HP Envy x2 Series

The HP Envy x2, the PC giant’s beautifully built Windows 8 hybrid laptop is leading the 2013's trend to detachable screens, which can also be used as tablets on the go. This laptop uses Windows 8 32-bit to give user the full windows experience rather than the hobbled Windows RT that was found in other tablet.

Key advantages of HP's Envy x2 are its ability to run any x86 PC program without problem, the very attractive design and light weight of only 700g. Thanks to the IPS screen and very good battery life, the HP Envy x2 is perfect for daily use such as web browsing, email, or light apps. Thanks to a fast SSD and Intel’s new Clover Trail architecture, even HD video playback and non 3D-gaming apps run without lag.

The Atom chip’s meager performance is the deal-breaker for many people who are looking for a primary mobile device, as the HP envy x2 can’t run demanding apps. At a premium price tag of almost 900 Euro, there are many alternative options out there from mid-range laptop to tablet with Intel’s low voltage core-i5 processor, which can get the job done. However, if you are dead-set on a detachable screen type laptop and money is not a big concern, this might be the right choice for you.

HP Envy x2 11t-g000

Specifications

75% Half-tablet, half-laptop, all Atom
Source: CNet
Windows 8 is the beginning of a dream in which tablets and computers seamlessly merge. Whether that dream has a happy ending or not remains to be seen, but the HP Envy x2 is one of the products that give me a lot of hope that this is all heading in the right direction. HP's combination 11-inch laptop and detachable full Windows 8 tablet isn't a wholly unique idea, but it's one of the best-designed iterations of the "hybrid" detachable concept in the Windows 8 launch generation.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 01/25/2013
Rating: Total score: 75% performance: 60% mobility: 90%

70% HP Envy x2 Review
Source: Computer Shopper
HP's Envy x2 convertible walks a fine line between tablet and laptop. Like so many convergence devices before it, the HP Envy x2 sets out to deliver a good experience as both a tablet and a laptop, and it compromises slightly on each. On the tablet front, the hardware and design deliver, but as yet, there just aren't that many great touch-centric Windows 8 apps.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 01/16/2013
Rating: Total score: 70%

HP ENVY x2 Windows 8 convertible review
Source: Reg Hardware
The single most important caveat with the HP ENVY x2 is that its specification is extremely lean: as tested, the device achieves only average benchmark performance and is fitted with just 2GB of RAM and 64GB of storage (with up to 24GB of this being partitioned for system recovery). From a pure Ultrabook perspective, this seems very limited indeed. But viewed as a tablet computer - powered with a dual-core 1.8GHz Intel Atom processor and boosted by a high-quality detachable keyboard with trackpad and connectivity ports, not to mention double battery packs... oh, and it runs Windows 8 - the ENVY x2 is extraordinary.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 01/10/2013

70% HP Envy x2 review
Source: Trusted Reviews
The HP Envy x2 is a beautifully built Windows 8 convertible tablet/laptop. As long as you don’t stress its Atom processor it’s generally a pleasure to use and sounds great. Unfortunately similarly specced rivals offer better wireless and physical connectivity, bundled Wacom styli, and longer battery life, all for £100 less. In other words, unless you really want the x2’s premium looks, its full-size SD card slot or its decent speakers, there’s little to envy here.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 01/10/2013
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 60% performance: 70% features: 70% display: 80% mobility: 80% workmanship: 90%

50% HP Envy x2 review
Source: CNet
The HP Envy X2 provides Windows 8 touchscreen fun from a sleek and stylish body. Its ability to act as both stand-alone tablet and laptop is undeniably handy. But it's let down by extremely disappointing performance and a low-resolution screen that are in no way justified by the high price tag. Regardless of what type of Windows 8 machine you're looking for, your money can be better spent elsewhere.
Comparison, online available, Medium, Date: 01/08/2013
Rating: Total score: 50%

