Its plasticky finish can be felt; the screen and surrounding bezel has some flex in it when it's raised for use, for example. The plastic top and interior keyboard surrounds also mark easily with fingerprints and smudges - a minor point, but while the Envy looks pristine when it first comes out of the box - indeed, perhaps to the, ahem, envy of your friends - this won't be something that will last. But it's not all about looks. There's functionality to consider too. The 15.6-inch size lends itself well to a decent keyboard spread with good distance between the keys. Typing is comfortable, though not anything special, and there's no backlighting to the keys or anything snazzy like that - just what we'd expect for the price point. Performance HP hasn't held back on some up-to-date features, unlike some of its competitors. There are two USB 3.0 ports features to the left side of the machine, backed-up with a single USB 2 port to the right, if you need that extra socket. The trackpad also supports single and two-finger input for quick scrolling through webpages and the like. Yes, it's very Apple-esque, and a useful touch, though it's not as well featured as the fruit-logoed company's full multiple-gesture system. The Envy 6's screen is an LED-backlit design which, while bright and easy to view, offers only a rather pedestrian 1366 x 768 resolution. Again, this is the consequence of its price point, but it's not low resolution and does