Wondering why the HP Elite Dragonfly is one of the best.? It's covered all in one specification easy to carry along for travelers and professionals, are you looking for a lightweight laptop the Hp Elite Dragonfly is definitely for you.
Pros:
- Impressive design
- Magnificent battery life
- Solid keyboard
- LTE compatible
Cons:
- Very expensive tho.
Let Take A Quick Look At The HP Elite Dragonfly Specs And Reviews In 2 Minutes:
The HP Elite Dragonfly is packed not only with the security and IT features that businesses demand, but it also includes speedy hardware, many of ports, and most importantly: an passion to die for.
The HP Elite Dragonfly is, without a doubt, one of the most beautiful 2-in-1 laptops we've tested in a long time, and it's so thin and light that we took an entire month to review it
Keep in mind that the HP Elite Dragonfly definitely isn't cheap. This thing will run you $1,629 (£1,618, AU$2,770) just to get you on the ground floor. The fact that this laptop is targeted almost exclusively to traveling professionals makes this price point make a little more sense, but this is definitely a laptop that has major crossover appeal.
What makes this laptop undisputable for the traveling professional, though, is the LTE integration. Some driver issues stopped us from having a totally seamless experience with having an "online anywhere" experience, but for the most part it's become a feature that we're having trouble imagining life without.
Essentially, as traveling professionals ourselves, the HP Elite Dragonfly has been a dream come true. If you're constantly on the road, the lightweight design, always-connected LTE coverage and the speedy internals make the Elite Dragonfly one of the best laptops out there.
HP Elite Dragonfly Specs:
CPU: 1.8GHz Intel Core i7-8565U (quad-core, 8MB cache, up to 4.6GHz)
Graphics: Intel UHD Graphics 620
RAM: 16GB LPDDR3 (2,133MHz)
Screen: 13.3-inch, FHD IPS BrightView WLED
Storage: 512GB PCIe SSD
Ports: 2 x Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C), 1 x USB 3.1 Type-A, HDMI, headset jack, External Nano SIM
Connectivity: Intel AX200; Wi-Fi 6; Bluetooth 5
Camera: Widescreen HD (720p) webcam
Weight: 2.2 pounds (0.99kg)
Size: 11.98 x 7.78 x 0.63 in (30.42 x 19.76 x 1.6cm; W x D x H)
Price And Availability:
You can buy the HP Elite Dragonfly for $1,629 (£1,618, AU$2,770) to start. That'll net you an 8th-generation Intel Core i5 U-Series processor, 16GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD – though the SSD gets doubled in the UK entry configuration.
Talking about the hardware on offer, that's a pretty penny to be sure, but it starts to make sense once you take the LTE and the 2-in-1 design into consideration.
If that doesn't sound like enough horsepower for the work you need to do, you can of course pack the HP Elite Dragonfly with more powerful hardware. At the top end, you'll get an 8th-generation Core i7 processor, 16GB of RAM, and a 256GB SSD - which is a weird place to stop. But that's just for the pre-built configurations. You're able to create your own configuration in the US with much more storage and a better display. If you absolutely max it out with an Intel Core i7 processor, a 4K display and a 2TB SSD, the cost tops out at $3,258.
If you're in the UK, you can still get up to a 1TB SSD and a 4K display, though that will run you £1,950. Australians max out with the same configuration as the UK, and that runs AU$4,210.
HP Elite Dragonfly Design:
If the HP Elite Dragonfly didn't have the word "Elitebook" creche below the keyboard, there's no way we'd know it's a laptop aimed at professionals. Simply put, this laptop is absolutely stunning. It comes in a gorgeous Iridescent Dragonfly Blue color option that simply stands out wherever you plop it down.
Thumbs up to the magnesium chassis, it's extremely light, too. The Dragonfly comes in at just 2.2 lb (0.99kg) to start, though it will be a bit heavier if you go for the optional larger battery. The laptop has a small footprint, too, measuring just 11.98 inches wide and 0.63 inches thick. HP managed to do this by making a display with obnoxiously thin bezels, resulting in an 86% screen to body ratio. We've definitely seen thinner bezels out there, but this is a 2-in-1 laptop, so we're suitably impressed.
