HPSpectre Pro 13 G1, i7, 8gb, 512gb inc 3yr Next Business day onsite warranty.

On offer to HP staff today for £720....!!!! (Half price, RRP is £1440)

One per employee, mine's taken but If you know someone that works for HP it may be worth asking

Crazy price.....

Vastly better build quality than Dell. Surprised some people think it looks tacky - I think it looks superb!

tempted to sell my surface pro 4 i5 for this?

​​​just general work and light video editing. just looks good :smile: ​. you are right the screen is great on the surface

http://ao.com/product/w8y31eaabu-hp-spectre-x360-134126na-laptop-silver-44685-251.aspx

£827.10 for this one

Which one is better?

I was tempted on the currys one at £1150 - £100 cashback £1050 for the 512gb ssd

What's the difference between these?

Or would I be better with a Lenovo yoga 14" i7 at £699 from currys?

Neither is better or worse they are just different, with the x360 you get a touchscreen that folds into a tablet but is 20mm thick, the normal spectre 13 is 10mm thick so thinner than the apple macbook/macbook air.

That particular yoga laptop has good specs but has the same display and body as the £349 yoga 14, its good but when you are spending that kind of money it needs to be great i personally would get the spectre 13 if you have the money to do so

Thanks for the reply.

In regards to the touchscreen ones, this one is £827.10 with i5 256ssd

Is it worth paying for the £1050 to get an i7 with 512ssd?

And if I buy one of these spectres what's best warranty or insurance for it? At least 2 or 3 years?

I know currys do it £269 for 3 years for £1050 one

The 2 in 1 weighs slightly more but has a better battery. I would go for this over the Lenovo if you can afford to as it has better battery, build quality, lighter and stronger resale value.

the difference between the core i5 and i7 will not be noticeable they are both low power cpu's and benchmark around the same scores, its the storage thats the bigger factor i personally would take the 256gb as it takes quite a bit to fill it with movies and pictures then any extra i throw on an external HDD that way you're saving £200.
Just had a quick look and general laptop insurance upto £1000 is £55-£60 for the year so i wouldn't bother getting the currys insurance

Just to be clear I am upgrading from Dell Inspiron 14z I bought on here 5 years ago lol. I5, 2.4ghz, 6gb ram, 320gb hdd of which I have used 115gb.

It's been needing an upgrade for a long time as it takes ages to load up (5 mins) and then another bit of time to actually be useable, the fan is loud, battery don't last as long, and also crashes often.

I need it for business purposes some that is fast to open programs and applications, load up, and touch screen for quick clicking, will probably be on for 8-10 hours a day.

Where can I get that from Jay? Thanks man been doodling on a decision for ages lol

This or the Dell xps? Not good with laptops but need something light and quick as I travel a lot. Help much appreciated.

I got the quote from here: https://www.gadget-cover.com/laptop-insurance

Been doodling on a decision for a few years from the sound of that dell laptop :P , Go for the x360 the touchscreen version as it has a better battery life which is good for your needs , stick with the 256 gb you won't need any more than that and if you do I tend to store movies on a pen drive or external hdd

£40 GET40 code does not seem to be working when going through check out.

A promotion is no longer available. Please check the updated price in your basket.

Have you gone as far as paypal? when clicking paypal it goes back to basket etc

Ahh yes thats very frustrating, will it work with normal card payments perhaps?

HP had a staff offer last month selling these in Staff store for £600. If I didn't already have a Macbook I would have bought one, was a steal at £600

No tried with mastercard also, does not work.May try call them tomorrow and see what they can do.

Earliest free delivery is Thursday for anyone wanting to save the hassle of going through.

Thanks for your help btw :smile:

No worries mate shame it hasnt gone through, take some screenshots of the price in your basket and see if they will honor it they have really good customer service to be fair

sold out

I got the HP Spectre x360 4129na recently from JL - do watchout for the touchscreen ghosting problem on some of these models. More here: https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Windows/Touchscreen-ghost-touches-touches-when-I-m-not-touching-the/td-p/5426728

​Thank you, very useful information,

@jayd95 Why are you posting every single deal from AO.com??? Do you work for them or something?

People would be mad to spend £900 on one of these over an XPS13.

The form factor of the XPS13 is just unbeatable and it's also better looking than the tacky black and gold Spectre!!