HP ENVY x2 11t Review
Source: Student Buying Guide
If you want both a tablet and laptop, the HP ENVY x2 is a compelling offering. It has a premium look and build quality, the dock and latch mechanism are awesome. It’s just so easy to put the tablet portion into the keyboard dock, and once there it really does look and feel like a pure laptop, the screen is held in tight and there’s zero wobble. You get the full Windows 8 experience, allowing you to install any typical Windows desktop program and run multiple programs at once, this is not a watered down Windows RT or similar mobile OS you’re getting. The battery life including the dock is simply incredible, at 11 hours and 30 minutes under strenuous usage we’d be willing to bet you can fly from North America to Asia on one charge and not run out of battery.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 01/02/2013

60% HP ENVY x2 Review
Source: Notebookreview.com
Though the ENVY x2 isn't perfect on every front, it's still a solid offering at $849 and does provide both a true laptop and tablet experience in one package. While we would have liked to have seen better performance, it's just not possible to cram a powerful Core i5 inside a slate tablet device, so you have to understand you can't have it all. Compromises have to be made to achieve this highly versatile form factor of a 2-in-1 tablet and laptop, and HP has struck a nice balance and done a good job with the design and engineering and so the ENVY x2 warrants a recommendation to anyone looking for a hybrid notebook convertible.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 01/02/2013
Rating: Total score: 60% price: 70% performance: 40% features: 80% mobility: 70% workmanship: 90%

HP Envy x2
Source: Trusted Reviews
The HP Envy x2 is a stylish Windows 8 convertible tablet/laptop that goes for a more premium aesthetic than its rivals and offers perks like Beats-enhanced sound. Unfortunately, it also comes with a premium price. It’s certainly well-built and attractive, and is generally a pleasure to use. However, it doesn’t offer a bundled Wacom stylus and also falls behind rivals in the connectivity stakes, so we’ll have to see if it can justify the extra it demands.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/27/2012

HP Envy x2 11-g000eg

Specifications

80% HP Envy x2 Review
Source: Digital Trends
Current technology just doesn’t allow for a powerful Windows PC at an affordable price in a slim chassis. What separates today’s best and worst hybrid PCs is the way they manage their inevitable flaws and compensate for them in other areas. The Envy x2 is the best balancing act we’ve seen thus far. Unlike most competitors, this device is truly useful as a laptop.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 05/02/2013
Rating: Total score: 80%

50% Review: HP Envy x2
Source: PC Authority
But, at $950, the Envy x2 is simply too expensive to get away with it. For the same price you can buy the much more powerful ASUS Vivobook X202E touchscreen laptop and a Google Nexus 7 tablet for those times when you want one. Alternatively, you could wait for Microsoft’s 10.6in, Full HD, Core i5-powered Surface Windows Pro, which is expected to be priced similarly.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 05/01/2013
Rating: Total score: 50% price: 33% performance: 33% features: 83% workmanship: 83%

80% HP Envy x2 review: a Windows 8 tablet or laptop? It's both!
Source: PC Advisor
We love the X2's design, but it's rather expensive given the modest performance on offer. Even so, it can still handle most basic computing tasks perfectly well, and its ingenious convertible design and impressive battery life mean that it will continue to earn its keep long after most laptops have run flat.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 03/29/2013
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 70% performance: 60% features: 80% workmanship: 70%

80% HP Envy x2 review
Source: Techradar
In the end, though, we see so much potential in the Envy x2 we're willing to overlook some of its awkwardness. It's the type of device that is sure to improve over time, and it's showing the way to the undeniable future of ultralight laptops.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/25/2013
Rating: Total score: 80%

HP Envy X2 Review
Source: Ubergizmo
I personally use a keyboard connected to my iPad at all times as I enjoy the tablet, but also enjoy the feel of a real keyboard at the same time. The HP Envy X2 is geared to someone like me who likes to go back and forth between a laptop setting to a tablet setting at any time. I found if you think of the HP Envy X2 as the best of both worlds, that it’s done very well and certainly stands out in my opinion due to its great battery life and display.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/22/2013

