HP starts selling ryzen 4000 probooks

[GDRRiley]

HP has updated their probook line including 445 (14in) and 455 (15in) to new ryzen 4000 chips. They are the 445 G7 and 455 G7 replacing 445R G6 and 455R G6 ryzen 3000 based laptops

 

reasonable configurations with a 4300U a 1080p screen and 8gb of ram and a 128gb SSD start at 650 while 4500U start at 700$. the top end 4700u starts at 950$

These both have user upgradeable ram along with both a m.2 and a 2.5in drive bay.

Hp now also offers a 1000 nit 1080P "Sure View Privacy" screen for an extra 150$

The all are using AMD new 4000U chips without hyperthreading

 

 

https://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/hp-probook-445-g7-notebook-pc-customizable-7rx16av-mb

https://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/hp-probook-455-g7-notebook-pc-customizable-7jn01av-mb

 

I reviewed the last gen 445R g6 here

 

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

I really wish HP, Lenovo, Dell, and all the other OEMs would just drop these insulting base models.

 

[Shreyas1]

1 minute ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

I really wish HP, Lenovo, Dell, and all the other OEMs would just drop these insulting base models.

 

Similar to RGB and "gaming", the word "pro" enhances performance for any product which has it in the name; this clearly justifies the price

 

/s

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

4 minutes ago, Shreyas1 said:

Similar to RGB and "gaming", the word "pro" enhances performance for any product which has it in the name; this clearly justifies the price

 

/s

4GB of RAM, 500GB HDD, and a 1366P display. You might not be able to get much work done, but hey, it's secure? IMO they should take the Apple route and give every model a SSD and 8GB of RAM at the very least. 

[AshRiver]

Who the fuck buy HP nowadays? I mean no hate though, but I used 3 HP computers in the past, and all of them are shit and malfunction and died no reason. After that, I began to call HP as HorribleProduct.

[GDRRiley]

6 minutes ago, AshRiver said:

Who the fuck buy HP for gaming? I mean no hate though, but I used 3 HP computers in the past, and all of them are shit and malfunction and died no reason. After that, I began to call HP as HorribleProduct.

I bought HP for college and being there without my desktop for 1 semester I used it for gaming. it wasn't a bad experice

I've got 3 HP machines all running still but 2/3 are pro/elite books.

18 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

4GB of RAM, 500GB HDD, and a 1366P display. You might not be able to get much work done, but hey, it's secure? IMO they should take the Apple route and give every model a SSD and 8GB of RAM at the very least. 

The display is a cheap 10-20$ upgrade, I ordered mine with a HDD so I could swap in a cheaper SSD then their m.2 options.

the only options they currently have are customize so they have every option available. when they make and sell a fixed config or 2 it is smarter and better buys.

4500U, 8gb of ram 250gb SSD and 1080P screen will likely be a little cheaper than customize but also be available in 2-3 days not 1 month

 

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

10 minutes ago, Kaloob said:

The consumer lines--at least from Dell are better about this. Business laptops aren't great values from a purely price/performance standpoint.

This isn't even a price to performance issue. This is a quality of life issue. With this little memory, slow storage, and a pathetic screen, it's not a good experience even for the most basic of tasks. Like, if I gave users back at my old workplace that base model as their work machine, they would club me in the face with it. 8GB would be the bare minimum if you want to get any sort of work done on it. Any less and you might as well be using an iPad.

[GDRRiley]

18 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

This isn't even a price to performance issue. This is a quality of life issue.

I agree. so far HP is only selling customize it for you. These aren't the configs if you walked into a store you'd find

these are coming across the ocean from the factory directly to you.

[GDRRiley]

7 minutes ago, Kaloob said:

I don't think any of these are sent to stores, though.

The only laptop in this class I could see being sold in a physical store is a ThinkPad.

true. But I just mean this aren't the in stock best value models. pick what you want

[TetraSky]

Less interested in this news, as I am in the future prospect of budget laptops as more Ryzen based laptops are made.

[GDRRiley]

34 minutes ago, TetraSky said:

Less interested in this news, as I am in the future prospect of budget laptops as more Ryzen based laptops are made.

I'm hoping for a like 775$ acer special with a 4600H 1650 or for like 850$ a 1660ti

[Doobeedoo]

Yeah in general base models should be better. Really for many other things these days especially how some charge unrealistically more for higher memory and capacity.