
- #HP SPECTRE X360 13 720P#
- #HP SPECTRE X360 13 1080P#
- #HP SPECTRE X360 13 WINDOWS 10#
- #HP SPECTRE X360 13 SOFTWARE#
#HP SPECTRE X360 13 720P#
The 720p webcam above the display captures slightly soft-focus but relatively well-lit and colorful images with a bit of digital noise or static.
#HP SPECTRE X360 13 1080P#
Contrast is good, and viewing angles are wide details are as clear as 1080p resolution can make them. The screen is bright and crisp, with vivid colors and nicely white backgrounds. The buttonless touchpad glides and taps smoothly and clicks with a light pressure. Looking on the brighter side, the Spectre's backlit keyboard has real Home, End, Page Up, and Page Down keys instead of making you team the Fn and arrow keys, and a pleasantly snappy typing feel. I'll go to my grave chastening HP for its laptop keyboards that arrange the cursor arrow keys in an awkward row instead of the proper inverted T, with hard-to-hit, half-size up and down arrows squeezed between full-size left and right. HP.com's build-to-order page lists LTE mobile broadband as an option, but it wasn't clickable on several configurations I tried. Two other 1080p displays-one with HP's Sure View privacy filter and one with ultra-high-contrast OLED technology-and a 4K OLED screen are available, as is a 2TB SSD.
#HP SPECTRE X360 13 WINDOWS 10#
Windows 10 Home and Wi-Fi 6 are standard.

For $1,262.49, our test unit steps up to a quad-core, 2.8GHz (4.7GHz turbo) Core i7-1165G7, 16GB of memory, and a 512GB SSD bolstered by 32GB of Intel Optane buffer. The $962.49 base model of the Spectre x360 13 features an Intel Core i5-1135G7 processor, 8GB of RAM, a 256GB solid-state drive, and a 1,920-by-1,080-pixel IPS touch screen. A face recognition webcam and a fingerprint reader on the palm rest give you two ways to skip passwords with Windows Hello. Two hinges lets you flip and fold the display from laptop to tent, easel, or tablet modes they keep the screen from wobbling when tapped in laptop mode. The system feels sturdy, with almost no flex if you grasp the screen corners or press the keyboard deck. HP's stylized four-slash logo decorates the lid. As with the Dell, users who want to connect an external monitor will need a USB-C dongle in the absence of an HDMI port. The diagonal-cut left and right rear corners hold the power button and a second Thunderbolt 4 port, suitable for the AC adapter, respectively. You'll find an audio jack and a USB 3.1 Type-A port on the left side, and a microSD card slot, a webcam kill switch, and a Thunderbolt 4/USB-C port on the right. The HP's aluminum chassis, with stylish beveled edges, is available in Natural Silver, Nightfall Black (an extra $10), or Poseidon Blue (an extra $20). The Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 has a 13.4-inch screen with slightly higher 16:10 aspect ratio it's 0.56 by 11.7 by 8.2 inches and 2.9 pounds. The 13.3-inch-screened Spectre measures 0.67 by 12.1 by 7.7 inches and weighs 2.8 pounds, making it a close match for the 0.54 by 12 by 8.3 inches and 2.65 pounds of the Asus ZenBook Flip S. It's an attractive system, though we'd rather spend a bit more and carry three extra ounces with the larger model. But it offers a nice choice of touch displays with a 16:9 aspect ratio, plus the latest Intel Evo and "Tiger Lake" silicon, and some really elegant engineering.

Sure, it lacks the taller 3:2 screen aspect ratio that helped its sibling snag an Editors' Choice award among premium 2-in-1s.

The HP Spectre x360 14 we tested at the very start of 2021 impressed us so much we began our review by saying, "HP still sells the Spectre x360 13, but you can forget about it." At the risk of eating our words, the latest Spectre x360 13 (starts at $962.49 $1,262.49 as tested) isn't totally forgettable if you're looking for a small and light convertible laptop.
#HP SPECTRE X360 13 SOFTWARE#
