WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:06.400 In here we have the brand new HP Spectre X36014in 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:12.480 and it is the epitome of listening to what people want. So HP had this problem 00:00:09.440 --> 00:00:14.240 before where there are kind of only two 00:00:12.480 --> 00:00:21.520 reasons that you would get a Spectre X360 laptop. Uh the first is that you 00:00:17.359 --> 00:00:23.279 couldn't afford a Dell XPS 132 in1. And 00:00:21.520 --> 00:00:30.240 the second is that you had never heard of HP's Envy lineup because their Envy 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:32.239 X360 was basically especially with the 00:00:30.240 --> 00:00:38.160 AMD processor nearly as good in every single way and 00:00:36.160 --> 00:00:44.160 also outperformed it and had better battery life and was a lot cheaper. But 00:00:41.360 --> 00:00:48.480 HP finally has like updated their Spectre lineup. So, I'm really excited 00:00:46.559 --> 00:00:53.199 to check this out. All right, let's get to unboxing it, I guess. Uh, this 00:00:50.800 --> 00:00:58.800 unboxing is 100% a lie. I've actually been using this for about a week cuz I 00:00:55.840 --> 00:01:01.440 could not wait to open it up. You took it home? 00:00:59.760 --> 00:01:06.720 Yeah, I took it home. I used it over all of Christmas break. 00:01:04.879 --> 00:01:11.840 Here we have a little leather carrying case. I love that HP includes these in 00:01:09.040 --> 00:01:18.200 their laptops. and 00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:18.200 the star of the show here. 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:21.560 Oh, 00:01:22.159 --> 00:01:29.920 excuse you, HP. All right, we'll we'll skip past the laptop for a second, but 00:01:27.600 --> 00:01:36.640 you do get a pen with this. It attaches magnetically to the side, and also it 00:01:32.720 --> 00:01:38.880 goes into the Whoa, where did it go? And 00:01:36.640 --> 00:01:43.360 also, it goes into your little leather carrying case right here. So, you should 00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:49.520 be you'd have a decent time at not losing this. Onto the power brick. Cute 00:01:46.240 --> 00:01:52.320 little type-C doodad 00:01:49.520 --> 00:01:56.079 that is, let's see, 65 watts. Not too bad. It's also awesome that it's type-C 00:01:54.159 --> 00:01:58.719 because I didn't even open this up over the past week cuz I could just use 00:01:57.280 --> 00:02:02.960 chargers that I already had around the house. And on to the main event. 00:02:02.399 --> 00:02:08.959 Hey. Yeah, here it is 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:12.959 in actually. Jonno, what do you think of the look of this? 00:02:10.399 --> 00:02:17.040 Looks pretty good. Like, it doesn't look too shiny or showy. 00:02:14.720 --> 00:02:21.599 Yeah. What really surprised me about it though is that when I showed it to my 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:25.599 girlfriend, who I think is like the key demographic for this, like has a 00:02:23.920 --> 00:02:31.599 business degree, currently owns a Surface Laptop, she absolutely hated it. 00:02:28.800 --> 00:02:35.280 She would have this nowhere near her at all. She was like, "That is the 00:02:33.200 --> 00:02:40.000 stupidest looking thing ever." What is fantastic on this is the IO. So, we have 00:02:37.599 --> 00:02:45.440 a little micro SD card reader, Thunderbolt 4, I believe, headphone, and 00:02:42.959 --> 00:02:50.959 then another Thunderbolt 4 port there. Then on this side, you get a single USB 00:02:47.519 --> 00:02:53.280 type A, which is so awesome compared to 00:02:50.959 --> 00:02:58.720 something like the XPS13. I guess let's get into our sponsor 00:02:56.319 --> 00:03:03.280 really. Uh, who's it? Drop Panda. 