HP Zbook 17 G5 Mobile Workstation (2018) | The Worlds Best Pro Laptop? Low Level Overview

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This is an overview of the product itself rather than performance testing a specific configuration of it. The HP Zbook 17 G5 is one of if not the highest quality mobile workstations on the market, and this specific configuration is one of the most powerful you can buy today.
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[@Neil3D]

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[@ajsky1066]

Thank you so much for this video! I needed a mobile workhorse because of multiple softwares 2D and 3D running paralelly. Was about to purchase the Alienware 17 with i9 processor. The Dell showroom guy laughed at me when I told him I need a Quardo P4000 in a laptop. He said P4000's donlt fit in a laptop. Whereas this comes with it, plus a Xeon processor, which is better for 3D rendering. Would appreciate your thoughts on this. Thanks.

[@yengsabio5315]

Hi! Will this be good for processing large datasets into statistical computing softwares like SAS & R? Thanks in advance!

[@StatusVolt-hi3ft]

Even in 2024, it's still a BEAST!

[@ilyaborisov24]

in my personal opinion - don't ever reduce the length of a review for a product such as this. it is a one of a kind on the market and the people who are interested in it are usually the type who want to know EVERYTHING there is to know about a product (especially if we're about to drop close to 3 G's on it)

[@CinceTheDay]

true!

[@Anon-tr2lq]

Very true, I would spend a full hour listening to reviews before buying anything like this. And usually with purchases this serious people watch 5 reviews anyway which add up to a lot of time, so having it all in one 60+ minute video would be great. People who are interested in these products don't look for quick and easy info, they want to hear everything about it.

[@offgridd]

I knew the ZBook 17 G6 in and out before I ever saw one! :-) Regretfully I had to return it but man!, this machine would be perfect if it had only no coil whine driving me nuts...

[@leightondumas8699]

Have to admit- few videos are more enjoyable to watch than a very handsome, clever man providing a colorful, interesting review of a product in a thoughtful, specific & efficient way. Bravo 👏🏽

[@matthewfountainmusic]

Wish there were more reviewers like you, sir. Well done!

[@DiverseSkills]

I'm getting this computer from my college to help me during the process of designing video games. I was looking for a good review on the computer and you've done that for me, so thank you! Also FINALLY a youtuber who doesnt have background music that overpowers everything else. Keep it up!

[@timyang1832]

mysticgamenews hey if you don’t mind what school are you going to ?

[@itsnot1984anymore]

​@@timyang1832 thats what I was thinking 3 years later, what kinda school is giving these out? !!! :O

[@alymuni]

Personally prefer a desktop, but can understand the need for a portable workstation + wanted to congratulate you, you were clear on the points you raised and gave a honest opinion on the laptop on hand.

[@mbhoward]

This video was for me, thanks for the overview. It gives me a good idea of what to look for today, that may be strong enough to last at least year before it gets superseded by the 'next big thing'. My HP desktop workstation is getting a little long in the tooth, and I would love to stick with HP, they never let me down. I pay for it, of course, but it is worth it to me as an independent consultant.

[@mangeshdeshmukh7633]

I believe in your recommendations

[@cenkaetaya]

I really like how they kept a DVD drive, just because its still a 17 inch laptop and you may as well...

[@NormanF62]

If you’re spoiled by the MacBook Pro, you’ll love the ZBook. They’re both on the same level and if you’ve money to burn, they’re the best. You won’t regret it whether its a dual core or a quad core mobile workstation.

[@tamastenhaaff2291]

I got this laptop from my internship equiped with the i9 and the quadro p5200, sadly with a single 2400mhz 32 gig mem stick so its still slow a lot of times..... they had hp support helping the company with putting it together.....

