HP DV6-6156 or Sony VAIO VPCEJ?

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HP DV6-6156 or Sony VAIO VPCEJ?
Hey guys I was wondering which laptop I should get as I'm off to University in about 2 weeks and want to pick the best that I can because I will be using it for about 4 years; maybe even more.

I do occasionally play some games but to be honest it's not really important. I do Video Editing on Vegas Pro 10 so yeah there's a hint. I also watch a lot of movies and will most likely hook my laptop up to a HD TV via a HDMI cable.

As you will see below, the HP has the better Graphics Card with a smaller screen size, although I have heard bad reviews on the display. It also has the advantage of the Beats audio. On the other hand, the Sony has a bigger screen size and a blu-ray player.

Here are the specs for both:

HP Pavilion dv6-6156ea 15.6" Laptop (Price = £699.99)

Processor Intel® Core™ i5-2410M
- Clock speed: 2.3GHz
- 3MB L3 Cache
Operating System Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
RAM 6GB DDR3
Graphics card AMD Radeon HD 6490M
Screen type High-Definition LED HP BrightView Infinity Display
Screen resolution 1366 x 768
Screen size 15.6"
Hard drive 750 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 5400 rpm
Optical disk drive SuperMulti DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support
Memory card reader Multi-Format Digital Media Card Reader
USB 2 x USB 2.0 and 2 x USB 3.0
Modem/Ethernet Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth Yes
Video interface 1 x HDMI; 1 x VGA
Audio interface 2 x headphone-out and 1 x microphone-in
Sound Beats sound system with quad-speakers
Integrated Digital Microphone
Webcam TruVision experience 1.3 MP
Battery Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) 6-cell battery, 7.5 hours battery life
Additional features Fingerprint reader


SONY VAIO VPCEJ1Z1E/W 17" Laptop (Price = £749.99)

Processor Intel® Core™ i5-2410M Processor with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology
- 2.3 GHz
- 5 GT/s DMI
- 3 MB Cache
- Dual Core
Operating System Windows® 7 Home Premium 64 bit
RAM 6 GB
Graphics card NVIDIA® GeForce® 410M GPU
Screen type WXGA++ (1600 x 900) Wide (16:9)
Screen resolution 1600 x 900 pixels
Screen size 17.3 inch
Hard drive 640 GB, 5400 rpm
Optical disk drive Opitcal Drive Read Speed - CD 24x, CD-R 24x, CD-RW 24x, DVD 8x, DVD-R DL 6x, DVD-R 8x, DVD-RW 6x, DVD+R DL 6x, DVD+R 8x, DVD+RW 6x, DVD-RAM 5x, BD-ROM 4x, BD-R 4x, BD-R DL 2.2x, BD-RE 4x, BD-RE DL 2.2x

Optical Drive Write Speed -CD-R 16x, CD-RW 10x, DVD-R DL 4x, DVD-R 8x, DVD-RW 4x, DVD+R DL 4x, DVD+R 8x, DVD+RW 4x, DVD-RAM 5x
Memory card reader Yes
USB 4 x USB 2.0 (Type A Connector)
Modem/Ethernet Yes
WiFi WiFi IEEE 802.11b/g/n
Bluetooth Bluetooth® standard Ver. 3.0 + HS
Video interface HDMI Output
VGA Output
Mini D-Sub 15 pin x1
Audio interface Microphone Jack
Stereo, Mini Jack x1
Headphone Jack
Stereo, Mini Jack x1
TV output HDMI Output
VGA Output
Sound Yes
Webcam Effective Pixels 640 x 480
Image Sensor (Mega Pixels) 0.3
Battery Lithium ion


All opinions will be greatly appreciated :)

Answer 1

Go for Sony Vaio. They are best as compared to HP due to their durability and great battery life. Here is the best price for the laptop:



http://www.amazon.com/Sony-VAIO-VPCEJ1AFX-17-3-Notebook/dp/B0057FE2V6/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1316200307&sr=1-2&tag=ardafm-20

Answer 2

needs / use

- mainly university stuff

- Video Editing

- watching movies (on a bigger screen via HDMI)

- occasionally play some games



common features

HP DV6-6156 and Sony VAIO VPCEJ

- CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-2410M

- OS: Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit

- RAM: 6 GB DDR3

- WiFi: 802.11 b/g/n

- Video interface: 1x HDMI, 1x VGA (D-Sub 15 pin)

- Audio: Integrated Microphone and 1x Microphone Jack

- Memory card reader: Yes

- Battery: Lithium-Ion



HP Pavilion dv6-6156ea

Price = £699.99



Graphics card: AMD Radeon HD 6490M

Screen type: 1366 x 768, HP LED Display (15.6")

Hard drive: 750 GB, 5400 rpm (bigger)

Optical disk drive: DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support (no BlueRay)

USB ports: 2x USB 2.0 + 2x USB 3.0 (better)

Ethernet: Integrated 10/100/1000 LAN (better)

Bluetooth: Yes (probably less current version)

Audio: 2x headphone-out

Sound Beats sound system with quad-speakers

Webcam: 1.3 MP (higher resolution)

battery life: 7.5 hours

Fingerprint reader





SONY VAIO VPCEJ1Z1E/W

Price = £749.99



Graphics card: NVIDIA® GeForce® 410M GPU

Screen type: 1600 x 900, Sony 16:9 wide display (17.3") (bigger)

Hard drive: 640 GB, 5400 rpm (smaller)

Optical disk drive: DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support that also reads:

DVD-RAM 5x, BD-ROM 4x, BD-R 4x, BD-R DL 2.2x, BD-RE 4x, BD-RE DL 2.2x

(better)

USB ports: 4x USB 2.0 (slower, no USB 3.0)

Ethernet: Yes, probably Integrated 10/100 LAN (probably slower)

Bluetooth: Bluetooth® Ver. 3.0 + HS (better)

Audio: 1x headphone-out (stereo)

Webcam: 0.3 MP (640 x 480 Image Sensor)





HP Pavilion dv6-6156ea

+ more powerful graphics card

+ more portable: smaller display, long battery life

+ bigger hard drive

+ better sound (possibly through HDMI too)

+ better webcam

+ fingerprint reader

- no BlueRay reader (option: external writer via USB3.0)



SONY VAIO VPCEJ1Z1E/W

+ bigger screen

+ BlueRay reader

- less powerfull graphics card

- less sound interfaces

- low resolution webcam (option: better cam via USB)

- no USB 3.0

- no fingerprint reader



Get the HP,

so you can take your workstation to the library or other places more easily

and even play some older games ...



You can get a standalone BR player for your big screen when you need one.

Answer 3

Probably HP, the Sony laptop is more of a cinema/gaming PC

Answer 4

Siempre encuentro lo que busco en los sitios web, lo último que he comprado ha sido una memoria USB para el coche, por un buen precio he obtenido el producto que deseaba, una excelente velocidad para poner rápido la música que deseo y como tiene una buena capacidad de almacenaje caben un montón de canciones y en coche funciona perfectamente, una excelente compra.