HP - ENVY x360 2-in-1 15.6" Touch-Screen Laptop - AMD Ryzen 7 - 8GB Memory - 512GB SSD - Nightfall Black

Pros: Classy understated design 2-in-1 capability Decent keyboard/touchpad Reliable fingerprint scanner Ryzen 4700u (!) Upgradable WiFi, SSD, and RAM Great battery life Cons: Bad display Heavy Fan noise I came to the 15.6" Envy x360 4700u from a 13.3" Spectre x360 1065-g7 and before that, a dying Surface Pro. First things: the performance of the 4700u is absolutely phenomenal and the Envy has a revamped cooling solution that keeps it below 85 during load. Also, the integrated graphics performance is on par with a 960m from a few years past for a pretty smooth light gaming experience. Honestly, the majority of the appeal for this laptop comes from the performance, its 2 in 1 form factor, and (for me) its looks. On to the bad stuff: It is kind of heavy, or at least dense. Dell's XPS 15 and the Surface Laptop 3 15" are both noticeably lighter. For the first few hours while I set it up the fan noise was near unbearable and it seems to have settled into a low but constant hum even when idling. If you are the kind of person very bothered by fan noise you might look for something quieter. It is silent about 50% of the time though. The display is... workable. I keep it on maximum brightness or at least 80% and it's comfortable to work with, but colors are washed out and inaccurate. Spotify Green looks more like puke, and Netflix Red has become Netflix Orange. If you're looking for a laptop for photo editing or any color intensive work, or otherwise like looking at accurate colors, you should probably steer clear of this specific model, Final thoughts: while there are serious cons, really it's just a few areas of improvement in a laptop that otherwise is basically an amazing (and only) 4700u 2 in 1 solution. The fans can get loud, but the processor stays really cool. The battery life is on par with the 10th gen Spectre x360, due to AMD's 7nm process using much less power than Intel. And the processor, if you haven't heard, is godlike. Even if you do video editing, photo editing, etc. and are concerned about the display... if you want the most powerful 2-in-1 there is to work faster than near anything else on the market right now, honestly just hook up a color accurate monitor. Laptop displays have always been lacking and when you think about the performance and upgradeability of this laptop it's something I can easily overlook. It feels like HP's sleek take on the ThinkPad, which I love, and it's something you can bring to the office looking very professional instead of potentially "too" cool like the HP Spectre and it's angled edges. I give this a strong recommendation (4/5) and wholeheartedly recommend this over the weaker Intel version with the following disclaimers: If you want this exact model with better brightness, color gamut, etc. you can customize a version on the HP online store. It will obviously be more expensive, and it'll take a month or more to get built and shipped to you from Chongqing. But if you are willing to wait, that option is available to you (I wasn't willing to wait). Also, mind that Ryzen 4000 in laptops is very new, and AMD's driver support has historically been worse than Intel's. I think Ryzen 4000 is the turning point where AMD is becoming a serious competitor to Intel again, and I haven't faced any issues yet, but it is something you should know.

HP really hit the nail on the head with this rendition of the Envy line. The build quality and value is exceptional and potentially will hurt HP's own top of the line brand; Spectre. The Envy line is slotted as a mid-tier to upper-tier laptop. This is a relatively decent sized 15.6" 2 in 1 laptop. HP has shrunken the screen bezel and overall size of the laptop compared to the previous version. The all-aluminum chassis is appealing and nice to the touch. But the stars of the show are the processor and potential RAM. The Ryzen 7 4700U processor and integrated Radeon graphics makes every performance aspect faster. Compared to my Surface Pro 7 Intel 10th Gen i7 with Iris Plus Graphics, this Envy smokes it in every test and real world application. Frame rates in light gaming is a big bump of 10-20 additional fps. The great thing is, there are 2 user upgradable RAM slots up to 32gb!!! That is so rare to find in a 2 in 1 with a thin chassis/bezel. Now to the not so great part, the horrendous color accuracy on the screen. As mentioned by others about the red color, it applies here too. Reds do not look red, but more like dark orange. No tweaking or adjustment can change this major flaw in the panel hardware. But it is something I can live with using a monitor with it. 250 nit on the screen is barely ok for indoor use, but outdoor is really difficult. Other than that, this would probably be the best bang for the buck for a laptop with good build quality, visual appeal, and potential upgadability.

This laptop starting faster and easier to set-up and meet with my budget

I needed a computer to do some work stuff from home. You know! There's probably a lot of us or there. Well, Best Buy was able to get me a 90 day same as cash lease with no hassle. Completely effortless. I had my new HP Envy 2 days later and I absolutely love it. Tons of add on's and trials of Microsoft 360. I know Best Buy can look up the young lady that took my order and give her a really BIG thank you. Very professional and polite. Walked me through the whole order in a decent time and I hung up very well taken care of. #1 BEST Best Buy.

I have not used this laptop that often but this is my review for so far Pros Speakers are nice but 2 face the ground Fast boot and shut down Fingerprint scanner Works fast (1 time the laptop said the finger print was not located on my laptop) Touch screen is nice ( of course there is lots of finger prints) Cons This laptop didn’t come with a hp pen The color is not black, it is more of a brownish color No face unlock This laptop model only has 8gb of ram when the silver laptop i7core has 12gb of ram for only $50 more Improvements Screen is not that sharp Only 2 USB ports and 1 of them is a pull tap type usb which I really do not like

This laptop is great for me as a primary media consuming device and for school work. I'm also a big fan of the sleek design and small bezels on the screen. It runs great and everything loads fast as you would expect from a machine with ryzen 7 and an ssd. My only dislike was the power button being with the rest of the keys and not on it's own. I feel like it's more prone to being accidentally pressed.

I like this HP-Envy x360 2-in-1 laptop. Due to SSD, it start like a flash and run at high speed. My previous laptop uses mechanic hard drive and sometimes have to wait for 30-60 seconds to open a normal excel file. 512GB for SSD totally worth this price ($720). Big touch screen works perfect for me since I worked with a lot of data with huge amount of rows and columns. This laptop makes my life much easier.

I like the design, color, and all the features. The screen clarity and colors are good. It's light weight. I am having problems with SD card slot. I tried 2 and neither of them clicked in. I don't know if they are compatible or I'm inserting them incorrectly. Today, I realized that there are 2 keyboard backlighting options. First tap turns it on, second tap dims the light, and third tap turns it off. Overall I'm happy with my purchase.