Specs should 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 usually discover at this value. The 32 GB of RAM is truthful, however the 512-GB solid-state drive feels chintzy for the cash, although maybe that’s an acknowledgement that the majority enterprise customers shall be leaning closely on cloud or server-based storage as an alternative. Ports are acceptable: three USB-C with USB4 assist 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 stunned that efficiency was usually on the low facet, extra in step 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 think the overhead from the Wolf Security measures is giving the unit a slight efficiency hit that, whereas not extreme, could also be extra noticeable when placing the laptop computer beneath heavy masses.
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 system. The audio system are tremendous, and the display appears ok, however neither blew my socks off. I did respect the keyboard on the system, which has simply sufficient journey and responsiveness to make for simple knowledge entry, whereas additionally being pretty quiet. The touchpad is spacious however simply in need of being too giant.
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As with most laptops at the moment, 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 lively web connection to work and wasn’t any quicker 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 value of $1,999 makes the EliteBook Extremely G1i a greater deal, however it nonetheless doesn’t measure up on a price-to-performance foundation in opposition to competing programs. It does, nevertheless, 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 outdoors of enormous, company environments.
