The Brightest Laptop Money Can Buy

A new system, a laptop, a two-in-one, what are the names for these in 2020? It's hard to keep it

all together. It's called the Dragonfly and it's a premium offering from HP. It defies gravity

I have experimented with so many different form factors. When you're constantly getting

the latest and greatest stuff, you're always needing to re-evaluate what the right tool for

a job is. Now I did read that this device is one of the lightest two-in-one convertibles with a 13

inch display. I believe it's 2.2 pounds. Is that right? Yes. Starting weight is 2.18 pounds. Now

this has a kind of a nice blue color to it. Is there an official name for that color? Is that a

cobalt? This is light. Wow. Okay. Galaxy blue. Oh, it's a matte finish. So it's going to be

fingerprint resistant. Of course, the new HP logo here. Thunderbolt. There's a dedicated headphone

jack, full-size HDMI port, USB-A port, power switch. That's like a Kensington lock. And then

hang on, I got it. Oh, cool. That's a SIM card slot. And there is your keyboard. So it is a

chiclet-style keyboard. Let's check the travel. Actually, fairly substantial travel for something

that's that thin trackpad extends right to the bottom of the frame we have a fingerprint scanner

over here and core i7 eighth generation processor speakers where they should be on a laptop the

magic trick boom all the way around two for one a two for one deal and this is where the the weight

factor plays a big role is when you do the actual flip around some of these can feel a little heavy

if you're used to a traditional tablet. So shaving that down as much as you can

in this case, all the way down to 2.2 pounds, alleviates some of that motivation

to reach for a dedicated device like a tablet because you hardly notice the fact that it a full scale laptop hiding on the back A mode like this

and this is useful for watching multimedia. You might wanna have the bowl of cereal

in front of the display and you don't have the deck of the keyboard. People use this for presentations as well

I don't know if you knew that, Will. This is the other mode here

That's another sort of presentation mode you can do. trying to pack as much functionality from a form factor perspective into one singular device

This is light, Will. That's a slab. That's a brick. Feel this

Yeah, it's pretty light. That's 2.2 pounds, ladies and gentlemen. It's a touch display, 1920 by 1080 on all the different configurations

In the top configuration over here, I think this is the one that I have

Better storage, 512 gig plus 32 gig Intel Optane. A cleaning cloth

okay so here it is so this thing's going to charge up over usb type c as well and it's got a couple

of buttons on it in the past what i've done is just used it as an alternative to the trackpad

where you're kind of you can tap up as you're doing work some extra pen tips in there oh wow

okay there's some thought that went into this power brick you have the braided nylon style cable

which is thick. Kirk could wear a sweater made out of this. That's 65 watts. HP they're paying

attention, Will. I mean, you got a nod from Will do. It's not easy to get. And even a slow one

Very nice. Now, I have the sleeve over here, so I might as well give it a quick try. All right

Ooh. Established 1939 in California, USA. Ah, that's leather. It's got a spot for the pen. Lovely

So you never know where to put these things when you travel. That's wonderful

You're aiming squarely at my heart. Am I ready for business or what

Imagine me walking through the office like this. Imagine how much more I'd be getting done

I like the fact that the keyboard is spill resistant Let boot this up Power switch is over here on the side The nice little chrome detail there on the hinge

HP SureView. If you want some privacy and the people around you

not to look at what you're looking at or be able to look at what you're looking at because it's highly confidential work

that you're doing as it would be, you can turn that on. HP SureView F2

Very cool. Wow. It's a very friendly tune right there. All right, so we're going to set up the face recognition

And it's going to grab my face. All right, so I've got it booted up, set up now

And I just boosted the brightness. It turns out this is the 1000 nit display, but this is a custom config

So it's the top of the line spec with the sure view and the 1000 nits

If you want to use this thing in brightly lit environments and you need to overwhelm the ambient light with your display

you can either order this in a pre-configured setup or you can go in and custom order it and do something like that

Pick which display you want and so on. Okay, so Windows Hello, it finds your face, it unlocks

You can see the infrared up there. I'm not sure if it shows up on the camera. You hit enter, it sees you. Beautiful

So it is incredibly thin and light, obviously, as you can tell

and sometimes you could take a hit with the audio performance because you got to jam it into such a

thin chassis so i'll load up a youtube video real quick oh 2020 given various world events

the current title it's like a bathtub for your smartphone the truth is we haven't really had a

clear line up until this point as far as what you should could what the manufacturer wants you to

wipe your phone with. So obviously, yeah, you can wipe your phone. I'm surprised

There's actually some low end in there. Sometimes thin and light laptops have tinny sound

and you feel like you're lacking some low end. So I glad they paid some degree of attention to it Some pen configuration settings over here I just paired it up Single press Microsoft Whiteboard double press Screen Sketch

long press Cortana. And then you're just, I mean, you're tapping away

It's super convenient, obviously. I love scrolling with a pen on these two-in-ones

As I mentioned before, sometimes you just wanna reach up and actually ignore the trackpad

because it's so responsive to use a pen for that purpose. You can switch into tablet mode

Okay, sure. and now you're laying back on the couch you're watching some videos

you think it got that it did all right so what can i say i mean i think it's all about the weight

this is this is a really aggressive approach at getting a 13.3 inch two in one all the way down

to 2.2 pounds which like I said I believe that is the lightest convertible maybe even 13 inch laptop

I don't know if I've had a 2.2 pound 13 inch laptop in here on the show previously let alone one where

you can spin the display all the way around so this one is light enough that you you feel a bit

more natural in the tablet form factor and the thing doesn't feel flimsy you're still talking

about premium materials in use it feels sturdy for something that somehow only comes in at 2.2

pounds and you also got the sure view so i could keep kirk and will off my display because god knows

what they're peaking they're peaking peaking when they shouldn't be peaking just noticed something i

wanted to make sure got into the video there's also this camera privacy slide and it gives you

this nice zebra indicator to let you know if you have it turned on so it's a it's a pretty private

machine first you have the sure view display so prying eyes from the side don't see and then

you've also got the camera cover so eyes looking this way it's a lot of privacy going on