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Expert’s Rating

Pros

• Fast in a number of methods
• Stylish and well-built
• High-quality webcam
• Cushioned cooling

Cons

• Heavy for a skinny machine
• Somewhat impractical ports

Our Verdict

The HP Spectre x360 14 is each trendy and quick. Although it’s on the heavier facet and the value tag is fairly excessive, it’s nonetheless probably the most luxurious laptops you should purchase proper now.

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I’ve examined a number of variations of the HP Spectre x360 through the years, an expensive and exemplary well-built laptop computer with a flip-up display screen and pen relaxation. They’ve usually been a bit too costly, a bit too heavy, and a bit too behind the curve to advantage a strong suggestion. But at all times good.

The newest 2024 mannequin could be very elegant and smooth with a 14-inch display screen lined by a shiny glass panel, a strong steel chassis, and aluminium surfaces in a muted darkish grey-blue tone. A high-quality keyboard gives a pleasant typing really feel and a big mouse pad with power suggestions from a haptic motor as a substitute of a mechanical click on gives each good management and a cushty working place. While this machine has quite a bit to supply, it’s vital to think about the excessive price ticket and heavy weight. Read on to study extra.

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HP Spectre x360 14: Well-thought-out design… generally

Although the keyboard isn’t significantly extensive because of the speaker grilles on both facet, it does really feel spacious due to the intelligent design. My first grievance is that the on button with the built-in fingerprint reader sits simply above the backsplash of the keyboard. This causes involuntary locking on many different computer systems, however HP managed to resolve it and a brief press does nothing.

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Edges and corners are softly rounded to supply probably the most snug grip potential, which can be wanted as the pc isn’t very mild. It weighs 3.43 kilos, nicely above the two.86 kilos that’s often thought-about the restrict for an ultraportable.

The laptop’s few bodily ports are secondary with a USB-C port and a headphone port on beveled corners in direction of the again and a USB-A that must be unfolded to plug in devices. Neat, however maybe not probably the most sensible.

It works anyway and the ports are of the very best normal. You’re getting Thunderbolt 4 on two USB-C and USB 3 gen 2 on the USB-A port. However, you don’t get extra, so if you wish to cost the battery on a USB-C and join numerous equipment, you’ll need to get a hub.

HP Spectre x360 14: Fast OLED show

The display screen is a high-resolution OLED panel with 2880×1800 pixels, as much as 120Hz dynamic body price, intense colours with 100% DCI-P3 protection, and glorious distinction in addition to HDR assist. Brightness beneath regular use is as much as 400 cd/m2, so it’s nice for working outdoor. However, the shiny contact floor could cause some reflection issues.

With IMAX Enhanced assist, which means that not solely does the display screen meet excessive shade and dynamic necessities, however the sound can be at a excessive stage. The upward-facing audio system in conjunction with the keyboard and a pair extra constructed into the entrance present clear, clear sound with loads of quantity and element. There’s a slight lack of heat and weight within the bass, however that’s not stunning given the slim kind issue.

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Both display screen and sound might be managed from the My HP app, the place you’ll additionally discover fan management, trackpad gesture controls, and pen settings (when you have one). I didn’t get one with my check laptop and it doesn’t appear to be included, so I haven’t been in a position to check how good the Spectre x360 14 is as a pill with the display screen flipped again. But the predecessors have been good at it, so I suppose HP hasn’t actively degraded the pen management on this 12 months’s mannequin.

For some motive, there are two extra management packages, that are the HP Command Center and the Omen Gaming Hub. They solely have a few small features every. Why HP didn’t merely embrace these in My HP as a substitute is past me.

HP Spectre x360 14: Good efficiency for many duties

The {hardware} is spectacular, too. Here sits Intel’s new Core Ultra 7 processor, the identical one I examined simply earlier than Christmas in a brand new Asus Zenbook 14. The Core Ultra era, additionally known as Meteor Lake, doesn’t imply an enormous efficiency increase in comparison with era 13’s Core i7 processor, however the principle benefits are cooler and extra energy-efficient operation and considerably extra highly effective graphics with Arc circuitry as a substitute of the earlier UHD Graphics or Iris.

Now you’ll be able to even play some video games on it with respectable high quality, one thing solely AMD processors may do earlier than. At least with cautious graphics results, ray tracing, and backbone round 1080p. Occasional video games could have bother operating as they don’t acknowledge separate video reminiscence, however with time and the fitting drivers, this could clear up. Longer gaming classes additionally trigger efficiency to drop progressively.

