Yeah thats one thing I was wondering. Is it that it knows its him with the mask on, or is it so much less accurate that it doesn't care if the mask is on or off.
I remember when ShortCircuit first launched and I was like "Ugh, what's the point of this..." now I can not click quick enough. It's a great channel and you guys (and girls) are doing a fantastic job - keep it up :-)
Been using the IPS version for over a month now, the 3:2 screen is soooo much better than a 16:9 and I, a very light gamer, am enjoying being able to unlock a nice back-catalogue of games with the Xe graphics. Biometrics, ports, and security toggles are pretty sweet too.
Windows hello was originally meant to be iris reading and hp specifically is really good at it! I have an hp pavilion which does the same thing it’s really great
My surface will log me into windows even with the optical camera covered. It has an IR emitter and IR camera next to the optical camera, so it doesn't even use the optical camera at all. It picks me up with a mask on too. In about 1/4 of a second.
I came from the future to tell you two things. One, COVID restrictions and chip shortages are much worse, you literally cannot buy a modern GPU without paying 5x MSRP. And two, Windows 11 has been announced with teams integration in the taskbar, so you cannot remove it without breaking the system. Oh, and you can't install it on anything lower than Coffee Lake or anything that lacks TPM 2.0, so your i7-7700K laptop that performs as good as a high-end laptop these days is obsolete by 2022.
EUROPEAN BUYERS BEWARE: This Laptop looks great! I've looked at this device for a long time and had it in my cart a few times, but only being able to get it with ANSI layout is a dealbreaker for me in europe (Swiss *ISO* layout is what i use). HP just prints different keycap fonts but not having our european keys is an absolute no-go. And they even tell you in a support chat and the product description that it is a Swiss/German/European layout but it's not. My mother bought an envy 15 x360 and it's great at everything except the ANSI layout. We returned it after finding out.
Actually that's great news!!! We in Lithuania don't expect customized keyboards, but there's nothing worse than to get German type QWERTZ or smth. I bought one (then without knowing) with my Surface Pro. Oh hell...
Well I am in the uk and I have the 2018 version of this machine, It’s only an 8th core i7 with 16Gb memory, 1tb SSD a RTX 1060 Ti graphics card with a 4k panel but still worked brilliantly and like it’s just out if the box. Got it direct from the HP uk web site
@@derfurz8618 no most of us use the ISO layout. Actually the ANSI layout only officially gets used in the following countries: Netherlands, Turkey and the United States of America (source: deskthority.net/wiki/Region-specific_layouts ). Although I think canada also uses the ANSI in the english-spoken regions.
@@DroidBen I thought... I'm in the Netherlands, and I searched for ANSI vs ISO. And thought, hey! ANSI is more my type of keyboard. But there you have it.
@@directlinkrexx4409 Intel can screw themselves if the Comet Lake-H is still in the mainstream high performance laptops. They are no longer the premium except OEMs still trying to cover their asses for it.
@@directlinkrexx4409 except amd is now at the same level at intel in both marketing and performance , cheaper to acquire and manufacturers could sell it at THE SAME PRICE and get BETTER PROFITS
Ahaha I'm in the same boat mate, bought mine 4 months ago. Wanted to buy the Envy but they don't have them in Israel and Amazon didn't have any that shipped here.
this has been my daily driver since it came out nearly 2 years ago. i love it so much, i usually have it plugged into an egpu and a thunderbolt 4 hub, but its so useful in switching moniters (i have 1 moniter on an hdmi splitter for game consoles) it can stream and play games (with an egpu) its a perfectly serviceable laptop when i take it around town or across the country to visit family.
After seeing you guys using this ifixit kit for years, I finally broke down and asked for one from my in-laws for Christmas. Turns out that it was the best purchase ever! Thanks so much for the recommendation guys, it is 100% worth every penny. I was able to easily and quickly rebuild my PC in a new case, take apart my brother in-laws laptop that he dumped beer all over and actually save it, take apart my switch controllers and replace the battery and a few other projects. This kit is honestly so much nicer and more convenient than I ever could have expected!
@@directlinkrexx4409 what kind of app does a thin and light notebook user wants. Good browsing experience, office, video playback etc. What else can u do on windows thin and light. Apple app support is fine even for Devolopers. It's not perfect but alot of work is going on. All most major compliers, open source devolopment toolchains are already available. It's fine for a lot of users.
I have to say, HP has been absolutely killing it lately with their laptop lines. I work in IT and did quite a bit of analysis between Dell, Lenovo, and HP and went with HP. The build quality the last couple of years has REALLY come a long way and with the pandemic causing shortages, HP configuration flexibility with AMD and Intel models is really helpful these days.
I'm probably missing something, but the 14 inch x360 doesn't have an oled option on the hp website... Kinda strange that the amazon link does have that option.
I have the 2018 version of this machine, It’s only an 8th core i7 with 16Gb memory, 1tb SSD a RTX 1060 Ti graphics card but still worked brilliantly and like it’s just out if the box...
You can save battery by reducing the display resolution to half of what it currently is lol, Having it at exactly half the resolution makes sure it doesn't look blurry
@@impendio Even then, that's a huge lie. Intel is the worst out of the 3 x86 big names in graphics, since like, always! XE can sometimes can compete with ryzen iGPU's in raw fps perhaps ("much better" as he said? not even close), but it comes with a lot of issues most of the time, they aren't running those properly, and they do little to fix those issues if anything at all, which is why Alex's comment here is infuriatingly misguided.
