HP Pavilion dv6-1240ea review

Grat bit of kit, how do I get one?

Having read the review I am really interested in getting one of these. However... they are not available from Amazon or other online retailers and after phoning the HP Direct sales line they tell me its not in stock to buy from them and they can't tell me who has stock. They best they could offer was to "Google the part number".
Long live the direct sales channel I say!

By Hayden on 9 Sep 2009

Grat bit of kit, how do I get one?

Having read the review I am really interested in getting one of these. However... they are not available from Amazon or other online retailers and after phoning the HP Direct sales line they tell me its not in stock to buy from them and they can't tell me who has stock. They best they could offer was to "Google the part number".
Long live the direct sales channel I say!

By Hayden on 9 Sep 2009

DV6-1240SA

Hi there

For some reason there are two identical part numbers doing the rounds for this laptop.

One is DV6-1240EA and the other DV6-1240SA. The EA is seeming strangely elusive...

There is a solution, however. Pop DV6-1240SA into Google and you should find links to PC World and Dixons popping up straight away. :)

By SashaMuller on 14 Sep 2009

dv6

hi there, i have one of these laptops, though slightly different spec... it has a 2.2 amd turion x2 instead of the intel, and only a 320gb hard-drive. so far, i've had only one problem with it, and that is that DoW2 will not play on it as it says the graphics card is incompatible and i should install a new driver, though i can't find the actual card on the ati site. other than that, it's worked fine for the 2 months i've had it, and it'll be getting a windows 7 install when it arrives :-D matt.

By marshal_matt on 22 Oct 2009

I wouldn't recommend this laptop!

hi, i've been looking around for anyone with the same problems as me but am yet to find anyone :S i have had 3 hp pavilion dv6's sinse christmas and each one has broken in the same way! my first one started losing pixels after the 2nd week then something went wrong with the os and it never turned back on properly. my second replacement dv6 seemed to be better but after another 2-3weeks it lost loads of pixels in the top right hand corner. obviously i was not happy so i sent it back and they replaced it again! this time it has lasted me 4ish months but again i have lost a pixel in the top right corner :( hp dont seeme to have a complaints email address and i've had enough of ringing staples for a replacement! anyone got any ideas? :(

By k0braz on 10 May 2010

keyboard problems disaster

What ever you do, DO NOT buy an hp laptop. They have a terrible keyboard problem, which is very well known. See http://tinyurl.com/3a52kz8
amongst other places!

By jamesbrooke on 14 Jul 2010