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hey how's it going guys this is Dave 2d and this is my review of the HP Envy 13 T so at twelve point nine millimeters this is the thinnest laptop that HP has available right now it's obviously super thin it's got good specs and it's reasonably well priced let's take a look it comes in a well padded box and you get the laptop and AC adapter and some pamphlets the top surface is aluminum it feels premium it feels durable and it's a nice texture to hold the bottom of the device is also aluminum and there's some rubber feet here a couple intake vents and if you remove the screws including the two underneath the rubber feet you can remove the bottom panel there isn't a lot you can do inside here since the RAM is soldered on but you can replace the MT drive if you want but it's just nice to have the ability to open up your laptop if you need to going around the sides on the Left we have a nice and deep SD card slot I use b3 port and an audio jack and on the right we have the power socket a full size HDMI port and then two more USB 3 ports the laptop weighs 2.81 pounds so it's very comfortable to hold even one-handed and it's an all metal body frame so the build quality is pretty good the screen is very rigid it's actually one of the more sturdier screens I've tried to twist around the keyboard and the chassis have a little bit of flex but it's kind of expected when you consider how thin the devices the hinge feels sturdy and the hinge mechanism raises the back of the laptop up a bit when you open the lid just to kind of help out with cooling so the unit I have here is the HP Envy 13 T D 0 0 0 it has a 6th generation skylake I 5 running at 2.3 gigahertz 13.3 inch quad HD screen integrated intel graphics 8 gigs of ram 128 gigs of solid-state storage and it goes for around $900 if you get the lower res version at 1080p it'll save you around $50 the inside has the same aluminum finish as the exterior the keyboard area is spacious and I got used to it quickly but the key travel is a little short at one point two millimeters and I don't love the layout of the arrow keys but overall this is a very nice keyboard it's easy to type on it's easy to see when it's backlit and just overall a very comfortable keyboard to use there is a fingerprint reader down here which you can use to unlock the device it actually works really well it's quick and accurate the glass trackpad down here is also good I wish it was a little taller from top to bottom but the texture is great tracking never skipped in the buttons feel really solid when they're clicked it's a pretty good trackpad all around the screen is a quad HD IPS panel running at 3200 by 1800 it's not a touch panel but it still has that glossy finish but thankfully the screen does get bright enough so you can use it comfortably even in bright environments it has a pretty thick bezel around the screen which I don't love but the image quality and the screen makes up for it it's really high-res it's good contrast good viewing angles it's got good color accuracy coming out of the box there is a webcam up top which doesn't look bad this is what it looks like the Bang & Olufsen speakers are on the sides of the keyboards and I was actually surprised by how clearly sound like the bass isn't particularly present but it can get loud and the mid sound really clear for notebook speakers they did a really good job with these in terms of performance the read speed of the drive is fast but the write speeds are slower than I'd like them to be the system still feels quick overall but if you're doing things like video edits I would highly recommend getting an external drive the core i5 CPU is easily going to handle any kind of school or work related projects and multitasking that you throw at it now in terms of gaming light games like csgo and mobos we'll hit 50 to 55 frames per second on lowest graphics settings at 1080p if you want higher frame rates you're gonna have to drop the resolution a bit but more demanding games like fallout 4 and Rainbow six siege they're still playable but frame rates are lower at around 40 frames per second again lowering the resolution will get you better frame rates but it's tough to break 60 frames per second with those games but really demanding games like Witcher 3 or GTA 5 those just aren't playable they're too choppy you really need a dedicated graphics chip for those the fans are always running so it makes a little bit of noise at idle around 30 decibels and under extended load it can hit high 30s now there is an option in the BIOS to turn off the fan on idle and I've had it off for a couple of weeks and thermally it doesn't seem to make a difference on idle it's still cool and the moment you put it under load the fans kick in right away so I'll still getting comfortable temper under maximum load it never got hot the 45 watt AC adapter is pretty compact and it's used to charge a 45 watt hour battery inside the laptop now the first few days I was using this device I was getting around five to five and a half hours of battery life with screen at around 70 percent brightness and this is just with regular use watching this Netflix doing some work some simple stuff it is a smaller battery and we are powering a pretty high resolution screen but that's a pretty short battery life for an ultrabook now if you go into the BIOS and you do adjust that fan so it's not always on during idle it bumps the battery life up to about seven and a half hours I still wouldn't consider that a long battery life but it is better ok the HP Envy 13 t it's a super thin aluminum Ultrabook with good build quality the 13 inch quad HD screen isn't a touchscreen but it's bright with good colors the speakers are nice and clear the keyboard on the trackpad both perform well and are very comfortable to use but the trackpad is a little small on the inside the skylake core i5 the integrated graphics can easily handle school and work-related tasks and it can play some casual games the eight gigs of ram are soldered on but the mt storage is upgradable and powering this all is a battery that lasts around five hours of regular use if you don't turn off the fan in the BIOS okay if you're looking for a metal ultrabook that's thin and lights with good build quality this should be on your shortlist there are things I don't love about it I wish the right speed on that drive was faster and I wish the battery life was longer but overall it's a good performer it's extremely portable and it's well priced that's the end of this review hope you guys liked it thumbs if you did subs if you loved it it's been nice I'll see you guys next time you