The HP Envy 14 Spectre, revealed back in early January at CES 2012, will be available next week to order for $1,399. HP previously stated at CES the availability date will be January 8, 2012 which means the order page should go live next Wednesday at some point (most likely midnight). Right now there’s a 30% off oupon code for the Envy 15 and Envy 17 that expires on February 7th, it’d sure be nice if HP issues a new coupon code next week that works for the Envy 14 Spectre as the $1,399 price tag will likely be viewed as too steep for most. But new technology doesn’t come cheap.
So what exactly will customers be getting for their 14 hundred dollars? Quite a bit actually. This new HP Ultrabook features an Intel Core i5 or Core i7 processor, up to 8GB of RAM, up to a 256GB mSATA SSD, backlit keyboard, nine-hour battery life span, carrying case, and an NFC chip built into the palm rest (which for right now is only good for such things as transferring URLs to/from your phone’s browser). Also included in the price will be full-versions of Adobe Photoshop Elements and PremiereElements software and a dedicated tech support line for Envy customers.
To review, here’s a list of the full specs for the Envy 14 Spectre:
- Processor: Intel Core i5-2467m 1.60GHz, and i7 ULV
- Screen: 14-inch Radiance display, 1600 x 900 resolution
- Memory: 4GB or 8GB of DDR3 RAM
- Storage: 128GB or 256GB mSATA solid-state drive
- Thickness: 0.78-inches
- Weight: 3.9 pounds
- Dimensions: 12.87 inches x 8.7 inches x 0.79 inches (width x depth x height)
- Ports: USB 2.0, USB 3.0, SD card reader, Mini DisplayPort, Ethernet
- Keyboard: Chiclet, backlit with sensor to brighten when you approach
- Wireless: 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth, WiDi
- Audio: Beats Audio
- Battery Life: 9 hours estimated
- OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit/Windows 7 Professional 64-bit/Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
- Software: Full-versions of Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements software,Free 2 years of Norton™ Internet Security 2012
At just under 4 pounds and 0.78-inch thickness the Envy 14 Spectre will be one of the more chubby Ultrabooks to be sold. Most controversial will the the design that includes a glass lid, HP insists that its glass chassis will make the laptop more durable and not less so; nonetheless, it will make the laptop harder to keep clean from finger prints. Once the Envy 14 Spectre starts shipping next week we’ll quickly find out more from those that buy it just how much of a challenge the glass finish is / isn’t.
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Hi,
I can’t contact you on any other way, since the contact forms email address is not accepting emails..?!
Will the Envy 17-3000 review be out today? I’ll buy my new DTR tomorrow and you seem to be the only site reviewing it :\
Thanks in advance.
Sorry you’re having issues with the contact form and thanks for the heads up, I’ll look into that. Ryan (who reviewed the Envy 15-3000) is hoping to have the Envy 17-3000 review done today but it won’t get posted until next week. I’ll check in with him on progress, maybe an early draft can be sent to you. I’m not sure if you saw the Envy 15 to Envy 17 screen comparisons but you can see there that the screen is definitely good for a non-IPS screen and actually has a better color gamut. I’ve used both the XPS 17 and Envy 17 and if you’re undecided between those two I’d definitely go with the Envy 17, in person the Envy 17 is a much classier looking machine.
Hi,
I would be more than happy if I get some infos by this Sunday. I’m just interested in 17″ DTRs and the Envy 17-3000 is my favourite “from what the papers tell”. Of course I would keep infos from you secret. I’m mostly interested in noise & heat. In this post, my mail address is correct (I don’t give it away, if I don’t have to
).
Best regards.