

If you use many trackpad gestures to boost your productivity, this detail should score some serious points. The glass surface is also very smooth to the touch, and it looks like HP has made a particular effort to make it as comfortable as possible. At 5.5” x 2.5”, it’s one of the largest that I have used to date. It’s all about “pushing air” at the end of the day. In general, bigger laptops have an inherent advantage with sound volume and quality because there’s more space to build the air intake and to place larger speakers. If you look closely, you will see that HP has worked with Bang and Olufsen to tweak the audio for this laptop. On either side of the keyboard, there are two large speaker grills. The key layout is classic, and you will have no problem adapting to it. I mention this because I’ve seen many keyboard designs have that problem. The keys also don’t become greasy over time. They keyboard quality is very important to me since I spend most of my time writing and answering emails. I really like the key travel depth and the overall feel of the keyboard. Opening the laptop reveals the keyboard which is painted with a grey metallic color to match the overall appearance of the laptop. The right side has two more USB 3.0 ports, one USB C port, along with one micro Display Port (DP) and one full-size HDMI connectors.

That’s also where the hot air exhaust exits. On the left side, you will find the Power connector, one USB 3.0 slot, the 3.5mm audio jack, the full-size SD card reader and the Power button. There are two speaker grills in the back, but the main ones are in the front. Screws retain the back cover, and it seems possible to open the laptop to access the motherboard (I haven’t opened it). There’s a shiny HP logo behind the screen, and the bottom is where the cooling vent is. The Spectre x360 15” is an all-metal design which feels very nice and extremely rigid. HP has other 2-in-1 models to address specific needs. The pure tablet mode is better on real “detachable” 2-in-1 tablets, but the x360 design has a better ergonomy in productivity mode. "AN ALL-METAL DESIGN WHICH FEELS VERY NICE AND EXTREMELY RIGID" The 360-degree swivel design makes the computer feel like a completely normal premium computer (and not a 2-in-1 tablet) while the tablet mode or tent mode makes the Spectre x360 nice to use if space is cramped (long flight), especially when reading documents or watching movies. This design choice makes it a real competitor for Lenovo, which introduced the “multimode” idea with the YOGA line of products.
HP SPECTRE X360 15T HOW TO
If anyone has any advice/experience on how to fix this issue (in a less costly manner than sending my laptop back to HP), I'd really appreciate it.The HP Spectre x360 design allows it to go from laptop to tablet mode by rotating the display all the way. However, given my current experience, I don't think I'll be buying from or recommending HP again. I knew that once it was finally time for a replacement, I would definitely buy a Spectre again. It was incredibly fast and reliable and I frequently recommended it to friends and family as the best laptop I've ever owned. I might as well purchase a new laptop from a manufacturer with a better reputation for reliability and fixing their own hardware issues.īefore this happened, I loved my Spectre 15. I purchased this laptop towards the end of 2017, so it's absurd that I should have to pay 1/3 of what I originally paid after only owning the laptop a little over 2 years for faulty hardware. I was quoted as having to pay $500 to repair my laptop (this included a 30% discount)! After reading through a number of threads on this forum, I've come to realize that there may be an issue with my laptop's motherboard which seems to occur quite frequently with this laptop.
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HP SPECTRE X360 15T UPDATE
update the intel management engine interface.remove all externally connected devices.

I spoke with a representative from HP and browsed these forums and followed all of the relevant advice to address the issue: It just immediately powers back on after the screen shuts off (essentially all I can do is restart my computer or completely turn it off by holding the power button). This past weekend after a BIOS update, I noticed that my laptop would not shutdown or hibernate.
