Our HP Spectre family is a range of sleek and lightweight premium laptops aimed firmly at home and professional users. These laptops are packed with high performance components and fantastic displays in a rugged case to withstand the bumps of everyday use. The HP Spectre x360 14 offers the smaller of the available screen sizes in this range, making it ideal for carrying around and use in tight places.
This HP Spectre x360 14 review looks at the key features of our
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The HP Spectre range
Our HP Spectre family are 2-in-1 convertible laptops that adapt perfectly to how you want to use them. Their performance and features make them ideal for creative use, such as creating art, editing videos or watching movies.
These laptops feature the latest high-performance processors with great storage memory and incredible touch screen technology displays that do not compromise on a high-quality visual experience. These laptops feature a precision-milled aluminium chassis construction that complements HP's legendary reliability to produce a reliable laptop that can handle routine use.
These laptops feature stunning ultra high definition (UHD) screens with superior-quality audio technology for a fantastic entertainment experience. They also incorporate extraordinary battery life and low weight, making them perfect for use on the move or outside in the fresh air.
Appearance
Our HP Spectre x360 14 uses advanced materials to produce an incredibly thin, lightweight, convertible laptop with a small physical footprint. Overall, the laptop weighs just 1.36 kg. These features make this model ideal to take into meetings and on the road.
Our 2-in-1 convertible laptops offer greater flexibility in how and where you can use your computer with clever design features that provide the ability to transform a traditional laptop into a tablet. This means that one laptop can fulfil the role of both devices.
Overall, the laptop measures 29.8 x 22.04 x 1.69 cm with the lid closed or rotated fully back into a tablet. It also has a terrific protective sleeve to protect the screen when carrying the laptop around tucked under your arm or with other items in a bag.
The laptop has a full-size backlit keyboard when you use it in traditional mode. The keyboard includes our Imagepad technology with its multi-touch gesture feature, so you can scroll, zoom, and navigate using four-finger gestures instead of a mouse. It also comes with a rechargeable tilt pen so you can use the touch screen more precisely and comfortably in tablet mode.
The laptop also includes an integral fingerprint reader to provide convenient and secure biometric access to your device, so you don't have to worry about anyone accessing the personal information on the laptop should it fall into the wrong hands.
Our HP Spectre x360 14 is available in two colour options. First, there's the elegant nightfall black aluminium option with its sandblasted and anodised finish and pale brass accents. Alternatively, there's a stylish nocturne blue aluminium version with celestial blue accents.
Following sustainable design principles, the HP Spectre x360 14 incorporates ocean-bound plastics and recycled aluminium in its construction to reduce the environmental impact of the manufacturing process.
Processing power
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Our HP Spectre x360 14 laptop has a 12th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 processor to provide incredible performance, however demanding the application. The Intel Core i7-1255U will simultaneously run 12 threads across 10 cores at boosted clock speeds up to 4.7 GHz using Intel's turbo boost technology. In addition, an internal 12MB of onboard L3 cache memory ensures the processor can perform complex processing tasks, like editing large media files, as quickly as possible.
The graphics processing power for this HP Spectre x360 convertible laptop comes from the integrated Intel UHD graphics processor that's part of the Core i7 processor. This integrated solution delivers UHD imagery with low power consumption, which helps the laptop achieve its impressive combination of long battery life with lightweight form.
Graphical display
Our HP Spectre x360 14 has an impressive 13.5-inch UHD screen with a 3K2K (3000 x 2000) resolution. In addition, this vibrant display uses in-plane switching (IPS) technology to deliver fantastic colour reproduction across wide viewing angles - ideal for watching television and films in UHD.
This technology can produce an incredible 500 nits of light output when combined with the antiglare screen coating, making this perfect for viewing in any location, from brightly lit offices to the window seat of a plane or train.
The screen also features a full 100% coverage of the Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) P3 standard of colour gamut used for the latest cinema releases. This ensures the films you watch look precisely as intended by the producer.
Our incredible display technology produces flicker-free images with low blue light levels that help reduce the risk of eye strain when you watch the screen for extended periods.
Our HP Spectre x360 14 features a micro-edge display which ensures that as much of the screen as possible is visible, while the Corning® Gorilla® Glass NBT™ material makes the screen scratch-resistant and tough enough for everyday use.
Audio features
HP Spectre x360 14 features the latest generation of our Audio Boost technology for a fuller, richer sound via four speakers. This powerful sound experience comes from custom-tuned quad speakers in collaboration with the audio experts at Bang & Olufsen.
Sound capture comes with integrated dual array digital microphones built into the True Vision 5MP camera. In addition, this feature includes a temporal noise reduction system to ensure everyone can hear you clearly wherever you use your laptop to make voice or video calls.
Memory features
Our HP Spectre x360 14 laptop has a generous 16GB of superfast DDR4x-4266 MHz RAM that can support transfer rates up to 4266 MT/s.
A solid-state drive (SSD) with an incredible 1TB superfast storage capacity should be more than enough for professional use, whether downloading large documents or media files to view offline or storing libraries of photographs.
The SSD uses peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe®) high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard combined with the non-volatile memory express (NVMe™) M.2 standard communications interface and driver, making access incredibly fast. This high-bandwidth, low-latency capability ensures your high-performance processor doesn't have to wait for the memory to catch up. In addition, these features ensure your laptop provides quick and reliable local storage when you need it.
Power
This laptop includes a 4-cell, 66-watt-hour Li-ion polymer battery that can support nearly 12 hours of use between recharges. In addition, the battery system supports fast charging, restoring around half the battery capacity in approximately 45 minutes. Connection to the mains is via a 65 W AC power adapter with a USB Type-C connection.
This laptop is energy efficient by design, meeting the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT®) Gold standard and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR® rating.
Connectivity
Watching streaming movies or uploading videos requires excellent connectivity. Our HP Spectre x360 14 rises to the challenge by supporting the latest extended WiFi 6E standard wireless connectivity combined with the latest Bluetooth 5.3 technology to support gigabit data rates.
Wired connectivity comes from 2 Thunderbolt™ 4 standard USB Type-C connections along with a USB Type-A connector.
Customisation options
We have a range of fully compatible equipment you can bundle in when you purchase your HP Spectre x360 14 convertible laptop or add it later as an upgrade. These devices include docking hubs, external display monitors, mice, keyboards, speakers and microphones.
Summary
This HP Spectre x360 14 review shows why this laptop is perfect for professional and everyday computing on the move, requiring high performance in a rugged and reliable form. Our HP Spectre x360 14 convertible laptop is an ultra-lightweight, stylish, adaptable and powerful laptop in a tiny package you can confidently carry around and use anywhere.
The high-performance Intel processor and outstanding UHD touch screen deliver a stunning visual display complemented by our superior audio system to provide a fantastic entertainment experience.
Overall, Our HP Spectre x360 laptops are versatile, powerful, graphic-rich, and user-friendly, potentially taking on numerous roles with a single device.
Thanks to the touch screen technology, the 2-in-1 convertible design allows you to use the laptop as a tablet. The incredible UHD display's vibrant colours mean you can use the laptop as an entertainment centre. Their powerful performance also means that HP Spectre models are well poised to replace any separate and more expensive workstations and gaming computers you may also use. As a result, a single laptop can bring all your computing needs together in a single solution.
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About the Author
Stephen Mash is a contributing writer for HP Tech Takes. Stephen is a UK-based freelance technology writer with a cybersecurity and risk management background.
