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. Unfortunately, this EliteBook's screen can't match the vivid hues of the Slim 9i's OLED panel in color coverage. Our Renewed products will be packaged in either original packaging or in a new and clean cardboard box. You will find most of the features of the 840 G8 present in the G7 laptop family and so, if you already own a G7 model and are contemplating an upgrade to the G8, it’s probably not warranted. As usual, I tested by using the device until the battery ran out, and I used Windows 11's battery reports to keep track.

Help speed up demanding business applications with a quad-core 11th Gen Intel Core processor, with breakthrough Intel Iris Xe graphics. Power through your day with Windows 10 Pro and the powerful security, collaboration and connectivity features from HP. The backlit keyboard has a shallow but reasonably snappy typing feel, and typing on it is audible but not too noisy. So while it's not as slim, light, and premium as the 1000 series, the HP EliteBook 840 G9 checks the right boxes, from performance to reliability.Aiming at professionals who need to keep their work safe and secure, the Elitebook 840 G9 is protected by HP's own Wolf Security business-spec security software, which claims to "reduce the addressable attack surface and enables remote recovery from firmware attacks". It's a shame that the EliteBook doesn't include a solid-state drive that can really make the most of its powerful processor and GPU, but this is still a well-designed and versatile laptop that will appeal to many business users. 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. The HP Wolf Pro Security Edition provides preconfigured enterprise-level PC protection for small and medium sized businesses.

If you need a super-wide color gamut for photo or video editing, you can look for something with an OLED display.The bottom bezels features a simple silver 'hp' logo, while the top has more action going on, featuring a 5MP webcam with a physical privacy slider to block the lens when it's not in use. Beyond that, the EliteBook includes a fast and reliable fingerprint reader in its wrist rest and the webcam has IR capabilities for Windows Hello facial recognition too. HP claims its Wolf Security makes its laptops the 'world's most secure', and although we can't verify that claim conclusively, the suite of security features here is really impressive.

So you're thinking about purchasing a new laptop for work and you're trying to decide between an HP EliteBook 840 G7 or 840 G8? Any HP product with the word 'Elite' in the name is a business product, and that means pricing is a little bit tricky. processor, 16GB of RAM and the 512GB SSD, so was keen to see how it performed not just with reaching its advertised benchmarks, but also how it felt living and working with it. Meet the demands of the multi-task, multi-place, enterprise-business workday with the HP EliteBook 840.Keep yourself covered for longer and avoid any nasty surprise costs with our 24 month extended warranty option. Thanks to an extensive diet, the 14-inch device is thinner than ever, but you do not have to waive a fast Core i7 processor, sufficient memory and comprehensive features. Sound from the bottom-firing speakers isn't exactly symphonic, but it's loud and sharp enough for any business use, as well as for enjoying streaming movies or music.

Protect, detect, and recover from malicious attacks with HP Sure Start with Dynamic Protection - the industry's first self-healing BIOS that monitors and corrects BIOS corruption every 15 minutes. It’s also tough, with HP reporting that the EliteBook 840 has passed 19 MIL-STD 810H tests over 120,000 hours. Like most other business-class laptops, the EliteBook 840 is utilitarian, not flashy, and it comes in exactly one color, plain gray. There’s a choice of processor options for both the G7 and G8 product families but G7 models are based on 10th generation Intel Core i5 or i7 CPUs whereas the G8 series all use 11th gen processors.

for FHD video, it can crop the frame to focus on you, and since the camera actually has a larger field of view, it can follow you around if you move. The system can be configured with 16 to 64 GB of DDR5-4800 RAM and 256 GB to 2 TB of SSD storage; on most models, that’s fast PCIe Gen4 NVMe M. Like with most Intel PCs these days, it uses a MediaTek 5G modem (for some reason, I don't see many Snapdragon 5G models in Intel PCs anymore), which is branded as Intel 5G. Unlike most other business subnotebooks, the EliteBook 840/845 G9 comes with Intel vPro and AMD PRO options to appeal to fans on both sides of the fence.