The HP DragonflyPro Chromebook is an incredibly fast and well-built machine, stocked with modern components. It's expensive, but comes with 24/7 live support.
HP Dragonfly Pro MSRP $999.00 Score Details DT Editors' Choice “With muscle to spare and on-demand support, the HP Dragonfly Pro proves Chromebooks are ready to work.” Pros Cons HP’s new Dragonfly Pro laptops come in two versions: one runs Windows 11, and one runs ChromeOS. Both are aimed at freelancers or other small business users who need a quality laptop with modern features and live 24/7 support. Today we’re reviewing the ChromeOS flavor, but I’ll review the Windows 11 version later.
It’s a simplistic design, all-black or all-white, with just a silver HP logo on the lid and speaker grills to each side of the keyboard adding some flair. Minimalism is the trend lately in laptop aesthetics, but that doesn’t mean the Dragonfly Pro Chromebook is unattractive. It’s not. It’s actually quite fetching, with just the right combination of lines and angles to give it a sleek look.
Connectivity is limited to four Thunderbolt 4 ports, and while that’s impressive in terms of modern connectivity, that’s all you get. You’ll need some dongles for legacy devices. HP also opted to leave out an audio jack, following a trend that I dislike quite a bit, but that’s unsurprising given that the smartphone industry has gone in this direction as well, and some other notebook makers are following suit.
Among the fastest Chromebooks As we always point out in our Chromebook reviews, ChromeOS doesn’t require nearly the resources of Windows 11 or MacOS. It’s a lightweight operating system built largely on web technologies, and as such, can get away with lesser components. The Dragonfly Pro Chromebooks use a 12th-gen Core i5-1235U, a 15-watt 10-core , 12-thread CPU running at a max Turbo Frequency of 4.4GHz. It’s a midrange CPU for Windows 11 machines but a high-end processor for ChromeOS.
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