I really enjoy this presenter’s delivery. Very natural whilst still being professional. Well spoken and it doesn’t come across as overly scripted. Just an overall great video review.

I just bought this laptop, the build quality and the display are amazing. Unfortunately it was only available in my country with 8 gigs of RAM, but since i already have a desktop I'm not too worried about it.

We got our son an open box hp aero 13 and he loves it, never has any slow downs for his usage. We got the 5600u model with 8gb of ram and 512 storage and so far the ram hasn’t been a limiting factor for his usage. For $500, I can’t complain

I got this Model in September and it's a winner! Highly recommended

Seems like a great budget laptop for productivity. Props to HP for making this kind of product that fits many segments!

I don't think it's made out of plastic but actually magnesium alloy which is lighter than alluminium and softer to the touch, confusing people to think it as plastic due as it doesn't have the strong metal like feeling present in alluminium chassis. I've it and I checked the review of others as well. Regarding keyboard backlight, just select the Ceramic white color at 15 bucks which adds backlight keyboard by default and saves another 5 buck. Also, Costco is selling it at 799 but with backlit keyboard.

Thank you so much for reviewing this. I bought this last month after checking the specs and expected similar behavior as you described. It really is a hidden gem!

I've been using this laptop for about a week. I bought the 16GB and Ryzen 7 variant. While it might be an overkill for "daily usage" it works great for heavier tasks like compiling code and it even can run some games. If you have a choice go with 16GB of ram. I saw lots of laptops became unusable over the years just because the ram was soldered.

Thanks for the review, I've been looking into this model for some time, but wasn't sure because I did not find another comprehensive review about it.

Small nitpick... "The chassis consists of recycled oceanbound plastics" The chassis is made of magnesium alloy, not plastic. It's the keycaps that use recycled plastic. Also, the USB-C port does support power delivery.

I just want to point out that the laptop is not plastic. It is made of some OBP (e.g. touch pad) and mostly magnesium alloy (case). Hence the ~900g weight. It makes a difference because magnesium alloy is more sturdy and durable than plastic. It is also recyclable and sustainable (due to its high natural occurrence). It is a well-built laptop, just very thin and flexible (due to the magnesium alloy casing).

using ryzen 5 model , heres what u missed 1. It does support type C charging, that port can used as display out, sleep power delivery , 10gbps transfer rate also 2. it has wifi 6 + Bluetooth 5.2

Turns out HP doesn't sell it in Canada, thanks HP, it makes all the sense to have it reviewed by a Canadian KZfaq Channel. Hewlett Packard, please fix this

Actually you can charge the laptop over Type C. I rarely use the barrel charger on mine. Got a great deal on the Ryzen 5 version with 8 gb RAM and the 512 gb SSD

just bought it for just under $600! got ryzen 5, 512 ssd, and 16 gb ram!

I got a completely specd out one with a 6800u 16gb ram back-lit kb... everything Off Craigslist for $250 Thing is an absolute monster. It terrifies me when the 15w cpu igpu combo runs minecraft with max render distance without dipping below 60fps. Great build quality. Oh and the biggest thing to look for these days with laptops I whether or not it can PD charge. ...most non high end laptops can't and the fact that I can use a little battery pack to charge it all the way up in like 2 hours is a necessity in any laptop.

Great review! Focussing on the right aspects in a laptop in this price range. I do wonder, however, how this Aero 13 gets so much attention when there are Laptops like the Lenovo Slim 7 Pro with Ryzen 7 5800H and a stunning 90Hz QHD OLED for 900 Euros on the market. Edit: My point is moot, because neither the 5800H OLED version I have, nor the cashback deal that made it cost 899 seem to be available any more.

WELL DONE! I wasn't planning on it, BUT :) IT WENT ON SALE AGAIN! $760 or so WITH 512gb SSD AND BACKLIT keyboard! So I HAD to order ti! THANKS MUCH from another Canuck down south! ALL THE BEST and Cheers :) !!

hidden gem indeed... just got the 1tb version.. 16GB RAM... SOO MUCH BETTER than i expected

Can you review the 2023 model with Ryzen 7 7735U?

29th, I love your way of reviewing laptops and audio gear. It’s totally the perfect thing for providing a in depth view that’s not boring and just as informative as a thesis.

conclusion starts at 12:45

1:55 that simultaneously ecstatic and heart-broken "YaY~?" sums up my emotions when I bought my Ryzen 6600XT for $700 Australian dollars upgrading from RTX 1060.

One thing I will say for HP laptops of late, sound is better than the laptops of yesteryear. So good for listening to media.

