Elitebook 845 G7 Review

Want a business class laptop? This HP Elitebook with a Ryzen 7 Pro at 14” might just do the trick!
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0:00 intro
0:27 Specs
1:01 Battery Life
1:25 Performance Thermals and Noise
2:06 Build Quality
2:38 Port Selection
3:10 Usability
4:05 Speaker Audio
4:27 Display
4:43 Webcam and Mic
5:41 BIOS
5:57 You'll appreciate this...

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Earlier this week I just finished the greenscreen and today new lighting came in. So this video is partly a transitional phase review of what is to come 🙏

[@sushimshah2896]

Good work!!

[@TheMacco26]

This time I notice a lot more of attention to details which catch audience: blur backgrounds, transitions and better thumbnail all around. Great work!

[@sirrobot4489]

Really useful reviews. Much appreciated

[@AshuRane09]

Great video bob...The quality of your video has improved significantly.

[@whatsupbudbud]

Thanks, you have me sold on this one! Will be using for web development with a USB-C dock and 4k video watching on a TV.

[@rohanleander]

Amazing content as always, stay safe bud.

[@simonberthold8583]

perfect review

[@neosrt10]

HP killin it with this pro/business style Ryzen 7 notebook those temps and AC like battery performance is crazy. Nice use of green screen effects go Bob! Have to mention HPs transparency on test results is commendable especially if they have parity with BOAT results very impressive.

[@ahsanes]

i have ryzen 5 pro, is there any difference. ? bcz my laptop is little lag.

[@stanislavvanek8022]

Thanks for the review. It would be interesting to see some more Benchmarks (CB R15, 3D Mark 11, PC Mark...) to see how this HP model performs compared to Lenovos T14 (T14s, P14s) with same Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U CPU. For Cinebench R20 its 3180 for HP and 3050 for T14s. It seems that regarding performance Elitebook 845 G7 might be doing quite good...

[@dan_loeb]

After doing a green screen/chroma key, if you then desaturate green/ shift the hue values away from green in a new effect in most video editors it will get rid of the green light reflecting onto the subject.

[@pedroahets]

Awesome review as allways!!! How about audio latency on this one? Thanks!!

[@tonyliou4559]

Love checking out reviews from your channel! Could you do one on the new Apple Macbooks with Apple silicone? Maybe even compare to other ultrabooks in its class.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

The M1 Chip is the number one piece of tech I am interested in for this year. But I would like to wait till they come out with a bigger form factor and then just buy one to use as my editing solution. Pending no other crazy things occur for our family to endure.

[@tonyliou4559]

@@BobOfAllTrades Defenetly stay safe with your family and I’m very excited to see the M1 review from you :)

[@carlosalvarez8076]

This series of HP lapopts delivers, I brought a ProBook, 13inch, 2 in 1, same processor as this laptop. Generally, this is a good laptop looking at it from almost any angle, battery is quite good, processor is great, way better than most of what you can find in the market, even compare against AMD, as this one is better than the 4700U. I get the model with the 1000 nits screen and sure view, and to be honest, it's not as bad as many people in other review is saying, you can activate and deactivate the feature, and with the lowest screen brigthness you can perfectly work. Build quality is great as well, all aluminum chasis. You may think that I work for HP, but this laptop is something series where crafted perfectly, no compromisses, even so, look at the pricess, and compare to other brands, this is such a deal. Bob, I can give you my results of the benchmarking if you need it hehe, just to compare.

[@iloveferrets5859]

i love your channel bob i got the hp omen becoz i watch your review on it :)))))))))))

[@apoorvappychoudhary392]

Bob can you also do the asus zenbook series laptops? I would love to see your take on those.

[@aleemesmail8096]

Hey man, I got an unreleased version with a touchscreen! Really cool stuff

[@Azuhkael]

Nice video, btw would you know if eluktronics would refresh the mag-15u with 10/11th gen cpu and even tb3/4 ports? :)

[@amirbahalegharn365]

much polished videos one after another thanks. for a regular user,which one would you suggest when price isn't considered...a business laptop like this or XPS/gigabyte/thin&light semi-gaming laptops ? if he wants to spend that much money,which would be more suited if he doesn't game.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Not sure yet. I need more time with a few more laptops like this.

[@ajw9975]

I have a Probook 445 G7 based on the 4700U. Guys, this one is a sleeper. Yes it isn't as slim as the 845 G7. But what that extra space does get you beyond the 845 G7 is both primary nvme AND secondary mSATA slots, and arguably the best feature - dual heatpipes (instead of single on the 845 G7). My 445 G7 will happily run at 35 watts TDP sustained as a result (via Ryzen Controller). My 4700U will do a Cinebench R20 multi score of around 3225, roughly on par with the 4750u that powers the 845 G7. I wonder if the 4750U in the 845 G7 you reviewed mirrors my experience on the 445 G7 in that HP limits the CPU temp to 80C (from what I saw in your gaming clip). This to keep the laptop quiet. Let me tell you, there's a lot of headroom left in the 4xx0u series APUs. Ryzen Controller will allow the max temp to be raised. I raised mine to 95C; that's how I got the 3225 R20 score.

