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forum threadDr.W posted Today 06:31 AM
HP EliteBook 840 G6 (Refurb): 14" FHD, i5-8365U, 16GB DDR4, 256GB SSD, Win 11 Pro, Backlit Keyboard, Type-C $159.99
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I agree that you're taking a chance with a battery from a 5-6 year old laptop. 50Wh capacity is modest and if it's at 50-70% health it will be noticeable (and it will degrade from there).
CPU is mediocre by today's standard as it is still Skylake class. Passmark is 2059/5943 (1C/MC). You won't see major improvement from Intel until 11th gen Tiger Lake (i5-1135G7, 2619/9404) or 12th gen Alder Lake-U like i5-1235U (3108/12720), but those are priced accordingly. Intel N100 is close at 1906/5431 and it's fanless, and i3-N305 is obviously faster if one can use more than 4 cores. The cheap Ryzen 5 7520U (Zen2 Mendocino) is 2412/9052.
Aluminum chassis, backlit keyboard, Ethernet port, and Thunderbolt 3 port are pluses. Probably some bonus gooch in the heatsink fan too.
All available screens are 1080p IPS (or better). IIRC on the lesser ProBook 440 G6 (same gen CPU) one could still spec a 768p TN screen for the unvalued employees.
Most 840 G7 uses 10th gen Intel (like the i5-1031U) which is around the same speed as the 8th gen. I'm using a i5-10210U right now and I can feel it struggle at times. The G8 (11th gen Intel) and later are better because Intel finally broke the 14nm curse and could make incremental improvements (by adding more transistors). The EliteBook 845 with Ryzen is also worth considering, 845 G7 was released mid-2020 and you can get 6 or 8 Zen 2 cores, and 845 G8 from 2021 has up to 8 Zen 3 cores.
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