HP - ENVY x360 2-in-1 13.3" Touchscreen Laptop - Intel Evo Platform - Intel Core i7 - 8GB Memory - 512GB SSD

Works great on 3rd year. I love the touch screen feature and the 360 hinge. Wish there was a cover or here disabling way for the keyboard when in 360 mode. Overall as an engineer student it has supported various programming and game creation software

I thought it might be useful to compare this HP to another similar 2-in-1 that people may also be considering, the Lenovo Yoga 6. I purchased both laptops on sale and paid $674.99 for the HP ENVY x360 2-in-1 as an open box in excellent condition, and $539.99 for the Lenovo Yoga 6. Both come with current-gen processors and integrated graphics, and both come with 8GB RAM. The HP does have a larger SSD, though at 512GB vs 256 for the Yoga 6. The HP x360 is quite a nice little laptop. Compared to the Yoga 6, it’s a little thinner, a little lighter and has an overall slightly smaller footprint. It’s made of metal, its screen is brighter, its audio is better (despite downward-firing speakers), and I like that its keyboard has media controls and buttons to kill the webcam and mike. I also like that it has a micro-USB slot, and Thunderbolt 4. The Yoga six has none of these things. But ultimately, I returned the HP in favor of the Lenovo Yoga 6. The main reason was performance. While the HP x360 uses a 4-core, 8-thread 11th-gen Intel i7 w/the new Xe integrated graphics, the Yoga 6 uses the excellent AMD Ryzen 4650U Pro, a 6-core, 12-thread processor that is simply faster than Intel’s offering overall. And while Intel has been touting their new Xe graphics as going head-to-head with the NVidia MX350, the truth is that in real-world applications, and at lower TDPs than Intel’s 28W reference laptop design, that’s just not true in my testing. Perhaps in time better drivers from Intel will close the gap, but it’s certainly not the case now. In fact, in actual use, the Xe graphics couldn’t even keep up with the Radeon Vega 6 graphics in the Yoga 6. I ran a few benchmarks on these and will show just a couple of results here (see photos). In the photo of the two laptops side by side, you can see the results of a graphics benchmark test using the game Dirt Rally on battery power (since I like to game on the go with small laptops like these, I test on battery as well as plugged in. Settings were identical for each – 1600x900, medium preset, identical options, both laptops set to their performance modes, etc. You can see that the Yoga 6 had an avg of 67.42 FPS with its Radeon Vega 6 graphics, vs 43.88 for the HP x360 with its intel Xe graphics (a 35% difference). Min and max frames were also much higher with the Yoga 6, and you can see from the test summary that over the course of the benchmarking, the HP Envy dropped thousands of frames compared to the Yoga 6. Every gaming benchmark I tested showed the Yoga 6 to consistently beat the HP ENVY x360 in frame rates. The other two photos show results from Novabench on battery. Novabench is a quick and light benchmarking program, and I use it only to get a performance snapshot before doing more in-depth testing. While the HP Envy scored 2057 overall, the Yoga 6 scored 2405 overall, and had higher sub scores for CPU, and Disk. Interestingly, although the Envy did score slightly higher on the GPU and RAM sub scores, this did *not* translate into a real-world performance issue in use. The Yoga 6 was just a little bit faster in daily use, and significantly faster in games. It was also significantly faster to boot up – 6 seconds compared to about 12 seconds. Again, the HP ENVY is a nice little laptop, and some people will have no issue paying more for the slightly smaller metal build, thunderbolt, brighter screen, etc. I don’t think it’s unreasonably priced (especially at the sale price) at all and would recommend it for those who understand what it can do, and what it can't. For my needs, however, I ultimately chose the Yoga 6. Finally, I thought I might try to answer a couple questions I saw that were asked and answered incorrectly here in Best Buy’s Questions. The HP x360 does NOT have Optane memory, CPU-Z reports that the RAM *is* in dual channel mode, and the key to turn the privacy screen off and on is F1, not F2. RAM is soldered, but the SSD is replaceable. I hope people find this information useful/helpful.

Great laptop. Perfect mix of size, performance, and price. Under 3 pounds and handles routine tasks at roughly the same speed as my i7 / 16gb / 1 TB / GeForce 1070 desktop. Only weakness is the screen which is 1920x1080 and has a narrow vertical viewing angle. But for $999 (or the $749 Black Friday price), it's a great product. Did have an issue with the display flickering and distorting (see photo) when using Chrome that I was able to solve by rebuilding the Windows profile after installing Chrome.

