HP Spectre 15 x360 2019 review: Carving a niche in a crowded space
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Re: HP Spectre 15 x360 2019 review: Carving a niche in a crowded space
#2Is there anyone else that cannot stand the numpad being put onto a laptop keyboard? The laptop looks good enough but the keyboard layout means I would never get one.
Re: HP Spectre 15 x360 2019 review: Carving a niche in a crowded space
#3Is there anyone else that cannot stand the numpad being put onto a laptop keyboard? The laptop looks good enough but the keyboard layout means I would never get one.
Me too, I use tenkeyless keyboards on my desktops and don't have a need for a numpad in a laptop. I know some people type a lot of numbers but personally I have no use for it, and doing without it allows for better positioning and sizing of the normal keyboard.
Re: HP Spectre 15 x360 2019 review: Carving a niche in a crowded space
#4Is there anyone else that cannot stand the numpad being put onto a laptop keyboard? The laptop looks good enough but the keyboard layout means I would never get one.
Me too, I use tenkeyless keyboards on my desktops and don't have a need for a numpad in a laptop. I know some people type a lot of numbers but personally I have no use for it, and doing without it allows for better positioning and sizing of the normal keyboard.
I'm on the other side. I like the numpad, but I wish there was another place for it. But then, I also use a mouse!
Re: HP Spectre 15 x360 2019 review: Carving a niche in a crowded space
#5Is there anyone else that cannot stand the numpad being put onto a laptop keyboard? The laptop looks good enough but the keyboard layout means I would never get one.
I want my hands to be in the middle of the laptop. No numpad for me please.
Re: HP Spectre 15 x360 2019 review: Carving a niche in a crowded space
#6Is there anyone else that cannot stand the numpad being put onto a laptop keyboard? The laptop looks good enough but the keyboard layout means I would never get one.
It depends. If you are a cad person that numpad is probably a requirement.
Re: HP Spectre 15 x360 2019 review: Carving a niche in a crowded space
#7How common are 15" laptops at your workplace?
I had to fight IT to get one. For some reason they really really wanted me to have something smaller.
Re: HP Spectre 15 x360 2019 review: Carving a niche in a crowded space
#8How common are 15" laptops at your workplace? I had to fight IT to get one. For some reason they really really wanted me to have something smaller.
Nobody here can answer your question. Though if you're asking for random anecdotes, I was able to choose.
Smaller is great if you have external monitors. Larger is great if it doesn't weigh more than 3 pounds.
Re: HP Spectre 15 x360 2019 review: Carving a niche in a crowded space
#9Is there anyone else that cannot stand the numpad being put onto a laptop keyboard? The laptop looks good enough but the keyboard layout means I would never get one.
I love having the numpad available. It's just such a better way to enter numbers and do calculations.
Re: HP Spectre 15 x360 2019 review: Carving a niche in a crowded space
#10I have the 2018 15" Spectre as my work laptop. It's running linux really well. No 10-key number pad, which I'm happy with. I don't understand this article's complaint about the "small" touchpad. It's fine. You also have the entire touch screen if you like. It's really too big to use in tablet mode, but occasionally I try it just for fun. Overall 15" feels bigger than I'd like to lug around, but it's pretty thin so it's not too bad.
My biggest complaint is that the power button is right next to the USB and headphone jack on the left side, opposite the USB-C ports on the right side. More than once I've pushed the power button on the left while stabilizing the laptop as I push in a USB-C cable on the right side, and then linux does something I don't want it to do in response to that power button push (I know, I should be able to fix that). Putting it on that corner spot for this 2019 model will help with that, but I'd still prefer it near the keyboard like most other laptops I've used.