If you’re looking for a lightweight, portable laptop — but aren’t interested in a tablet with a snap-on keyboard such as the HP Elite x2 — HP’s 12.5-in. EliteBook Folio G1 makes the most of the traditional notebook design. The company has built an excellent display and keyboard into one of the smallest and lightest systems around.

I spent a week with a pair of Folio systems: The full HD non-touch model that ships with an Intel Core M7 processor, 8GB of 1.86GHz DDR3 RAM and a 128GB SSD for $999 (vendor price); and the UHD WVGA touch-screen model that includes a sixth-generation Intel Core M5 processor, 8GB RAM and a 256GB SSD for $1,799 (vendor price). Several other configurations are also available.

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