HP SPECTOR X360 REVIEW FROM CNET

 

HERE IS THE REVIEW FOR THIS AWESOME LAPTOP FROM CNET.COM

The Good The HP Spectre x360 has a solid aluminum body, smooth 360-degree hinges, an excellent display and very long battery life.

The Bad It's heavier than a MacBook Air, and like many similar hybrids, it leaves the keyboard exposed in tablet mode. Higher-end screen options could limit battery life.

The Bottom Line The HP Spectre x360 delivers a high-end, flexible Windows laptop design at a mainstream price with a battery that runs all day.

HP is looking to put a new spin on a well-established idea with the Spectre x360. This new-for-2015 Windows hybrid laptop doesn't break any new ground -- its foldback hinge allows for easy conversion to "tablet" mode -- the combination of premium metal construction, solid performance and all-day battery life puts it towards of the top of our list of 13-inch laptops.
The idea of a laptop that folds over backward into a tablet isn't a new one, and since Lenovo introduced the Yoga line in 2012, we've seen similar hybrids from Dell, Toshiba, HP and others. This fold-back design has become the most popular style of laptop/tablet hybrid, because it doesn't compromise the original clamshell laptop experience, and because it's generally less mechanically complex and cheaper to produce than overly fidgety pull-apart or sliding-screen hybrids.

The Spectre x360 aims to maximize battery life gains without sacrificing design or features, and HP says the company worked closely with Microsoft to tweak drivers and settings to maximize the run time. One example offered by HP was the removal of the traditional hard drive activity indicator light, a PC staple dating back decades, which was cut as a small but unnecessary drain on battery life.

In tests, this looks like a partnership that has yielded successful results. The x360 unit we tested ran for an impressive 12 hours in our video-playback battery-drain test, putting it in the same category as battery-life leaders such as the MacBook Air and the previously mentioned Dell XPS 13.
The configuration of the x360 we tested has a 13.3-inch 1,920x1,080 touch display, Intel Core i5-5200U processor, a big 256GB SSD and 8GB of RAM, and is available for $999 in the US. For $899, you can get a version with half the RAM and half the hard drive capacity, while version expected later in the spring will offer a higher-res 3,200x1,800 display, 512GB SSD and faster Core i7 processor. That model will cost $1,399 in the US. HP says a UK version, similar to our test unit, will be available in the UK in mid-March for £899, but the Spectre x360 is not currently available on HP's Australia site.

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