HP Dragonfly Folio G3 Review

Tsis yog, nws tsis yog tawv tiag tiag - nws yog polyurethane - tab sis cov ntaub npog ntawm lub hau ua rau HP Dragonfly Folio G3 (pib ntawm $ 2,379; $ 2,749 raws li kev sim) comfy kom nqa thiab txaus siab pom. Qhov no 2-hauv-1 lub khoos phis tawj sib txawv ntawm HP lub teeb pom kev lag luam laptop tsev neeg yog lub cim swank rau cov thawj coj uas ua ke sau ntawv thiab kos duab nrog cov keyboard input, nrog cov khoom zoo xws li 5G mobile broadband mus rau deluxe 8-megapixel lub koob yees duab sib tham. Nws yog unabashedly kim thiab hnyav dua li 2.2-phaus Elite Dragonfly G3, lub clamshell tsim nrog tib 13.5-nti, 3: 2-aspect-ratio zaub, tab sis tseem, Folio khwv tau tus Editors 'Choice nod ntawm high-end lag luam convertibles. .

Configurations thiab Design: Ib qho nyiaj ntxiv rau kev tswj hwm thiab kev ruaj ntseg

HP's $ 2,379 tus qauv qauv ntawm Folio G3 yog 12th Generation Core i7-1255U processor nrog Intel vPro kev tswj hwm thev naus laus zis uas nyiam los ntawm IT departments, 16GB ntawm RAM, thiab 512GB NVMe solid-state drive. Nws IPS kov npo muaj 1,920-by-1,280-pixel daws teeb meem. Peb lub tsev tshuaj xyuas $ 2,749 ua haujlwm ntawm tib yam kev qhia tshwj xeeb tab sis qhov nrawm nrawm dua Core i7-1265U CPU (ob qho kev ua tau zoo, yim cores Efficient, 12 xov) thiab Intel 5G kev sib txuas rau kev siv qhov twg tsis muaj hotspots rau nws Wi-Fi 6E networking. Windows 11 Pro thiab ob lub khawm stylus yog tus qauv.

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Nws yog qhov tseeb tias cov lag luam laptops raug nqi ntau dua li cov khoom siv pej xeem cov phau ntawv sib piv. Hauv Dragonfly Folio cov ntaub ntawv, koj tau them rau tsis yog vPro nkaus xwb tab sis HP qhov kev txiav-ntug Wolf Security suite, uas ua ke nrog BIOS tsis raug thiab AI-raws li kev tiv thaiv malware nrog Sure Click tua. apps thiab cov nplooj ntawv web hauv cov thawv ntim tshuab virtual. 

Txawm li cas los xij, nws tseem mob siab rau kom paub tias qhov zoo tshaj plaws HP Spectre x360 13.5-tus neeg siv khoom hloov pauv uas tsis muaj xov tooj ntawm tes tab sis muaj qhov kev ntxias 3: 2 kov npo-tus nqi tag nrho $ 1,149 tsawg dua thiab pheej yig dua txawm tias koj caij nplooj ntoos hlav rau lub ci ntsa iab 3,000-los-2,000-pixel OLED npo. Txhim kho peb Folio G3 nrog OLED vaj huam sib luag thiab qhov siab tshaj plaws 32GB ntawm kev nco thiab 1TB SSD yuav coj nws tus nqi mus rau $ 4,756 ... thiab ua rau peb mob taub hau.

Txawm li cas los xij, nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb uas yuav tsum tau hais txog cov kev muag khoom ncaj qha rau cov lag luam uas cov khoos phis tawj zoo li Dragonfly Folio raug muag los ntawm, feem ntau nrog cov nqi sib tham raws li qhov ntim ntawm kev txiav txim ib lub lag luam thiab lwm yam.

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Ib qho gripe tsawg dua yog tias magnesium-chassis Folio nqaim tsis nco qab peb txiav rau ib qho ultraportable ntawm 3.09 phaus - nws yeej tsis muaj lub nra hnyav hauv lub hnab luv luv, tab sis tsis yog featherweight uas cov neeg tseem ceeb Dragonfly G3 yog. Thaum kaw, lub kaw lus ntsuas 0.7 los ntawm 11.7 los ntawm 9.2 ntiv tes, tad tuab thiab ib nti tob dua li 13.3-nti Dell Latitude 9330 2-hauv-1. Lub 14-nti Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 7 yog 0.61 los ntawm 12.4 los ntawm 8.8 nti thiab ob peb grams sib dua li HP.