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This 00:03:50.720 --> 00:03:59.599 panel is really dumb. Uh, they have an IPS version that's full HD. that's a lot 00:03:56.239 --> 00:04:02.159 cheaper, has probably much better like 00:03:59.599 --> 00:04:06.560 uniformity. This right here, the OLED panel still has some issues. I would not 00:04:04.720 --> 00:04:12.959 trust it despite it being color calibrated. These little connector 00:04:09.599 --> 00:04:15.439 thingies are supposed to be this nice 00:04:12.959 --> 00:04:22.720 brilliant bronze color, but I have put electrical tape over it. 00:04:19.359 --> 00:04:25.360 It turns out that's because they are 00:04:22.720 --> 00:04:29.199 really, really shiny. So, if you're sitting at an office with overhead 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:33.280 fluorescent lighting, it bounces directly off of that and into your eyes. 00:04:31.840 --> 00:04:36.160 And that's why I was getting a headache while using this thing. I don't know. 00:04:34.960 --> 00:04:40.880 That's the sort of thing that I would never think of. But I did try it and I 00:04:39.360 --> 00:04:45.919 gave it to multiple people and they all immediately were like, "Something's off 00:04:43.440 --> 00:04:50.560 about this." So, another reason why you don't want to get this OLED panel 00:04:47.520 --> 00:04:52.720 despite it looking amazing is that it 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:56.320 destroys your battery life. Just get the full HD display. That 00:04:54.560 --> 00:05:00.479 That's what I'm saying here. One thing that really surprised me about this 00:04:57.759 --> 00:05:05.520 laptop is that it has a lot of smart things in it that are actually smart. 00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:10.800 So, one of the ones that it just showed is that they have automatic color space 00:05:08.720 --> 00:05:16.880 changes. So depending on what you're doing, it'll switch between Adobe RGB, 00:05:13.440 --> 00:05:18.880 DCIP3, and sRGB, which is awesome 00:05:16.880 --> 00:05:24.160 because it means that whatever you have on your computer is going to look like 00:05:21.759 --> 00:05:28.240 it should, like whoever made it intended it to look. So if you go to a YouTube 00:05:26.240 --> 00:05:32.400 video, it's not going to be oversaturated, but then if you go into a 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:36.800 photo editing program, it's going to properly represent all of those colors 00:05:34.160 --> 00:05:41.360 without you having to go in and change to the Adobe color space. 00:05:39.360 --> 00:05:47.600 freaking awesome. Another thing that's just so smart is in bag detection. So 00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:54.240 when you close this and you chuck it in a bag, it knows that it should just be 00:05:51.280 --> 00:06:00.160 hibernating. This is something that's bugged me so much about the XPS15 00:05:57.440 --> 00:06:04.400 cuz I have to turn it so that it just automatically hibernates when I close 00:06:01.919 --> 00:06:08.319 the lid so that it doesn't like warm up and use the whole battery in my bag. 00:06:06.639 --> 00:06:13.199 Another thing that really surprised me about this, and I don't know if this is 00:06:09.840 --> 00:06:15.199 a Windows thing or an HP thing, is that 00:06:13.199 --> 00:06:19.880 facial recognition has worked with a mask on. So, let's just try this one 00:06:16.479 --> 00:06:19.880 more time here. 00:06:21.199 --> 00:06:27.280 Yeah, it just worked. Every single other laptop that I have used that has facial 00:06:25.600 --> 00:06:31.520 recognition has not worked with the mask on. And again, I don't know if this 00:06:29.680 --> 00:06:36.560 actually we can just test it. This has updated Windows and it has facial 00:06:33.520 --> 00:06:38.319 recognition. Mondell 00:06:36.560 --> 00:06:44.680 It's hibernated freaking 00:06:39.840 --> 00:06:44.680 This is the problem. Come on. 00:06:47.759 --> 00:06:54.160 Yeah. So, the XPS15 cannot use facial recognition while I'm wearing a mask, 00:06:52.639 --> 00:07:00.240 but it immediately gets it when I take it off. My personal biggest problem with 00:06:56.319 --> 00:07:02.479 the Spectre X360 13-in, though, was just 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:07.360 that my hands physically wouldn't fit on it. So, it had a fantastic keyboard as 00:07:05.440 --> 00:07:12.160 far as like the switches were concerned, but that doesn't matter if like your 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:16.080 