HP’s newest machine can be one in every of its strangest – however there’s a lot to like concerning the all-in-one HP Envy Transfer, a 24-inch Home windows-powered pill that’s designed to be carried round your own home.
Ranging from $899, the pill options an Intel Core i3-1315U CPU and 8GB RAM by default. You possibly can, nevertheless, improve these specs to an Intel i5-1335U CPU plus 16GB RAM in its highest-end configuration for an additional $150.
The pill additionally helps Wi-Fi 6 or Wi-Fi 6E, relying in your customization selections, and Bluetooth 5.3. That is alongside a 256GB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD which, once more, you possibly can improve as much as a most of a 1TB PCIe 4×4 NVMe TLC M.2 SSD.
HP Envy Transfer: Jack of all trades?
Finally, the HP Envy Transfer is designed for customers who desire a high-quality desktop-like machine to pack up and take it round with them with ease – regardless of its 9-pound (roughly 4kg) weight.
The machine, which strives to be among the many greatest all-in-ones, fortunately, features a keyboard with an built-in trackpad, which you’ll pack neatly into the rear of its case. There’s additionally a deal with on the high that you need to use to hold it.
When unloading the HP Envy Transfer, you possibly can kick its self-deploying kickstand into motion, join the keyboard, and keep on working wherever you find yourself.
When in use, it seems no extra like a desktop setup than the most effective desktop PCs on the market because of a smooth design with super-narrow bezels round its 24-inch 2,560 x 1,440 IPS touchscreen show.
Whereas it’s actually extra highly effective than a pill, you’d actually should need it for its relative portability. The difficulty is, its {hardware} is extra akin to middling laptops than wherever near a high-end PC.
Meaning its use circumstances could also be fairly restricted if you happen to’re searching for a extra heavy-duty machine to deal with, say, graphically intensive workloads. It’s solely fitted with Intel UHD Graphics and positively lacks the punch of the most effective GPUs on the market.
Elsewhere, the machine includes a 5MP IR digital camera with a privateness shutter, alongside a USB-A port, USB-C port, and HDMI. Its battery, in the meantime, lasts as much as 4 hours on a single cost – that means it’s not wholly suited to working on-the-go.
Finally, it is a monstrous machine that will effectively serve distant or hybrid employees effectively, however it did get me considering that I’d somewhat be utilizing a laptop computer model – with its personal (a lot bigger) keyboard and trackpad.
