The gap clearances in the elegant, matte-black metal case are right, and there are no noticeable material protrusions. The base unit could have turned out a little stiffer. The battery is built in. You can access the insides after removing the bottom of the case, which is not a process that HP made particularly user-friendly.

The x360 brings two USB Type-A connections (USB 3.2 Gen 1), and in addition there is one USB Type-C connection (USB 3.2 Gen 2) that supports power delivery and DisplayPort via USB-C. So together with the HDMI connection, the convertible offers two video-output ports.

With maximum transfer rates of 78.6 MB/s (transferring 250 jpg files at about 5 MB each) and 86 MB/s (copying large data blocks), the SD storage card reader belongs to the faster representatives of its kind (using the Toshiba Exceria Pro SDXC 64 GB UHS-II reference card). SD cards can be inserted completely.

The WLAN chip (Realtek RTL8822CE) supports the 802.11a/b/g/n/ac standards. The data rates measured under optimal conditions (no additional WLAN devices close by, close distance between laptop and server PC; Netgear Nighthawk AX12 router) turn out good.