[@Neil3D]

Are you sure someone hasn't taken a stick out? I can't remember now but I'd be very surprised if HP sold that as an option to only have 1 stick in, because 2 of the slots are on the reverse of the motherboard and I'm sure they were both populated in all configs... I could be wrong but I don't understand why they would sell a 1 stick layout

[@tamastenhaaff2291]

@@Neil3D i didnt understand it either so i looked for a reciept/ offer on the server and yep, Single channel slow ram. Not only the one i use now but the other 3 i7 models (idk what graphics card), so I brought it up to IT and they might get some new ram kits. They definently wont be asking for the person who helped them back then again

[@WhatDoRealProsUse]

I'm that guy still wanting to use trackpoint, but just switched to a laptop without one. Enjoy yours! :-D ZBook 17 is truly a beast. It's the best of the best desktop replacement. If they could fit all of that into the ZBook Studio 15 x360 :-) The mobility made my final choice for the Studio 15 x360. But the ZBook 17 additional 2 slots for RAM, better cooling, better graphics were tempting :-) I think that in 17 you should easily get 4.6 GHz sustained on all cores with Xeon, for CPU-only intensive tasks. These new HP's have better thermals than any other laptops. For example - my Studio x360 has vents on the bottom, on the top, on the left, and on the right - all the sides. It is very unusual for a 15" laptop, yet it allows to push this machine to its limits.

[@Neil3D]

I do love the x360 line, I just bought the Envy x360 13 which is a kinda mid-range level unit but it's been great for portability... except the battery which so far seriously sucks!

[@halcyondraconis7437]

I absolutely love my HP Zbook17 G4 that I bought for $3 brand new. It is a behemoth of a "laptop" and can do anything I throw at it.

[@Moebeastz]

HalcyonDraconis7 $3?

[@BaldingEagle51]

This was probably great, but I wish Workstation manufacturers would compete in the keyboard and touchpad department. Touchpads shpuld ibe centered and ignore the entire thumbs, and the keyboard here should have scissor keys with large keytravel, have its home keys centered, be rid of all the media icons (ensuring that you do NOT have to press Fn to trigger a function key, media keys are for media consumer noobs only), and the layout should follow TKL. They certainly had the room to make a proper keyboard. PS. the trackpoint is there to turn off the touchpad, if the touchpad isn't rejecting palms efficiently enough. You're *supposed* to put your hands on the part in front of the keyboard in order to type. Under no circumstances can you have a random clicker and cursor mover in the only place your hand can be. I would have liked some usage reflections, such as noise idle and under load, and frames skipped for a 4K movie on KZbin. Unlike a benchmark, this tells you if the laptop is "nice to use" under light and medium loads.

[@nellatf]

Here for the review. Seen one a a pawnshop with the 17 inch 1080p screen, 8850hk, 16gb ram, 512 m.2 and p5200 for $1100. Want to use for gaming mainly so l guess l will go back and get it

[@stevestudiosteve]

What a great review, thank you! I'm looking to upgrade my 4 year old HP Pavilion (it has served me well) but really struggling now on dual screening, lots of lag happening with my 3D CAD (I use Civil 3D). Processor no doubt can be improved but 2nd screen was the big one. I have spent a dull night on the internet wondering if laptops are only made these days for 'gamers' until I eventually came across the Zbook 17 and then your perfect professional user focused review. It's convinced me! Thanks (and you're not on your own with open plan office views!). Cheers!

[@mkq0007]

I am that one guy that loves that mini midget joystick mouse. I will always prefer it over touch pad any day.

[@CreativeExperiments1]

I'm still clinging on to my MacBook Pro 17" 2011 model running Parallels. I still don't understand why 7 years later, a more powerful and lightweight laptop for the same size is not available. The CD Drive adds more bulk and I always need to pack it in a backpack. At work, my Zbook 15 experience was non-functional thunderbolt 3 dock and inconsistent multi-monitor functionality. A patch much later fixed a lot of issues with thunderbolt 3, but the monitor settings like resolution would constantly change on me. Also, when I close the laptop lid on the Zbook, it wouldn't wake up when I opened it. It's hard to find good reviews on 17" laptops because Hipster Coders have taken over the market and they can code on tiny screens with tiny font while sitting in a bus. Keep these types of reviews coming, because 3D CAD is now the stepchild of laptop applications and you'd think 2018 would bring a better experience than my 2011 MacBook Pro, but it hasn't so far and I'm too scared to upgrade knowing all these thunderbolt 3, 3rd party hardware support, future upgradability, and missing I/O port issues.

[@goat9199]

How have you not fried your GPU yet?

[@jamesclemens1910]

Now there is a helpful, down to earth review, like you would hope to get from your tech buddy who lives next door. Thanks for helping me decide if this product is right for me, (i'm buying it).