"it should just be hibernating" uh... there are a tone of people that turn that shit off, and it SHOULD be going into s3 mode and not the stupid as fuck connected standby or low power s0.
Wait, sorry, I'm dum, but how do you go to S3? do you go to the power setting menu the turn the lid close option to hibernating instead of sleep? Thanks
Dunno, I disabled the sleep mode on my PC cause with the SSD it wakes up exactly as fast from hibernation, the only difference being that I have to press the power button.
@@sammipanini s3 is sleep, it specifically defines the power state where only ram is on. It's more power efficient then connected standby and more appropriate for high power laptops and desktops. S0 connected standby is more appropriate for phones and tablets, as those have a greater reliance on information transfer and use far less power while in it then a laptop. Hibernation is often disabled by those that do not wish for their ram be recorded onto traceable media. Let's say you have a private window open, do you really want that recorded to your hard drive or ssd?
@@piciu256 from a security standpoint that's a horrible idea, but I can't blame you if you are more interested in power savings and not cooking the device in your backpack.
Now that the Surface Pro 7 nearly matches the high end of thin and lights (especially with the Brydge Pro keyboard), I'm no longer really interested in the category, but if I were, this would be a the top of my list. And Alex, if you're having performance issues with SolidWorks, I can almost guarantee it's memory related, not CPU or GPU. My SP7 runs Inventor better than my work PC with a Quadro P3000 and i5-7600 because it has less other crap eating up memory and a much faster SSD for paging. If you try this laptop and devote 16 GB of the Optane drive to Virtual Memory I think you'd be pleasantly surprised.
Ya know, when I was young we had 4:3 and 5:4 aspect ratios. When we started seeing wide-screen formats, we were all like "This is amazing, there's so much more horizontal space." Now, I just can't comprehend why people are getting so excited about things like 3:2, and what is basically a return to what we've deemed out-dated. More to the point, I can't understand why people are acting like a more square screen is something new we've never seen before. It's WHERE WE FRIGGIN' STARTED.
I got the OLED version and I can confidently say that the impact on battery life hasn't been noticeable beyond it being at like...15-20% when I plus it in for the night. The battery is insane man.
The weird thing is, I have the Dell XPS 15 here as well, and it definitely does not recognize me with a mask on (but recognizes me just fine without). I cannot imagine Dell changed some underlying code to make WIndows Hello not work with their laptops. If it's really a Windows thing, why does it not seem to work with Dell laptops? Unless there is some hidden threshold setting that Dell cranked up to be more secure, but HP left very low to make it easier to log-in.
@@FragFrog01 I think it all comes down to the way we set up the Face ID. There is something called learn recognition which scans your face once more. I’ve done it multiple times (maybe even with a mask) so I guess that helps.
@@FragFrog01 try and set it up from scratch again, probably learning algorithm doesn't know about you with a mask currently. Other issue could be camera not good enough that it can only use the upper part of your face for recognition.
subscribed for honest review and mentioning real life problems you may or may not face (rather than just pretending amazed by the product like other youtubers)
I mean...it's not like there is any other option...the top of the line SKUs in 13-14 inch super portable laptops don't have anything else but your strandard Intel U 4 core CPUs. At least this generation they have awesome iGPUs. I'm sorry, I love AMD and I'd love to have their CPUs in every laptop, but when you don't have the choice, you don't have the choice... Not to mention some of us with these laptops have TB3 accessories like TB3 docs and TB3 eGPUs. I literally can't switch to AMD since I have RTX 2070 eGPU and AMD does nothing with that.
It's the business marketing that's having these laptops at like $1k. Hence even tho people may not like the " gaming " in many pc devices, finding a " gaming " laptop would give something better than the usual, " I'm here to buy a laptop to work in an office like a slave. " shtick. Just finding a $300 laptop with Ryzen in it be better than this monstrousity of a product. Intel been playing the rip off game as much as Apple has. Even Apple knows Intel was ripping them off, hence why Apple made their own in-house CPUs to cut costs on their end. Now is the time Intel really needs to step it up. Only thing keeping them alive now is business side of things but once they look at they need more for 3D rendering and anything involving something like Virtual Reality, they gonna drop Intel like a rock.Yeah maybe someone would say, " you need a GPU in there for that. " but business wants to be efficient. So AMD with The Ryzen will likely get the business deal if Intel fails to improve.
Primarily use my spectre as as art tablet.. I switched from surface pro 7 to a 2019 spectre 15". I'm happy with the switch. Only thing keeping me from upgrading this year is lack of a 32gb ram option.
Does anyone know if this oled screen has a visible touch layer? It appears as a grey diamond-shaped matrix on whites and lighter colors when you get close to your screen. ShortCircuit has talked about this effect in past videos. If anyone could say from personal experience I would really appreciate it!
