![]() They offer similar smooth surfaces and support for Microsoft’s Precision Touchpad drivers, giving them precise and reliable support for Windows 10’s full complement of multitouch gestures. Both 2-in-1s have touch displays and support HP’s active pen. The touchpads are also similar wide versions that take up most of the available space on the keyboard deck. It’s one of the best keyboards you’ll find on Windows 10 laptops. It’s quiet, has great key spacing and comfortable keycaps, and has a handy row of positional keys along the right side. It offers deep travel, a light touch with a precise and clicky bottoming action, and a consistent feel across the keys. Somehow HP managed to fit the difference into the same size chassis, meaning you’ll find similarly sized keyboard decks and palm rests as well.īoth the Envy x360 13 and Spectre x360 13 enjoy HP’s excellent keyboard that was once reserved for the Spectre line. Interestingly, the Spectre x360 13 has smaller display bezels and a 90% screen-to-body ratio, compared to the Envy x360 13’s slightly larger bezels and an 88% screen-to-body ratio. That’s close enough to be extremely difficult to tell apart by their dimensions alone. The Envy x360 13 is 12.07 inches by 7.66 inches by 0.68 inches and weighs 2.92 pounds. The Spectre x360 is 12.08 inches wide by 7.66 inches deep by 0.67 inches thick, and it weighs 2.8 pounds. We’ve already said that these two laptops are almost identical in size and weight. Both rank up there with the best 2-in-1s if rigid construction is important to you. The Envy x360 13 is made from stamped aluminum, and it too is solid - albeit perhaps just a bit less so than the Spectre. The Spectre x360 13 is made from machined aluminum and so is solid as a rock, with among the best build quality you’ll find in a 2-in-1. Dell XPS 13: the best tiny laptop?īoth laptops offer excellent build quality. HP’s new Envy x360 14 looks like a killer value for what you get It, too, is an attractive laptop, but it’s not meant to attract so much attention.īest HP laptop deals: Get a 17-inch laptop for $300 and more It’s available in Pale Gold and Natural Silver in the Intel version, and Ceramic White and Nightfall Black in the Ryzen version. The Envy x360 13, on the other hand, has a minimalist design with simpler, cleaner lines and a more conservative aesthetic. The Spectre is for people who want their laptop to express a sense of style. The Spectre x360 13 is an exquisitely crafted laptop with gem-cut corners and chamfered edges in colors that complement the chassis, which comes in Natural Silver, Nightfall Black, or Poseidon Blue. Considering the HP laptop actually starts at a lower price, that's a big plus.1 x USB-C (with Thunderbolt 4 on Intel models) As for storage, both laptops come with up to a 2TB SSD, but the HP Spectre x360 has a base configuration with 512GB, compared to the 256GB Apple offers. Plus HP didn't adopt the new LPDDR5 RAM and is still using LPDDR4x. However, it's worth noting that Apple's unified memory is probably faster and it can be used by the CPU and GPU as needed. Rounding out the specs, the HP Spectre x360 has an advantage in terms of RAM, since it can have up to 32GB of it compared to the 24GB of unified memory on the MacBook Pro 13. The HP Spectre x360 13.5 has a physically bigger battery, so it might balance things out somewhat, but the MacBook Pro should still last significantly longer on a charge. ![]() The Apple M2 achieves its maximum performance level at a much lower power consumption rating than the Intel Core i7-1255U, and that means it's going to use its battery much more slowly. If you look at what we said above and look at the graph, you can see that these performance claims come with even more impressive efficiency claims, too. What can make a huge difference, though, is battery life. The MacBook Pro should last significantly longer on a charge. Nocturne Blue with Celestial Blue accents.Nightfall Black with Pale Brass accents.HP True Vision 5MP IR camera with camera shutter and temporal noise reduction.720p FaceTime HD camera with advanced image signal processor.Stereo speakers, Spatial Sound support with Dolby Atmos.13.3-inch Liquid Retina (IPS), 2560 x 1600, 500 nits, P3 Wide color, True Tone.12th-generation Intel Core i7-1255U (10 cores, 12 threads, up to 4.7GHz, 12MB cache).12th-generation Intel Core i5-1235U (10 cores, 12 threads, up to 4.4GHz, 12MB cache).Apple M2 8-core CPU (4 performance cores, 4 efficient cores).macOS Monterey (upgradeable to macOS Ventura).
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