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I was surprised by the Zbook's performance when tested against our benchmarks. It excelled in the photo-editing task with a score of 118, but I expected it to race through the video-editing section of our tests, where we use Handbrake to convert a 4K vide...
Handy shortcut buttons, Digital artists will love the DreamColor display, Solid kickstand...
Short battery life, Bulky for a tablet, Expensive...
The mobile creative's dream, with a staggering amount of power packed inside a tablet...
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Boasting the formidable claim of being ‘HP's most powerful detachable PC', the HP Zbook x2 can be succinctly-summarized as a Surface on steroids. It's a detachable PC that assumes you're willing to make sacrifices on the inherent portability of a 2-in-1 f...
Great display, Solid performance...
High price, Battery life, Bulky design...
If you want a portable, somewhat flexible and square-looking workstation with all the right bells and whistles and a fair amount of grunt, the HP Zbook x2 is a compelling choice...
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Boasting the formidable claim of being ‘HP's most powerful detachable PC', the HP Zbook x2 can be succinctly-summarized as a Surface on steroids. It's a detachable PC that assumes you're willing to make sacrifices on the inherent portability of a 2-in-1 f...
Great display, Solid performance...
High price, Battery life, Bulky design...
The specs and performance afforded to it leave the HP Zbook x2 a more than worthy alternative to the second-gen Surface Book, doubly so if your intended use necessitates the bundled-in pen stylus and high-fidelity display. However, if you're not the kind...
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HP's workstation division has gone into overdrive recently, introducing several new types of machines like the HP Z2 Mini and the HP Z VR Backpack. None of the major workstation OEMs can compete when it comes to HP's sheer breadth of products.The HP ZBook...
the HP ZBook x2 is an impressive, exceptionally well-built mobile workstation that bridges the gap between concept sketching and design development in 3D CAD. Having portability at the early stages of design can be extremely useful when seeking feedback...
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HP's workstation division has gone into overdrive recently, introducing several new types of machines like the HP Z2 Mini and the HP Z VR Backpack. None of the major workstation OEMs can compete when it comes to HP's sheer breadth of products.The HP ZBoo...
The HP ZBook x2 G4 is a detachable 2-in-1 combining Wacom-grade digital pen technology with a Quadro GPU...
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CPU: Quad-core Intel Core i7-8650U, 1.9GHz baseclock, 4.2GHz TurboRAM: 16GB DDR4Screen: 14-inch IPS, 3,840 x 2,160, 10-bitStorage: 1TB Toshiba NVMe SSDOptical drive: N/APorts: 2x Thunderbolt 3 / USB-C, 1x USB A, HDMI, headphone, SD CardConnectivity: Intel...
Incredible build quality, High quality 4K display, Extensive pro features...
Big bezels make for chunky design, Nvidia GPU brings some compromises, Very expensive for a tablet machine...
The HP ZBook X2 is an extremely specialised device. It's easy to make fun of the superficially clunky bezels and balk at the hefty price. But that's to overlook the quality and attention to detail HP has put into the ZBook X2.Physically, it's a beautifull...
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HP's ZBook X2 G4 resembles the offspring of an HP 2-in-1 workstation and a Wacom graphics tablet. While it looks like a bulky, industrial-inspired laptop-tablet combo, it's a super-niche device for graphics professionals who want more PC functionality tha...
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When I first saw the HP zBook x2, it was connected to HP's Sprout Pro interactive 3D scanning hardware at an HP demo event. I was mainly there to cover the new HP Envy x2 with its new Qualcomm Snapdragon processor running full Windows 10, but when I saw t...
and iMacs use the DCI P3 color gamut which is larger than sRGB, but doesn't cover as many of the visible blues and greens as Adobe RGB. Some other tablet PCs like the Wacom MobileStudio above come close to Adobe RGB at 96%, but those can also have backlig...
Touch screen and Pen drivers don't communicate directly with eachother for palm rejection, Thicker & heavier than less-powerful tablet PCs, Nowhere convenient to keep pen while working, When I first saw the HP zBook x2, it was connected to HP's Sprout Pr...
We don't see really high-end powerful tablet PCs too often, but as a graphic designer, it's a huge treat to see some excellent innovation for creative power users. It's certainly a niche market, but a very important one. HP likes to compare the zBook x2 t...
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Mobile device manufacturers seem to have really stepped things up in the engineering department since the arrival of the Microsoft Surface. After racing to the bottom with netbooks for a time, things turned around, and we've seen an influx of high-quality...
DreamColor 4K display, Wacom EMR pen support, Slick design and high-quality build, Samsung SM961 SSD, Detachable Bluetooth keyboard...
Expensive, Outdated GPU, Only one USB 3.0 port...
HPs Zbook X2 G4 is a unique proposition for digital artists and content creation professioanls. There's simply nothing else quite like it on the market. Sure, there's the Microsoft Surface Book 2, but you lose the added GPU performance when undocked and t...
