But this year, it has some serious competition from Dell, with its latest XPS 13 2-in-1, including similar internal components and an updated design, not to mention an excellent trackpad. The Spectre x360 has long been a strong contender in the world of premium 2-in-1 convertible Windows laptops, with the aforementioned trackpad issues being the main thing that held it back. The latest x360 also has an updated chassis with slimmer bezels, Intel’s 10th Gen processors, and an aggressive starting price of $1,099 ($1,299, as reviewed). Combined with a smooth glass surface and large size, it is now a good trackpad. The company insisted on sticking with poor performing Synaptics drivers, even while the rest of the Windows laptop industry (including HP’s own business laptops) switched to the far superior Precision drivers provided by Microsoft.īut HP has seen the error of its ways (or it got tired of reading reviews bemoaning its trackpads), and the new Spectre x360 13 finally uses Microsoft’s Precision drivers. For years, HP has built excellent laptops under the Spectre branding that have all been let down by terrible trackpads.
There’s really just one thing you need to know about the latest Spectre x360 13 from HP: the trackpad doesn’t suck.
