7:48, definitely a gimmick, but I think the intended use case would be "Looking at personal information in public" (while protected by PIA, obviously ;) ), not "Looking at images in public". At least from how the camera captured it, it does a pretty good job of hiding TEXT, so it would help protect you from somebody looking at your banking information or something, but probably wouldn't save you if you were looking at something nsfw in public and somebody looked over your shoulder.

When you see Alex you know it's LAPTOP TIME 😁

0:50 Current USB-C PD protocol only supports up to 100W of power, that’s probably why HP didn’t use it on their primary power port.

Since basically everyone is using a 2-in-1 for pen writing in school/uni nowadays, it'd be really cool if you could make a video about how good stylus support is for writing, palm rejection etc. on the popular products like spectre x360, surface studio/pro, xps 2in1, lenovo yogas, etc. It's surprisingly hard to find any good videos that explore this topic in depth. A lot of students would be very glad if you did.

I also have problems with HP's rubber feet strips coming off. I think they might use it as an indicator that the user removed the screws underneath.

As someone who has owned many laptops that charge via type C, I like the older barrel charge ports. In my experience they're much more durable.

Love when Alex does laptop videos still looking for mine:)

That lock and return feature should be on the Omen series. Maybe if they make a more premium Omen than their current lineup they can implement the Glemcam in it as well.

If they manage to include a 32GB version for 12th gen that uses LPDDR5, I'll give them a pass for soldering the RAM because IIRC, there is no standard for low-power SODIMMs. If they manage to include DDR5 RAM slots and USB-EPR in that revision, I'll be DOUBLY impressed.

Can confirm about the rubber feet... I and my sister-in-law both own the HP Envy (Ryzen 4500U and 4700U), and the rear rubber feet came off after 6 or so months. Annoying, but still great laptops. These envy and spectre laptops are top-shelf in their class of product, and great all-around machines.

10:10 - This is my number one complaint with my HP Spectre x360 14". The rubber feet have started coming off in a month and a half, it's impossible to find the exact part number for the 14", and there's just not a lot of options due to it being a strip vs a circular pad design

Does anyone else notice how much screen wobbles when he’s just using the laptop

That wobbly screen would drive me nuts. Why is it every HP has wobbly hinges?

⭐️ Great Video. I always find myself smiling when you’re hosting, you radiat positive energy. 👍

I have a previous version of the 14" version and it's great. This seems like a solid upgrade. You guys identified all the key gripes. The long rubber strip is annoying AF when it comes off (mine is still fine but a friend had hers come off). Mine has USB-C with PD and Thunderbolt 3 on all three ports and it's great. I don't see why they didn't keep up with that. A full-sized HDMI port is great and very handy on the road, but the proprietary power connector means losing a USB-C Thunderbolt plug, which is a step down IMO. Upgradable memory seems like a must-have these days; for that much $$$ I want to be able to throw some more RAM in and get another year or two out of it. I will miss the Brown/Copper look: very classy. The over-the-shoulder screen thing actually comes in handy for me when I'm looking at personal/confidential information while at a coffee shop and I like that they added a way to turn it on automatically when needed. I do wish there was a hotkey for screen blanking. Do they still have a hardware switch on the webcam for privacy? That was a great idea IMO. I'm also curious about the fingerprint sensor, which in my version works about 40% of the time. BTW you asked why not an AMD chip. Isn't Thunderbolt still Intel-only? I love AMD but not enough to give up Thunderbolt and PD. I use my Spectre with a dock and it's epic: one plug and I get power, webcam, microphone, headphones, keyboard, mouse and a nice big monitor. It's surprising just how much I enjoy having one plug vs 2-3 to attach every time I get home. The better screen is nice but I downgraded to 1080p on purpose to get even more battery life (it already has plenty as is but there's never enough IMO). I do wish there was a keyboard cover for when I flip it into tablet mode, but... yeah I know. It seems like this version adds most of the things I wanted out of the 2020 version: a decent GPU, (some) repairability, and a full size HDMI port instead of requiring a dongle.

I see that shoulder surfing feature becoming a huge drawer for businesses. Especially if they can force it on.

Your content is very informative while being fun to watch keep it up.

I love seeing the ripple effect that the Framework has already had. Look how much more repairable this thing is!

I have an envy 14 and I had to disasemble to clean the fan and that meant removing the strips. You can buy replacement ones but i actually didnt find it that hard to put them back i just needed to buy good doulbe sided tape.

With the “awake on approach” feature, does that not mean your camera is going to be on all the time when you’re away from your computer? Or at least has the ability to access it whenever it wants?

I'm really impressed with the specs and how they keep it very repairable while doing so. Great job to their engineers on that part! Keep up the good content, always love Alex's reviews as well.

Still waiting for 12th gen Intel laptops :(

00:30 love to see you guys keeping the tradition alive

That shoulder surf blur function is a really good idea, it's just horribly implemented here, lol. Maybe if it actually blurred the image instead of just making it fuzzy but still easy to tell what you are looking at?

