Hybrid meetings are also aided by dual microphones with AI-based noise suppression and dynamic voice leveling capabilities. Bass is pedestrian at best and while the depth is fine for TV or video-conferencing, you feel the lack of it when listening to music and watching action films. Unfortunately there’s no option to upgrade the GPU on G7 models but the EliteBook 840 G8 can be fitted with an NVIDIA GeForce MX450, in addition to the embedded graphics chip. Extras include a SmartCard slot as well as both a fingerprint reader and face-recognition webcam to skip typing passwords with Windows Hello. Some mention that the keyboard is a bit small, but overall, they are satisfied with the product's quality.

Originally sold with lengthy 3-5 year warranties, the Laptops we sell are designed with robust architecture for the ultimate reliability.

Intel HD Graphics 5500: Integrated graphics card (GT2) in the Core processors of the Broadwell U-series (15 W TDP). The backlit keyboard has a shallow but reasonably snappy typing feel, and typing on it is audible but not too noisy. Built from the ground up to be reliable work machines, the industry-leading EliteBook series of business-class laptops showcase the best design and performance in every detail. per cent of the sRGB colour gamut, which is high, and reds, greens and blues all looked bright and crisp. HP's EliteBook 840 G9 finishes first or second in every event, showing more than ample power for everyday apps (scoring half again the 4,000 points in PCMark 10 that indicate excellent productivity for Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace) and even enough muscle for some mild digital content creation, though it's not up to workstation-class CGI rendering or data science.

The same internal battery is fitted across all laptops in both product ranges - a long life, 3 cell 53Wh Li-ion battery that fast charges to 50% in 30 minutes and can provide up to 14.If this is not sufficient for some reason, the RAM of the laptop can be upgraded to a maximum of 16 GB. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Paul Thurrott is an award-winning technology journalist and blogger with over 25 years of industry experience and the author of 30 books. Even better are the dedicated Home, End, Page Up, and Page Down keys in a ThinkPad-style arrangement at the top right for the first two and lower right for the latter.

Like everything from Bargain Hardware, this ex-enterprise laptop - and all of its components - have undergone our intensive refurbishment and testing processes, so only the highest quality parts make it into your machine.The quality of the materials, as well as the range of options available when configuring this device will no doubt please new potential users as well.