[@keithspencersr.6806]

Great review my friend

[@HendricP]

Thanks for the review. As soon as it became available in my country, I ordered one with the following specs: i9-8950HK, 64GB RAM, 1TB NVME SSD, Quadro P4200 and the 4K non-touch DreamColor display. 5500EUR, I hope it will be as good as I expect it to be.

[@sakadabara]

I have ordered zbook 15 studio i9-8950HK, 32GB RAM, 2TB NVME TLC SSD, Quadro p2000 - £3700, how is yours performing and do you have docking station

[@juliorosa2846]

Damn man did you have to give my laptop as a bad exemples for a meeting? Was very cruel man. I turn all the rgb off and is a very good laptop for cad revit and lumion. Stay cool man and keep it up with the good job.

[@Neil3D]

Haha seriously?! I just googled "RGB Laptop" and it was one of the first images that came up at 1920x1080 res so I just thought yea that'll do!

[@jiridvorak]

Best laptop i´ever had...Latitude 6530 was last good massive built.But this Z15 is really tough boy...i am not afraid about case any more and it´s quite leight weight (against G3).

[@Crazypumba_CWP]

@Neil, the Xeon E-2186M can go up to 4.8 GHz... BUT... there is a but... it can only get to 4.8 if you keep the CPU below 55 degrees Celsius... So its an extra boost above the 4.6 GHz turbo boost... Intel gave this extra boost a name but I cant find it anymore what they called it like... but I dont think 55 degrees in a laptop like this is do-able..

[@beeblackblue]

thank you for always review laptop and PC for graphic artist!!

[@elguerrerodevilla9966]

Good, good. Thanks a lot. for giving me the idea to buy my computer, for video editing.

[@MrTigerpirro]

The specs are good but I will be hard pressed to ever but HP again. We bought a number of HP ZBook G3's for our engineers and I will be hard pressed to ever buy HP again. The amount of trouble we had with everything from drivers to broken motherboards was ridiculous. HP support was just plain bad. They did switch out one motherboard fairly quickly which fixed most (not all) of the issues on that computer. We sent in others for service and after some time it came back with the screen still not turning on (how can you even miss that). We have been reinstalling drivers from their auto-update, from their HP softpaq, from their homepage trying to find a stable combination of drivers. I dont know how many times their technicians have been here reinstalling something or swapping out something. After about half a year fighting with HP support we just gave up. They would not reimburse us for the massive amount of time we have had to put in for fixing and debugging. We still have screens that flicker, docks that needs manual attention to turn on and so on but we have reached a point where its annoying but workable. So me personally wont trust HP again in a good long while, which is sad since I like a lot of stuff about their computers. I hope you guys have had better experiences. I would recommend to never buy their computers at release. Wait for a bit and read the forums.

[@simontolstopyatenko7931]

I think its because G3 was a first gen of the new design.

[@MrTigerpirro]

@@simontolstopyatenko7931 Seems likely, but HP has taken very little responsibility for it. They refused to compensate us in any way, except sending technicians to reinstall drivers. Them releasing a computer that bad is terrible but to not own up and compensate for time spent fixing your mistakes is worse. So I now have little faith in HPs hardware and drivers, and even less faith in their support.

[@P07AT0]

@@MrTigerpirro Well.. You can choose to trust them or not but that won't change the fact that the G5 is the best pro laptop money can buy.

[@MrTigerpirro]

@@P07AT0 that is true. However, it's not the best if I have to spend another 6+ months fighting with their drivers, support and logistics. Because that costs A LOT of money.

[@P07AT0]

@@MrTigerpirro I cant say. Never had problems with mine. Maybe you got unlucky haha

[@yawariqbal8647]

Bought it today for 450$. Haven't used it yet but from comment perspective and video itself, it seems that i made a good bargain. 😊

[@Scuzzfest]

Great review mate. Somehow still the only useful review about this laptop on KZbin. Have you been using it for your day to day since recording, had any issues with performance? I'm probably going to get one for my Design role doing Graphics, Motion Design and Video editing, pretty much pushing everything Adobe to the limit. Would you say the specs you've suggested here would be more than substantial if you do anything similar? Unable to acquire one with a p4200 through how IT works here, think it's much of a loss? Thanks again for the insight, unbelievably helpful.Would love to see the performance reviews!

