HP - Spectre x360 2-in-1 13.3" Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - 512GB Solid State Drive - Ash Silver

I've had 2 different Yoga's before buying this laptop to include a Yoga 1, as a work laptop, and a Yoga 2 Pro which I bought for personal use. I debated over what to buy as a second laptop (Yoga 2 Pro still alive and strong) and wanted something that was a lot like my Yoga 2 Pro. Seeing this thing in person completely convinced me it was the way to go. It's not only a very attractive machine, but it's extremely well built. Yes, it is heavier than the Yoga, but you're also getting much better build quality, full sized HDMI port, more USB ports, etc. Given the substantial increased functionality, the incremental weight different was easily justifiable for me. The pros and cons as I see are it are below: Pros: - Great high res screen - Great battery life - Keyboard has nice tactile feel and spring - Trackpad is very long, and makes scrolling sideways nice - A lot of bang for the buck - Build quality is exceptional and well thought out Cons - Cost is higher than Yoga - Weight is greater than Yoga Some strange behavior I've noticed and don't know what it is just yet include: - On lock screen I've had the laptop registering screen presses when I'm not actually touching the screen. I believe this has something to do with the USB3 dock that I'm using because it has not happened outside of it. - Plugging in headphones has sometimes not registered and so I have to go and change the audio out manually. Happened 1 time, so it may have been a software thing. Other laptops/machines I've considered and didn't buy: - Surface Pro - I couldn't get over all the accessories you need to buy and the strange feel of "lapability". - Surface Book - Extremely heavy and I couldn't get over the hinge. I do love the thoughts of a GPU, but I don't do graphis work. - Yoga 900 - Very nice competitor but it felt cheap and flimsy next to this Spectre. - HP Spectre - The new thin one is nice, but it also felt flimsy and no touch screen kills it. - Dell XPS13 - It felt too small. Didn't like the keyboard size. I would have gone to XPS15, but I didn't like the added weight.

My first initial impression after seeing and holding this product was "extremely impressed". The design, look, feel, and overall experience looking and holding it were very impressive. I read the reviews and it was 50/50. Lots of positives in the same category as mine (look and feel) but many cons in terms of battery life, over heating, hard drive malfunction, touch screen and touch pad malfunction. I thought I would take a gamble because my old laptop was an HP and it is now 12 years old and is still a beast. I was so happy with the former product I thought I would stay loyal to the company. I cant tell you how excited I was when I got the computer and unwrapped it. unfortunately the bad news set in immediately. Upon initial startup the touch pad was not working. After getting through the initial setup of the computer, the touch screen began to malfunction (ghost clicking insescently). I had to restart. Second start touch screen worked but still not the touch pad. I used HP support online to help delete and reinstall a new touch pad driver. This solution took over 1.5 hours to solve and worked for 5 minutes. Almost immediately after closing the support chat window the ghost clicking started again and I couldn't even get to the windows menu to shut down or restart. I powered down with the power button and restarted... the touch screen worked again but still not the touch pad. I revisited HP support for a fix and they did the same fix (driver update). we then did a BIOS update and immediately after that finished successfully the computer died. It crashed three more times until on the fourth start it proclaimed that there was no longer an operating system or even a hard drive. I was astonished - I couldn't believe it. I should also mention that while we were problem solving I noticed my battery life had dropped almost 30% in 30 minutes or so. Even the tech saw it drop quickly and remarked that it seemed a little fast for a brand new computer. At this juncture I was on the phone with tech support and they had been disconnected from my PC. I was reading them the prompts on my computer and we tried 3 or 4 more fixes and there was no success. The problem was deemed unsolvable by phone and I was instructed to send it in. No thanks - that is proof enough for me to move on to another product. There were enough bad reviews similar to my experience that it is clear that this product's quality assurance is just not there. How can you sell a product for $1000 and not have it function? That is a lot of money for me and I expect a lot in return. I will likely move to the similar lenovo YOGA, or Asus Zenbook. Best Buy has accomodated an easy return for the disfunctional Spectre. HP support staff were great. So is the design and manufacturing team. However clearly there is room for improvement in the engineering and hardware/software department. I have heard that the new Spectre doesn't even have a touch screen... I wonder if this is a response to the poor performance of previous models touch technology.

I didn't want to buy another Apple laptop. So I researched the newest wave of mac lookalikes and thought this would be a good replacement. I really thought I was going to love this Laptop. It's sharp looking, got a beautiful screen. The first morning I used it I literally couldn't see the letters on the keys. The keys are silver and the letters are... kind of silverish. No contrast whatsoever . Turning the backlighting on actually reduced the contrast in the light. And I found that under most conditions other than complete darkness, the backlighting was actually worse than no backlighting. And the backlighting is completely uneven, one or two keys are overly bright, several keys get no light and the rest get varying levels of dim light that under most conditions reduce the contrast between the letters and the surrounding color of the keys. The keyboard is a disaster. I've attached a photo of it and my wife's MacBook - Apple felt black and white might be a better choice for keys. I concur. Nevertheless, I thought I could live with that. Five days in the laptop stopped charging. Would say "plugged in, not charging." I returned it and got another one. Got it home and the Enter key was broken. Clearly HP has some QC issues. Took it back and got a third one. The next day I was using it to stream a live video presentation to 20 people via a hdmi cable to an 80 inch TV. Half way through I decided to plug the power cord in it. The screen went black, flickered, video came back after a few seconds - no audio. Messing with the audio options did nothing. Audio completely gone. Pretty embarrassing - all I did was plug the power cord in. When I stick the power cord in our MacBook nothing happens except the battery begins to charge - no flickering, no excitement . I returned it. I didn't want to buy another Apple, But I'm going to.

