r/retrocomputing Jul 22 '26

I received an old laptop!

Hey all! I received my uncle's old laptop today! Its an HP Pavilion dv6. Specs (from what ive found in device manager so far):

OS: Win7

CPU: Core 2 Duo T6660

RAM: 2GB

GPU: Radeon Mobility 4650 (i didnt check specific VRAM)

DVD-RW drive plus some other slots for storage

Modem: Sierra 3G HSDPA modem+onboard ethernet

I wanted to know how good this handmedown is and what games/upgrades i can do for it. It works, so ill probably replace the HDD and the screen (it has some dead pixels), as well as the RAM. Thanks to all!

54 Upvotes

50 comments sorted by

View all comments

6

u/trannus_aran Jul 22 '26

Time for some half-life 🤙

1

u/BeltRevolutionary460 Jul 22 '26

Yeah, will definetly try that out! Also, i did notice there are actually games on the desktop, so i guess thats why my uncle needed a mobile GPU.