The Kaby Lake Spectre 360 I like though - infinitely better looking, more portable, small bezels, Windows Hello camera etc. That's a better XPS13 alternative if you can live with the extra weight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZLEm3o9R5A

http://www.mobiletechreview.com/notebooks/HP-Spectre-x360-Late-2016.htm

Haha no just trying to take advantage of the current 10% off and £40 voucher they have on at the minute

As long as the deals are good, who cares if he's even the sole owner of AO.

it makes it "unusable" for you? isn't it just a mild spinning sound?

I'd say that this is a better deal:

£899 Spectre 13 x360 i7-6500U 2.5GHz, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD, 13.3" 2560x1440 QHD Touch
https://www.europc.co.uk/hp-spectre-x360-118665.html

My macbook needed replacing, after 9 years as a mac user i finally decided to stop paying the apple tax + the new prices on the new macbooks are ridiculous
So looked around for a new laptop
I paid £618 for Spectre x360 (i5, 256gb) from very during their black friday event
It was reduced to £798, then got 10% off for being a new customer
Bringing it down to £718 and then got £100 cashback from HP

Its an amazing bit of kit, the trackpad is huge and takes some getting used to especially as i am used to the macbook glass trackpad
I only use the touchscreen to shut the laptop down
Been using it for about 4 weeks now and so glad i bought this..

Out of stock, I missed it :disappointed:

And this is why people should be choosing a MacBook, especially when spending this kind of money.

I love the look of the Spectre, I really do, but just can't be bothered with how Windows machines behave over time, I've learned and I've moved on.

Where can you apply for the cashback to get £100?

HP official refurb though, not 3rd party. 12 months warranty.

Vastly better build quality than Dell. Surprised some people think it looks tacky - I think it looks superb!

Looked at floor model in currys and not that impressed on build. Screen has some wobble, brass look back plate feels like plastic (and prob is), keyboard feels really cheap. Style over good design.

Ready for a laptop when I can have macbook build and screen with windows 10 around £1000 (I can dream).

Any good deals on the i7 processor with 512 ssd?

hi, thank you for the valuable information here. I was wondering if any of you could advise on budget friendly stylus touchscreens. surface are too over budget for me. Cube i7/i9 any good?
Thank you.

Thats one hell of a deal :disappointed: so upset I missed it man :disappointed:

I have considered it but I can't run certain software on them and if I'd have to put windows on it I see it as defeating the object.

is this a replacement to the surface book? The surface book though has an amazing stylus/digitizer. Is this just as good?

Recently paid £799 for a spectre x360 (i7, 256gb) through the Microsoft Store. It's also a signature edition so doesn't come with any pre installed software making it a lot cleaner. Very impressed so far.

Used a 10% student discount code and claimed £100 cash back with HP which brought it down from a £999.

https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msuk/en_GB/pdp/HP-Spectre-x360-13-4105na-Laptop/productID.327856900

£799 for the better X360:

http://compadvance.co.uk/en/item/467212/HP-Spectre-x360-13-4173na



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£699 for the slightly older Broadwell 4GB version:

http://compadvance.co.uk/en/item/428687/HP-Spectre-x360-13-4003na

Its currently £826 for the x360 from AO which comes brand new, im not saying the renew products are bad its just for an extra £26 you get the bran new peace of mind

Or you could see it as best of both worlds, if you can justify the prices!

Ah, I missed that. Yeah the £827 AO one is the better deal. :sunglasses:

Personally, I'd go for that X360 £827 lappy over the (hideously ugly!!) black/gold one. Not only is it better looking but it's £60 cheaper. Only fly in the ointment is the greater weight. 1.45kg without PSU is a bit heavy for a 13.3".

I do have a macbook pro its 4 years old been battered and still works great, mac os is super smooth but there is no way i could justify spending another £1500 on one of them, windows bootcamp is buggy and drains the battery and if there are any programs that you require windows for on a regular basis then you may aswel just get a windows laptop. I wouldnt say Mac os is that much better than windows to justify the expense

Had a think and I've ordered the 9360 from dell over the spectre and Lenovo. Managed to get £200 off using dell chat and mentioning VIP :wink: just waiting for arrival now!

whats the link for that? how much was it?

Ordered x360 with code via mobile, had email confirmation still does not work online though, not had top cashback via mobile email either. so maybe thats why?

will be arriving thursday.

Next question before using it what should I take off and leave on etc? and is there a way to back it up should I need to reinstall fresh if it gets laggy?