This laptop is loaded with so many wonderful features. For me, it's the perfect size and the build quality is more than adequate. Set-up was a breeze and I was able to hit the ground running in no time. I have had zero issues with noise or heating up. I am pleased with the full size keyboard and I have always liked HP's touchpads. I downloaded this little program from userbenchmark.com that allows you to run a series of tests to see how your exact system performs and how it compares to other systems. Overall, I was very pleased with the results and the system performed as well as advertised. I would recommend to everyone to download that program and see how your system performs. My favorite thing about this laptop is the screen. Wow is the best word that I can use to describe it. It is fantastic. I did not expect it to be this good. I owned a Dell 13.3" with a 4K screen just before I bought this laptop. I also compared this screen, side by side, to a 4K screen on a HP Spectre. This screen simply just flat our looked better to me. I learned that I will never pay the $300 or whatever it is for a upcharge to a 4K screen when this 1920 x 1080 screen is available with BrightView and 1000 nits. Say 1000 nits out loud, that's incredibly impressive and I had not even heard of that being available on any laptop. Now, to the "complaint" department. Keep in mind I knew these things beforehand and I still purchased this laptop and I am very glad that I did. Also, getting this for $750 allowed me to overlook some of the things I would have rather had. I am not sure that I would have paid $1000 for it. My issue with the system is the lack of the ability to upgrade the RAM. I understand that for most people, 8GB of RAM is enough. This system is equipped with a superfast, high tech 11th gen CPU with all the latest bells and whistles and built on the Evo platform that advertises speed and efficiency. With the restriction of only 8 GB of RAM, it doesn't really allow the end user to fully utilize this laptop to its full potential. It's almost like buying a Corvette with a V6 engine. To me, it's a shame to solder the RAM on this model and feels a little petty of HP to do that. Lenovo is famous for that garbage and that's why I will never purchase one of their products. I really appreciate and like the fact that the HP team members take time to jump in and answer some of the questions that potential customers have about a product. A couple of weeks ago, a HP team member answered a question about Intel Optane Memory and said this laptop does have it. This laptop does not have that feature. It would have been awesome to have it. I don't understand how they could have gotten an important feature like that wrong. The Hello Windows with the fingerprint works great. Just "program" more than one finger. I really really liked the Windows Hello with the facial recognition. It cracked me up every time I used it and I really wished this had the IR camera so facial recognition was possible. One thing I really like about Best Buy and it really keeps my business is their customer friendly no hassle return policy. I give Best Buy 5 stars for that! I mention this because this is my 3rd laptop in 6 weeks trying to find what laptop suits me the best. I can tell you this is my last laptop till I wear it out or decide to upgrade. I simply love it and I am glad I bought it, especially for $750! Even with having a few things that I would have liked to see different, I still gave it 5 stars. You have to take the good with the bad and this laptop is an absolute tremendous value.

The best laptop ever I have , it’s very fast for using and screen it’s too high quality for reviews videos and games , and has a good battery life

I was a macbook pro user for the last 10 years and was hesitant to switch to PC but took a chance to save a lot of money. I love this laptop! The low-profile keyboard feels similar to my MacBook pro; I love that it is aluminum and backlit. The smart features are awesome; I like the convenience of the fingerprint reader and built-in Alexa. I also like the camera shutter, mic mute, and privacy screen buttons right on the keyboard's toolbar. The speakers have great sound. The only reasons I gave this 4 and not 5 stars is because you can't tap the screen to wake it when propped in tablet mode without folding it back to laptop mode first. Also, I don't think I get quite the advertised battery life. With frequent use, it lasts about 6 hours. Overall, I'm happy with it. I also like Windows 10 more than expected and don't miss my Macbook.

Design-wise, the envy x360 is nice. It’s been almost a month I bought it and I use is rarely use it as a tablet. The screen is glossy and has bright color. My fingerprints stay easily on the screen, particularly when lift the laptop lid up. HP should have accommodated a small grip. When I want to clean it, I forget sometimes that it is a touchscreen… so do not do any important transaction when you do :-) 13' is a very convenient size, perfect for my purse. The buttons of the keyboard are large but interestingly I type with many key errors (compared to my work laptop). I would need to adjust to this 13' keyboard that is seems narrower but it is the same surface then my work laptop. I think it is a good computer to do basic stuff (streaming, Internet browsing, work on documents). Neutral: • Built-in Alexa: it is nice to have but I don’t use it much. The music stops when the laptop goes on sleep mode. • Battery life: I haven’t traveled with it yet to efficiently judge the battery. Nice features: • Unlocking the computer screen with fingerprint. My iphone SE touch ID sensor seems much more effective. I don’t have to try to many times. Things that need improvement (In my opinion): • Having a grip to lift more easily the lid. • Fingerprints on screen. • Touchpad: it is not sensitive enough when scrolling up and down but when I want to select document, it is too sensitive and make me delete documents inadvertently. • Webcam: I use the webcam kill button but when I tried to have a video call with a friend, I could not make the webcam work. I ended up using my phone. • Bang Olufen speaker: sometimes the volume goes up and down because one of the two speaker stop working. I tried it today and it works fine, very random!

Really like this laptop. I’m glad it came in a different color besides black/silver. Fast, light & small enough to travel with. It’s a little on the expensive side but it’s worth it if you plan on keeping for awhile