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HP Envy M6-1310sa review

Our Rating :
Price when reviewed : £580
inc VAT

A powerful laptop with dedicated graphics and good battery life at a great price

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Working on the M6-1310sa was a little more problematic. The keyboard has enough room for full-sized keys and a numeric keypad, but there could have been a lot more travel between individual keys. We made numerous mistakes while typing as it often failed to register certain letters we’d pressed, but it’s possible to get used to this over time if you don’t mind being particularly heavy-handed while you type.

HP Envy M6-1310sa

Fortunately, the touchpad was much more responsive and easy to use. Multitouch gestures such as pinch-zooming were a little fiddly, but two-finger scrolling worked perfectly and the individual buttons gave a great level of feedback when we browsed through our files on the desktop. The touchpad’s slightly ribbed edge sometimes got in the way of swiping inwards from the sides to use Windows 8 shortcuts, but we were typically able to swipe from the sides correctly without any problem.

As a general-purpose laptop, the M6-1310sa has a good range of ports. In addition to its three USB3 ports and one USB2 port, it has VGA and HDMI outputs, a Gigabit Ethernet port, a DVD optical drive and a combined headphone and microphone port. The integrated BeatsAudio speakers produced a welcome amount of bass, but a lot of it was lost due to its downward-firing subwoofer.

HP Envy M6-1310sa

The M6-1310sa’s battery life was more encouraging, as it lasted 7 hours and 8 minutes in our light use test with the screen set to half brightness. This is roughly two hours longer than your typical general purpose laptop and, at 2.4kg, it’s not too heavy to move around or carry in a backpack.

If you disregard price, the HP Envy M6-1310sa is a fairly average general purpose laptop, with a good amount of processing power, but at £580 it’s an absolute bargain. It’s significantly cheaper than many Core i5 laptops, and while it may not have a touchscreen like the similarly-priced Acer Aspire V5 Touch, the Envy M6-1310sa has superior graphics performance and a more stylish design. It’s a shame the keyboard and screen aren’t better, though, as these items prevent it from gaining an award.

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Basic Specifications

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ProcessorAMD A10-5750M
Processor clock speed2.5GHz
Memory8.00GB
Memory slots2
Memory slots free0
Maximum memory8GB
Size27x379x250mm
Weight2.4kg
SoundBeats Audio
Pointing devicetouchpad

Display

Viewable size15.6 in
Native resolution1,366×768
Graphics ProcessorAMD Radeon HD 8650G
Graphics/video portsVGA, HDMI
Graphics Memory2,048MB

Storage

Total storage capacity1,000GB
Optical drive typeDVD+/-RW +/-DL

Ports and Expansion

USB ports4
Bluetoothyes
Wired network ports1x 10/100/1000
Wireless networking support802.11n
PC Card slotsN/A
Supported memory cardsSD
Other portsheadphone, microphone

Miscellaneous

Carrying caseNo
Operating systemWindows 8
Operating system restore optionrestore partition
Software includedN/A
Optional extrasN/A

Buying Information

Warrantyone year collect and return
Price£580
Detailswww.hp.co.uk
Supplierhttp://www.pcworld.co.uk

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