[@vncube1]

5:11 I legit thought you were speaking with a lisp because your tongue is normally quite close to your teeth, I'm laughing for no reason XD

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Oh I’ve listen to it over 10 times I cracked up hysterically

[@Rjasper499]

Lol!!!

[@123Suryasis]

Thanks Bob for the review. I'm eyeing their ProBook 400 and EliteBook 800 series AMD laptops for some time now. They are the only manufacturer, offering even their 13.3" 2-in-1 Business laptops like ProBook 435 x360 G7 and EliteBook 835 x360 G7 with 2 user upgradable memory slot for upto 64GB ram which is literally unheard of for any other vendors. I'm eyeing for the ProBook x360 435 G7 with 4750u, 16GB ram, 512GB SSD and 1000 nits Sure View display, around $1080 from Colamco. Any plan to review those 2-in-1 in your channel?

[@-rami-8528]

just on a side-note, do you think 1440p resolution laptops will fix the bottlenecking that the next 3000 series might have? and if so is it that much more noticeable than 1080p in terms of pixel density?

[@Nearnface]

wowowowoww

[@bradjacques9406]

You measured this panel as 312 nits. Was is spec'ed as s 400 nit panel or a 250 nit panel?

[@30vam]

7:15 for a moment i thought it's linus and his segway to his sponsor 😂

[@yuvaneetyuvraj2663]

Just got this bad boy from HP for work

[@anupamshruthi6286]

Bob, how to turn on the Keyboard light on Elitebook 845 G7 touch?

[@sexyyoda7567]

5:12 That is how my online class Teacher's Mic sounds like. This even Sounds better.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Yikes

[@brandonmiller555]

I am a bit confused, it says 250 nits on the HP product page but some reviews say 400 nit?

[@Emdrag13]

Is that microphone setting applied to all HP laptop? That such a wierd con for a BUSINESS laptop to have a mic that cuts out from background noise like keyboard or fans

[@bradhaines3142]

my sister bought the macbook pro M1, im really curious how this would compare to it

[@akaRobTheGreat]

So no one's going to bring up that this laptop is in direct competition to Thinkpad? I would love to see how the two compare head to head.

[@popokatapetl6995]

Thinkpad better battery, thermal and more robust this one just looks better

[@e.l.876]

Lenovo killed the Thinkpad. The more key travel HP gets, the better they look!

[@ramzes4504]

Is it possible to install the LTE 4G module in this version of the laptop?

[@benjaminchen4367]

Bob you gotta review that new M1 mbp

[@BobOfAllTrades]

They they make a 16 inch version I’m just gonna buy it and keep it 👍

[@user-kv8gk4hx3w]

@@BobOfAllTrades At least, please give us your thoughts toward M1 and the comparison to Ryzen chips.

[@ACE112ACE112]

the performance is better than i expected. might want to wait for gen 2. still not good for gaming due to weak gpu and no windows.

[@vasudevmenon2496]

If this laptop had h or hs ryzen it would have outsold Hp business class or workstation class notebook with xeons. Performance is impressive and screen, battery and high durability is like ultra High end.

[@davie_grrr]

Hi, I found the 400 nits display version of this Elitebook at €1050 and it seems a really good price. The only thing I'm afraid of is the thermal design: just one vent and one heatpipe. In your opinion, is it enough?

[@Zhia.]

Update?

[@davie_grrr]

​@@Zhia.I've never bought it, sorry

[@nicolastorres9993]

Which is better lenovo yogai9, macbookpro m1, or msi gl65 or this one??

[@tomastirva]

Opinion on applying liquid metal on new ryzen ultra CPU like on this laptop?

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Be very careful! There’s some raised contact points surrounding Ryzen CPU dies making it extremely difficult to properly apply LM with safety barriers.

[@skyzsolstice]

Did HP send the laptops to you for review

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Thankfully most laptops are sent for review these days. Nothing kept unfortunately and nothing paid either. These are sent back once I’m finished testing.

[@MpSniperM1911]

i have a Elitebook 8460p with a i5-2540M which i got for only 250 reals in 2015, (so maybe 1 dollar = 2,50 or 3 reals, almost free comparing to the current price) and this thing is kinda old but it is very good and i won't replace this notebook until it explodes or something. My only complain about my notebook is that i can't use GPT with legacy bios and for some reason this notebook only boots from EFI if it is windows 7/10. I didn't figure out how to boot from EFI in linux, BSD and others OS so i'm kinda disappointed because of that because i'm really into linux now. With windows no matter if i had all drivers installed, the brightness Fn buttons wouldn't work so for me that's kinda annoying but at least i can play directX10 games and lower (and linux uses DXVK to play windows games through wine and intel HD graphics 3000 doesn't even have support for DX11 so vulkan is a distant dream) just one more thing: the (inverted) rubber dome on the mouse nipple is very easy to loose, or it is just me and my sister who don't know how to keep it in place, she uses a HP elitebook 840 g3 with a i5-6300U because of the company she works in ( /with?)

