I got HP Zbook Power G8 for work. It was fine on a table, until one day I tried to use it on my lap while cross legged sitting. The corners of the display lid (now pointed downwards and back), were so sharp I couldnt leave my PC in my lap. I took a metal file and lightly filed the corners the same day, fixing the issue. While I was at it, I also dropped a little glue under piece of paperthin metal cover that was already getting loose. On a less than a month old laptop, boasting Generation 8 in its name...

The fact that the trackpad comes without dedicated buttons is a tradeoff of size, but the amount of force needed to perform a click (even on the side where least amount of force is needed {yes, it varies}) is so high that the mouse WILL move a bit before click is registered, as your finger gets squished. Using anything but touch-tapping on it is impossible with single finger.

That same year I got my first ever macbook, M1 Air. I guess I dont even need to explain the difference in every aspect comming to mind between those two machines to illustrate my point.

Pay more for the corporate class laptops from HP or Dell i.e Elitebook

Supported longer, better materials, better keyboards.

I'd buy a second hand elitebook over a new acer or whatever any day.

Yep, I use and deploy them at work. The only problem I have with them is the screen. That privacy filter could be a godsend for someone on an airplane, but for every day use at home or office, it really kills the image quality

Privacy filter means "HP Sure View Reflect" I guess?. There are 3 options for current HP Elitebook screens [1]. Only 1 of them has the privacy filter. I think the best option is to buy the middle one in that pic (low power, 400 nits).

[1] https://www.notebookcheck.net/fileadmin/Notebooks/News/_nc3/...

Source: https://www.notebookcheck.net/CES-2022-HP-announces-the-Elit...

Unfortunately at work they all ship with the sure view filter, I have no say on that.

typing this on a dell precision-class laptop and yeah, it's a dream. even between this and my latitude (which is still business class but one tier down) it's noticeable.

there are nice quality laptops to be had, they're just expensive enough that apple becomes competitive price-wise.

True, I tend to stick to business class and buy off lease equipment. It's usually pretty durable and repairable. You can even get parts.

Funny I wish my M1 MBP ran hotter. It’s uncomfortably cold in the mornings.

Schedule a cron job to run some program to heat up in the mornings.