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One of the most impressive laptops at CES 2012 was the HP Envy Spectre. It was a sleek, attractive laptop that seemed to indicate that HP was really starting to understand what the Envy brand could be about. It’s been a long time since a PC OEM wa...
HP's Envy 14 Spectre is an impressive piece of hardware. It is a device with more flaws than an Apple laptop - the glowing red Beats logo is the strangest of several questionable design choices - but the Spectre 14 makes up for such shortcomings with seve...
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In this review, we test how well the hardware of this Spectre model performs in relation to competing Ultrabooks. How well can the Intel Core i5-2467M work with the SSD ? What kind of performance can the two deliver together? How long does the battery of...
Very high quality workmanship, Nearly perfect keyboard, Good battery life, Easily accessible ports, The SSD has great access times, Very quiet (during normal use), High-quality speakers ("beats-audio")...
The surface of the touchpad is too smooth, Glare display, No Kensington Lock, Heavy weight...
HP`s Ultrabook - Envy 14 SpectreThe HP Envy Spectre is a high-end Ultrabook equipped with expensive hardware. HP has tried to create the perfect package - everything from the amazing workmanship to the high-quality Beats Audio speakers is designed to be a...
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Video Review: The HP Envy 14 Spectre notebook features a lightweight design, Beat audio, an HP Radiance Backlit keyboard and more. Find out how many Seals of Approval Kevin Pereira and Matt Mira rate this device on Gadget Pr0n...
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After a slew of Ultrabooks suspiciously resembling Apple’s MacBook Air, it’s refreshing to see one that looks a bit different, although... there is a certain similarity to another Apple product:The HP Envy 14 Spectre generated lots of buzz at CES 2012...
Durable Gorilla Glass covered design, Superb build quality, Excellent keyboard, Great audio...
Expensive for its specs...
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First impressions are important, and the HP Envy 14 Spectre makes a great one. The glossy, glass-topped display bezel and keyboard tray look elegant and understated, and the uniform, thin chassis gives the laptop a sleek appearance. Second impressions...
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First impressions are important, and the HP Envy 14 Spectre makes a great one. The glossy, glass-topped display bezel and keyboard tray look elegant and understated, and the uniform, thin chassis gives the laptop a sleek appearance. Second impressions...
Superb, color-accurate, high-res display, Very good keyboard and excellent touchpad...
Not quite as thin and light as it could be, Heavier than similar Ultrabooks in its class...
Gorgeous looks plus a great interface and display overcome the Envy 14 Spectre's slightly higher weight...
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Apple probably didn’t realize what it was starting when it decided to build the iPhone 4 out of two panes of glass, forgoing the traditional metal or plastic backing and causing thousands of geek brains to simultaneously explode at the prospect.But som...
Softtouch magnesium alloy base gives grip to the underside. Stable, with solid performance. Outstanding audio quality. Love the approach to bundling. Slim power brick includes a USB charging port...
Weak on the specs: Slow CPU and no graphics card. Design is difficult to open and even pick up singlehandedly. Feels awfully heavy in the MacBook Air era...
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HP Envy 14 Spectre comes with distinctive glass covered design and packs plenty of features into sleek 14-inch laptop body and multitouch response, which is great for Windows notebook. It is available for the price of $1399 and comes packed with Intel...
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FOLLOW US SHARE Each new Ultrabook seems to bring with it a new innovation, and the HP Envy 14 Spectre is no different. This stunning 14-incher is the first laptop to feature a glass lid and palm rest, making it one of the sleekest machines we've seen...
Beautiful, modern design, Solid performance, Comfy backlit keyboard, Sharp and bright display, Good audio...
Serious fingerprint magnet, Mediocre graphics, Runs a bit warm on bottom, Relatively expensive...
With its sexy glass design, sharp display and Beats Audio, the HP Envy 14 Spectre is a compelling Ultrabook.
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In a previous life, the HP Envy 14 was a laptop's laptop: a 5.69-pound slugger with an optical drive, discrete AMD graphics and a battery that couldn't last four hours in our battery rundown test. That notebook -- one of our favorites in the 2010-2011 yea...
Striking glass-and-metal designVibrant 1600 x 900 displayStellar audio qualityTwo-year warrantyGenerous software package...
Stiff clickpadExpensive compared to similarly performing Ultrabooks...
The Spectre looks the part of a premium Ultrabook, but its average performance and stiff touchpad don't justify the high price...
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Aluminum? Been there. Carbon fiber? Seen that. Plastic? Please. The hippest, slickest material for encasing an ultrabook is glass—scratch-resistant glass covering not only the screen, as on the Dell XPS 13 ($999.99 direct, 4 stars), but also the lid and p...
Sexy back, and front and palm rest, thanks to glass casing. Sunny screen and backlit keyboard. Great audio and battery life.
A little heavy and costly for an ultrabook...
With its sexy glass casing, fine keyboard, and great battery life, the HP Envy 14 Spectre is a slick premium package...
