People who need good battery performance should look at the ULV dual core ZBook. You are giving up four cores but the battery life is phenomenal! The only question, is the trade off worth it? I guess it comes down to what you need and want out of a mobile workstation and that depends on what people do in their individual situation. That said, the quad core ZBook Studio is designed for content creators snd the professional market segment who can’t wait for their work to catch up with them.
And here we are in late 2022 and I just bought a used one because it runs Windows 7 with iGPU driver support - no longer possible in subsequent generations (without a lot of work.)
It really depens on the tasks you do on battery. I have the 'normal' 15" G3 and if i do office stuff, browse a website i can get to about 5hours on battery. But if you start kicking it's ass yes, you see it draining. Overal they are great laptops! I realy like the keyboard and having a numpad is also great. There is also a 'ultrabook' version of the zbook and they are also very capable. But it is true that MacOS does a better job with opening and closing the laptop. Though you can adjust things in the BIOS. Also, the fingerprint is handy for me as a network admin. I do not need to type in the long passwd i just swipe and log in :)
never noticed too much heat, no worse than MBP, also preferred the fan noise of the HP, that said the fans would be on more than the Mac, but generally fans were quiter
I just bought one of the Zbook g3 and the fan is quite noisy and the Pc gets on hot.It seems to be a persistent issue with this module.I have been on the HP forum and most people are complaining about it.Never had such issue?
Great review man! I do have a question though. I've read in other reviews that the keyboard area gets really hot during heavy use, have you experieced this as well or isn't it as bad as they make it out to be?
I use macs 95 percent of the time, but I still like using Sony Vegas Pro (now Magix) over any of the other programs. Have you done any testing with this program? It's interesting, you like the keyboard, many others didn't. Now that you've used the HP for awhile, would you purchase it again ... or maybe a workstation like Dell 5510. Again, thanks, great video.
Great video man! It covered most everything I was unsure about and I'm thinking of possibly getting one. I just have one question; how would you say this laptop is suited for someone currently learning programing and animation and leaning towards it as a future career? Thanks
I think it would be brilliant for that kind of work :D depends on the programming language of course - but that's not something i know that much about:)
good honest review. of course, there is a personal component. I rather have the Macbook Pro Retina panel, it is one of the highest quality panels in the market in my opinion. I rather stare at that beautiful panel while waiting the render, vs staring at that dim kind of sad looking HP panel even if for a shorter amount of time. Of course, I am not sure if you have the dream color panel in the HP. premiere is a fair point. Premiere loves CUDA cores of the Nvidia cards. in all your review, should be a very useful headsup for Mac as they prepare their refresh to the Macbook Pro.
Oh definitely! It won an Academy Award and the contrast here is like day and night and once you see a DreamColour display, ordinary displays appear mediocre by comparison. If your living involves dealing with accurate colours, you need a display that helps you figure out how a scene should be composed. Especially when you’re making or editing a video, that can make a real difference.
Thanks for your video, very useful,How's that for 3D CADs such as NX Unigraphics, Creo, catia,? is this good?, do you recommend this for those applications? it will be nice if you give me advice about what Laptop is good for those Cads program. i am wroking with this cads and looking for a soild and fast Loptop , almost same price as this laptop thanks,
Good review Mike. Been using it since May 2016 and it's still impressing. The unit I have is having 6820HQ with 4K and Z Turbo Drive G2. And it's leaving my Z800 (with dual xeon 5580) in the dust. Displaying it to additional Dreamcolor as 2nd display and it brings me the most out of the hardware. I must agree that the hardware combination inside of it are just marvelous in delivering performance on mobile.
BTW, try to play with the power-performance management and get the most out of the settings on battery. It will give you more lifespan, Mike. Got mine up and running on heavy tasks up to 3 hours with my own power management settings. With maximum battery settings, it gives me around 5-7 hours nonstop on use.
can we switch off the batterie ? And what's the big disatvantage ? (I don't have undertsand all of the video because I speak french ;)) Thx for the answer P.S I want use this for Cad software.
Nice Video ! Was Looking for something like this for so long! :D I am considering to buy this Laptop. I just have two Qs. About the life battery, how is it in a normal use? Like not pushing the laptop through rough processes. And the second Q. How loud is the noise of the fans while working compared with the mac? Thanks for the video! I really like :)
Hi thanks for the feedback, I never really tested the battery life for general use, but on the whole I would assume a 2/3 amount of battery time compared to the mac. The Battery definitely dropped off faster than compared to the MAc. As for noise, the fans are on a lot more than the mac, but I don't find the noise as intrusive as with the mac, on the whole the fan noise doesn't spike up and down as much.
Thanks a lot for the video What you can tell me about screen in color accuracy? I do photography and video grading and the screen accuracy is the first priority for me. The mac always had a reputation here. Thanks a lot!
