The Spectre 13 is quite possibly one of the best built laptops we’ve come across thus far. The body is crafted from aluminium and carbon fibre which lends it a lovely texture, but also ensures that it can endure the rigours of everyday use. It’s ridiculously thin and light at just 1.1kg, which has even the 13-inch MacBook Air beat. In fact, most people we showed this laptop to had a tough time believing it was indeed a laptop, up until we opened the lid. The Spectre 13 might look incredibly sleek, but it can tolerate a bit of rough usage.In order to achieve this slim profile, HP has moved all the ports to the back of the laptop on the copper-coloured strip. We have a 3.5mm headphones and microphone combo port, two USB Type-C Thunderbolt 3 ports and one additional USB Type-C(USB 3.1) port for charging. You can use the any of the Type-C ports to plug external devices in. Thankfully, HP ships the Spectre 13 with Thunderbolt adapters for USB, HDMI, VGA, and Ethernet.The Spectre 13 is first laptop to debut HP’s slick new logo, which will be seen on all its premium products going forward. The 13.3-inch glossy display has good levels of brightness, which helps deal with reflections. The full-HD resolution ensures that text and images are readable, and colour reproduction is also very good. However, this resolution isn’t as high as we’ve seen on some other premium laptops. HP has used edge-to-edge Gorilla Glass 4 for structural strength. The lid does an excellent job at protecting the display, and we found virtually no flex or warping.The next engineering trick is the Spectre 13’s hidden hinge design. It’s possible to open the lid of the laptop without having to hold the base down, which is a mark of good weight distribution. The hingeslooks like gold cufflinks, which we’re guessing was the intention. The rear portion of the laptop is a big magnet for fingerprints, but at least HP included a microfiber cloth in the box.