HP Envy 6-series

high applications performance, gaming capability, SSD cache, decent speakers, good workmanship, long battery life, Unlike most of its rivals, the Envy 6 is ready for more than just web browsing and mobile work: The dedicated Radeon graphics card...

glossy and dim display, limited choice of connectors, GPU throttling on battery, slow and low range wifi, As we've seen so often, it's the display that prevents a better rating: poor contrast, glossy and much too dark, it's the weak spot of an...

slim and light for a 15.6 inch laptop, good looking and nicely put together, fast enough for daily use and multimedia, good speakers, decent battery life

The screen, keyboard and trackpad are only average, not as fast as other laptops in this class, easily catches fingerprints

All in all, the HP Envy 6 is an interesting 15.6 inch laptop and one of the few ultrabooks available in this class.

Superb battery life, Nicely designed, Great value, Good usability

Average performance, Poor speakers

Atttractive styling. Decent port selection. Excellent price point.

Using last generation hardware. Worse than usual speakers. Bog standard, 1366x768 screen. Keyboard isn't backlit.

For less than AU$1000, the Envy 6 is quite a good deal, with an excellent build quality and attractive design. To get there, though, the company had to use last-generation specs. For most this won't be a bother, but if you want better performance, wait...

On its positive end, you will locate that this laptop comes embedded with two USB 3.0 ports and one USB 2.0 port! Adding to this, the laptop also comes bolstered with Digital Media Reader and VGA port. An HDMI port is also equipped in this Envy...

It lacks DVD Drive, Fire Wire and eSATA like intuitive ports, as seen in other laptops available in the market, within more or less same price range

Overall, the new HP Envy 6-1011TU is a laptop that has everything you have been looking for-style, elegance, efficient performance and an affordable price tag!