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Ben Wilson

HP put a mini PC inside a keyboard, and I love it — a Windows-based approach to the Raspberry Pi 500 with self-repairable parts

HP EliteBoard G1a Next Gen AI PC held in hand as it's removed from a sleeve.

Much of what you'll see at CES 2026 will be iterative upgrades to the same technology you're used to. Laptops receive generational performance gains, and monitor resolution continues to increase, which generally only interests the kinds of people who are growing tired of whatever's on their desk. Thankfully, HP brought something genuinely interesting to Las Vegas this year — the EliteBoard G1a.

I know it looks like a keyboard, but it's actually a mini PC with a choice of AMD's Ryzen AI 300 PRO mobile processors inside. That includes an NPU rated for up to 50 TOPS, which classifies the EliteBoard G1a as a Copilot+ PC. Of course, it still is a functional keyboard on the outside, but its primary intention is to replace AIO PCs and help prevent limitations of screen sizes. If you ever saw the Raspberry Pi 500, it's like that.

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