I've been really happy with the X360 envy 15" i bought a couple of years ago apart from a couple of major design flaws, in fact i'm typing this on it now. 1. The screen hinges have never been level and so it closes slightly off square. 2. You need to remove the rubber strips off the bottom to access the internals of the laptop. The first issue was a known fault by HP and it seems they fixed it quite quickly in later models the second issue is inexcusable and they are still doing it. I'm sure HP will argue it is done for aesthetic reasons but they need to find another answer because the long rubber feet are so grippy they will literally start to fall off the laptop after a few months if you place it on a hard surface and if you ever open the laptop to upgrade storage/ram or anything else the feet will never go back on properly. I have had to buy stick on rubber feet to replace the original ones which work so much better than the originals.
@@AltraHapi on a 7 year old computer, i7 4770k, with a 980 TI that I got second hand... runs just fine at 60fps, took very little tuning to get it running well on my machine, no crashes, no major bugs since 1.04
Hey is it possible for you guys to do a review of the new Dell G7 17? Maybe a comparison with the Alienware M17 R3 since the Dell seems to offer better specs for the same price yet has some troubles with thermals based on what I've read. It would be really helpful if you could check them out since there are no detailed performance comparison videos on the matter I've seen till now. Thanks a lot :)
It also has 2-3x faster integrated graphics, greater privacy and security, and exclusive professional apps, which are a major consideration in the business world.
Not if you want touch screen, pen support, microSD slot, HDMI port, 2-in- design, 180-degree screen, upgradability, gaming capabilities, face recognition, 4k resolution, good keyboard, no overheating, no thermal throttling, no malware attacks. There is a reason Apple enjoys 7-8% laptop market share...lol
Alex you should look into S3 power state(deep sleep/traditional lleep) and S0 power state(hybrid sleep/burn in bag sleep/can update while sleep). CMD>powercfg /a
Did HP drop all the non OLED versions? As they do not even have the i7 version for sale on their website it is hard to see what the possible options are. Best Buy and amazon appear only to have the single i7 OLED option.
That won't be until September 2021 at the very earliest and probably not until November. There will probably be Zen 3 APUs in laptops around March/April, but those will be higher power H-series and still have Vega graphics, intended to be paired with a discrete GPU. The correct time to buy is when your current hardware can no longer do what you want it to. If that time is now, this laptop appears to be best in class.
The older HP Envy IO port is my favourite and I don't get why they discontinued it. On each side, 1 Type C 1 Type A On one side, 3.5mm combo port On other side, microSD card slot
Do you know why there is no OLED 3K option listed for the spectre 14 on the hp website (your own video had a shot of it in fact)? I like the 14 but don’t like the nightfall black
Honestly, all these non-ARM based notebooks are just not exciting to me anymore. I want to see MS continue to develop ARM-based Surface products, as well as their own, non-Qualcomm sourced chip. Right now, the M1 MacBook Air, Pro and Mac mini are killing it. Obviously, I'm really excited for the widespread adoption of ARM!
I have a macbookair M1 and I really hate to use Microsoft Office (excel and all family) in my mac. Its Sloooooowww to open. and sometimes figures, graphs and pictures dosnt show in excel. Also I hate to connect an external mouse to my macbook air. Also when I connect an external monitor its all too big compared to Windows.
Yes I have the 2018 version of this machine, It’s only an 8th core i7 with 16Gb memory, 1tb SSD a RTX 1060 Ti graphics card but still worked brilliantly and like it’s just out if the box after all this time
I was already planning on getting this for grad school in the fall, and this video just makes me more confident in that decision lol. just need dbrand to make a nice skin for it to match my phone :)
This is a thin and light machine meant for light productivity workloads, not a 15-inch 25mm thick gaming laptop lmao. Even the Zephyrus G14 isn't as slim and light as this.
I'm struggling to pick between a 2 in 1 and an ipad pro, I'm an Architecture student i need it for sketching and other architecture stuff, i feel ths pc laptops are just underpowered and I'm lacking apps on the ipad, any recommendations?
As mentioned in the video, try getting an HP Envy x360 2 in 1 with the Ryzen 4700U 8 core processor and 8 gigs of RAM. Would be good for all that stuff I believe. But be careful, some specific versions don't have the option to upgrade RAM. (If you plan to do so in the future). It's also decent for light gaming. But overall it's a great and cheap machine
Honestly, it’s become hard for me to consider windows laptops ever since I saw the M1 macs. All of my programs are available on Mac and the battery and performance advantage just looks too significant for me to ignore.
“11 millimeters, freaking massive!” -Alex
Sorry about this. I have to. THATS WHAT SHE SAID!!!
@@colepasch2950 lol
what about my brick from like 1997?
Someone show this to my girlfriend
If that was true I would not be single
10:15 - "You won't be able to play Cyberpunk on this."
*LowSpecGamer joined the chat*
Hold my sidra
-clicks off-
Stadia has something to say about that
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Left the Chat
And even if you could, it would just crash a million times anyway
facial recognition: "it's probably him imo"
“Hmmmm 🤔......CLOSE ENOUGH”
Yeah thats one thing I was wondering. Is it that it knows its him with the mask on, or is it so much less accurate that it doesn't care if the mask is on or off.
It's not a bug, it's a feature.
Could be using infrared sensor.
