This means that while there’s no big learning curve for getting used to this keyboard, nitpickers will miss the clickety-clack of typing. However, the key presses lack feedback, which leads to an uneven typing experience at times. Similarly, the keyboard has the essentials - like backlit and well spaced keys. It’s also sufficiently sensitive and feels good to use. The touchpad feels a tad small, though it responds to all Windows 10 gestures well and without hiccups. Here, HP has done just about enough to satisfy any user. The keyboard and touchpad can make or break an ultrabook when it comes to usefulness. While this isn’t the perfect assortment of ports we would want, ultrabooks have been known to make much bigger compromises when it comes to ports. You get two regular USB 3.1 ports, along with a single USB Type-C 3.1 port, and a headphone jack. While the Envy x360 is a thing laptop, it’s just thick enough to accomodate full-sized USB ports. Of course, Windows 10 still needs work when it comes to touch friendliness, unlike Android or iOS, which are designed for touch inputs. The device has a touchscreen display, so you can navigate the interface using your fingers. When flipped, the keyboard turns of automatically so that you don’t make accidental presses while using the device. That means you can prop it up in the tent mode, use in the laptop mode or as a tablet (by folding the screen completely backwards). If you want to watch a lot of movies on this laptop, you won’t be disappointed.Īlongside its metallic body, the Envy can also be folded a full 360 degrees. The 13-inch, touchscreen full-HD screen is neither edge-to-edge nor top of the line, but it does the job quite well.Ĭolour representation is quite good and it’s bright enough, so as to use outdoors if required. Other than its design, the Envy x360 really peaks on the display front. Again, you could get a faster laptop, but the price somewhat justifies the buy in this case. Our test unit ran on the Ryzen 5 processor with 8GB of RAM, making for reasonably quick app launches, no slowdowns that were big enough to affect workflow, and generally decent file transfer speeds. If it’s Asphalt 9: Legends you want, the Envy does the job. Of course, you’re not going to play heavy-duty games on an ultrabook anyway. This, in turn, makes the laptop suitable for regular word processing, web browsing and entertainment (music and movie), but it’s not going to take the heavy loads brought forth by gaming or video editing. The fact that the Envy x360 runs on AMD’s new Accelerated Processing Units (APU) though makes it noticeably slower than Intel-powered counterparts.

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