Stefan Mileschin

HP has updated its EliteBook x360 1030 convertible PC designed for demanding consumers, business users, enterprises, and government agencies. The new EliteBook x360 1030 G4 systems come in the same aluminum enclosures as their 1030 G3 predecessors, but they pack Intel’s latest codenamed Whiskey Lake CPUs, new display panel options, the latest wireless interconnections, and promise a longer battery life.

The EliteBook x360 1030 G4 — HP’s fourth-generation flagship 13.3-inch convertible — comes in the same CNC-machined aluminum unibody as its third-generation predecessor, which is 15.8 mm thick and weighs 1.27 kilograms. The weight and dimensions are among the lightest and most compact in the industry for 13.3-inch convertibles. Furthermore, due to very thin display bezels, HP says that its latest EliteBook x360 1030 machines resemble 12-inch class notebooks.

Speaking of displays, it is noteworthy that HP offers slightly different LCD options for the new fourth-generation models (see the table below for exact specifications). The flagship models are outfitted with a glossy Ultra-HD (3840×2160) screen. For those who need very high brightness to work comfortably outdoors, HP offers a Full-HD (1920×1080) resolution featuring 1000 nits luminance, which likely come at a large cost of power consumption, affecting the device's battery life when at such brightness levels.

Customers requiring privacy can opt for a Full-HD panel with HP’s third-generation SureView integrated privacy screen. Finally, the cheapest models will come with standard Full-HD screens. All versions of HP’s new convertibles come with an ambient light sensor to automatically adjust luminance depending on lighting conditions.

As far as performance is concerned, the fourth-gen EliteBook x360 1030 is powered by Intel’s 8th Gen Core i5/i7 processors codenamed Whiskey Lake with four cores (and running at slightly higher clocks than Intel's Kaby Lake Refresh CPUs) paired with 16 GB of LPDDR3 memory, and a PCIe/NVMe SSD with up to 2 TB capacity (select configs for government agencies use encrypted drives). In general, performance of the EliteBook x360 1030 G3 and G4 should be pretty close (though, this is just an assumption at this point).

https://www.anandtech.com/show/14509...ts-lcd-80211ax