UPDATED (WITH VIDEOS): dm4 / dv4 / dv6 / dv7 / g4 / g6 / g7 Notebooks (2012 Mosaic)

I'm not really sure if they are coming out Monday...

In the news I read they all seemed to point out that they would be up for preorder sometime like a week before release and we haven't seen any of that.

 

They can't pre-order anything under NDA.

 

Non-disclosure agreement?

Hey, that was just what I read!

 

sounds possible to me, considering there are people in China who already got the new model... hell even with the Ivy Bridge! http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-...5-hp-dv6-7002tx-available-china-reviewed.html

and the 3Dmark06 score proves the GT 650m GDDR5 will be a nice card considering it's as fast as GTX 560m

 

Hmmm... no backlit keyboard in the pictures? Is there confirmation that it will be an option?

 

Looks nice.. though not a fan of the chrome surrounding the outside perimeter of the laptop.

My current notebook had that setup and it chips fairly easily. Hopefully it's made better.

 

Wow that's good news! I didn't see that topic...Thanks for the info!

I hope they launch worldwide with Ivy Bridge!

 

i was hoping they'd launch with sandy bridge + new nvidia gpus on april 8th .... I really don't care about ivy bridge. le sigh

 

Not to mention we don't even know the overclock potential of these cards.

 

Just wait a bit longer..

When Ivy takes off then Sandy will drop in price.

 

Just a bit more info...

You have seen this right?

I'm not italian but I'm pretty sure the man at 0:15 says they'll be available in Italy in the first day of May...

Is there any italians that can confirm that's what he said?

 

So will these be available in the US tomorrow or at least go up for preorder? Or is that probably not till the beginning of May as well?

 

I'm guessing either tomorrow or the 29th. Tomorrow is the paper launch and the 29th is the retail launch, so it could be either.

 

Only tomorrow will tell.

 

"the HP Pavilion dv6 is expected to be available in Singapore from 29 April at a starting price of SG$1,299. Local pricing and availability for the HP Pavilion dv7 will be announced at a later stage. As for the specs, we have not yet to receive information on this and will share this with everyone once we receive it."

HP Pavilion dv and g-series Consumer Notebook PCs | Facebook

 

Current starting price for DV6 is SG$1,099 right? If so that's a 20% markup. Ouch

 

Yes, if on sale, $999.

 

I just got word that HP is extending all of their current coupons that were set to expire on 4/24 to 4/29 expiration instead. It would seem that HP Singapore and HP U.S. are on the same release schedule and we should now expect the 28th/29th as the date to be able to buy.

One more week still...

 

Would the coupons be valid for when the dv6 ivy gets released .?
If not after how much time would we see the coupons back .?

I wanna buy a good deal for dv6 with coupons ...

 

Not sure - the current coupons will most likely expire when the new dv6 and dv7 notebooks become available. I would be surprised if HP releases good coupons for notebooks that were just released.

 

didnt they have 30-35% when envy 15 was released?

 

HP gives the Pavilion dm4 an Ivy Bridge makeover with a splash of Beats by VR-Zone.com

 

OK, need some advice, should I wait for these new models to go onsale and if they do have coupons buy these? Or wait for these new models and purchase the older models IF the there is huge price drop?
I really need to get rid of my DM3, it's way too slow, and the tax refund is burning me. What to do? What to do?

 

Ugh. First I wait until April 8th, then nothing. Then I wait all the way until April 23rd, and still nothing. The wait is killing me I haven't been able to game at all for more than a month now since I returned my DV6z.

 

Yeah....killing me too. I'm getting the DV6-7017tx to replace my old pavilion dv6000.

 

It would depend on your budget but if there are some decent coupons for the newer laptops, and it doesn't kill your budget, I would go for the newer ones. The mashup of an Nvidia-Intel should provide a more stable environment than the current AMD-Intel offering, at least in my opinion. While Ivy Bridge is at best an incremental upgrade in comparison to Sandy Bridge, the review coming out for the HD4000 make it a worthwhile update for certain tasks and some low detailed gaming. If the aforementioned isn't important to you (speaking as an Nvidia fanboy) and the old models take a price hit, then by all means, purchase the Sandy Bridge version of these models.

