dv4t was also upgrades with this paint job AND the hdx16 and 18 got new graphics cards.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 14th 2009 3:10PM]

For a minute there, I thought the laptop might have a cracked screen.

[FordGTGuy Posted Mar 14th 2009 4:15PM]

I still think it looks like it has a cracked screen lol.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 14th 2009 4:17PM]

what makes me really feel funny that the HD 4650 upgrade will cost $300 , though it's desktop brother will cost around $70
nice work HP

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 14th 2009 6:06PM]

what make's it really funny is that the upgrade to HD 4650 will cost you $300, while it's desktop brother wont be more than $70
nice work HP

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 14th 2009 8:27PM]

you can say that again!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 14th 2009 4:25PM]

I thought exactly the same thing!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 14th 2009 4:26PM]

Damn, meant to be a reply to Gerrard

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 25th 2009 2:59AM]

Marketing Fail.
I thought the screen was busted too when I saw that product shot. Great wallpaper choice.

[kidsqueek Posted Mar 14th 2009 4:53PM]

Why wont HP add a higher resolution to notebook? It would be perfect if only it had a high resolution. It is basically the same as the HDX 16t but without the 1080p resolution. Ahhhhh!!!!! I'm still waiting for them to high the resolution while I still use my Dell Latitude D600 =)

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 14th 2009 5:40PM]

anyone know wtf happened to the dv5t series?? you could get a 1600x1050 res screen on that.. got a great deal on that during christmas shopping

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 15th 2009 1:03PM]

can someone advice me the best laptop for under $900?