Thanks again for your help guys :smile:

HP Spectre 13 is definitely a good laptop but I would go with Dell XPS 13 9360:
+ Full size USB ports
+ Much better battery life (10 hours vs 5 hours of browsing for the HP)
+ Much better performance (because of the cooling system)

However, XPS 13 uses PWM from 0 to 99% brightness and you already mentioned the coil whine but I would still recommend it over the HP :smiley: Here's a detailed review of the XPS 13 9360:
http://laptopmedia.com/review/dell-xps-13-9630-late-2016-review-the-best-just-got-better/

Better options out there to run windows apps on a Mac than Bootcamp, VmWare fusion or Parallels will allow you to run a windows virtual machine on your Mac that you never need even use as any installed apps on the virtual machine can be run straight from you Mac dock

Sounds like you should take a look at the Surface Book.

I looked for a Windows Laptop with Macbook build quality, spent many months searching. The HP spectre's were on my list as were the Lenovo Carbon X1, the Dell XPS and a couple of models from Asus UX range

In the end the windows laptop I bought was actually a Macbook Pro Retina with the concession of a Windows VM running in Parallels for the odd non Mac app (although I'm finding less and less of these now)
Don't regret it and would buy the same again tomorrow.

Nice on paper but.......Expensive, silly gap and silver painted keyboard (no way this will last, especially not with my acidic skin). Maybe V2.

I've been tempted to do the same as the Macbooks really are fantastic build quality and have great battery life but at nearly £2000 I just cant do it........

List price for a MacBook Pro with these kind of specs is £1400, and can be sourced cheaper if you shop around. So, let's say you nab one for £1200, EASILY worth £300 more (please bear in mind resale).

Sadly there has just been a big price increase from Apple.
Iast year I picked up a 13" MBPr with 8gb Ram and 256gb SSD for just over £1000 (£1005 iirc) courtesy of access to the Apple Higher Education store. i see the same model now is £1449 from the Apple store.

you can usually get around 12% discount via the Apple Higher Education store so If you know a friendly student you are looking at about £1275 for the model without the silly touch bar, missing magsafe charger and missing ports....

Went for the i7/512GB off their website. £1500. Go to dell chat, told them I have Dell VIP which entitles me to £150 (10%) off but also that on Amazon they are selling the model for £1299.95 - it's a dell authorised retailer and asked them if they could price match it buddy. Said yes. Then he just sends an invoice, then they call and sale completed over the phone. Should arrive this week. Will let you know about it and the 'coil whine' if any.

Also managed to negotiate the i7 256 in rose gold down from £1320 to £1180 and normal silver to £1150. Just as a rough steer.

1062.33 + vat. :smiley:

Good luck Youtube coil whine

This guy was raving about his XPs until he posted this today!

That is horrible, i can deal with noise from a pc/laptop but not when its that inconsistent

I find this contradictory. Is it just me?

Also similar to the whining noise allot remain voters make....:stuck_out_tongue:

If you don't need it right away you can wait to see if an XPS 13 comes onto the Dell outlet, that's where I got mine and it's hasn't missed a beat in over three years

It's arrived! :smile:

Seems like the code worked on mobile but tcb hasn't tracked though

X360 one is back in stock!

HPSpectre Pro 13 G1, i7, 8gb, 512gb inc 3yr Next Business day onsite warranty.

On offer to HP staff today for £720....!!!! (Half price, RRP is £1440)

One per employee, mine's taken but If you know someone that works for HP it may be worth asking

Crazy price.....

Do you know anyone else? That's a cracking deal! Darn!

Try and get me one xD

If anyone's interested, then there's a whole bunch of XPS 13's just come on the Dell outlet store, plus the code NewYear17 gets 20% off so for example you can get the following spec machine for £795-ish: i7-6560U, 8GB ram, 256GB SSD, QHD display

is this better than a macbook with rubbish thin keys and no ports?
i like starbucks and am worried people will laugh at me if i am not using the latest ripp off apple macbook while drinking my skinny mac-chiato

asus x310 looks nice also

I picked up this deal due to working for a HP partner - added the USB power adaptor and it came to £700.36 due to some extra discount on the adaptors, mine arrives monday and looking forward as I'd looked but considered them out of my price range, replacing the 2011 Dell XPS which has been pretty reliable until lately.

code expired?