AN ALUMINUM ACE

An Aluminum Ace

An HP rep told us that the EliteBook x360 1030 G3 starts at $1,449 with a Core i5 CPU and a 128GB solid-state drive (SSD). For $2,149, the Windows 10 Pro test unit I have on hand combines a 1.9GHz (4.2GHz turbo) Core i7-8650U quad-core processor with Intel UHD Graphics 620 integrated silicon; 16GB of RAM; a 512GB PCI Express SSD; and a 400-nit, full HD (1,920-by-1,080-pixel) glossy touch screen.

Your other display options are a full HD panel with HP's Sure View privacy screen, which (at the press of the F2 key) darkens the panel and narrows its field of view to thwart airline or train seatmate snoops, and a 4K (3,840-by-2,160-pixel) touch display. SSD choices range up to 2TB, though main memory peaks at 16GB.