HP’s new Spectre x360 is probably the best PC laptop around

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Specs at a glance: HP Spectre x360-13t
Entry level Top spec As reviewed
SCREEN 1920×1080 IPS at 13.3″ (166 ppi), multitouch
OS Windows 10 Home 64-bit Windows 10 Pro 64-bit Windows 10 Home 64-bit
CPU 2.5-3.1GHz Core i5-7200U 2.7-3.5GHz Core i7-7500U 2.7-3.5GHz Core i7-7500U
RAM 8GB 1867MHz DDR3 16GB 1867MHz DDR3 16GB 1867MHz DDR3
GPU Intel HD Graphics 620
HDD 256GB NVMe SSD 1TB NVMe SSD 512GB NVMe SSD
NETWORKING Dual-band 802.11a/b/g/n/ac 2×2, Bluetooth 4.0
PORTS 2×Thunderbolt 3, USB 3.0, headset jack
SIZE 12.03×8.58×0.54″
WEIGHT 3.85lb
BATTERY 3-cell 57.8Wh Li-ion
WARRANTY 1 year depot 3 year onsite 1 year depot
PRICE $1,049.99 $1,499.98 $1,299.99
OTHER PERKS 1080p webcam with Windows Hello

HP’s Spectre x360 was one of our favorite laptops of the Broadwell generation. It was a thin, light, stylish ultrabook with solid battery life and a flippy hinge enabling it to be used as a (chunky) tablet or (more usefully) to hold the screen up in the kitchen or while watching movies on the plane.

The x360 received a minor refresh to upgrade to a Skylake processor, and this year HP added an optional OLED screen. Aside from these small changes, the Skylake model was little changed from its predecessor.

But now HP has a third revision, using Intel’s new Kaby Lake processors. While Kaby Lake itself is not a major update on Skylake, HP has used the occasion of the processor upgrade to perform a more substantial overhaul of the Spectre x360.

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Source: Ars Technica – HP’s new Spectre x360 is probably the best PC laptop around