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twitter: @lisagade) What if you could have a notebook computer that looked just like your black iPhone 4? HP has the answer with the HP Envy 14 Spectre, a Gorilla Glass-clad Ultrabook whose black glass lid is a perfect match for Apple's darling. In f...
Unique and gorgeous looks, high end materials, long battery life, IPS class display, great keyboard, Unique and gorgeous looks, high end materials, long battery life, IPS class display, great keyboard, Unique and gorgeo...
Display not bright, heavy and delicate vs. mainstream Ultrabooks. Expensive, Display not bright, heavy and delicate vs. mainstream Ultrabooks. Expensive, Display not bright, heavy and delicate vs. mainstream Ultrabooks...
The HP Envy 14 Spectre is an unusual notebook in a class by itself, and it's hard to assign a star rating. It reminds us of Sony's heyday when they made incredibly sexy luxury products that took chances with design and pricing. If you want a notebook...
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Ultrabooks, whether you like them or not, are here in full force. Manufacturers left and right are releasing ultrabook after ultrabook, so now the question isn’t “who can make the fastest ultrabook?” but rather “who can make the best looking ultrabook?...
I know that some of things in this review sound pretty negative, but the HP ENVY Spectre XT is actually a pretty solid ultrabook. The battery is disappointing and the speakers, despite sporting Beats Audio branding, aren’t anything to write home about...
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insidehw.com Updated:
2012-11-05 06:36:42
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The era of ultrabooks and tablets has come. Tablets got their popularity by being “more than a smartphone, less than a netbook” and definitely shut the door behind the decrepit netbook generation. On the other hand, the ultrabook concept hasn’t managed...
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There have been many evolutions for the humble notebook, the most recent being the introduction of the Ultrabook, and how every single manufacturer has jumped on the bandwagon to produce the most amazing laptop they can fathom. HP’s foray into the Ultr...
Stellar looks and finishing, NFC, strong audio...
Can be hard to open, glossy surface needs frequent cleaning, slightly heavy for an Ultrabook, acceptable battery life, high price point...
So how does the Envy 14 Spectre stack up? It’s certainly a premium Ultrabook that’s reflected in the price tag. But past the looks, it has to be said that it’s one of the more heavier Ultrabooks I’ve tested, which doesn’t make it the most portable in m...
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It's interesting, we recently met up with HP in San Francisco to see what they have planned for the future (and they do have some very compelling stuff in the pipeline), but one of the quirkier things I noticed was a shift in branding. For a while n...
I've used the phrase "you already know if you want it" for another review, but with the HP Envy 14 Spectre it again seems appropriate. This isn't a bad notebook necessarily, but its distinctive design does come with a series of caveats and compromises. No...
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The HP ENVY 14 Spectre was unveiled early this year, though it only arrived in Singapore around end February. The latest member to HP's ENVY portfolio features a clever and unique use of midnight Corning Gorilla Glass on the outside and silver glass o...
With Intel's recent announcement of the third generation Core processors (codenamed Ivy Bridge) for high-end laptops and desktops, we would see more notebook PCs coming to the market, but do note that these would be the quad-core version. The dual-cor...
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computershopper.com Updated:
2012-12-01 01:03:42
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Right now, if you were to characterize the “age” of laptops in the same way that historians look at epochs—say, the Stone Age, the Bronze Age—we'd have to dub the 2010s, so far, the Aluminum Age. The swankiest laptops have moved from plastic chassis to mi...
Attractive, unusual design dominated by Gorilla Glass, Terrific audio, Volume dial on the side, USB 3.0 port, Excellent software bundle...
Touch pad needs tuning, Merely average performance for the price, Too expensive...
The Envy 14 Spectre looks sensational in its glassy, stylish shell and delivers terrific audio. This ultrabook is quite pricey, however, for the level of performance it delivers. Read More...
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Rahul Sood founded Voodoo PC in 1991 and quickly grew the boutique manufacturer into an iconic brand, producing a number of trend-setting desktop and notebook PC designs. HP acquired Voodoo — and Sood's services — in 2006, probably in the hope of combinin...
Beautiful design, Great display, High-end feature set, Generous and genuinely useful software bundle...
Expensive, Glass likely to shatter if dropped, Heavy for its size, Fan turns noisy under load...
None of the competitors mentioned above is as drop-dead sexy as the Spectre, they all have smaller displays (with the exception of the Ultra M3), and none have integrated media-streaming features. On the other hand, each one of them is less expensive (b...
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If you're looking for a head-turning design, it's definitely worth a look. Where the Folio 13 looked like a humdrum business machine and most other ultrabooks on the market feel like clones of the MacBook Air, the Spectre lives up to its name: It's like t...
Original, attractive design, Crisp, clear display, Responsive trackpad, Good allotment of ports...
Crummy speakers, Battery life doesn't match girth, Lid hard to open, Pricier than most...
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Really, HP has hit a home run here: the Gorilla Glass Envy 14 Spectre is both unique and drop dead gorgeous. It will turn heads. It will make you smile and feel proud if you have even a smidgen of vanity. It's one of the few n...
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