HP - ENVY x360 2-in-1 15.6" Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Core i7 - 8GB Memory - 1TB Hard Drive - Natural Silver

The laptop over all is good, it gets the basics done if that's what you want. I can't attest for high end processing as I haven't yet had the opportunity for it. Still getting used to windows 8, but that's not the laptop or laptop makers issue. However, I have to believe some of the bloatware is. The mouse/touch pad is somewhat annoying. Reminds me of what I hate about Mac mouse/touch pads. Other than that, the one major issue I have with it is the audio. For a "beats" audio product, I expected much better. The speakers are on the bottom. Even on a flat/hard surface the audio sounds like it's in a box. I'm "all about that bass" but with these, I can't get enough treble to provide some clarity, if you will. It is a little heavy, but you can see the weight when you look at the specs, not worth complaining if you were provided the info. The hinges and such seem solid, so that I like. I haven't yet used it much in the "tablet" form.

Bought the 15-U011DX model from Best Buy November 15. After two weeks of daily use, I am a happy camper; I like its design. It was packed in its HP box very well - minimal packing but adequate. Out of the box, the unit was pristine with no blemishes and started up with no issues. I like the silver finish. The lid closes/opens easily and the large rubber feet hold the unit level and keep it from moving. I have a Microsoft email account and a WiFi internet connection and that made the automated HP configuration process easy. Windows 8.1 is Windows 8.1 - not so hard to use if you read a 'how to' manual first. There were about 70 microsoft updates waiting to be installed. The HP Support Assistant had 9 updates waiting to be installed. I did not apply any updates till I used the unit in its factory state for a while. I have not used any of its 360 capabilities yet but the hinges attaching the screen to the body are substantial and ought to withstand use. The unit isn't light but then again it's not a tablet. The battery is internal and not removable. I always connect the AC adapter so I don't know how long the batteries will last. The touch pad is tolerable and right and left clicking the pad is very stiff; you're better off with a mouse which I use exclusively. If you do a lot of touch typing, you had better go to Mouse and Touchpad Settings and set the touchpad delay to LONG or the cursor will bounce around on your document. The touch screen works as expected. However, the shiny screen does reflect a lot of glare if you have strong daylight from the rear; you can adjust the tilt of the screen to minimize that. With room light, the screen is excellent. The silver keyboard keys are backlit which I wouldn't do without. In brightly lit areas, you don't need the back lights and when you turn them off, the lettering in the keys appears black and easily visible. In a dimly lit area, the backlights are indispensible. The keys are a bit stiff for touch typing but you can get used to them with practice. The hard drive and cooling fan are quiet and barely audible. The Cool Sense feature keeps the palm rest area of the keyboard cool; the area at the top of the keyboard gets warm when the room gets warm. WiFi AC works great; I have a good ISP providing a cable connected router. Three USB ports and earphone jack work; the RJ45 jack works when connected to my router; haven't tried the HDMI jack yet. Bought a Beats Solo 2 headset from BB and jacked it into the earphone jack and the sound blew me away - theater sound in your ears. I would highly recommend this headset, never thought I would spend that much for a headset but I would do it again in a minute. Bluetooth connectivity works; I bought a Bose Soundlink Color external Bluetooth speaker from BB and it connected to my laptop easily; I've played Pandora radio and iTunes thru it; great sound, however, it is heavy on the bass which I prefer........sounds like the old Wurlitzer juke boxes; great room speaker - you can push a lot of volume thru it with no distortion; Beats and the laptop do allow you to adjust the sound volume but not the bass-treble-etc to the speaker; you have to turn the Bose speaker off to disconnect with Bluetooth or go to settings on the laptop to turn Bluetooth off. Again, never thought I would spend that much on an external speaker but I would do it again in a minute. The left side volume control rocker switch is a nice touch. For DVD playing, HP loaded the PC with Cyberlink Power DVD player. Until I downloaded an HP Support Assistant update to that Cyberlink player, Cyberlink would not recognize a connected external DVD drive; after the download, it did. However, File Explorer always recognized my external drive. Now for the 2 SPEAKERS and BEATS audio. These are not high performance speakers and you cannot push a lot of bass through them. Setting the Beats listening buttons is critical. I learned this when I attempted to play an audio CD from an external drive or play songs from my iTunes library. I set the Beats listening buttons to high levels. That caused Beats to push the speakers to the max beyond their capacity and resulted in a lot of distortion. At first, I thought the speakers were defective so I went back to BestBuy and exchanged the laptop for a new identical one (BestBuy was very accommodating). The 2nd one had the same result. I finally found out how to set the Beats buttons through experimentation. When set properly, the sound out of the speakers is acceptable if you consider they are small. I set the buttons to the following levels: bass button to the lower quarter of its range; treble to the midpoint; center to the max; space to the bottom; focus to the midpoint; all equalizer buttons to the midpoint. I think the HP engineers could have done a better job on the speakers; but, then again, the speakers are small to fit the thin frame and on the bottom of the unit and not meant to have theater sound. Now, with Beats set right, I am a happy camper. Went back to BestBuy to inform them that the first laptop that I returned did not really have defective speakers and, simultaneously, they informed me that pushing too much bass through the speakers will cause distortion - guess I wasn't the first. They will sell the returned one as an open box item.

