HP's top-line Spectre laptops have been super choices for a good few years now, with high-quality designs, lovely displays and specs that can power work and a fair amount of play. That looks set to continue with the newly-launched 2022 model of the x360.
It's a gorgeous little laptop that looks set to continue HP's sterling work with some nice additional touches to build on the excellent 2021 model. We got some hands-on time at a preview event and have been impressed by what we saw.
Design
- 13.5-inch display
- 11.73 x 8.68 x 0.67 inches
- Comes in black, blue and silver
A 13.5-inch laptop can increasingly feel like the default size for most workers who need to be able to both sit and work on a machine for a few hours and slip it into a backpack or bag to take it on a commute or work trip at any point.
The new Spectre x360 feels like it'll work nicely in both cases, weighing just a shade over 1.3kg and therefore being light enough to cart around without any effort at all.
The sleek looks of previous generations haven't been tweaked too heavily, either, although some edges have been rounded off slightly - the main design changes comes in the form of a new deep blue colour, which has immediately taken its place as the most desirable option to our eyes.
Some other changes come on the keyboard, which has a slightly new layout thanks to the addition of a couple of new keys. The one that impressed us the most is also coming to a range of other HP laptops including the new Envy models - a camera blocker.
Just tap the key on your keyboard and you'll be able to see the webcam above the display be obscured by a grille, and turned off on a software level - this is a great touch for workers who value privacy when they're not on a call, which we'd imagine is most people.
There's also a shortcut to a new dashboard-like hub that HP is hoping will make it easier for people to access things like power-saving modes and controls without needing to delve too deeply into Windows' more complex settings menus.
Flipping the laptop round into its tablet orientation is as easy as before, with HP's hinges among the best in the business, and the laptop's light and slim enough to work really nicely in that mode whether it's propped up or on your lap.
The changes aren't huge, but the Spectre lineup was already in a good place, so we'd call this a case of something that wasn't broken being left unfixed.
Specs and performance
- 12th Generation Intel Core i7-1255U or i5 1235U
- 8, 16 or 32GB RAM
- 512GB, 1TB or 2TB SSD
- Display: Up to 3000x2000, up to 1000 nits brightness, up to HDR 500 and 100% sRGB/100% DCI-P3
Where the Spectre x360 makes its most telling upgrades is under the hood - the specs have been given a nice bump, not that they've been lacking in the last few years.
You can get 12th-generation Intel chips now for raw speed, and that should be more than enough to power most people's productivity. There's the potential for plenty of RAM and storage, too.
The display options start at 1920 x 1280 and looked gorgeous at that level, but the most expensive option will top out at 3000x2000 for a level of detail you might now have known you'd ever need.
The display was bright and lovely to use even in an extremely bright room on a sunny day, so we wouldn't anticipate any issues with brightness at all, while colour and resolution were both looking absolutely lovely.
HP's noticeably improved the webcam to make video calling a far more pleasant experience, and its tracking tech means you can move around the frame and it'll follow you in a useful way, something that's not too unique at this point but still welcome.
Performance isn't something we could really assess in a hands-on but it felt snappy in the brief time we did have, swapping between applications without any hitches at all. We'll be able to dig into this more when we can get a full review ready.
Source : https://www.pocket-lint.com/laptops/reviews/hp/161194-hp-spectre-x360-13-2022-review
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