40% HP Envy X2 review
Source: Computer Active
The HP Envy X2 is a potentially great Windows 8 laptop-tablet hybrid ruined by its unusuably slow Atom processor. It's hard to justify spending £800 on the Envy X2 when the substantially cheaper Microsoft Surface, which admittedly has quirky design problems of its own, feels so much faster and more responsive despite having a theoretically slower ARM processor. In other words the Envy X2 is just poor value.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 02/27/2013
Rating: Total score: 40%

81% Windows 8 - Touch & gut? - HP Envy x2 11-g000eg (C1W97EA)
Source: Comuterbild Spiele - 5/13
Comparison, , Length Unknown, Date: 03/01/2013
Rating: Total score: 81% performance: 65% features: 73% mobility: 88% ergonomy: 85%

92% Flexible Tablet/Netbook-Schönheit
Source: Onlinekosten.de DE→EN
Positive: good interface equipment; good display; very good battery runtime
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/10/2013
Rating: Total score: 92%

Ciałem tablet, ale sercem laptop
Source: PC Lab.pl PL→EN
Positive: Convertible; very good quality materials; solid construction; comfortable keyboard; IPS display. Negative: Lack of expansion ports; battery life under tablet mode.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 02/15/2013

HP ENVY x2 の実機レビュー
Source: The Hikaku JA→EN
Positive: Thin body, good touch responsibility; high rigidity, aluminum body; long battery life. Negative: Performance of CPU.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 01/10/2013

HP Envy x2 11-g012nr

Specifications

50% HP Envy x2 review
Source: PC Pro
But at £800, the Envy x2 is simply too expensive to get away with it. For £72 more you can buy the much more powerful Lenovo IdeaPad Z580 and an iPad – or, you could wait for Microsoft’s 10.6in, Full HD, Core i5-powered Surface Pro, which is expected to be priced similarly. HP’s offering aims commendably high in terms of build quality – and in itself it makes a very agreeable platform for all-day lightweight computing – but when you weigh up your options, its capabilities are clearly far too limited to justify the price.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 02/26/2013
Rating: Total score: 50% price: 33% performance: 33% features: 83% workmanship: 83%

60% HP Envy x2
Source: Wired Magazine
WIRED An incredibly well-designed Windows tablet, one of the best-looking on the market. Surprisingly good audio. Really nice screen. Keyboard and touchpad both work well. TIRED Performance is all-around lousy. Chicklet up/down arrow keys. Heavier (and $100 more expensive) than the similar Acer, but with half the battery life.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 02/19/2013
Rating: Total score: 60%

70% HP Envy x2 review
Source: Pocket Lint
The HP Envy x2 is a product that we were excited about when it was first announced. But that excitement has largely evaporated thanks to the product's price point. See, the HP Envy x2 isn't a bad product by any means, it's just badly positioned on the price ladder. But such positives can't counter the near-£800 price and limited performance from the Atom processor. That's the long and short of it: the HP Envy x2 is a smart little hybrid, but there are cheaper and more powerful competitors out there and that's what holds this model back.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 02/14/2013
Rating: Total score: 70%

HP Envy X2 Windows 8 hybrid tablet/notebook review
Source: Liliputing
If you ignore the $850 price tag, the HP Envy X2 makes sense as a sort of cross between a Windows RT tablet and an ultrabook. It’s a thin and light laptop that also functions as a tablet with long battery life. But it’s hard to ignore that price tag. Basically if you plan to use the computer as a notebook, you’re paying 3 times the price of a netbook to get netbook-style performance.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 02/13/2013

