next gen nvidia gpu is supposed to gain a lot in power efficiency thanks to switch from 12nm to 7nm+. I guess such a one in this laptop is to much to hope for?
Probably not until the refresh after this one. The rumor mill has NVidia launching their first 3xxx series cards around mid-year, not March; and even then they normally start with desktop flagships not low/mid end laptop parts.
Very interested in the 17 hour battery life claim.
Though looking at the specs vs the price, it would cost me $1900+ to upgrade from my 2015 Dell Inspriron 7559. Everything else on the list would be a downgrade from a 4 year old laptop and I'm not even sure the $1899 model has a comparable GPU.
Not quite sure what the deal is here. I can't remember the last time a 4 year old laptop held up like that.
This HP is a 2-in-1 x360 model. They normally have worse specs than proper laptops like your Inspiron 7559. The specs are not exactly comparable.
However, criticism is warranted given that specs in the 2-in-1 space have badly stagnated over the past several years. Performance seems to have regressed a bit despite improvements to screens. I have a 2017 Yoga 720 that can meet or exceed the performance of the latest 2-in-1s thanks to its beefy cooling system.
Most windows laptops have "user replaceable" batteries because they are screwed down instead of being glued like the MacBooks. So most of the time you simply have to unscrew the bottom panel, unscrew the battery and you're done
To be honest , what I expect from a 2020 laptop is everything you mentioned sans USB Type-A, a microSD slot and a 3.5-mm combo audio jack for headsets.
I will take a TPM to complement the camera and make that nVidia non optional.
Thanks for the heads-up on this new Spectre X360 for 2020. I’ve been waiting for quite a while for HP to finally put an Intel Optane memory with Solid State Storage card (don’t know if this is their M10 or M15 chipset) with 1TB disk + 32 GB memory into either their ENVY or Spectre laptop line. The best I could ever configure or find was the 512 Gb of disk space + 32 MG Optane. I would prefer the 1 TB disk drive. Was also hoping that this combo would eventually be available on their HP ENVY laptops but it doesn’t seem like it’s going to happen soon (unless you’ve heard some newer ENVY’s are also coming). Doubt that there will ever be a 17” Spectre X360 so the 15” will be fine. Thanks again for a great article… and please keep us posted of any new HP Envy laptops coming out soon too...
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DanNeely - Thursday, January 16, 2020 - link
The image gallery appears to have 2 copies of all the images in it.remosito - Thursday, January 16, 2020 - link
next gen nvidia gpu is supposed to gain a lot in power efficiency thanks to switch from 12nm to 7nm+. I guess such a one in this laptop is to much to hope for?DanNeely - Thursday, January 16, 2020 - link
Probably not until the refresh after this one. The rumor mill has NVidia launching their first 3xxx series cards around mid-year, not March; and even then they normally start with desktop flagships not low/mid end laptop parts.0ldman79 - Thursday, January 16, 2020 - link
Very interested in the 17 hour battery life claim.Though looking at the specs vs the price, it would cost me $1900+ to upgrade from my 2015 Dell Inspriron 7559. Everything else on the list would be a downgrade from a 4 year old laptop and I'm not even sure the $1899 model has a comparable GPU.
Not quite sure what the deal is here. I can't remember the last time a 4 year old laptop held up like that.
BigDragon - Thursday, January 16, 2020 - link
This HP is a 2-in-1 x360 model. They normally have worse specs than proper laptops like your Inspiron 7559. The specs are not exactly comparable.However, criticism is warranted given that specs in the 2-in-1 space have badly stagnated over the past several years. Performance seems to have regressed a bit despite improvements to screens. I have a 2017 Yoga 720 that can meet or exceed the performance of the latest 2-in-1s thanks to its beefy cooling system.
skavi - Thursday, January 16, 2020 - link
Inspiron is a tier down. Spectre competes with XPS (though, IMO, XPS 15 is far superior as it typically uses much higher powered parts).Rookierookie - Sunday, January 19, 2020 - link
The only XPS 15" convertibles available are the Kaby Lake-G, and the processor tech is 2 generations old.niva - Thursday, January 16, 2020 - link
Wow, these things are expensive!!! Good looking device, but it's for rich people, much richer than me.peevee - Thursday, January 16, 2020 - link
Will the battery be user-replaceable?Retycint - Thursday, January 16, 2020 - link
Most windows laptops have "user replaceable" batteries because they are screwed down instead of being glued like the MacBooks. So most of the time you simply have to unscrew the bottom panel, unscrew the battery and you're doneatirado - Friday, January 17, 2020 - link
To be honest , what I expect from a 2020 laptop is everything you mentioned sans USB Type-A, a microSD slot and a 3.5-mm combo audio jack for headsets.I will take a TPM to complement the camera and make that nVidia non optional.
Cliff34 - Sunday, January 19, 2020 - link
Any reason why they choose not to use Ice Lake chips?m53 - Monday, January 20, 2020 - link
@Cliff34: The 13 inch model has the ice lake.https://www.anandtech.com/show/14932/hps-2019-spec...
Older-than-dirt - Sunday, February 16, 2020 - link
Thanks for the heads-up on this new Spectre X360 for 2020. I’ve been waiting for quite a while for HP to finally put an Intel Optane memory with Solid State Storage card (don’t know if this is their M10 or M15 chipset) with 1TB disk + 32 GB memory into either their ENVY or Spectre laptop line. The best I could ever configure or find was the 512 Gb of disk space + 32 MG Optane. I would prefer the 1 TB disk drive.Was also hoping that this combo would eventually be available on their HP ENVY laptops but it doesn’t seem like it’s going to happen soon (unless you’ve heard some newer ENVY’s are also coming).
Doubt that there will ever be a 17” Spectre X360 so the 15” will be fine.
Thanks again for a great article… and please keep us posted of any new HP Envy laptops coming out soon too...