HP EliteBook 865 G9 REVIEW - EPIC BATTERY LIFE!

HP EliteBook 865 G9 (2022): tidd.ly/3UmReMP
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Video Index:
00:00 Intro
01:07 Specs & Pricing
01:52 Unboxing, Build & Design
03:04 Ports & Connections
03:45 Internals & User Upgradeability
05:00 Hinges, Keyboard & Touchpad
06:08 Display
07:55 5MP Webcam, Array Mics & Fingerprint Scanner
09:07 Performance, Benchmarks & Gaming
10:15 Thermals, Surface Temps & Fan Noise
10:50 Battery & Charging Times
11:46 Audio
12:03 Pros & Cons
13:26 The Score
13:36 Final Thoughts

[@henryy425]

Just knowing this product is exist, nice revuew as always mr. David!

[@daumantasivanauskas8687]

Andrew, I just love your channel. It's actually quite unique - as you cover enterprise stuff - well done Sir! Big fan!

[@bonedatt]

Hey Andrew! First off, you're doing great with these reviews, and I appreciate your time and efforts in getting these reviews out to us. With regards to the laptop, it seems like a great choice for anyone who prioritizes battery life, but I also think a 4K option with everything else remaining the same could still make this laptop an all day (work day) device. I can see this laptop still last 10hrs with a 4K display. My favorite part of the laptop was the upgradable RAM, SSD, Wi-Fi card and the inclusion of a 4G modem. 5G is overrated right now so if I was to get this, I'll be OK with 4G for the next few years anyway.

[@artemisa81]

Great review

[@williamcohen3351]

Nice laptop. Camera and mics are good. Keyboard layout is very good. Like the full size numpad. It is laid out correctly. No very small number keys like you see on many other brand PC's with a numpad. On a light colored PC having dark keys makes it much easier to see the letters and numbers with the backlight. Like the easy access to the insides and great upgradeability options. Agree with you this is an excellent choice for business users and non business users who still use spreadsheet and other numeric type of applications. Great review.

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Thanks William!

[@AS-hy4bp]

You are my favourite laptop reviewer Cuz you go into every detail of the laptop Thanks for the vid

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Glad you like them!

[@dlvh007]

Nice Review, as always. Looks like a pretty nice Laptop.

[@Kryvenic]

I've the 845 g8, decided watching ur review and now I see this and want it as well hahaha Man, I love how HP keeps the RAM upgradable, that's awesome! Great review, as always.

[@popokatapetl6995]

Not just RAM, SSD also even wifi card, awesome machine

[@test-jb6wc]

Does it ever go silent with no fan if browsing?

[@Kryvenic]

@@test-jb6wc always

[@syarifairlangga4608]

Its Elitebook lineup which is for corporate deployment. Thats wjy the parts need to be replaceable

[@Kryvenic]

@@test-jb6wc yes

[@sirmrdresqmd9200]

Thanks!

[@TESSALACOMBATTANTE]

This was a great review., I was on my way to go pick up one today. I said let me out at the review everything was great until the NO SD CARD slot than Ethernet most importantly for me is SD CARD since I shot music videos and photos I do need an SD Card slot. Basically I'll have to use my current laptop to transfer the content to it. I truly have to think about it because if my.current laptop says good bye than I won't be able to transfer the contents and that's something to think about. Wow now I feel like back to square one how did HP didn't add an SD Card wow I'm disturb by that especially this laptop is really good it would be great with an SD Card. However this review was AMAZING ✅💯

[@hanjarake_taro]

I can only admire your hard work

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Thank you!

[@SSS-sz8mg]

Finally we have got a decent 5MP front camera 👍

[@yeyintaung9837]

I shall choose this over any laptop for sure

[@vladlazlo]

@andrew Does this have the same issue faced by elitebook 845 g9? I mean the issue of glue coming off and pwm flickering? How good is Wolf pro security? Is it worth it?

[@SteveRunciman]

wow - a fully upgradeable machine!

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Yes so rare nowadays!

[@indramayadunne4131]

​@@andrewmarcdavid hi Andrew thanks for the great review. Is is possible to add a second SSD to this laptop?

[@universeworld1782]

One thing about HP is quality. But one thing I do not like is pricing. If you pay close to $1500usd you should get a better refresh rate of up to 120 adjustable. You should get that choice. Raise the price $100 or $200usd and provide an adjustable refresh rate up to 120. I will pay extra for the Zbook in a 16". After all I'm 70 this year and maybe my last buy. 😮 I'm in Africa for now as I have a farm here. Yet I am American citizen. I do travel somewhat but my smart phone has what I need to survive when I'm traveling into Europe or Asia.

