HP DV6-3032TX for only $955 + Shipping
Core i7 720QM
640GB HDD
1GB ATI 5650 Graphics
15.6” LED
8GB RAM (Free upgrade from 6GB to 8GB)
1 Years Hp Pick up and return warranty
HP DV6-3006TX for only $799 + Shipping
Core i5 430M
500GB HDD
1GB ATI 5650 Graphics
15.6” LED
4GB RAM
1 Years Hp Pick up and return warranty
http://www.centrecom.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?sort=2a…
500Gb or 640GB? website says 640…
Any capacity to upgrade to 9-cell battery? What about extended warranty? If so, what cost?
Hi, this is 640GB hard drive.
Don't mean to be harsh but I'll +1 this deal when you answer dexter_jambles 2 other questions as they didn't seem like difficult ones to me. Who knows, maybe we've just been spoilt by overly helpful reps here in the past :)
640GB
Unfortunately there are no current options for 9 cell batteries.
Extended warranty can be purchased for $189 however they are done via 3rd party repair agents.
If you need (HP) manufacturers back-to-base warranty it will set you back around $220.
yeah very nice..
how is the warranty like on this baby?
Hi,
The notebook comes with standard HP pick up and return 1 Years Warranty.
HP's support if you live in my area is terrible.
how much is shipping?
Does seem to be a good deal actaully. What is the shipping? I would assume this is standard 1 year warranty.
Centre Com provides full 12 months warranty coverage on all products sold. We understand equipment failure can be a frustrating experience, thats why we aim to provide you with a fast turn around for faulty goods and expert after sales support to avoid return of those "non hardware related" non faulty goods.
Goods Outside Our Warranty That Still Have Factory Warranty:
Some goods have an extended warranty from their manufacturer, i.e. Intel CPU have a 3 year warranty. Centre Com warrants all goods sold (not including consumables, oem keyboard/mouse etc) for 12 months. We will handle returns when possible on extended warranty goods for customers, providing freight both ways and any other associated costs (factory testing, warranty rejection) are paid and a $25 service fee is paid.
Details For Printers, Laptops and Monitors:
These items are covered directly by their manufacturer, most of which have repairers nationwide. For printers just check your manual, there should be an appropriate 1800 or 13 style telephone number to call. Nearly all monitors have a nation wide on site warranty inside a metro area. We are not an authorized service centre for these items. Lodge a request via our support area if you need more help contacting your manufacturer or their local service agent. Dead/Zero/Bright pixel warranties on LCD monitors are honoured, however since this is not a catastrophic fault, we do not cover any freight costs both ways for this service.
Hi,
The notebook comes with standard HP pick up and return 1 Years Warranty.
Can the screen be upgraded to full hd?
Unfortunately we can upgrade the screen as they are pre-built by HP.
Good price for an i7 with 1GB Radeon HD 5650 & 8GB of ram very nice gaming laptop for under 1000 indeed.
yes i have the 3042tx with 8GB RAM, with the 2GB extra ram in the 3032tx, this is a bargain
i bought mine for $1500 @ JBHIFI
Does this laptop's keyboard got those new 'Keypads'? I can't see it from the picture. Can you confirm :)
Hi,
You mean Chiclet keyboard? if so, yes.
Ok price but slow harddrive at 5400rpm :(
nothing wrong about the deal but HP's quality is shocking….along with acer and dell …
Hi,
Yes, this notebook comes with the HP 3D DriveGuard technology.
i would put it like this for laptops .. DELL worse then HP worse then Acer :)
But Desktops from those 3 last forever ive got Dells in my office that are coming on 10 years now 24/7 rock solid.. All the laptops though died a long time ago :)
I agree with you with these HP 'consumer' range, but their business range has some of the most solid notebooks I have ever used.
Would be a valid point is this was a 'business' class model! ;)
It's not that their quality (aside from their known issues) is any worse, it's HP's warranty that's woeful! At least Acer & Dell will fix their gear when something breaks, HP will just keep denying the problem until it's outta warranty! :p
Hi interested in this deal - could I get delivery deferred until after new years as I will be away in NZ until 30th December thanks for the info :-)
Hi, yes this notebook is in-stock and ready to ship out.
what are shipping times to sydney? and how do you ship. post or courier?
2-3 Business days to Sydney via TNT
can i collect it in hawthorn?
Yes, we have it in ours Hawthorn Store. Thanks
Why do HP insist upon such low resolution panels? Would have bought this if they could at least hit 1440x900… 1360x768 is bad enough in a 13" let alone an almost 16" screen.
Damnit!
If your eyes can see a difference between 1360x768 & 1440x900 on a 15.6" screen then you should be in the Guinness Book of World Records, eagle eye! :p
The difference is obvious. If you have a full HD 15.6" screen, you can downgrade screen resolutions and see the difference.
No, you can't! The human eye is not capable of that level of distinction on a screen that small, FFS you guys really need to do some research!
