HP’s new Dragonfly Pro laptops come in two versions: one runs Windows 11, and one runs ChromeOS. Both are aimed at freelancers or other small business users who need a quality laptop with modern features and live 24/7 support. Today we’re reviewing the ChromeOS flavor, but I’ll review the Windows 11 version later.

The ability to contact technical support directly on the laptop to work out issues is a new feature that immediately differentiates the Dragonfly Pro line from most other laptops. Fortunately, HP doesn’t rely on that alone to make it an alluring premium Chromebook offering.

There’s only one configuration of the Dragonfly Pro Chromebook, priced at $999 for a Core i5-1235U, 16GB of RAM, and a 256GB PCIe SSD. It can be ordered in either black or white. That makes it an expensive Chromebook, but less than HP’s other enterprise-oriented versions.

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