The 720p camera in the Spectre x360's bezel produces blurry images and doesn't capture color well. The hottest point on the bottom of the laptop hit 41.7 degrees Celsius (107.06 degrees Fahrenheit). Battery Life on the HP Spectre x360 13-inch Enthusiasts who can risk that rubber foot will find some upgradeable and repairable parts inside. Per HP's maintenance manual for this laptop, the battery, Wi-Fi card and SSD are all replaceable if you do get in there, though the RAM is soldered down.įor most people, we recommend ensuring you get the configuration with enough storage and RAM to future proof it for you. Removing the foot could potentially rip or tear it, making it difficult to replace later, so the average person probably shouldn't attempt to open the laptop up. There are four additional Phillips-head screws beneath one of the laptop's two adhesive-backed rubber feet. There are only two visible screws (a pair of Torx) on the bottom of the Spectre x360. Upgradeability of the HP Spectre x360 13-inch The included Bang & Olufsen Audio control app helped that a bit when I switched to the Bass equalizer preset, but I preferred the overall mix of the default settings, which better highlighted the violins and vocals. In Yellowcard's "City of Devils," the mix of violins, guitars, cymbals and drums were well leveled and textured, though, like many laptops, the bass wasn't particularly perceptible. The bottom-firing speakers, tuned by Bang & Olufsen, were clear with detailed sound. Audio on the HP Spectre x360 13-inchįor such a trim device, HP is offering up decent quality sound. That said, the precision touchpad is sensitive enough that I was able to perform gestures, even with four fingers, without any issues. Still, the vertical height was slightly limiting, and I often hit the edge of it. I would prefer that the 4.4 x 2.2 inch touchpad be a bit taller, but there's also not any room for that on the device. A taller screen would require a longer deck, which could help solve this. It wasn't because of the keyboard, but because I was floating my wrists in the air. I hit 88 words per minute on the typing test, which is a bit low for me I'm generally in the high 90's. The deck is a bit short, so my hands hung off it while I typed. The keyboard on the Spectre x360 is comfortable, with a satisfying click (at least, as far as membranes go), that bounces up in a responsive fashion. Display on the HP Spectre x360 13-inch Specifications HWInfo's monitoring software detected several instances of cores' power limits being exceeded. The CPU ran at an average of 2.52 GHz and an average temperature of 64.88 degrees Celsius (148.78 degrees Fahrenheit). The results were largely in the high 3,000's, occasionally peaking over 4,000. We also ran the Spectre through our stress test, which runs Cinebench R23 twenty times on a loop. That's faster than the ZenBook, though the XPS 13 2-in-1 had it beat, while the MacBook Pro was more than five minutes faster than the Spectre, even through Rosetta 2 emulation. It took the Spectre x360 18 minutes and 39 seconds to complete our Handbrake test, which transcodes a 4K video to 1080p. But the ZenBook Flip S out-performed here at 979.37 The Spectre transferred 25GB of files at a rate of 452.62 MBps, edging out the XPS 13 2-in-1. On the same test, the MacBook Pro had a multi-core score of 5,925 and a single-core score of 1,316, and that was through Rosetta emulation that can decrease performance. The Dell XPS 13 2-in-1, also with the same Core i7, has a far higher multi-core score (5,639) but a lower single-core score (1,532). The ZenBook Flip S had a higher multi-core score (4,952) but a lower single-core score (1,512) with the same CPU. On comparable versions of Geekbench 5, an overall performance benchmark, the Spectre had a single core-score of 1,574 and a multi-core score of 4,749. (HP does have a 3:2 Spectre x360 with the 14-inch version of this laptop, which we hope to be able to test soon.) As more notebooks move to taller 16:10 displays, like the Dell XPS 13 and MacBook Pro or a 3:2 display like the Microsoft Surface Laptop 3, it makes the whole design here, not just the screen, seem a little cramped and dated. The 13.3-inch display has very thin bezels, but looks short and squat with a 16:9 aspect ratio. Those corners are always accessible, and easy enough to reach whether the laptop is being used as a notebook or a tablet. But what makes it stand out are the cut-off corners near the back hinge, one of which has the power button while the other houses a Thunderbolt 4 port. The laptop, made from silver aluminum (it comes in black or blue for an extra cost), and has a reflective, modernized HP logo that I think the company should really start using on all of its products. The Spectre x360 13t is no different there. HP's Spectre lineup has had an aesthetic that would make a jeweler proud for the last few years.
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