Bought one for my dad and this is by far the best reasonably priced Ryzen ultraportable laptop in my opinion.

just bought the ryzen 7 model w/ 16gb ram and the 1tb ssd on sale for $699 at microcenter! amazing deal

If you are looking to do light gaming on this, do NOT buy it. I bought mine around a year ago, the bottom scratches easily and I've had problems with the headphone jack and the volume key, I use it mostly for my work and school, occasionally I'll do some light gaming on it (i am a youtuber/streamer) I thought it would be fine for that but it was kind of terrible for gaming, it ran at an average of 15 fps max 20 fps, it kept crashing and lagging so bad (I have good internet) the screen us pretty small, I don't like the keys. Overall I'd rate this personally a 4.5/10 remember this is personal, I don't know if it is just my computer or not.

So far drawbacks I found: - The top F1-F12 line of keys is having the LED light underneath visible directly through the space underneath the keycap border so the whole line of keys shines in the eyes in certain angle. - The angle how much you can open the lid is very narrow - like 120 degrees or so - The USB ports are so narrow that I have to use force to plug in USB stick and pliers to remove it

been waiting for this, thank you! awesome thin n light

Thanks for another great review! I have owned the same version of this HP Aero for just under a month and it DOES have USB-C charging support. I have used this method of charging almost exclusively since I bought it. I found that it needs a 45W or higher rated third-party power plug. I have had wifi issues though with poor throughput and dropped connections. Still not resolved and HP customer service, tech support have been -- how shall I say this -- not even close to helpful. I now know more about this machine than they do. I tried to confirm whether or not the motherboard provides Gen 4 for NVMe slot and as far as I can tell it does not. I believe it's Gen 3 (too bad). Do you and does anyone else know for sure? Nice price point for this total package but HP needs to improve it's support and product knowledge.

Thank you for this review. You have been very helpful especially to us, new buyers.

Finally I bought it this week. My best decision ever. Thank You HP

I just recently bought this laptop and I found your review to be the most helpful when deciding on which one to buy. :)

1) The body and chassis is made up of magnesium-aluminium alloy and not plastic. 2 ) It supports USB Type-C charging.

Thank you for the detailed review!

Awesome review highlights the most important features we expect from a laptop.

One caveat for anyone who has this laptop, too much pressure on the lid to the keyboard while closed might leave keyboard marks on your screen, permanently.

I bought it after watching your review

I'm reading very conflicting reports about battery life on this. Some are saying one should expect around 5h of real time use, others 10. It's very confusing.

I think this is like the only channel that I don’t skip through the sponsor segments lmao.

Worth watching Good job sir

Thanks for the review! Question: How's the Wifi chip performance in this one? I've heard HP used the Realtek chip in this machine and it is not always consistent...did you notice any signal drops during your testing?

Just got this for $587 before Tax with free 2 day shipping through a discount I have through work. Can't wait to get it! It is on Black Friday sale so go get it!

This video really help. Many Thanks 😊.

thankyou , i just bought this one on amazon sale :)

Very cool overview

That's actually an all-magnesium chassis. Not plastic.

Mine is ordered with the 1600p display, I have not been able to find any professional reviews of that option but I took a chance on it. We'll see

Your also need to try MSI Modern 14. It's a very solid budget laptop.

8:14 I have an envy 17 with the same rubber strips, and just upgarded memory and ssd. Actually if you peel off those rubber strips slowly you can put them back in just as new.

I'm using hp envy 13 right now, and it's working so well .

You stated the laptop was made of recycled plastic, but it’s a magnesium aluminum alloy. Not sure where you got that recycled ocean plastic from… It also has USB-C charging. That’s too many inaccuracies in one video.

I can imagine an HP Envy 14 with Ryzen 5 6000 and a 3050TI. Can't wait!

The complete informer ❤️👍

Real differences from this Hp Aero 13, vs the (mostly) commented here Macbook Air M1, from my point of view, that could make you go for the Aero. First - the matte screen, many of us prefer that. Second - more ports. Third - Windows environment, if you already know MacOS is not for you, or that both ecosystems can be good. Fourth - keyboard. good on both, but maybe, better for some of us, with HP. Fifth - weight; even though the Air is light, the Aero is lighter. Sixth - Clipboard option on Windows; many of us like that, that unfortunately Mac doesnt have natively, at least. Both laptops are good, and fortunately, have their differences.

Silver keys and white backlight is a no go

Nice video brother

Pity this isn't available in Canada yet (except for the lower 8gb model from Costco)

Actually the usb c can be used for charging .

To get to the bottom screws just peel up a little on each side.