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Cov Dell thiab Lenovo laptops no, txawm li cas los xij, yog Yoga-style convertibles uas nws cov ntxaij vab tshaus quav tag nrho txoj kev rov qab kom lawv cov keyboards fim hauv ntsiav tshuaj hom. HP tau muab lub hau npog nrog lub pob khawm uas tso cai rau koj rub lub hauv qab ntawm lub vijtsam rau pem hauv ntej, tom qab ntawd khawm nws los npog cov keyboard. Koj tuaj yeem qaij cov zaub nrog nws cov ntug hauv qab ntawm cov keyboard thiab touchpad hauv qhov HP hu ua "Media Mode," uas yog saib cov yeeb yaj kiab lossis kev nthuav qhia thaum khaws cov touchpad muaj rau kev taw qhia.

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Raws li rau cov chaw nres nkoj, nws yog ib daim ntawv teev npe luv luv: Folio G3 muaj ob lub 40Gbps USB4 chaw nres nkoj nrog Thunderbolt 4 thiab DisplayPort kev ua haujlwm ntawm nws sab laug, nrog rau lub suab jack thiab SIM daim npav qhov. Ib lub connector ntawm lub laptop sab xis ntug recharges 6-nti cwj mem thaum nws clings magnetically rau sab. Koj yuav tsis pom qhov chaw nres nkoj HDMI, qhov chaw nres nkoj Ethernet, lossis ib daim npav flash.

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Tsim Cov Nta: Koj Zoo Zoo 

HP lub webcam tuaj yeem ntes 6MP 16: 9 (3,264 los ntawm 1,836) lossis 8MP 4: 3 (3,264 los ntawm 2,448) cov duab thiab 30-thav duab-ib-thib ob (fps) cov yeeb yaj kiab, yog li xav ob zaug ua ntej tsis thab plaub rau kev sib tham hu. Kev txhaj tshuaj los ntawm lub koob yees duab yog qhov teeb pom kev zoo thiab muaj xim tsis muaj suab nrov lossis zoo li qub, thiab nws tuaj yeem ua rau koj lub hnub qub nrog qhov muag plooj yog tias koj nyiam. Sab saum toj-kab ua haujlwm yuam sij toggle lub koob yees duab thiab kaw lub microphones. Ib qho Auto Lock & Awake utility ua haujlwm nrog Windows Hello lub ntsej muag paub kom lub kaw lus ruaj ntseg yog tias koj tawm ntawm koj lub rooj.

Quad hais lus nrog lub discrete amplifier twj tso kua mis tawm nrov, spectacular suab nrog ib tug xav tsis thoob cov ntses bass thaj tsam. HP lub suab tsis hnyav lossis tinny txawm nyob rau sab saum toj ntim, thiab nws yooj yim los ua cov kab sib tshooj. Raws li qhov nyiaj tau los, HP Audio Control software suav nrog AI-based microphone suab nrov txo qis-nrog rau suab paj nruag, yeeb yaj kiab, thiab lub suab rov ua ntej-ntxiv rau qhov sib npaug.

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Dhau li ntawm ob lub nyees khawm ntawm nws lub thoob, HP tus nrog stylus cwj mem muaj lub pob nyob ze nws sab saum toj rau kev tshaj tawm apps, zoo li Microsoft Whiteboard lossis OneNote, lossis lwm yam haujlwm, zoo li lub vijtsam snipping nrog ib zaug, ob npaug, thiab nias ntev. Tag nrho peb lub nyees khawm yog customizable: Nrog rau tus cwj mem taub thiab qaij rhiab heev, ib tug cwj mem ntawv qhia zaub mov pib thaum koj tshem lub stylus ntawm sab ntawm Folio. Thaum kuv ua si nrog tus cwj mem, nws yooj yim khaws nrog kuv swoops thiab scribbles nrog zoo meej xibtes tsis lees paub. 

Kuv xav pom 3,000-by-2,000-pixel OLED npo. Txawm hais tias nws yuav raug nqi qee lub roj teeb lub neej, 1,920-by-1,280 IPS vaj huam sib luag yog qhov txaus nyiam, nrog kev tsim nyog txawm tias tsis muaj qhov ci ntsa iab thiab qhov sib txawv siab. Saib cov ces kaum yog dav, cov keeb kwm dawb huv, thiab cov xim dub yog tob. Ntxiv rau, txawm tias tsis muaj OLED thev naus laus zis, cov xim ntawm lub vijtsam yog nplua nuj thiab muaj txiaj ntsig zoo. Ib qho teeb meem tsim nyog hais txog yog tias qhov kov-iav overlay yog qhov tsis tshua muaj kev cuam tshuam, khaws cov teeb hauv chav thiab qhia daim iav duab ntawm koj lub ntsej muag.

