HP Elite Dragonfly G3 Review

Tej zaum koj yuav xav txog nws tsuas yog tus kab mob spindly xwb, tab sis entomologists yuav qhia rau koj tias tus kab laum yog kab tias lub ntiaj teb tus tsiaj ua tau zoo tshaj plaws: Nws qhov ze-360-degree tsis pom kev, tsis muaj zog txaus (nrog rau 9G qhov nrawm), thiab muaj peev xwm los twv seb qhov twg. nws cov tsiaj yuav muab nws 95% tua tus nqi uas tsov thiab sharks yuav khib. Tsuas nug HP, uas tso lub npe Dragonfly rau ntawm nws lub teeb tshaj plaws, feem ntau cov lag luam zoo tshaj plaws laptops thiab chaw ua haujlwm. Thaum cov qauv ua ntej tau hloov pauv, Elite Dragonfly G3 yog clamshell ultraportable. Nws yog pricey (pib ntawm $ 1,999; $ 2,686 raws li kev sim), tab sis nws cov roj teeb zoo nkauj, tag nrho cov chaw nres nkoj, thiab squarish 13.5-nti, 3: 2 nam piv zaub ua rau nws muaj lwm txoj hauv kev nyiam rau Dell XPS 13 Plus thiab Apple MacBook Air M2.

Kev Tsim Kho: Rov Kho dua tshiab thiab rov ua dua tshiab 

Muaj nyob rau hauv Slate Blue lossis Natural Silver, Elite Dragonfly G3 muaj lub chassis sleek crafted los ntawm ib nrab recycled magnesium thiab txhuas nrog dab tsi HP hu ua "lub hauv ncoo puag ncig." (Lawv ua kom yooj yim qhib nrog ib txhais tes.) Nws lub vijtsam siab ua rau nws tob me ntsis ntawm 0.64 los ntawm 11.7 los ntawm 8.7 ntiv tes, tab sis ntawm 2.2 phaus nws yog ib nrab phaus sib dua li Apple thiab Dell ultraportables, piv rau soon-to-be-saib Gen 2 version ntawm Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano. Lub laptop tau dhau los ntawm MIL-STD 810H cov kev xeem tiv thaiv kev phom sij xws li kev poob siab, kev vibration, thiab kub heev; muaj qee qhov flex yog tias koj tuav lub npov kaum tab sis tsis muaj yog tias koj nias lub lawj keyboard.

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Tus qauv $ 1,999 ua ke nrog Intel Core i5-1235U processor nrog 16GB ntawm RAM, 512GB NVMe solid-state drive, thiab 1,920-by-1,280-pixel IPS touch screen. Peb lub tsev tshuaj xyuas $ 2,686 muaj cov zaub tsis kov nrog tib qhov kev daws teeb meem tab sis nce mus rau Core i7-1265U (ob qho kev ua tau zoo, yim cores Efficient, 12 xov) thiab ntxiv 5G mobile broadband rau tus qauv Wi-Fi 6E thiab Bluetooth. 

HP muaj ob txoj kev xaiv lwm yam: 1,920-by-1,280 version ntawm HP's Sure View Reflect vaj huam sib luag nrog kev ceev ntiag tug lim, thiab 3,000-by-2,000-pixel OLED npo rau cov neeg siv uas xav tau cov xim nplua nuj thiab qhov sib txawv siab tshaj. Txhua tus qauv cia siab rau Intel's Iris Xe integrated graphics. Windows 11 Pro yog preinstalled.

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Thaum lub XPS 13 thiab MacBook Cua tsuas muaj Thunderbolt 4 chaw nres nkoj (lub Dell tsis txawm muaj lub mloog pob ntseg), Elite Dragonfly G3 muaj ntau yam khoom siv. Muaj ib qho USB-C / Thunderbolt 4 chaw nres nkoj ntawm txhua sab, tab sis sab laug ntug kuj muaj HDMI video tso zis (thiab SIM daim npav qhov), thaum sab xis ntxiv lub suab jack thiab USB 3.1 Hom-A chaw nres nkoj thiab. kev ruaj ntseg cable lockdown notch.

