HP Pavilion dv6-1240ea - 15.6in Laptop Comments

I'm sure this is a very nice notebook, but I, for one, can't stand all the glossy stuff. I can tolerate a glare-screen, but the feel of shiny, fingerprint-ridden plastic does not appeal to me at all.
Walking around in a shop today, the only notebooks I really liked were the Acer Timelines, which use metal instead of glossy plastic.
Why aren't there more of those around? Is it considered old fashioned?

@Ardjuna:
Glad to hear someone shares my opinion - I suppose you're right about the first impression, though I always feel these notebooks, and especially HP's, look somehow overloaded. Wherever you look, there seems to be some swirl, blinking blue LED or otherwise glossy ornament eager to garner attention. Personally, I'd trade all the extra swirls and buttons for a more functional, symmetrical design. I mean, what does an imprint finish do for you in the long run? It might look new and interesting at first, but isn't a comfortable, less flashy finish, such as in the Macbooks, Thinkpads and Timelines, more desirable in the long run?

Glossy laptops look good in the display at PC World - I think that's about it.

I reckon it's the same reason that most new TVs now ship with horribly lurid default colour settings. The brighter colours make the most lurid TV stand out in a crowd, and most retail displays are pretty crowded.