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I'm Dan Ackerman and we are here taking a look at the brand new version of HP's NV 15 now if you seen HP's envy laptops over the last couple of years you know they're one of the few really reliable sort of high-end brands that's maybe an alternative to something like the MacBook Pro this is the first time they've really reworked the look since the original Envy series and this new one looks very different indeed instead of that kind of all-over gunmetal gray look now this thing is black on the lid and on the screen bezel here and kind of silvery over here with a slightly sunken keyboard and one really unique visual feature a bit of a red outline kind of on the inside of the Sun keyboard very hard to see very subtle but kind of a cool kind of retro modernism beyond that the envy is still really good high-end laptop you got Intel Core i5 or Core i7 processors if you want to upgrade AMD graphics I've got the upgraded screen right here with the 1080p screen you can also get a lower red screen the system starts at about 1099 with the screen upgrade which I recommend for a 15 inch or larger laptop that adds about a hundred and fifty bucks to it what really makes this new version of the envy stand out compared to some other premium Windows laptops is this little guy right here this is a physical volume control wheel something you almost never see usually the volume is either a little touch button up here or it's an alternate function key button but here we have a wheel you literally flip the wheel volume goes up volume goes down never a miscommunication there's even a separate mute button you tap this button right here that mutes the audio and of course if you hit the volume button on the very top that brings up the Beats Audio menu because like most HP laptops this guy has that special Beats Audio software and there that's supposed to give you a better audio quality from any laptop you're never gonna get something that sounds as good as a pair of standalone speakers but these certainly rank way up there it's got pretty much everything else we're looking for from a premium Windows laptop a back from keyboard big click pad edge to edge glass over the display my one knock is that with the with the lid open like this if you just glance on this it's virtually indistinguishable from a MacBook it's like not even trying anymore to look differently but a lot of people like that look and they want it but they have to use a Windows machine and that's why we've got stuff like this I'm Dan Akron and that is the brand-new redesigned HP Envy 15