HP Envy x360 15t

The 2-in-1 space is heating up, and the envy x360 15t ($ 819.99 as tested), own hybrid convertible HP, weds a decent 15-inch laptop with a functional (if familiar) multimode hinge. It will answer the HP Lenovo Yoga line, but with an older processor and a few design quirks, it feel like a first-generation product that should come out a year ago. If you're looking for an alternative to the 15-inch Toshiba Satellite Radius Choice P55W-B5224 the editor, it's not a bad system, but it is not leading the pack, either.

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Envy 15t x360 combines premium construction and features of the Envy line with the hybrid design that blends convertible laptop and tablet functionality. It does this by cribbing from the best, emulating the multimode hinge line from the Lenovo Yoga, which uses a dual-axle design to open up and been around a tablet. Like other convertible laptop with this kind of dual-flip hinge mechanism unique designs include the Lenovo Yoga 2 13 and the Dell XPS 11, the Envy 15t x360 can be used in several different modes: Notebook , Stand, Tent Display, and Tablet.

The 15.6-inch display with 1920-by-1080 resolution and offers 10-finger touch tracking. The colors are a little dull, and there is a faintly visible grid lines on the screen from the touch sensor. The quality of the display is easily outdone by the sound from the speakers HP Beats audio, which offers enough volume to fill a room, and more bass you'll usually feel from a laptop.

As HP Spectre 13T-3000, the Envy 15t x360 has extra-wide touchpad HP Control Zone, which extends the size of the touchpad horizontally to provide broad stripes of areas dedicated to motion control. The expanded portion of the touch surface is distinguished by a matte finish and texture that makes it easy to feel when you reach the end of the touchpad. The one issue I ran into with Envy 15t x360 I did not HP 13T-3000 is the right and left buttons on the mouse is not in the corner of the touchpad, but instead is located towards the center, leading to many without useless clicks and hunting for the right side of the sensor vaguely designated clickable.

The system measures 0.93 by 15.11 by 10.18 inches (HWD), and weighs 5.29 pounds. While that is not terribly heavy for a 15-inch laptop, it is a bit weighty for a tablet, especially when compared with the same size of Toshiba P55W-B5224, another convertible design that weighs just 4.9 pounds. That is not a huge difference, but you'll notice it when holding the system in your hands as a tablet.

The Envy 15t x360 has a slim, tapered design that looks very similar to other HP laptops, including HP Spectre 13T. But while helping the tapered edges of the laptop look and feel thinner when closed, which also means that the two halves of the laptop does not close flush when folded back into tablet mode, leaving a gap between the two parts is not comfortable to hold. Moreover, the bottom half of the laptop with the keyboard deck and palm rest, is slightly larger than the cover and the display, which means that the edges do not line up when folded back as a tablet. A 15-inch tablet is unwieldy as it is, but with the addition of space around the edges and the overhang of two parts, it is really not great as a handheld device.