HP will launch enterprise laptops of all styles and sizes this yr, however the ones the C-suite will probably have their eyes on are members of the Elite Dragonfly line. If its predecessors are something to go by, the Elite Dragonfly G3 might be a lightweight, highly effective, stunning, and undoubtedly costly Home windows PC. The HP Elite Dragonfly Chromebook, extra intriguingly, will deliver a Chrome OS platform to the road for the primary time. That could possibly be the premium, well-built gadget for which Chrome OS followers within the enterprise sphere have been ready.
The HP Elite Dragonfly Chromebook includes a haptic trackpad (the primary one we’ve seen on a Chromebook to this point), a fingerprint sensor, and a Positive View Replicate privateness display. For a greater convention name expertise, the gadget consists of “AI-enhanced video and audio.” These options are all staples of the Dragonfly line however rarities within the Chromebook house.
You may configure the Dragonfly Chromebook with as much as 512GB of storage and 32GB of RAM. It consists of twelfth Gen Intel processors and would be the first Chromebook to help Intel’s vPro platform. The battery is 51Whr, and HP claims it could cost as much as 90 % in 90 minutes, which might be quick for a Chromebook.
The Dragonfly G3 doesn’t look too totally different from the Dragonfly Gen 2. Probably the most thrilling change is that it’s lastly deserted the 16:9 facet ratio in favor of a 3:2 show. (The Chromebook talked about above can be 3:2.) Extra vertical house, hooray! Additionally fascinating to notice is that HP seems to have deserted the convertible kind issue — the Gen 2 was a 2-in-1, however the Gen 3 is a clamshell.
Like its Chromebook sibling, the G3 consists of AI options for convention calls (together with an “look filter” to tweak your video feed and noise discount that’s supposed to assist mitigate muffling from a masks) and has been bumped as much as twelfth Gen Intel processors that help the vPro platform. It consists of as much as 32GB of RAM and 2TB of storage, in addition to a 68Wh battery.
Final yr’s Elite Dragonfly laptops have been actually the most effective of the most effective. The Dragonfly Max was one of the stunning units I examined final yr and would completely be my laptop computer of selection — besides that it was manner too costly to be a practical buy for most individuals. Hopefully the addition of a Chromebook to the road will assist deliver the Dragonfly’s distinctive construct and state-of-the-art safety and AI options to a extra accessible value level. It might even be choice for staff preferring Chrome OS to Home windows however haven’t but had an choice with the safety and stability their jobs require.
The HP Elite Dragonfly G3 is anticipated to be accessible in March, whereas the Chromebooks are coming in April. Pricing has not been introduced for both — however I believe it’s secure to imagine they received’t be low-cost.
Correction, Thursday, January sixth, 11:23 AM: An earlier model of this text misstated the HP Elite Dragonfly Chromebook’s facet ratio. It’s 3:2.
