HP - Pavilion x360 2-in-1 14" Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Core i5 - 8GB Memory - 128GB Solid State Drive - Silk Gold with Natural Silver

Let me start this review by saying I work in technology and consider myself very versed when it comes to computers. With that said, I embarked in a search for a new laptop computer that would be versatile to use for travel and around the house. The main purpose was for running networking tools, consoling to network devices, etc. The other purpose, was for media consumption while on the go....mostly youtube and other streaming services. My search took me first to buy the Dell Inspiron 7000 series with an 8th gen Core i7 16 Gigs of RAm and 256 SSD. To my surprise that computer overheated constantly, running fans at full speed most of the time. It was also experiencing thermal throttling and could not even stream a 4k video properly. I returned it. Then I saw an open box Asus 14 inch with 8 gig of RAM, 8th Gen Core i5 and a 1 TB Hard Drive. That laptop was good, but the problem was that the RAM was soldered into the main board and could not be upgraded. Also the lack of an SSD made that computer a little too slow. It was very inexpensive, but still not working at my expectations. So, I returned it. I did not want to waste more time and decided to buy the top of the line HP Spectre x360 13.3 inch with an 8th Gen Core i7, 16 Gig RAM and 512 PCIe SSD. To my surprise, this laptop suffered from worse temperature issues than the original Dell I purchased. The little, beautiful HP spectre kept getting supper hot even when placed on my granite counter top. Since it was a very expensive laptop, I decided I had to return it. I could not believe I had purchased laptops going from under 600 dollars to over 1,400 and still did not find the right candidate. Then, I saw that Best Buy lowered the price on this HP Pavilion x360 14 inch by $100. It was a sub $700 with most of the features I wanted. The only dowside was 8 Gig of RAm instead of 16, but...according to HPs service manual. upgrading in the future is doable. So I bough it.....One word...EXCELLENT. It works fantastic with everything I throw at it. The 1080P screen has nice colors and contrast, design is beautiful, has an SSD and an 8th gen core i5. This laptop is a little bigger than the HP Spectre x360 I had, but it handles temperatures like a champ. Also, it has most ports you would want. The Spectre had Thunderbolt 3, but you would need dongles for everything. This pavilion has all the ports I need like HDMI, USB-C, card reader, etc. Performance is actually better than the spectre as it does not suffer from thermal throttling and can maintain higher clock speeds on the core i5 that other laptops with core i7s. Another thing. I found the included 8 Gigs of RAM are in one memory slot only....which means you can eventually get another 8 Gigs and put it on the available second slot which is empty. However, keep in mind that upgrading RAM would require a very detailed disassembly not recommended for everyone. Battery is pretty good too for the price point. Even though this laptop has a below average battery size, it manages to use it very well. I got about 4.5 hours of streaming amazon prime with my display very close to max brightness. I can't believe how great this laptop is at this price point....remarkable. Buy with confidence.

I don't travel that much but when I do I used to bring an Android tablet which was OK. However I HATED with a passion having to type anything using its soft keyboard on the screen. So I wanted to buy a moderate sized (13.3 - 14") laptop with a full HD (1920x1080) display, an 8th gen Intel CPU with 4 cores and 8 threads and an SSD drive. My research showed that Lenovo was coming out with new models with similar specs but lower prices then their current models and due out in April but I could not find them. So last week this HP laptop was on sale from $750 to $650 and had the specs I wanted so I grabbed it. And I am VERY PLEASED with it. Yes, I would have liked the SSD to be 256 GBytes vs. the 128 it is but with all the programs I want installed there is still 80 GBytes free. The processor with the SSD is VERY FAST. Load times are very short. The screen is very good and the speakers are OUTSTANDING. They were designed by a Danish firm called Bang and Olufsen (they make VERY HIGH end video and audio products that are VERY contemporary in design and VERY expensive). I don't know how they got such great sound from such small speakers but they did. The new Lenovo models finally are available and to match the specs in the HP would cost $890! And the Lenovo speakers are underneath the keyboard and you hear them as reflected up from whatever surface they are on. I haven't heard them but they can't sound very good. Also the Lenovo has discrete graphics which I don't need. So again I am VERY HAPPY with the HP. OK, the Kudos to Best Buy are because on Monday the HP laptop was reduced even further to $549 so since I'm still in the return period I called immediately for a price match to their own new lower price. I got to a human within a minute or so and she was very helpful and after a couple of minutes on hold she came back to say that she issued a credit for the difference and as I was finishing up with her I got an e-mail confirming the credit. It took a couple of days but today the credit showed up on my credit card account. So the final cost to me was $550 plus tax. Unfortunately the HP is no longer on sale and is at its regular price of $750. But its still a very good buy at that price.

