This looks good. As a linux user, I would want an AMD version and 32GB of memory.

it is not bios related at all most hp laptops come with the bios set up to run the cpu as fast as it can and give it all the power it wants. all of the slowing down happens inside windows. so the hp command center and my hp app or whatever they have can act really weird. you can just reinstall windows or run the two removal scripts that are located inside the intel extreme tuning utility install folder. then that performance or cool things wont be available anymore but all of the power limits will be removed and fans will run only run up to the max of the default profile. so the cpu and gpu will use as much power it wants but it wont cut from. the cpu gpu power balance wont be an issue it will still do the balancing correctly. this means if you run some cpu only stuff the cpu can run insanely hast and you will get the fastest result ever from that model of cpu (inside the cooling limitations of course) (sorry for commenting this more than once i just wanted you to see it)

is this really the case?@@teomantedu i have the 16" and i really want to figure out how to make this feel punchier than it currently does. Its been a bit shocking with how poor the battery life is as compared to how it is touted. Additionally performance is really not great either :(

@@TheNewSynchronicity for the battery life try disabling the battery optimization thing in the bios settings. that feature limits the battery to how much it wants usually. you can just use it without that that feature it just limits the battery to preserve its life. its not a problem to have it off.

@@TheNewSynchronicity doing the things i said for the intel xtu limiting is great everything will still work great but the long term power limit will still be at the intel’s tdp but you i dont know if this will wotk for you cus i have envy, you can use OmenMon to set it to performance mode and then you can just quit omenmon. that and no intel xtu will enable it to use as much power as it can and it will not slow down till it hits the thermal limit

Youre welcome!

​@MatthewMoniz would you recommend the hp spectre 16 over the m3 pro 16inch MacBook pro?

@@sadboykratos5137 I’m comparing those two as well! So I’d be interested to know which you’d recommend as well

@@VNaik713 I ended up with the MacBook Air base model m3 13.6”

​@@MatthewMoniz I just ordered the ASUS - ROG Zephyrus G16 (2024) 16" OLED 240Hz Gaming Laptop - Intel Core Ultra 9 - 16GB LPDDR5X - GeForce RTX 4070 - 1TB SSD - Eclipse Gray which cost $1699.99 thinks to the sale at best buy. Should I keep that when it arrives or should I return and get the lenovo yoga pro 9i from bestbuy when it's available or get the hp spectre 16 with 32gb of ram and 4050 which is on sale now for $1699.99? I can't afford more than $1699.99. Like will the asus be reliable

Might wanna consider the upcoming dell xps's too, they look really clean.

Yes probably early March

no you can run the intel xtu removal scripts that are in the intel xtu install folder and it will run as fast as it can. it will only be thermally limited wich means it will get up to the 90C's

Of course laptops are always plugged into the wall. This ain’t my first rodeo :P

I will!

Thanks man I appreciate it! Always happy to help

Why thank you!

They are already aware I mentioned it before putting out the review. I’ll definitely submit a short once it’s fixed. Thanks for joining by the way! Much appreciated

@@MatthewMoniz you only have yourself to thank! great content man

It depends if you prioritize battery life or not. Obviously, the GPU version consumes more battery.

@@MFHRaptor I think getting 7+ hours of battery is just about enough for the day for me and both of them tick that box so...

Also I just want to know which one is better for its price, since in my country the 4050 varient costs 2400$ and the intel Arc one costs 2100$. Is it worth getting the 4050 over the Arc even though I won't really be utilising the GPU much?

Depends on the use case AI, ML models training or video editing or GPU use cases then better to have 4050 version else buy regular one. More than the price it’s the use case which matters.

Exactly num pads are very dangerous and responsible for billions of Dollars of losses for financial firms. This is one of the reasons of numpads going away.

Up to which GPU can you upgrade? Where I am looking to buy it, it either comes with a RTX 4050 laptop or Intel Arc Integrated GPU. From online GPU comparisons it looks like the Intel Arc GPU is better? Do you have any experience with heavy GPU workloads such as gaming on this laptop?

