HP EliteBook x360 1040 G5 Review: Premium Productivity Machine

The compact, ultraslim, amazingly light HP EliteBook x360 1040 now features four use modes to get work done, take notes, share content, and enjoy some downtime. See at HP: thrifter.com/szue
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[@raphael.oomisore702]

Got this PC 3 months ago after checking out this video and I must say it works well for me. Thanks for the detailed review.

[@dann952]

I've had this on order for over a month, and due to the delays from Intel, I nearly cancelled my order - but your video convinced me I made a good choice and should stick with it!

[@sammipanini]

So how does it work for you? Just curious :)

[@AA-flyguy]

Great Review As Always

[@alexnovasun5952]

Thank you fot review! I've biught the same but G6. Very nice device!

[@youp1tralala]

That matte touch screen is really great and unique feature

[@samratspeaks]

The reason I love your reviews is that other reviewers make such a big deal of nitpicks.

[@WindowsCentral]

Hah, thank you! It happens after years of playing with laptops :P

[@stealthych]

very good, clear concise explanation

[@2011Kestrel]

As much as I love the 1040 X360 size and form factor, for the same price in Canada one can get the Zbook Studio X360 with an i7-8750H cpu, a Quadro P1000 gpu, a 4K display and better ports. The memory and storage sucks on the Zbook (HP has a very limited model selection in Canada and doesn't offer customization here), but you can easily swap those out for something better yourself. I think this makes the Zbook a better buy, so long as you don't mind the slightly larger size.

[@kabhishek04]

The way of speaking and explaining about product is very good. I really like it but still there are less subscriber. Hope you get alot of them in future.

[@GregoriusMagnus]

For that they would need Microsoft to include consumers in their development and production scope. Windows Central is still a consumer-facing portal, and Microsoft is letting consumers henceforth Windows Central behind. I am disappointed as well, but I expect less and less subscribers because of this. :(

[@kabhishek04]

@@GregoriusMagnus hope this improves over the time.

[@NickBZ]

Excellent wallpapers as usual

[@Chemy.]

Again, not bad, really gorgeous and featured, but not my style, nice video as always Dan

[@alexw2423]

Great review. Please review also Elitebook 1040 G6.

[@RicoItaly70]

Hi Daniel. I would like to ask a question. Everyone is making a huge fuss about the display and couldn't get my hands on any of these in Taipei. I am thinking of going with the G6 and there is only a matte option. Can i know whether, based on your tests that display is ok for extended work sessions? I do research, browsing and writing articles for long hours. The sole alternative i see is the Dell 4200 2 in 1 as my X1 Yoga didn't live up to the expectations. Thanks in advance for any help.

[@GregoriusMagnus]

"You can drag the laptop by it" I am expecting at least 10 broken devices bought anew after this sentence. :D

[@muranonika2725]

Tnx for preview. What is this 1040 g6 with new mac ait/ pro comparision?

[@suimarc]

I need your help here. Between this notebook and the Surface Book 2, what would be your choice. I’m looking for a notebook for school and work.

[@-XTC-]

Any news about a 10th gen version? Comet lake or ice lake? Maybe even a 25watt ice lake version?

[@cathieambas6262]

Just bought mine now. Just wondering, is their a weird vignette look on the edges?

[@PawanKumar-gs9lx]

can you tell me which is the other laptops that have matte displays?

[@SiriusXification]

Damn that matte coating is nice

[@ethiogamerboy4666]

i might buy this laptop

[@saadgamrani7451]

Watching this from my elitbook g2 😥😥

[@VanityMania]

G6 for me. Lol

[@moritzschilling7887]

@@VanityMania same

[@a7f229]

so if I use it for educational purposes,,like online classes and other stuff, will it be good for that,, please inform me asap

[@fahmibassem1122]

HP has had the fan noise issue for sometime, passive cooling doesn't work 😣

[@kakashi99908]

Make sure to buy the one with the privacy screen to get a brighter screen. Also the 4k is nice but hard to find as most IT departments don't feel the need for 4K laptops.

[@ismailmohammed3563]

INSERT key is missing ... very frustrating in some apps :-(

[@gadgetgemsonline]

I have the hp envy x360 Great laptop The only prob is the heat and fan

[@rouslanparov4375]

The 1040 x360 doesn't have heat and fan problems imo

[@gadgetgemsonline]

@@rouslanparov4375 i have hp envy and its get warm fastly and the fan is noisy after that everything is fine

[@mdomingo8906]

thinking of getting the g6 or the hp spectre for my uni studies as a film student. The price for the g6 with 1tb and 16gb is £1,770 but I want to get something that lasts long, is convertible, has good battery life and can run DaVinci and this looks like the best laptop for it and I love its design, especially when compared to the spectre

[@jamalafzalkhan3181]

How is it better than spectre??can u please guide as i am looking to buy spectre I3-acc0XX 7the Gen

[@SLiX-thatguy11m-]

Samsung Notebook 9 Pro Review Please!

[@tamimhamed3149]

Happy birthday 4th of year anniversary 🎉🎉

[@ThelIHTCIl]

Good. Well. Nice. And this is in every your review.

[@0x5ive]

I just got this last week. How can I access the nano sim port? Thank you. Great work on the review too 👍🏾✅

[@awodipetosin1253]

Hello….. have you been able to access the sim port?, I just got it, and I can’t seem to get it open

[@0x5ive]

Nah.

[@dankspain]

We are getting these at work fully loaded. Time will tell.

[@NMEofdaST8]

You like them?

[@dankspain]

Getting them on H1 20

[@wauroware]

when will they upgrade this with the i5-8265u and i7-8565u?