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Txwv tsis pub tus qauv, cov keyboard backlit muaj HP lub cim lag luam txaus ntshai: nyuaj-rau-ntaus, ib nrab-qhov siab nce thiab nqis tus cursor xub tuav stacked ntawm tag nrho-loj sab laug thiab sab xis, es tsis yog cov xub xub nyob rau hauv qhov zoo inverted T. Cov yawm sij no yog lwm yam. txoj cai, txawm tias lawv qhov ntiav, me ntsis ntoo xav tsis zoo rau kev ntaus ntawv txhua hnub. HP qhov loj me me, tsis muaj khawm touchpad glides thiab kais kom zoo thiab yuav tsum muaj lub siab nruab nrab rau kev nias ntsiag to.

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Ntsuam xyuas Dragonfly Folio: Tsis Txaus Siab-Dawb Productivity 

Rau peb cov qauv ntsuas ntsuas, peb tab tom muab piv rau HP Dragonfly Folio G3 rau plaub lwm yam hloov pauv. Peb yog cov tshuab ua lag luam: 14-nti Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 7 (pib ntawm $ 1,589.40; $ 2,456.99 raws li kev sim) thiab Asus ExpertBook B7 Flip ($ 2,149.99) thiab 13.3-nti Dell Latitude 9330 2-in-1 (pib; $1,969 as tested). Qhov kawg qhov nkag mus rau Folio cov neeg siv khoom tau hais los saum toj no, HP Spectre x2,619.63 360 (pib ntawm $ 13.5; $ 1,149.99 raws li kev sim) - peb tau tshuaj xyuas cov qauv OLED high-res.

Productivity Tests 

Peb qhov kev ntsuas tseem ceeb, UL's PCMark 10 simulates ntau yam kev tsim khoom hauv ntiaj teb tiag tiag thiab cov ntsiab lus tsim ua haujlwm los ntsuas tag nrho cov kev ua tau zoo rau cov haujlwm hauv chaw ua haujlwm xws li kev ua cov lus, cov ntawv ua haujlwm, kev tshawb nrhiav hauv web, thiab kev sib tham video. Peb kuj tseem khiav PCMark 10's Full System Drive test los ntsuas lub sijhawm thauj khoom thiab kev xa tawm ntawm lub laptop cia.

Peb qhov kev ntsuas ntxiv tsom mus rau CPU, siv tag nrho cov cores thiab xov, kom ntsuas lub PC qhov tsim nyog rau kev ua haujlwm hnyav. Maxon's Cinebench R23 siv lub tuam txhab Cinema 4D lub cav los ua ib qho chaw nyuaj, thaum Primate Labs 'Geekbench 5.4 Pro simulates nrov. apps xws li los ntawm PDF rendering thiab kev paub hais lus rau kev kawm tshuab. Thaum kawg, peb siv qhov qhib-qhov video transcoder HandBrake 1.4 los hloov 12-feeb video clip los ntawm 4K rau 1080p daws teeb meem (qis dua lub sijhawm zoo dua). 

Peb qhov kev sim ua tiav zaum kawg yog Puget Systems 'PugetBench rau Photoshop, uas siv Creative Cloud version 22 ntawm Adobe's nto moo duab editor los ntsuas lub PC qhov kev ua tau zoo rau cov ntsiab lus tsim thiab kev siv multimedia. Nws yog qhov kev txuas ntxiv uas siv tau uas ua tiav ntau yam dav dav thiab GPU-nrawm Photoshop cov haujlwm xws li qhib, tig, hloov pauv, thiab txuag cov duab rau kev siv lub qhov ncauj qhov ntswg, gradient fills, thiab lim.

HP's Dragonfly Folio nqaim ntug ntawm nws cov neeg sib tw hauv txhua qhov tseem ceeb PCMark 10, yooj yim tshem tawm 4,000-point teeb meem uas qhia tau tias muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau txhua hnub apps zoo li Microsoft 365 lossis Google Workspace.