You get 32GB of quick, low-profile DDR5X reminiscence and a really quick 1TB SSD. You don’t get an SD card reader, so that you’ll need to plug in a USB disc for extra space for storing in the event you completely need to.

Browsing, operating Office packages with giant paperwork, modifying photographs, and chopping movie is usually fast and clean and, with a lot reminiscence, it’s simple to multitask. The Spectre x360 14 gave me significantly better benchmark outcomes than the Asus laptop.

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HP Spectre x360 14: Surprisingly quiet

The Spectre X360 14 has extra subdued fan cooling, which solely provides off a light hiss that’s simple to miss. This is noticeable once I examine stress checks on the 2 computer systems, Asus can keep at most stage for longer, which signifies that lengthy video exports are quicker. But solely barely and I clearly choose HP’s prioritization right here. It’s a really snug laptop to work on.

The fan management in My HP means that you can select between operating it utterly or nearly silently with muted efficiency, elevating ambitions in a efficiency mode, or letting an AI-driven Smart Sense mode strike a great steadiness between these extremes.

Another factor that’s model new is Wi-Fi. This is the primary laptop computer I’ve examined with Intel’s BE200 circuit in it that gives Wi-Fi 7 assist. It might be very quick and steady to shovel information by way of the air when you have the fitting router, which I fortuitously had, as I’m at the moment testing one as nicely. There will probably be an avalanche of laptops, tablets, and extra mobiles operating Wi-Fi 7 this 12 months and extra reasonably priced routers, so being early with this one from HP just isn’t completely mistaken.

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HP Spectre x360 14: Lasts longer than anticipated

The battery life is kind of good. I managed two hours of processor-heavy work and gaming on a shiny display screen and 19 hours of browsing and phrase processing on a dimmed display screen. That’s actually good contemplating its high-resolution OLED display screen that may usually leap as much as 120 Hz mode. There are longer-lasting laptops, however not many which can be this slim and quick.

HP additionally will get factors for its high-quality and versatile webcam. It movies as much as 4K in the event you use HP’s personal Enhanced Camera function. It can then be accessed in different purposes reminiscent of streaming or video conferencing as a digital digital camera. It has options like sensible mild and shade management, eye contact impact, de-worming, and extra. These are issues which can be already considerable in assembly packages reminiscent of Zoom and Teams, however it might be good to have another choice. If you run the digital camera straight, you get at greatest 1440p, even then with prime quality.

The digital camera additionally helps IR for face login and there’s a well-functioning presence detection that makes use of the digital camera. It shuts down the pc whenever you depart it, wakes it up whenever you return, and may dim the brightness whenever you’re not wanting on the display screen. The digital camera may also acknowledge easy hand gestures to, for instance, pause a media playback or browse a photograph gallery.

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So sure, though this can be a pretty costly laptop, you get sufficient high quality on your cash that it doesn’t really feel such as you’re being ripped off. If I received a barely doubtful impression of Intel’s new Ultra sequence with the Asus Zenbook 14, then HP straightens out the query marks right here.

HP Spectre x360 14: Specifications

Product identify: HP Spectre x360 14-eu0895no
Tested: January 2024
Manufacturer: HP
Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, 6pcs P-core as much as 4,8 GHz + 8pcs E-core, 2pcs LP-core
Graphics: Intel Arc Graphics
Memory: 32GB DDR5X
Storage: 1TB SSD
Displays: 14-inch shiny OLED, 2880×1800 pixels, 120Hz
Webcam: 9 megapixel (4k), IR for Windows Hello
Connections: 2pcs Thunderbolt 4, USB-A 3 Gen 2, headset
Wireless: Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4
Operating system: Windows 11 Home
Other: Flippable to pill mode, fingerprint reader
Noise stage: 0-36 dBa
Battery life: 68 Wh, 2 hours quarter-hour (excessive load, full brightness) to approx. 19 hours (low load, low brightness)
Size: 31.37 x 22.04 x 1.69 cm
Weight: 3.43 lbs

HP Spectre x360 14: Performance

Cinebench R23, CPU a number of cores: 13,229 factors
CinebenchR23, CPU single core: 1,712 factors
Geekbench 6, CPU a number of cores: 12,889 factors
Geekbench 6, CPU single core: 2,400 factors
Geekbench 6, GPU: 35,468 factors
Disk learn: Up to six,957.49 MB/s
Disk write: Up to five,308.52 MB/s

This overview was translated from Swedish to English and initially appeared on pcforalla.se.