What you can see if you do what you suggest is the poor image scaling once you leave the native resolution; you are confusing that with a real perceptual difference in resolution that simply doesn't exist. If you put 15.6" 1440 & 1366 displays side by side at their native resolutions you will not be able to see a difference with the naked eye…period! Anybody who tells you otherwise is a liar or a fool!!! :p
What you say may have a truth if the comparison is made between two images displayed on a full HD and lower res screens, side by side.
I am referring to the screen real estate in windows. Under 1366, there is little screen space to do any useful work. fonts sizes and DPIs can be reduced, but windows look screwed after that. It is very obvious. If you go by DickSmith, compare two notebooks with different native resolution side by side.
@surm,
So now you're changing your story, it's not about image quality now, it's screen real estate, eh?
Ok, you've sidestepped the issue deftly, and you're now saying there's a significant difference in screen real estate between 1366x768 & 1440x900 resolutions on a 15.6” screen…seriously mate, do the math…did you think you'd just run that one up the flagpole and see who'd salute??? ROFLMAO! :p
Well, I see a lot of negs, but no actual counter arguments to my point about visual accuity/perception…I guess ignorance sure is bliss! No point arguing here…Seacrest, out! ;)
StewBall,
I am surprised why you think I changed the story!
I welcome your change — you now agree that humans have ‘eagle eyes’ and, what is more, all of our names will go to the Guinness Book. :-)
I urge you to read my comment – I was comparing full hd (1920x1080) to 1366x768 and the difference is obviously a lot.
Even if you consider 1366x768 vs 1440x900, doing the math (900-768)/768X100 = 17%. Pretty obvious to the human eye!
I also urge you to visit the link below, read comments and see why "Cluster", "Surm", "garratt torlesse" lamented about not being able to get full hd laptops.
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/33056
You have a point of view about the human perception of the picture quality, however, don’t assume that it is the reason others want high resolution screens. There is no reason to be upset. We are discussing product features and people have different points of views and priorities.
I can see the difference. Easily.
How? Which perceptual features in particular allow you to perceive a difference! :p
I agree with cmdwedge. It's totally obvious. The higher the resolution, the more things you can put/see on the screen.
Regarding quality (my original point), no perceptible difference on this size screen at viewing distance.
Regarding realty…74 pixels horizontal and 132 vertical diff = negligible IMHO for practical purposes!
If you're serious about screen real estate, get a much bigger monitor with a much higher res so there is a significant difference! Splitting hairs at this level is just pissing in the wind! ;)
StewBalls,
You said:
"Regarding realty…74 pixels horizontal and 132 vertical diff = negligible IMHO for practical purposes!"
I am afraid, the above calculation is completely out of the mark. You are forgetting that you are supposed to calculate the area!
Total pixels in 1366x768 = 1,049,088
Total pixels in 1440x900 = 1,296,000
% increase from 1366x768 to 1440x900 = (1,296,000-1,049,088)/1,049,088*100 = 23.5%
From a practical point of view, vertical gain of a strip containing 132x1440 pixels, which is 17% more in height, is quite useful. Now, please remember that the original commentator said that this is the minimum he/she expects. Going full HD means means doubling the screen area. Very, very, very, obvious to the human eye.
You really have to stop splitting hair and pissing in the wind and start doing the math OR stop by a computer shop and experience it yourself ;-)
@surm,
So, mixed metaphors aside…I've quoted the correct horizontal AND vertical disparity, how is that off the mark? Seriously, if you can't extrapolate the area dimensions from the only two contingent variables in right-angle two dimensional geometry then your maths are worse than mine dude!!!
As stated, IMHO you are whinging over a very insignificant piece of screen real estate on a very modest sized screen…to put this in a practical perspective, a 132px height difference means 8 text lines at 12pt font. If you are really serious about needing desktop area then you should really buy yourself a big boy's laptop or a decent monitor with the Full HD resolution that you seem so keen on bringing up…you do know you can get even greater res from a large monitor too, don't you! :p
Now, I can see you're getting upset with this difference of opinion, so I'm going to graciously defer from further discussion and accept that you have an equally valid personal perspective on the percieved value of the screen difference between 1440x & 1366x that I simply don't share! ;)
However, some advice for future debates with anyone…please grow up and stop parroting whatever people say back in such a juvenile sarcastic manner; it is extremely childish, detracts from the logic of your argument and makes you look like a petulant 6 year old! :)
StewBalls,
"As stated, IMHO you are whinging over a very insignificant piece of screen real estate on a very modest sized screen…to put this in a practical perspective, a 132px height difference means 8 text lines at 12pt font."