Love the touch pad - my first experience with it. Lots to learn bhut I'm learning it all. I even migrated my prior Microsoft Office license to my new HP Envy laptop with no problems, though it was a lengthy process. I originally bought MS Office 2003, then upgraded to 2010, and even though I don't have 2013, the HP Envy uses 2010 just fine. Love the thinness, don't miss having a CD drive, though I want to buy and carry a HDMI to VGA adapter because conf rooms often don't have an HDMI cable to use with their projection equipment. Love using the Touch screen. Love it when people oooh and aahhh. Love the crispness of the screen resolution. Love the 360 degree wrapping feature of the screen. Love the long battery life, I've never even gotten close to running out of battery. Love the lightness, the feel. Love it.

I got this on cyber monday for $700 (it was open box), and I've been very satisfied with it. I'm a computer science student, so I started checking out the performance and compatibility with my Win7 programs, and they all work well. I personally like the new Windows design, especially with the touchscreen. One thing I didn't like was the hard drive because I wanted a solid state for the performance. I bought a 500GB SSD from Amazon, and it makes a significant difference in booting up and loading programs, especially heavy programs (e.g. Eclipse and VirtualBox VMs). The other thing I didn't like was that it didn't contain a dedicated graphics card, which would make playing HD videos and running apps like Photoshop a bit smoother. But it's still good, though. So all in all, the i7 with 8GB of RAM with a touchscreen was definitely a good buy for the price, and I've had mostly good experiences it.

This laptop was a good buy, at first; as time went by it got slow. I have a computer that is much older and slower processor and it performs better than this laptop. Also went ahead and purchased additional warranty with BestBuy and ended up regretting it.

I originally wanted the SurfacePro, but balked because it's just not beefy enough. So then I was down to this and the Yoga. Based on speed and storage (and reviews) I went the the Envy. I couldn't be much happier. The touch screen, the ability to use it like a TV for Netflix, the full keyboard (with number pad), interface with the dSLR, speed and ease of use make this a total winner. The only thing annoying is that the built ins still want to be proprietary. I'm not using IE, no matter how many times you ask me to pin it.. The fact that it won't let you pin the resources you DO use (Chrome) to the start menu is just pouty. The start page could be awesome, but as it is...I just skip it and toggle through to the desktop.

Just bought this laptop for college and I am impressed. Beats Audio was a nice bonus, beautiful backlit keyboard, great features, fast, touch pad can be a bit tricky and takes some getting used to. Have yet to have any issues with heating or noise. For browsing, display and resolution is fairly nice... HOWEVER, for gaming and watching/streaming, the display is noticeably fuzzy. Nice laptop overall, would definitely be much better if it had a dedicated graphics card. The included intel HD is DECENT, as far as some light gaming goes, so if you're not exactly a gamer, this should do just fine. But if you're looking for a laptop that runs sharp, impressive graphics, go for an integrated card, namely Nvidia or Radeon. Otherwise, great buy!

This is my 2nd review on this item. 1st review was about a week after I bought it. Now I've had it for almost 2 months and have REALLY had a chance to use it. I hate that I paid so much for it. I don't feel like it was worth it. I have a Samsung tablet that has better sound than this laptop (so much for Beats audio). Also, if I use it for more than 2 hrs as a "tablet" the touch screen starts to act up (I touch something on the left and it selects something on the right or I have to slide my finger up to drag something down). And the track pad & keyboard suck sometimes. Im happy I bought the extra protection because I have a feeling I'll be needing it. I think the only thing I really like about it is that start up is a breeze compared to my last HP laptop and my fiance's Toshiba laptop.