You guys purposefully skipped on " Attention tracking " that's a dystopian thing.

Thanks fpr your great Infos. I got Dell XPS 15 9510 i7, the HP Spectre 16 12th gen and Dell Inspiron 7506 black edition, all of them are amazing laptops, though the webcam by the dell sucks :,)

The same thing happened with the rubber strips on the bottom of my HP Envy as well - both came off after just a couple months.

damn, I was just about to pull the trigger on this one on the OLED screen because I love how OLEDs look. But thanks for the recommendation. I'm going to hold off until ryzen 6000 or 12th gen gets to it.

I have the last mode HP spectre from 2018 and it still works very well.

The lock on walk away and wake on approach feature has been done by Lenovo long ago. They even have it in $700 laptops such as the Yoga/Ideapad Slim 7. They call it Zero Touch Login and Lock.

I just bought one of those about a month ago almost exactly as speced here (I got it at about $1300 WITH the oled because of their pre-12th gen clearance sale), and I'm really happy I got it before the 12th gen refresh. While the 12th gen processors are miles better, it also comes with an Intel A370M dedicated graphics, which (from what I've heard) are nowhere near as good as the 3050 mobile, even ignoring the frequent driver issues and display problems with the new card. Overall, the refresh is more like 1 step forward and 1 step back. If they kept the 3050, I'm sure it would be perfect. So if anyone's looking to buy it, I HEAVILY recommend it.

There is a 32 GB option but you have to get the OLED screen with it

The "Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!" opening is a win. :D

I didn't have issues with the feet coming off, but I did take them off after a couple of months to swap out the SSD (the one in the 13" one I have was garbage and vastly improved even with just a cheapish WD NVME 1TB drive.) But it was impossible to get them back in, I resorted to using super glue but it didn't really work. You can buy replacement strips from HP though I think.

I've had an x360 envy 13 incher and the SAME rubber foot is on there and it ALSO came off.

I love that opening energy from Alex.

HP is doing a good job with the Spectre (except for the rubber feet - I had the same issue after a battery-related RMA). I'm gonna upgrade my Spectre x360 sometime late next year, probably 14" (I don't need 15.6"/16" anymore) and hopefully with Meteor Lake.

That’s a distracting amount of display wobble when there’s any mousing going on

The wobbling screen is pretty disturbing. Lol Great review as always!

Is that the Donut Media logo on Alex's laptop screen @4:14 ? I spent the morning listening to their podcasts.

I bought a HP Envy like 7 years ago and even back then had the exact same stupid rubber foot strips that you had to remove to open the chassis but that didn’t really matter cause they fall off on their own anyway. How have they been doing that awful design for so long? So terrible.

That is a wild amount of screen shaking while typing, I don't know if I could live with it.

Good first look! Although gimmickyish, the added camera features are quite cool!

Do a video wher you rip apart the laptop speakers and identify them by brand and model number, and which laptops they are in.

I'd love to see the 12 gen intel version with 32 GB RAM

Just clicked bcz its 2 in 1 i think 2 in 1s are underrated and companies should make more of them and at competitive pricing

I love how this laptop looks and now that 12th gen Intel promises good battery life I can finally justify getting this over an envy... When it hopefully comes out

Alex.... I use word and excel in dark mode.... So white oled grain... Not an issue outside of some websites who still don't work with dark extensions

I'll never go near another HP. I spent 6 months getting them to honour their warranty for a one month old Pavilion with a bad cooling fan. It was eventually fixed...after an _amazing_ amount of BS to wade through, including HP wanting me to ship the laptop overseas for them (at my expense), and one case manager simply deciding to refuse the warranty claim without actually letting me know, in the hopes that the problem (me) would magically disappear - only to have the new fan stop working 9 months later when the warranty had run out. Never again.

Love the intro - " I felt violent this morning."

Love your unboxing!

My hp also deals with same problem with rubber bottom. It's annoying and cannot glued i tried many things non of em worked. Good to know I'm not the only one suffering from this

Can you some Shorts of the HP Spectre's speaker vs some MacBook's?

I got a spectre 2 years ago. I don't have many complaints except for the rubber strips and the hinge. The strips just fall off after a while and the hinge loses its stiffness after a few months, and that's on me not using it that much.

I love Alex's and linus's reviews. They know when its time to be funny and not.

It will be interesting to see some art focused reviews on this.

Loving the jay2cents music

I really love how HP and Dell are really pushing each other with each generation of Spectre/XPS!

2:57 icon for NVME is a graphics Card

2:58 That SSD icon really does look like a graphics card

is he not observing the wobbly hinge? it feels like it's headbanging on a metal concert

that moment when you work at hp and you watch this this man took out the box like that...

You guys should compare HP and Dell driver update software and support services it's a night and day difference for me at least.

2:59 that‘s an icon for a display card, not SSD on the bottom row

The screen shakes so much when typing!

So thankful my Spectre x360 13” came with a 65w USB-C plug

I hated those combo jacks... You can't find a quality adapter for older headphone sets at normal prices

when is the updated version coming out you think?

