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HP Pavilion DV6-3132TX Core I7 Laptop $979 from DickSmith

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HP Pavilion DV6-3132TX Core I7 Laptop $979 from DickSmith
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Zippy7 on 14/01/2011 - 09:55 dicksmith.com.au (1288 clicks)

First time I have seen a core i7 laptop being sold at a major retailer for under $1k.
With 4 cores and 8 with hyperthreading, it's probably grunty enough to substitute for your desktop.

Core i7 - 740QM
4 Gb Ram
640 Gb HDD

No bluray, and it has a 15.6" screen that only runs at 1366x768, and with Sandy Bridge's recent release, it's one generation old now… Watch out for more old-stock clearances!!

If you can get wishcards at 5% discount to facevalue, then it works out cheaper at $930.05
I guess if you know Woolies/DSE staff, it can be even cheaper than that!

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  • Mickyt1985 on 14/01/2011 - 10:07
    +2

    Ah man. I just bought this laptop for $990 at JB Hi-Fi.

    its a solid laptop. Pretty powerful. Its my first ever laptop purchase and I was happy with it.

    • mr_nismo on 14/01/2011 - 11:27
      +2

      thats gotta suck, that $11 could have got ya Nandos lunch.

    • YesPleaseThankYou on 14/01/2011 - 11:50
      +2

      Oh the humanity!

    • zzz on 14/01/2011 - 12:42
      +2

      $11 sucker tax.

  • adriancfc on 14/01/2011 - 10:19
    +4

    Screen resolution is a deal breaker (for some people) …

    • somecat on 14/01/2011 - 14:20

      True. I want a laptop with higher resolution but can't afford too expensive ones. No luck to find one, at least for now.

  • surm on 14/01/2011 - 10:33

    These processors (QM) are power hungry (45 Watts) and dissipate a lot of heat.
    I have a DELL with similar specs and with a 9-cell battery, I get 2.5-3.0 hours use.

    If battery life is important, 'M' processors (35 watts) are a better choice.

    There are low voltage and ultra low voltage processor ranges (25W and 18W), but I haven't seen laptops built with them yet.

    Ref:
    http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/t/…

    • ozdavo on 14/01/2011 - 12:01

      QM = QUAD core mobile
      M = mobile - these are only dual core

  • SmartCover on 14/01/2011 - 11:05

    not a bad price at all considering it also has a dedicated ATI Mobility Radeon" HD 5650 Graphics (1GB)

    certainly a good steal! till Sandy-Bridge equipped notebooks starts hitting shelves later this month.

  • Hirokuro on 14/01/2011 - 11:29

    This is the older i7-720QM not the current i7-740QM (which is faster by about 300 3D mark points (which is alot))

    • Mickyt1985 on 14/01/2011 - 11:57
      -2

      Pretty sure its the 740QM

      • Hirokuro on 14/01/2011 - 12:29

        It can't be.

        i7-740QM is 1.73Ghz whilst i7-720QM is 1.6Ghz.

        Take a look at the specs sheet on DSE.

        • GreatWhiteHunter on 15/01/2011 - 08:25

          DSE specs are shite - how can they not even list the exact CPU in the unit..

          Agree it's a 720 from the clockspeed…

  • billy_bob on 14/01/2011 - 11:30

    I heard Sandy-Bridge processors have some sort of anti-piracy function built in, can anyone with more expertise please confirm. Not that it would affect me of course….just saying.

    • vid_ghost on 14/01/2011 - 12:11
      +1

      for HDMI use through the Videocard built into the CPU … it doesnt play videos that are not legit.. its NOT ANTI PIRACY and next to not many people at all will be using the onboard videocard.. even so you can always bypass this with software like VLC media player :)

  • FXx on 14/01/2011 - 11:36
    +2

    Wait till next month….

    http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20028200-1.html

  • mr_vino89 on 14/01/2011 - 11:50
    +1

    price match with officeworks and receive another 5% off :)

  • Cheeper on 14/01/2011 - 12:27
    +1

    Good find Zippy7 regardless of some of the comments above.
    An I7 with 1G dedicated graphics for under $1000 is a bargain!

  • seanbaussie on 14/01/2011 - 13:25

    Did you see how much it weights - 4.5kg. I could carry a light desktop around for that!! That's a deal breaker because it would be a back breaker for me…

    • Hirokuro on 14/01/2011 - 13:38
      +1

      It's actually 2.49KG.

    • CVonC on 14/01/2011 - 15:42
      +2

      lmao where did u see that?

      i love how on the overview tab it says

      "Blu-ray optical drive support for superior resolution and image quality"

      of course all laptops support blu-ray optical drives! question is whether it's spec'd with one.. and this one is not

  • [Deactivated] on 14/01/2011 - 20:52

    Is this a MacBook Pro?

    • CVonC on 14/01/2011 - 20:55
      +1

      lol are you serious?

    • Hirokuro on 14/01/2011 - 21:59

      yes…. >_>

      • [Deactivated] on 15/01/2011 - 17:47

        thanks! how much does AppleCare cost with this Macbook Pro?

        • Scrltx121 on 15/01/2011 - 20:11

          Sarcasm. Look it up.

        • [Deactivated] on 15/01/2011 - 20:56

          Hmmmm… I love how people actually assume that I believe this is a Macbook when I've done plenty of comments that would prove such stupidity doesn't belong in my celebrum. Thanks for giving me a laugh.

          Sincerely,
          Jared

        • CVonC on 16/01/2011 - 01:16

          what comments?

        • [Deactivated] on 16/01/2011 - 11:35
          -1

          The ones you find when clicking on people's user name…

        • CVonC on 16/01/2011 - 12:04
          +2

          sif bother stalking people's posts to check whether they're joking or not

        • [Deactivated] on 16/01/2011 - 14:48
          -2

          Then don't assume.

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