Laptop Deal of the Week: Quad-Core 15.6″ HP Pavilion dv6

If you’re in the market for a new 15.6-inch laptop you’re in luck, PC vendors love that size and each has multiple options available to you. However not all the options are affordable, if you want better hardware you have to pay more. That is if you don’t shop around and wait for deals to come about.

This week Best Buy is offering the 15.6″ HP Pavilion dv6-6c35dx laptop computer on special. The HP Pavilion dv6-6c35dx offers a quad-core computing experience thanks to a 1.6GHz (with Turbo CORE up to 2.5GHz) AMD Quad-Core A8-3520 APU

An APU is an Accelerated Processing Unit that combines the CPU, GPU (an AMD Radeon HD 6620G discrete-class chip in the case of the A8-3250), and a Northbridge on one chip. The benefits of an APU are the chip doesn’t get too hot (improved thermal dynamics), so the cooling fans don’t have to work so hard resulting in slightly better battery life without sacrificing performance.

The HP Pavilion dv6-6c35dx comes in Dark Umber, a dark brown color. The laptop is pleasing to the eye and thanks to it's design can be used in a professional setting without attracting too much attention.

Other than the Llano class APU the HP Pavilion dv6-6c35dx does have other attractive features like for instance 6GB of DDR3 RAM for multi-tasking and a spacious 640GB hard drive for storing all your files. The laptop also packs an integrated HD webcam, Dr.Dre Beats Audio, 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, USB 3.0, both HDMI and VGA output, a DVD±RW/CD-RW optical drive that is tray loading, and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit so you’re really getting everything essential and a few luxurious features with HP Pavilion dv6-6c35dx.

The best part of the HP Pavilion dev-6c35dx is the laptops price. For the quad-core laptop you’re only being asked to pay $549.99 by Best Buy this week, oh and shipping is free for this laptop.