HP lists EliteBoard G2a keyboard PC for up to $4,191

HP has listed the EliteBoard G2a, a second-generation computer built into a keyboard, on its US and UK online stores. TechRadar reports that it appeared about nine months after the EliteBoard G1a was unveiled at CES 2026, and that HP issued no press release for it.

The top configuration, SKU E6FY3UA, pairs AMD’s Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450 with 32GB of DDR5-5600 memory, a 512GB SSD and a 32Wh battery. It costs $4,191 before discounts, or $4,167 with the detachable USB-C cable attached.

TechRadar describes the G2a as essentially the G1a with a slightly faster processor: its AMD Gorgon Point chip has a 100 MHz boost and belongs to the Ryzen AI 400 family. Although the chip supports LPDDR5X-8533, the computer uses a single DDR5-5600 SO-DIMM, limiting it to single-channel memory. The outlet says that may affect general computing and on-device AI, whose models use the same memory as the APU’s integrated graphics and NPU.

The keyboard-computer format recalls the Commodore 64, which debuted at CES in Las Vegas in January 1982 and went on sale that August for $595. TechRadar puts that at roughly $2,000 in today’s money and says the C64 had 64KB of RAM. HP’s G1a, meanwhile, had a $1,499 starting price, though TechRadar says that price is no longer shown. The G2a’s top configuration is listed at about seven times the C64’s launch price and roughly twice its inflation-adjusted price.

HP’s claim that the G1a was the first complete AI PC inside a keyboard was limited, according to a footnote, to systems with an NPU rated at 40 TOPS or more and enterprise-grade components. TechRadar notes earlier keyboard computers, including the Commodore 64, Amiga 500 and Asus Eee Keyboard, which went on sale in the US for $499 after its CES 2009 announcement. The outlet says the G2a may receive business discounts, but calls its high retail price a challenge against cheaper, faster alternatives.