Design
The Spectre x360 takes some of the best design elements from both the MacBook Air and the Lenovo Yoga and combines them into a premium convertible system. This is the same basic design multimode, with 360-degree hinge that allows four different modes to use: Notebook, Stand, Tent, and Tablet. It is not first-hybrid replaced HP (HP Envy 15t x360 came out last year), and this is not the first Spectre laptop so closely mimic the look of Apple MacBook Air (the HP Spectre 13t-3000 made it, too), but it is the best combination of the two saw. The aluminum chassis has a unibody design, Aesthetic and minimalist would probably mistake for a MacBook is not for lack of a glowing Apple logo on the cover. But the bare-metal chassis looks still feel exquisite. The main surface has a soft, matte finish, while the narrow side of the laptop jewel cut with polished metallic glints of light.
The slim design measures just 0.63 by 12.79 by 8.6 inches (HWD) and weighs only 3.26 pounds. Compared with other do-HP 15-inch, 5.29-pound envy x360-it's a featherweight, but the size difference is not really comparable. In looking at more similar systems, it is slightly heavier than the Apple MacBook Air 13-Inch (2014) (2.91 pounds), but a full pound heavier than the 2.6-pound Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro. As a laptop, weighing about an issue, even a full pound is good to notice when stored in a laptop bag, but it's a huge difference for a tablet.
The decision to use milled aluminum instead of plastic and carbon fiber that you see on other systems means that the narrow chassis is still quite substantial. And unlike some laptop can do, the Spectre x360 retains the same thickness if it is closed or in Tablet mode. There is still a bit of a gap around the edge due to tapered chassis, but not much.
The hinge side of both the cover and chassis are rounded, allowing them to set closer together, and rotate properly geared contingent on what HP calls a "synchronous orbit" movement. The curved edges also make a comfortable handhold, if you implement the use of the closed laptop or tablet. But the real magic is the hinge itself. Instead of sticking two major factual dispute together, such as the HP Envy x360, x360 The Spectre has a different mechanism together, a dedicated cam linkage which makes for a very durable hinge, no noticeable flexing when opening or re-positioning of the display, and a very fluid motion as you move from one mode to the next. To top it all off, even with more complex geared hinge, with the bulk associated with the hinge hardware than you will find in other multimode laptop, with the possible exception of Lenovo Yoga Pro watchband hinge 3.
The 13.3-inch display is only available with full HD resolution (1920-by-1080 pixels) so far, although a Quad HD (3200 to 1800) model will start selling next month. Resolution is not bad at all and it is higher than 1440-by-900 resolution of the Apple MacBook Air 13-Inch (2014) -but when compared to Quad HD display Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro and the Dell XPS 13 Touch $ 1,349.00 at Dell, though still low. Display is bonded directly to the glass that covers it, so the quality of color and light as beautiful as a full HD In-Plane Switching (IPS) panel will be displayed. The 10-point capacitive touch screen Sensing worked well throughout our hands on and test.
The sound is also very good. While previous products featured HP Beats Audio sound, the Spectre x360 not, mainly due to the purchase of Apple Beats. But the lack of Beats branding does not mean that the audio will be worse off. In fact, since HP engineering team is doing the actual designing of the speaker in the past systems Beats label, no swimming in quality at all. When tested, the speakers offered clear, crisp sound and a fair amount of bass. Moreover, the downward-firing speakers offer good sound quality in every manual mode, including tablet mode.
The full-size keyboard with metal keycaps, feel more luxurious than plastic keycaps see the Apple MacBook Air 13-Inch (2014) and the Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro. More importantly, the keyboard feel good to type on, with solid feedback, a full 1.5mm key travel, and display backlight for low-light environment. In normal light, the lettering on the keys are clearly visible, and the backlit keys looks great in a darkened room, but you may want to turn off the backlight to dim light, because the glowing letters may mixture of silver keycaps in some cases.
What really stands out is the touchpad, an extra-wide HP ImagePad sensor that measures 5.6 by 2.6 inches. This is similar to the touchpads ControlZone see HP Envy 15t x360 and HP Spectre 13t-3000, but HP has done away with textured zone on the right and left sides of the touchpad used exclusively for edge-swipe gestures in Windows 8 -and is rather simple extended the touch surface. A potential pitfall with a 5.5-inch-wide touchpad has a larger sensor means greater likelihood of accidental brushes while you type and adjust your hands on the palm rest. Fortunately, HP has stepped up its game, with significantly improved palm rejection touchpad, enough so that I did not encounter any issues while using the laptop. In fact the only issue I had was that the wider clickable sensor determines the left and right buttons zones farther distance than comfortable to use. But even then, I run into very few false positives or unregistered clicks.
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