HP has brought several new releases of compact business notebooks to the CES. The 13 – Zöller EliteBook 840 is coming soon with the EliteBook 840 Aero is a closely related sibling, but weighs less than 1.2 kilograms. While the ProBook in this country is only available in the lighter Aero version, the EliteBook 840 Aero does not replace the regular EliteBook 840, but expand the range. This makes the device particularly interesting for those business users who want a light work device without the admins having to dig a lot deeper into the till.

Maximum Dragonfly If the budget is rather secondary, the Elite Dragonfly G2, which weighs less than a kilogram, is an all-round revised noble -Notebook. The inner workings were not only updated to Intel’s eleventh generation of Core i (Tiger Lake), but also converted in other ways: The integration of the find-my-device search service Tile, available as an option, is now also possible in combination with a cellular modem and not more only alternatively. Other options such as a privacy screen, which was added over time in the first generation of devices, are available on the G2 from launch.

The light HP Elite Dragonfly Max

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If that is still not enough, the Elite Dragonfly Max can also give you a special high – Buy the end model of the high-end notebook. The differences do not affect the technology in the fuselage, but the lid: Instead of a 720 p- it contains a 5 -Megapixel camera and four instead of three microphones – you are particularly well positioned for the video conferences that are common these days. In addition: Only the Max version can be bought in black instead of blue.

ARM convertible If you mainly get by with web applications, the Elite Folio with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8cx and 5G modem could be of interest. Because of the ARM processor you have to do without some classic x 24 – Windows applications, But in return you get a completely silent 1.3-kilogram notebook whose battery, according to HP, is over 24 Lasts hours.

HP Elite Folio with Snapdragon -CPU

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Another special feature: the screen is hung on two hinges so that you can move from the notebook to the Can switch tablet mode and back without having to lift the device. The pen-operated 13 5 touchscreen has the rare aspect ratio of 3: 2 particularly high image height, while the EliteBook 720 Aero and the Dragonfly with conventionally narrow 16: 9 displays come along.

Strong envious people The fourth notebook in the series of presentations is not a business device, but offers a compromise between mobility and gaming power: Im Envy 13 with this screen size combines HP quad-core processors from Intel’s Tiger Lake family with Nvidias Mid-range GPU GeForce GTX 1200 Ti – for which you have to carry around 1.6 kilograms. In the lid there is a touchscreen in 24: 10 – Format (1920 × 1200 pixels), which is a useful plus in image height.

HP Envy 14 With 16: 10 – Screen

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In the USA, the Elite Dragonfly including the Max variant like the Envy 14 in the course of January 2021 to be available. The Elite Folio will follow in February, while the EliteBook 840 Aero will follow in March with the availability of the new vPro-enabled Core i processors starts. HP has not yet announced availability and prices for Germany.

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