HP Inc. touts its new Spectre laptop as “the thinnest notebook in the world,” and I’ll admit, that’s a phrase that got my attention. For the past couple of years, I’ve been

on a quest for the perfect ultraportable PC. Like a lot of mobile users, I want something that I can carry easily and use comfortably on the go, whether I’m sitting in a cramped airplane seat or running around town. At the same time, I want a fairly high-performance machine.