Size can be both an advantage and an inhibiting factor. One obvious explanation is the form factor. Let’s face it, smartphones and tablets can get some work done but they still have a long way to go to match the capability of a full-fledged laptop. When Covid-19 struck and subsequently finding ourselves needing to work from home, laptops and the PC experienced a renaissance. In case you are wary of intruders prying into your home via the built-in webcam (the image quality is pretty sharp), HP has included a kill switch. Exactly when do you want to deploy this mode? It is especially useful for video entertainment (think Netflix and a small group presentation), as it brings the screen much closer to the viewer. You can use it akin to a tablet, but it’s a tad unwieldy for that purpose. Turning the keyboard into a standįlip the laptop 360, the keyboard goes into a slumber and by touching the screen, the virtual keyboard awakens. Playing the demanding Cemetery Gates by Pantera at full blast, the hi-hats are crisp, the base lines are tight and the high-pitched vocals bare no cracks that customarily plague built-in speakers. The downward firing Bang and Olufsen-tuned speakers – bearing in mind they still can’t compare to dedicated speakers – impress with its timbre. I even conclude that the directional keys are purely ornamental when you can touch directly on the screen. But in the rare instances that you need it, it glides. And because of the touch screen, I don’t need a mouse and never crave for one – and in that sense, rendering the touchpad redundant. All keys are brightly backlit to help me blaze through ahem… this exposition. It is fast, accurate, responsive, the spacing is perfect and per key-wise, it is larger than my 15.6-inch gaming laptop. And black remains so even when the screen is at its brightest (it is more than capable of standing up to direct sunlight), photos and videos appear natural. There is no artificial and unnecessary punchiness. The colour reproduction is natural and rich in tonal nuances, which is a very important consideration given my work involves photography and digital imaging. You can tweak it to a cooler spectrum to suit your taste. This is even sans turning on the night light mode which strips the screen off the potentially harmful blue light. The initial impression of the HP Spectre x360 is that the 13.3-inch FHD IPS WLED display appears on the warmer end, which might be less taxing on the eye. The screen, the keyboard and the speakers Setting up too is a painless process revolving around answering some yeses or nos (sure is a word that apparently doesn’t lead to the desired outcome, I tried) when prompted by Cortana, Microsoft’s own AI and so is finger print for enhanced security. Hooking up the laptop to the power outlet is effortless provided you have a universal adapter. My experiences with modern-day marvels that can swivel 360 degrees, which rightly banish the notion that design savoir-faire is a prerogative of Apple, are evidently sparse.įor the very rare instances in my life, I resort to reading the instructions from a piece of clearly worded leaflet. At home, my gaming laptop does more than just rounding up outlaws on Red Dead Redemption 2. It isn’t that I haven’t been using a laptop. By virtue of working from home, why do I need such a petite, lightweight and drop-dead-gorgeous laptop when I can’t flaunt it at Starbucks Reserve (or is % Arabica de rigueur these days)? In fact, the design is so cosmetically refined that it makes a mockery of me – I find myself unable to locate the power button.
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