HP looks to focus on design and looks yet again, without compromising the internals of this beautiful notebook – the HP Spectre 13.3. With a touch of luxury and class to it, the HP Spectre 13.3’s design is based on artisan inspiration, alongside women’s purses and jewelry. As flashy as it may seem, the laptop is only 10.4mm thin, or thick, whichever way you’re looking at it. That makes the Spectre the slimmest laptop made so far, edging Apple’s 12-inch Macbook by 2.7mm.
The HP Spectre 13.3 weighs in at 2.45 pounds, which is heavier than the 12-inch Macbook, but the 13.3-inch Gorilla Glass screen with 1080p IPS display coupled with the build combination of metal and carbon fiber certainly makes up for the so called “slightly heavy” weight of the laptop. It further impresses with a piston hinge design, making it seem hingeless from the outside.
HP seems to be going head-to-head with Apple on this one, with the HP Spectre 13.3 sporting a glass trackpad and a back-lit keyboard, but where it triumphs the Macbook is with its horsepower. You might think that this laptop with a fashion sense will be having a mere Intel Core M processor underneath, but that’s where HP surprises again. The Spectre 13.3 comes with two choices of Intel’s Skylake Core i5 or i7 processors, with up to 8GB of RAM and 512GB of PCIe SSD storage. It also comes with three USB-Type C ports, further drowning the 12-inch Macbook.
On top of that, the Spectre 13.3 boasts a battery life of 9.5 hours. Overall it’s impressive yet attractive, and such coincidences don’t occur a lot with laptops. The HP Spectre starts at $1,250 (RM4,928.06). Since it’s a fashionable device, HP will also be releasing limited editions of the Spectre 13.3, coming in 18-karat gold and Swarovski crystals for the big spenders. Till then, stay tuned!
Source: HP