[@KevinLaffey]

Very informative review, thanks. I'm curious how this compares performance wise with your 1080 ti desktop workstation. I'm tempted by the Quadro P5200 for the 16GB memory but I'm also tempted by other laptop options that might have an i9-9900k with rtx 2080 laptop for similar or less money. I'd prefer the 11GB ti if it was laptop available. I predominantly use Autocad (large urban design layouts) and 3d solid modelling, 3ds Max with Vray and Photoshop and my office workstation is an i9-7980xe with 2 x 1080 ti so most of my rendering would be done in work. Which of your gpu's work best in Inventor? P5200 or 1080 ti? Thanks again.

[@qayyumjan4297]

ZBook 👍 I am using 14 love it❤

[@JustMe-gu5hc]

Good vid presentation!!! Very informative!

[@chrisharrison4973]

Good review. We actually use the g4 version at work. I didn't like it at first, because of the size of the stupid power brick. Besides that it works great. I would like to look into the Lenovo competitor. Any chance can do a review of those later?

[@mkhalv1]

Very informative and helpful. Is this laptop a great one for video editing (high definition now, 1920x1080 but maybe 4k for future projects). I've been looking at the hp zbook studio x360 g5 and wonder how it compares for a large film project. The zbook studio I'm looking at has Intel® Xeon® E-2176M processor (2.7 GHz, up to 4.4 GHz with Turbo Boost, 12MB cache, 6 core) but only NVIDIA® Quadro® P1000 with 4GB dedicated graphics card. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

[@SermedAlWasiti]

Thanks for another great vid, mate...As an FEA guy, I can use less GPU and more RAM (ECC preferrably) and GHz to fit in and process all those matrices in-ram (in-core, as we fea guys call it)... I am very partial to HP, but my Z220 was 5 years old, so I changed to a 16 core Threadripper, but I use an MSI gaming laptop, with a quad core i7 6700, for on-the-go work. I really really wish I could get a G5, but it is currently out of my budget range...but a guy can dream, right?

[@nickandersonco]

Thank you so much for this video!

[@AtillaIE]

i have to p5200 GPU (Rare) It is a freaking beast. i even game with this laptop

[@Chardin112]

After our collaborating company had a lot of issues with G3 docking systems I have switched away from Zbook to Precision and I can't be happier with 7520 would love six core 7530, and best part is my Dell works with their thunderbolt docks better then their G3 Zbooks. Sad part about these videos it is really hard to cage usability and reliability as every laptop might have issues. However I Agree that having professional grade laptop beats any gamer one sadly with price too :)

[@Neil3D]

Yea I agree, I was 100% expecting to hear stories from people who've had bad experiences with HP... I got the exact same response when I did videos on Dell stuff, I'd get the same if I did a Lenovo piece too... no one thing is perfect but after using this as my daily laptop for 2 weeks it's an absolute corker. I don't use a docking station though, I'm still not 100% sure why they're still relevant in this era other than for fixed power input... laptops now have as many ports as you'd reasonably need, I just don't see the reason for needing a docking station these days? Feel free to let me know though as I'm always open to hearing about real world use cases like that.

[@hannes1415]

@@Neil3D If laptop is your main workstation, docking makes it possible to have dual (or more) monitor, real keyboard and mouse, proper networking etc... with simple drop to docking station. I never even open my laptop in the office.

[@anastav6915]

Hello, thanks for the video!! Is this thing suitable for an orchestral composer-recording engineer? I want all the specs it provides, but i wanna know about the fan noise and if it's overall stable (no audio drop outs-crackles etc etc).

[@sTEADYONE67]

What about a person who does heavy video editing?

[@Tennet3D]

Thanks for a great video! Looking to replace my 15" Macbook Pro (2013) to use for 3d work (lots of modeling/rendering) and Lightroom editing, highres Photoshop retouching + some Premiere editing. I love the Macbook because of it's size, the build quality and the bright Retina screen. I mostly work on desktop workstations though (both a trashcan MacPro and a PC tower), but I kind of wish to have a laptop comparable with any of my desktop workstations.. just not sure which size to go for. I'm considering the the 4K Dreamcolor display (I often do a lot of colour critical work), but would this not be a good option for the smaller 15-inch laptop? The Macbook Pro runs really hot (very fast!), even when not doing any super-heavy work (f.e. Lightroom).. Would you consider the ZBook 17-inch before the Zbook 15-inch because of other reasons than the display size? For example, will the 17-inch be able to "work" full days better than the 15-inch (maybe because of thermal/heat or fan noise due to the smaller chassi)? Or is it ONLY the display size that really separates them (+some extra space for extra drives inside...)? Also, do the 15 vs 17-inch ZBooks perform equally well when connected to external displays using the HP dock? I won't be carrying it around too often, so weight isn't very important. Thanks again!

