digitalone.com.sg Updated:
2012-11-01 04:58:47
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AT first glance, the new HP Envy 14 Spectre bears an uncanny similarity to the Apple Macbook Pro, especially when it is open.However, close the lid and the similarity stops there. The Spectre is essentially a glass ultrabook, probably the first of its...
If you want a stylish ultrabook that would be the envy of many, the HP Envy 14 Spectre is a good choice...
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Its look and performance are worth the money you put into...
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HP’s classifies their new $1400 Envy 14 Spectre as a “premium Ultrabook” but what differentiates it from the host of competitors? Quite a bit actually. Its chassis that’s clad in Gorilla Glass, there’s spectacular display, Beat Audio integration boo...
For a company that was prematurely judged to be standing upon its last leg a short time ago, the Spectre is a resounding success. In instead of marching to the beat of the same drummer as other Ultrabook manufacturers, HP has taken a huge risk by intro...
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Product round-up It took a little while for the production lines to get going, but the first few months of 2012 have seen super-slim Ultrabooks completely outnumbering every other type of desktop or laptop PC coming our way. Intel’s tight definition o...
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wired.co.uk Updated:
2012-11-01 04:59:30
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The HP Envy 14 Spectre claims to be the world's first glass laptop and it makes for an impressive-looking addition to the ultrabook genre, with some beefy specs to match. But it's heavier and larger than many of its competitors.DesignThe scratch-resist...
Strikingly unusual looks, decent performance...
Heavier and thicker than most ultrabooks, mouse buttons a bit awkward...
It's a bit thicker and heavier than most ultrabooks, so if you're counting the grams it's not going to work for you. Performance is average though nothing to be ashamed of, but that luscious glass casing is most likely to be the main appeal. A decent a...
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Zdnet.com.au Updated:
2012-11-01 04:59:41
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Tweet Submit The Envy 14 Spectre is quite a gorgeous bit of engineering. Leave aside, if you can, that it's the most brazen attempt yet to steal Apple's MacBook Pro design. Sit it side by side with a MacBook Pro 13, and the only immediate difference y...
Gorgeous, backlit keyboard, Raisedglass wrist rest actually helps with typing comfort, 1600x900 screen is a huge benefit, Equipped with reasonable ports and solid state drive, Supports both 2.4GHz and 5GHz wireless N...
Pricey; we'd expect dedicated graphics in this tier, Glass makes it heavier than competing solutions, Click pad's lack of physical demarcation for the buttons can be frustrating; where is tap to right click?...
HP's Envy Spectre 14 is gorgeous. It's also quite pricey, but in that you get one of the best keyboards, a good touch pad, great battery life and, well, a Windows machine that looks like a MacBook Pro. If you've got the cash, then this one comes recomm...
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The HP Envy 14 Spectre is designed for users who can afford the latest styles. At $1899, it's an expensive proposition considering it's a 14in Ultrabook with an Intel Core i5 CPU at the helm. In its defence, it's a laptop that stands out in a crowd; it...
Screen, Feels good to use, Good sound...
Intermittent touchpad problem, Uninspiring performance...
It's expensive for what it is, but the HP Envy 14 Spectre has plenty of appeal thanks to an excellent screen and good input peripherals. It's a very comfortable notebook to use and its performance is good, but not spectacular. It's one of the first laptop...
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channelpro.co.uk Updated:
2012-11-01 04:59:48
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A gorgeous ultrabook with a great display, but it's just too expensive when lined up against faster, better competitionRating: 4Average: 4 (1 vote) After a sparkling debut at this year’s CES trade show in Las Vegas, HP’s first Ultrabook has finally lan...
HP’s Ultrabook certainly doesn’t pull any punches. It has by far the best display of its rivals, crams in novel features such as NFC, and despite some minor niggles with the keyboard and touchpad, it feels every inch the classy Ultrabook.Unfix your gaz...
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HP may be a little late to the Ultrabook market, but the company has made a big splash with the Envy 14 Spectre – it’s a stunning looking machine that’s built from scratch-resistant aluminium with Gorilla Glass for the display as well as on top of the...
A great looking Ultrabook with a fantastic screen, but it's not particularly fast or light...
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After a sparkling debut at this year's CES trade show in Las Vegas, HP's first Ultrabook has finally landed in the UK. With a body clad in toughened glass, a high-definition 14in display, and the latest in wireless networking technologies, the Envy 14 Spe...
A gorgeous ultrabook with a great display, but it's just too expensive when lined up against faster, better competition...
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The HP Envy 14 Spectre is the latest and best-named Ultrabook to hit the shelves, and with the combined draw of HP's premium Envy range, and Dr Dre's urban cool Beats brand, it's going to be very hard to ignore. We're well into the Ultrabook race by now a...
Tough Gorilla Glass chassis, Comfortable, backlit keyboard, Beats audio controls, Crisp, detailed screen, Great connectivity...
Very expensive, Heavier and thicker than rivals, Lousy touchpad, Average CPU, Lid attracts dust and fingerprints...
We're deep into the second round of Ultrabook releases by now, and we feel the HP Envy 14 Spectre sits alongside the Dell XPS 13 at the top of the heap. But these are two different machines with different focuses. The HP Envy 14 Spectre is the most media...
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T3.com
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2012-11-01 04:59:49
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The HP Envy 14 Spectre is the latest Ultrabook to hit the shelves and with the combined draw of HP’s premium Envy range, and Dr Dre’s urban cool Beats brand, it’s going to be very hard to ignore.Less concerned with a size-zero frame, the Spectre measur...
Backlit keyboard, Gorgeous screen, Thumping audio performance...
Chunky chassis, Terrible touchpad buttons, Expensive...
