Brought to You by B@D: Some day of February, 2:13 Am
The Laptop
Its 2Am and a cold night of January and this hot guy brought me the Dv6t, Just like this.
WHAT IS IT?
The HP Pavilion dv6t is the middle earth between the dv5t and dv7t series notebooks. It is a full redesign that includes many new features. The dv6t is based on the latest Intel "Montevina" Centrino 2 mobile technology and is available with powerful dedicated graphics.
My HP Pavilion dv6t-1045ee notebook has the following specifications:
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- Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 processor (2.4GHz/ 1066MHz FSB/ 3MB L2)
- 16.0" Diagonal High Definition HP Brightview Infinity Display
- 3GB DDR2-800 RAM (1x 2GB + 1x 1GB)
- 320GB 5400RPM hard drive
- Nvidia GeForce 9200M-GS w/ 512MB DDR2 dedicated video card
- Lightscribe Super Multi DVD Writer (+/-R +/-RW) with Double Layer support
- Altec Lansing® speakers
- HP Pavilion WebCam with Integrated Microphone
- HP Mobile Remote Control
- Broadcom 802.11b/g wireless + Bluetooth
- Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (32-bit)
- High-capacity 6-cell Li-ion battery
Design
The design of the HP Pavilion dv6t is simply beautiful. It is sleek and ultramodern, with tasteful accents. The entire notebook is streamlined, and no matter what angle you look at it, it looks great. This notebook has a "soft" design with all corners rounded off. Looking at the side of the notebook, the backside is a semicircle, and the front curves up like the bow of a boat. When the display is shut, the back of the notebook has a raked look to it, which is appealing. The display only has one large hinge, which adds to the sleek look.
Two general colors are used – silver and black. All of the viewable surfaces are glossy and reflective, though not to the extent of the Toshiba notebooks with the Fusion finish. The dull silver palmrest areas are reflective in a sense that you can see a foggy outline of yourself in them. You can see yourself clearly in the metallic finished areas, and also in the black glossy areas. HP calls its glossy finish "liquid metallic".
The entire display portion of the notebook is glossy black, including the hinge. The palmrest and base of the notebook is silver and metallic. I like how HP clearly separated the colors on this machine, as it looks well-matched.
The base of the notebook has two variations of silver – dull silver and silver metallic. The metallic finish is basically like a mirror. The surrounding edge, sides, touchpad, and media controls strip are all metallic finished while the rest is dull silver. I think the design combo is attractive and classy.
Imprinted in the palm rests and the back of the display is a subtle mesh pattern, which is much more reserved than the imprint designs on previous HP notebooks. The new finish gives the dv6t a detailed appearance. The mesh pattern only comes out when the notebook is in a lighted area, and will not be seen unless inspected from a few feet away.
The status lights for power, battery charge, and hard disk activity are located in the front edge of the notebook, below the left palm rest. It is easy to see them when the display is closed, and the indicator labels above each light are even imprinted on the top of the display. That is a nice touch.
One more area of the notebook with a light is actually on the back of the display – the Illuminated HP logo lights up, which looks great and is another nice touch.
Build Quality
The notebook itself is made of high-strength plastic and feels solid. There is absolutely no flex in the palm rests or surrounding areas, and the base of the notebook resists flexing like a two-by-four. No part of this notebook is flimsy or of questionable material quality. The plastic is quite thick, especially around the palm rests, which is welcome.
The glossy finish of the notebook is quite durable; I have accidentally swiped a rough object against the palmrest several times, and it has not even shown minor scratches. The back of the display is the same way. The glossy coating looks and feels thick. This notebook is more durable than it looks.
The Infinity display is basically a large piece of clear plastic over the entire display. It makes the display look like it has no borders. I have the Infinity finish on my notebook. While it makes the notebook look sleeker and more modern, it does increase the amount of reflections over a standard glossy finish.
Speakers
the dv6 series features two Altec Lansing stereo speakers. These speakers are a definite step up from standard generic notebook speakers in terms of sound quality. The mid-range (vocals) is quite good for a notebook, as are the highs. Voices come through clear. The sound is more enveloping than typical notebook sound.
There is more than one way to get sound out of the dv6t. Below the front edge of the notebook are two headphone jacks, which are static free. Audio can also come through the built-in HDMI port – it is useful for connecting to external HDTVs.
Media Remote & Webcam
HP includes a small remote with the dv6t, which fits in the ExpressCard/54 slot. There are many multimedia controls on the remote. This remote is designed to be used in media center. Overall, a handy and useful component.
The built-in webcam is of average quality, but then again not much can be expected from a built-in webcam. It shows a decent amount of detail – the person on the other end of the line will easily be able to see you.
Input and Output Ports
Left Side: VGA, docking station connector, Ethernet, HDMI, eSATA/USB combo, USB, IEEE 1394 mini-Firewire, ExpressCard/54 slot (top), media card reader (bottom) (reads SD, MS/Pro, MMC, XD)
Right Side: Optical drive, 2x USB, 56k modem,fillers for TV tuner, Kensington lock slot, power jack.
Front: IR receiver, microphone, 2x headphone jack.
Back: Nothing to see here!, Backs aren’t worth seeing everywhere 
It is important to note that the dv6t includes not only USB ports, but also an eSATA port. An eSATA support is basically an external Serial ATA port for an ultra-fast connection to external hard drives. HP was thoughtful enough to make the eSATA port double as a USB port, bringing the total number of USB ports on the dv6t to four.
The dv6t’s HDMI port is great for connecting to external HDTVs, as it can transmit both digital video and surround sound audio.
Operating System & Software
HP offers 32- and 64-bit versions of Vista on the dv6t. Home Premium is standard, while Ultimate is available as an upgrade. I have Home Premium 32-bit SP1 on my machine.
HP unfortunately pre-loads a good deal of bloatware into the factory hard drive image.
Performance:
The HP dv6t meets my needs perfectly. It is an extremely well-rounded 16-inch multimedia notebook at a great price point. A beautiful design, superb input devices, a great screen, and good gaming performance are the major highlights of this machine. I have no second thoughts about giving the dv6t my full recommendation.
Some Eye Candy 
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Thanks to proXima / Ch|LL / Saad Arif & Fahad Arif / The Pindi Guys / The Guy from Islamabad / The friend in Dubai & to the very special person. My Dad
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