HP introduced the brand new consumer-friendly Dragonfly Pro line and, whereas they appear to be very svelte and succesful machines, the Windows model has me scratching my head in deep confusion. If you look intently on the picture under, you’ll discover a singular set of hotkeys vertically flanking the precise facet of the keyboard. These keys are designed to attract up your digital camera, account information, and so forth. The key that baffles me probably the most is the tech assist one (aka 24/7 concierge assist) as a result of, based on this article on The Verge, you must pay additional for it.

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The concierge secret is designed to place you in contact with an HP skilled that may assist with troubleshooting points, repairs, and so forth. The concept itself is okay and dandy, as I’m all for buyer assist. However, I don’t like that you must pay for it within the first place. It additionally renders the important thing ineffective should you’re not paying for the service. Essentially, the hotkey simply takes up pointless house on the keyboard. It can’t be remapped, both. There will probably be a free trial interval for this service, however there’s no pricing information out there but. It’s not all doom and gloom, although. The {hardware} is fairly nifty, though there’s no Intel choices simply but.

The Dragonfly Pro comes outfitted with an AMD Ryzen 7 7736U CPU, AMD Radeon built-in graphics, as much as 32GB of RAM, and as much as 1TB of SSD storage. The 14-inch show has a decision of 1920×1080 and a most brightness of 400 nits. For connectivity choices, it options two USB4 40Gbps ports and one USB 3.2 Type-C port. The specs actually aren’t too shabby. On paper, it appears to be like prefer it ought to ship sturdy efficiency. This laptop computer may even be supplied in Ceramic White or Sparkling Black.

The HP Dragonfly Pro will turn into out there later this spring, however there’s no phrase on pricing simply but. HP will reveal this info when it will get nearer to the discharge date.