![]() The HP Spectre is a marvelously slim, attractive machine that tackles all of the basics, offering a sturdy keyboard and fast performance. With its latest Spectre, HP has proven that there is a way to improve laptop design without compromising the computing experience. It’s probably safe to expect around six hours of battery life out of the Spectre under normal circumstances. That said, the Wi-Fi signal in my office kept dropping in and out over the course of writing this review, and the battery may have been drained while the laptop was searching for a signal. The notebook’s battery depleted after about four hours of use, which is unusually low. I didn’t get great battery life out of the Spectre, but I believe my testing circumstances were part of the problem. ![]() USB Type-C is certainly the future, but for now you’ll need adapters to connect the Spectre to most equipment - like external monitors. But the productivity-minded should keep in mind that the Spectre offers only three USB Type-C ports, plus a headphone jack. Those who typically watch TV shows or blast tunes from their laptop will likely be pleased with the Spectre’s Bang & Olufsen speakers, which offer rich and powerful audio. However, the Spectre’s fans get noisy fairly often, which can be distracting. I’ve been using the $1,099 Core i7 variant for a mix of web browsing, casual gaming, light photo editing, and streaming Netflix, and I haven’t come across any stutters or hiccups. It runs on Intel’s latest processors, and buyers have the option of choosing between a Core i5 or Core i7. If you’re seeking a laptop primarily for work and entertainment, the Spectre should be plenty fast. I found it to be sluggish and laggy at times, and I had to tweak a few settings to get an enjoyable experience. The touchpad, however, could use some improvement. ![]() It’s exactly what should be expected of a premium notebook. The key travel is deep, providing rich feedback and making it comfortable to type at a quick pace. Thankfully, the Spectre’s keyboard is among the best I’ve used on a laptop. A poor keyboard can make it difficult or just plain frustrating to interact with your computer. Keyboard quality is arguably one of the most important characteristics of a laptop. Still, for most people, it’ll be more than adequate for watching Netflix or browsing photos. The Spectre has a 1,920×1,080 resolution 13.3-inch screen, which is sharper than that of the MacBook Air but not as dazzling as those offered on some other ultrabooks. Apple’s MacBook Air, by comparison, is 0.11 inches thin at its slimmest point but 0.68 inches at its thickest, while Dell’s XPS 13 is between 0.3 and 0.6 inches thin. The stealthy Nightfall Black color on our review unit is a shade more interesting than black and a touch prettier than brown.At roughly 0.41 inches thin and 2.45 pounds, the Spectre is supremely slim and light. It is a 2-in-1 laptop, meaning the hinge lets you rotate it all the way around to hold it like a tablet. The HP Spectre 14t is the latest in HP’s top-tier Spectre line of premium laptops. Thin bezels surround the screen while attractive accents and aggressive angles give the Envy a decidedly modern appearance. The HP Spectre 14t features the premium design that weve come to expect from the Spectre series. That's in large part due to its all-aluminum design, which gives the Envy a sturdy, substantial feel that you won't find on other sub-$1,000 notebooks. ![]() The Envy x360 13 doesn't feel like any other $800 laptop. The most expensive upgrade is opting for a 2TB SSD, which adds another $350 on top of the 512GB SSD price. That's surprisingly affordable considering the specs. The display upgrade costs only $110 extra, so you can get a Spectre x360 with an OLED display, a Core i7 CPU, 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD for $1,329. HP also sells a 4K OLED version of the Spectre x360. If you need more storage, a $512GB SSD will cost you another $70. You can upgrade to a Core i7-1065G7 CPU for another $80 although we recommend paying $150 (for a total of $1,149) to include a jump to 16GB of RAM.
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![]() ![]() It comes preinstalled on Pixel 3 devices, and for other Android users (running Lollipop or newer) it’s available on a limited beta in the Play Store. The Live Transcribe app is Android-only, is still in beta, and is rolling out to Android users. Google developers worked with Gallaudet University to get feedback on this app during the development process in order to make sure it met the needs of Deaf and Hard of Hearing people and was something they could use, and we recognize and appreciate Google looking to Gallaudet for guidance and input on this. In testing the app so far, we have been impressed with the pace that it can keep up with, as well as its accuracy in correctly transcribing speech. However, we want to make sure people are aware of the limitations of any kind of similar technology, and want to make sure that Deaf and Hard of Hearing people don’t feel pressured to use this in a situation where it’s not an appropriate accommodation. Overall, we think this tool could be a great benefit and Deaf and Hard of Hearing people could use it to have more agency and access in their everyday lives. See this page for Google’s more up-to-date information. Now that it’s out of beta, some of this information is slightly outdated you can no temporarily save transcripts, and the app is more available on more Android devices now. Note, this page was made when the app was first launched. If you have any feedback on this page or the video, or have any suggestions or ideas of other things you’d like us to make a page like this about, let us know at our feedback form! To see what we think about this app and similar transcription apps, our perspective on potential uses and situations for which it would not be appropriate, and our general philosophy and position, see our Position Paper on Transcription Apps. This new beta app is rolling out gradually to Android users, so we wanted to spread the word on how it works, what it looks like, and some of the great ways it can be used. Live Transcription Apps Google Recently announced their Live Transcribe app, which is a new tool that Deaf and Hard of Hearing people can use in casual, everyday situations to access spoken communication. ![]() Continuing the Flight of Passage example, if Emily purchased a Flight of Passage individual Lightning Lane, she’d only be allowed to use it as part of our rider switch if I also had purchased a Flight of Passage individual Lightning Lane. Nowadays, there are two things you need to know about combining rider switch and Lightning Lanes.