APRIL 2019 PCWorld 63Insert, Delete, Page Up, and
Page Down keys reside there
instead. representing a slight
change from other keyboard
alignments.
The Spectre x360 15’s
keys are just a little too small
to be entirely comfortable
under my fingers, though.
Ironically, if you prefer a larger
key, you should probably
choose the Spectre x360 13.
Though it’s a smaller machine, it forgoes the
number pad, giving the keys more room to
spread out. (To be fair, Ben Patterson
reviewed the HP Spectre x360 15 (2018) (go.
pcworld.com/kaby) and found no fault with
the keys, so the difference may be subjective.)
The Spectre x360’s trackpad is a bit
smaller than most, and aligned almost, but
not quite, in line with the space bar. Some
small, obsessive part of me rebelled againstDisabling the camera will also ripple
through other apps. Windows Hello will only
sense the presence of the fingerprint reader,
for example, and Skype won’t think you have
a camera available, either.
A DECENT TYPING
EXPERIENCE
Typing on the Spectre X360 15 (2019) can be
a mixed bag. The key travel is a generous
1.5mm, with two backlighting levels,
and the feel is springy, without
excessive resistance.
As a lefty, I was pleased to see HP
include a dedicated numeric keypad,
as it has previously. (Unlike right-
handed gamers who use the WASD
keyboard, some lefties use the
number pad for keyboard control.) As
a result, the backspace key isn’t
tucked away to the far upper right of
the keyboard, as it normally is. The
When flipped on, the kill switch electrically disables the webcam.