![]() ![]() For the most part they churn out unexciting, undifferentiated, low-value models. One problem for Windows laptop makers is they have been in a race to the bottom. Spectre is HP’s best shot at getting there. The new HP needs to on the right side of that divide. MacBooks make a respectable profit, the rest of the PC business is marginal. It seems disconnected from the everyday Windows laptop market. Laptop sales have plummeted in recent years. Spectre says HP doesn’t plan to cede the high-end of the laptop market to Apple without a fight. HP ambitionĪs the new HP’s flagship laptop, Spectre sets the tone for the PC company’s ambition now it has split from the enterprise computing division. With an excellent design, extreme portability and more than enough performance for most users, Spectre ticks all the important boxes. This high-class feel is perhaps Spectre’s most important connection with Apple. In use, it feels like great engineering should. HP uses quality materials and components throughout. It says non-Apple premium laptop louder than any marketing message.Ĭosmetics aside, the Spectre is beautifully made. Taken any further the copper trim would be as garish as a Las Vegas hotel, but HP knows when to stop. Shiny, polished copper extends to the hinges which use tiny pistons to hold the thin screen in place and keep it steady. They have characters printed on them in the same metallic colour. The backlit keys are edged with more copper trim. ![]() The case is black with shiny copper trim. Many thin Windows laptops do their darndest to look like MacBooks or MacBook Airs. You will notice something else when you put the two computers side by side. Put the two computers side by side and you’d be hard-pressed to see any difference in thickness. Do you want a thin laptop? Spectre is 2.5 mm thinner than the MacBook. Indeed, HP makes no secret it aims to match, and where possible, beat Apple.Īt times this competition gets surreal. HP doesn’t shy away from making similar observations in its marketing material. You can’t say the same about Apple’s MacBook.Ĭomparisons like this with the MacBook or MacBook Air are inevitable. ![]() At 10.4 mm, it is thinner than any Apple computer.ĭespite being wafer thin, it doesn’t skimp on computing power. HP’s 13-inch Spectre is the thinnest laptop you can buy. The best Windows laptop we’ve seen in recent times. Good keyboard.īattery life good, but not best-in-class. Reborn market leader hits prestige button to reboot the Windows laptop. ![]()
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