I was debating between the purchase of the HP Envy x360 (15M-BP012DX), the Lenovo Yoga 720 (81C3000LUS) and this laptop. I passed on the Envy, due to the old style HDD. The Lenovo is 13.3" compared to this 14", has 256gb SSD, and same processor and RAM, but $100 costlier. I'm not worried about storage, as I have an external HD and a desktop for long term storage. The first unit I purchased had a bit of light bleed in the top left edge. I brought it back, checked out the floor model and it had it in the same spot. The one I'm using now does not have it. I'd suggest checking your screen against a black background to be sure. This laptop is fast, screen is beautiful and the touch screen works perfectly. I haven't had it long enough to do much with it, but I'm only using it for browsing and word processing. For the price, I think this is the laptop you want. I feel quite comfortable typing with the keyboard and the touchpad seems precise. Props to Best Buy for the easy exchange. One touch brightness/volume/keyboard light adjustment, loud clear speakers, everything about this is fast. 14" is a perfect size for me. Go see this at your local store and it should be worth your consideration.

First off, I'm not a computer guru in any way. However, I will say, that this computer is blazing fast on start up or waking up from "sleep" mode and has great graphics and TONS of different features for personal customization that I am just scratching the surface of. I purchased this along with the 'Bamboo' digital pen. I've never owned a laptop or computer that I could write on and draw on digitally and it is really awesome to me. It took me a little while to get used to the writing part on the screen, but it's almost as if the pen gets to know your pen pressure and adjusts to it over time. As far as multi tasking, this is hands down the best computer I've owned when it comes to it. You can switch from 3 open edge pages, right over to your e-mail, documents, or skype and other applications within seconds with no lapse in time. Awesome feature is that you can fold it right on itself to go in to tablet mode. The backlit keyboard is awesome and there's also a key to turn it off to save power or be more subtle. Speakers are pretty good for a laptop/tablet. Overall I think it's a great buy for the price and I recommend it for college students especially and get the bamboo pen. I'm still learning all the ins and outs of windows 10 and I learn something new every day haha. Hope this review helped... also the touch screen is great for scrolling pages while reading articles, etc. If you decide in this one, enjoy! I've had it for about 2 weeks and I'm very happy with my decision and reviews helped my decision as well.

This will be a thorough review of the laptop based on setup and being fresh out of the box. Choosing the Laptop: After browsing around at the many other laptops at Best Buy, this one was the most appealing to me in my price range. I first researched online before going into the actual store so I would not be totally lost on which type of laptop I wanted to buy and so the salesperson would not talk me into something I do not want. I recommend researching online prior to going in since it may save some time when making a selection. The Laptop: This pretty little thing is sleek and smooth! The overall appearance is what attracted me to this HP versus the others. It is not bulky so its perfect for travelling. It is a 2 in 1 which takes some getting use to if you want to use that feature. The HD quality is amazing. The setup is SUPER EASY, if you are not interested in something, it is easy to skip and move on to the next thing. The desktop screen is not cluttered with apps and programs you do not use or care about and the few that are there like Netflix and Dropbox can be removed from the taskbar. The speed is great while I was downloading several programs ( i am a computer science major) so I need to be able to multitask with everything accordingly. So far no complaints about this laptop. It is a major upgrade from what I had which was a bulky Gateway that I bought in 2013. The 360 feature is nice for multi-way uses. I have not tested out the most important thing which is battery life. No cons for the setup process. I was able to get it setup in a short time frame. My favorite things about this laptop are the features, its lightweight, the overall look and feel of the laptop, the speed, the display. One thing that I hope will be improved for laptops in this class is more storage space for the SSD. You can add an SD card but it would be amazing to get 1TB on this size laptop.

