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even with the knowledge of how good zen 2 was on the desktop i was shocked at

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how well AMD's ryzen 4000 series mobile series performed ASUS's zephyrus g14

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shredded its Intel competitors in both performance and battery life while also

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being considerably cheaper now it looks like hp hopes to recreate that success

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with the envy x360 and spoiler alert

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they did this thing sips power yet it has six

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cores and is eight hundred dollars for a

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our config of the hpn vx360 sports a ryzen 5 4500u a seven nanometer six core

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six thread processor that boosts up to four gigahertz the last six core

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ultrabook we looked at was the dell xps 13 a beast of a machine except that it

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costs a casual 1800 us dollars which is

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why we will not be comparing the nvx 360

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to it instead we'll be testing it against the hp spectre x360 with an

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Intel core i5 1035 g4 a four core eight

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thread CPU on Intel's newish 10 nanometer node that you would hope would

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give the ryzen 5 a run for its money especially since it's in a machine that

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costs 250 dollars more

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but that maximum boost speed of 3.7

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gigahertz isn't a good first sign a much worse

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sign is the performance tests we ran in multi-core

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loads the ryzen 5 4500u is set to shred

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the i5 with a 45 percent higher score in

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cinebench like i knew it was gonna win just

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not by that much and remember guys this

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isn't even the top spec eight core model even more surprisingly though the 4500u

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managed to dominate the single threaded tests as well thanks to that higher

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boost clock now although i don't expect anyone to be doing much hardcore gaming

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on either of these machines the ryzen 5 4500u was also 20 faster in 3dmark time

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spy and i'm never going to complain about a bit more GPU muscle thermals

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unfortunately didn't redeem the core i5 version either it immediately shot up to

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100 degrees and stayed there managing clocks of only around 2.3 gigahertz

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something we might have accepted if Intel was the only option in town

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because i mean in fairness that is at least faster than the 1.5 gigahertz base

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clock thing is Intel isn't the only option anymore and

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our ryzen 5 config avoided thermal throttling albeit barely at 91 degrees

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while keeping all six of its cores at a whopping 3.3

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gigahertz look how thin it is guys 3.3 gigahertz

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it's worth noting that you'll have to enable performance mode to get these

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kinds of speeds but they're truly remarkable remember that dell xps 13

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with a six core i7 that i mentioned at the start of this video yeah in

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performance mode this ryzen machine is faster than that too the thing is

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performance matters a lot less than longevity in a thin and light than it

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does in a gaming laptop and hp

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already has some of the best battery life in the biz with their Intel core i5

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model managing nearly 13 hours on a single charge that is going to be hard

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to be and the AMD and vx360 made it to almost 14

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hours that's the kind of battery life that not only gets you through the day

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but maybe even the weekend like you could just leave the power brick at work

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without worrying that your lttstore.com browsing session is gonna get cut short

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this is my whole weekend but that raises

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the question is this the kind of machine that you'd want to take home with you

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anyway one of AMD's big problems for years now has been not getting their

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cpus into the premium designs and this

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is no exception the envy line does sit

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below the spectre line in hp's lineup so

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has hp given their nvx 360 enough love

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or should you just save up a bit longer for a spectre x360 or an xps 13.

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actually i am pleased to report that hp has committed no such crime against AMD

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here the nvx 360 has a premium look

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about it from the super small bezels to the metallic accents on the hinges the

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chassis stiffness might not quite hold up to

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top tier laptops that are constructed out of carbon fiber or a solid milled

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piece of aluminum but it's leaks better than a budget focused machine like the

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lenovo flex 14 so i think it's fair to

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say that hp really nailed the balance here the only thing build quality wise

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that annoyed me was the screen which wobbles a bit more than i'd like

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but bearing in mind that of course i've got that tablet convertible trade-off

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i can accept it and the i o is really good the nvx 360

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has two usb type a's with the little hingy pull down bit oh it turns out you

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can put a type a in a super thin laptop how nice it's got a type c with charging

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and it's got an sd card reader i do wish that instead of the barrel

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power connector on the right side we got another usb type-c port with charging

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but presumably that would have brought up the price and i think they found a

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great balance here one place hp fortunately didn't cheap

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out is the display with 300 nits of brightness and excellent colors i think

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anyone short of a professional photo editor is going to be pretty happy with

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it my only complaint here is the 16x9

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aspect ratio these days many of hp's competitors are

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making the jump to 16 by 10 or even 3x2

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and this is even in the lower price ranges with the acer swift 3 leading the

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way get subscribed by the way so you don't miss our video on that little

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number staying with 16x9 while chasing small bezels has to be hp's most

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obvious error with both the envy and

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spectre x360s because it means that some folks are actually going to struggle to

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use the devices comfortably there's just no way for me to type comfortably on

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this my hands are just simply too big to rest on the palm rest

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making it unfortunately just a straight up no-go for me and it's

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going to be a no-go for 68 of males and half of females as well i also

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constantly use my right thumb on a trackpad while writing in word documents

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and the fact that the keyboard and the trackpad aren't centered on each other

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means that i'm only using a small portion of a trackpad that's already

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very undersized by today's standards to be clear the switches are good but maybe

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try it out at a best buy or costco first to make sure the ergonomics work for you

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if you are able to get comfortable though you will have an excellent time

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typing on the nvx 360. i personally didn't have an issue with my tiny hands

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and the switches offer plenty of travel while delivering a satisfying snap when

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you press them key consistency and stabilization was

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also uncharacteristically good for a laptop in this price band so i don't

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think you're gonna have trouble getting up to full speed as for the track pad

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it's less of a highlight the tracking is

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still pretty good despite the lack of a glass top but the small size keeps it

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from being exceptional or even very good

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you will be able to get used to it but i'd personally be much happier with a

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bigger bottom bezel or better yet a taller screen

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and a larger trackpad now to be clear there are a number of areas where the

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spectre x360 is superior to the envy

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Windows hello facial recognition is a real nice to have although the

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fingerprint reader on the envy is still quite snappy for logging in and the

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spectre also comes with a pen included with the option for lte which could

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easily sway someone who is constantly on the go but then again if you're going to

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be on the go with how much better the core performance and battery life are here i

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feel like until hp puts an AMD processor

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into a spectre notebook they have unintentionally killed their flagship

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lineup right here for the vast majority of people the hp envy x360 is gonna

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check all the important boxes for an ultrabook it's super powerful especially

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for the price it feels excellent in the hand and aside from the screen aspect

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ratio i just have no real complaints about it

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i can't even remember the last time that an ultrabook came through the studio

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here that was under 1200 and managed to get a full-blown no

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caveats recommendation from me but this one certainly does and i hope that as

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more companies take AMD's mobile chip seriously we're going to see more

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