HP Elite Dragonfly Intel® Core™ i5 i5-1245U Chromebook 34.3 cm (13.5") WUXGA+ 8 GB LPDDR4x-SDRAM 256 GB SSD Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) ChromeOS

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The HP Elite Dragonfly on ChromeOS is a genuinely nice piece of kit, but it’s also priced like it’s meant for a very specific kind of workplace. For £1616.93 ex-VAT you’re paying for “business premium” build quality, portability and a slick, reliable ChromeOS experience—not for raw computing power. If your day is mostly Google Workspace, web apps, light admin tools and plenty of multitasking (tabs, Docs/Sheets, video calls, a few SaaS dashboards), this is the kind of Chromebook that will feel effortless and stay fast without the usual laptop maintenance headaches.

I’d recommend it for organisations that (a) standardise on ChromeOS or heavily use Google tooling, (b) value manageability and security over Windows app compatibility, and (c) need a lightweight “grab-and-go” fleet device for staff who travel or work across sites. Where it’s not a great buy is if you rely on Windows-only software, complex desktop apps, or offline-heavy workflows that don’t play well with ChromeOS—then the price stops making sense fast. Also, at this level you should sanity-check whether a cheaper business Chromebook (or even a mainstream Windows business laptop) would get you the same day-to-day outcome for most users.