HP - Spectre x360 2-in-1 13.3" Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Core i7 - 8GB Memory - 256GB Solid State Drive - Natural silver

If Apple made a Windows PC, it might look something like the HP Spectre x360 13. Design: This laptop is made from unibody aluminum, which makes it look and feel very "premium." Most of the body is a matte sandblasted silver color with a few chrome accents. It's super thin and light, about the same size as the new MacBook Pro. Side bezels are very thin, while top and bottom are more typically-sized. Overall fit and finish is impeccable, and would have been unthinkable of HP only a few years ago. I am very impressed. Display: The 1080p IPS panel is vibrant enough, if a little yellow. It's not the brightest thing ever, and is prone to reflections, especially when using it flat on a table (in tablet mode, for instance). This generation reintroduces the digitizer for active styluses. In particular, HP has chosen to use N-Trig technology, meaning the included HP Active Stylus is interchangeable with Surface pens (tested). The pen is on par with the Surface pen in terms of accuracy, latency, and pressure sensitivity. Palm rejection is good and multi-touch finger input is smooth and accurate. Performance: Obviously, this is a dual-core low-power Core i7. It's fine for basic web browsing, YouTube playback, and word processing. It struggles to keep up in 3D CAD software and photo editing, but that's not a typical use case for this product, anyways. 8GB of RAM is appropriate as well, since this is not meant to be an extreme performance machine. The Intel HD 620 graphics are plenty for driving a 1080p display under non-gaming loads. Do not expect to do anything besides the most basic gaming on here. 256GB SSD is also fine for this use case. In summary, the performance is nothing special, but that's what you'd expect. Keyboard and trackpad: The trackpad is very wide, which takes some getting used to. However, the palm rejection is very good so it's fine when you're typing and dragging your hand over it. The clickpad is accurate enough and satisfying to press. Standard Windows 10 gestures work fine. The keyboard is phenomenal for what it is. The keys have very little travel and still manage to be satisfying. I'm used to mechanical keyboards, so that says a lot. The tactile response is crisp and the keys are balanced very well. One downside is that there's this row of function keys (home, end, etc.) on the right edge that makes the rest of the keyboard offset and slightly awkward to type on. Once you get used to it, it's perfectly fine. Backlighting is acceptable in a dark room. In a bright room, you'll want to turn them off to increase the contrast of the letters on the silver keycaps. The Fn key layer can be reversed (so that F1, F2, etc. are default and special functions require the Fn key) in the BIOS, so no complaints there. Ports: 1 USB-A 3.0, 2 USB-C/Thunderbolt, 1 3.5 mm audio. You'll probably need dongles. Interesting features: Windows Hello is genuinely useful and convenient. The 360-degree hinge is also useful. I'm typically a traditional laptop user and was initially skeptical of alternative form factors. However, I'm totally convinced now that 2-in-1s are the way of the future. Bang and Olufsen speakers sound pretty good; was not expecting that. Power: Charging is done via the two USB-C ports. The included charger is compact and comes with a Apple-style interchangeable extension cord and a folding prongs. Battery life is great, given the combination of Kaby Lake and a 1080p display. I've been getting about 9-10 hours of real-world use (20-25 Chrome tabs, Spotify, and some office software). Other quirks: The HP logo on the display is copper, despite the rest of the computer being all silver. Not sure if that was a mistake in early production or intentionally. Either way, it adds a nice bit of flair. It comes with a nice leather sleeve, even though it's not mentioned anywhere. That was a nice surprise. The cardboard box that you pick up in the store actually has another box inside it, surrounded by foam. That was strange, but it doesn't really matter. Estimated time remaining for the battery level is disabled by default, but can be enabled in the BIOS. 10/10 would recommend.

I had a very powerful Dell XPS 14 but it got too hot and had needless power for what I wanted. My main requirements for this new laptop were: - the lightest and thinnest possible - Low heat - 2 in 1 so I could use the touchscreen - Super long battery life I compared many laptops and came down to this as the best option. I tested it in the store with many others and found this to be the best. I have now had it for about 2 months and absolutely love it. It is everything I wanted and more. The battery is lasting me at least 16 hours on average. I mostly use it to surf the web but I have office 365 installed on it as well. The laptop does not get hot unless it is in heavy use like downloading a 4GB windows update or using many apps at once that draw the processor to full use. Even then, it is not bad and easily livable with a small piece of wood or plastic under it. Honestly, the complaints about heat issues are kind of lame given there is no fan in this laptop and given that, heat is dissipated via the bottom of the laptop. Either way, this laptop is amazing and I love everything about it. I wouldn't recommend the 4k display as you will never use it for laptop use. The windows settings for that display are set at 300% for font and icons so that you can actually read the display. If you use the 4k at 100% font size, the windows button is 1/16" by 1/16" which is unusable. The 4K display is a gimick and I was told gets extremely hot and has no battery life. Unlike this display which you only have to run at about 125% or 150% for viewing pleasure and then you do have the full 1080p display when you want the display to be fully utilized. In summary, super light, has a full USB slot, easy to charge and charges to 50% in like 1-2 hours, great size, comes with a leather like sleeve, great battery life and great screen for the touchscreen portion/tablet function. Also, comes with a pen.

