Keyboard and Touchpad
The Envy 17 has a chiclet-style keyboard and number pad that stretch across the 16-inch-wide chassis. hp akku On the Ten Thumbs Typing Test, we typed at a fast rate of 94 words per minute, even with little practice on the keyboard. In addition to the keyboard's dell akku backlighting, we like that the keys have a soft finish, and make little noise when you type. We also like the fact that you don't have to press the Fn key to access media controls in the function row of keys.

The Envy 17 has a large 4.2 x 2.5-inch touchpad, which doubles as a clickable button. Although we've given HP's touchpads much flack apple akku in the past for being either jumpy or having too much friction, the Envy 17's was easier to use. Occasionally, the cursor jumped slightly, but for the most part we had little problem dragging the cursor to specific spots on the screen. And the integrated touch buttons were always easy to press.

When we watched World Trade Center on Blu-ray, we were impressed by the level of detail. As promised, the ibm akku display was bright, too, and the colors were true. We were also able to watch the movie comfortably from the sides and even with the lid pushed sony akku far forward, but that required us to dim the lights; with the lights on, the display was too reflective to watch at odd angles. We also wish HP included skip buttons on the keyboard, so if you want to skip chapters in a DVD or Blu-ray, you have to use the touchpad asus akku and touch buttons.

The Envy 17's speakers, which are tucked discreetly onto the front lip of the notebook, are powered by Beats toshiba akku audio technology. When we listened to tracks such as "Float On" by Modest Mouse and "Kids" by MGMT, the drums came in loud and clear alongside the shriller guitar sounds. Even when we cranked the volume to the maximum, we noticed very little, if any distortion, while listening to "Three Seed" by Silversun Pickups.

Like its predecessors, the 5103 stayed fairly cool during use, though apple laptop akku we noted that the areas around the vent and on the bottom right got a bit hot with the system in our lap. After playing a Hulu video at full-screen for 15 minutes, we measured temperatures on the touchpad at 88 degrees, between the G&H keys at acer laptop akku 87 degrees, and the center of the bottom at 94 degrees, all within our acceptable range. The area on the bottom right and by the vent reached 99 degrees, which is uncomfortable.

Despite having some powerful components, the Envy 17 operated at relatively cool temperatures. For dell laptop akku instance, we measured 80 degrees and 91 degrees on the touchpad and on the underside of the notebook (the average desktop replacement's hp laptop akku temperature rises to 89 and 96 degrees in these spots). The only spot where the Envy 17 ran warm was the center of the keyboard; it reached 98 degrees, whereas the typical laptop this size gets as hot as 94 degrees.

For people who either can't afford Apple's 17-inch MacBook Pro or are just stalwart PC loyalists, it would behoove them to check out imb laptop akku HP's Envy 17 (starting at $1,399; $1,599 as configured). For much less money (the MacBook Pro starts at $2,299), this big-screen beauty offers sony laptop akku an equally elegant design and more powerful components. Despite one noteable flaw, the Envy 17 is an excellent choice.

Design
The Envy 17 shares the same minimalist-chic design as the smaller Envy 14, toshiba laptop akku including a rock-solid taupe chassis made of aluminum and magnesium. A few touches, such as a paisley-esque pattern of raised bumps on the lid and palm rest, and HP's glowing logo on the lid, mark this as a premium laptop. Between the machine's apple notebook akku durable feel and details such as quiet keys (more on that later), the Envy 17 feels like a luxury laptop.

At 7.5 pounds, the Envy 17 is a reasonable weight for a notebook this size, although you won't want to do more acer battery than tote it around the house (and then, you'll need the AC adapter, as you'll see in the battery section). With a maximum height of 1.5 inches, the apple battery Envy 17 also feels thick, especially compared to Apple's 17-inch MacBook Pro, which is just 0.98 inches thin.

Display and Sound
The Envy 17's display comes in two flavors, each with a dash of marketing speak: There's a BrightView Infinity display, which has 1600 x hp battery 900 resolution, standard viewing angles, and a 60 percent color gamut. Then there's the Ultra BrightView Infinity display, dell battery which has 1920 x 1080 resolution, wide viewing angles, and a 72 percent color gamut. (Our unit has the latter.) The cost of upgrading from BrightView to Ultra BrightView is $100. The notebook also packs ATI's Eyefinity multi-display technology, which lets imb battery users connect up to three external monitors, something most notebooks can't do.

Keyboard and Touchpad
The island-style, spill-resistant keyboard on the Mini 5103 remains one of the best in the netbook category. sony battery At 95 percent of full-size, we had no problem typing this review at a fast clip using the included copy of Corel Home Office. We especially like apple laptop battery the relatively large right Shift key and Enter key. Some may find the feedback a little mushy, but we found it to be snappy enough. Above the keyboard you'll find a row of keys--such as brightness and volume controls--that don't require the Function acer laptop battery key to activate.

The DuraKey coating over the keyboard adds a slight friction that compensates for the keys being completely flat. dell laptop battery The coating also protects the letters from wearing off due to heavy usage.

Despite its small size, the dm1z is one of the coolest notebooks we've yet hp laptop tested. Employing HP's CoolSense technology--first seen on the dm3t--the dm1z has HP's Thermal Assistant software, which automatically adjusts the fan speed if it senses the notebook is on a person's lap or on a table. After streaming a ibm laptop battery Hulu video at full screen for 15 minutes, the touchpad, G and H keys, and underside measured 76, 78, and 77 degrees, respectively. However, fan noise was sony laptop battery noticeable in a quiet room, and we could feel it whirring when we had our hands on the palm rests.

Keyboard and Touchpad
Like most other notebooks in HP's lineup, the dm1z has a chiclet-style keyboard that extends apple nearly to the edges of the chassis. Though the keys don't have as much travel as, say, the Envy 17, it was still a pleasure to type this review on the laptop. We were up to acer our usual typing rate in no time. HP thoughtfully reversed the function row keys; you don't have to press FN to adjust the volume or brightness.

The touchpad on the Mini 5103 is a bit small at 2.5 x 1.3 inches (compared to 3.1 x 1.6 inches for the Toshiba mini NB305). We're also dell not fans of the glossy black surface; the resulting friction made it somewhat difficult to move the cursor. Still, the dedicated left and right mouse buttons, which received Acer akku a soft rubberized treatment, responded well.

Colors on the Mini 5103's glossy HD display are vibrant and the Acer akku blacks are deep, though we were disappointed to find that both vertical and horizontal viewing angles aren't very wide. While surfing the web or working with an office document, users can push the screen all the way back or share the screen with two others. Sony akku But when watching video, colors look distorted unless you're in the Goldilocks zone. The 1366 x 768 resolution makes Windows 7's elements rather small on the Toshiba akku 10.1-inch screen: We found ourselves squinting to see smaller elements, but were glad we could fit more on the screen when working with two IBM akku documents side-by-side.

The speakers on the 5103's front lip produced decent volume and offered good audio quality for a netbook. Treble came off tinny as we Fujitsu akku listened to Sarah Solovay's "Gone," but at least bass proved strong when Last.fm offered up Superchick's "One Girl Revolution (Battle Mix)." At 50 percent volume Dell akku we were able to hear music clearly, but in order to hear Hulu clips clearly we had to turn it up to 75 percent. At this level, the audio was still clear and HP/Compaq akku loud even when we added low-level background noise to the mix.