Testseek.com have collected 52 expert reviews of the HP Spectre XT 15-4xx Series and the average rating is 74%. Scroll down and see all reviews for HP Spectre XT 15-4xx Series.
February 2013
(74%)
52 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(69%)
22 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Large and lovely touchscreen display
Eye-catching
Brushed-aluminum design
Sleek design
Full HD touch screen
Snappy performance
Spacious
Comfortable keyboard
Thunderbolt port on board
Slim
Sharp design
A high-quality keyboard
Touch pad
And speakers
And a Thunderbolt port all help the Spectre XT stand out from the Windows 8 crowd
One of the first Windows PCs with Thunderbolt. Has more storage space than SSD-only units. Full size HDMI and Ethernet. Good multimedia benchmark scores. Comes with Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements. Two years of Norton Internet Security.
Aggressive price for a Core i7 ultrabook
Gorgeous and spacious IPS 1080p touch screen
32GB mSATA caching drive
Thunderbolt port
The design of the HP Spectre is lightweight and appealing
Gorgeous display
Excellent keyboard and touchpad
Good performance for an ultrabook
Beautiful touchenabled display
Good build quality
Great keyboard and touchpad
Good port selection
Nice IPS screen
Good keyboard and touchpad
Quiet.
Amazing 1080p display
Loud
Strong audio
Excellent processor and hard drive performance
Brilliant IPS display
Sophisticated
Well-built design
Good keyboard
IPS display with high contrast ratio
Fast SSD
Solid chassis
Appealing loooks
Mini DisplayPort
Thunderbolt
The editors didn't like
Terrible battery life
Poor-sounding speakers
Heavy for its size
Subpar battery life
Below-average graphics performance
For well over $1
000
One might expect discrete graphics or better battery life
USB 3.0 ports are black. Middling battery life
A little heavy for an ultrabook
Lagging battery runtime
Conventional clamshell rather than hybrid design
This device lacks an optical drive and has minimal RAM and storage space
Poor battery life
Some cheap design touches
Expensive for its class
Glossy / Reflective display surface
Slow hard drive
Heavy
Constrained CPU performance
Lacks full SSD storage
Ho-hum design
Vague keyboard feel
Short battery life
Expensive
Mediocre battery life
Only 4 GB RAM standard
Installed RAM operates in single-channel memory mode
Published: 2013-02-28, Author: Joel , review by: pcmag.com
One of the first Windows PCs with Thunderbolt. Has more storage space than SSD-only units. Full size HDMI and Ethernet. Good multimedia benchmark scores. Comes with Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements. Two years of Norton Internet Security.
USB 3.0 ports are black. Middling battery life
If you share your household with Mac users, the HP Spectre XT TouchSmart 15-4010nr is a good buy if you absolutely need Windows 8 and need to trade files. It's a decent large-screen performance ultrabook made better with the addition of a Thunderbolt por...
The design of the HP Spectre is lightweight and appealing
This device lacks an optical drive and has minimal RAM and storage space
With the HP Spectre, you may be drawn in by the slick, thin and lightweight design. While these are excellent features, the device simply lacks too many necessary attributes to be a solid choice for a business laptop. The processor is decent and the batte...
Beautiful touchenabled display, Good build quality, Great keyboard and touchpad, Good port selection
Glossy / Reflective display surface, Slow hard drive
The Spectre XT 15t proved itself a competent and capable 15.6-inch multimedia notebook in our testing. The extra bright IPS display is gorgeous and has plenty of resolution for work; the touch capability works seamlessly with Windows 8. Other things we li...
IPS display with high contrast ratio, Good keyboard, Fast SSD, Solid chassis, Appealing loooks, Mini DisplayPort, Thunderbolt
Mediocre battery life, Only 4 GB RAM standard, Installed RAM operates in single-channel memory mode
The Asus Zenbook UX31A (13-inch display) should appeal to those users who are happy with ULV performance, but would prefer a touchscreen and a premium chassis. Because of the smaller screen, the Zenbook is also easier to carry around. The price is also co...
Good build quality, Amazing 1080p display, Loud, strong audio, Excellent processor and hard drive performance
Ho-hum design, Vague keyboard feel, Short battery life
The Spectre XT TouchSmart is representative of HP's current strategy. It is a safe, solid system that takes no design risks. Every element is as adequate as it needs to be – and no more. What results is a laptop that looks nice but is less than the sum...
The HP Spectre XT TouchSmart Ultrabook 15t-4000 offers a striking design, Core i7 power and a full HD touch screen, but you'll sacrifice some battery life and graphics muscle.
Heavy for an ultrabook, Enormous for an ultrabook, Irritating touchpad, Slightly lacking power
When you're dropping £999 / US$1,199.99 (around AU$1,463) on a laptop, you need to be sure your investment is a solid one. The HP Spectre XT TouchSmart Ultrabook shares that price point with many awesome machines - the glorious Acer Aspire S7 among them -...
HD display Responsive touchenabled screen, Sturdy metal design
Expensive, Dim screen
The HP Spectre XT TouchSmart might be pricy, but it has some good kit to justify the price. The Full HD screen is well-suited to movie lovers and its touch abilities mean you can get the best from Windows 8. It's not the most powerful machine in the worl...
Heavy for an ultrabook, Enormous for an ultrabook, Irritating touchpad, Slightly lacking power
We'll say this, though: The HP Spectre XT TouchSmart Ultrabook is a milestone. Watch the ultrabook market over the next year. Watch as heavyweight chips join incredible screens as the norm rather than the exception. If you pick up an HP Spectre XT TouchS...
With a large and lovely touchscreen display and eye-catching, brushed-aluminum design, we really wanted to love the HP SpectreXT TouchSmart 15-4010nr. Unfortunately the terrible battery life and poor audio let it down. And because the HP SpectreXT TouchSm...
