maximumpc.com Updated:
2011-08-17 12:10:48
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This system crushed our ultraportable benchmarks, but for a price It's called the Envy 13 for a reason. From its magnesium alloy frame, to its beautiful display and its laser etched hand-rest, HP's Envy 13 is sure to turn a few of your friends green. T...
Sylish, magnesiumalloy frame; excellent LED display; jetfast benchmark performance.
Expensive; mediocre battery life; no optical drive.
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onlinenotebook.com Updated:
2011-08-17 12:10:48
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Thin and light notebook Processor – 2.13GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SL9600 Memory – 3GB, 1,066MHz DDR2 Chipset – Quanta 307B Dimensions (WD) – 12.6×8.5 inches Hard drive – 250GB 5,400 rpm Operating system – Windows 7 Height – 0.8 inches System weight / with...
Attractive, bright display, big touch pad...
Expensive, heavy, keyboard doesn’t have backlighting, connections and ports are limited...
This is more of a status symbol than a necessity. Buy it if you have plenty of money to burn. The downright sexy looks do justify the high price...
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All that aside, the Envy 13 has a lot of eye-catching touches. Let's not forget that last year's HP Voodoo Envy 133 (hmm, I wonder where that "Voodoo" name went off to, anyhow?) was even more expensive and was amazingly underpowered...
Great, Mac-like looks, Neat audio processing feature for headphones...
Expensive, Annoying bloatware ads...
If it looks like a MacBook and feels like a Macbook, it's got to be from Apple, right? Wrong! The Envy 13 is the PC's answer for slim, stylish computing. Only more expensive...
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Last year, HP claimed to “redefine the premium notebook PC” when the company unveiled the new HP Envy 13. This 13-inch notebook offers high-performance, power-efficient processors, ATI switchable graphics, lightweight aluminum and magnesium construction...
Excellent build quality, Great keyboard, Cool "green" packaging...
Expensive, Overly sensitive touchpad, Limited number of ports...
Without a doubt, the Envy 13 is among the most innovative consumer notebooks that HP has ever created. However, it still feels like HP engineers spent too much time and effort trying to make a “MacBook alternative” and missed the mark completely...
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dvice.com Updated:
2011-08-17 12:10:49
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We liked the HP Envy 13 laptop when we it was first announced a couple of months ago, but now that we've gotten our hands on one, we like it even more. This 13.1-incher is chiseled out of aluminum on top and magnesium on the bottom, as if it were creat...
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Snarky bloggers (ahem) could easily dismiss the HP Envy 13 as a MacBook Pro plus $300, say so in a tweet, and call it a day. Hell, I was certainly tempted. (The Envy 13 starts at $1699. As configured, our review unit would cost you $1799.) This handsom...
Neat audio processing feature for headphones, Great, Mac-like looks...
Expensive, Annoying bloatware ads...
If it looks like a MacBook and feels like a Macbook, it's got to be from Apple, right? Wrong! The Envy 13 is the PC's answer for slim, stylish computing. Only more expensive...
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wired.com Updated:
2011-08-17 12:10:49
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Now that the hungry maw of Hewlett-Packard has devoured Voodoo, the company has been hard at work splicing "Voodoo DNA" into its mainstream products. Here's one result: A laptop that looks a lot like an HP Pavilion but carries the high price of a bouti...
looks and solid performance ... what's not to like? Textured palmrest pattern evokes Death Star motif ... like a million voices crying out in unison, then suddenly silenced.
Only two USB ports. Bright screen, but hardly an "unparalleled viewing experience." Chiclet keyboard awkward at first. Middling battery life (2 hours, 10 minutes). Undersized arrow keys. Higher price than Cypress Hill concert.
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In more ways than one, the HP Envy 13 seems like a "new generation" of PC laptop for HP or even the industry. Intentional or not it bears more in resemblance with Apple's lineup than its own predecessors, it's part of the very first wave of computers with...
Beautiful hardware design, High screen resolution, Solid battery life...
Terrible trackpad, High price, External disc drive...
Overall we're very conflicted about the Envy 13. Hardware wise it's one of our favorite laptops ever, but the trackpad almost destroys all of that good will built up by the other elements -- no matter how great a laptop is, if it's painful to interact wit...
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Comparisons have been made by the nattering nabobs of Appleism that the HP Envy 13 is just a knock-off of the Macbook Pro 13-inch. This is the cowards way out and I shan’t stand for it. I will look at HP’s latest notebook – don’t call it a netbook! – a...
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When it comes to super-thin ulraportables of late, you can either spend a lot (close to $3,000) and get an executive-chic powerhouse like the Toshiba Portégé R600 or go the more affordable route with a coffee-house–friendly MSI X-Slim X340...
Extra-bright 13-inch screen; solid metal construction; excellent performance; switchable graphics; slim battery slice pushes runtime past 8 hours...