@@BrickwallBob lol I don’t think you want an infrared sensor handling device security
I remember when ShortCircuit first launched and I was like "Ugh, what's the point of this..." now I can not click quick enough. It's a great channel and you guys (and girls) are doing a fantastic job - keep it up :-)
Thanks!! :D
@@ShortCircuit cock
@2kool 4skool Bro you literally just made the greatest insult of all time and I am shitting my pants as I am typing this
same here, I was very positively surprised.
@@Flaming_Donkey give it to me 😋😊😊
We really need a list of tall aspect-ratio laptops on the LTT Forum one day...
Make one
BOYCOTT nVidia OR BECOME AN nVidiot
Been using the IPS version for over a month now, the 3:2 screen is soooo much better than a 16:9 and I, a very light gamer, am enjoying being able to unlock a nice back-catalogue of games with the Xe graphics. Biometrics, ports, and security toggles are pretty sweet too.
Hi, how's this a year on? What are the heaviest games you can comfortably run?
This whole vidoe was for him to tell he has a girlfriend
Thank you!
Não podia ligar menos
For him to *lie about* having a girlfriend.
@@WilliamTresch not everyone has the Extreme power of fantasizing as you
yes
Happy new year!
Woo
It's still 2020 here.
You too!!
happy new year man!
No
Windows hello was originally meant to be iris reading and hp specifically is really good at it! I have an hp pavilion which does the same thing it’s really great
My surface will log me into windows even with the optical camera covered. It has an IR emitter and IR camera next to the optical camera, so it doesn't even use the optical camera at all. It picks me up with a mask on too. In about 1/4 of a second.
@@xenonram apple face id is total crap compared to windows hello! 🤩
So it's an iris scanner? Not facial recognition?
@@rayyanshaikh5591 windows hello supports both iris scanning and IR-based facial recognition
@@derek400004 that's actually really sick. I wish samsung kept the iris scanner on there phones
1:17 the laptops trying to be a saxophone
Oh the laptop made the sound???
Indiana Jones musical
@@Rani-mt7dj the box.
@@armstrongcanon7833 oh REALLYY?????? DIDNT KNOWW
I love the look of the laptop, sad that HP seems to have discontinued this look for this one.
0:25 What he says: HP
What I read: dy
Goes with the nim ni case that Jay got the other day.
Fun Fact: HP once made a "competition" company named DY
i read dq
Hello
@@ayuchanayuko no
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3:31 Teams decides it wants to install itself.
Spooky
Office installed, still annoyed you can't choose not to have it with the full suite since only need it on my business machine, not personal.
I came from the future to tell you two things.
One, COVID restrictions and chip shortages are much worse, you literally cannot buy a modern GPU without paying 5x MSRP.
And two, Windows 11 has been announced with teams integration in the taskbar, so you cannot remove it without breaking the system. Oh, and you can't install it on anything lower than Coffee Lake or anything that lacks TPM 2.0, so your i7-7700K laptop that performs as good as a high-end laptop these days is obsolete by 2022.
@@malfunchan I come from the further future to tell you that next Windows version will be called Windows Teams.
It's sad that this level of IO is now considered "good"
Think pad t series io is good
$1300 for an quad core intel laptop in 2020... yeah.... definitely not awesome in any way. Shintel Inside 👎
@@portedbikes what do you think people use these laptops for? There's a reason it has a pen and a leather folio
@@mohit_panjwani Gaming, duh.
@@deshpandemediaservices The problem is that Lenovo business laptops suck
Happy new years from South africa 🇿🇦
First time. A comment from a person from the same country as me yayyy
🇿🇲
Viva
This is wierd seeing a person from SA as first comment
Happy New Year 🇿🇦
EUROPEAN BUYERS BEWARE: This Laptop looks great! I've looked at this device for a long time and had it in my cart a few times, but only being able to get it with ANSI layout is a dealbreaker for me in europe (Swiss *ISO* layout is what i use). HP just prints different keycap fonts but not having our european keys is an absolute no-go. And they even tell you in a support chat and the product description that it is a Swiss/German/European layout but it's not. My mother bought an envy 15 x360 and it's great at everything except the ANSI layout. We returned it after finding out.
Actually that's great news!!! We in Lithuania don't expect customized keyboards, but there's nothing worse than to get German type QWERTZ or smth. I bought one (then without knowing) with my Surface Pro. Oh hell...
@@nomoshiti doesnt Most of eastern Europe use ansi anyway? So shouldn't they usually be sold that way, if you buy one with your regional keyboard?
Well I am in the uk and I have the 2018 version of this machine, It’s only an 8th core i7 with 16Gb memory, 1tb SSD a RTX 1060 Ti graphics card with a 4k panel but still worked brilliantly and like it’s just out if the box.
Got it direct from the HP uk web site
@@derfurz8618 no most of us use the ISO layout. Actually the ANSI layout only officially gets used in the following countries: Netherlands, Turkey and the United States of America (source: deskthority.net/wiki/Region-specific_layouts ). Although I think canada also uses the ANSI in the english-spoken regions.
@@DroidBen I thought... I'm in the Netherlands, and I searched for ANSI vs ISO. And thought, hey! ANSI is more my type of keyboard. But there you have it.
>"they listened to everything we wanted"
>Only offers intel CPU's again
Envy it is I guess
This a thousand times. If I'm going to spend money on a nice laptop, I don't want its processor to be gimped.
