HP ZBook x2 Laptop

HP ZBook x2 Laptop

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With its powerful components and robust feature set, the HP ZBook x2 with battery like HP 722236-1C1 Battery, HP BL06XL Battery, HP HSTNN-DB5D Battery, HP HSTNN-W02C Battery, HP EliteBook 1040 G1 Battery, HP EliteBook 1040 G2 Battery, HP EliteBook Folio 1040 G1 Battery, HP EliteBook Folio 1040 G2 Battery, HP AR08 Battery, HP HSTNN-C77C Battery, HP HSTNN-DB41 Battery, HP HSTNN-IB4H Battery has its sights set on a small subset of photographers and artists who are contemplating abandoning a desktop or laptop as a primary creative tool. If you fall into that category, HP makes it easy to consider making that leap, with this detachable Windows tablet offering a quad-core processor, copious RAM, a discrete GPU, a 4K display, and unique physical buttons. On the other hand, its unwieldy weight and average computing performance compared with its competitors mean the ZBook x2 is more of an intriguing, albeit pricey, alternative to existing tools, not a revolution in digital art creation.

The Zbook x2 is a unique fusion of a mobile workstation (discrete graphics, lots of memory) and a detachable tablet (you can interact with it using just the touch screen after taking off the wireless keyboard). This fusion itself isn't new; Microsoft uses it to great success with the Surface Pro and the Surface Book, pioneers of the category that have inspired many imitators, such as the Dell Latitude 5285 2-in-1. The key traits that most of these Surface-like devices share are slim dimensions and minimal weight. After all, you have to be able to hold them in your hands to use them as true tablets. The Surface Pro weighs just 1.75 pounds without its keyboard cover, for instance.

The reason the ZBook x2 is unique even among this bunch is because it is comparatively not portable. Our review unit weighs 3.7 pounds by itself and 4.9 pounds with the keyboard cover attached. That's not heavy by gaming laptop or mobile workstation standards (HP's own conventional workstation Zbook 15 G4 weighs 5.8 pounds, for instance) but it feels like a ton of bricks if you're used to casually carrying around a tablet with one hand.

Of course, you also need to consider how the tablet functions as an actual computer. As its price suggests, the ZBook x2 is packed with high-end components. Most notable is the 32GB of RAM in our review unit, which is the same as you'll find in the ZBook 15 G4, but double the memory limit that most other tablets and convertibles offer. The Surface Pro, the Surface Book, and the MobileStudio Pro all top out at 16GB.

Several processor and storage options are available, with our ZBook x2 packing an Intel Core i7-8650U. The U designation means that this is a low-powered chip designed to prioritize energy savings, and it's an unfortunate but likely necessary compromise to keep the ZBook x2 from overheating or chewing through its battery life in an hour or so. Still, everyday computing performance matches the Microsoft Surface Book 2 and Surface Pro, with each of the three machines scoring just above 3,000 on the PCMark 8 test. That means there's more than enough power for web browsing, videoconferencing, and the like.

Perhaps the most puzzling part of the ZBook G4's component list is the Nvidia Quadro M620 GPU, with 2GB of dedicated memory. On the one hand, it's installed in the tablet itself, rather than Microsoft's approach of installing the GPU in the keyboard base. That means your graphics performance doesn't suffer when you're using the machine in Tablet mode. On the other hand, the Surface Book 2 includes a far more powerful Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060, which trounces the ZBook x2 on our gaming benchmark tests at 1080p resolution, producing more than 50 frames per second (fps) compared with the 18fps of the ZBook x2.

The battery, undoubtedly hindered by powering the HP's bright 4K display, managed a very short 5 hours, 6 minutes on our rundown test. That's a poor showing compared with the competition, each of which lasted for more than 10 hours, and abysmal next to the 17 hours, 12 minutes that the Surface Book 2 accomplished.

If you're a photographer or graphic designer looking to liberate yourself from a traditional laptop or desktop without giving up computing power, the ability to sketch with a pen, or efficient workflows for the Adobe suite and other similar apps, then the HP ZBook x2 is worth a hard look. As well-crafted as it is, though, it's not the only option. The Surface Pro and the Surface Book offer similar computing performance and form factors, while Wacom's MobileStudio Pro and Intuos Pro offer equivalent avenues for creative expression.