Should I go for M1 MacBook air or this ? Consider 8+256 for mac and 5600u+16+512 for hp aero

Can't recommend this laptop enough, really happy with my purchase. Hopefully it holds up.

many people pointing that wifi module is garbage, woule be great if u could test it aswell since it doesnt have ethernet port

Seriously, Canadian reviewers .... PLEASE(!!) include links to Canadian websites. Thank you (rant over).

I don't want this thing get popularity here by any local youtubers because it will skyrocketed its price through the roof.

How about Acer Swift X Ryzen 7 5800U with a dedicated GPU 3050ti, 16 Gigs RAM and 512 Gigs SSD, is it worth to buy compare to M1macbook air?

the speakers are pretty damn good

its in the 500s right now too

Please suggest in the future on sub 2000 dollar thin and light gaming laptops

Any idea on the to be released Lenovo Yoga 7 Pro (16')? I think it might be a worthy competitor to the already well valued Aero 13.

thank you this was really helpful. but to be clear this runs games like valorant well?

Couldn't find this portable gem in my country so I settled for the Acer Swift X

India?

More important - does the Type-C support Display Port? Then you can just dock it and charging through USB would not take away useful ports.

I went with the Acer Swift x Amd 5800u with buit in RTX 3050ti and have had the Swift 3 with 4800u before I upgraded to the Swift x. I recently acquired an HP 17" with Ryzen 5 5500u expecting USB c charging only to find out it doesn't support USB C charging. Now watching this review and finding out this also doesn't support USB charging, is a surprise to me. At the time of this review it was 2021/22, HP is late in going with the trend. The need to change their mantra from "Leader of innovation" to "We're late and behind the industry". My hobby is photography, and have switch to mirrorless, so my bag includes a light laptop, a tablet, and my a6500. It helps a lot if I only have one charging brick the charges all of them.

How would this stack up against my current 2017 Dell XPS 13 (8th gen, Core i5)? The Dell 9360 has been great, but I'm thinking of replacing it with something similarly portable and hopefully a bit more powerful. I'd be doing Office, DAW (Studio One), and hobbyist-level video editing in Davinci Studio and Topaz VEAI.

Cost in Indian rupees ???

Guys, get this if you're in the market for a thin and light. This starts for 580$ on hp site now.

Excuse me, would you recommend it for a medicine student? I won’t use it for anything besides some very light gaming and studying, but i need a computer that will last a couple of years at least, while performing adequately during that time, do you think this computer fits the bill? I would be getting the AMD 7 processor and 16/512 GB ram and memory.

hey, i need some suggestions should i go for legion 7 with 32GB of ram, bundled with (legion armored backpack, m500 mouse, and h300 headset) which is 100 USD more expensive or a legion 5 pro with 16GB of ram bundled with (legion recon backpack, m300 mouse, and h300 headset), and the rest of the specifications are the same

Do you prefer this or the HP Pavillion 14 inch? (AMD RYZEN 5 version)

Does it charge over USB C? Please talk about this with every thin and light laptop review. Otherwise great review For me I'd still get the Huawei matebook 14 due screen aspect ratio and better speakers

I am ordering it tommorow, wish it doesn't sell out by then 🤞

FYI, the Corsair link in the description is not clickable, at least on mobile.

$800 is not what I would call an affordable laptop.

So can you charge via USB-C port if you have the cord? I know it comes with barrel charger but I think you should be able to charge USB-C

I purchased this pc and found when transfering files my ssd utilization is 100% and the pc is un-usable but the processsor and other things don't even take a hit at all. My question is if i put the fastest ssd possible in here will my performance at least be better. I think this pc is on pci 3.0 and the firecuda is a 4.0 so i don't know if the 7000mb\s will actually have a significant jump in perfomance. Has anyone upgraded the nvme drive to a faster one and what was you experience?

Aiyayaya, if this has a thunderbolt port so I can use a single cable display and charging set up, then this is THE LAPTOP

Easiest laptop to recommend to anyone

i like my surface with ryzen5se for under 1k u get the best display on the market and buildquality as well as original microsoft product support.

Wish it had 54 watt hr battery

Do a review of swift x

hopefully they would refresh it next year wih RDNA2, then it will become perfect if they don't downgrade any other feature

A powerful and beautiful 😍 laptop 💻

How do you guys measure keyboard actuation force? How many grams is needed to have press of button?

can i upgrade to 2 tb ssd?

does this laptop have windows hello face id? thanks great review

Is it still worth to These days?

Is the screen matte/antiglare? How does it compare to a Macbook in terms of glare?

weird that on the spec sheet it says the USB type C has power delivery so maybe it can also charge via usb? or maybe its a more recent version of this unit