No onboard optical drive; VGA and LAN ports require external dongles; so-so Webcam and speaker quality; keyboard is not backlit...
The sleek HP Envy 13 offers the best balance of performance and portability yet. It offers an amazing screen and long battery life, making this 13-inch ultraportable perfect for road warriors...
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Now that Windows 7 is starting to close the gap with Apple’s operating system, it’s only fitting that it runs on systems that come closer to Apple’s vaunted design. One of the first to approach this ideal is the HP Envy 13 (starting at $1,699; $1,899...
Classy design, Brightest screen in its class, Excellent performance, Switchable graphics, Superb audio quality through headphones...
Temperamental touchpad, Unimpressive speakers, Mediocre battery life (without slice), Expensive...
HP’s premium ultraportable offers excellent performance and an elegant design, but its touchpad could be better.
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After more than three years of perfecting its imprinting design—made up of patterns beneath a glossy plastic layer—HP decided that its premium brand deserved something more in line with today's trends. The Envy line, as you may recall, was a synonym...
Phenomenal battery life with both batteries. Extended slice fits flush with the system's base. Metallic design is gorgeous and customizable. Media-centric resolution. Up to 5GB of memory. Very bright screen. Nice typing experience.
Pricey. No illuminated keyboard option. ExpressCard slot would be nice. Only two USB ports.
The HP Envy 13 is an all-metallic ultraportable that delivered phenomenal battery scores, but customers may not be ready to spend $1,899 on a laptop...
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You know what they say about knock offs; they're never quite as good as the original. But HP's Envy 13, which is clearly a rip of the 13-inch MacBook Pro (everything down to packaging screams Apple), comes pretty darn close. It has an über at...
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Value for money. The Envy 13 from HP is a fresh candidate for the subnotebook crown. We can say this upfront: It cannot quite keep up with the current leaders like the Dell XPS 13 and Apple MacBook in respect to the performance. But it does not have to –...
aluminum chassis with very good build quality, QHD display with high color accuracy, low temperature and noise development in all situations, business-capable security features, excellent speakers, very good price-performance ratio...
mediocre webcam, input devices could be better, low amount of RAM, not expandable, below-average battery runtime...
The HP Envy 13-d000ng is an average device when you just look at the test results. Its QHD panel stands out from the masses, but does not set any records (even though the high sRGB coverage and the low color deviations are good). The performance benchmark...
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Andrew CunninghamHP's Envy 13 Ultrabook.Andrew CunninghamHP's Envy 13 Ultrabook.Andrew CunninghamIt's all aluminum and feels quite sturdy. Note the antenna cutout across the top.Andrew CunninghamOn the right: two USB ports and an HDMI port.Andrew Cunningh...
Good performance thanks to Skylake, Good build quality, Windows Hello-compatible fingerprint reader, Cheap $50 upgrade to a high-res 3200×1800 screen, though the base model's 1080p display is already pretty good, There's a Microsoft Signature edition...
No DisplayPort means no 60Hz 4K output, Base model includes a 128GB SSD, and larger capacities cost quite a bit, Fan is audibly running all the time, A white backlight on silver keys is fuzzy and hard to read...
HP's Envy 13 is a good laptop, but not good enough to enter that top tier of Windows Ultrabooks. It offers good performance, a nice screen, and the price isn't bad. But Asus' UX305C offers double the storage, a slightly better keyboard, much better batter...
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Most of the 13-inch laptops I've reviewed over the past few years have been high-end options, typically starting at or above $1,000. Usually you'd get pretty decent hardware and features for this price, including metal bodies, gorgeous high-resolution dis...
Thin allmetal design looks pretty nice. Fantastic, responsive ultrabook keyboard. Good range of hardware at a great price.
Below average display. No USB TypeC or Thunderbolt 3. Lacklustre storage performance.
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Appealing. With the Envy 13, HP delivers a stylish subnotebook. The inner values are also okay: powerful processor, good battery runtimes, fast SSD, and a matte IPS Full HD display...
IPS display, Full-HD resolution, aluminum case, very good speakers...
no maintenance hatch...
The HP Envy 13 is a stylish 13.3-inch subnotebook. Its slim aluminum case is appealing from the first glance. Inside, a powerful processor provides sufficient performance. The graphics core allows limited use of computer games. The computer hardly gets wa...
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The HP XPS 13. The narrow bezel design from the flagship Spectre series has trickled down to the mainstream Envy series with fantastic results. Though not without some sacrifices, this is the best Envy notebook to date...
sharp display with great colors and contrast, serviceable components; upgradeable SSD, visually appealing matte aluminum chassis, FHD and 4K UHD touchscreen options, 2x USB Type-C ports; MicroSD reader, no major throttling under load, small and lightweig...
slower than expected HD Graphics 620 GPU performance, no matte display option; very glossy screen, spongy trackpad; very light key feedback, no Thunderbolt 3 or full-size SD reader, below average brightness distribution, base can creak and warp slightly...
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