The background music gives me Jaystwocents vibes.

Bought this laptop 2 months ago. Had to return it due to touch screen issues. Touch function stopped working completely and windows 11 could not even detect the touch screen feature. HP failed to fix it via software as they thought it was a driver issue.

Please sir, will you cover the 2022 refresh 12th gen arc dgpu refresh? 🥺

I love my 13 inch oled spectre 360. They did allot right. I love the display. I would like to see them put in an AMD processor in a revised version. Go for ultimate power efficiency and performace trade off. Drop in an hdmi port and it is the ultimate refresh. Funny, the tech industry finally realizes we like ports. The addition of a usb-a port and touchscreen has made my laptop so much more usefull than any mac. I use the usb a port almost every day. I feel apple could do this better than anyone, they just dont. They also have arguably the best chips on the market.

i bet this laptop can charge with type c chargers too, in that case, i'm a huge fan of having a dc jack charger, it can free up a usb c port while deleverying more juice due to most type c charger are limited for 100w. you can use adapters to charge a barrow plug laptop but you can't adapt a dc jack to usb @0:50

I have an Envy x360 15" and I know what you mean by rubber feet being bad, I have resorted to keeping a roll of double sided tape in my toolbag; keeps the rubber on but it's stretched

This is so hard to find now with these options.

Jay's two cents music baby

Love how Alex always ask Jono for validation

@2:20 This is not a complaint. This is not even constructive. Just an observation. Either the editor chose this music without ever watching Jayztwocents videos (Cheers Phil), or they really like Jayztwocents videos, and chose the music accordingly. =) I also really like Alex's sweater for some reason.

I've had 2 decent hp laptops back to back and I find the batteries terrible, I used the first laptop for like not even 1.5 years and the battery was already dead and on the other one the battery was already dead at a half year of use.

That was SO extreme.

Waiting for this in ryzen 6000 config. The only alternative I see is the ROG X13 but... Well, it's 13'...

Please next time do the Dell xps 13 plus when it comes

Went to HP to check it out in some more detail and there is a 32GB ram option.

The EliteBook's are much better with their rubber feet. They're not glued on like consumer laptops but parts of it are actually embedded into the chassis and have had no problems.

I personally like the grainy oled thingy as looks paperlike..

Ayyyyy nice, we do need repairability scores, I'm glad alex said repairability, we need to reduce carbon foot print and reduce e waste

Recycled cnc aluminum is going to coming from the chips created in machining processes, not aluminum cans.

You guys should do the msi summit flip e16 (you did the 13 a while back, the 16 is way better)

alex is so canadian, the way he says charging, rtx, processor, start, anything with an r. eyar

Is the OLED version even available in HP Canada online store? I can’t find it at all...

the screen wobbles a lot,the lid flexes.

Alex goin full how to basic mode.

I wish there was quality products in the $1k-$1.5k range. Every review I like when they say the price it is around $2k or over.

I just ordered the updated 12th gen version, ironically, just before discovering this video. The model I got has 32gb ram and a i7-1260p (so 4p and 8e cores = 16 total threads). Instead of the rtx 3050, hp swapped an intel arc a370m GPU which from all reviews I've seen is totally comparable with the 3050 and actually performs better for productivity workloads (I'm not really a gamer anyway). I went forward with the 4k 16:10 oled because it's awesome! To save on HP's insane SSD markup, I picked the lowest capacity model (512gb). Here's the kicker...as part of their black friday sale, I bought this laptop for $1699. Essentially, it's ALL the upgrades Alex complained about for over $300 less than the price shown in this video. Additionally, I got an insanely good deal on a 4tb nvme pcie gen 4 ssd to upgrade the 512gb. Definitely, the best 2-in-1 laptop available with the best deal available.

2:56 Oops! You have used the graphics card logo for the storage of the laptop

Love the JayzTwoCents music

I just checked, there is a 32 gb RAM upgrade available; however it forces you to have an OLED screen

“I don’t know! I felt violent this morning!”

Review for new hp spectre x360 please . And also consider students perspectives in mind please.

A guy working at microcenter told me to steer clear of the spectre series, as it's the most returned laptop currently. Things he said go bad, black screens, hinge problems, battery problems etc... I been binging Northridge Fix (kzfaq.info), and he's had to replace burnt usb-c controllers like crazy which is probably why there is no longer usb-c power. I love their Zbook and older Elitebook series of laptop "workstations" (I still own an 8510 that although technically works has issues, I think either heatpipes or something) but besides that laptop from 2007ish all of the other ones I own still work great (I put an i7 into a 8770w that crashes every now and then but that may be an issue of a different heatsink). I also own the infamous dv9000 that I did the penny "mod" on (It's just been sitting there I don't know if it works actually) and that's the same vibes I get from the spectre series, and it's a shame because they look gorgeous. I wanted a spectre so bad, they have a nice 4k model I really wanted but with a crappy nvidia gpu so no...Now a legion 15 (ryzen) is my main lappy and ryzen desktop are my go to devices.