#Hp elite folio windows 10#

Tablet mode is arguably no less thick than is the case with a traditional convertible PC, but because you’re pulling the display forward over its entire bottom, the keyboard and touchpad aren’t exposed to damage. To enable presentation mode, for example, you just plant the bottom of the display directly in front of the keyboard and behind the touchpad, and the touch keyboard icon appears in the system notification area so you can type if needed.

Rather than offering a rotating display, the bottom of the display is attached at the bottom magnetically when used in the traditional laptop-style clamshell mode, and it can be attached and, yes, pulled forward to enable other usage modes. The Elite Folio offers what HP calls a “pull forward” design. And while it’s not completely new-we saw it previously on the surprisingly excellent HP Spectre Folio three years ago-it’s still just as innovative and, more to the point, more useful and usable than a traditional convertible PC. With the Elite Folio, HP is offering a different kind of convertible PC form factor. It’s far more elegant and efficient than traditional convertible PCs that require you to rotate the display back 180 degrees to create a thick and heavy tablet in which the keyboard and touchpad are exposed on the bottom. The HP Elite Folio offers what I feel is the best convertible PC design on the market.

#Hp elite folio windows 10#

But it’s very hard to recommend any PC that’s based on Windows 10 on ARM in 2021, no matter how good it otherwise is, especially one that is so prohibitively expensive.

There’s just something special about its comfortable faux leather exterior and its innovative hybrid computing capabilities.

The HP Elite Folio is one of those rare technology products that’s attractive for emotional rather than logical reasons.