HP Spectre x360

I don't know what 512GB M.2 drives cost retail so I can't say whether that would be a cheaper option.

 

[QUOTE="madmook, post: 10021775, member: 17684]

the HP support page now has backtracked to the F.11 BIOS, when it was already backtracked from F.13 down to F.12.[/QUOTE]

What does that mean?

 

I'm not seeing that one either actually

 

Nevermind, the F.13 BIOS is on the website again.

 

It's back now...

 

F.13 BIOS is back now btw, im seeing this on my 4002dx support page. I'm not sure about other models, and by the way the spectre is an amazing device, I have no significant complains with it. If only they couldve fitted a larger 16:10 display and minimize those ungodly huge bezels, would have been superb.

 

hp.com returns? if i customize the spectre and then want to return it ... would that be possible? would i get the money back?

 

Αre there any settings for the area of the trackpad where I can click? I find myself tapping in the very right area (that is near the edge) since the trackpad is so large, but it seems to be only for navigation and not for clicking.

 

Don't want to mislead anyone. With the right size screw driver and some effort, I was able to swap out the stock SSD. I did a clean install of Windows 8.1 on the sm951 512GB I installed and then a manual install of drivers. The system now boots in the blink of an eye now and is very snappy.

Just to update and not mislead anyone. With the correct screwdriver and some effort, I was able to swap out to the stock 256GB ADATA SSD in my x360. I have a 512GB sm951 in mine now that I installed a fresh Windows 8.1 on and then manually reinstalled all necessary drivers (all the latest drivers can be found on the HP website). The laptop now boots from power off to desktop in the blink of an eye.

 

With clean install, how did you kept the Windows 8 key?

 

For not restricting the tapping area it is under the Advanced Filters in SmartSense. You can also increase the size of right button click at Clicking / Right Button Zone, the default is too limiting.

 

SmartSense? What is it, I can't find it.

 

Synaptics / ClickPad Settings / SmartSense click on the gears and disable the Advanced Filters.

 

I purchased the i5/256gb/1080p model a month ago and I have to say that I absolutely love it. Best laptop I've ever had by far. Display is beautiful, keyboard is great, and this thing just flies through just about anything.

The only complaint I have is that the trackpad is a little loose when I tap on it. It's as if the pad is sitting a little above the actual button underneath and that causes it to feel loose and make noise when I tap it. If I hold the pad down with one finger and tap with the other it doesn't make noise. Does anyone have any suggestions regarding this? If I could figure out a way to fix this I would have zero complaints.

 

Wow, I didn't know that, thank you!

 

I don't like the sound of that. Mine is absolutely solid. You should contact HP and see if they will replace it.

Good luck, Jim

 

Mine is the same, a bit loose and can hear this when tapping around on the touchpad. I assumed they were all like this and I would agree it is one of the very few annoyances with this ultrabook.

 

Ι don't have such a problem with my trackpad.

 

I have been playing with my trackpad settings all afternoon. Lots of customization, that's for sure. My trackpad is a bit loose feeling I would say as well, but overall I have no complaints.

 

When did u buy your hp spectre x360 laptop? Can you tell me whether you see any blurred texts in dialog boxes and apps like Spotify? One other question is, r u a UT student?

 

Not all of them are like this but from my experience it's an existing QC problem. The first one I got, as well as one that I saw in a shop, both had a very loose touchpad. It would rattle even with the slightest pressure. I exchanged it and the second one I got is very good, stable and not rattling at all. I would say keep returning them until you get one that works well (if you have the patience that is).

 

Anyone here bought the extended year warranty? I'm thinking about it...maybe the 2-year one.

 

First post here (Funny how my tabletpcreview account is not linked here...)

Anyways, I bought the Signature edition from MS store last week and performance and build quality wise, everything is great. The F5 button light can get annoying but I somehow just got used to it after a week of using the laptop. Trackpad to me is ok, no issues so far (and I mainly use a mouse if I'm doing real work anyways). The only thing that is bothering me with this laptop is the battery life. First battery cycle lasted me 6 - 7 hours, give and take. So I tried doing a lot of tweaks even undervolting with Intel's XTU and I'm at 7 - 8 hours now.. Still not that satisfied with it so I will return this in favor of the custom i5 that I just bought yesterday night (thanks for the person who posted the coupon! I just save $400!). Honestly though, the i5 256GB combo is the best combination so far. I don't think the extra 10% performance gain is worth it if I'm losing almost 4 hours of battery life.

Oh and another thing worth mentioning is the pen. As an industrial designer, I really need the pen for sketching. I got the Dell pen Lisa from MTR recommended and I have to say it's as good as the SBP3. The only downside with the pen is that there's no wintab drivers, and it's not as configurable compared to a Wacom pen.