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Since Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 proved that there was a market for tablet-sized PCs sporting detachable keyboards, we've seen an abundance of minor variations of the concept from the major PC OEMs. For the most part, they've stuck pretty close to Microsof...
Bluetooth enables the keyboard to work detached, The extra function buttons make a lot of sense in apps like Photoshop, DreamColor screen sure looks good...
The unusual GPU configuration makes for poor battery life, It'd be hefty for a laptop, much less a tablet...
Extraneous rebootsThe screen leads to perhaps the biggest peculiarity of the system. HP has a color calibration app called DreamColor Assistant. It lets you switch the display between various color spaces (Adobe RGB, sRGB, DCI P3, and others), all calibra...
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storagereview.com Updated: 2019-11-14 01:25:34
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The HP ZBook x2 G4 is the company's newest addition to their ZBook line. The ZBook x2 G4 makes mobility effortless and is probably the truest form of a mobile workstation we've reviewed so far. With its slim form factor and detatchable and powerful compon...
While the ZBook x2 certainly won't turn any heads as far as performance goes, the mobile workstation's versatility and true mobility are areas where it shines, offering consumers a dynamic workstation with a wide range of use cases...
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The HP ZBook x2 is a powerful tablet with some fun party tricks. If you are a content creator on the go in need of flexibility, you should consider the ZBook x2. HP touts the ZBook x2 as the solution to the creative professional on the go. While the spec...
Pen sensitivity, Highly portable, Impressive resources...
Expensive if you don't need the tablet form factor, Awkward as a laptop...
The HP ZBook x2 is a powerful tablet with some fun party tricks. If you are a content creator on the go in need of flexibility, you should consider the ZBook x2.RECOMMENDED USERS:YouTubersSocial media enthusiastsTravel videographersJournalistsEducatorsTEC...
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videomaker.com Updated: 2019-11-14 01:25:34
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HP touts the ZBook x2 as the solution to the creative professional on the go. While the specs back up their claim, the introduction of a detachable tablet as a workstation is a very new idea. Though the ZBook x2 can easily handle video editing work, it ha...
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Built Around a DreamColor Touchscreen and Wacom Stylus Tech, This PC Laptop/Tablet Combo Is in a Class of Its OwnWhen it comes to tablet computing, there's always been a trade-off for creative professionals. Apple made a credible stab at the market with...
This rugged detachable PC offers workstation-level performance in a form factor with a removable UHD (3840 x 2160) DreamColor screen module that can be used as a tablet computer.Target Applications: Artists working on complex Adobe Photoshop or Illustrat...
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There are a lot of laptops and tablets on the market these days that can seemingly power a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch and landing. If you work in media and entertainment like I do, these days you might even be asked to edit and color correct that Falco...
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zdnet.com Updated: 2019-11-14 01:25:35
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If an ordinary laptop won't cut it performance-wise you need to step up to a mobile workstation, and HP has several contenders in its ZBook range: late last year we looked at the ZBook 14u G4 and found that while it was robust, performance was disappointi...
Excellent pen and great pen configuration tools, Good keyboard, Solid build, Good performance, Solid kickstand...
Moderate battery life, Disappointing audio, Expensive...
The HP ZBook x2 G4 is a powerhouse for creative types, and has a lot going for it. The bezel shortcuts for pen users are a highlight, and the pen itself is superb. The detachable configuration has been well thought-out and well implemented. However, the a...
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The 2018 HP ZBook X2 G4 is unlike any other detachable workstation most of us are used to. Most other detachable workstations or tablet/laptop hybrids are super thin and built around the idea of portability and general use. The idea of throwing desktop-li...
Really bad ass design, Great keyboard, Premium build quality built to last, Great I/O options for a detachable, Power and performance, Great display, Tablet can be used for pro apps...
Heavy and awkward, Price tag is high, Pen holder was an afterthought...
There is no doubt in my mind, the HP ZBook X2 G4 is the best detachable PC for creators and artists. It has the power and features under the hood to satisfy the work needs of photographers, designers, videographers, and artists. I wouldn't recommend this...
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The HP ZBook x2 isn't a laptop. Not in the normal sense, anyway. It's a specialized tool designed to serve as a complete solution for digital artists, photographers and other creatives. It's massive, but designed to provide easy access to shortcuts. It al...
Great stylus, Great shortcut software, Excellent keyboard...
Graphics performance could be stronger, Middling battery life, Very expensive...
The HP ZBook x2 is a powerful art tool, but other machines offer stronger graphics and its price may limit it to professionals...
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Tablets with detachable keyboards are an established segment of the mobile device market...
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Illustrators, photographers, and videographers are often forced to switch between tablets and desktops for fine detail work on the former and power for finishing projects on the latter. HP's fix is the workstation-class ZBook x2 ($1,749), a detachable-hyb...
Workstation-certified graphics, 4K screen is standard, 32GB of RAM...
Bulkier than other detachables...
With workstation-grade components, the HP ZBook x2 packs more power than most detachable-hybrid 2-in-1 laptops. It's a good fit for for artists, 4K videographers, and anyone who needs massive power in a versatile form factor...
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