If there’s one laptop marketing term you’re going to see a lot this year, it’s “hybrid work.” With remote work moving away from the traditional office locations of more businesses to hotels and hot-desking, PC makers are designing laptops to accommodate the needs of work-anywhere professionals. For example, HP’s new Elite Dragonfly G3 laptop, announced at CES 2022, adds improvements for conferencing and collaboration, as well as making it easier to get stuff done without needing to be on your desk or on a desk.
Unlike the G1 and G2, the Dragonfly G3 is now a regular clamshell laptop rather than a two-in-one. HP also switched from a 16:9, 13.3-inch display to a 3:2, 13.5-inch size. This will give you more vertical space for less scrolling through documents and spreadsheets. It’s available with three panel options, including a full-HD screen with 1,000-nit brightness – if you need to work outside or near windows – and a 3,000×2,000-pixel OLED display.
For better video conferencing and collaboration, HP added a 5-megapixel webcam with Auto Frame, which helps keep your camera focused on your face, even when you’re walking around. The laptop also has four discrete amps to create more immersive sound and dynamic voice leveling to improve clarity. In its announcement, HP said, AI-based noise reduction is also used to improve audio, even if the person speaking is wearing a mask.
Running on the new 12th generation Intel processors announced at CES, the 1kg Dragonfly G3 can be configured with up to 32GB of LPDDR5 memory and a 2TB PCIe 3×4 NVMe solid-state drive. Fast Wi-Fi 6E wireless, Bluetooth 5.2 and optional 4G LTE and 5G (depending on your region) are also part of the package. And for those times when you want to sit down and connect to a larger display, keyboard, mouse, and other peripherals, the Dragonfly has two Thunderbolt 4 USB-C ports, a USB-A port, a headset jack, and an HDMI 2.0 is output. So no dongle is really needed.
Pricing was not announced, but shipping is expected to begin in March. In April, it will be joined by the HP Elite Dragonfly Chromebook Enterprise and the Elite Dragonfly Chromebook.
As you might expect, the Elite Dragonfly Chromebook has a lot in common with the Windows 11 version, but it’s a two-in-one with an optional magnetic pen that attaches and charges wirelessly on the side of a device like HP’s Chromebook x2. Is. 1 1
The premium Chromebook is the first to have a haptic trackpad and is also the world’s first Intel vPro Chromebook, which is, frankly, the more important of the two “world’s first” features. This means the security features here are even better than the robust security Chromebook Enterprise already offers.
These models also get a 5-megapixel webcam with shutter that blocks it if you want some privacy. HP will also introduce its integrated privacy screen for the display to help prevent people from looking at your screen off-angle.
The price will be announced closer to its availability in April.