[@femiomomo3576]

I am not sure about software compatibility with this chip, as I use my laptop for content creation using Filmora.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

I still prefer intel for my personal editing hardware, for now. I tell people all the time to investigate their software to hardware efficiency because that often means way more than Cinebench 👍

[@deepblue007]

They really could have improved on the screen, as it's lacks brightness

[@jemnas9830]

why mine doesn't have backlight :(

[@hardikpatel4035]

On HP website there’s a 1499 configuration that matches the one you’re using but has a 250-nit 45% NTSC display. How can we get the better display?

[@BobOfAllTrades]

I’d like to know this too. Panel options on this should be pretty good. The issue is panel availability and that’s a problem for everyone

[@hardikpatel4035]

@@BobOfAllTrades I've noticed this being an issue with Lenovo Ryzen offerings as well. I really wanted to upgrade from my X1 Carbon to a newer Ryzen offering but can't seem to find anything in stock with a good panel. T14s are being sold with 5+ week delivery time and long delays. Haven't seen a Yoga Slim 7 4800U 16GB in the states either. The Probook 445 G7 is OOS and has a smaller battery and isn't as premium. The Asus UM425IA has a 250-nit display as the option for 400-nit has never been seen. I have not been paying attention to intel laptops as of late so can't be sure if panel options for team blue are also scarce. Do you have any insight?

[@deepakprasad8149]

Is this laptop worthy to be bought in 2024 under $399?

[@sagbag856]

wow im early

[@debasisroy7556]

I wonder how the 845 G7 compares with the Zephyrus G14 with 4900HS and 2060 Max Q.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

At what tasks? Business class vs gaming laptop 🤷

[@debasisroy7556]

@@BobOfAllTrades both productivity and gaming. Downsides of G14: 8 GB soldered ram (can add another 32 GB though), somewhat dim display and greater weight. But it should perform way better I would think.

[@FadyAbdelsayed]

Is it meant for gaming or is the pavillion 15 better than it?

[@BobOfAllTrades]

This is not meant for gaming

[@kartikeyupreti007]

4th ... but love the reviews.

[@samisomi498]

Bob, a green cast is apparent on the edges of your head. You must be using a green screen. I'm sure you'll sort this on your next vid.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Someone gave me some pointers on how to address this 👍

[@samisomi498]

@@BobOfAllTrades It's a nice addition to your production style. I love it!!👌🏻

[@popokatapetl6995]

What is the 3rd model in line...

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Pavilion 14T

[@popokatapetl6995]

@@BobOfAllTrades thx, waiting for review

[@popokatapetl6995]

Just saw 3rd one.. this one is the best

[@BobOfAllTrades]

👍 What did you like about it to declare it as the best one?

[@MatteusClement]

does this only have one nvme slot?

[@whatsupbudbud]

Yes.

[@MatteusClement]

@@whatsupbudbud tragic. it takes so little space to have 2 and the benefits are huge. Mirror drives > raid 0 for business.

[@whatsupbudbud]

@@MatteusClement if well placed though. My current laptop has a nvme slot right under left armrest area which gets uncomfortably hot. 😑

[@Proagrassiv]

No 16:10 or 3:2 screen option which is very sad. Its not like business people spend their entire day watching movies and videos.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Not sure why there’s not enough laptops with that display ratio 🤔

[@mahmoodadeel842]

First

[@harshitsoni8254]

Does it has backlit keyboard? If yes, how to enable it?

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Yes, I don’t know where in the video but I am 100% certain that was discussed 👍

[@tabalugadragon3555]

>2020 ultrabook > barrel plug charging WHAT?

[@BobOfAllTrades]

It has type-c that you edited out 👍

[@tabalugadragon3555]

@@BobOfAllTrades yeah but I mean it's main charging port is the barrel plug. More incompatible chargers again. Gaming laptops I can understand, they need far more than 100 watts type c supports. But ultrabooks? The type C has been present for so many years now it makes no sense why would they keep using the old chargers. Not only it's inconvenient, it's bad for environment.

[@tomastirva]

It has 3 charging ports. Barrel + 2x usb-c

[@tabalugadragon3555]

@@tomastirva did you read my second comment here?

[@Virtueman1]

8GB RAM hasnt been high end or "elite" since the 90's. WTF.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Just because that’s the spec they sent me does it mean that’s the only spec available

[@Virtueman1]

@@BobOfAllTrades Yeah I eventually found out through youtube. HP website says nothing about possibility to switch the RAM it just says "8 GB", no comment about space available or upgradability. They def. should be clearer about it in their marketing. (I'm frustrated with HP not your video LOL).

[@BobOfAllTrades]

With two dimms user upgradable you can go 32 and possibly 64 👍

[@Virtueman1]

@@BobOfAllTrades Thanks

[@BobOfAllTrades]

I like it this way since I can usually get memory cheaper on Amazon 👍

[@Boxy-]

You're bald. Ew!

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Lol

[@delt19]

Wtf?