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The Pavilion x2 10t is a great option for kids or parents who want a cheap device to use at home and on the road. It can be an immersive media tablet, and it’s a more-than-capable Web-surfing machine for when you want to do some shopping, check Facebook, or look up a recipe before cooking dinner. Starting at just $250 ( $350 as reviewed) , HP’s affordable 2-in-1 comes in a trio of colors with a solid plastic body, more than 9 hours of battery life, and Bang & Olufsen speakers The one area in which this hybrid struggles is as a primary writing/typing machine, because of its undersized keyboard. Overall, though, the Pavilion x2 10t feels like a device punching above its weight class.
Design
In white, the HP Pavilion x2 10t looks especially clean and frosty and features a sturdy plastic body, which aside from a little flex on its back, defies its budget price tag. However, if you’re not down with the matte white plastic, you can choose from a more traditional turbo silver or bright sunset red for an extra $10. All of the Pavilion x2’s controls are located in the top right corner and include buttons for Windows and power, along with volume rocker.
REVIEW The Pavilion x2 10t is a great option for kids or parents who want a cheap device to use at home and on the road. It can be an immersive media tablet, and it’s a more-than-capable Web-surfing machine for when you want to do some shopping, check Facebook, or look up a recipe before cooking dinner. Starting at just $250 ( $350 as reviewed) , HP’s affordable 2-in-1 comes in a trio of colors with a solid plastic body, more than 9 hours of battery life, and Bang & Olufsen speakers The one area in which this hybrid struggles is as a primary writing/typing machine, because of its undersized keyboard. Overall, though, the Pavilion x2 10t feels like a device punching above its weight class.
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Design
In white, the HP Pavilion x2 10t looks especially clean and frosty and features a sturdy plastic body, which aside from a little flex on its back, defies its budget price tag. However, if you’re not down with the matte white plastic, you can choose from a more traditional turbo silver or bright sunset red for an extra $10. All of the Pavilion x2’s controls are located in the top right corner and include buttons for Windows and power, along with volume rocker.
?In order to transform the Pavilion x2 from laptop to tablet, all you need to do is grip the display while holding the keyboard in place, and simply lift away. The resistance of the magnets keeping the two halves together is spot on. In laptop mode, I was never concerned about either component randomly separating, but when trying to take them apart, there was no need to really tug or yank. Stability is aided by the addition of two black plastic tabs that slot into grooves on either side of the tablet, which prevents the wobble and rattle you sometimes get on detachable budget 2-in-1s.
?Measuring 10.39 x 6.81 x 0.78 inches and weighing 2.62 pounds in laptop mode, the Pavilion x2 is thinner and lighter than competing detachable notebooks such as the Acer Aspire Switch 10E ( 10.31 x 7.09 x 1.01 inches and 2.82 pounds) .
Keyboard and Touchpad
In order to fit a keyboard on the diminutive Pavilion x2’s lower half, HP compromised on the size of its keys. I’m generally OK with the half-sized function row on top, but the 11 x 10mm keys are about 25 percent smaller than what you’d get on a typical keyboard with standard 12 x 12mm keys. Even with the relatively standard 1.47 mm key travel and 55 gram actuation weight, typing quickly was a challenge. On 10fastfingers.com’s typing test, I managed just 69 words per minute ( far short of my typical 70 to 80 wpm average) with an unusually high six typos.