For years, the Envy x360 line has been growing as HP’s most versatile laptop computer, with a slim, interesting chassis, stable efficiency, and the flexibleness of a convertible pill mode—all whereas maintaining the value tag cheap. Today there’s an limitless procession of Envy x360s to select from, with display sizes starting from 14 to 16 inches and costs as little as $550. The {hardware} design is no-nonsense however not unattractive, offered as a monochrome grey or silver chassis with all corners properly rounded.

HP’s newest replace to the now well-matured Envy line is that this 15.6-inch mannequin (official mannequin quantity 15-fh0097nr), powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 7730U CPU in lieu of the same old Intel chip. Designed with on-the-go professionals in thoughts, the system is backed up by 16 GB of RAM and a 1-terabyte SSD storage system. Graphics are courtesy of the built-in AMD Radeon chipset, which underpins the 1920 x 1080-pixel, 16:9 side ratio show. Connectivity choices embody two USB-C ports with DisplayPort capabilities, two USB-A ports, and an HDMI 2.1 port, plus a full-size SD card reader.

The touchscreen is a dazzler, equaling the document for brightness I’ve measured in my years of testing laptops, with attractive colour accuracy. The 15.6-inch display is roomy, however just a little further decision could be good to suit extra on the show comfortably. At least you may’t fault its readability. The audio system from Bang & Olufsen are completely effective right here with out fairly bringing down the home.

In case you haven’t been referred to as again to the workplace, HP has completed loads of work on upgrading its webcam with this machine. It has 5 megapixels of decision and add-ons like HP’s Enhanced Lighting, which helps you to overlay a brilliant halo ring in your show as an alternative of requiring exterior {hardware} to brighten up your face. There’s additionally an auto-framing function that retains your noggin within the heart of the display even for those who transfer round, plus a bodily shutter management on prime of the lid to enhance privateness. Lastly, a presence sensor allows you to darken the display mechanically once you stroll away from the pc and switch it again on once you return to your laptop computer.

This PC’s efficiency is combined however above common on the entire. With common enterprise apps, the Envy x360 shines its brightest. In reality, it bought top-shelf scores on the PCMark 10 benchmark and made a decent displaying on video rendering assessments. Scores have been significantly much less spectacular on pure graphics and gaming assessments, because the built-in Radeon graphics GPU simply doesn’t have sufficient energy to make this an applicable system for contemporary amusements.