Does business-friendly have to mean boring? HP is hoping the answer to that is no, with the EliteBook Folio 1040 G1 promising the dependability of an enterprise notebook with some of the style borrowed from the company’s consumer ultrabook range. It’s a tough balance to strike, though, so has HP got the mixture right?

Hardware and Design

“Business” used to be code for big, grey, and bulky in laptop-speak, but as consumer notebooks have raised their game, so their more serious-minded counterparts have had to improve too.

So, the EliteBook Folio 1040 G1 gets a chassis made of brushed metal and sturdy plastic, with a magnesium alloy lid and aluminum surfacing when you open it up. It comes in at 13.5 x 9.25 x 0.63 inches and tips the scales at 3.34 pounds, meaning it’s not quite the lightest 14-inch notebook out there, but neither is it unduly heavy.
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