65% HP Envy x2 Review
Source: Tech2.in.com
At an MRP of Rs 59,990, the HP Envy x2 feels quite expensive for an Atom-based notebook. Even a Core i3 would have been welcome at this point. The only reason one may pick this over the similarly priced Windows RT tablets is that you can still use legacy x86 apps. It does have a very good battery life and plays 1080p video like a champ, but if that’s all you’re looking for, then you’re better off with an iPad or any Android tablet and a keyboard dock.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 02/04/2013
Rating: Total score: 65%

80% HP Envy X2 (11-g012nr) review
Source: IT Reviews
The HP Envy X2 (11-g012nr) is faster than the Acer Iconia W510, has better all-aluminum construction, a more comfortable keyboard and mouse, and a sleeker design. But while the Envy X2 does offer enough battery life to carry you through the workday and then some, it still falls a few hours short of the similarly equipped Acer W510 while being priced $100 more.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 02/01/2013
Rating: Total score: 80%

80% HP Envy X2 (11-g012nr)
Source: PC Mag
The HP Envy X2 (11-g012nr) is faster than the Acer Iconia W510, has better all-aluminum construction, a more comfortable keyboard and mouse, and a sleeker design. But while the Envy X2 does offer enough battery life to carry you through the workday and then some, it still falls a few hours short of the similarly equipped Acer W510 while being priced $100 more.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 01/30/2013
Rating: Total score: 80%

Windows-8-Tablet oder flexibles Atom-Notebook?
Source: Tom's Hardware DE→EN
Positive: very good workmanship; chic chassis; long battery runtime Negative: high price
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 02/07/2013

67% HP Envy X2
Source: Dinside NO→EN
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 01/17/2013
Rating: Total score: 67%

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HP: The Hewlett-Packard Company, founded 1935, commonly referred to as HP, is a technology corporation headquartered in California, United States. HP specializes in developing and manufacturing computing, storage, and networking hardware, software and services. Major product lines include personal computing devices, enterprise servers, related storage devices, as well as a diverse range of printers and other imaging products. Other product lines, including electronic test equipment and systems, medical electronic equipment, solid state components and instrumentation for chemical analysis. HP posted US $91.7 billion in annual revenue in 2006, making it the world's largest technology vendor in terms of sales. In 2007 the revenue was $104 billion, making HP the first IT company in history to report revenues exceeding $100 billion. Market share regarding sales of personal computers in 2007 (market research IDC): HP 18.9 %, Dell 16.4 %, Acer 9.9 %, Lenovo 7.5 %, Apple 5.7 %

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These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650: Integrated processor graphics card (e.g. in the Atom N2800) without dedicated memory. Most likely based on a PowerVR design similar to the GMA 500 but with higher clock rates.

PowerVR SGX545:

Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics: Onboard graphics card that is built in the new Arrandale CPUs (Core i3 / i5 / i7 Dual Cores). Depending on the model and Turbo Boost, the GMA HD is clocked between 166 and 766 MHz.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

Intel Atom: The Intel Atom series is a 64-Bit (not every model supports 64bit) microprocessor for cheap and small notebooks (so called netbooks), MIDs, or UMPCs. The speciality of the new architecture is the "in order" execution (instead of the usual and faster "out of order" execution). Therefore, the transistor count of the Atom series is much lower and, thus, cheaper to produce. Furthermore, the power consumption is very low. The performance per Megahertz is therfore worse than the old Pentium 3M (1,2 GHz on par with a 1.6 GHz Atom).

Z2760: Soc with integrated dual core Atom processor clocked at up to 1.8 GHz (only Turbo?), a PowerVR SGX 545 based GPU clocked at 533 MHz and a dual channel LPDDR2-800 memory controller.

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1.4 kg:

This subnotebook is one of the most lightweight of all notebooks and can be carried very easily. There exist only few sub-notebooks, which weight less. 10 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.

1.41 kg:

This sub-notebook weighs less than the average of all notebooks and represents a medium class of weight among the sub-notebooks. 11 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.

69.3%: This rating is bad. Most notebooks are better rated. This is not a recommendation for purchase.

» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.

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