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It's shaping up to be a wild day for HP: in addition to revamping its Envy laptops and announcing its [first Ultrabook](http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/16/hp-folio-ultrabook-official-starts-at-899-with-a-128gb-ssd-and/), the outfit went and refreshed the mid-range Pavilion dm4. While it has the same metal-heavy design that bowled us over in our [review](http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/hp-pavilion-dm4-review/), it trades Altec Lansing audio for Beats and gains a subwoofer. Otherwise, its entry-level specs -- a Core i3 CPU, 6GB of RAM and a 640GB 5,400RPM hard drive -- closely match the starting config available today.
And, while the company was at it, HP also announced a red-and-black-spangled Beats Edition. An inevitable move, if you ask us: HP has been pushing its partnership with Dr. Dre so heavily that it went so far as to [redesign its Envy laptops](http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/16/hp-redesigns-its-envy-laptops-announces-the-envy-15-17-and-17/) with a prominent Beats dial. Then again, this is the first time HP's given the Beats special edition treatment to anything other than a [top-shelf machine](http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/27/hp-envy-14-beats-edition-gets-a-slice-of-sandy-bridge-silicon-c/). In any case, you better be pretty sweet on that red backlit keyboard -- the gussied-up, Dre-approved version starts at $900 (headphones not included). Then again, at least you get beefier specs for the money: a Core i5 CPU, 8GB of RAM and a 750GB hard drive. If nine hundred bucks isn't what you had in mind, the classic dm4 starts at $630. Both will be available December 18th. If you're curious, find the full PR after the break, along with some rubbernecking hands-on shots below.
**Gallery: [HP Pavilion dm4 and dm4 Beats Edition](http://www.engadget.com/photos/hp-pavilion-dm4-and-dm4-beats-edition/)**
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Gallery: HP Pavilion dm4 Beats Edition hands-on
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