Figuring out what model this laptop is because my boss wants me to "upgrade" it.

[Jessweeee♪]

I thought I knew how to do something as simple as that, but apparently I don't. Just by looking at it, it's an HP (Special Edition?). The sticker on the back says HP Pavilion dv6700 and somewhere else on that sticker it says dv6875se. Right clicking Computer and selecting properties tells me it is a Dell. That's all. Nothing about the specific model, it's just a Dell. Does HP make Dells? Does Dell make HPs? Or do I have a really fishy laptop here? I am very confused

[Mirage]

Whatever the OS says about who pieced together the laptop can't really be trusted. This is just some data read from a single file stored on your hard drive. Maybe two if it also has a manufacturer logo. Your laptop is most likely a HP Pavilion dv6875se. That number looks ugly though, which is why they call it a dv6700 for marketing purposes.

To be honest, it sounds like a pirated windows installation who's used some activation trick to make windows think it used a legit Dell OEM key. You should blackmail your boss for tons of money.

What sort of an upgrade is it your boss wants anyway? Anything more than a bit more RAM and/or a bigger hard drive is probably unfeasible. You could however figure out what kind of a HDD and RAM it requires without having to resort to the model number. There exists diagnostics software that can figure out what kind of hard drive interface and type of RAM a computer uses.

[Peegee]

lmao...

I think you answered your own question

HP Pavilion dv6875se Special Edition Notebook PC (KN927UA) specifications - HP Home & Home Office Products

[Jessweeee♪]

I think he just wants to use HP's trade-in program, but dv6875se isn't an option, so I had to choose the generic "any" option, so he's only getting $51 for it if we go that route. I'll have to ask him what kind of work he's had people do on it to figure out this Dell thing because I think that could potentially be a problem if we try to do anything through HP.