hands sort of awkwardly half off of the laptop, half on it. That's an 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:20.800 exaggeration, but it feels like you're typing like this cuz you can't rest your 00:07:18.319 --> 00:07:26.319 palms on it. This right here, because of the taller screen, also means you have 00:07:23.360 --> 00:07:30.960 way more space for your palms and for the trackpad. So, I have right here a 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:36.080 great big Excel sheet that tells you basically what percentage of males and 00:07:33.440 --> 00:07:40.639 females will be able to comfortably type on a laptop. This is based off of the 00:07:38.960 --> 00:07:46.880 standard deviation of hand sizes. There's some ratios in there. Whatever. 00:07:44.080 --> 00:07:56.080 You go from the home row down to the bottom. Let's see. 140 mm 00:07:50.960 --> 00:07:58.319 compared to 129 for the old 13 in. So, 00:07:56.080 --> 00:08:02.960 you might think 11 mm, how big of a difference can that be? It's freaking 00:08:00.400 --> 00:08:08.960 massive. The number of males that were comfortable on the old one was only 32%. 00:08:06.639 --> 00:08:14.479 And even half of females on the old 13-in, their hands just simply won't 00:08:11.520 --> 00:08:20.400 fit. On this one right here, though, 60% of males and 80% of females will be able 00:08:17.199 --> 00:08:22.720 to type with no problems at all. That's 00:08:20.400 --> 00:08:28.720 just so many more people that can use this laptop and enjoy it. fantastic. It 00:08:26.400 --> 00:08:33.120 also means that we have this really nice and large trackpad that's just so much 00:08:31.440 --> 00:08:36.959 better to use. The old one just didn't have enough vertical space. So, I 00:08:35.360 --> 00:08:43.760 constantly found if I was going from the bottom of the screen to the top, I would 00:08:39.680 --> 00:08:46.880 just well run out of space. Whereas now, 00:08:43.760 --> 00:08:48.959 no problem. It's just generally an 00:08:46.880 --> 00:08:53.600 excellent trackpad. The only thing that slightly bothers me is that they have 00:08:51.760 --> 00:08:59.040 these keys on the right here that are full size. And that means that on the 00:08:55.680 --> 00:09:01.760 left you're really close to the edge. 00:08:59.040 --> 00:09:06.800 And that means that for things like copy and paste and so on, my hand is off the 00:09:04.080 --> 00:09:11.279 left hand side. But that's a very minor complaint compared to my hands always 00:09:09.120 --> 00:09:16.870 hanging off of the back before. Let's see how these speakers are. Okay. this 00:09:14.560 --> 00:09:19.519 too. 00:09:19.519 --> 00:09:25.440 So, like, yes, the XPS15 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:31.519 is better, but like it better be. It's a 15-in laptop. It's just massive compared 00:09:28.480 --> 00:09:34.160 to this thing. This is so much lighter. 00:09:31.519 --> 00:09:38.399 And at the same time, the HP, I think, has better clarity. Like, you can hear 00:09:36.720 --> 00:09:43.440 more of what's happening in the song. You don't get the deep bass, but at the 00:09:40.959 --> 00:09:47.040 same time, it's for something of this size, 00:09:45.440 --> 00:09:51.839 excellent. One thing that I actually totally forgot about until now is the 00:09:49.519 --> 00:09:57.200 power, cuz in a thin and light, it matters, but it doesn't really matter. 00:09:54.320 --> 00:10:01.040 So, we had an 11th gen Intel Core i7 1165G7. 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:06.720 So, that's only four cores, but they're pretty speedy. And you also get Iris XE 00:10:03.760 --> 00:10:10.800 graphics which are just so much better than any other integrated graphics that 00:10:09.040 --> 00:10:14.320 have existed. Well, I guess AMDs are like good, but they're not as good as 00:10:12.800 --> 00:10:17.680 this. Well, you'll be able to play some games. That's that's about it. You'll 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:24.079 not be able to play like Cyberpunk on this, obviously. You also get a Wi-Fi 6 00:10:20.079 --> 00:10:27.120 card and in this one 16 GB of RAM. Now, 