The dv7-6163us is not otherwise hurting on the hardware front

The dv7-6163us is not otherwise hurting on the hardware front. The CPU is a powerful Intel Core i7-2630QM, with a native clock speed of 2GHz (up to 2.9GHz when Turbo Boost mode is activated) and four processing cores that can deliver eight threads of performance thanks to Intel's Hyper-Threading technology. The 6GB of installed RAM, nice-sized 750GB hard drive, and 802.Free DIY Insulator Resource!Choose from one of the major categories of offshore merchant account,11n Wi-Fi help round out this laptop's handsome appointments. (The dv7-6163us also supports Intel's Wireless Display technology, so you can easily stream media direct to your television.)

The preinstalled operating system is the typical 64-bit version of Microsoft's Windows 7 Home Premium, which gives you access to a broad range of productivity and home entertainment options. Completing the package is a one-year warranty.

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HP Pavilion dv7-6163us The dv7-6163us performed admirably in our suite of benchmark tests. It needed 3 minutes 52 seconds to apply a dozen filters and effects to a large image in Photoshop CS5,the solar panel fast!buy chicken coop online. which is a shade behind the Dell XPS 15z (3:40) and a bit ahead of Apple's Thunderbolt-equipped 15-inch MacBook Pro (3:58); and it finished firmly in the middle of the pack in our CineBench R11.5 rendering test, well ahead of the Dell XPS 15z (3.03) but behind the Apple MacBook Pro (5.07) and Asus N53SV-A1 (5.00).

When it comes to gaming, the dv7-6163us is more in line with lower-priced mainstream systems than its desktop-replacement brethren. Its frame rates of 12.7 frames per second (fps) in Crysis and 19.5fps in Lost Planet 2 (both at resolutions of 1,024 by 768, with graphics details set to medium) show that its integrated graphics system is not well suited to that kind of intensity¡ªjust as is true with our midrange Editors' Choice, the Asus U46E-BAL5 ($749.99 list,Shop a wide selection of kidney stone products in the evo shop. 4 stars). The full-blown desktop replacements¡ªwhich can cost almost twice as much¡ªdelivery much better results here.

One area in which the dv7-6163us does not disappoint is battery life. HP claims that its nine-cell 100Wh battery lets it run for 10 hours 15 minutes; it didn't last that long in our rundown test with MobileMark 2007, but it did survive a hefty 7:09¡ªlonger than the Dell XPS 15z (which managed only 6:22) or even Apple's MacBook Pro (4:40). That's enough to see you through a cross-country flight with delays at both your origin and destination points.

If you're looking for a large laptop that's also truly powerful, you won't find it in the HP Pavilion dv7-6163us¡ªyou will have to shell out considerably more, on something like the Dell XPS 15z, to find it. But if you're not satisfied by the diminutive dimensions and too-basic feature sets you find on traditional laptops in the $800-$900 range, the dv7-6163us gives you a fair number of the perks at a significantly lower price.