New Fave Accessory: The Dm4 Pavilion by HP

So, I purchased my approximate 6th laptop. With summer right around the corner, I decided to give my montage viewers something to look forward to: montages sponsored by Pinnacle Studios HD. My very first upgrade. Can you believe it!? I understand that upgrading my montage works is a long time coming, but I am eagerly excited to be working with a top-notch studio and greater effects--it can only add to the fun!

What I adore about my new laptop series, the Dm4 Pavilion by HP, is the beautifully appealing "Island keyboard" (think Macbook) and small, round, gray-pink tinted appearance, not to mention the inside features. Instead of entering your password (which can be troublesome for people like me who keep their passwords longer and complex), a simple swipe of your fingerprint over a box located as part of the keyboard will log you in. While Dr. Dre's "beats" music system is not featured on the 15", the 18"'s stereo system is beautiful and crystal clear like you're listening to HD music at a concert.

Among these features, my favorite is the amount of core processor and its speed--the Dm4 Pavilion is quad-core, which means 2.5 GHz processor speed working 4x faster, or in theory, approx. 5.1 GHz. Great for gamers and software programs (such as Pinnacle Studios) that take a bit more of a push!

The greater bargain? Only about $520 at office supply stores such as Office Depot, after mail-in rebates. I buy my anti-virus software separate, so that would have knocked off $100 of the final price, but I bought Microsoft Office and Student 2010 for another $99, and OD's 2-year wear and tear protection plan, which is another $200. Overall, for $700-800 dollars, I got much more than I had bargained for (or even need), for a fraction of the price building a laptop with HP or buying a desktop would have cost.

To this day, after experimenting with numerous brands of computers (HP, Dell, Acer, etc), HP remains my favorite. Easy to use, great customer service, quality products, and people that actually care about your technologically-advanced needs, not to mention: computers that ACTUALLY LAST!