I bought this laptop due to size and features that were advertised. I do not need a lot of hard drive space but the ultra-portable 13" size, i7 processor and 8GB ram were exactly what I was looking for in a laptop. The added features of the stylus that would put it on par with the Surface Book were a bonus. With that said I ran into issues with the processor being throttled after periods of use and the amount of heat radiated on the left side of the laptop made it uncomfortable to use on my lap or to touch that area of the keyboard. I did some research and it appears the heat is an issue that was present in some earlier models that varied from light heat to scalding hot.... the amount of heat on mine was close to the high end. Doing simple tasks such as using MS Word and browsing the internet would cause the web browser to crash or Word to get the spinning circle while it resumed. I love the look, feel and design of the laptop, unfortunately it will be getting returned as for this price I expect the functionality to be there as well.

I bought this computer after 3 visits of viewing it and trying it out in the store display at best buy. I made sure to try everything I could up front such as folding it over so it would become a tablet, using the HP pen and bamboo pen to see how fast it responded, and trying out some games and other apps all at once to see how fast it was. I was impressed by it. the computer is very fast as it is a i7 gen. It has very good picture quality and a great speaker. I thought the face recognition feature was cool. The keyboard feels very light and smooth to touch and I can appreciate how you can light up the keyboard if needed. It comes with an HP pen which is light and just as good as getting a bamboo pen if you wanted to compare. While I was worried about how reviewers suggested it had overheating issues it turned out that I did not need to worry. While it may feel hot at times the fan cools itself down if you give it a moment. Just to be safe when I purchased the computer I also bought a small and light flat fan surface that you can place under the computer when you are doing some heavy use of apps or movies and all. Overall great computer! would definitely recommend. I use it for both work and school and it hasn't disappointed. Have had no issues so far and I am happy with my purchase.

I have had the HP spectre for over a year now. I am hard on computers on the physical side and the software side. the only problem physially after a year of using the Spectre is the hinge is not perfectly straight anymore but it still opens, sometimes makes a tiny little sound when i open it but nothing bad( like i said i am not easy on the computer). software side I have had a few miner issues, sometimes when you click the mouse moves to the side, it has stopped doing as much as updates have happen(i have seen other's talking about this in reviews so i know its not just me) also the only other thing is that everyone in awhile I don't know if its a windows problem but it starts having an issue where every time you click the mouse the windows notifications window opens up and the only way to stop it is to restart/shutdown. other then those issues the computer is running strong, i have been through a bunch of laptops but non have lasted this long or ran this good for this long. This is a great computer for any collage student or someone that just needs a laptop in my opinion

This laptop fits me perfectly. It's lightweight. It has a full-sized keyboard which is important to me because I have larger hands and touch-type. The placement of the mouse pad allows me to touch type and rest the heel of my hand/wrists on the computer. The larger screen model has a bigger mousepad and I couldn't rest my hand as it meant the cursor was moving all over. I would have liked the larger screen but the issue with the cursor moving all over when I typed was a deal-breaker for me. The screen on this computer is clear and I am enjoying having the touch screen feature. The new Windows 10 takes some getting used to but I'm fairly comfortable now. While I like the brushed aluminum finish on the inside as it is also light in color and makes everything easy to see, I'm not a fan of it on the outside. It shows every scuff, scratch and spot. I prefer an outside with a different, more durable finish. The larger version of this did have that but the inside was dark too and that made the keys harder to read.

I purchased this laptop for school use as I'm going for software development and this was a highly recommended laptop by quite a few people. So far, this laptop has far exceeded my expectations. I'm used to using a Macbook Pro and I don't feel the build quality is a step down at all on this laptop. The trackpad of a Macbook is tough to match, but the Spectre gets remarkably close. With the integrated graphics, I wasn't expecting much of anything for gaming performance, but this has been a pleasant surprise. I've played Guild Wars 2 (low graphics settings), World of Warcraft (med-low settings), and League of Legends and they have all ran very smoothly. It does get pretty warm in the top left corner by the USB port and the fan noise picks up, but nothing that makes me worried or bothers me at all. Getting this on clearance was a steal and I couldn't be happier with my purchase so far. I've you're looking for a top notch laptop for school use, this is definitely worth a look.

This HP Spectre is very slim and lightweight. The USB 3.1 type C is blazing fast. It does sometimes run on the hot side but if you give it some room to breathe, it cools down pretty quick. Just make sure the vents are always free of dust. I use one of those compress air cans to keep it clean. The stylus pen included works pretty well. I use it with OneNote to take notes. A quick switch to tablet mode and taking notes is a breeze. The touch screen is very responsive and helps to quickly perform the tasks you are trying to do faster. Since the laptop is slim, it only has two USB 3.1 and one 3.0 but I bought an adapter that changed USB 3.1 into HDMI, VGA, DVI, and USB 2.0 which gave me more options to choose from. I also bought a laptop sleeve case which allows me to easely carry it all for when I'm on the go.