[@alvanderlaan155]

I have the 840 G5 and after the last bios upgrade the fans are not as active. What needs to happen though is to have two fans in it so it can spin at lower speeds and still cool the laptop properly. I simply do not understand why HP is not standardizing the port selections. Mine has for instance a barrel power plug, why not two USB-c ports? the cooling has the outlet on the side, this can be a hindrance on a desk when there is paperwork in the way blocking the outlet. i do not understand the need for an x360 model with this kind of weight. There are much better devices in the enterprise to use for drawing and taking notes. Screen: well you touched on it, the softening of the screen is bothering my eyes. i have contacted HP and they are sending someone out to take a look with me at it. I also find the screen to be very "red" even after the calibration. maybe it is my device only, just wanted to get some feedback. The delete key is absurdly small and placed right on top of the Home key - useless!! and leading to many typos. Overall the speed of this Elitebook is satisfying to very good, keep in mind to have both channels filled with memory (2x8 or 2x16) to occupy all 4 lanes. Yes, a separate graphics card option should be added.

[@jamalafzalkhan3181]

This one OR spectre I3-acc0XX 7 Gen??

[@SergioRodriguez-lp5jq]

Please review the Hp Zbook studio x360 with Nvidia Quadro P2000

[@yutub_hfn]

Stay tuned

[@ossamapalestino9840]

Guys can you help me decide to buy between hp elitebook 840 g8 i5 11th 8gb 256gb and dell latitude 5420 i5 11th 8gb 256gb and hp elitebook x360 1040 g5 i5 8th 1Tb 16Gb all refurbished

[@darshanrander1950]

Which wallpaper is this??

[@GregoriusMagnus]

Wow! A Power button on the side. How nice. I wonder why no other models have this. This is all I'd need for some users, who use their laptops only with an external monitor. And what I would use it with if it had one like this.

[@middletransport]

Most HP Laptops have side power buttons though...

[@Kayshots]

@@middletransport That's not true though.

[@ikchisom9461]

I like that line "if you have money" why ?? Because i don't have the money

[@musitwo]

This or the x360 1030 G3 ?

[@HeLithium]

Fine I was about to get a gram14 2in1 and then this thing kicks in

[@alexmichael7997]

I don't want a thin laptop , I want a good cooling system with low fan noise

[@middletransport]

Then why are you watching a review of a thin and light ultrabook?

[@neerkum5428]

Good flex😏

[@middletransport]

It’s basically a rebranded Envy x360?

[@rouslanparov4375]

It's completely different, since this is the professionnal brand of HP. It's more on the level of the Spectre, and even abode considering specs like the matte display, the keyboard, the 3 mics, the Sure View option, and the Security Features :)

[@middletransport]

@@rouslanparov4375 My bad, I think it was a Pavilion X360 the Envy is similar to, I saw those two at Walmart side by side once and they looked exactly the same except for the color and logo.

[@RicoItaly70]

Reviews how they should be done.

[@orangetuber5945]

my elitebook is g5

[@neerkum5428]

Yay...... Angry birds can't wait for that 😑... (sigh)

[@khoonibilla]

why haven't you included the fan noise if it was a concern?

[@WindowsCentral]

I mention that at the end I thought?

[@sayfulislamshakib520]

Can you give me the like of your wallpaper?

[@LZentertainments]

They need to switch to 3:2 seriously..

[@thibaldus3]

This. 16:9 is completely unergonomic...

[@JonathanAyers]

Funny, they say a GPU wasn't needed, it's the reason I'm not buying one of these.

[@neerkum5428]

7:09 glitch?

[@WindowsCentral]

YT processing error, not on our end. We even re-did the video and re-upped it to try to fix it, but can't.

[@neerkum5428]

Nah I that's fine I'm just nitpicking

[@thibaldus3]

Why, god why couldn't it be a 3:2 ratio for the screen ? And a MX150 would have been appreciated. Otherwise, perfect device.

[@skubeeraw]

not as good as the thinkpad keys. those keys are the gold standard.

[@JonnyInfinite]

Subliminal shots of your face.... Trying to hypnotize girls..

[@WindowsCentral]

lol, so the story behind that: KZbin glitch. We actually re-processed the video to see if it'd fix it, but alas, YT did it again. Something on their end, we swear!

[@floydb9100]

it looks really boring and thick

[@middletransport]

Floyd Bezos It’s a business notebook, as noted in the video. If you want the colorful consumer counterparts, look at the HP Spectre X360 or HP Envy X360.

[@ohwhatworld5851]

Bezels are just too big

[@RadekPilich]

Good for holding in tablet mode.

[@ohwhatworld5851]

Radek Pilich it can be held perfectly fine with small bezels

[@middletransport]

Chris Churchill I would hate to hold a tablet with no bezels. I already unintentionally tap things on my iPad with super thin side bezels.

[@_Anson_Chan_]

You lost me when you said "If you have the money!"

[@a4andrei]

That top bezel is really ugly... Why are they still doing that! There are laptops with IR cameras with really slim bezels (Asus Zenbook UX333, 433, 533).

[@theminuteman6211]

Top antennae placement for better wifi reception. It IS a business laptop after all so function matters over what looks good for u

[@muhammadabdullah2994]

Also, for holding it in tablet form.

[@a4andrei]

@@theminuteman6211 there is a plastic strip on the back of the screen for the antenna. If it's a business product it doesn't mean that it should look like crap. The laptop seems sleek otherwise yet they ruin the look of it with that thick ass bezel

[@a4andrei]

@@muhammadabdullah2994 yep, forgot this is a 360 device.

[@brainactivity737]

Stop making a big deal about bezel, They are average.