I am a teacher and use this for my classes. The screen is large, which works well for me. The picture is clear. I have to use a headset as the built-in microphone is terrible. If I move my face in any direction, the students can't hear me. That's the only thing I would change. A CD drive doesn't come automatically and I didn't want to pay the extra money for that. I changed the default browser from Edge to Chrome. A lot of my school documents wouldn't open in Edge.
I bought this laptop in Oct 2021 and it already had Windows 11 pre-installed. Excellent laptop for use with teleworking at home. My only disappointment is it doesn't have a CD\DVD drive.
My son needed a laptop, so I decided to give him my 2-3 year old Dell Inspiron, and I'll purchase this HP ENVY x360. I'm glad I did.
This laptop was a great improvement over my old one. Even at 240 nits, it has a very clear screen. When I received it, it had just 2 x 4GB memory sticks and a 250GB M.2 SSD and it ran very smoothly then.
Since then, I upgraded to 32GB with 2 x 16GB and 1TB M.2 NVME SSD.
(For your information, this laptop, according to another website, can take up to 64GB of Total Memory.)
As you know, the specifications for this laptop doesn't list the capacities for this laptop. The great thing is that at least the memory and M.2 drive is upgradable. The CPU is not! I have to ask myself, is HP and other PC manufacturer's, really saving money by using BGA CPU over consumer/technician replaceable CPU's? I would think that replaceable CPU's would add to overall profits for the industry.
This does have a touch screen, which I really don't use right now.
The sound is pretty good for a laptop.
With the Fingerprint Scanner, logging into Windows 11 is very fast, probably making me lazy to enter a pin, if I had to.
This is very fast, responsive machine and I'm very happy with it.
For those that are still debating to make the purchase, because of the lack of specification information, I hope that the info given above will help you make the deal.
I bought this Envy to replace the six-year-old Pavilion that had been slowly dying over the past two years, with power management problems, nonfunctional keys, dead camera, loss of touchscreen functionality, and a fan that was on the verge of quitting again after being replaced. The Pavilion ran hot all the time. There aren't many options for 17-inch touchscreen laptops, so I decided to call the Pavilion a lemon and take a chance on the Envy. Here's the good: the Envy is a lot lighter and the footprint is smaller. It stays cool. The bad: battery life is nowhere near what HP claims. The fingerprint scanner is not great. The ugly: power management still stinks. The machine doesn't automatically sleep when it's set to. Would I buy another one? I don't know, maybe.
The biometric login is fantastic providing security without having to use a password. Startup is fast allowing you to spend your time working versus waiting. The monitor is exceptional and great for streaming movies, reviewing or editing your favorite photos. A great value for the price.
This is the second HP Envy for me. After the first one died, I liked Envy enough to replace it with the same brand. Although my new Envy is an upgrade from the last one, the new laptop is running slower. The new keyboard is a piece of junk. When the lit keyboard is on, you can't read it under dim light and completely useless in the dark. The new laptop was infected with 2 viruses shortly after I bought it though I am not sure that's the fault of the laptop or the program. Given a chance to do over, I would most likely switch to another laptop brand.