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irtehawesome

Apparently there's a beats edition of the envy 14 that starts at $1249.99 now. BTW, anyone know if the black of the beats edition are just black plastic?

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brett

I would assume they just painted the metal case black. It would be a pain for the manufacturer to switch all of its major materials for a special edition. Who knows though, maybe HP is just weird and switched to plastic.

By the way, the Envy 14 Beats is on gdgt: gdgt.com­/hp­/envy­/14­/beats/
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irtehawesome

Thanks for the link. I was wondering if there was a page for it. The search came up empty.
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ArmpitOfDeath

Same materials, black colour. You also get a pair of Beats Solo's (headphones). Possibly better than a kick in the teeth / straightforward ripoff, like Apple used to with their Blackbooks.
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JasonTsay

The Envy 15 Beats had a black glossy plastic finish. The Envy 14 Beats is all matte black most likely metal. Most likely because the Beats Studios were glossy and the Beats Solo's are matte.
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irtehawesome

I actually prefer things matte. Things in a piano black finish tend to show scratches more.
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JasonTsay

yeah matte black metal is the best you can get. no smudges, fingerprints, scratches.
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