HP EliteBook x360 1030 G2 [1030G2-1EN91EA]

What does the perfect laptop look like?

HP has seriously thought about how the perfect modern laptop should look like. As a result, they got an extremely interesting ultrabook in a thin and light body that can transform into a tablet.

With a flick of the wrist, the pants turn

The laptop's 13-inch touchscreen display is based on a super-high-quality UWVA matrix (1920x1080 resolution) and boasts perfect viewing angles, rich colours and high contrast. All this is protected by the notorious Gorilla Glass, which has proven itself well in the world of smartphones and tablets.

Powerful iron with a silent cooling system

The aluminium body looks minimalist in a good way, and only the HP logo on the lid reminds of a rich pedigree. It looks and feels 100% premium. Inside the case, we will see a four-threaded Core i5 processor of the Intel Kaby Lake family (operating frequencies 2.8 GHz — 3.9 GHz), 16 GB of DDR4 memory and a high-speed 512 GB SSD drive. As you can see, the filling is performant, but not quite balanced. Still, a chip for 4 cores would not be superfluous. But as a bonus, the user receives a completely silent cooling system.

A thousand little things

Other goodies include Bang & Olufsen branded acoustics, a spill-resistant keyboard, and a full security package that includes a fingerprint scanner, a face scanner, a kensington lock, and a TPM security module.

The strengths of this transformer are impressive battery life and support for fast charging. According to the passport HP promises up to 16.5 hours of work.

Against the background of all this, the main disadvantage is the price 2 times higher than the average business ultrabook. Even with the excellent touchscreen display and the ability to turn into a tablet, the $2,000+ price tag seems overpriced.