News HP's New Dragonfly Laptops Are for Fancy Freelancers

[Admin]

HP has a new Dragonfly Pro and Dragonfly Pro Chromebook designed for working people who need support without an IT department.

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[PlaneInTheSky]

HP said it collaborated with AMD in a way that ramps the system up for performance when you need it, while trying to reduce fan speed and noise when you don't.

My ARM laptop is whisper quiet and doesn't suffer from fan noise to begin with.

I would never go back to an x86 laptop now that I'm used to far more efficient and quiet ARM laptops.

It's also why I would never buy a Steam Deck, I tried it and the loud fan noise and poor battery life immediately reminded me that x86 was never designed to be a mobile platform.

 

[USAFRet]

My ARM laptop is whisper quiet and doesn't suffer from fan noise to begin with.

My i3 powered Surface Go 3 is likewise totally silent. No fans.

 

[PlaneInTheSky]

My i3 powered Surface Go 3 is likewise totally silent. No fans.

True, but it has very poor battery life. Another thing ARM doesn't suffer from.

Another test showed us exactly how quickly you can drain the Microsoft Surface Go 3, despite it having a processor made to go easy on the juice. A half-hour of Skyrim took exactly 33% off the battery, suggesting battery life can reach as low as 90 minutes — although that sort of stamina is pretty typical for a laptop playing a game that maxes-out its performance.

 

[USAFRet]

True, but it has very poor battery life. Another thing ARM doesn't suffer from.

hahaha....from actual testing, no it does not.
I've heard that as well.

Playing a series of queued up movies, a bit over 8 hours off battery.

 

[PlaneInTheSky]

hahaha....from actual testing, no it does not.
I've heard that as well.

Playing a series of queued up movies, a bit over 8 hours off battery.

You seem biased about your laptop.

Even Tomshardware pointed out the very poor battery life.

And there is no way your battery lasts 8 hours watching movies when tom's could only get 6 hours out of simply browsing.

Tom's also pointed out other reviews showed similar results.

Sorry, but I don't trust your claim for a minute.

 

[USAFRet]

And there is no way your battery lasts 8 hours watching movies when tom's could only gt 6 hours out of simply browsing.

I read multiple reviews talking about the battery life.
So I decided to test it.

A playlist in VLC, movie ISO files living on the internal drive. Airplane mode.
482 minutes when it died.

I'm just going by what I personally experienced.

And web browsing requires WiFi, which is another battery draw. So not comparable.

You want me to do a test of playing movies via WiFi, from my NAS?
Maybe tomorrow....