HP’s new flock of Dragonfly laptops be offering svelte energy in Chrome, Home windows flavors

In 2020, PCWorld gave the original HP Elite Dragonfly our Editor’s Choice award. Government Editor Gordon Ung mentioned the svelte computer is “skinny, gentle, and lovely, with a battery that gained’t surrender.” At CES 2022, HP is poised to make the Dragonfly label a brand new area logo, a los angeles Dell’s XPS or Lenovo’s X1. The corporate is doing that with a made over Home windows computer and a brand spanking new convertible Chromebook design.

First up is the brand new Home windows device, rechristened the Elite Dragonfly G3. The largest evident exchange is a switch from a 16:9 display to a productive 3:2 facet ratio at 13.5 inches, beginning at 1920×1280 answer and 400 nits. Customers can improve that panel to a 1000-nit model, or pass all-out with a “3K2K” OLED display. The Dragonfly’s different signature characteristic, its weight (or lack thereof), continues to be spectacular. Regardless of upgrades to the latest 12th-gen Intel Core processors, the computer nonetheless begins at simply 2.2 kilos. (The not obligatory 6-cell battery would possibly bump that up slightly.) Like a large number of top rate Home windows laptops it’s packing a haptic trackpad.

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The Dragonfly G3 comes with double USB-C/Thunderbolt 4 ports, a USB-A port for older {hardware}, a full-sized HDMI port (more difficult to seek out at this measurement), and an not obligatory nano-SIM card slot for those who improve to 5G cell carrier. Like the unique style, it’s appropriate with the Tile Bluetooth monitoring gadget for locating your devices, in addition to NFC, a 5MP digital camera (plus infrared for Windows Hello), and a fingerprint reader. It’s nonetheless constructed to the MIL-STD 810 usual, so it may take a punch or two.

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When the Elite Dragonfly G3 is going on sale it’ll be to be had with as much as 2TB of SSD garage and an excellent 32GB of DDR5 RAM. It’ll are available silver or blue colour choices when it lands in March.

HP Elite Dragonfly Chromebook

For one thing figuratively (however no longer actually) lighter, take a look at the Elite Dragonfly Chromebook. This device swaps up the shape issue with a convertible fold-back hinge, however provides an identical 13.5-inch 3:2 displays, regardless that unfortunately there’s no OLED possibility. “Subsequent Gen” Intel processors and DDR4 RAM say the efficiency shall be slightly of a step down, as does the garage maxed out at 512GB, however this is all nonetheless roughly overkill for Chrome.

Regardless of the extra modest {hardware}, the Dragonfly Chromebook will get the MIL-STD frame remedy, fingerprint sensor, and not obligatory 5G connection, at the side of the entire identical ports. It’s additionally boasting Google’s proprietary Titan H1 chip for additonal safety, at the side of a haptic trackpad, a primary for a Chrome tool. 51 watt-hours of battery must make it an actual highway warrior working Chrome. Why HP selected the 360-degree hinge for the Chromebook and no longer the Home windows computer, we couldn’t bet, but it surely bumps the load as much as 2.83 kilos.

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The Elite Dragonfly Chromebook will land in April.