[@mmadevgame]

When I see high battery life title I know its AMD laptop

[@ducdamtruyen3313]

I want to ask how much is the hp640 g9 i7 power consumption, where can i see it?

[@gietrzy1]

Is this laptop model (or the one with Intel 1280P) compatible with G.Skill memory: F5-4800S3434A16GX2-RS? Can you include bios options in the next reviews, please?

[@JtotheRizzo]

Andrew, do you have the Elite(book) x360 1040 G9 in Studio? I ended up returning the Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Yoga G7 because it felt heavier than I thought it'd be and especially the PWM was bothering me. I wonder if these Elite(book) lines have PWM flickering issues. Thanks as always

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Actually, I am not sure, since so many laptops came in at once. I will check.

[@rafaelperez9652]

The camera looks kinda washed out and not very clear. The internal mic is not any better I'm afraid. No ethernet port or SD card slot are other negatives. 400 nits of brightness is my cutoff point. Anything lower than that for me is not very enjoyable. Everything else looks good from the Great battery life to the 16" IPS display, audio, DDR5 RAM and Gen 4 SSD. Overall, it is an Excellent laptop suited for the business executive. Another Winner of a review from the one and only Andrew Marc David!!! 👍😁

[@huntwiller8231]

Comparing the T16 with the 865 Gen 9, which one should I choose for learning and pursuing a backend development job, with the option of including devops responsibilities?

[@popokatapetl6995]

Same question here

[@CloudPixel]

I'm seeing a model with Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U , that's 1000nits on b and b , is that one worth it?

[@mr.rainbowlovescoffee]

Hello, I have a question ❓ Have you ever worked or used a Asus VivoBook? I just got the new Asus Vivobook x14 N7401Z. Intel i9 12900h 36g ram OLED 14.5in What do you think about that. And also what HP or Dell that can be similar to this one any ideas in your recommendation

[@andrewmarcdavid]

If Asus send me one I will review it

[@jkj111]

Can it run Ubuntu without losing the sound quality

[@george0t]

Pretty solid for the price. There should be an Intel version, too, which I would expect to be more expensive.

[@ookami-chan3328]

but with the ryzen version you get the 680m igpu which is MUCH better than iris xe.

[@hailstorm7868]

@@ookami-chan3328 who cares. In this laptop build, display and keyboard are much more important since they are bought as fleets by corpo. Very few people buy these for personal use.

[@ookami-chan3328]

@@hailstorm7868 And display and keyboard become better if the processor is intel? xD

[@drishalballaney6590]

Uh I think you forgot the linux test section 😅

[@Henk717]

I got this laptop, buyers beware though given he advertises this as epic battery life. There are two varients of the laptop, one with the 6 cell battery and one with a 3 cell battery. In my country they only sell the 3-cell, heavy load that gets me 2 hours of battery life, light usage can get me up to 8. The touchpad on the laptop is great, its clickable on most of the surface with an even feeling click (90%) but the 10% that isn't you won't realistically hit because of the size, so in perception its a fully clickable touchpad with a very nicely tuned click, very pleasant touch surface and great calibration out of the box. The only thing I managed to break was the HP Sure Run and Sure Recover feature, I recommend people to stay away from those since I can't turn those off. As far as Linux compatibility goes this laptop is going to be fantastic, but will need Kernel 6.2 or newer before its compatible out of the box.

[@ookami-chan3328]

Ryzen 6000 Pro processor, 16" display, reasonable weight, numpad, GREAT batterylife AND LTE option for 1500$ was just insane! Sadly the sale seems to be over, still one of the best pro laptops if you have the money though.

[@reallycarson]

Amazon has the R7 Pro, 32GB/2TB, 400 nits config for $1499

[@BriefNerdOriginal]

Nice. But the numpad is mostly useless and makes the rest of the keyboard be asymmetric, too much on the left. This also means that there's not e enough space for good front facing speakers.

[@vmafarah9473]

damnnnnn

[@prateeksarin3555]

Who will buy at 3k price seriously????

[@shchekavytsia]

The audio is a disaster. 😢

[@TheGrizz485]

The only issue I see is external ram is usually much slower than soldered ram (4800mhz vs 6400mhz) the Lenovo laptops game performance is gonna stomp this one. And what's with the Lach of game benchmarks.

[@junaidlatif2881]

60 hz 😔

[@bart9522]

Full HD+ ----> nope.

[@RK-um9tu]

No touch screen No pen support No Thunderbot No Dice for business users....

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Actually there are different display options including touch.

[@stewxv]

Also, this has USB4 ports which have been reported to work fine with thunderbolt devices

[@aminabdulkareem7097]

HP is quickly becoming my favorite @ lenovo