As an ex-Macbook owner, it was a leap of faith for me to switch to a PC. After researching almost all of my PC options, this HP Spectre x360 was the only laptop that, for lack of a better phrase, turned me on like the macs do. As my title says, there is so much to love about this laptop. First, it looks great; it's thin, sharp, and well-constructed. The i7 processor is fast and powerful. The backlit keyboard makes typing a breeze, and I love the touch screen and 360 flip capability. The battery life is outstanding, and it even has a "battery saver" mode. The stereo speakers have been tuned by Bang & Olufsen and sound very good, even when listing to classical music. Lastly, this computer possess most of the standard ports (i.e USB, HDMI, Mini Display), which is something Apple cannot boast about their newest Macbook lineup. There are a few things that bug me. First, the scroll pad is less responsive and more fidgety than the Macs are. The 'right' click takes some time to get used to. In general, learning Windows 10 is taking some time, but I feel like I'm getting the hang of it. One thing I will miss about having a Mac is that when I forgot my charger, there was usually someone near by who I could borrow from. I just better be more conscientious about battery life/charging with this HP. Overall, I really like this laptop and would recommend it to anyone, especially if you're looking for a Macbook-like PC. David

Pros: The laptop is simply gorgeous (ash silver/gold copper), the QHD screen is sharp and colors fantastic, the overall construction is top-shelf, the backlit keyboard is stunning, the battery life is above average (7 hours of Netflix running non-stop at 65% brightness, that was my tested findings), multiple viewing modes very nice to have (flip to tent mode or tablet mode), plenty of USB 3.0 ports and full size HDMI, speaker system excellent, fast Skylake i7 (6th gen) and fast 512GB SSD, quick boot-up, don't find the unit to get too warm (very acceptable, no problem on lap for long periods). Cons: There is a very real "ghost touching" issue with this laptop and I have found a way to minimize this problem by turning off "fast start-up" (Google it, Youtube video also available) and by switching it from sleep to hibernate (apparently "sleep" in some way causes the "ghost touching" and I did find it helped to hibernate instead). I still get the "ghost touching" every now and then, but it is manageable and all things considered, this laptop is worth keeping. *The 2 attached photos were taken at my local BB for this laptop. It's a special edition so it was isolated with its own promo table. Again, this thing is a looker! Just beautiful.

I bought two of these computers for my daughters for Christmas. They have been super happy with them. They are very fast, great graphics, look cool and something different from the usual silver. We are very happy with the computers. We have one issue that I want to give folks a heads up on. When we first got the computer we tried to install Chrome. It repeatedly failed with a generic, unhelpful error. I was pretty frustrated because installing Chrome usually works so easily. After some google searches I discovered it was due to that free Anti Virus software that came pre-installed (a 3 month trial). I think it was Norton AntiVirus. I didn't have intentions of buying that software after the 3 month trial, so I ended up removing it from my computer. (I did a full removal of it, not the partial it defaults to). I also did all of the Windows Updates - there were quite a few since the computer was built. I installed the free Microsoft Windows Defender software which I have found to be adequate. Now, everything works great. We haven't heard the fan come on at all - so no issues with that at all. The 2 in one design is really great. Just as a test, I went to the Apple website and tried to price out a computer that would be comparable to this one. Wow! It was about twice as much money. I think this was a good choice.

I am facing the problems with this laptop from the day, I started using it. I don't recommend this laptop as an option to buy. If you are buying this laptop, that means you are looking for a high end laptop. Forget about the high end part, It's not even doing it's basic job correctly. I usually don't write reviews on a product unless it is too worst product. I spent my hard earned money of nearly $1100. This amount is too much for my budget, but I tried to manage it somehow. I couldn't control my frustration. I have only one thing to say friends, DON'T BUY THIS LAPTOP. The problem, I am facing is a square (sometimes circle) box that flickers on the screen continuously. It comes all of a sudden. Once this happens, It doesn't let me do anything on the laptop until I force restart by pressing the power button. I am not sure whether it is hard ware or software issue. Even the hp customer support doesn't have any clue about it. I tried to upload a video as well to give clear picture about my issue, but bestbuy review process is not letting me upload any other file except a jpg.

I bought this laptop in July,,,,right out of the box it started giving me problems. It was overheating, battery draining quickly. I called HP support, they updated the BIOS, etc and seemed to have worked but short lived for few days. I left overseas a few days later and the same issue. As long as you use it on a flat surface, it seems to be fine...but that defeats the purpose of a laptop. It was overheating to the point it was not possible to place on my lap and work and the battery drained in 2-3 hrs. After calling HPS service they assigned a case manager, supposedly a level 3 tech who provided only out of the box answers. I sent the laptop for repair ...it has been two weeks, still no sign of it...they promised to get it back in 7 days. I expected after spending $1600 they would have priority service or replace the laptop without questions. Nice looking laptop...but that's where it stops. As always HP service is poor D-.....Buy some other laptop