Costco Wholesale has for its
Members:
HP Elitebook X G1a AI Laptop (14-ebxg1a9) on sale for
$1299.99. Shipping is $14.99.
Thanks to community member
Suryasis for finding this deal
Specs/Key Features- AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX Pro 375 12-Cores/24-Threads 2GHz Processor
- 14" 2880x1800 2.8K OLED 400-Nits Touchscreen Display w/ Integrated 5MP IR Webcam
- 32GB LPDDR5-8533 Memory
- 1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe Gen4x4 Solid State Drive SSD
- AMD Radeon Integrated Graphics
- WiFi 7 w/ Bluetooth 5.4
- Microsoft Copilot+ PC
- Backlit HP Premium Keyboard w/ Precision Touchpad/Poly Studio Audio
- 4-Cell 74.5 Wh Lithium-Ion Polymer Battery
- Windows 11 Home OS
- Inputs
- 2x Thunderbolt 4 w/ USB Type-C (40Gbps)
- 1x USB Type-C Power Delivery/DisplayPort 2.1 (10Gbps)
- 1x USB Type-A (10Gbps)
- 1x HDMI 2.1
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That is an apple to orange comparison with this laptop in terms of battery life because the CPU in this laptop performs better at the cost of higher wattage as well as the OLED screen on this which is better at the cost of higher wattage. So that is why the Intel version gets better battery life.
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OLED probably sucks on battery, but it's crazy bright, and meets my needs by far. Touchpad feels great. Camera appears to have infrared which might be why it doesn't have the finger print reader, but it is a strange occurrence as the elite books usually get finger print readers.
Looking on the inside, it's a very dense build, and doing an nvme swap will be hard..However, np sodimms, this is the super fast lp ddr5. The NVMe it comes with is a really high performer, too. I think it is from sk hynix, and it brings something like over 1.2-1.3 million IOPS, and sequentials around 3GB/s.
great deal for $1300. IMO.
OLED probably sucks on battery, but it's crazy bright, and meets my needs by far. Touchpad feels great. Camera appears to have infrared which might be why it doesn't have the finger print reader, but it is a strange occurrence as the elite books usually get finger print readers.
Looking on the inside, it's a very dense build, and doing an nvme swap will be hard..However, np sodimms, this is the super fast lp ddr5. The NVMe it comes with is a really high performer, too. I think it is from sk hynix, and it brings something like over 1.2-1.3 million IOPS, and sequentials around 3GB/s.
great deal for $1300. IMO.
Thanks for your report. Not having a fingerprint reader is a bummer. I also wish HP added an anti-reflective treatment on the EB like they did with Spectres.
If you have a caliper, will you please measure the true thickness, from the front, and from the back, with and without the rubber feet? HP advertises 0.36" (front) to 0.52" (back). A review said that it was 0.72" from the back with the rubber feet, but with all the photos I've seen, it appears thicker.
Also, a YT review said that it is 3.55 lbs (as opposed to the 3.30 advertised).
I could not see anything in Windows Security or Hardware manager regarding fingerprints. Its almost like they made a unit specifically for Costco.
I was pleasantly surprised by how quiet the fans were during regular browsing and office productivity work. I had the opportunity to test it out and compare it with an Omnibook ultra flip from Best Buy (SKU 6601706), and the latter was far noisier.
And this is not HP's 1st device with AMD Processor and fully licensed Thunderbolt 3/4 ports. Their Elitebook 8XX series has been supporting that since the launch of Ryzen 6000 series.
Now in very simple terms, USB4 is basically Thunderbolt 4 without the need to implement the Security features. That's why you see almost all Consumer Laptops just go with USB4, which reduces the costs as they don't need to implement those security features (AMD Processors doesn't support them natively whereas Intel does).
And this is not HP's 1st device with AMD Processor and fully licensed Thunderbolt 3/4 ports. Their Elitebook 8XX series has been supporting that since the launch of Ryzen 6000 series.
Now in very simple terms, USB4 is basically Thunderbolt 4 without the need to implement the Security features. That's why you see almost all Consumer Laptops just go with USB4, which reduces the costs as they don't need to implement those security features (AMD Processors doesn't support them natively whereas Intel does).
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I could not see anything in Windows Security or Hardware manager regarding fingerprints. Its almost like they made a unit specifically for Costco.
I was pleasantly surprised by how quiet the fans were during regular browsing and office productivity work. I had the opportunity to test it out and compare it with an Omnibook ultra flip from Best Buy (SKU 6601706), and the latter was far noisier.
Thanks for the reply!
Based on what I have seen, this computer does not have ant-reflection like Spectre, XPS, or Galaxy Book. Do you find the reflection bothersome when there is a window or lightsource reflecting off of the display? For displays without anti-reflection like Gorilla Glass DX, I can laterally see myself, when I blink, etc. when in dark mode.The lack of fingerprint is a disappointment. I presume you do not see it under Windows security or hardware manager? Lastly, do the fans stay relatively quiet during moderate workloads? The 375 is a beast and I wonder how much heat it generates. Thanks!
Sorry for the delayed response. Yes, its not an anti-glare/reflection screen so I can see how this can be bothersome. While I normally dont work in full sunlight situations, I did find it mildly irritating when I was sitting in my sun-room.
I could not see anything in Windows Security or Hardware manager regarding fingerprints. Its almost like they made a unit specifically for Costco.
I was pleasantly surprised by how quiet the fans were during regular browsing and office productivity work. I had the opportunity to test it out and compare it with an Omnibook ultra flip from Best Buy (SKU 6601706), and the latter was far noisier.
https://support.hp.com/us-en/docu...1799554-16
I just bought an open-box G10 Elitebook 835 (13" AMD 7000-series). It's fantastic. Unfortunately the 13" does not have DIMMs, it's soldered only RAM, but I wanted the smaller size.
For anyone looking at this deal, please know that AMD's AI laptop chips do not support DIMMs, at all. Soldered only; RAM sticks are unsupported at the platform level (which is crazy, but go off, I guess). I think the same is true of Intel as well, I just can't remember 100%, so I'm not gonna say that.
Unfortunately even Thinkpads have soldered memory.
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