I also am a finance professional, and I just bought the XPS 15 OLED today… but I’m wondering if I made the right choice

My contact at HP just emailed me earlier today and its in fact a CPU throttling issue with certain workloads. They are working on a fix and will push an update out

​@@MatthewMonizI see. If this were a pinned comment up top would give people some peace & will rather wait for this update reel 🙂👍🏼

hi.. I am using this laptop for last 4 months. They will send laptop with hynix ssd. You can use any m.2 nvme. I replaced hynix with Samsung 990 pro 2tb. And it's working quite good. Recently received few updates from intel and few days back received update for firmware from hp.

Ya I spoke to HP they are aware and have confirmed the CPU is throttling during certain workloads. They are working on a fix

​@MatthewMoniz so there's a chance thus will be as.performant as the 14"???

Was that with the arc gpu or nvidia??

@@gabennewell8494 his laptop has RTX 4050. Wait for Andrew Marc David review.

Found the HP sales rep

not even close

Not yet! They are almost done fixing it. They sent out an email to us a few days ago that it will be out shortly. They said they want to make sure they get it right.

Oohhhh, this might fix the performance issue?1

@@MatthewMoniz Oh nice, so, now, it's a good thing to buy it ?

Its out as of 2 days ago

​@@PixogenPixels Oh nice ! Does fix the problems have the HP Spectre x360 "16 ?

Thank you!

Yes it’s a haptic touchpad

yes, integrated with power button.

Have you test this method on this model?

@@user-qv1ex6lt2j no but they mostly work the same way it isnt like they completely rewriting bioses for each products

Its 100% bios related. I just received an email from my contact at HP. They confirmed that the CPU is incorrectly throttling during certain workloads and are working on a fix.

Some people like numpad layouts. Everyone is different🤷‍♂️

You are making a very good point Sir!

Some people like me have software (Musescore and Sibelius) which have shortcuts with numpads

Yes. You just need to open it up and replace it. Simple.

@no1g8tor08 what I mean is. Is it a sealed unit or can the battery come out with a clip or something

Don’t even know of a newer Laptop you can replace a battery. No external Ones anymore. At least high end ones

Yup!

it is designed for content creation, not for gaming. but for 4050, even you push 60+W, you only can get 10% extra performance or less

yea doesn't make sense..hopefully things can be fixed with an update....fingers crossed lol

@@welldonefromhereon i don't think any software updates can add two or three hours to the battery life.

This aint a gaming pc bro 💀 it handles very demanding game very well still with the nvidia 4050 its not supposed to give you 300 fps on fortnite while being on full graph 💀 And you Can't complain about it not having a numpad thats not an obligation its just something that some people like you prefer to use but its not something bad not having a num pad are you gonna tell me mac's are bad because they dont ???

@@Quityapping , oh dude stop defending a product like your life depended on it. I just skimmed over that shit. To me it's shit, that's all. Opinion.

That's what she said

Gamers with Steamdecks/windows handhelds/switch who use micro sd cards to tranfer games/hack or for emulation.

No. Intel is better

You will most likely never see a laptop that works as seamlessly as apple. Apple makes their own software and now they even make their own hardware (CPU) which is why they work so well. In case of windows, software is made by microsoft, cpu is intel or amd, gpu is nvidia or amd. There is just no way for a brand to make the product work as well as apple does. And I say this as someone that dislikes apple.

Macbooks are the best and you are moron if you hate apple. Prices are relevant, highest performance, best design and so on. Wins every category except the gpu m3max is between 4080m and 4090m but who cares

@@PKperformanceEUIt’s always this apple fanboy yapping about nothing 🤦‍♂️

@@josephle2381 this yapping about nothing the M3max literally smokes a 14900KF in soo many algorithms and we're talking laptop vs desktop. GPU is close to a full fledge 4090m. Design and materials are galaxy's better than a windows laptops. Everything so much better with 2021+ MacBooks over any windows laptop that's way slower anyways while having shit battery life and gets warm

When did Spectre have numpads.

Mine has. 2020 version 15.6 display@@no1g8tor08

Nobody cares. 😂

Really. It’s garbage