This HP laptop computer with 32GB RAM and Nvidia graphics is $450 (at the moment solely)
Reasonably priced laptops are fairly skinny on the bottom today. (Which is ironic since they’re normally not very skinny, har har.) However at the moment, and at the moment solely, Amazon’s closeout web site is providing a beefy refurbished HP workstation laptop computer with 32GB of RAM for simply $449.99. Want an inexpensive machine that may deal with massive workloads? Right here it’s.
The ZBook line is HP’s designated workstation collection: massive, highly effective, meant to do jobs that standard laptops can’t deal with. Working example, the ZBook Energy G8 packs an 8-core Intel i7 processor, a discrete Nvidia T1200 GPU with 4GB of video reminiscence, and 32GB of system reminiscence. That’s double the quantity of RAM you’ll be able to moderately count on on a machine at twice this worth, at the least in 2026.
That being stated, this isn’t a machine from 2026. That Intel i7 processor is an Eleventh-gen mannequin from 2021, and the RAM is slower DDR4 commonplace. The storage isn’t a lot both at simply 256GB, and the 15.6-inch display is simply 1080p with no touchscreen aspect. This laptop computer is designed for work, and although the 83 watt-hour battery ought to final lengthy whereas, at 4.2 kilos and 0.9 inches thick, it’s not precisely svelte.
Nevertheless it does have improve potential. Two SO-DIMM slots and two M.2 storage slots (one 4th gen, one third gen) provide you with loads of choices when you occur to have components sitting round. The Quadro T1200 graphics card isn’t actually supposed for gaming, however it will probably deal with much more than any $500 laptop computer on the shelf at the moment.
It is a refurbished laptop computer and also you’re solely getting a 90-day guarantee on it. However with it promoting for round one quarter of what it initially value, these could be acceptable trade-offs for you. Woot is operating this sale at the moment solely (April twenty third) till 1 AM Jap/10 PM Pacific. In case you miss out, see PCWorld’s picks for the perfect laptops beneath $500.