This laptop was released months ago
Also Intel = premium
@@directlinkrexx4409 Intel can screw themselves if the Comet Lake-H is still in the mainstream high performance laptops. They are no longer the premium except OEMs still trying to cover their asses for it.
@@bshenlow882
They are the premium
Intel = high price = higher profit for oems
@@directlinkrexx4409 except amd is now at the same level at intel in both marketing and performance , cheaper to acquire and manufacturers could sell it at THE SAME PRICE and get BETTER PROFITS
How this guy spoke without opening his mouth was more impressive
I literally just got the old hp spectre of course right when they make a new one
Ahaha I'm in the same boat mate, bought mine 4 months ago.
Wanted to buy the Envy but they don't have them in Israel and Amazon didn't have any that shipped here.
HP already released a full and great tear down/repair guide of this model. Which is great for product durability and is worth mentionning.
Happy new year from Finland! 🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮
this has been my daily driver since it came out nearly 2 years ago. i love it so much, i usually have it plugged into an egpu and a thunderbolt 4 hub, but its so useful in switching moniters (i have 1 moniter on an hdmi splitter for game consoles) it can stream and play games (with an egpu) its a perfectly serviceable laptop when i take it around town or across the country to visit family.
Im glad this laptop got updated, it was so close to being amazing.
After seeing you guys using this ifixit kit for years, I finally broke down and asked for one from my in-laws for Christmas. Turns out that it was the best purchase ever! Thanks so much for the recommendation guys, it is 100% worth every penny.
I was able to easily and quickly rebuild my PC in a new case, take apart my brother in-laws laptop that he dumped beer all over and actually save it, take apart my switch controllers and replace the battery and a few other projects. This kit is honestly so much nicer and more convenient than I ever could have expected!
Happy New Year to everyone!!
Same to u ^_^
Hey, for some people its still 2020. Check your privilege
@@bush2137 lmao
The spectre has always been my dream laptop
The new macs look really compelling seeing this laptop
Yup
Macbook Air is a better option compared to this.
Once it's refreshed with bezeless screen it's a great deal.
The first thing I noticed is your username
Long live the revolution
@@ksrikar6668 yahh it's totally better with its non support for most apps
@@directlinkrexx4409 what kind of app does a thin and light notebook user wants. Good browsing experience, office, video playback etc. What else can u do on windows thin and light.
Apple app support is fine even for Devolopers. It's not perfect but alot of work is going on. All most major compliers, open source devolopment toolchains are already available. It's fine for a lot of users.
@@directlinkrexx4409 x86 and x64 is stupidly dumb complex instruction set. ARM is better along with its big.little design.
I have to say, HP has been absolutely killing it lately with their laptop lines. I work in IT and did quite a bit of analysis between Dell, Lenovo, and HP and went with HP. The build quality the last couple of years has REALLY come a long way and with the pandemic causing shortages, HP configuration flexibility with AMD and Intel models is really helpful these days.
I want a Spectre purely for the look alone - it's so different and attractive.
HP: 3:2 display
Me: "now we talkin"
@@TomSkarabis-oz1ep dat sweet sweet vertical space
@@TomSkarabis-oz1ep FOLDING Laptop / Tablet.
In my head I always "convert" 3:2 to 15:10 so I can better relate it to 16:9 and 16:10
My surface pro does the same thing with the Face ID while wearing a mask but only with cotton ones
I'm probably missing something, but the 14 inch x360 doesn't have an oled option on the hp website... Kinda strange that the amazon link does have that option.
I have the 2018 version of this machine, It’s only an 8th core i7 with 16Gb memory, 1tb SSD a RTX 1060 Ti graphics card but still worked brilliantly and like it’s just out if the box...
Version? Hp Spectre has RTX 1060 version?
@@castle_novelist WTF are you on about ok I have the 2018 model then if it make it better for you
@@CricketEngland Better for me??
I'm just asking if the Hp Spectre has RTX version. Why are you getting triggered? It's just a question.
@@castle_novelist read my original comment it’s all their or do a basic internet search
I don't care about the battery, I'll take the OLED thank you.
burn-in: hello
I thought it didn’t make a difference
@@realcartoongirl hey that's pretttyy rare don't ya think
@@realcartoongirl Burn probably won't effect me too bad.
once you realize how bad battery is you will regret it, I bought the 13.3 inch model twice and returned it since battery sucked pretty bad.
ShortCircuit should review the ‘Comma 2’ from Comma AI. (Coming from the LTT video)
Happy New Years from Canada!! Don’t get buzzed!
"Even half of the females on the old 13 inch" - Alex
The answer is girth not length.
@@door-to-doorhentaisalesman2978 ?
You can save battery by reducing the display resolution to half of what it currently is lol, Having it at exactly half the resolution makes sure it doesn't look blurry
Alex: Its pretty hard to do better.
Me: Well I guess HP forgot Ryzen
probably waiting for the mobile 5000 series to be released first, they had some available with the 3000 series last year
As soon as I saw Intel only, I closed the video.
intel and hp are in bed
@@jillianangell2570 how intel is just generally slower and hotter
@@jillianangell2570 RYZEN processors are objectively better right now, it's not really fanboyism
officially became a fan and subbed at 0:52
“IRIS XE graphics, which are just so much better than any other integrated graphics”
Apple M1 - “Wot”
_disclaimer: on x86 windows cpu*_
*That you can buy that's not Apple since if you're looking at this device you're probably gunning for a Windows machine.