įirst, if the group that rides first intends to use a Lightning Lane, everyone needs a Lightning Lane booked. In the past, people had all sorts of “tricks” around combining rider switch with FastPass+, with some even going so far as to suggest you “ask to speak with a manager” if Cast Members didn’t do your bidding ( vom). How Lightning Lanes and Rider Switch Work Together ![]() Those are some good rides, and Magic Carpets, with little to no waits, all in succession. ![]() You wait two more hours and at 5PM book Magic Carpets of Aladdin from 5:05PM to 6:05PM. You wait two more hours and at 3PM book Pirates of the Caribbean from 5PM to 6PM. You wait two more hours and at 1PM book Haunted Mansion from 4:30PM to 5:30PM. You wait two hours and at 11AM book Jungle Cruise for 5:30PM to 6:30PM. Peter Pan’s Flight runs out of Lightning Lane slots quickly, so that at 9AM you’re booking a 6PM-7PM slot. Let’s say a Magic Kingdom opens at 8AM and closes at 10PM, decently long hours but nothing unheard of. Here’s a completely made up example of what people are dreaming of when they think of stacking. Stacking sounds really cool, and it is potentially really powerful. If your Genie+ strategizing gets tricky with one of these rides-like you just can’t fit in Test Track at Epcot-consider using single rider instead. You usually won’t have to resort to this, but single rider is a good way to bypass long lines at a few rides if you don’t mind your group getting split up. Rope Drop and Early Entry at Animal Kingdom Rope Drop and Early Entry at Hollywood Studios Rope Drop and Early Entry at Magic Kingdom If you have Early Entry, you’ll also be able to check off a few significant rides early on. If you’d done that on this example day, you wouldn’t have even cared that they ran out of return times, because you visited them earlier in the day. Without even using Genie+, you can get short waits for these to start your day. Our go-to rope drop (after Early Entry) at Magic Kingdom covers three of the rides on that above list-Big Thunder Mountain, Splash Mountain, and Haunted Mansion. 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![]() Both actions can bring about great healing and joy. If you have hurt another person, be brave and offer him or her an honest apology. If you’ve been hurt in the past, ask a trusted friend to help you process what happened.That can be scary at times, but when we choose to be vulnerable, we experience the deeper, more fulfilling relationships God wants us to enjoy. If we can give ourselves to this process, we’ll eventually be willing to take risks again-to open up and share our true self. The Lord calls us to love and forgive one another, just as He has done with us (Eph. Doing so can help us recover from past pain and find a way forward, but we can’t remain in that state forever. When that happens, we might find it helpful to limit-for a time-the people we allow into our life. At some point, we’re likely to fail each other. Nor does it mean we’ll avoid getting hurt along the way. ![]() God made us to serve and live alongside one another, but that doesn’t mean it will be easy. This month, we explored what it means to be members of a community-along with the blessings and requirements that come with such involvement. All rights reserved.To get the most out of this devotion, set aside time to read the scriptures referenced throughout. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Scripture is quoted from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®). May your future be one of loving out of faith. We have something so solid to cling to in a time when everything else seems to be so unreliable – let's share that with others. I want to be able to love others in a way that shows them my faith in Jesus is real. I want to keep fuelling the fire of my faith so that I can love others deeper. Loving out of faith is something that I want to make a priority for this year. That love is more than enough to conquer any trial, set free any captive of fear, loneliness, depression or sickness. When our faith is on track, the love that comes from that place will burst with freedom, color, light, laughter, joy and the Spirit of Jesus. We have the power to love at any time, but the most powerful love comes from a place of faith. A love that lasts and a love that has faith in them. Something else that this pandemic is teaching me is the importance of love. My prayer for the nations is that faith arises in all of us, more than ever before. When our minds go to a place of darkness and we don’t know if we can make it through, we need to go straight back to Jesus. Faith that ‘He’s got us’, faith that He will provide for us, faith that His love is all we will ever need. We need our core to be built on faith in Jesus every second of the day. A foundation that can withstand any storm, any pandemic, any sickness, any job loss, any isolation, any grief and most importantly - at ANY time. This passage has taught me to make sure that every part of my being is grounded and built on a firm foundation. ![]() Many of us did not expect a global pandemic to shake the very foundations our lives are built on, yet here we are - over two years later. I think you’d agree with me that Covid-19 was very much an unexpected event. ![]() This passage has found a very real and new meaning in my life. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it” (Matthew 7:24-27 ESV). And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. However, sometimes it takes an event such as this to truly shake my spirit and realize the importance of what is written down right in front of me. A heart-breaking number of lives were lost, jobs taken away, many struggled to feed their families, and the loving touch of those we hold dear was restricted - and became something the world feared.įor the past two years, Covid got me thinking about a very well-known passage in the Bible that I’ve read over and over again my whole life. The Covid-19 pandemic caused widespread devastation - from physical and mental health, to the economy and beyond. |