Peb qhov sib sib zog nqus CPU benchmarks pom lub laptop no tsaws nyob rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm lub pob txawm tias ib tug me ntsis processor ceev tshaj nws peb 12th Generation Intel cov phooj ywg. Ib yam li ntawd, lub laptop taug kev me ntsis hauv Photoshop, txawm hais tias nws zoo rau qee zaus cov duab kov-ups. Txawm hais tias tsis yog lub hnub qub qhia, nws yog qhov tseeb tias cov cuab yeej no tuaj yeem ua haujlwm hauv chaw ua haujlwm tsim khoom yam tsis muaj teeb meem.

Graphics Tests 

Peb sim Windows PCs 'graphic nrog ob DirectX 12 gaming simulations los ntawm UL's 3DMark kuaj suite: Hmo ntuj Raid (ntau dua, haum rau cov khoos phis tawj nrog cov duab sib xyaw) thiab Lub Sijhawm Spy (ntau xav tau, haum rau gaming rigs nrog discrete GPUs). 

Peb kuj tseem khiav ob qhov kev xeem los ntawm tus ntoo khaub lig-platform GPU benchmark GFXBench 5, uas nyuaj rau ob qho tib si theem qis xws li texturing thiab qib siab, game-zoo li cov duab rendering. Tsis tas li ntawd, peb khiav 1440p Aztec Ruins thiab 1080p Car Chase tests, rendered offscreen kom haum rau cov kev daws teeb meem sib txawv, siv cov duab kos duab thiab suav cov duab ntxoov ntxoo siv OpenGL programming interface thiab hardware tessellation feem. Qhov ntau thav duab ib ob, qhov zoo dua.

Cov laptops 'integrated graphics txwv lawv rau streaming kev lom zem thiab xws li kev ua si es tsis yog ceev-paced tua-em-ups. Unsurprisingly muab nws thawj zaug siv, Folio tiav nyob rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm ib tug frankly qeeb teb. Nrog rau qhov ntawd, tsis txhob tuaj rau lub khoos phis tawj no xav tau kev tshaj tawm xov xwm.

Roj teeb thiab Zaub Tests 

Peb sim lub laptops lub roj teeb lub neej los ntawm kev ua si hauv zos khaws cia 720p video file (qhov qhib-qhov Blender movie Kua muag ntawm hlau(Qhib lub qhov rais tshiab)) nrog zaub brightness ntawm 50% thiab lub ntim ntawm 100%. Peb xyuas kom meej tias lub roj teeb tau them tag nrho ua ntej kev sim, nrog Wi-Fi thiab keyboard backlighting tua. 

Tsis tas li ntawd, peb siv Datacolor SpyderX Elite saib ntsuas ntsuas ntsuas thiab nws Windows software los ntsuas lub khoos phis tawj lub vijtsam xim xim - pes tsawg feem pua ​​​​ntawm sRGB, Adobe RGB, thiab DCI-P3 xim gamuts lossis palettes cov zaub tuaj yeem pom - thiab nws 50% thiab ncov brightness nyob rau hauv nits (candelas ib square meter).

Hmoov tsis zoo, Dragonfly lub sijhawm ua haujlwm yog qhov luv tshaj plaws hauv pab pawg, txawm tias 12 teev ntawm lub roj teeb lub neej yuav tsum yooj yim rau koj los ntawm kev ua haujlwm puv hnub-ntxiv rau koj lub davhlau hypothetical mus rau lwm lub tuam txhab koom nrog ob peb lub xeev. Nws IPS kov npo yog lub vaj huam sib luag ua lag luam muaj peev xwm, txawm hais tias nws ib txwm poob qis ntawm cov xim ci ntsa iab pom ntawm Spectre's OLED zaub, tab sis nrog cov xim txaus thiab ci ntsa iab.

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Kev Txiav Txim: Lub Neej Qab Zib hauv C-Suite 

Peb yuav zoo siab dua yog tias Dragonfly Folio G3 muaj qhov chaw nres nkoj HDMI saib thiab zoo siab dua yog tias nws tau txiav tus nqi, tab sis cov tuam txhab ua haujlwm uas nws lub tuam tsev IT tsis mloog nws cov nqi yuav muaj hmoo kom tau txais ib qho. Nws yog qhov zoo heev rub-thiab-mus hloov pauv nrog kev tsim qauv qaij-ntsia, coj-nws-txhua qhov chaw sib txuas, thiab lub vijtsam siab sib piv uas nws pom dav dav ntawm nplooj ntawv web thiab cov ntaub ntawv tau ntxim nyiam peb nrog lwm lub laptops thiab Chromebooks. HP's Dragonfly Folio G3 tau txais qhov khoom plig Editors 'Choice Award raws li kev lag luam ci ntsa iab 2-hauv-1.