

But, the lights are almost always white (Alienware has an adjustable backlight feature), and sometimes way too bright. What really makes it stand out is the red (that Beats Audio color again) keyboard backlight.īacklit keyboards are always a welcome extra, and once you start using one, it's hard to go back to a nonbacklit model. This is the same flat-topped, island-style keyboard found on most consumer HP models, with the rounded corners on the four outer corner keys, separate vertical row of navigation keys (Page Up, Page Down, and so on) and the function-reversed F-keys, which control volume, screen brightness, and other features. The most notable physical feature on the dm4 is its keyboard. It's not bulky per se, but our expectations are rapidly changing, even for 14-inch systems. That said, this is not an especially thin or light laptop, especially compared with the very slim ultrabook-style systems we've been seeing a lot of lately. The Beats Audio branding includes some red accents on tiny port and button labels, as well as a large Beats logo on the back of the lid (and the letter "B" on the keyboard has been replaced with a Beats Logo). The back of the lid has a thin metal overlay, while the rest of the body is mostly plastic, but all the parts have a matte-black finish that looks top-notch. Easily one of the most distinctive laptops in recent memory, the HP Pavilion dm4 Beats Edition looks like a more expensive machine than it is.
