Buy this laptop NOW! - HP Envy 14

When Alex gets overly excited about something, I get a bit worried, but I am interested when it's about a laptop, especially when it's an HP.

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[BlindMango]

Bruh we really have to stop with all the stickers on the palm rest, holy crap

[The.Raxing]

Alex: It's a budget laptop
Me: Yes, that IS my budget for a year

[duartenunes]

Title: Buy this laptop now

My wallet without even seeing the price: nah

[champmagat]

"It's a pretty excellent little processor, If...you know...AMD didn't exist."

[ardemus]

Doing the flex test on the neoprene mat looks really weird. It's hard to follow what's flexing vs just sinking into the pad.

[redstonegenius]

Love how he described the manufacture process of the chassis

[Xmakes]

I just like Alex. Just chill and calm. Also "have good day" that really makes my day.

[bgezal]

HP: We've listened to ShortCircuit and made a switch to AMD.
Customers: Cool we want to buy now.
HP: It's not in stock.

[jonsmith]

"Silky smooth balls"....never thought I'd hear that in a LMG segue but here we are.

[twannie]

Owning a HP Envy x360, I have to say that I love the dedicated buttons to kill my mic and webcam on the HP line. Actually this would (since I have this one) maybe be a feature I would be looking at when I would upgrade the laptop in a few years. I value privacy, and knowing for sure (at least for the laptop) that my webcam is not visible, due to the plastic that is moved in front of it, makes me a lot more comfortable. Thus would personally recommend other companies to do that as well for the people like me.

[Eli-zbyj]

Title: buy this laptop now
My wallet: maybe in 5 years

[AlexMoffatPrime]

I ordered this laptop after watching and reading some other reviews this week. I was also heavily considering the Razer Book 13, Spectre, and XPS. Here's why I pulled the trigger on the Envy 14:

* Relatively slim form-factor that I could actually put in my bag and use on-the-go. (Not super bulky or heavy like other competitors in this price range and screen size.)
* The 1650 Ti seems like an upgrade to medium/high gaming compared to light gaming with an Iris Xe integrated GPU. (Wins against most competitors in this price range.) This should carry me for a while before getting an eGPU when the current gen GPU stocking issues calm down, whenever that is.
* Port selection is above average compared to others in this size (or 13 inch). I was looking at some of the XPS options and the lack of even one USB-A is a deal-breaker.
* I wouldn't feel embarrassed when using this in a professional environment.
* The build quality has been reviewed pretty highly. The other laptop I was looking at is the Razer Book 13, but I've been assured that the build quality is not noticeably better there to justify the cost w/o a dedicated GPU. I'm still a little worried about whether the lid will have an overbite or underbite, but since I customized my config I won't know for a month if it's good.
* Great reviews about the screen. 400 nits seems like a pretty good sweet-spot for this category.
* 16:10 display ratio. I won't consider 16:9 for anything that I want to be able to use for productivity (web, photos, docs, coding, etc.)
* I don't want a touch laptop or 2-in-1 design (might as well get a separate Chromebook for that and Android apps), so I'm happy to save a few bucks here.
* I can still charge with USB-C, but of course because of the specs for USB-C I won't be able to deliver enough power when it's at full utilization. I'm not worried about this since I don't plan to game or compile with it on-the-go.

Now, some things I'm less stoked about:

* No Windows Hello. I haven't had this feature before, but at least it has a fingerprint reader, which I hope will make up for it.
* No expandable RAM. But I really don't see 16GB being much of a limitation for me anyway.
* Only one M.2 slot. I got the base 256GB drive, since even just upgrading to 512GB was a stupid price. Would have preferred two slots, but I'll take the hit for cost savings.
* I wish webcams would be better in 2021 all around. I don't really anticipate using it alot, but who knows what the next few years will bring?
* I've been totally f-ed before by Nvidia knowingly including faulty GPU packaging, so the laptops would overheat and damage other components.Taking a risk by giving them a chance here.
* Going to take a month to ship (I assume since I did a custom config to i7, 1650 Ti, 16GB RAM, matte non-touch screen, 256GB M.2.)

[deadxdpool]

When is Alex's Intel tech upgrade coming? Can't wait to see because he is a chill guy

[TheArizztokrat]

Title: Buy this laptop
Alex: *opens laptop*
Me: *sees its intel*
DOESN'T BUY.

[EdPMur]

I’m pretty sure the type-C port has charging.

My Hp Elitebook has a barrel plug but it can also charge using the Thunderbolt 3 port. I tried and it works

[nathangarrett]

I’ve got a envy from 2017 and it’s still a beast for what most people need. Only thing I wish it has was usb c charging if the new one did I’d upgrade

[NerdyMeathead]

I was going to buy this but decided to buy a beater car from Craig's list and jump it off a ramp instead

[ZachDxn]

Alex's energy was great in this one. Seems like he's really warmed up to the camera. Good one dude 👏

[Thedriver]

Linus and his channels change titles more than my wife changes outfits in a day.

[djp_video]

Please don't suggest that the Home/End/Page Up/Page Down keys should go away or be demoted to less convenient locations. Those of us who write code or edit video for a living rely on these keys as much as any other and it has been a huge fight to keep them from disappearing. We need them badly.