HP Pavilion x360 REVIEW
THE HP Pavilion x360 now last year HP 360 was a Spectre a
more premium model this year it's a pavilion now many of us know that pavilion
is HP's home office range of laptops and desktops they're generally reliable
and cost-effective so does that mean that the Pavilion x360 is also all of
those things let's find out let's take a look at the building design of the
Pavilion x360 the lid of the convertible has a matte metal finish that gives the
laptop a clean premium look in the middle of the lead there's a big HP logo
with a chrome finish the base is made of plastic and is mostly bare except for
four rubber feet and some tiny holes for heat dissipation at 1.6 kilograms this
convertible feels heavy to lift and carry around especially in one hand I think
we can chalk this extra weight up to the 1 terabyte hard drive that sits inside
it like the HP logo on the lead the two display changes on either side of the
display have a chrome finish these shiny hinges fold back all the way into
tablet mode the display opens up easily with one finger but wobbles a bit in
all open positions gentle shakes don't cause the display to flap about but a
sharp left of the base does cause the display to fall in the direction of
gravity the area above the keyboard is dedicated to a speaker grille that's
even larger than the one on last year's model the holes for the speakers now
look more funky in shape and texture while the keyboard remains full size the
touchpad
has become shorter in height to accommodate the speaker's above
pressing down hard on the keys of the keyboard reveals some flex on the hard
plastic body construction on the hole is good on the Pavilion x360 in given its
price the unit I received for review was accompanied by the HP Pen Stylus I
thought it looked and felt similar to the surface then Microsoft sells but was
a little more rough around the edges I found it fairly well designed all the
same it had one button for erasing and another for select both were well-placed
and easy to press the Pavilion x360 comes in to display sizes 14 inches and 15
inches however the model I received for review was the 14-inch one the display
on it is a full HD IPS panel with glass coating naturally it is a touchscreen with
support for multiple fingers and styluses like the HP pen colors appeared vivid
on the 14 inch even though our testing equipment revealed only a 63% coverage
of the sRGB color space and a 47% coverage of the Adobe RGB color space the
screen was bright enough for most indoor and outdoor areas like conference
rooms and sunny balconies touchscreen input was a little jittery while
scrolling up and down webpages initially but smoothed out with more regular
touches stylus input where the HP Pen was mostly a pleasant experience strokes
using the stylus appeared accurately on the screen without no noticeable
latency what threw me off a bit however was the large gap between the glass
surface and the screen inside it made the writing and drawing experience a
little less natural palm rejection worked accurately three out of five times
summing it up I'd say that the writing and drawing experience on the Pavilion
x360 isn't as naturally accurate as what you'd get on say a Microsoft Surface
pro but it's definitely not far behind with the help of the HP pen the Pavilion
x360 is sufficient for when you need to jot down notes quickly or mark a
selection of a page in a hurry talking about the audio quality while audio from
the dual speakers inside it is loud enough to cut through a noisy conference
room it lacks base completely music sounds blunt and even tasteless on the
Pavilion x360 speakers the audio setup on the HP Pavilion x360 is best reserved
for voices and high frequencies coming to i/o ports on the left side we see a
USB 3.1 port a 3.5 mm audio jack for headsets we also see the power button and
a Kensington lock port on the right side we see the power port a full size HDMI
port another USB 3.1 port and a USB type-c port along with a memory card reader
slot we also see a volume rocker and a fingerprint scanner HP has thoughtfully
placed the power button and the fingerprint scanner on the sides of the laptop
so that the laptop can be powered on and accessed even when it's held in tablet
mode the key is on the Pavilion x360 s keyboard are easy to use they're a tad
too soft for my taste but I got used to them easily enough they're all well
placed on the keyboard and have ample travel there are dedicated keys for home
end page up and page down functions which is great for text manipulation the
touchpad on the Pavilion x360 disappoints by virtue of not being a precision
unit instead it uses a proprietary HP driver and an inbuilt HP TouchPad utility
to control taps and swipes movements of the mouse pointer feel less natural and
not very smooth that said the touchpad is not bad for every use clicks feel
sure and soft its height is reduced significantly by the speaker grille that
sits above the keyboard on the performance front the HP proliant xt60 is a
clear winner the review unit had an 8 gen Intel Core i5 CPU eight gigabytes of
RAM and an integrated Intel GPU storage was handled by a SanDisk 128 gigabyte
solid state drive in conjunction with a Toshiba one terabyte hard drive on
benchmark tests the Pavilion x360 is called splendidly it's course came very
close to those of the much costlier Lenovo ThinkPad x1 yoga which trust me says
a lot about it in real-world usage the HP Pavilion x360 performed just as well
it showed no signs of struggle when there were over half a dozen applications
open switching between applications was smooth and free of lag or stutter where
the HP convertible struggle was in the graphics department without a dedicated
graphics card there was perceptible lag in some in window animations and video
playback all in all performance on the HP Pavilion x360 is definitely good
considering its price tag on the battery benchmark test the HP / Linux 360
lasted 3 hours 5 minutes during the time I had it in the HP Pavilion x360
lasted well over 6 hours with mixed usage when I played YouTube videos on the
battery for two and a half hours straight the battery dipped from hundred to
55% which is an understandable drop all in all a six hour battery life is
acceptable from a laptop of this price range however a slightly longer battery
life would have been much appreciated all things summed up I think the HP
proliant X 360 can be looked at as an entry-level model into the convertible
laptop world it almost got the same features as a high-end convertible like say
the ThinkPad x1 yoga but lacks sophistication but that's okay because it's
definitely got all the basics right like touch input performance and battery
life there you have it folks that's the HP Pavilion x360 for you I hope you
liked the review .
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