HP Spectre x360 15t (2019) vs Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th Gen

The HP Spectre x360 15t, i7 10th Gen, 512GB SSD + 32GB OPTANE, MX250 2GB (2019) makes for a good, if unremarkable, Traditional Laptop for people with a $1,200 budget.

The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th Gen i7-8550U, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, however, is merely mediocre at its $1678 asking price, when compared to similarly priced products, and won't satisfy the needs of most people.

In either case, we suggest that you first take a look at some other options at the $1,200 and $1,600 price points before committing to one of these - it's likely that you'll be able to find some better alternatives.

If you're still interested in learning more about the HP Spectre x360 15t, i7 10th Gen, 512GB SSD + 32GB OPTANE, MX250 2GB (2019) and Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th Gen i7-8550U, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, however, we wrote a summary of what we could find about them:

The HP Spectre x360 15t, i7 10th Gen, 512GB SSD + 32GB OPTANE, MX250 2GB (2019) was loved by reviewers at Laptop Mag, a highly trusted source that performs reliable in-depth testing. It did great in its "The best video editing laptops in 2021" roundup where it was named its "Best 2-in-1 video editing laptop", which, in itself, makes it a product worth considering.

Moving on to the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th Gen i7-8550U, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD: it was unable to reach the very top of any roundups from sources that conduct reliable and unbiased testing. Nonetheless, it still managed to impress reviewers from a number of such sites, like Expert Reviews, Laptop Mag, PCWorld, Notebookcheck.net, TechSpot, PCmag, The Verge, and Techradar, enough for them to include them on those lists.

Out of the sources that tested and rated both of these Traditional Laptops, Digitaltrends preferred the HP Spectre x360 15t, i7 10th Gen, 512GB SSD + 32GB OPTANE, MX250 2GB (2019), whereas reviewers at Laptop Mag, PCWorld, and Notebookcheck.net liked the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th Gen i7-8550U, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD better. PCmag gave them identical review scores.

We also took a look at which sources liked these products best - the highest HP Spectre x360 15t, i7 10th Gen, 512GB SSD + 32GB OPTANE, MX250 2GB (2019) rating came from Digitaltrends, whereas the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th Gen i7-8550U, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD most impressed reviewers at Laptop Mag; they earned scores of 9 and 10, respectively.

Lastly, we averaged out all of the reviews scores that we could find on these two products and compared them to other Traditional Laptops on the market. We learned that both of them performed far better than most of their competitors - the overall review average earned by Traditional Laptops being 7.6 out of 10, whereas the HP Spectre x360 15t, i7 10th Gen, 512GB SSD + 32GB OPTANE, MX250 2GB (2019) and Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th Gen i7-8550U, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD managed averages of 8.3 and 8.6 points, respectively.

Due to the difference in their prices, however, it's important to keep in mind that a direct HP Spectre x360 15t, i7 10th Gen, 512GB SSD + 32GB OPTANE, MX250 2GB (2019) vs. Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th Gen i7-8550U, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD comparison might not be entirely fair - some sources don't take value for money into account when assigning their scores and therefore have a tendency to rate more premium products better.