HP design head Stacy Wolff said that leather is “timeless,” and that the material is what it allows for it to be flexible. The company said it “looked beyond conventional PC design” in creating the new machine. The keyboard popped nicely, but seemed a little stiff.

On the one hand, it can develop a nice patina, but it could also potentially rip or tear (which has happened with my watchband).

In our hands-on with the device, I was a little worried about how the leather will hold up over time. The convertible also comes with a stylus dubbed The Tilt Pen, which offers 4,096 levels of sensitivity, a digital eraser and shading via its tilt functionality.