54 TECH ADVISOR • OCTOBER 2019BUYING GUIDE
Design
HP has not redesigned the Envy 13 significantly this
year. It’s an aluminium laptop with a very angular
look. Its keyboard keys are sharp-looking squares and
even the heat vent above the keyboard has a severe
geometric pattern. The pragmatism of this lack of
change is all part of the Envy 13’s broader appeal. This
is a metal laptop made for those after a computer that
looks and feels ‘nice’, but doesn’t ask you to pay over
the odds for novelty.
It is also very portable, even if there are no particular
ultra-slim or light stats worth shouting about. The HP
Envy 13 weighs 1.3kg and is 14.9mm thick. However, it
is also narrow as the horizontal screen borders are slim.
Just look around the keyboard. Aside from an extra
column of keys, there’s no space to spare.Typing is one of
the HP’s highlights