As a bonus, an oleophobic coating keeps the laptop looking fresh no matter how many fingerprints or stains make their way onto the chassis. It's super easy to just wipe it clean without having to wrestle with a bunch of chemicals. Trust us, we put this laptop through its paces, traveling from New York to Colorado, back to New York, then to CES 2020 and on back to the big city again. Our review unit has definitely seen its fair share of dirt, and it still looks amazing – albeit with a couple of scratches on the chrome HP logo on the lid.
Because this is a professional-profound device, ports are super important. on the right side of the laptop, you get an HDMI, 3.5mm audio and two Thunderbolt 3 ports – either of which can be used for charging. Over on the left, you'll find a solitary USB 3.1 Type-A port, the power button and a Nano SIM slot.
You can find the Dragonfly with a 1,000 nit 1080p display with perfect View or opt for a 550 nit 4K display, and we're sure both of those look absolutely phenomenal. The previous model from Hp, however, was a 1080p display at 400 nits, and while it's not as good as we imagine the previous display options are, it's definitely bright enough and colorful enough to keep up with our show floor Photoshop needs.
The speakers are a winner here, too. HP continues to lead the pack when it comes to Windows laptops in the speaker department as far as we're concerned. Rather than tucking them under the laptop to fire sound impotently into the table, they instead project sound upwards. We don't imagine a lot of people are going to use the Elite Dragonfly for jamming out to their music, but that's totally what we did with it, and will continue to do so.
Think about it: no matter how hard you're working during the day, you're going to need some downtime watching movies or YouTube videos or listening to music at the end of the day, and the Dragonfly definitely delivers.
And the keyboard - oh, the HP Elite Dragonfly's keyboard is sublime. With how thin this laptop is, HP could have easily got away with putting a shallow clicky affair in here (think Apple Butterfly keyboard), but it didn't. Instead, this keyboard feels like you're literally typing on a cloud, and it's just about as loud as you'd imagine that simile going. Even when we're furiously typing up a last-minute CES 2020 opinion piece, we can barely hear the keyboard.
HP Elite Dragonfly Battery Life:
Where this laptop particularly impresses us is in its battery life. Now, we lived with this device longer than we typically do with a laptop, mostly thanks to the holidays and the hectic CES season, but we never really have to worry about this laptop not lasting through whatever project we're working on.
Any laptop that we're able to take to the CES show floor with half battery and have it survive throughout the day deserves bragging rights. Taking it out of our backpack again and again, jotting down notes, banging out quick news articles in the press room and even taking notes using the touchscreen. This is all stuff that puts strain on the laptop's battery, and we're pleased as punch to report that the HP Elite Dragonfly holds up.
This isn't necessarily reflected in our battery benchmarks, test, where we loop 1080p video until the laptop dies, the Elite Dragonfly lasts 8 hours and 11 minutes. But in the PCMark8 Home battery test, it only lasts 4 hours and 42 minutes. Anecdotally, however, we experienced the laptop lasting much longer than either of these tests let on.
Does The HP Elite Dragonfly Worth Buying Or Not:
Buy…….
You're a traveling businessperson
If you're constantly on the go, having a laptop this thin, light and gorgeous is definitely appealing, especially since it has the battery life and processing power to get you through any work you have to do.
You just want a beautiful laptop
A lot of laptops in the business world look a bit plain, but this one simply radiates style. This is definitely a laptop that you're going to want to show off in the local coffee shop.
You need to be always online
We get it, there's Wi-Fi everywhere these days, but the fact that you're able to continue working in a taxi without having to clumsily tether through your phone is a godsend.
Don’t buy……
You're on a budget
Because this is such an expensive piece of kit, it's really only for those that have the cash to throw at a premium device. But, because it's marketed to professionals, that's not too surprising.
You need a GPU
While the HP Elite Dragonfly can handle Photoshop workloads without much of a problem, trying to do any heavy-duty creative work, like video editing, would prove troublesome.
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