![]() I asked Nash how long he expects HP to keep the title. That could mean keeping HP on top in the battle for thinnest laptop. And he teases that HP will be able to improve on the Spectre 13's design using what it's learned by building this model over the last year. Nash says that HP was only able to make the Spectre 13 by building on the work it did creating last year's Spectre x360 - itself a stylish laptop aimed at the same market segment. That's around the same time we'll be able to test the Spectre 13, to see whether it just looks like a premium laptop or if it can actually perform like one, too. Later that month, on May 22nd, a model will go on sale at Best Buy for $1,249.99. HP will begin taking preorders for the Spectre 13 on April 25th, with pricing starting at $1,169.99. ![]() Since there's no touchscreen here, it'll be critical for the trackpad to work really well. It worked okay in my initial test, though it kept picking up unintentional input from my thumb while resting at the trackpad's edge. The trackpad, on the other hand, is a bit smaller than those on other HP laptops. ![]() It's really clicky and natural to type on I was able to adjust to it immediately while testing the computer during a briefing with HP. The Spectre 13 also has a surprisingly deep keyboard. There are three USB-C ports here (two of which support Thunderbolt) and a headphone jack, so there's room to plug accessories in and still keep the computer charged. Nash says it "steals from cabinetry or the high end furniture department."ĭespite being thinner, the Spectre 13 doesn't make some of the tradeoffs the MacBook does. It's not something you'd typically see on a computer, and that makes it stand out in a nice way. And the inside hinge is this curved, open arc. On the inside, the speaker grating is styled to look like repeating triangles, to either side of the keyboard. HP is using a new, angular logo on the back of the machine that looks much sharper than the goofy circle logo you're used to. There are a few other interesting design flairs. "They were like, 'Yeah, but it'd look like your grandmother's couch.'" "We people, 'Can you make it shiny but not show fingerprints?,'" he says. Nash says HP was aware of this, but went with the bronze finish anyway because it looked good. It looks very cool sitting on its own - just be careful about touching the bronze: it picks up fingerprints in a way that detectives could only dream of. Most of its body is made from a dark gray aluminum (its bottom is lighter-weight carbon fiber), and there's a large bronze piece along the edge for contrast. HP really wants the Spectre 13 to be seen as a premium laptop, and it both looks and feels like one. It's supposed to deliver 9.5 hours of battery, which isn't top of the line - the MacBook Air does around 12 hours - but is still pretty good, assuming HP's estimates hold up. For battery, HP made a thin unit that takes up most of the inside of the PC. HP says it handled the former using a heat pipe, which distributes heat away from the processor, as well as two fans that push heat out the back. Making a laptop of this size work with a Core i processor meant dealing with heat and battery issues. "But our customers want Core i, and I'm here to tell you today we pulled it off." Its hinges are modeled after cabinetry Mike Nash, HP's vice president of consumer PCs, says he's well aware that Core M is standard for a machine like this. That's the type of processor you'd normally find in the MacBook Air or a typical ultrabook - laptops this size usually get Core M, which is slower, but doesn't get as hot and allows for a smaller battery. More importantly, it includes either a Core i5 or a Core i7 processor. Hp vs apple laptop 2016 1080p#The Spectre 13 has a 13.3-inch, 1080p display, 8GB of RAM, and 256GB of storage in its base model.
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