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HP's Spectre x360 13 Promises Up To 16 Hours of Battery Life in a Faster, Cooler Design (pcworld.com)

Posted by msmash on from the new-offering dept.

From a report: The HP Spectre x360 13 is already one of the most popular 360-degree convertible laptops, and it's about to get faster and cooler, thanks in part to Intel's latest 8th-generation Core CPUs. Announced Wednesday, the refreshed Spectre x360 13 also offers greatly improved thermals and other nice tweaks. The Spectre x360 13 will ship on October 29 with a starting price of $1,150, including a color-matched pen. Best Buy will begin taking pre-orders October 4. Multiple configurations will be available, but we're listing below the specs we were given for the higher-end model ae013dx: CPU: Intel 8th-generation Core i7-8550U, a quad-core CPU with a 1.8GHz base clock and turbo boost up to 4GHz. Core i5 CPUs will also be available. RAM: 16GB LPDDR3 SDRAM. Storage: 512GB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD.

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  1. Re:Which OS? by tbuddy · · Score: 2

    Windows 10 with Windows Ink support. I wouldn't expect the pen to do much on Linux/BSD/etc due to odd drivers.

  2. Isn't saying... by Anubis+IV · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Isn't saying "The HP Spectre x360 13 is already one of the most popular 360-degree convertible laptops" kinda like saying "The Tesla Model X is already one of the most popular vehicles with gull-wing doors"? I mean, 360-degree convertible laptops aren't exactly sweeping the market, just like I'd guess that the Model X's biggest competition in the gull-wing niche of the market is probably the 35 year-old Delorean DMC-12.

    If your device is actually popular, then say so. Don't attach caveats. But if you're saying you have one of the most popular devices among those with an unpopular feature, what you're really telling us is that you're willing to lie with statistics in an effort to make an unpopular device sound popular.

  3. Re:Which OS? by imrahilj · · Score: 2

    Does HP offer a windows-less version of most or any laptops? It's been a while since I shopped for a laptop, I seem to remember Dell offering no OS as an option.

  4. The 8th Gen Intel CPUs might be interesting by rsilvergun · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Intel's turned the i3's into i5s and i5s into i7s. They've shifted the entire product line in response to Ryzen from AMD. For the first time in a decade we're going to see significantly more performance on the lower end. Now if nVidia could get their 1050 laptop chipset down in price you might start seeing sub-$600 gaming laptops. Plus the lower power draw means they might not burn out in a year.

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  5. Oooooh by JustAnotherOldGuy · · Score: 2

    "...with a starting price of $1,150, including a color-matched pen."

    Well if it comes with a color-matched pen, sign my skanky ass up! Hell, I'll take two!

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    1. Re:Oooooh by Hognoxious · · Score: 2

      The pen will be $10. A bottle of ink will be $1,139.

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