In the ultra-competitive Ultrabook market, HP has to contend with many respected brands that all see this as a highly lucrative sector. The Elitebook designs offer a very wide range of performance and price points, with the 840 G5 being on the higher end of that sliding scale. What buyers can expect is a full bells and whistles experience where performance matches the best available from any provider.
Price, availability and value
Oddly, the provided review model was a 3JX09EA variant, one that’s not yet available on either the UK or US inventory for the HP 850 G5. Although it is very similar to the 3JX31EA, 3JX94EA and 3RF15UT models that can be bought in most regions.
In the US, the 3RF15UT with the same screen, memory and storage an costs $1,769.00 (£1,322). Whereas the 3JX94EA sells in the UK for £1,366.80, although it has 8GB of RAM, not 16GB.
Considering that this machine has a touchscreen and a high quality of construction, that price compares favorably with Toshiba, Dell and other popular Ultrabook brands.
Design
The HP EliteBook 840 G5 represents the classic struggle between pure aesthetics and practical functionality. Where appearance might be paramount elsewhere, here it never overrides practicality, …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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