This is only my opinion based on the current DV6t which I currently own and am typing this message on. While a great laptop, there are a few things it missed off the mark and the newer models look like a definite improvement.

I myself am currently within the 21 day return period so if everything goes according to plan, I'll exchange this model with a new DV6, price concerns not withstanding.

 

Thanks for the reply. I'm going to use the notebook for running virtual machines (Linux, developing for Android), and some gaming (Microsoft Flight Simulator X, Battlefield 2, etc) Graphic intensive games as such.
I don't mind purchasing the Sandy Bridge machines, but I don't want it to kill my budget and or be a total dud like my DM3 neither. I'm planning on spending about $700, give or take another $100 for taxes and such.

I don't have any preference over graphics chips, but the I've always used Intel chips and do not want to move away, considering an i7 over an i5 just to be safe and future proof.

Just an estimate, would these current models go down considerably or just low enough where they'll clear inventory slowly over time?

Thanks again.

 

As for the first part of your comment, you'll find the Sandy Bridges very powerful for VM's, you'll only run into RAM issues as with any VM so you'll want to up for something better than the 2670QM in my current laptop, this CPU IIRC can only handle 16gb and doesn't have VT-d (not that important). Look at the attachment for a pic of what I'm doing right now (messing with Xcode).

As for the second part of your comment, most likely just low enough to clear inventory.

 

So won't there be any coupons 30-35% available on launch of the new dv6 .??

 

HP Pavilion dv6 (Core i7 3720QM Processor 2.6GHz, 8GB RAM) Review - Notebooks - CNET Asia

Review with the ivy bridge and the GT 650. Note that the CPU with that model is higher then the standard 2.3 GHz most of us will be buying.

Edit: back-lit keyboard is confirmed.

 

It depends, last year the ENVY 15 and ENVY 17 got almost immediate coupons. However, the ENVY 14 Spectre is still exempt from any type of coupon and it came out in January. I don't think you'd see coupons right at release, but within a few weeks if not sooner.

 

seems pretty good, a 3DMark11 of 2,289 means it might just a tad faster than the GTX 560m when it comes to DX11 games, too bad they didn't include anything about the temperatures or more details on the Battery life test they did(was it on normal? power saver? etc...)

either ways this looks like it can be next laptop if the price is right
I hope this model will be available in my country
backlit keyboard + 1080p matte + medium BF3@1080p average 37fps is enough for me

although I wouldn't mind it on 768p as well

can't wait to replace my aging "Oven"

quick question, the game FPS samplies on Notebookcheck. how do we know at which resolution they were tested? for instance http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-560M.48313.0.html it says Battlefield 3 Medium 48.3-49.3 at which resolution is that?

 

In the middle towards the top click on "Notebook Gaming List" and you'll see exactly what Low, Medium, High and Ultra mean for each game...or just click here: Computer Games on Laptop Graphic Cards - Notebookcheck.net Tech

Battlefield 3 "Medium" is 1366x768, medium preset, no AA and 4xAF. Not bad but I plan to overclock the GT 650m so I could play 900p high or 1080p medium smoothly.

 

thanks for the explanation+link

hmm, this is strange then, how come it scores a bit higher on 3Dmark11 yet have much lower FPS on BF3 then? GTX 560m has 37fps on high yet GT 650m has only 38fps on medium? doesn't sound right. I still say they tested it @1080p with medium settings since they mentioned: (and also it says on the table 1920X1080p for the HP 1366X768 for the comparing Acer)

"Comparing the dv6 against the Acer M3, which packs a slightly slower GeForce GT 640M, we found that the dv6 was unsurprisingly the faster chip in benchmarks such as 3DMark11. However, since it's running at a higher 1,920 x 1,080-pixel resolution (1,366 x 768-pixel for the Acer), the dv6 could find itself struggling to produce similar frame rates in more intensive games such as Battlefield 3. "

I hope this was the case

 

They did, the testing was in Full HD, so i'm pretty sure that FPS is slightly better then what the GTX 560m gets at 1080p. Ether way for a "technically" mid-grade GPU that's pretty darn good.