Here's my laptop usage in the past 2 weeks:

• About 3 hours of InDesign and Photoshop, 4 times a week
• Mostly the brightness is at 0%; would crank it up to 100% during presentation
• browsing with Firefox, with little plugins installed
• occasional Youtube and Netflix

 

If you purchased your laptop with an American Express or a Visa Signature card, you're eligible for a year extra warranty AFAIK..

 

Don't u see any blurred texts in the dialog box and also the full screen while looking at pics is not filling the whole screen. Please help. Thanks

 

On which program? In Photoshop or InDesign, I haven't noticed any blurred texts or images being cropped. On Firefox though I noticed blurred images on the address bar (but it's also present on my desktop). TBH, I'm starting to used Modern apps much more than desktop, especially IE. It's so much more fluid than Firefox. Browsing with Modern IE with the trackpad is just stunning.

 

When I try to press f11 for full-screen viewing of pics, it is only filling a portion of the screen and the rest is black. Spotify also has blurred texts. Please help

 

What's the specs on your x360 again??

 

As far as image is concerned, I don't have that issue. I'm pretty sure that's also depends on the image's ratio (square, widescreen, etc.) Also Firefox Spotify is crisp on 100% DPI scaling at FHD. Try updating you're graphics drive with HP assistant or their website..

 

Yes I was going to say that it sounds like a scaling issue as far as blurry text. I went FHD avoiding scaling problems by running at 100% and since I still use a lot of desktop app's and mirror to my HDTV's it was the more practical screen size.

 

I was gonna build a core i5 QHD but decided I'd rather have the 256GB SSD. Plus the QHD drains battery.. Man, I can't wait for my 2nd x360 and return the i7 x360 that I currently have haha.

 

I haven't run into any scaling issues yet with the QHD, but then again, I don't do a ton on this machine. It's my play (ok, work) machine that I mostly use office on, and lots of multimedia.

On another note, anyone have any suggestions on how I should go about making a back up drive or disk? Purchasing this bad boy from the Microsoft store means it comes with nothing on it, including a recovery partition. Is there a simple way to make one via usb that I should be doing?

 

is anybody feels that the lid hinges is little looseer than other notebooks?

 

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/create-usb-recovery-drive

When you start the process it tells you how big the USB drive has to be, if I remember right it is 16 GB.

 

FHD, i5, 256 Gb, 8 Gb. I think Battery Bar Pro is over estimating battery run time. But. I think I am getting a real 9:30 easily. I run 50 % brightness, anything higher is too bright for me. I use IE 11 Modern UI, not desktop.

Jim

 

Can you please tell me how to set the dpi to 100%?

 

I bought the Spectre x360 with the QHD Display and i7 CPU today.
So far everything is fine except of 2 things.

Warranty is only til 04.2017. Is that normal? Because I bought it today, new.
The Fan is a bit loud I think.

Will install Windows 10 later

 

Thanks Jim. I will run my i5 at 0 - 30% brightness most of the time, so I guess I should get better battery life.. Did you try the powercfg /batteryreport? It should say your estimates.

 

right click on desktop>screen resolution>make text and other items larger or smaller>click smaller (100%)

 

concerning battery life: I think when listening to music the consumption is noticeably more. And I listen to music a lot when on my pc so maybe that' s the reason I don't get great battery life (7-7:30 hours on FHD with 50% brithness)

 

Same here. Even worse if you listen to Spotify through a browser cos you have to activate flash.. They need to make a dedicated Windows app, not program...

 

I think and hope that with W10 we will have good apps for everything. I can't wait for the update for many reasons, for example the new browser since I use IE11 because it is far smoother than the others, but has many problems here and there.

 

I can't get that coupon to work at all. Did they remove Spectre x360 from that promotion? No matter how I configure it, the site tells me it doesn't apply to anything in my cart.

 

Hmmm, is the total above $999? If it is above $999, you should be getting the 25% discount.

 

I just confirmed. They removed the Spectre x360 from that promotion. Wow...bummer.

 

How did you confirm? Call to HP? The guy on chat told me to call, but I figured I'd have to wait until tomorrow

 

Did the same build I had done before and tried to add the coupon. Got an error. No discount anymore. You might try to convince them over the phone. Tell them someone you know got the 25% off

 

I just wish Edge is able to block ads without add ons, and is capable of fullscreen like the Modern IE. I'm currently loving this browser haha.

It's because it only applies to first 300 customers (I read the fine print..) I was fortunate enough to use it.

 

Is there a link to the fine print? Thanks.