HP ELITEBOOK FOLIO WINDOWS 10

Windows 10 on the Folio G1, out of the box, is set by default to show crisper text rather than attempt to show as much working space as possible. It's no surprise to see that the 12.5in screen has a 4K resolution of 3840x2160 pixels - an increasingly common sight on high end laptops. It wasn't even good enough for occasional taps and strokes, as the touchscreen's touchsenstivity was off - we had to angle our finger quite specifically to get it recognised by the touchscreen. Although the hinge can tilt back far enough so it lies parallel to the keyboard, reaching from the keyboard to prod at the screen is a quick recipe for arm ache if done for any extended period of time. All of these flaws made for a very frustrating experience. It was often sluggish at recognising the presence of our finger, its tracking was annoyingly laggy and its accuracy was often a bit off. Unfortunately the touchpad here has problems of its own.

HP Inc has wisely abandoned the touchpad from the EliteBook Folio 1020 which aped the needless pressure sensitive touchpad of the MacBook. They're backlit too for working in dim conditions. The large, well-spaced and crisp keys have plenty of travel and give lots of feedback when pressed. The keyboard is excellent - no surprise given that HP has arguably overtaken both Lenovo and Apple in producing the best laptop keyboards around.

All of this is a real shame - at just over 1kg, the Folio G1 would otherwise be ideal for working on the move. Even in sleep mode, the battery lost a lot of charge compared to other Core M laptops. HP Inc clearly has work to do in optimising the battery for all situations. It lasted a more impressive ten and a half hours when scrolling through a text document. But it did fare a little better in our other tests, lasting six hours and 42 minutes when web browsing while playing video intermittently. It initially appeared very poor, lasting less than four and a half hours playing H.264 video. When turbo boosting, the underside of the metal laptop became noticeably and uncomfortably hot - sometimes unbearably so - which is a significant flaw.īattery life was a mixed bag. The processor can turbo boost from 1.2 to 3.1GHz as needed, but this is when its lack of a fan became most obvious. Still, combined with 8GB of RAM, it's quick enough for most office productivity tasks. It's no speed demon in either our benchmarks or everyday use - we noticed some periodic sluggishness when using webapps which is surprising. This is made possible by its Intel Core m7-6Y75 processor which is power-efficient enough to not need a fan. The Folio G1 is completely silent as it has no fans. There's no SD or SIM card slot of any kind - the only other physical port is the 3.5mm combined audio input and output jack. A little more clearance between the two ports, or perhaps placing one on the opposite side of the laptop, would've been better.

While the Folio G1 is dependent entirely on USB-C for connecting any sort of wired peripherals, including video-out, and for charging, HP had the good sense to include two USB-C ports rather than just one as Apple opted to do on the MacBook.Īnnoyingly though, the two ports are placed quite closely together - close enough that we had trouble inserting and unplugging a USB-C flash drive while the charger was also plugged in.

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