For several weeks now, I've been testing what very well may be my favorite Windows laptop I have ever used. I'm talking about the HP Spectre x360 14 (2024), of course, and my personal recommended configuration is already on sale for just $1,229.99 at Best Buy. That's a $400 price cut on one of the newest and hottest premium 2-in-1 ultrabooks on the market, which earns a full and unreserved recommendation even at full price. With this discount, the Spectre x360 14 is a shoo-in for the best Windows laptop for most people.
Not just my favorite 2-in-1 — one of my favorite laptops, period
In my HP Spectre x360 14 (2024) review, I noted it had surprised me at every turn with its versatility, responsiveness, endurance, and quality. If you go down the list of what makes a great laptop, HP has done it all. This is a premium 2-in-1 Windows ultrabook that more than goes toe-to-toe with the best from Dell and Lenovo; if I were in the market for a new personal laptop right now, this is the device that I would choose.
The Spectre x360 14 certainly isn't an affordable laptop, though, and that's where this sale comes in. You can save a considerable $400 on the model I'd honestly recommend to most people, which combines the brilliance of HP's hardware with brand new internals from Intel. Yes, the HP Spectre x360 14 is one of the first premium laptops on the market utilizing Intel Core Ultra, and it feels like a match made in the heavens.
You're getting an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (rocking 16 cores and 22 threads) alongside the new Intel Arc integrated graphics, 16GB of lightning fast LPDDR5x RAM, and 1TB of equally speedy PCIe Gen 4.0 SSD storage. That's all wrapped in a beautifully curved aluminum chassis and a vibrant, smooth, and bright OLED display. I've been using this laptop for weeks and have tested it thoroughly (although my model comes with 32GB of RAM and 2TB of SSD storage), and can attest to just how fast the Spectre x360 14 is.
Whether you're turning it on, logging in using the Windows Hello facial recognition or fingerprint sensor, opening apps, multitasking, editing photos, even playing games — this laptop is always responsive, able to effortlessly keep up while remaining cool and quiet. The performance I squeezed out of this Intel Core Ultra 7 chipset astounded me, and when I needed to step away from the charger I was regularly and consistently able to achieve over 7 hours of constant usage without sacrificing features.
Graphical performance is impressive, too, besting even the highest-end ASUS ROG Ally. To put it into context, I was able to get a stable 80-100 frames-per-second (FPS) in Counter-Strike 2 on Medium settings. The dynamic 120Hz OLED display with a 0.2ms response time made competitive gaming not only possible, but genuinely fun. The entire time, I could barely hear the cooling fans quietly spinning in the background.
Since this article was published, my review of the HP Spectre x360 14 (2024) actually went live, so you can go and read all my in-depth thoughts on this wonderful PC. Here's a sneak peak: "The HP Spectre x360 14 (2024) gets everything right, with a focus on comfort, responsiveness, and efficiency. You'll never get tired of using it, you'll never have to wait for it to catch up, and you'll never have to stress about leaving the house without your charger."
I gave HP's latest and greatest laptop a glowing review, praising the new and improved Intel Core Ultra foundation, the premium design, the keyboard and touchpad (especially the keyboard and touchpad), and how everything from the webcam to the speakers was good enough that'd I'd never need any other device to complete my setup if I at least had this laptop.
Right now, the HP Spectre x360 14 (2024) is just $1,229.99 at Best Buy for what I believe is the most balanced configuration, and I absolutely endorse taking advantage of this sale. If you'd like to add HP's smart stylus (which can magnetically attach to the side of the laptop), that's also on sale for $54.49 at HP.
