HP Spectre 13 (world's thinnest*) - Discussion thread

Hi guys,

Noticed there wasn't a discussion forum for the new HP Spectre, I've gone ahead and bought one and wanted to see if there were any other users who were quietly observing, or if anyone had any questions about the computer.

Couple of initial thoughts for anyone who may be interested.

1. Screen is 1080p FHD, no touch - but is bright, with great viewing angles, and good colour reproduction. I came from a 13" MBPretina, and to be honest, I dont miss the screen much.

2. Performance - as typical as you would expect from a 6th Gen Skylake ultrabook, have used it to do some photoshop and lightroom stuff, and also have played a little bit of overwatch - its coping!

3. Battery - HP Claims 9 hour, I think that's only possible if on low brightness and minimal CPU intensive work. Realistic use is 6 hours.

The battery component leads me to the most disappointing thing about the laptop so far for me - Charging.

The good : HP's 45 W usb-c Charger is small, lightweight, and inexpensive (I picked up a second charger for $67AUD, compared to what I paid before for an Apple magsafe 2 at $129, $67 is fair, thank you HP).

The bad: HP seemingly has "locked down" the charging, so it appears only HP branded chargers can work - NOW, I will preface this by saying, I have not yet plugged ANY other 45W USB-C charger in, but I have tried to put in 15W chargers (Google Pixel C / Nexus 6P), and a variety of external power banks, and none of them register.

It seems HP's current flock of USB-C computers are locked down to prevent damage from 3rd party chargers which may not meet their requirements - read more here http://ift.tt/1sGdh3u

Whist that seems noble, it impairs the whole point of an Universal connector, and it does seem other computers can manage to still keep it relatively open, whilst HP has chosen not to.

The UGLY: the laptop doesnt charge particularly quickly. a 20% to 90% charge will take over 2 hours, and the trickle charge to get from 90-100 is also very slow - perhaps another full hour.

Also, I would like to see some official support for some external Thunderbolt 3 docks and external GPUs.

Any one with any input?

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HP Spectre 13 (world's thinnest*) - Discussion thread