•  Date Published: 15 Mar 2018
    • Intel Core i7-6500U
    • Intel HD Graphics 520
    • 13.3”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), IPS
    • 512GB SSD
    • 8GB DDR3
    • 1.58 kg (3.5 lbs)

    Review

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    HP's updated portfolio for 2016 seems promising but the device that really stands out is the HP Spectre, which the company claims is the world's thinnest 13-inch laptop. And it's hard to argue with that, to be honest. The HP Spectre amazes with extremely portable and more importantly, durable chassis. However, these key selling features come at a price and we don't mean money. We are referring to the design limitations engineers over at HP probably faced putting together the Spectre 13.Despite these limitations, however, the Spectre features all the hardware that's needed for more than satisfying performance for your daily tasks, even if they are more CPU intensive. The ultra-thin machine rocks the latest Skylake Core i5 or Core i7 U processors paired with 8GB of LPDDR3-1866 SDRAM [...]

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    Pros

    • Exceptionally good build quality with stealth piston hinge
    • Incredibly thin (10.4 mm) and light (1.1 kg)
    • Comfortable keyboard
    • Excellent screen quality
    • No PWM used above 60% (95 cd/m2) brightness
    • Two out of three USB-C connectors are Gen 2 and support the Thunderbolt standard
    • The M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD comes as a standard

    Cons

    • Low browsing battery runtimes
    • Ineffective cooling system, gets warm under normal load
    • Can't utilize the full potential of the CPU
    • Only USB Type-C ports
    • Extremely hard to access the storage

    DISPLAY: 13.3-inch, 1920 x 1080, IPS

    • Name
    • CHI MEI CMN1367
    • Diagonal
    • 13.3"
    • Pixel density
    • 165.63 ppi
    • Brightness
    • 333 cd/m2
    • sRGB
    • 93%
    • PWM frequency
    • 25000 Hz
    • Panel Type
    • IPS
    • Resolution
    • 1920 x 1080
    • Becomes "Retina" from
    • 21 inches (53 cm)
    • Contrast
    • 1070:1
    • dE Color Checker
    • 4.7 2.0
    • PWM Rating
    • 7.5: (acceptable)

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