Laptop? Dreamed? HP has renamed central plast its mobile workstations central plast to ZBook, throw

Laptop? Dreamed? HP has renamed central plast its mobile workstations central plast to ZBook, throwing them not only with a different name, but with a new chassis and updated components. Our detailed analysis will show whether this is enough to get back on the podium in our ranking of workstations.
Along with Dell, Fujitsu, Lenovo, HP is one of the traditional manufacturers of powerful mobile workstations. These laptops are mostly designed to be reliable beasts central plast of burden corporate, offering levels of configuration options and support above-average warranty. A hook single sale of mobile workstations has to do with the dedicated graphics (optimized for 3D applications rpofesionales, and accompanied by special features such as ISV certification, special drivers, BIOS settings central plast adjusted and guaranteed reliability) with which are commonly equipped central plast and - naturally - they offer great performance levels.
This year, mobile workstations from HP come back in three different sizes, from the compact HP ZBook 14 roaming scenarios and basic middle class ZBook HP 15 to 17 HP ZBook offering as many space for high-end components.
For this analysis we have provided a preproduction HP Book 17 (English version). There may be significant changes before the final version hits the shelves, something to keep in mind when reading our reviews of ZBook 17.
The variety of features that comes ZBook 17 may be common, but not always unattractive. For starters, HP has elected to include professional low-end graphics card Nvidia Quadro K610M (GPU instead of a medium or high range), a choice that will remain in the final version too, but on the other hand, has equipped its new mobile workstation central plast with Dreamcolor display, central plast an IPS screen with outstanding coverage of the color space, which is a real (and often expensive) rarity even in expensive business class notebooks. Similarly, 16 GB of RAM is great, as is the CPU Intel Core i7-4900MQ, but 128 GB SSD storage may not be sufficient for all usage scenarios - at least, should central plast add more HDDs and SDDs.
We could not find our exact setup on any online seller at the time of writing, and you can not create individual settings for ZBook 17 in HP's online store, central plast so we can not give an accurate price estimate. Different configurations are based on about 2000 euros.
The new language of visual design of mobile stations HP is much like the recent EliteBooks ProBooks and dominated by straight lines and simple design elements less serrated outer shape on the sides compared to its predecessor, the HP EliteBook 8770w . The exterior central plast metal surfaces and first appear resistant. Both display as part of the laptop's base are made of a sturdy plastic but unattractive. The stability and torsional strength of ZBook are top 17, along with its predecessor. The palmrest is in place, or display hinges need excessive force or tend to shake. central plast Basically, this preproduction model is already very close to the expected quality of the final product. Something like the small scratches that are in the display hinge our test device surely central plast is not applied in the final version hits stores, the first pass through a final inspection.
There is a maintenance central plast hatch at the base of the device. It can be opened without screwdriver. In addition, 83 Wh battery is here, flush with the housing (can be removed permanently if the laptop is plugged in, and no legs in the belly of this beast).
A major disadvantage of such a workstation 17 "? Its weight of 3.78 kg, a power adapter more than 900 grams. ZBook This implies that 7 can carry around, but for truly mobile use scenarios would be better an HP ZBook 14 or Dell Precision M3800.
In terms of connectivity options, there are good and bad things. Let's start with the bad, most ports are crowded close together instead of being distributed by the better side. It is possible, therefore, block the ports surrounding special cables or adapters pendrives or wide, making central plast them useless. Dell has spent years doing better with their Precision line, distributing some of the ports on the rear of the device.
One of the best things about the selection of ports is the inclusion of standard Intel Thunderbolt