00:10:24.079 --> 00:10:28.560 should you go for 16 GB of RAM? 00:10:27.120 --> 00:10:33.760 You might not need it in a thin and light, but if it's not upgradeable, then 00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:37.519 you really should. So, yeah. I guess let's find out. We're 00:10:36.399 --> 00:10:44.839 going to have to remove these rubber feet, and they're never going to go back on the same. 00:10:40.959 --> 00:10:44.839 Okay, here we go. 00:10:45.120 --> 00:10:52.480 Uh, you can't see a whole lot. What there is, though, is just a massive 00:10:49.920 --> 00:10:57.040 battery. Like, look at how much of the laptop this takes up. We've got a good 00:10:54.800 --> 00:11:02.800 old 66.5Wh hour dude right here. Okay, so HP's 00:10:59.920 --> 00:11:09.920 numbers for this battery are with the OLED screen, 12.8 hours of video 00:11:06.560 --> 00:11:11.279 playback. Whereas with the full HD 00:11:09.920 --> 00:11:16.240 screen, which is the one you should get, it's 19 hours. Then Netflix streaming, 00:11:14.079 --> 00:11:23.600 which is a bit more realistic, the OLED screen gets 10.2 hours, whereas the full 00:11:18.800 --> 00:11:26.000 HD gets 15.4, 4, which is wicked. I 00:11:23.600 --> 00:11:31.839 think we're able to upgrade the SSD under this. There's the 00:11:29.360 --> 00:11:36.320 SSD. So, that's fairly easy to replace. You don't need to go ham on that if you 00:11:33.920 --> 00:11:43.040 don't feel like it. As for RAM, though, I'm not seeing 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:45.040 anything. Yeah. No, there's not a lot in 00:11:43.040 --> 00:11:49.600 the way of cooling. If you're planning on using it for video editing, 00:11:48.560 --> 00:11:54.240 well, I don't know. just get something that's more powerful if you want to do video editing. If you wanted to do photo 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:58.480 editing, then maybe you'll run into some 00:11:57.040 --> 00:12:03.360 situations where you'd wish that you'd gone for like the Razer Book. In my use 00:12:01.200 --> 00:12:08.560 with it, I don't think I've heard the fans once. I think that's about it for 00:12:06.000 --> 00:12:13.200 this laptop. Hands fit on it. Loads more space vertically for activities and fun 00:12:11.040 --> 00:12:18.240 times. I think this thing's awesome. Uh if you're looking for a laptop that's 00:12:14.800 --> 00:12:22.160 like this, it starts at what? Uh, oh 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:25.519 jeez. So, it starts at $1,300. That gets 00:12:22.160 --> 00:12:30.480 you an i5, 8 GB of RAM, the full HD 00:12:25.519 --> 00:12:32.560 screen, and a 256 GB SSD. Not amazing, 00:12:30.480 --> 00:12:36.320 but at the same time, for a lot of people, that's probably enough power. 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:45.120 The one that I'd recommend, holy crap, that's almost $1,600. Um, $1,589.99. 00:12:41.760 --> 00:12:47.920 That gets you an i7. Uh the full HD 00:12:45.120 --> 00:12:54.880 screen again, 16 GB of RAM and 512 gig SSD. That's pretty steep, but at the 00:12:50.720 --> 00:12:56.639 same time, the XPS 132 in1 is really 00:12:54.880 --> 00:13:01.760 expensive, so I guess that's what you get. And then the model we have right 00:12:59.279 --> 00:13:07.279 here is $1,700, which gets you a terabyte SSD and the 00:13:04.959 --> 00:13:11.920 OLED screen. All of them come with the pen. and 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:17.120 don't buy the OLED. If this is the kind of laptop that you want, 00:13:14.880 --> 00:13:21.279 it's pretty hard to do better. Well, anyway, I quite enjoyed giving this 00:13:19.120 --> 00:13:25.440 thing a look. I might continue. Actually, that's a lie. I'm going to use 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:27.519 the XPS 15, but it was it was close. It 00:13:25.440 --> 00:13:31.360 was pretty close. You know, if I didn't quite need power 00:13:29.279 --> 00:13:38.079 for like Solid Works, I would legitimately use this every single day. 00:13:34.720 --> 00:13:39.680 Um, it's a great laptop and I hope you 00:13:38.079 --> 00:13:43.120 guys have a great day. Hit like, get subscribed and so long.