@@impendio Even then, that's a huge lie. Intel is the worst out of the 3 x86 big names in graphics, since like, always! XE can sometimes can compete with ryzen iGPU's in raw fps perhaps ("much better" as he said? not even close), but it comes with a lot of issues most of the time, they aren't running those properly, and they do little to fix those issues if anything at all, which is why Alex's comment here is infuriatingly misguided.
Looks good, would like to see how the pen performs when it comes to drawing or taking notes.
"it should just be hibernating"
uh... there are a tone of people that turn that shit off, and it SHOULD be going into s3 mode and not the stupid as fuck connected standby or low power s0.
Wait, sorry, I'm dum, but how do you go to S3? do you go to the power setting menu the turn the lid close option to hibernating instead of sleep? Thanks
Dunno, I disabled the sleep mode on my PC cause with the SSD it wakes up exactly as fast from hibernation, the only difference being that I have to press the power button.
@@sammipanini s3 is sleep, it specifically defines the power state where only ram is on. It's more power efficient then connected standby and more appropriate for high power laptops and desktops. S0 connected standby is more appropriate for phones and tablets, as those have a greater reliance on information transfer and use far less power while in it then a laptop.
Hibernation is often disabled by those that do not wish for their ram be recorded onto traceable media. Let's say you have a private window open, do you really want that recorded to your hard drive or ssd?
@@TheObsesedAnimeFreaks than*
@@piciu256 from a security standpoint that's a horrible idea, but I can't blame you if you are more interested in power savings and not cooking the device in your backpack.
I just got my dad the Envy X360 15, we're pretty happy with it.
I preordered one too!
Now that the Surface Pro 7 nearly matches the high end of thin and lights (especially with the Brydge Pro keyboard), I'm no longer really interested in the category, but if I were, this would be a the top of my list.
And Alex, if you're having performance issues with SolidWorks, I can almost guarantee it's memory related, not CPU or GPU. My SP7 runs Inventor better than my work PC with a Quadro P3000 and i5-7600 because it has less other crap eating up memory and a much faster SSD for paging. If you try this laptop and devote 16 GB of the Optane drive to Virtual Memory I think you'd be pleasantly surprised.
Ya know, when I was young we had 4:3 and 5:4 aspect ratios. When we started seeing wide-screen formats, we were all like "This is amazing, there's so much more horizontal space." Now, I just can't comprehend why people are getting so excited about things like 3:2, and what is basically a return to what we've deemed out-dated. More to the point, I can't understand why people are acting like a more square screen is something new we've never seen before. It's WHERE WE FRIGGIN' STARTED.
I got the OLED version and I can confidently say that the impact on battery life hasn't been noticeable beyond it being at like...15-20% when I plus it in for the night. The battery is insane man.
Would you recommend it ?? Am a master's student,
Nobody talks about 6:02 when he mentions that his laptop does not hibernate if he closes the lid? Which laptop does this and why is this a thing?
I like how the power supply looks like a mini version of my hp omen 200 watt power supply
This video is worth watching! More of this, please!
6:07 it’s a Windows thing. My Alienware and Surface book 2 work even with a mask
The weird thing is, I have the Dell XPS 15 here as well, and it definitely does not recognize me with a mask on (but recognizes me just fine without).
I cannot imagine Dell changed some underlying code to make WIndows Hello not work with their laptops. If it's really a Windows thing, why does it not seem to work with Dell laptops? Unless there is some hidden threshold setting that Dell cranked up to be more secure, but HP left very low to make it easier to log-in.
It doesn't work on my asus laptop either. I don't think it's just a dell thing. Other laptops prolly don't unlock with the mask on as well
@@FragFrog01 I think it all comes down to the way we set up the Face ID. There is something called learn recognition which scans your face once more. I’ve done it multiple times (maybe even with a mask) so I guess that helps.
@@this_is_japes7409 lmao, Alienware is by Dell. And I have a 3yr old Alienware 😂. It all depends on how you set the facial reconstruction
@@FragFrog01 try and set it up from scratch again, probably learning algorithm doesn't know about you with a mask currently.
Other issue could be camera not good enough that it can only use the upper part of your face for recognition.
subscribed for honest review and mentioning real life problems you may or may not face (rather than just pretending amazed by the product like other youtubers)
ShortCircuit Title: *generic expensive new laptop* is amazing!
Video: Intel 4 core CPU
Me: FOR. GOD. SAKE.
It's a rip off
@@T1Ledlie Singlecore Perf. ain't too bad, but they are way too expensive and should have at least 6-8 cores :(
I mean...it's not like there is any other option...the top of the line SKUs in 13-14 inch super portable laptops don't have anything else but your strandard Intel U 4 core CPUs. At least this generation they have awesome iGPUs. I'm sorry, I love AMD and I'd love to have their CPUs in every laptop, but when you don't have the choice, you don't have the choice... Not to mention some of us with these laptops have TB3 accessories like TB3 docs and TB3 eGPUs. I literally can't switch to AMD since I have RTX 2070 eGPU and AMD does nothing with that.