[@NormanF62]

What’s wrong with your quad core 2013 MBP? Its not the latest and greatest but I didn’t need to mortgage my life to own it.

[@Tennet3D]

@@NormanF62 It wasn’t anything wrong with it, but when you have your own little business where need to produce “computer heavy” media on a daily basis, then you sometimes need to upgrade. You want more power and you want things to run faster, all the time.

[@mdranagmr1732]

I have just brought it today the 7i 8gen and Watching the video after 4 year just to see if i have some more to explore in it.

[@billyatkinson9043]

So how's it been so far?

[@mdranagmr1732]

@@billyatkinson9043 no problem till now 👌 but 8 gen might be an issu in comming year's but it cost me like only 60000k tk wich is like 560 dollar i bought it recondition as it's fresh condition and over All performance i don't have the place to report or have any problem cause till now it's performing really well i love it.

[@mdranagmr1732]

@@billyatkinson9043 it works great

[@mdranagmr1732]

its my 10 month After review i have became fan of this laptop, it helps me a lot and gives me more than i need, just have to say it is awesome.

[@KMHasan]

It was really a helpful overview, if it is. I'm planning to buy my next mobile ws early in this year. I was looking at pcspecialist Diffidence XS pro. That has the similar components but much more cheaper. Would you recommend pc specialist for professional 3D artists? And what do you think about the other HP studio mobile ws that can turn 360 degree and can be used as a tablet? I've liked that very much but that has Quadro p 1000/2000. I use Zbrush and Maya

[@mrrusty1965]

Love your presentation. Hope I can find the same in z book 15 G5 with P3200 and 1080p. If so, please let me know the serial #.

[@SeryanSau]

Hey men, what do you think with the configuration of Intel Optane with an HDD or an SSD, which is best?

[@2DAnimax]

i5 8th gen version does have dGPU?

[@TheIaluma]

I understand it comes with 2 Hard Drives, can you expand on the hard drives like installing another HDD that way you can have 3 Hard Drives if at all you want to?

[@swiftdetecting]

what spec this one and would you recommend it today ? i.e it be this one NVIDIA Quadro P5200 16gb VRAM graphics card. - 12 core Xeon E-2186M 2.9ghz - turbo boost of 4.8ghz with DreamColor display ?

[@vwdutch]

Does the 17 g5 have a sim card slot for wireless internet. I ordert the 17 g5 with more or less same spec as your only i could not get the touchscreen

[@ghgg7809]

Is the speaker in one of the zbooks from olufsen or in each just the software??

[@pappgmr]

Dude, I have a model of this laptop; the one that brings an i5-8300H processor. I want to know if you can put an i7 processor?

[@johntruongpictures]

Is this the Dreamcolor display? Didn't know it had touch.

[@ajaydev9362]

Am an architect......is intel is better than amd cpu in 3d application use?

[@m.ishaquekc7284]

Hey there! I'm an Architecture student who is very much interested in visualisation . If I can spend around 2800 dollars...which would be the right choice for me? Actually with that money...I think I can either go for G5 with Quadro P4200 with 32 GB ram or some other gaming laptop with may be GeForce RTX 2070 with 16 GB ram (noted one-Asus scar 2). I'm in a big confusion.. please help me with this. Thank you.

[@musicismylife5287]

This laptop is for digital audio workstation???

[@TheDangerousOrganism]

How do you open the disc drive on this laptop

[@wendymaree]

I can't get the DVD drive open?

[@pe6ope6ef47]

TFI, it would be awesome if you could make a video on the Lenovo P53 mobile workstation. It can be configured with a Xeon CPU and a Quadro RTX 5000. And it's a 15 inch workstation. 🤯

[@hitorsh1t]

Lenovo use gash electronic components though

[@NormanF62]

I have a w550s. Granted its a dual core but Lenovo decided all that extra computing power came at the expense of portability. They decided to merge the ultrabook with the mobile workstation. Should be more than sufficient for all but the most demanding of applications.

[@blazbohinc4964]

It costs 5500$ here in EU. You can have it, I don't need it for that money.

