HP Announces Two New ProBook Business Laptops featuring Ryzen 4000

[Uskompuf]

HP has announced it's updated ProBook Business Laptop lineup with the 14" ProBook 445 G7 and the 15.6" 455 G7. The laptops feature a aluminium construction, 180 degree hinges and screen choice of HD or FHD non-touch screens up to 1,000 nits brightness. For both models the CPU choice are the Ryzen 3 4300U, AMD Ryzen 5 4500U or AMD Ryzen 7 4700U all with integrated AMD Radeon Graphics. The laptops can be configured with up to 16 GB of ram, 1 TB SATA SSD and 512 GB NVMe SSD.

Pricing hasn't been announced yet but HP says the laptops will be available to purchase from late April 2020 so we don't have long to wait.



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[Flanker]

Ooooooh I like it

 

[dyonoctis]

"screen choice of HD or FHD " an HD screen in 2020 sends chivers down my spine. The price better be low

 

[jeremyshaw]

"screen choice of HD or FHD " an HD screen in 2020 sends chivers down my spine. The price better be low

Where I work got a bunch of the G5 versions (440 and 450) to replace the G1 "440" models. The phase-in took a long time.

Almost all of them with HD displays, no webcam, and using the sideport dock (no USB-C junk. We had so many problems with the USB-C and TB3 docks from HP). Also ~2 monitors.

We use the onboard display... rarely? Ever? Never? Maybe when setting up a meeting room (via DP or HDMI)? Some of the engineers may use the onboard to display their own presentation notes when giving a presentation. At they distance a podium is from the eyes, it could be HD or 8K, and there would be no discernible difference.

 

[Flanker]

(no USB-C junk. We had so many problems with the USB-C and TB3 docks from HP).

That bad? Is that a quality issue or is that a problem with protocol?

 

[jeremyshaw]

That bad? Is that a quality issue or is that a problem with protocol?

Mostly to do with reliability of detection. TB3 in particular was rather finicky with detecting laptops in standby and the power button on top didn't always work. Maybe it's better now. Our IT group also didn't like the DMA access that TB3 had. By the time Intel/HP released a new NVM update that fixed the Boot/Pre-startup access that TB3 had (UEFI boot now respects the User Authentication list), IT had already made it a policy to disable TB3, so we bought HP USB-C docks. Those had the same detection issues so we mass ordered the mechanical sideport docks.

The mechanical docks do have their downsides (namely size and they only work with that generation of laptop - maybe other HP laptops also use the sideport dock? The ports don't seem to be present on the laptops announced here). However, they do work well, across a lot of users (about 700 or so).

I somewhat liked the USB-C docks, too. I could use my personal Thinkpad to drive the displays, KB, & mouse. No internal network access for personal devices, but still good enough for my job (public facing site).


All that being said, I don't see the sideport dock connector on these new laptops (using photos from other sites, since the dock port is on the right side - right side when the user is facing the display/KB), so HP seems to be going all-in on the USB-C docks. If so, they probably have them working very well, by now.

 

[zlobby]

We really like our 755 G5.

I personally can't wait for the 755 G7 to come, although HP skipped the G6 in the 755 series.

4800U or even 4900U with beefy cooling and good display optuons would be sweet! Imagine a liquid TIM too, or at least a nickel-plated heatplate, so I could re-paste it myself! Sort of like what Asus are now doing with intels.

I can only dream...