We also played a bit of GTA V at decent graphics settings and a frame rate of 50-60 fps – it's an older game of course, but it shows you what this laptop is capable of. The standard PCMark 10 test returned a very respectable score of 4,755 on this laptop (with scores of 6,446 on Essentials, 8,342 on Productivity, and 5,429 on Digital Content Creation). This is a more than adequate portable creative station, though nowhere near the fastest laptops on the market right now (which will cost you significantly more of course). It has no issues at all, for example, managing dozens of browser tabs at once, editing high-resolution images, or encoding 4K video. The combination of an Intel i7 processor and an Nvidia RTX 3050 GPU means you're going to get above-average performance from the HP Spectre x360 16 OLED. There's also a subtle lighting effect on the keyboard that we really like (though you can switch it off if you prefer). The trackpad is fast and responsive, although registering taps can take a little more force than we'd ideally like. Typing and using the trackpad is mostly a pleasure, with a good amount of give on the keyboard and a smooth, premium-feeling finish to the individual keys. The only slight awkwardness we noticed was the cutouts for the HDMI and USB-A ports on the left, and the latter even has a small covering on the bottom that needs moving to use the port. There's a relatively large but tasteful silver HP logo on the back of the lid, and even the audio and cooling fan grilles are well done. With a sandblasted, anodized black aluminum finish, you're likely to attract one or two admiring glances in the local coffee shop if you're pulling this laptop out of your bag. Pick it up and it feels like a really well-put-together machine, which of course you would expect from HP after all of these years of the company making laptops. The HP Spectre x360 looks great, in our opinion: attractively finished, curved in all the right places, nicely accented, and with a superb screen. HP Spectre x360 16 OLED Build and handling Unfortunately, there's no integrated slot for the stylus, but it will attach magnetically to the side of the laptop display. If you need a device for digital artwork as well as for more conventional computing, you're covered. The screen and the 360-degree design are two of the main reasons to choose the HP Spectre x360 16 OLED, but there's also an included stylus that charges via USB-C. It's a great panel, with a 16:10 aspect ratio that's perfect for work and websites (and less so for watching movies). The other standout feature is the razor-sharp 16-inch 4K+ OLED screen, which offers fantastic contrast and blacks that are so black you almost get sucked into them, as well as up to 400 nits of brightness and 100 percent coverage of the DCI-P3 color space. If you definitely will utilize the 2-in-1 form factor, however, then this is one of the best in the business currently out there. You can also prop it up in a 'tent' mode for watching movies and making video calls – we're not sure that there's all that much demand for these alternative configurations, but you may think differently. It means you can use it as a makeshift and rather chunky tablet, should you need to. HP has been making these 360 laptops for several years, where the screen folds right over back against the bottom of the device. The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 with 4GB of video memory is a welcome inclusion: serious gamers have now moved on to the RTX 4000 series, but the RTX 3050 can still do a job with the best games of the moment, and will also be able to lend a big hand when it comes to working with photos and videos on larger scales and at higher resolutions. However, the size and sleekness of the laptop have to be taken into consideration, and you can't of course get desktop-level specs inside this form factor. Unless you do all of your computing inside a web browser (think emailing, social media, essay writing, and so on), you don't want to go less than 16GB of RAM these days, and perhaps power users will be looking for a bit more in that department. You can easily do day-to-day tasks on it, you can do some gaming – albeit at lower resolutions and frame rates than on the best rigs – and you can do some heavy-duty photo and video editing too. You'll see from that specs list that the HP Spectre x360 16 OLED has a well-rounded set of specs: not the absolute best on the market, but powerful enough for most people. (Image credit: Future) HP Spectre x360 16 OLED Key features
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