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post #11 of 75
7/18/12 at 3:33pm
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I love this laptop, so sexy. How are the colours on the screen? I have the first gen envy 14 with 1600x900 radiance and it seems a bit too warm and contrasty to me, but I can't complain, very clear and bright. I'm also interesting in battery life.
EDIT: Have you listened to any music through headphones yet? My little envy produces amazing audio, uncomparable to anything else I own.

The speakers are nice. Better than most of the ones I've listened too. Don't have a good set of cans tho.
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post #12 of 75
7/18/12 at 3:43pm
As someone currently on the fence over the 6z-1000 and the M6-1035x, what do you mean exactly about the keyboard "flex"?
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post #13 of 75
7/18/12 at 4:25pm
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As someone currently on the fence over the 6z-1000 and the M6-1035x, what do you mean exactly about the keyboard "flex"?

When typing on the mid left side of the keyboard, the surface the keys rest on depress a bit. The right side is firm, the way it should be. It's not horrible, just something to note. Might just be on mine too, can't tell.
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post #14 of 75
7/19/12 at 1:30am
Hey, Kaivorth, thanks for sharing your experience and the bencmarks!

I ENVY you so much for owning this little beauty. LOL. For now it`s not available in my country, so I hope I`ll fly to the US this fall (work) and can get one myslef. My 8-9 year old Athlon XP 2500 desktop is feeling very old...

Anyway, I was wondering if you could run 3DMark 2011 as well. The reason being, Atom Anti over at notebookreview.com posted these results:

3DMARK 2011:
A6-4455M 17W: P571
A6-4400M 35W: P720+
A8-4500M 35W: P858
A10-4655M 25W: P907
A10-4600M 35W: P1150

So, assuming his A10-4655M numbers are dual channel, we could see how much it really means compared to your single channel config.
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post #15 of 75
7/19/12 at 8:56am
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Anyone know of a way to unlock advanced BIOS options? Would like to undervolt/overclock this a bit too and just optimize it.
3DMark11 will be up tonight or tomorrow.
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post #16 of 75
7/20/12 at 12:48am
Wow.

A10-4655m - 3Dmark 2011
single channel: P667
dual channel: P907

That's a 34% difference!
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post #17 of 75
7/20/12 at 4:47pm
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I noticed that same flex on the m6 1035 at Best Buy.
I just bought the dv7z 7000 series, you think it will have that same flex?
ugh. =(
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When typing on the mid left side of the keyboard, the surface the keys rest on depress a bit. The right side is firm, the way it should be. It's not horrible, just something to note. Might just be on mine too, can't tell.

Are you talking about keyboard flex or body flex?

There's a tiny bit of keyboard flex. However, I cannot detect ANY body flex on my m6-1035dx. It feels like one of, if not the most sturdy laptop I've ever had.
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post #18 of 75
7/20/12 at 6:08pm
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Wow.
A10-4655m - 3Dmark 2011
single channel: P667
dual channel: P907
That's a 34% difference!
Right! Can't wait for that other stick to get here.
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Are you talking about keyboard flex or body flex?
There's a tiny bit of keyboard flex. However, I cannot detect ANY body flex on my m6-1035dx. It feels like one of, if not the most sturdy laptop I've ever had.
Keyboard flex. Yeah the aluminum body is hands down the best I've felt on a laptop. Haven't really used Macs so much but I'm sure there similar.
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post #19 of 75
7/27/12 at 4:47pm
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Bump for dual channel performance. I usually wouldn't bump for something that minor, but the results are impressive in dual channel.
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post #20 of 75
7/27/12 at 6:11pm
Nice laptop, i like that its aluminum, its amazing what dual channel does for a system eh?
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