On first impressions, the HP Envy 14 Spectre certainly looks like it'll be a strong contender in the battle of the ultrabooks. Its slick exterior, excellent video quality and the inclusion of Beats Audio impressed us, while the long battery life and N...
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What's in a name? In the case of the HP Envy 14 Spectre, a lot of really confusing nonsense. Of course, it's better than the model numbers you get with TVs, but even so it's very hard to work out what Spectre really has to do with anything - although...
Beautiful, great keyboard and trackpad, good battery life, powerful sound...
Glass makes it heavy, Beats is a bit overrated, no discrete graphics option, a bit pricey...
This is, without doubt, one of the most stylish laptops we've seen. While it might technically qualify as an Ultrabook, we don't really see it in that category. What it is on the other hand, is a brilliant laptop that we'd love to own. It's powerful, h...
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The test unit I reviewed was forwarded on to me from the Harrods press office. That alone should tell you a lot about the HP Envy 14 Spectre. For you, Harrods may conjure images of oil sheiks browsing bling, affectatious middle classes buying ham and f...
Despite my concern that the HP Envy 14 Spectre is perhaps a little chunky compared with other Ultrabooks on the market, it compares very favourably with the competition in terms of what you get within those two centimetres: connectivity, performance...
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You know how, when you plug in a USB cable, it’s always the wrong way up first time? The HP Envy 14 Spectre is a little like a USB stick – every time I picked it up and went to open it, I got it the wrong way round, and tried to open it hinge-first. Wh...
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gadgetshow.channel5.com Updated:
2012-12-25 02:08:33
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Fourteen inch laptops are hard to come by - and thin and light ones that are worth your money even more so. As we find out though in our Ultrabook group test, the HP Envy 14 Spectre is one such machine...
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The ultrabook brigade are more often than not an attractive crowd, of course this incidence of beauty is helped by the fact they all follow a very similar chrome laden formula. HP however, doesn't seem to have read the rulebook and the HP Envy has flou...
Attractive Design, Keyboard, Beats Audio...
Premium Price, Weight and Size, Fingerprints, Paranoia over Crack in Gorilla Glass, Display isn't very Bright...
The HP Envy 14 Spectre is a very good looking machine, that's a little different. However, it costs a bundle, is a quite heavy and is one that requires you to clean fingerprints off it every ten minutes...
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HP has only started to bring an ultrabook to its extensive line of products. The $1,400 Envy 14 Spectre is finally the first of these devices to be made by the company. A lucky handful of first users have all brought very positive reports when asked about...
The HP Envy 14 Spectre is almost all you need from an ultrabook. For us it was a complete surprise, even if we kinda guessed it would rock. Seeing as it's HP and all that. The looks, the display and the performance are key factors to make you fall for th...
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tech.uk.msn.com Updated:
2013-12-30 02:09:49
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It's a little on the chunky side for an Ultrabook, but HP's new Spectre is still a striking piece of laptop design.We have to admit that at first glance we didn't realise that the Spectre was classed as an Ultrabook. It doesn't have the slim, tapered desi...
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techradar.com/au/ Updated:
2014-04-12 02:51:55
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The HP Envy 14 Spectre is the latest and best-named Ultrabook to hit the shelves, and with the combined draw of HP's premium Envy range, and Dr Dre's urban cool Beats brand, it's going to be very hard to ignore.We're well into the Ultrabook race by now an...
Tough Gorilla Glass chassis, Comfortable, backlit keyboard, Beats audio controls, Crisp, detailed screen, Great connectivity...
Very expensive, Heavier and thicker than rivals, Lousy touchpad, Average CPU, Lid attracts dust and fingerprints...
We see the HP Envy 14 Spectre as being the 'cool kid' of the Ultrabook class, with its Beats audio branding, high resolution 14-inch screen and Gorilla Glass casing. It's a highly usable laptop, with only the integrated click buttons on the touchpad givin...
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Already at the beginning of this year, or more precisely during CES 2012, HP presented the first pictures and specs regarding their Envy 14 Spectre ultra portable notebook. Meanwhile we've received a review sample from HP and we're curious wether this exq...
An elegant case, good battery life and decent design Those are the three things the HP Envy 14 excels Furthermore there is a very low noise level On the contra side there is a touchpad which has a left and right button that need way too much force until...
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The HP Envy 14 Spectre is a heady combination of aluminum, rubber and Gorilla Glass. We also have the latest Core i5 or i7 processors and fast SSD drives.HP has a design philosophy called MUSE (materials, usability, sensory appeal and experience). Using t...
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thunderbaylive.com Updated:
2014-08-06 06:53:56
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Here is our video demo of the HP Envy 14 Spectre playing 3D games including Skyrim and F.E.A.R. 2. Check out our full video review of the HP Envy 14 Spectre...
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chip.com.my Updated:
2016-11-24 02:42:51
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There is a certain elegance to the HP ENVY 14 Spectre that draws you in, much like the obsidian glass that makes its lid. This elegance is even more striking when you open it, to find a display that melds into the bezel, and a minimalistic keyboard design...
Cool, elegant design, Great keyboard, Excellent display, Beats Audio...
Slightly heavier and bulkier than other, Ultrabooks...
The HP ENVY 14 Spectre is hauntingly beautiful, a classily crafted Ultrabook with premium designs, gorgeous display, great keyboard and touchpad and wonderful audio. It's undoubtedly heavier and bulkier than its competitors, but its overall performance a...
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tbreak.ae Updated:
2016-11-24 02:42:51
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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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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, Heavy for its size...
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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, Heavy for its size...
Coincidence or not? The new HP Envy 14 Spectre has more than just a familiar look and feel to another fruity product.The HP Envy 14 Spectre generated lots of buzz at CES 2012, and for good reasons: it's one of the first 14-inch Ultrabooks, it's absolutely...
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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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