HP Made a Leather Laptopļ¼
According to the latest data from research firm IDC, HP was the world's largest notebook computer manufacturer last year. But it's safe to say that HP laptops don't always get the same attention as their competitors.
They are about to have new compelling technologies: making leather laptops.
HP's latest HP Spectre Folio, a high-end notebook that combines leather, is marketing new technologies in the impressive term "manucrafturing." The convertible mode means that it can be supported, turned into a tablet, tent, or used like a regular laptop. The design part of the Spectre Folio is slightly different from other laptops. Instead of folding the display backwards, you should pull it straight forward, directly on the keyboard, and the magnet locks the display to the bottom of the keyboard (if youāre tenting the display) or at the edge of the display.
Ā HP uses 100% pure chrome tanned leather for this new machine, with two shades, warm brown and deeper Bordeaux. HP called this the world's first leather laptop.
Josephine Tan, HP's head of product management for consumer notebooks, said the company is made of leather for its "durability, feel and quality." She said that internal market research indicates that young viewers, such as millennials, think the design is attractive, especially its "authenticity" because it is leather.
The leather structure is undoubtedly the most interesting part of this Windows 10 laptop, but it is also a laptop. Therefore, its internal structure is worth mentioning. Spectre Folio's 13.3-inch touchscreen display has three different options: 1 W, full HD panel, regular full HD panel and 4K display. The 1-watt display is a new Intel technology that significantly reduces the power consumption of standard display panels. The notebook is also equipped with Intel's new low-power processor, Amber Lake-Y, which is still part of Intel's 8th generation chipset.
Ā Its keyboard is furry, noisy, and backlit. Like the previous Spectre laptop, it has front-mounted Bang and Olufsen speakers. It features a fanless design that relies on a metal heat sink to push heat away from the hinge area of āāthe notebook and into a blank area between the hinge and the leather curve.
Ā What are the disadvantages of laptops that use new materials like this?
The addition of leather adds considerable weight, although its top is made of magnesium alloy (the lower part is aluminium). Last year's ghost weighed 2.45 pounds; the Spectre Folio weighed 3.2 pounds.
Ā Tan insists that leather is very heavy, but still has a very good sensory experience.
Ā "We all hope that the PC industry will gradually innovate, so HP is doing something new."
