HP Envy x360 13: An affordable laptop with Ryzen 4000

This might just be the best deal in thin-and-lights right now.

- GORDON MAH UNG

HP’s Ryzen 4000-powered Envy x360 13 proves that you can get first-class features for coach pricing. Don’t believe me? Here are some of the goodies included:

Decent 13.3-inch IPS panel with good off-axis viewing, touch, and optional pen support

Solid all-aluminum body with 360-convertible hinges

Speakers that actually sound better than the ones on a lot of larger 15.6-inch gaming laptops

And the crown jewel, a mid-priced Ryzen 4000 CPU with high-end CPU performance

In fact, the HP Envy x360 13 we tested is so good, yet so affordable (despite a few corners cut to save cost), that you might not be able to get it. At the time of this writing, our exact, $799 configuration was sold out. However, you can customize it into being by upgrading components on this nearly-identical model (with a smaller 128GB SSD by default), currently $700 on HP.com (go.pcworld.com/hp70). For $820 at Walmart (go.pcworld.com/wl82) you can get another nearly identical version, the difference being a higher-end Ryzen 7 4700U CPU. You can find another Ryzen 7 4700U-based model (Envy x360 13-ay-0021nr), with a heftier 16GB of memory and 512GB SSD, for $1,000 on HP.com (go. pcworld.com/hp10). If you’re a Costco member, the best alternative deal is there: A Ryzen 7 4700U with 8GB of RAM and 512GB SSD, for $900 (go.pcworld.com/cc90).

The left side of the HP Envy gives you an analog combo jack, a USB-A 5GBps port, and a USB-C 10Gbps port.

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