Funny this pops up in my feed. I just bought that exact spec HP yesterday at Best Buy for $1250 (on sale). I'm a person who prioritizes battery life and still likes ports so with the low price it was an absolute winner.

I go with the Spectre because it's cheaper, I like the new aspect ratio, and I like that it has ports.

Just found your reviews, and they are excellent!

I wish Gordon would have shown off his drawing skills with that hp pen. I'd like to know how it compares to the surface pen.

This was the comparison I was waiting long ago. Thanks! Would be great to test the pen functionality. If I'm right, the xps plus doesn't support and active pen.

me mum worked for Hewett Packard years ago used to solder the legs on chipsets for motherboards

One possibly interesting new test category category that I think *a lot* of consumers are interested in: heat & fans during web browsing & office multi-tasking (e.g., Teams / Zoom / Meet call with screen sharing). How hot is it? How loud are the fans running?

Good review. But the words spoken often to not match the slides on the screen. Example: HP screen is spoken to be 3x2 format. But slide says 16 x 10.

I'd love to see you play with some Lenovo Thinkpads, Dell Latitude, HP EliteBook. Some businessy stuff.

I have used the Dell xps 13 plus for about a week now and I would have to say its the best small laptop that I have ever owned. Very easy & comfortable to use and so light & small. For me its almost perfect, I'll give it a 9.9 out of 10 bcuz of the lack of earphone jack.

Does the HP Spectre actually come with the docking hub in the box? I purchased one with the exact specs but it did not come with the hub. HP says it does not include the hub in the box it is separate only as a bundle deal.

When it comes to video editing, like 4k videos, and using Adobe Premiere and DaVince Resolve, which laptop is better? Or should I get something else?

Features are nice but reliability rules. For many decades, I have always learned more from the repairman than the salesman. Accordingly, it is interesting to note how many HP Spectre X360 that Alex of NorthridgeFix (see YT-channel of same name) has repaired since their lunch in 2015.

Great review. I got the spectre December of 2021 and it has been my daily driver- productivity, hdr content consumption and it has been great. I don't even use iPad pro snymore.

I think all laptops should be convertibles! Sometimes a person needs to put them in other positions than just clamshell.

Thanks for the review Gordon! That HP laptop looks really nice.

I'd love to know which is noisier. Some high performance CPUs are unacceptably loud.

I want to edit travel vlog for family. I wonder which laptop for me (to go, light, strong): Hp spectre or Dell? Thank you

Had an envy 360 i7, loved it. Dropped and broke it. To replace I went with asus duo, totally does my head in. Not sure whether to go for another envy or go up to the spectre oled 13.5 i7. Any help please

all these new laptops without sufficient ports - makes these useless. Carrying around dongles (which often break because of lousy USB standards) is inexcusable. Why is the world going backwards with portable devices? Also, I bought 3 laptops in the last year and ALL 3 developed faults within 2 months (without even being used much). Goes to show how flimsy these devices are. BTW I still have my dell inspiron laptop from 2001 with a geforce 256 and it still works great.

I bought the Spectre and I love it!

No iGPU and thermal throttling comparison :/

I like the idea of the x360 design, a lot of uses and flexibility are nice in a laptop (or any device really.) However, I bought my parents an Envy a couple of years back, the pen functionality was garbage, useless for drawing and even if it wasn't the screen was waaay too flimsy (in my opinion) to be poking at it with a big plastic stick... Then after a couple of months (with little use) the hinge self destructed, which it turns out is a pretty common fault with those hinges (having a metal hinge screwed to a bit of weak plastic it seems isn't the best idea.) Still nice enough to use as a laptop, if the hinge doesn't go again (at least HP did repair it under warranty) but I wouldn't pay extra for features that just don't work all that well.

I have the spectre and it’s magnificent !

Nothing on the graphics chip?

Asus actually made a 16" 2in1 rog laptop if you want all, though it will be expensive and I don't know the compromises

For me Dell's weak points are the keyboard and and touch pad; could have done a lot better!

I agree here with HP this should be the form factor for 13 inch laptop

With the design I hope hp is watching this.

Have to say I love HP's copper and charcoal style.

Thanks, Gordon, for this look at two, somewhat different laptops.

dell for the win..perfect portable size for me ..regarding the ports, a usb c hub that consist all other essential ports solves the issue..

I'd love to see what would Gordon say about the EliteBook 845 G9 You can spec it with Ryzen 6000 APUs, it has two USB4 ports with Thunderbolt support and even a USB-A and HDMI ports.

I was a HP laptop user in the past, and now I am a Dell laptop user. The main reason I switched is because of the lack of services HP provides. But, after looking at the Spectre x360 13 at best buy, I wanted to give it a try, and when I compared the Spectre x360 13 to the Dell XPS 13 plus, I liked the Dell more (my personal choice) because I barely us external thumb drives or conventional USB connectors (I store everything in the cloud). When I decided to return the HP Laptop, they charged me 10% (~$125) as a restocking fee, which is not at all fair for such a top brand company, and if I wanted to return a Dell laptop it is hassle free, and their services are top notch, and one example I can say is the shipping time, for HP to ship and deliver it took minimum 5 business days, and dell delivered the laptop the very next day I placed the order, and I had to replace the Dell laptop that I first bought because of the miss alignment of one of the buttons on the keyboard, and the replacement one arrived on the 3rd business day from the day I placed the order. Finally the services between Dell and HP are like Heaven and Hell, and I wouldn't recommend HP over Dell, because their customer service sucked. So, if you don't care about the customer service, and don't mind HP breaking your bank by charging a hefty restocking fee from your wallet, then buy an HP laptop, and if you want top notch services then go for dell.

HP Spectre for me, Thanks for the great video.

Obviously HP cannot keepup in laptop race with their big border screen. Gladly, they're still have some hardcore fanbase.

32 gb should be standard by now. 300 dollars is a huge difference. Doesn't the dell have huge hardware problems?

After 6 months of usage, the most disadvantage is the battery running away so fast maybe last for maximum 6hr working from 100% to 20%. I am really very upset.

Tried the XPS 13 plus keyboard, hated it. You can't tell where the tips of your fingers are at times.

9:30 you put 16:10

The 1280p throttles in the Dell XPS. Beware.

So Dell it is for the categories i care about..appreciate it

what about Hinges

Compare these two with a MacBook Air M3.

How can this guy say that upgrades are not important?

Whoever design the XPS 13 Plus is definitely someone who goes after bimbo in real life. (Aesthetic > Functionality)

with the size of these laptop, Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 would be good enough for me. Don't really need something more premium

I think the spectra 360 is more beautiful

clever report framework. mb

I've had two spectre x360 , both got about 3-4 hours battery on full brightness watching youtube so there is that

Dell or HP? Marvel or DC? PS or Xbox?

DVD ps5

Spectre feels too clunky

Hp spectre is the winner. We can't compare 360 2 in 1 spectra with normal 180 laptop. Obviously 2in 1 has to be thicker. Hp spectre is the winner 🏆

USB-C charging port on the Spectre is the epitome of cost-cutting poor design with no durability. "Premium" SMH

On my dell xps, that's one of the main things for me, I never know when I'm on function keys or accessory keys.... this dell fixes that problem

It is not that tough a call TBH…the MB Pro 14 M1😅

I don’t think I’m supposed to be here

i will just SIT BACK AND WATCH YOU FALL while i get stronger and get my finances returned to me.

Dell build quality, historically, has always exceeded that of HP.

The Dell wipes the floor with HP

Everything from HP is ugly.

None of this is any good

overpriced crap