The HP Envy X2 Ultrabook
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What We Like
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What We Dislike
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Sharp And Colourful Screen
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Uncomfortable Typing Experience
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Attractive And Light Weight Design
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Low Performance like the old Net Books
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Long Battery Life with the Dock plugged in
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Mediocre Battery Life without the Dock plugged in
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Nice Interface
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Lags a little bit
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Review
Everyone is getting geared up for windows 8 and so is HP also by taking out a line of products that run on the windows 8 to show the market that it is not dead so after the spectre comes the giant from another giant that is HP launching X2 in various countries.
So let us not waste more time and get into ripping it of for you.
Specifications
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Specifications
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CPU
1.8 GHz Intel Atom Z2760
RAM Included
2 GB
RAM Upgradeable
2 GB
Storage Drive Size
64 GB
Storage Drive Type
Flash Memory
Display Size
11.6
Display Resolution
1366 X 768
Graphics Chip
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator
Graphics Memory
64 MB
WiFi
802.11a/b/g/n
Bluetooth
Enabled
O/S
Windows 8
Camera Resolution
8 MP
Front-Facing Camera Resolution
1.3 MP
Ports
HDMI, Headphone Jack, USB
USB Ports
2
Card Reader
Micro SD
Size
320 GB
Warranty/Support
One Year Standard Parts andLabor
Size
11.9 X 7.5 X .3 inches Tablet
11.9 X 8 X .6 inches with Dock
Weight
1.5 pounds / 3.1 pounds with keyboard dock
Design
The Envy X2 is made from attractive brushed aluminium gives it a Simple Metallic Aesthetic that makes it look an expensive gadget.
The device is sleek silver colored back that has its logo embossed very well in the center made to give really nice feel .
The standby and volume control on the upper left and upper right corners of the back panel rather than on the sides of the tablet like the other tablets.
Display
The Envy X2's modest 1366 X 768 resolution, and it's 11.6 inch screen provides sharp images and rich colors.
The touch experience is completely fluid and responsive.
Sound
Its Sound is also very good as it has got beats audio.
It's sound is very good but it is not much audible because the speakers are mounted on the bottom which makes it a very bad placement.
Keyboard and Touch Pad
The keyboard on the Envy X2's Dock is one of the most inaccurate, uncomfortable typing experience provider. The keyboard was so cramped, stiff, and unresponsive.
Our wrists were also uncomfortable as they hung over the edge of the narrow palm rest which was very uncomfortable.
The touch pad was quiet small for our fingers maybe our fingers are adapted to the big touch pads. and well we have to appreciate that it is not that rough and lets you do various multi-touch gestures.
Ports
the tablet itself has many ports on the bottom of the tablet, including a micro SD card slot, a 3.5 mm jack and proprietary port that connects to the dock itself or the charger.
The Keyboard provides 2 USB 2.0 ports and one full sized HDMI port.
Cameras
The front facing 720p webcam takes very bright but extremely noisy images.
The 8 MP rear camera takes really sharp and colorful images better than iPad 2.
Performance
A 1.8 GHz atom CPU, 2 GB of RAM and 64 GB of slow-writing Flash memory, the $849 Envy X2 works like a netbook.
Battery Life
As a tablet, is provides 6 hours and 52 min.
With the keyboard attached the X2 lasts for 11 hours and 52 mins.
VERDICT
It provides a solid experience of windows 8 as a tablet with it's premium feel and colorful screen.
And the low performing battery it has, has let us down.
It also disappointed us that it is not much better than a cheap net book.
So we call it a $849 net book and yes we do not recommend this product.
