HP EliteBook 6 G1q Review: An Always-Connected Laptop

Benchmark scores were unsurprising, turning successful somewhat above-average numbers crossed nan committee erstwhile compared to different Snapdragon X Plus laptops. Even its artillery life of conscionable complete 17 hours erstwhile playing a full-screen video via YouTube (over Wi-Fi, not HP Go) is astir successful nan mediate of each Qualcomm-based systems I’ve encountered—though that’s admittedly still an fantabulous people compared to each laptops.

The business creation is utilitarian, though conscionable awkward of being wholly boring. The metallic machine, crafted from partially recycled aluminum and plastic, has a look that feels dated, and astatine 24 mm heavy and 3.2 pounds, it’s besides very dense for a 14-inch system. (It feels dense successful nan manus and connected nan thigh arsenic well.) Props, however, for nan textured aboveground connected nan keyboard caps, which makes for a much pleasant typing acquisition than astir laptops provide—though statement it does not connection immoderate backlighting. The trackpad is freely without being obtrusive successful size.

Port action is besides solid, including 2 USB-C ports pinch USB4 support, 2 USB-A ports, a full-size HDMI jack, and a drop-jaw Ethernet port. The SIM paper slot is besides accessible from nan broadside of nan device; users tin bring their ain information scheme if they don’t want to usage nan multicarrier HP Go, which works via eSIM.

Poor Value

The G1q is simply a Copilot+ PC and, arsenic pinch much wide workloads, it turned successful perfectly acceptable scores connected AI-based jobs for illustration image procreation and machine imagination tests. It’s plentifulness unchangeable successful regular use; successful fact, nan only problem I encountered was during first setup, erstwhile it mislaid its net relationship midway and forced maine to commencement complete from scratch—annoying, but a one-time problem that ne'er cropped up again.