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The new HP Spectre looks GREAT. It's thin, it's light, it's got a "premium" style... But what sacrifices does it make to be so darn visually appealing?

 

 

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And here I'm still using an old ass Sony VGN-FZ240E that has a Core2 Duo T7250.....wish I had money :(

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How come the 8GB ram limitation wasn't mentioned in the review? I'm assuming it's soldered in, and non-upgradeable on that form factor, and I can't find a version with 16GB on Amazon.

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If you explain your rationale behind not including battery life numbers I promise to stop pestering you about them in the comments of every laptop review.

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5 hours ago, LucidMew said:

How come the 8GB ram limitation wasn't mentioned in the review? I'm assuming it's soldered in, and non-upgradeable on that form factor, and I can't find a version with 16GB on Amazon.

Well it is in the category of what we used to call a "netbook":  intended for office use. If 8 gigs doesn't cut it for you then the 256/512gb is probably also not cutting it. If you do video/photo editing or some IT work then you are not in the demographic of this laptop. 

 

 

I have an envy laptop Linus, so I understand your pain with the smart pad or whatever that mousepad is called. I wish laptop manufacturers would bring back the seperate left/right click buttons on laptops, I do miss that feature.

 

Speaking about missing things, you should some include some battery testing at least, because then if people within the laptops demographic watch this video, they could make a decision solely on your video, which is something I hope you also want.

 

Also the B-roll shots at 1:03-1:19 is bad. You focus on 1 inch of the laptops back and than scroll from side to side or something, but you don't have a full shot of the laptops back. Not all that important, just kind of annoyed me to keep watching a tiny bit of the laptop into focus for so long. 

 

Overall still a great review thanks LTT :) I'm also not in the demographic but it's always fun to see what new stuff is available.

 

 

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that laptop is just slightly worse speced then my laptop from school, only i have a shit firepro card in mine too lol, anyway i would just snap the spectre in the middle in like a day because its so thin and i would do something stupid with it :P 

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I want it.

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Hey, congrats on 3 million subs, LMG! @CPotter

 

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18 hours ago, nicklmg said:

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i was very very very disappointing that there was no testing with the razer core. that would have been an interesting test IMHO

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Saw it at Best Buy the other day and I like it. Thinking about getting this or some other ones that's on my list. I wished it used DDR4 instead of DDR3L and the only DDR4 out there now are those gaudy gaming laptops that scream you're a 12 year old.

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On 1-9-2016 at 5:28 PM, spwath said:

I want it.

I have the HP spextre x360 13 (the new one)

IMO it's better because it has a touchscreen and it's much cheaper in Europe.

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Looks great but I would rather have some heft to my laptop.  And a PSA to every laptop manufacturer: Please stop removing some many ports.  I would rather not have to buy adapters after spending $1,000+ on the machine itself.  

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What would you choose: HP Spectre 2016 or Microsoft Surface Book (without GPU)?

My use wouldn't be for gaming. I want a thin and light notebook for usual work (windows OS) and one to last for 5 years (is that possible?)

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