[@djsalose]

I use this laptop at work, and the only thing with it is you have to have a external mouse since the trackpad is so terrible.. also the keyboard is kinda bad..

[@davidawaters]

With a laptop like this, using it full time (docked with good air flow), how much performance are you giving up compared to a nice workstation desktop? I’m speaking to complex Inventor assemblies that give desktops some trouble. I have a 4 year old workstation that may get replaced soon...

[@Neil3D]

Oooo that's an almost impossible question to answer! I mean it totally depends on which of the millions of desktops you're comparing it against, and what you're doing, but I'm planning on running it through my custom Inventor heavy stress tests along with a current HP Z Workstation so I should be able to answer that... stay tuned

[@levskilevov4888]

@@Neil3D We are stay tuned :-)

[@simongentry]

couldn’t find a version with a non glare screen... i’ve been looking for an upgrade to my p4000 zbook 17 1080p // i don’t like the 4k version for the size of the screen even for davinci or premiere cc - but i would like the increased cpu and gpu // ps i run dual viewsonic vp2780’s on the tbt 3 when in home office

[@jeffliu744]

Can you make an video for best laptops under $1500

[@HoomanM]

The background music makes me think you are going tom make love that that laptop at the end.

[@youtubecommenter4069]

Do we have a dual internal drive version?

[@shinto_vincent]

Hi Mate; it was a good review and actually i am looking to buy this one.. i have customized Zbook 17 G5 with the following config, could you please advise me whether it is OK to go or shall i change the spec? specs: ZBook 17 G5 with Intel® Core™ i7-8850H vPro™ processor (2.6 GHz, up to 4.3 GHz with Turbo Boost, 9MB cache, 6 core) + Intel® UHD Graphics 630 (2XD26AV) 17.3" diagonal UHD B-LED UWVA Anti-Glare DreamColor for HD Webcam slim (3840x2160) (400 Nits) Integrated HD 720p DualAryMic Webcam NVIDIA Quadro P3200 (6 GB GDDR5 dedicated) Graphics 32 GB (2x16 GB) DDR4 2666 1 TB PCIe NVMe TLC SSD 500 GB 7200 rpm Blu-ray R/RE DVD+/-RW SM DL Intel® Wireless-AC 9560 (2x2) Gigabit Wi-Fi + Bluetooth® 5 (vPro™) Regards, Shinto

[@ArchiWannabe]

Can you upload the 4000 word script? I don't mind reading that. Cheers.

[@zakisulaiman2835]

hm.. i found 1 local computer shop.. im in need for designer work.. i wonder if its still relevant in 2023. price is about 680usd. hm... any advise please

[@aryaa9900]

Did you end up getting it? If so, hoa has your experience been?

[@zakisulaiman2835]

@@aryaa9900 no i didn't get it. too risky. 😅

[@zakisulaiman2835]

@@aryaa9900 no not really. im still using my msi leopard 73 the old one

[@josephbohme7917]

2.5 years later- the highenders with $$$ or Corps who buy these, seem to readily discard $5000 laptops at < 60% as they need to walk the line. Lucky for us. Bulky... put it on a desk; not a lap. Also cable to a 34" our even 4k Led tv and you can do more than most.

[@hitorsh1t]

Just bought this

[@lilly647]

Would you recommend for an industrial / Product Design student?

[@Neil3D]

Yea absolutely, would be tempted to go for the 15" version as I'm a big lad and my shoulders are killing after hauling this thing around Las Vegas this week. The 17" version is extra heavy

[@Ambassador-For-Christ]

Lilly Here is a really great deal ................... www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1435125-REG/lenovo_20mas1tq00_p52_i7_8550h_32gb_512gb.html

[@mostafagamal9510]

Can I know the name of the design program you opened in the video?

[@Neil3D]

Sorry for the delay - that was Autodesk VRED Professional, it's an automotive visualisation renderer and presentation package

[@thecottonvalley]

can i get 1TB SSD with HP ZBook 15v G5 Mobile Workstation?

[@Neil3D]

I would think so, I think they're bringing out an updated version soon tho as this is knocking on a year old now

[@thecottonvalley]

@@Neil3D okay. That's great. But can i use extra drive with it?

[@saadmirza2727]

Is the Zbook 15 and 15v similar?

