Hunting for a new 2-in-1 for my daughter's birthday in about 10 days...

The only advantage I see the Pavillion having is a normal USB port, while if you're willing to use the type-C and included dongle with the Spectre is no issue but you get Wacom compatibility...which I think is a pretty huge deal.

Definitely leaning towards the Spectre now, doing some research on it and various Wacom pens.

 

Ok, the Spectre X2 just went on flash sale at Amazon for $299. I quit dicking around and ordered one.

 

OMG, I'm having an adrenaline rush! It's almost 4am here and somehow I pulled it off. It'll be here the day before her birthday and we still got some monies to spend on peripherals like a decent USB hub and stylus.

 

Woke up 3 hours ago just to get up and make sure there were no problems with the order, passed out again. The order is being processed for shipment now, and the flash sale is no longer available. My daughter is ecstatic about it as she was hoping we could persuade my wife to go just a little above budget to get it, and my wife is insanely pleased with me for coming in under budget and getting something Maddy loves.

It feels, it feels like victory. So much relief, so many happies. Now I'm just gonna be looking at a few USB hubs and some wacom pens and I am done with this puppy!

Thanks again.

Oh and AzBat, you're gonna have a ball. I hated myself and my life pretty much up until I was 27 and got married and everything just changed for me, doubly so when I became a dad. It's a lot, but it's a GOOD lot. There's gonna be lots of ups and downs, and many horrors and delights, but I would not change it for the world and it has been without a doubt the very best years of my life. The older I get the more fun/happier I've become, and I think that's weird and cool.

 

And in further news, my wife was quite pleased when she heard about what I did. So I went ahead and ordered the stylus made for the Spectre X2 from Best Buy, a USB-C to a 3-port hub with an ethernet adapter built in, a 50' cat 6 cable, and some spare AAAA batteries.

The total is about $420 after everything, so I'm still pleased.

 

The active stylus takes them and I heard they only last a few weeks so I figured stock up.

 

Not with Wacom ES technology.

 

It came today, she talked me in to letting her open it early so she could get it all set up. I ordered an incompatible USB-c to RJ45 so I just ordered another one that should be here tomorrow along with her stylus.

She is VERY happy, it's an insanely nice laptop. Thank you again all!