I love the 14" form factor for a 2-in-1. Unfortunately, the laptop is somewhat heavy compared to other 14" or 13.3" (hi, Lenovo Yoga 720!). The build quality seems reasonable, with what seems to be a metal or metal-like lid, but plastic bottom and chassis. It looks pretty sharp, but the mostly-plastic body seems subpar at this price point. The display is bad though, with very poor brightness, especially when compared with Lenovo Yoga 720 or Acer Spin 5 (about 300 and 250 nits respectively, versus about 150 for the HP Pavilion x360). The SSD size is abysmal. HP could easily have put in a 256GB SSD for a few dollars more, and this really hampers the unit. I just don't consider 128GB to be sufficient. Moreover, although the existing SSD is an m.2 form factor, leaving space for a 2.5" SSD or HDD, it's a (relatively) slow SATA unit rather than a PCIe/NVMe drive. Why, HP, why? The unit does support Windows Hello via Face logon but omits a fingerprint reader, which again is standard on the Lenovo Yoga 720 and Acer Spin 5. Basically, given that the Spin 5 and Yoga 720 are about the same price or even cheaper (and the Spin 5 even includes an active stylus), given that both include a 256GB NVMe drive, and both are lighter, there is really no reason to choose this unit over the 13.3" Yoga 720 or Spin 5 (unless you really value 14" over 13.3" display). In the abstract, I would recommend this computer, but in a competitive market, I would pass. Simply put, you can get a better computer for either the same price or cheaper.

Pros: This is a pretty good laptop at a good price, especially for a 2-in-1. It's fast, reliable, with a quick boot-up. It looks and feels quality too; the keyboard feels really nice and comfortable, and the gold lid definitely makes it stand out. I will say that I would like it more if the whole thing were gold rather than just the lid, as it looks a little tacky with the gold and silver together. I also appreciate the useful face unlocking feature that I've never had before. The display is very sharp and colorful. Cons: The battery life isn't great compared to laptops I've used in the past (mostly Lenovos). I usually get about 5-6 hours on this with light web browsing or taking notes in class, and much less with video streaming. I've also noticed the fan can be pretty loud and seems to run even when I'm not doing much. It's heavier than other laptops I've had, like my previous 14 inch HP Elitebook and Lenovo Yoga (though by no means would I call it a heavy laptop). I've also had occasional issues with the speakers - sometimes they get randomly really quiet and muffled, even on the highest volume setting. Restarting the laptop solves the issue for me. I also wish this laptop could go brighter, as it can be a bit dim even on the highest setting, especially when I'm in bright lighting that causes more screen glare. Overall, it's a good value laptop and suits my needs. The biggest issue is that I wish the battery life was better so I could last a whole day of classes/work without having to carry a charger around everywhere.

This laptop is excellent! I read some reviews that it’s very noisy and it gets hot. After the Windows 10 installation, I tested it by playing a Facebook game and this laptop got hot too fast and the fan was noisy. I got worried and was ready to return it but I decided to reboot and when it restarted, it installed a few more items. Since then, the heat and noise were considerably reduced and I couldn’t be happier. This is a very fast laptop and it takes only 10 seconds to start. Have not a laptop this fast and I was an IT professional. The storage size is perfect for my personal needs. After installing MS Office 2016 and loading all the files that I backed up from my old laptop, I still have 79 GB free which is enough for me. The only issue that I have is HP sent me a message that my warranty expires in 8 months --- it’s supposed to be one year. I tried to use the HP dispute link but it does not work so I got worried that maybe I got a used product. I went back to Best Buy and the rep explained that the warranty starts when the laptop was made and not when it was purchased … which does not make sense to me, but he assured me that it is brand new. I was informed that if something happened to my laptop after the 8-month HP warranty, Best Buy will take care of it because they don’t want to penalize the customer due to the laptop sitting on their shelf for 4 months. I just hope Best Buy abides by this promise since I could not find it written anywhere. Better yet, I hope this laptop lasts a long time. My old HP laptop lasted 8 years.