HP Pavilion G6-2200SR review

HP Pavilion G6-2200SR — an E2-1800: 2012-class APU silicon at $122

A Pavilion G6 at $122, far below the $248 class median. The AMD E2-1800 APU places this machine firmly in the early-2010s budget tier. The metrics: graphics 0, performance index 0, and an overall LB score of 12 against a 53 median. No top strength registers.

Brazos-class silicon, honestly scored

The E2-1800 was AMD's power-sipping entry APU — two slow cores designed for netbook-adjacent laptops. It browsed and played video adequately in 2012; it registers zero against modern baselines today. The performance index of 0 and the LB score of 12 are the plain statements of a platform two architecture generations behind its own successor's successor.

The uniform band, once more

The neighbors repeat the pattern of this whole price tier: the HP 17-p023ng ($137) and Compaq Presario CQ60 ($135) above; the HP G62 ($113) and Compaq CQ58 ($115) below; the Dell Inspiron 15 3542 ($123) and Lenovo IdeaPad Z575 ($122) sideways. All early-2010s platforms within a $24 spread; none clears a modern bar; the choice among them is a coin-flip on condition, not capability.

Price trajectory

From a $900 base, decay has run 9.7% per year to $122, with a projected $100 (−18%) ahead. Twenty-two dollars of forward risk — the curve is irrelevant at this level; only the duty matters.

Where it sits against peers

Identical money to the IdeaPad Z575 and one dollar off the Inspiron 3542 — a perfectly flat competitive position in a band where capability does not differentiate.

Bottom line

Another floor-tier entry: adequate only for single-duty use where the machine is the cheapest available option. The honest advice for this entire band is unchanged — any budget beyond it is better spent.