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Style thiab kev ruaj ntseg 

Nws yuav yog qhov zoo kom pom OLED vaj huam sib luag, tab sis cov qauv zaub yog yuav luag zoo nkauj, nrog qhov ci ntsa iab thiab zoo sib xws. Saib cov ces kaum yog dav, thiab xim yog nplua nuj thiab zoo saturated. Cov ntsiab lus zoo yog qhov tseeb. Qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm txhua qhov yog qhov screen squarish 3: 2 nam piv, uas tso cai rau koj pom ntau ntawm cov ntaub ntawv lossis nplooj ntawv web nrog tsawg dua; Nws yog ib qho kev pom uas yooj yim rau siv thiab ua rau lub tsev kawm ntawv qub 16: 9 widescreens zoo li squashed.

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Lub 5-megapixel webcam tshuab tawm cov koob yees duab 720p pheej yig, ntes ultra-ntse 2,560-by-1,440-pixel 16: 9 lossis 2,560-by-1,920-pixel 4: 3 tseem thiab cov yeeb yaj kiab. Cov duab muaj yeeb yuj thiab tsim nyog teeb pom kev zoo, nrog rau HP Presence utility muab kev hloov pauv tsis siv neeg thiab teeb pom kev zoo thiab qhov muag plooj tom qab yog tias koj nyiam. Lub khawm keyboard, tsis yog zawv zawg qhov rooj, toggles lub webcam rau kev ceev ntiag tug. Ob lub microphones saum toj kawg nkaus muaj lub suab tsis siv neeg txo qis thiab lub suab theem uas ua rau koj hnov ​​​​zoo li koj tsiv mus nyob hauv peb meters ntawm PC. 

Ob lub webcam lub ntsej muag lees paub thiab lub ntsej muag ntiv tes (nws hloov txoj cai tswj qhov tseem ceeb ntawm kab hauv qab ntawm cov keyboard) muaj rau lo lus zais tsis pub Windows Nyob Zoo. Ib qho Auto Lock thiab Awake muaj nuj nqi siv lub webcam kom ruaj ntseg thiab rov pib lub kaw lus thaum koj tawm mus thiab rov qab los. Cov neeg tseem ceeb Dragonfly G3 kuj khav theeb HP's Wolf Security suite nrog AI-raws li kev tiv thaiv malware, Tseeb Nyem rau kev tua. apps thiab cov nplooj ntawv web hauv virtual-machine ntim, thiab BIOS kev tiv thaiv kev noj nyiaj txiag nrog kev teeb tsa thiab kev ua haujlwm rov qab los ntawm chaw ua haujlwm network.

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Kuv yuav tsis lees txais HP laptops 'kev tso kawm ntawm tus cursor xub tuav nyob rau hauv kab, nrog nyuaj-rau-ntaus, ib nrab-qhov siab nce thiab nqis xub stacked ntawm tag nrho-loj sab laug thiab sab xis, es tsis txhob ntawm qhov zoo inverted T. Tab sis txwv tsis pub. , Dragonfly's backlit keyboard yog snappy thiab xis, nrog rau kev mus los thiab tawm tswv yim zoo. Lub touchpad loj, tsis muaj khawm tsuas yog siv cov xovxwm maj mam rau qhov nyem ntsiag to. 

Ob lub tshuab hluav taws xob saum toj kawg nkaus thiab ob lub hauv qab-firing woofers ua suab nrov thiab meej nrog lub suab nrov thiab nruab nrab thiab txawm tias me ntsis ntses bass thaj tsam; suab tsis yog distorted los yog hnyav txawm nyob rau sab saum toj ntim, thiab nws yog ib qho yooj yim los ua tawm overlapping lem. HP Audio Control software muab dynamic, suab paj nruag, tsos, thiab lub suab presets thiab ib tug equalizer. Lwm cov khoom siv hluav taws xob hauv tsev muaj xws li HP Quick Drop los pauv cov ntaub ntawv nrog koj lub xov tooj mus rau HP Easy Clean kom lov tes taw cov keyboard, touchpad, thiab (yog tias tam sim no) kov npo rau ob peb feeb thaum koj siv cov tshuaj tua kab mob.

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Kev sim cov neeg tseem ceeb Dragonfly G3: Tsib Hnyav-Duty Lightweights Face Off

Rau peb cov qauv ntsuas ntsuas, peb piv cov Dragonfly Elite G3 qhov kev ua tau zoo rau qhov tsis yog tsuas yog Dell XPS 13 Plus thiab Apple MacBook Air M2, tab sis kuj muaj ob lub 2.5-phaus, 14-nti ultraportables: VAIO SX14, thiab Editors'- Kev xaiv-thiab-txhua-txhua-ntaus-khoom plig-winning Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10. Koj tuaj yeem pom lawv cov specs yooj yim hauv cov lus hauv qab no.

