Can't afford HP's next-gen, Envy 17? Fret not -- the company has a couple of slightly less extravagant Intel Sandy Bridge-powered Pavilion dv6 and Pavilion dv7 laptops.

The Sandy Bridge refresh of the HP dv7 isn't exactly official yet; that's coming next week when Intel officially announces the next-gen Core CPUs. But one Micro Center clearly didn't get the memo ...

The HP Pavilion dv7 Quad Edition is undoubtedly an attractive machine, but it struggles to match other desktop replacements' performance scores.

Adding to that list, VR-Zone reports that an electronics store in Singapore is selling the new Sandy Bridge-powered HP Pavilion dv6.