Specs usually are not bare-bones however are removed from luxe; the 14-inch touchscreen has a 2,880 x 1,800-pixel decision, and the system is powered by an Intel Core Extremely 7 268V CPU. That’s a number of steps up from the fundamental processor mannequin, however nonetheless a step down from higher-end choices you sometimes discover at this worth. The 32 GB of RAM is honest, however the 512-GB solid-state drive feels chintzy for the cash, although maybe that’s an acknowledgement that the majority enterprise customers might be leaning closely on cloud or server-based storage as an alternative. Ports are acceptable: three USB-C with USB4 help and a single USB-A port (with a flip-down cowl). You’ll want a kind of USB-C ports for charging.
Given the above specs, I used to be shocked that efficiency was usually on the low facet, extra in line with a real entry-level configuration than what the G1i contains. Not one of the benchmarks I ran had been any extra spectacular than I’ve seen on slower, cheaper machines working Intel Core Extremely 7 Collection 2 processors, and lots of the scores I noticed had been beneath even these uninspired ranges, albeit solely barely. I believe the overhead from the Wolf Safety features is giving the unit a slight efficiency hit that, whereas not extreme, could also be extra noticeable when placing the laptop computer underneath heavy hundreds.
Battery life on a full-screen YouTube playback hit simply over 14 hours, a good rating, and I used to be impressed by the utterly silent operation of the laptop computer; I could not get the fan to kick in, regardless of how heavy a load I placed on the gadget. The audio system are high-quality, and the display appears adequate, however neither blew my socks off. I did respect the keyboard on the gadget, which has simply sufficient journey and responsiveness to make for straightforward knowledge entry, whereas additionally being pretty quiet. The touchpad is spacious however simply in need of being too massive.
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As with most laptops right now, AI is a significant focus for the EliteBook line, and HP’s AI Companion, the corporate’s personal GPT-4o pores and skin, is preinstalled on the unit. AI Companion purports to allow you to take fuller benefit of the onboard neural processing unit, although it requires an energetic web connection to work and wasn’t any sooner than any on-line instruments out there. You’re additionally getting double AI responsibility right here, as urgent the Copilot button on the keyboard nonetheless brings up an ordinary Microsoft Copilot interface.
The momentary sale worth of $1,999 makes the EliteBook Extremely G1i a greater deal, however it nonetheless doesn’t measure up on a price-to-performance foundation towards competing programs. It does, nonetheless, present a a lot stronger worth proposition for its safety and manageability advantages, although once more, I doubt many of those options have a lot utility exterior of huge, company environments.
