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Such a great laptop!

Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2015

I love this laptop. Dang. Great processing speed, beautiful display, excellent touch calibration and response, and the keyboard is, oddly enough, my favorite thing about this computer. It is perfectly designed, and fits perfectly with a young woman's hands.

Another thing: this laptop is much more durable than you think. It fell off of my loft bed at school and was perfectly fine! The cast aluminum on this reaaaally does its job.

The only problems I have with this thing are with Windows 8, and even those are only occasional. I promise, even if you haven't learned to use Windows 8 yet, it is not bad; it actually works really well with the touch input.

I didn't pay full price for this, but I would seriously consider it with how much I love this computer: Ultrabook power, standard battery life, touch input, detachable tablet, cast aluminum case, and no fan cooling necessary (this was a HUGE perk for me, due to all the issues I've had with fans on other laptops).

If you are debating about getting this, as long as you are okay with or are looking for a 13 inch laptop, GO WITH THIS COMPUTER.

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Outlaw53

The WORST

Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2014

Absolutly the WORST laptop I have ever purchased. And possibly the worst Support I have ever dealt with (only DISH was worse). It would not connect to the Internet at all. When I called tech support at the number provided I was told it was the Pavilion department, this was after 30 minutes on hold. I was transferred and after 35 more minutes on hold I ended up talking to the same person. He tried to help and gave me another phone number but after calling and waiting for another 25 minutes without response I hung up. I searched the HP support site and did everything I could find there to do, I even searched the internet to no avail. The laptop refuses to connect to my router when every other device I have was working fine. There are some other small issues like the way the tablet part disconnects and the outside surface that is almost impossible to clean fingerprints from but I may been able to overlook them if the laptop only worked.

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Outlaw53

The WORST

Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2014

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Victoria

Such a great laptop!

Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2015

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Diverse Interests

This is a good machine for sitting in a chair or reading and ...

Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2014

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This is a good machine for sitting in a chair or reading and writing in bed. That's what a laptop, by definition, is supposed to be. The screen resolution is excellent and easy on the eyes. It also is great for putting movies on the tv through its full HDMI port. I have not measured the battery life, but like all machines, it seems far less than advertised. Also, while I pick this machine because it is a convertible with a full working keyboard, the tablet is heavier than the keyboard causing the machine to fall over so the screen is in my lap rather than the keyboard. Another major minus is the mouse function of the trackpad which is stiff and unresponsive. I find myself tapping rather than using the left shift. Would have been nice to have separate mouse buttons.

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Drei V.

Network card failed to deliver

Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2014

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I bought this for a couple of reasons. First being I needed something a lot more portable than my gaming laptop. Second, I wanted a 2in1 that has a little more capability that others because I wanted to play online games with it like league of legends, diablo 3, etc...

Let me list down aome of the pros and cons I found.

PROS
-it's a 2in1
-decent hardware for gaming but excellent specs for just your everyday computing
-backlit keyboard
-doesn't get very hot
-colors pop out of the screen
-incredibly fast boot time
-no bloatware
-very sleek exterior

CONS
-terrible network card. Wi-fi signal keeps dropping even if you're beside the router
-by default, the screen darkens when it's not plugged in. Very annoying at first considering I bought this for the very purpose of not wanting something always plugged in
-battery life is mediocre at best

So after a week of testing and trying to love the product, I returned it because of that network card. Even if I needed to download a driver for it to work, I couldn't because the signal kept dropping and with 2in1's there aren't any ethernet ports to plug it in.

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glittle

the HP Spectre is a very attractive high end convertible unit in a truffle brown aluminum like shell w/ a very high resolution d

Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2014

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Although a bit heavy, the HP Spectre is a very attractive high end convertible unit in a truffle brown aluminum like shell w/ a very high resolution display when compared to other similar designs. Unfortunately using the on-screen keyboard display caused the computer to lock up repeatedly even though the physically attached keyboard seemed much more reliable. This will most likely be fixed with an update down the road.

My biggest complaint is that with 2-batteries (one in the keyboard and one in the display) tend to drain down rather quickly with the display and keyboard attached and unit shut down-after being fully charged and disconnected from AC. But with the unit shut down and both halves separated, seem to each hold their charges as expected. Apparently this is the same design used in earlier models (HP Envy X2 ) that also had this same anomaly with similar circuitry that uses the keyboard base battery to maintain a fully charged display battery but ends up draining the over all unit more rapidly. It would really be nice if HP would give the customer some battery charging options over this design so that we could selectively defeat how the display battery continues to get pumped up at the demise of the keyboard base battery when the unit as a whole is shut down and no longer plugged into AC.

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Naveen Verma

Be careful before buying it!!!

Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2014

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It was good in the beginning, gave as a gift to my dad in India. It got broken twice within an year. First time HP service in India made some fix, worked for few months and then again broken. This time they are saying the part for this is not available. So it's just staying unused at home.

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Avi

fast with no tracking pad issues

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2015

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Since i bought it on black friday i paid less than 500$, it is alittle bit heavy for a 13" laptop but it's fast despite of all the reviews i read, i compare it to my Asus zen with i5 cpu 1.5 y.o. and its better and faster but not lighter, the tracking pad is also good and it seems to be very good purchase, i'm using it for one month only but it was very intense use and i am very pleased with it.

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Twindy

Good performer, and value for the price.

Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2014

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About what I expected. Battery life average, fast, a little heavy as a laptop, and not too big or heavy as a tablet. Overall happy with the computer especially at the $700 price point. No way it is worth the higher prices it was selling for when first introduced.

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Paul H

Great Buy - Be wary of the refurbished

Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2014

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I bought this computer and couldn't be happier. I was looking for a tablet/laptop combo but didnt like the flimsy keyboard of the surface. it runs full office and the i5 is fast enough for me. i use it 90% in laptop (keyboard attached) but the touchscreen is useful when you dont want to try and navigate the mouse. The SSD boots up in seconds.

i gave four stars because i bought the refurb version and it didnt come with the normal software. They say they refurbs are factroy spec but it was not factory. none of the bloatware was on it (fine) but it was also missing important drivers (the screen wouldn't rotate) the seller was helpful before i bought it but when i brought up the software issue all the sudden they were no where to be found. Anyway, I had a tech guy get it all up to speed for about $100 and no problems since.
On my unit anyway the sound is sketchy when running headphones from the keyboard port but they sound fine when running directly from the tablet. (probably due to the connection)

There are also issues with extended warranties (square trade, etc) on the refurb product that you dont hear about until after you buy it. If i had to do it again i'd probably buy the new one but yes I'd buy this Spectre again

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Robert H. Voelker

Best Convertible Laptop/Tablet Around

Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2014

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Having combo tablet & laptop is great -- don't have to worry about what is saved where. Fact that is is Windows based also works a lot better for business -- iPad integration issues with work are not easy, and was always needing to email items from iPad to work, save somewhere, etc.

Both laptop and tablet when separated work seamlessly. Tablet is a bit big and heavy, but part of dealing with a "convertible". Good keyboard, but track pad is a bit hard to push. Touchscreen is great. Can't imagine a better convertible. Not 100% as a tablet or 100% as a laptop -- but does both 90% + and given the tradeoff of carrying both a laptop and a tablet (and synching work between the two), this is a wonderful "cross-over"

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