So I take that this is obvious to the human eye ;-) What you call insiginificant is actually a 23% increase! Going full HD means extra 19 text lines at 12 pt (borrowing your stats) and 100% increase in screen real estate, but I take it that it sounds insignificant to you ;-)
"If you are really serious about needing desktop area then you should really buy yourself a big boy’s laptop or a decent monitor with the Full HD resolution"
Again, you are completely out of the mark. People buy portable computers for a reason. Weight and power consumption are important factors too, if you didn't know. Increasing the resolution rather than the physical monitor size means increasing the usable screen area (by 23% to next level up, by 100% if go to full HD) without sacrificing much for the weight and energy consumption.
I take pleasure in lowering myself to an "extremely childish petulat 6 year old" so that we both are on the same ground, despite the risk that you can beat me with the experience of being one ;-)
Sorry surm, I can't be bothered to argue with you anymore, have a nice life mate! ;)
Agree, they should have at least used 1440x900. It almost forces people looking for a decent resolution to go to Apple for their laptops…
is it good for video editing ?
i assume not, as it has only one hdd bay, and hdd is 5400rpm.
for gaming should be pretty good though.
I believe it would be great for video editing.
If you do decide you need an extra hdd bay, simply swap out the ODD and place one in there.
Does the DV6-3032TX or DV6-3006TX support SPDIF?
Hi there,
Unfortunately, they not support SPDIF.
do you guys have cut off times for orders every day?
Apparently those "chiclet" style keyboards aren't so good. Found this thread here: http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=6169 and after doing some other reading this would prevent me buying this notebook. However there are also those who find this keyboard a positive. My advice is if you can, check one out in person first or at least read up before you buy, don't want to be stuck with something you're unhappy with due to lack of research. Not trying to be negative just informative.
Otherwise everything looks the goods bar the screen res but HP are just doing what everyone else does these days so I can't fault them on that.
What configuration is the 8GB. Is it dual channel? I understand that dual channel can make a few % of difference for e.g. COD2 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/PARALLEL-PROCESSING,1705…
This notebook uses DDR3 which is dual channel. Certainly not a weak point in the specs.
I understand that to activate dual channel all your memory sticks need to be paired, so e.g. if it was 2GB+4GB+2GB, you wouldn't be able to active double (or triple) channel: http://www.valueram.com/europe/triplechannel/
I'm very interested to know about this as well, i would hope the ram is configured so as to enable you to run it in dual channel.
DO NOT BUY HP, GO TO YOUTUBE, SEARCH "HP SUCKS", there are more than 5000 video tell you how sucks hp is. WORST SERVICE EVER!!! MY $1400 Laptop still in garage.
Dell Sucks ->About 1,100 results
HP Sucks ->About 3,690 results
Apple Sucks ->About 5,090 results (due to wide range of products)
Acer Sucks ->About 223 results
Asus Sucks ->About 285 results
Lenovo Sucks ->About 47 results (not really big-brand name)
Compaq Sucks ->About 83 results
Toshiba Sucks ->About 173 results
Gateway Sucks ->About 206 results
Sony Sucks ->About 5,270 results (due to wide range of products)
Acer Sucks ->About 223 results
Wow, did it miss a few 000 digits after that I wonder. I would still rate Acer lower than HP, maybe that's just me. Would prefer Dell & ASUS over both.
I'm quite the opposite. I would rate Acer better than HP.
I'm with Hirokuro on this one, I would rate both Dell & HP lower for entry level notebooks than Acer! ;)
That said, in fairness a lot of those numbers are probably more a function of sheer numbers of sales, as quantified by (due to wide range of products) :)
The specs look pretty good
What Brand and Model of the RAM added into the notebook?
Will this void the warranty of HP?
Do you have any stock in Elsternwick?
Any surcharge for Credit card payments and can I use AMEX or MASTER?
Varies. However I've mainly see HP use Samsung and Hynix brands for the RAM.
For the Hard drive it will be either Samsung or Western Digital.
Can anyone confirm the ram configuration on this notebook?
I've read specs elsewhere that the stock config was 1x2g + 1x4gb, so i would assume they've left it as is and stuck another 2gb in there (2x2g + 1x4g) in which case it wouldn't be running in dual channel.
There is only 2 Ram slots on the DV6 motherboard.
So.. 2x 4GB DDR3 RAM.
Originally (before CentreCom opens the computer and upgrades the RAM) it would have been 1x 2GB DDR3 + 1x 4GB DDR3.
Thanks mate, that didnt cross my mind actually hehe
Agree with your point below though, about the option to upgrade the ram yourself.
@Centrecom
Please edit your listing to inform buyers that the seal has been broken (and the notebook dissembled - RAM bay) to upgrade the RAM to 8GB.
Also, it would be great if you could provide an option for the user to do it themselves. I for one would rather be the first person to break the seal, open the notebook and install the RAM rather than an Retailer do it for me :/ - just ruins the fun of buying something new as that special feeling when you open something new is sort of lost…
It's US mate.
what the..? Hey rep, I need to order this asap and expiry shows 11 days left but the link says "Product sold out, unavailable or discontinued"? Are you able to organise one for me?
That's cheap.