 

Yes, this is true if you run in native resolution, but gaming should not be a reason to pick a 15.6" 1366x768 display instead of a 15.6" 1920x1080 display. You will get some amount of blur from running in 1366x768 non-native resolution on a 1920x1080 display, but games will tend to look better running in non-native resolution on a 15.6" 1920x1080 display than they would look running in native resolution on a 15.6" 1366x768 display because of the significant differences in inherent display quality with regards to contrast and other aspects. Even despite this, don't trade off overall usefulness of your computer (multitasking and productivity) just to try to improve how good the outlines of a tree look inside of a game.

 

thanks for the tip

I guess it boils down to the price and availability on my side, since in my country the most imported notebook is HP, there are others too but they are overpriced, hopefully I can get it in early May

 

So, are the new models confirmed for the 29th? The CNET review of the dv6 looked great by the way.

I know I've asked this before but, how is HP with exchanges?

 

I have no experiences with them, but from what i read while looking for a laptop to buy, for the most part hp is pretty good.

And i hate to be pessimistic about it, but remember how they said their will be non ivy bridge models released first around the 8th... ya that didn't happen yet.

 

Talked to an employee in BestBuy (Canada) today. Said he wasn't sure when HP was going to send them the new dv6's, he said it was all up to HP, whether they want to clear out the old models first, and when they'll start actually sending units to retailers, etc. He mentioned it could be as late as June until they get any.

I looked at the current dv6, a model with the 7690M XT and a 1366 x 768 display. Given a budget, I think I could make do with the non FHD display - I'm currently getting by on 1280 x 800, and the slightly extra width is actually nice, despite the decrease in height.
I like the outgoing dv6 overall, though there's definitely a lot of flex on the screen near the hinge, and these ridiculous bilingual keyboards just plain suck, shrinking the left shift key (as well as enter) is terrible for typing and gaming.

Can't wait to play around with the new models in store.

 

Is it just me or did they already release drivers for the newer models:
HP Pavilion dv6-7000 Entertainment Notebook PC series- Download drivers and software - specify product name - HP Business Support Center

 

Yes, most of the drivers are already available for these new models.

 

Well I'll be damned fellow San Diego resident, the anticipation is killing me for some reason.

 

Same here...and I think most of us here (including myself) are getting a little restless to say the least!

HP is already releasing updates to the initial drivers...and these notebooks aren't even ready for purchase yet.

 

Very easy to deal with, you just call or use chat and if you want to make an exchange explain why, they email you an RMA label to attach to the laptop you have and they'll send out the model you want to exchange for. Doing a straight up return is easy too. No other manufacturer makes it easier or cheaper (no restocking fee). One reason why I'm such a big fan of HP.

 

how about returns? cause im contemplating getting the quick ship envy 15 for a month while waiting for the ivy bridge refresh then getting that

 

Returning is as easy as exchange, or easier. You ask for an RMA within 21 days of receiving your laptop and pay no restocking fee. If you hold onto it for more than 21-days you don't get a full refund though, not sure what the policy is beyond that.

 

So, I'm pretty sold on these new dv6 models, they have everything I'm looking for and then some it seems. But I have to ask, what have folks here been comparing it to, is there something else coming out that gets close on specs? Main things I'm looking for are the 650m, 1080p, and blu-ray, doesn't seem like there's much to offer all of those.

 

anyone think a touchscreen has any hope on a HP Pavilion in this upcoming gen? Seems like Windows 8 could benefit from that.

 

Dell should come with the XPS series, Levono will have the Y580. Pretty much every manufacturer will move to Ivy bridge and will likely have the options that you need.
Another option is the clevo/sage/malibal.