HP announces EliteBook Folio 1020 and 1020 SE - the thinnest and lightest business laptops

HP launches HP EliteBook Folio 1020 and HP EliteBook Folio 1020 SE, the industry’s thinnest and lightest business-class notebooks. HP Elitebook Folio 1020 will be available in February, and HP EliteBook Folio 1020 Special Edition will be available in April.

Both of these EliteBook Folio 1020 notebooks feature only 15. 7mm thin body, cutting-edge design offering to you elite business-class performance, the Folio 1020 special edition models (SE) is made of magnesium-lithium alloy and reusable carbon fiber to reduce its weight bringing total down to 1kg (2.2 lbs.), this according to HP makes them the world's thinnest and lightest business notebooks. The weight of standard Folio 1020 is not published by the company but it is expected to weight a little bit more than one kilogram.

Both Elitebook Folio 1020 models have a 12.5-inch of diagonal Quad HD display with optional touchscreen, 1080 pixels resolution, a 720 pixels web camera. Both Elitebook Folio 1020 notebooks comes with the Intel Core M processors with 8GB of RAM, and SSD hard drive storage from 128GB to 256GB. This fanless laptop claims to offer 9 hours of battery life.

HP EliteBook Folio 1020

Key Features :-

• Display: 12.5-inch diagonal Quad HD (QHD) or Full HD display, optional touchscreen
• Processor: Intel Core M family, facilitating these fanless designs
• Memory: 8GB of RAM and SSD options of 128GB or 256GB
• Multimedia: 720p webcam, HD Audio with DTS Studio Sound
• Security: Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2/2.0, fingerprint reader, HP Sure Start self-healing BIOS
• Input: HP Premium Keyboard
• Battery: up to 9 hours of battery life

It also includes an “always on” capability so the laptop can be tracked even when it’s shut off, as with smartphones and tablets. If a laptop is lost or stolen, it can be tracked down to a specific location and data can be remotely wiped by a system administrator.

"Customers demand not only a stylish, thin and light notebook, but also a device that delivers advanced security and can withstand the rigorous demands that come with a highly mobile lifestyle -- and the HP EliteBook 1020 delivers this complete solution," Alex Cho, vice president & general manager at HP Commercial PCs, said in a press release.