Well read the 2 reviews, its not slow, its upgrade able to 8gb ram and Crucial says 16gb max, I upgraded it to 8gb and upgraded the HD to SSHD, I had a dell 3147 it replaced and its faster, battery lasts longer and its quietPowered by Intel’s 2.1GHz Core i3-5010U processor with 4GB of RAM and a 500GB, 5, 400-rpm hard drive, the 13t has plenty of oomph for multitasking. It earned good marks in my real-world test of running a system scan while streaming a clip from Last Week Tonight and editing a Google doc, two of my seven open tabs in Microsoft Edge. Video streamed smoothly, and there was no lag as I switched among tabs.
On the synthetic Geekbench 3 test, the HP produced a very good score of 4, 490. The Inspiron 15 ( 2-GHz Intel Core i3-5005U CPU) came close, with a score of 4, 432, while the Asus TP300 ( 1.9-GHz Intel Core i3 4030U CPU) managed 3, 922.
The 13t notched another impressive score in the Laptop Mag OpenOffice Spreadsheet test, which matches 20, 000 names to their addresses. The notebook’s time of 6 minutes, 28 seconds is more than half a minute faster than the Inspiron 15 ( 7: 06) and the TP300 ( 7: 15) , and almost twice as fast as the budget 2-in-1 average ( 12: 28) .
The only lowlight is the hard-drive performance. The 5, 400-rpm drive copied 4.97GB of data at 25.8MBps, which is slower than the 36.7 MBps average, as well as the TP300 ( 28 MBps) and the Inspiron 15 ( 28.9 MBps) .
In terms of gaming, the 13t’s integrated Intel HD Graphics achieved 38 frames per second on the World of Warcraft benchmark ( at 1366 x 768 pixels and with graphics set to Auto) . That’s higher than the 22.9 category average, though the Inspiron 15 ( 37 fps) was right behind. Both systems exceed the Laptop Mag playability threshold of 30 fps, while the TP300 ( 24 fps) did not.
Fortunately, the HP’s overall speed advantage didn’t translate into excessive heat. After playing an HD video for 15 minutes, the touchpad ( 77.5 degrees) , keyboard ( 85 degrees) and underside ( 88 degrees) were all well below our 95-degree comfort threshold.
Battery Life
The Pavilion x360 13t has pretty good staying power for its price. This convertible lasted 6 hours and 56 minutes on the Laptop Mag Battery Test ( continuous Web surfing over Wi-Fi at 100 nits) , which is better than the TP300 ( 6: 12) and the Inspiron 15 ( 4: 46) . The HP also beat the budget 2-in-1 average ( 6: 17) MORE: Best HP Laptops Software
One of the most useful included apps is HPs own Connected Drive, a cloud-storage app that allows you to share files up to 100MB in size among up to 10 devices. The laptop’s Connected Music app is a one-stop shop for Internet radio, subscription music services and locally stored songs.
Spammy links to Amazon and TripAdvisor are packed in and ready to be deleted, but touch-friendly apps like Candy Crush Saga and OneNote take the pain out of the bloatware. CyberLink’s media-editing and data-backup utilities are also included.
Bottom Line
HP has delivered an affordable 2-in-1 that’s fast enough to be your primary PC. For $530, the Pavilion x360 13t offers a powerful Intel Core i3 processor, dynamic audio and reliable battery life in a flexible hybrid body. We just wish the touchpad were less stiff.