Today, HP’s yanking again the velvet curtain and revealing the Spectre Foldable PC, a brand new 3-in-1 system that switches from a pill to a laptop computer or desktop. We love innovation right here at PCWorld and though we’ve seen our fair proportion of 2-in-1 laptops earlier than, we don’t see many 17-inch ones with removable keyboards, particularly with a portion of the display being foldable.

HP claims it’s the “thinnest 17-inch foldable PC” and whereas we haven’t examined it but to verify, it does weigh a powerful 2.9 kilos with out the keyboard. That slots it proper into the ultraportable class. Let’s dive proper into the small print then, as I’m certain you’re dying to know what’s below the hood.

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The HP Spectre Fold PC options an Intel Core i7-1250U CPU, Intel Iris Xe graphics, 16GB of DDR5 RAM, and 1TB of PCIe NVMe SSD storage. That’s greater than sufficient energy for workplace work, watching Netflix, checking e mail, and so forth. The 17-inch foldable OLED panel has a decision of 1920×2560 and a most brightness of 500 nits. Given these numbers, the image must be completely beautiful. It additionally has two Thunderbolt 4 ports with USB Type-C in addition to Precision Touchpad assist and it’s appropriate with the HP Wireless Rechargeable MPP 2.0 Tilt Pen.

The Fold PC is designed for these with hybrid life. Need to ditch the keyboard and take notes on the pill throughout an essential enterprise assembly? This system is meant for precisely that situation. There’s even an imbedded kickstand for these occasions while you need to use the Fold like a standard laptop computer. Also, for the eco-conscious consumers amongst us, there’s ocean-bound plastic within the speaker enclosure and recycled metallic within the internal body and keyboard. Cool, proper?

The Fold is offered to pre-order in the present day at Best Buy for a whopping $4,999.99. It may also be accessible in restricted portions in October on HP.com with the identical beginning worth.