Additionally, when we popped in a DVD of She's the Man, we noted that the bright reds of the players' uniforms appeared washed out when they should have popped against the green grass on that clear, sunny day. When we streamed a 1080p trailer for Footloose, the drama of the underground dance event was lost because the display's brightness turned the black of the night into a muddy gray, as though the teenagers were living it up at six in the afternoon. It displayed pictures and video brightly, but in terms of contrast, the quality left much to be desired. The Pavilion G4 features a 14-inch LED-backlit display with a standard resolution of 1366 x 768. Also, while the large buttons right below the trackpad had good tactile feedback, they felt a little stiff. However, since the touchpad isn't centered below the G and H keys like it is on most laptops, switching between touch typing and navigating with the cursor was a hassle. HP also added in a nice touch: A dimple on the upper-left corner of the pad toggles gestures on and off with a double tap. We were even able to configure three-finger tap to launch the browser. Better still, the pad handles a variety of multitouch gestures with great aplomb, as everything from pinch-to-zoom to three-finger swipe worked smoothly, though more advanced gestures had to be enabled in the touchpad software. The textured surface of the Pavilion g4's 3.3 x 1.7-inch touchpad provided us with enough satisfying friction to move the cursor accurately. However, when did a lot of work on it-specifically, browsing the web, running a full antivirus scan and streaming a video on Netflix at the same time-the laptop's fan began to whir audibly. We generally consider temperatures less than 95 degrees to be comfortable, so we were pleased to discover that the Pavilion g4 stayed well within this range. After we ran our heat test (which involves streaming a full-screen Hulu video for 15 minutes), the touchpad measured only 78 degrees Fahrenheit, the keyboard 84 degrees, and the middle bottom only 90 degrees.

The Pavilion g4 is one cool laptop, and it remained so throughout our testing. (For comparison's sake, the 14-inch Lenovo IdeaPad V470-measuring 13.4 x 9.2 x 1.2 inches-has exactly the same weight.) This laptop is definitely convenient for travel we slipped the Pavilion g4 in our bag, took it out on a subway commute, and weren't bothered in the least by its weight. Weighing in at 4.6 pounds and measuring 13.4 x 9.1 x 1.2-1.4 inches, the Pavilion g4 has just about the right heft for a machine of this size.

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