[@Neil3D]

Yea kinda, as long as they're from the same generation and not older... the bigger laptops can have bigger GPUs inside and fit more expansion slots but overall its the same unit but in a smaller size, often with the same CPU if they can cool it in the smaller chassis.

[@CinceTheDay]

funny thing, when you praise the build quality, that gap in the body unit (6:02) jumps on me like a dog who's been left alone by his owner for a week.

[@CinceTheDay]

gotta take it back though after I held one in my hands now. when you see the vid you automatically think of the elite book g series when it comes to build quality but this has NOTHING to do with it. this -by far- the best build quality I ever experienced next to apple.

[@rulvra3072]

"Best of the best" Oh, how that statement has aged like spoilt milk! This antique gets embarrassed by hardware that costs 1000 usd today! The wonders of tech...

[@Neil3D]

4+ years ago that was how it was, can't edit/update old videos every year to revise comments made that were 100% relevant at the time! Laptops that are the best of the best today will get wrecked in the same way in 4 years from now.

[@silentiousgamer-4610]

What about for games development

[@Neil3D]

Hmmm games development is slightly outside of my area of expertise, but, as a powerhouse of a laptop this is the best it gets for any job... but games development might benefit from a GeForce card as any games that you create would help from being done on GeForce drivers? This is a Quadro based unit which is based on drivers that have no games optimisations at all. So if you want to test your games on it, it's probably not so good, but if UE4 and Unity support Quadro for development then yea it'll be amazing for that.

[@silentiousgamer-4610]

@@Neil3D ok thank you for the aid.😊

[@wakinw9465]

DC？

[@littleman4810]

Could this play gta V asking for a friend

[@offgridd]

Hi Neil, With pain in my heart I just sent back the second HP ZBook 17 G6 with RTX3000 GPU. What a disappointment! I LOVE the looks, the power, the flexibility in upgrading and the near silent fans and the looks of this beast are awesome! What isn't ok is the annoying COIL WHINE this workstation series suffers from. This drives me and the person sitting next to me at the desk nuts. The dealer as well as the HP store here in The Netherlands are willing to sell, but when it comes to the solution of this problem, you have to lean back and wait patiently till some tech guy at HP production solves the motherboard issue with faulty power regulators/coils...... Did you encounter any problems concerning coil whine?? (see this review: forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1054228). Would LOVE to buy a third one that is assembled decently (one with loose screw and distorting speakers, the other with a plastic part of the lid not fitting well, both of them with terrible backlight bleeding) and without this coil whine. I invested lots of time, driving up and down to my dealer, mailing many times to HP store and calling many times with the Dutch helpdesk, all without the outcome you want when paying € 3.500 for a 17" laptop with mediocre display and no flawless assembly......

[@Neil3D]

Hey man that’s news to me, I used mine for a full year and no coil whine issues at all...I just bought a Dell XPS 13 2 in 1 and that has reported coil whine problems too but I have none. I met up with HP this week at AU and they’re sending me the new Zbook for 2020 so I’ll definitely keep an ear open for that but I sure didn’t get any whine on the unit I had, I’ll 100% mention it if the next one does tho!

[@offgridd]

@@Neil3D Hi, thanks for reacting! I had 2 ones with the same problem and HP has issues with quality control after assembly. Otherwise the would have found the loose screw and not fitting plastic lid on the two models I bought. Sales isn't helpful neither and delegates me to tech department that delegates me to sales and so on.... I really would have loved to make a good review of a very nice machine but for now, both the ZBook AND the organisation behind it lack the customer oriëntation that I expect for a product this expensive...

[@offgridd]

Well, if you meet the guys from HP, ask them for the mainboard issue, would be very nice to have at least someone from HP giving me a right answer ...

[@ai5897]

The xeon versión has better performance

[@alibertp]

Oh.... every screen is like a mirror ? What a pity....

[@othuy5411]

i wish i could get one for free

[@davidoleaduplan4650]

Could not be uglier...

[@mitchellconley3137]

It sure is ugly. At that price, it should look sexy.

[@riverdrive2530]

Having your laptop be thinner and throttle all the time is not sexy.

[@hereb4theend]

Just get a MacBook and call it a day

[@Teluric2]

they meant pros not instagram posers

[@hereb4theend]

@@Teluric2 Unix > Wincrap

[@boyansystem893]

To much of your face on screen. I like to se laptop.