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<\/a><\/p>\nHP SlateBook x2 is not the first HP device<\/a> to run Android, but it is the company’s first Google OS outing for a hybrid tablet\/notebook. The baby of the newly-created x2 range, this model features a 10.1-inch, 1920 x 1200 resolution BrightView IPS touch display. HP says that the Nvidia Tegra 4 processor should provide users with a more realistic gaming experience, coupled with high def video playback.<\/p>\n The latest version, called the Split x2, is a bold reworking, moving more firmly into the laptop category, with a thin, 13-inch body and hardware closer to what you’d find in a full-time laptop.<\/p>\n I got a chance to get my hands on a nonfunctioning demo unit of the Split x2, and it certainly looked and felt a lot more like a standard laptop than nearly any other hybrid I’ve tried, similar to Lenovo’s Yoga 13, another hybrid that scored by not compromising the laptop form. The matte-black body also brings to mind the classic black polycarbonate MacBook, although the x2 is thinner and lighter, with edge-to-edge glass over a touch screen.<\/p>\n More importantly, the Split x2 uses a current-gen Intel Core i-series processor, rather than the Atom chip found in the original Envy x2. That makes it essentially the same as any other 13-inch ultrabook-style laptop, and should be fine for all-day Web surfing, e-mail, productivity, and media playback.<\/p>\n The CPU is in the tablet-like top half of the system, along with the RAM, laptop battery, and SSD storage (presumably 128GB). However, the keyboard base unit is capable of not only having a second HP Envy 13 series Laptop Battery<\/a>, but also a larger platter hard drive. That way, you could use the SSD in the lid for programs and frequently used files, but keep, for example, a 500GB HDD in the base for your archives of movies and music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"