Compared to the M1 Apple laptops, all these ultra thin Intel offerings seem too overpriced.
It's the business marketing that's having these laptops at like $1k. Hence even tho people may not like the " gaming " in many pc devices, finding a " gaming " laptop would give something better than the usual, " I'm here to buy a laptop to work in an office like a slave. " shtick. Just finding a $300 laptop with Ryzen in it be better than this monstrousity of a product. Intel been playing the rip off game as much as Apple has. Even Apple knows Intel was ripping them off, hence why Apple made their own in-house CPUs to cut costs on their end. Now is the time Intel really needs to step it up. Only thing keeping them alive now is business side of things but once they look at they need more for 3D rendering and anything involving something like Virtual Reality, they gonna drop Intel like a rock.Yeah maybe someone would say, " you need a GPU in there for that. " but business wants to be efficient. So AMD with The Ryzen will likely get the business deal if Intel fails to improve.
Primarily use my spectre as as art tablet.. I switched from surface pro 7 to a 2019 spectre 15". I'm happy with the switch. Only thing keeping me from upgrading this year is lack of a 32gb ram option.
So many cool laptops out lately and every time the same thought:
PUT AN EFFING RYZEN INSIDE ALREADY
Get a Thinkpad P14s AMD version. You get a Ryzen 7 Pro 4750U with it. I got mine off of Ebay for $870 new, before tax.
lenovo has ya covered, kinda
The first time I open the Dell XPS laptops and no battery out of a backpack I was mind boggled. Glad to see people fix this
Is there an AMD version of this one?
HP lol
No its intel processors only sadly
@@joeykeilholz925 hes on about the cpu
Does anyone know if this oled screen has a visible touch layer? It appears as a grey diamond-shaped matrix on whites and lighter colors when you get close to your screen. ShortCircuit has talked about this effect in past videos. If anyone could say from personal experience I would really appreciate it!
Never been this early on short circuit
I've been really happy with the X360 envy 15" i bought a couple of years ago apart from a couple of major design flaws, in fact i'm typing this on it now.
1. The screen hinges have never been level and so it closes slightly off square.
2. You need to remove the rubber strips off the bottom to access the internals of the laptop.
The first issue was a known fault by HP and it seems they fixed it quite quickly in later models the second issue is inexcusable and they are still doing it.
I'm sure HP will argue it is done for aesthetic reasons but they need to find another answer because the long rubber feet are so grippy they will literally start to fall off the laptop after a few months if you place it on a hard surface and if you ever open the laptop to upgrade storage/ram or anything else the feet will never go back on properly. I have had to buy stick on rubber feet to replace the original ones which work so much better than the originals.
What feet did you buy?
@@electrobus5095 Just some generic rubber stick on feet from amazon. Was rather a long time ago, sorry I can't tell you the exact type.
How much better?
x360 times better
This is a good overview👍
Btw happy new year everyone and best of luck with 2021:)
Alex: "Well you'll not be able to play Cyberpunk on this"
Me: Can anyone play Cyberpunk?
rich people: *enters chat*
There is no way normal people play cyberpunk until new cheaper hardware come next year
@@rere439 i play cyberpunk on my rx 560x laptop gpu lol
Exactly, even if you have powerful hardware, the game is so poorly made that it won’t run well on anything.
@@AltraHapi on a 7 year old computer, i7 4770k, with a 980 TI that I got second hand... runs just fine at 60fps, took very little tuning to get it running well on my machine, no crashes, no major bugs since 1.04
Just curious, how do the integrated graphics in this compare to the M1 MacBooks, because that’s supposed to be really good too
Alex talks abt his gf:
Everyone else: HE HAS A GF
"In-Bag Detection" - how is it different from the regular hibernation?
Would you still need to press the power button after opening the lid?
And still even after all the accolades he's given he will still hate this laptop because his girl hates it...Respect to you my Sir!!
About the mask thing: My surface laptop gen1 has been able to detect my face with a mask before, so it might be driver related?
works with mask
"its not a bug, its a feature"
L😷L
5:06 This is awesome and should be standard in wide color gamut monitors.
Also,it needs a Ryzen 5000 version or the XPS/Envy will kick its ass again.
Not so sure about the XPS, none of them have ryzen, but agree with you for sure
When I saw "360"
I thought it would be a gaming 360hz laptop
Lmao why would anyone want that
@@SpunkyGo0se dem gamrs need dat frames
@@noahhunter06 maybe in a year or two lol
Norman Pang 3 months
@@SpunkyGo0se agreed. Dumb product. 360hz on a laptop 🥴
Song @ 6:54?
I feel like I've heard that song before, but its quiet enough where I can't place it.
So sick of DRAM prices. I was hoping that 64GB or greater capacities in laptops would be cheap and ubiquitous by now
DRAM prices have dropped significantly. You're sick of something because your own expectations are really high.
What are the odds u drop this the day I get my omen prebuilt
Windows Hello be like : why theres no one here when i woke up? HELLOOO
Shut up Leo
Anthony is such a cool down to earth dude!
