HP EliteBook Ultra 14 G1q review: Fantastic in every way apart from its underwhelming screen

The HP EliteBook Ultra 14 G1q is an elegant machine with a stunning "Atmospheric Blue" finish.

It's far and away one of the thinnest laptops out there in the 14-inch bracket, with a 0.44-inch ( 11.2 millimeters) thickness.

The display was about nits dimmer than its OmniBook Ultra cousin and about 150 nits brighter than the Spectre and Envy models fitted into the Spectre x360 models.

Its 2,240 x 1,400 -pixel screen has a lower resolution than we'd expect.

HP EliteBook Ultra 14 G1q has a Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite ( 12 cores) CPU alongside a Qualcomm Adreno graphics card and a Qualcomm Hexagon ( 45 TOPS) neural processing unit ( NPU ) The keyboard adopts the classic HP layout, with odd sizing of the Enter key and up/down arrow keys .

The extra-large touchpad in this model was also highly responsive and smooth when gliding your fingers across its surface.

It's just a shame the screen itself is so dim.

You can bank on solid and reliable performance and a staggeringly long battery life.

But you absolutely cannot bank on its screen to dazzle you in a way that other laptops will.

It's absolutely fine for indoor use but we wouldn't recommend taking it outdoors.