HP.com has for
HP EDU/EPP Members:
HP EliteBook 865 G9 Laptop on sale for
$826.90.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member
FatKidEatingCake for finding this deal.
Note:
Must be logged in to HP Education account to see discount. You may sign up for education discounts by using your .edu email address.
Specs:- AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U 8-Core/16-Thread Processor
- 16" WUXGA 1920x1200 IPS 400-nits 100% sRGB Display
- 32GB DDR5-4800 MHz Memory (2x16GB)
- 1TB PCIe NVMe TLC Solid State Drive
- AMD Radeon 680M Integrated Graphics
- Backlit Spill-resistant Keyboard
- Qualcomm WCN6856 Wi-Fi 6E (2x2) and Bluetooth® 5.2 combo
- Windows 10 Pro (available through downgrade rights from Windows 11 Pro)
- Ports:
- 2x SuperSpeed USB Type-C (USB Power Delivery, DisplayPort 1.4)
- 2x SuperSpeed USB Type-A (1 charging)
- 1x Audio Combo Jack
- 1x HDMI 2.0
- Battery: HP Long Life 6-cell, 76 Wh Li-ion
- Weight: 3.84 lb
+ Free Shippingat HP
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Regarding the build quality - The HP Elitebook series will be better than any consumer models (Spectre, Lenovo Slim, Inspiron, etc...). Basically, other than the Macbook Air/Pro, the Elitebook will be better build quality than anything you can find at Costco.
Compared to other business laptops on build quality (feel) - I'd still rank Thinkpads as higher build quality, then Dell Precision, then HP. When you talk about reliability though, I would go Thinkpad, then HP, then Dell.
From a performance perspective, this is a great deal for folks. Unless you are gaming, the 680M integrated graphics card is the best integrated graphics card out there. Period.
If you're wanting a cool running, high performing laptop, this is a good deal, unless you can find an equal deal on the Thinkpad.
No coupon code, you have to create a HP EPP account.
I'm not an employee, but got the EPP deal. See below.
See below.
HP Employee Purchase Program. There's several ways you can get it.
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
MILITARY, HEALTHCARE, AND FIRST RESPONDERS
BUSINESS
See below, I'll tell you what I did.
_______________________________________________________
The following two methods is how I got an HP EPP Account. I was able to make an account with both methods. The steps are high level and from my memory, so figure out the missing steps if you get stuck:
1) With id.me
a) Go to https://shop.id.me/stores/2524-hp...se-program
b) Click bottom link: 'Shop Now'
c) Click 'Sign In' and log into id.me
d) It will forward do to HP's site: "HP Employee Purchase Program. Welcome ID.me"
e) Click 'Register'
f) create the account and you will get the discounted price after done
2) Without id.me
a) Go to https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/cv/employee
b) Click 'Register'
c) Fill in 'First name', 'Last name', 'Email address'
d) Leave 'Compnay name' blank
e) Fill in 'Company code'
For EXAMPLE:
(personally used these instructions) https://team.georgia.go
(or try) https://customers.usli.
f) create the account and you will get the discounted price after done
Yes, yes. Intel can be "faster", but I'll take a little slower cpu with that igpu any day.
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I'm getting it for the above and photoshop/lightroom work. The extra CPU power and better iGPU (680M vs 660M) will in theory be better, but likely I'll be ok with the Ryzen 5 too.
These laptops are highly upgradeable so I could drop in more ram on the Ryzen 5 laptops and be perfectly happy. I'm just a little lazy, so bought the one with the 32GB RAM and higher speced CPU/GPU.
If I had a laptop that could play games, I probably would try to kill some time. And it looks like the 680M can play civ6 ok: https://www.digitaltren
If you are going to play some AAA, and it's going to sit at home, and money is not a consideration, then the dell with 3070Ti would be nice and more future proof.
You should ask yourself, if you're not gaming, why get a gaming GPU.
If I had a laptop that could play games, I probably would try to kill some time. And it looks like the 680M can play civ6 ok: https://www.digitaltren
If you are going to play some AAA, and it's going to sit at home, and money is not a consideration, then the dell with 3070Ti would be nice and more future proof.
You should ask yourself, if you're not a gaming, why get a gaming GPU.
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Man... I don't know what quality you want in light gaming, but these videos show 60-100 fps. For my standards it's playable. MAN.... should I return my ASUS ROG G14 2022 Best Buy deal? HUmmmmm
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Might be different for you, so maybe do a little research. TLDR: https://www.anandtech.c
Even with the 2" screen size difference, the bigger battery should last longer.
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