"you won't be able to play cyberpunk on this thing"
[laughs in LowSpecGamer]
Hey is it possible for you guys to do a review of the new Dell G7 17? Maybe a comparison with the Alienware M17 R3 since the Dell seems to offer better specs for the same price yet has some troubles with thermals based on what I've read. It would be really helpful if you could check them out since there are no detailed performance comparison videos on the matter I've seen till now. Thanks a lot :)
but can it see through sleep masks?
I love that Alex always grabs a tool or utensil.
This makes the m1 macbook seems like a super good deal.
faster, longer battery, great screen, cheaper!
Everything on the market in similar price range makes M1 macbooks super good deal
not if you need Windows
@@niko_217 Also not if you don't want a beta testing product and a buggy software experience
It also has 2-3x faster integrated graphics, greater privacy and security, and exclusive professional apps, which are a major consideration in the business world.
Not if you want touch screen, pen support, microSD slot, HDMI port, 2-in- design, 180-degree screen, upgradability, gaming capabilities, face recognition, 4k resolution, good keyboard, no overheating, no thermal throttling, no malware attacks. There is a reason Apple enjoys 7-8% laptop market share...lol
Alex you should look into S3 power state(deep sleep/traditional lleep) and S0 power state(hybrid sleep/burn in bag sleep/can update while sleep). CMD>powercfg /a
Second!!! Love you guys!!!!
Did HP drop all the non OLED versions? As they do not even have the i7 version for sale on their website it is hard to see what the possible options are. Best Buy and amazon appear only to have the single i7 OLED option.
Zen 3 + rdna2 laptops. Don't buy shit until these APUs are on the market!!!!!!
That won't be until September 2021 at the very earliest and probably not until November. There will probably be Zen 3 APUs in laptops around March/April, but those will be higher power H-series and still have Vega graphics, intended to be paired with a discrete GPU. The correct time to buy is when your current hardware can no longer do what you want it to. If that time is now, this laptop appears to be best in class.
The older HP Envy IO port is my favourite and I don't get why they discontinued it.
On each side, 1 Type C 1 Type A
On one side, 3.5mm combo port
On other side, microSD card slot
The real question is will it recognize the wrong face with a mask
No
Do you know why there is no OLED 3K option listed for the spectre 14 on the hp website (your own video had a shot of it in fact)? I like the 14 but don’t like the nightfall black
Honestly, all these non-ARM based notebooks are just not exciting to me anymore. I want to see MS continue to develop ARM-based Surface products, as well as their own, non-Qualcomm sourced chip. Right now, the M1 MacBook Air, Pro and Mac mini are killing it. Obviously, I'm really excited for the widespread adoption of ARM!
I have a macbookair M1 and I really hate to use Microsoft Office (excel and all family) in my mac. Its Sloooooowww to open. and sometimes figures, graphs and pictures dosnt show in excel. Also I hate to connect an external mouse to my macbook air. Also when I connect an external monitor its all too big compared to Windows.
I have the last generation OLED x360 and its so damn beautiful. I never use the battery so its worth it.
Yes I have the 2018 version of this machine, It’s only an 8th core i7 with 16Gb memory, 1tb SSD a RTX 1060 Ti graphics card but still worked brilliantly and like it’s just out if the box after all this time
Alex: dont get the oled model
Me who adores oleds: blasphemy!
OLED is stupid on as a laptop monitor your main OS GUI screen. Great for external auxiliary monitor.
@@Neojhun
Well
You are stupid if you think oleds aint good enough for laptops
Spoiler alert: it does
@@Mustafa_9628 only issue i see with an oled laptop is the eventual burn in of the windows taskbar
I was already planning on getting this for grad school in the fall, and this video just makes me more confident in that decision lol. just need dbrand to make a nice skin for it to match my phone :)
Dear HP. For the Spectre 2021 I want to see Zen 3, 32GB RAM and a Max Q 3060 or AMD equivalent.
christ just buy a gaming laptop
This is a thin and light machine meant for light productivity workloads, not a 15-inch 25mm thick gaming laptop lmao. Even the Zephyrus G14 isn't as slim and light as this.
Death to HP!
Have a happy 2021!
Or the M1 integrated GPU is a lot better as well, and more power efficient...
I'm struggling to pick between a 2 in 1 and an ipad pro, I'm an Architecture student i need it for sketching and other architecture stuff, i feel ths pc laptops are just underpowered and I'm lacking apps on the ipad, any recommendations?
As mentioned in the video, try getting an HP Envy x360 2 in 1 with the Ryzen 4700U 8 core processor and 8 gigs of RAM. Would be good for all that stuff I believe. But be careful, some specific versions don't have the option to upgrade RAM. (If you plan to do so in the future). It's also decent for light gaming.
But overall it's a great and cheap machine
It also comes with a pen
@@AbdulWahid-es9iu thanks
Welcome to another episode of things I will never be able to afford.
Its not that expensive
@@ammarmangala9814 Maybe to you
I bought the oled version. I don't regret it for a second.
Honestly, it’s become hard for me to consider windows laptops ever since I saw the M1 macs. All of my programs are available on Mac and the battery and performance advantage just looks too significant for me to ignore.
Yeah but it's apple. Who the fuck wants to work with apple? They just rip you of
i have an old thinkpad x1 yoga, hands down best 2in1 with the wave keyboard. would trade it in for one of the new 2in1s