Water-resistant and easy to clean: HP delivers an AMD Ryzen keyboard PC that can be splashed with liquid — EliteBoard G1a has a 32Whr battery but alas no touchpad, review finds

ComputerBase's full test finds HP's EliteBoard G1a a well-executed keyboard PC whose biggest problem is its €2,149 price tag HP promises a spill-resistant, easy-clean keyboard designed to pass MIL-STD-810, but you probably shouldn't submerge it in water The 32Wh battery ran an impressive 6h 21m against HP's 3.5-hour claim, though it powered no display in said test HP's EliteBoard G1a, the Windows PC built into a full-size keyboard that the company first showcased at CES 2026 , has now undergone a full lab test at German outlet ComputerBase , and the verdict is broadly favorable.

In its review, ComputerBase concludes that the keyboard PC is not just an interesting idea but a well-executed one.

Its biggest weakness is the very high price, shared with practically all PC hardware that launched this year that could define it as a reach versus a must-have for many consumers and IT departments alike.

Skipping a touchpad by design and a short memory leash in tow The review unit pairs AMD's Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350, a Kraken Point chip with four Zen 5 and four Zen 5c cores, Radeon 860M graphics, and a 50 TOPS NPU, with a single 32GB DDR5-5600 SO-DIMM and a 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD.

All of that sits beneath the keys of a chassis measuring 358 x 119 x 18mm and 670g.

Connectivity includes two rear USB-C ports (one USB4 with DisplayPort 2.1b, one 10Gbps), Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6.0, stereo speakers, and two microphones.

The keyboard passes MIL-STD-810 testing per HP, and testing found it overwhelmingly supports its product page claims of a "spill-resistant, easy-clean keyboard." Its more practical safeguard might be servicability: HP says the top-mounted keyboard module can be replaced in under 10 minutes, and ComputerBase confirms the bottom panel opens quickly, giving access to the RAM, SSD, and Wi-Fi module.

The EliteBoard also skips a touchpad, but it was never meant to have one; HP ships every unit with a pre-paired HP 675M wireless mouse that seems to do the job in spades, and the reviewer had no complaints, though others have been less forgiving of its absence .

The reviewer's gripes, however, lay elsewhere: they considered two USB-C ports potentially too few and recommend budgeting for a USB-C hub with HDMI, Ethernet, and USB-A, which is how it connected to their own test monitor.

They also found that neither HP's update tools nor Windows Update would move the AMD graphics driver past an October 2025 release, though a manual Adrenalin install worked without issue.

The keyboard-cum-computer has respectable performance but has design limitations that hold it back: with only one SO-DIMM installed, the APU runs in single-channel mode, which AMD's chips tend to punish.