Productivity Tests 

Lub ntsiab lus tseem ceeb ntawm UL's PCMark 10 simulates ntau yam kev tsim khoom hauv ntiaj teb tiag tiag thiab cov ntsiab lus tsim ua haujlwm los ntsuas kev ua haujlwm tag nrho rau cov haujlwm hauv chaw ua haujlwm xws li kev ua cov lus, kev nthuav dav, kev tshawb nrhiav hauv web, thiab videoconferencing. 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. 

Tshaj li qhov ntawd, peb qhov ntsuas ntsuas tsom rau CPU, siv tag nrho cov cores thiab xov, kom ntsuas lub PC qhov tsim nyog rau cov khoom siv 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 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). Thaum Adobe Photoshop nws tus kheej zoo li khiav zoo, peb li niaj zaus automated extension PugetBench rau Photoshop benchmark pheej rov poob rau ntawm Dragonfly thiab tsis suav nrog cov kab kos.

HP tau ua tau zoo hauv cov kev ntsuam xyuas no, yooj yim tshem tawm 4,000 cov ntsiab lus hauv PCMark 10 uas qhia tias muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau cov nyiam Lo Lus thiab Excel, txawm hais tias nws 15-watt Core i7-1265U mobile processor tsis tuaj yeem khaws nrog 28-watt P. -series chips hauv Lenovo thiab Dell. Nws tsis haum rau strenuous, workstation-level apps, tab sis faultless rau cov hauj lwm niaj hnub uas nws tau tsim. 

Graphics Tests 

Peb sim Windows PCs 'graphic nrog ob DirectX 12 gaming simulations los ntawm UL's 3DMark, Hmo Raid (ntau tus qauv, haum rau lub laptops 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. 1440p Aztec Ruins thiab 1080p Kev Sib Tw Tsheb Sib Tw, ua rau offscreen kom haum rau cov kev daws teeb meem sib txawv, cov duab kos duab thiab suav cov duab ntxoov ntxoo siv OpenGL programming interface thiab hardware tessellation feem. Qhov ntau thav duab ib ob (fps), qhov zoo dua.

Tsis yog Elite Dragonfly G3 lossis lwm yam khoom tsim tau tsom mus rau ultraportable yog lub tshuab ua si nrawm; nws cov sijhawm ua si tom qab yog cov kev ua si xws li thiab streaming media, tsis yog CGI kev sib ntaus sib tua lossis kev muaj tiag virtual. 

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. 

Peb kuj tseem siv Datacolor SpyderX Cov Neeg Tseem Ceeb saib ntsuas ntsuas ntsuas ntsuas thiab nws lub 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).

Kua thiab HP nyob rau hauv ib chav kawm ntawm lawv tus kheej thaum nws los txog rau roj teeb lub neej; lub Dragonfly qhia tau hais tias muaj zog heev rau 2.2-phaus portable thiab yuav yooj yim rau koj mus txog ib hnub ntawm kev ua hauj lwm los yog tsev kawm ntawv yam tsis tau nrhiav qhov ze tshaj plaws AC qhov hluav taws xob. Qhov kev thov rov hais dua ntawm nws qhov 3: 2 nam piv zaub yog nws qhov dav dav pom nrog kev txo qis, tsis yog cov xim zoo nkauj ntawm XPS 13's high-res OLED vaj huam sib luag, tab sis nws ci thiab yooj yim ntawm lub qhov muag. (Ib zaug ntxiv, Dragonfly cov neeg yuav khoom tuaj yeem xaiv rau lub vijtsam OLED yog tias lawv muaj lub khob noom cookie.)

Ib tug zoo Grab-and-Go Companion 

Yog tias nws raug nqi ob peb puas bucks tsawg dua, HP Elite Dragonfly G3 yuav tau txais Editors 'Choice honors thiab koom nrog X1 Carbon raws li peb nyiam ultraportable-nws muaj qhov txaus nyiam, siab zaub, ua haujlwm tau zoo, roj teeb lub neej zoo, thiab tag nrho cov txheej txheem. ports nyob rau hauv ib tug remarkably trim 2.2-phaus pob. Yog tias koj muaj peev xwm them taus nws thiab tshwj xeeb tshaj yog tias koj xav tau mobile broadband rau kev sib txuas qhov twg tsis muaj Wi-Fi, nws yog qhov ze-zoo meej xaiv.