tldr; Business-class quality recommended by IT pros. G10 stays cool. Watch for display cable failures around 18 months. Older G5 lacks Windows 11 support.
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Best praise vs top criticism for HP EliteBook 845 G9
“I got my HP EliteBook 845 G7 at an auction with a scuff from a fall and a Ryzen 3 4450U 16/512GB without a backlit keyboard and with a 6-bit AUO screen (overclockable to 90Hz) for $150. To have a perfectly usable laptop like this in 2025 for $150 and that would withstand a fall and doesn't have bad hinges is insane. It also outputs 13W via USB-C so you can naturally use the laptop to charge your phone, like how people charge their iPhones from the laptop's USB-C port.”
“Elitebook 865 G9 owner here. Let me tell you my grievances! only has 1Y standard warranty despite being 'Business class', they got rid of the track point (little nipple in middle of keyboard), laptop refused to charge before and got a battery replacement, after shipping it to me back from the depot my laptop display assembly has a dent (luckily non-affecting actual performance or even the display), max resolution on this model is 1080p, that's right, 16" laptop only has access to FHD panels, one of my keys fell off, the black coating on my most used keys wore out, no RJ-45 port, i don't like the keyboard (on any brand these days, not just HP, but they still get dinged for it), does not support 2.5" SATA drives, manual still has a section for SATA drives which led to a little confusion on my part, does not support a second NVME or mSATA drive (that's right, 16" laptop only supports ONE data drive), can't figure out how to prevent touchpad from waking the device from sleep as it doesn't have a power management tab in device manager and also doesn't have an option in BIOS (is this an HP problem? Dunno), there's a significant restocking fee on business laptops only which bummed me out as I paid a couple hundred dollars more than the sale price a week or two later, no price matching”
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