And as you can tell, today something special is happening, I am not in my normal studio environment

That's because I'm in Paris. Today I'm checking out

The 'Worlds thinnest Laptop'

What!?

This is from HP, it's called the Spectre

And it is... Thinner than a pen, thinner than this pen

10.4 mm (millimeters) thin.

Let's jump inside the box and see what it's all about

Ok, as you guys can tell that is...

That is crazy thin.

Your probably wondering like 'Ok it's thin, am I giving something up, what am I giving up in exchange for

ultra portability

Actually in this case not a ton

If you look around the device you'll notice

You've got 3 usb C's on the back

This one is going to be used to power up the device as well

unlike some other ultra thin laptops on the market

Your not giving up connectivity there with multiple ports

and then you've also got a headphone jack in this location on the back

now, if you've got a bunch of older usb equipment

and you need to have the traditional connector

you have an adaptor included as well, that's simple stuff

Let's go ahead and test that out

and then Boom.

Here's the power brick, it's fairly portable again

What about the specs?

You're going to be able to configure this guy with either

a core i5 or a core i7 processor

it's not underpowered.

One of my favourite things is this hinge design here

as you can tell, it's super smooth

but very unusual.

Because it's using some piston technology

in underneath the hood there.

Completely new HP logo

Ultra modern to go with

the kind of ultra modern vibe.

You've got this copper along the bottom

The top of this laptop is aluminum but then

But then the bottom side is actually carbon fiber

You guys know i'm a huge fan of carbon fiber

whenever it can be used

you'll notice the way these feet sit

it actually keeps the the bottom of the laptop up off the surface it's on a little bit

thats going to help with cooling.

you can also see this unique layout

for the grills where the fan is

this guy comes in at 2.55 pounds

You are hardly going to notice that.

Now the audio on this device is by bang and olufsen

with HP audio boost

You can see the speaker grills there

I like what they've done, just to add a little bit of interest

a little bit of uniqueness

The keyboard is very low profile, a chiclet style keyboard

It also has a backlight on it so

if you're working in bed late at night

and so on, you want to keep the lights dim

maybe your trying to set the mood

there's also a dedicated button for aeroplane mode

and then of course the display

it is ips technology

what you'll notice is as i sort of twist the display a little bit

you're getting no colour shift

in the image

Video. can it it play video? Yes, of course.

Look at this "Another video" here you go Jack

"Do I still have to do the 'What's up guys' thing?"

1080p, full HD display

and 13.3" (inches) diagonally

Now the display is actually covered in Gorilla Glass rather than the standard stuff

Thats going to give you some extra durability characteristics that i'm sure you're aware of.

You can also spec it out with an SSD up to 512Gb

This model i'm looking at here has 8Gb of RAM as well

You've essentially got your traditional laptop specs

just jammed into a much thinner profile.

How thin? This pen is actually thicker than the entire device

It's the same thickness the entire way

Now, when it comes to battery life

your going to be looking at roughly all day

or HP is claiming 8+ hours

so there you have it guys,

The new HP Spectre

The 'Worlds Thinnest Laptop'

You are now aware of it, this thing is launching very soon

It's really a unique design, i'm a fan of it.

Big thanks to HP for inviting me out here to Paris

to check out their latest and greatest

Thank you very much for watching guys and i'll catch you on the next episode

Later