Hi Mike! I'm considering this machine for editing. I mostly use Premiere, but do use After Effects for some basic graphics. If you had to guess based on your experience, how long do you estimate the battery could last if you were editing a couple layers of proxy footage with a few graphics and a few layers of audio? Thanks for the review!
I bought this laptop in May 2016 shortly after it was released and was forced to return it about 3 weeks later at the loss of over $400 for a restocking fee. And the #1 reason was because of how bad the battery was. I used it mainly for Premiere and After effects, and was very excited at the potential performance increase from my 2013 Macbook Pro. Unfortunately the battery was so bad it made it completely unrealistic to use. Exporting a couple 5 minute long 2K videos in Media encoder would crush about 75 - 80 percent of the battery life in just 10-20 minutes. Not only does the battery die incredibly fast, it also takes extremely long to charge. When I plugged the machine in and continued to work in Premiere or After Effects, the battery would just hold at the percent it was at, and at best, would only go up maybe 1 - 2 percent per hour. Between the battery and some other hiccups I ran into while out in the field with Windows unreliability, I was ecstatic to return to my reliable 3 year old Macbook Pro and its 10 hour battery life.
Nice presentation. I'm looking for a laptop for video editing probably Da Vinci Resolve 16 or Premier CS6 and struggling with the idea of paying £1500 - £2000. I've seen these as used items on E bay for around £700 and wondering if it will suit my needs? Thanks for the tutorial!
The ISV certified high end software optimised to work on mobile workstations is more expensive than the mobile workstation itself. If you’re a professional, you’re paying for that too because in one’s line of work, nothing but the best will do.
My Zbook 15 G3 will not charge, not a recall, tried unplugging it off the board, removed CMOS, nothing changed, please help - battery tests fine, but not Charging - Any ideas, I like this PC but its got to charge ! Please HELP !
The unit in the review is the G3 Studio, Zbook G3 15 and G3 17 are different machines, they are bulkier, with an extra disk slot ( not 100% sure on this ) and support up to 64GB of ram ( the studio variant supports up to 32 ), you can easily identify them by the touch pad as they have buttons.Also check HP page for a comparison and check the differences.
www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1266513-REG/hp_x9u00ut_aba_15_6_zbook_15_g3.html www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1266509-REG/hp_x9t82ut_aba_15_6_zbook_studio_g3.html which one would you recommend? the M2000M should be better than M1000M but is it woth 2lb heavier and the bad design? please help me if you have time, thank you!
I have the ZBook 14 G2. Everything is upgradeable including RAM, NvME PCle SSD (Primary OS for SSD), and the empty slot next to battery can be used for a 2nd SSD like Samsung EVO. That is my setup. Well worth the investment and eBay sells the ZBook 14 G2 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD (NvMe PCle) for ~$400. Better getting that model with i7 5th generation and add your 2nd SSD for more storage.
my first criticism, in 2016, where iPhone 6 and others, Sony nexus 6p and others use instantaneous finger print scanner, it's hp laziness to put a finger print scanner that's 16 yrs old atleast. I am going with dell precision, the older model until my cad works pays off for the newer m7710. your xeon would be good investment but low gpu power and i would get my own ssd
nhz013 , My I ask you for your opinion: my daughter is starting architecture and she's asking me for CAD capable laptop. Which is better for CAD - pc or Mac? What do you think? The budget is around £2000
@@sakadabara These HPs are now a lot under 2K pounds... www.ebay.com/itm/HP-ZBook-Studio-G3-Notebook-E3-1545m-v5-32GB-512GB-Quadro-Mint-Xeon-Warranty/283353021127?hash=item41f927fac7:g:rVMAAOSwnCdcS4O2
The hp G3 screen is too bad , if you buy a 1080p one it is blurry and too white, view angle is even worse can not see anything if you tilt a little bit
Many companies use win 7 pro to date. It is really good in many ways and too many professional enterprise programs are only compatible with win 7 pro so far. Win 10 is kind of unnecessary if you are "only" using your laptop for professional work.
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People who need good battery performance should look at the ULV dual core ZBook. You are giving up four cores but the battery life is phenomenal! The only question, is the trade off worth it? I guess it comes down to what you need and want out of a mobile workstation and that depends on what people do in their individual situation. That said, the quad core ZBook Studio is designed for content creators snd the professional market segment who can’t wait for their work to catch up with them.
Do appreciate all the honesty, Mike. Appears that you had a fair bit of hesitation on this laptop.
And here we are in late 2022 and I just bought a used one because it runs Windows 7 with iGPU driver support - no longer possible in subsequent generations (without a lot of work.)
Good video! I haven't been able to use fingerprint on this PC even after downloading the fingerprint driver. What up?
It really depens on the tasks you do on battery. I have the 'normal' 15" G3 and if i do office stuff, browse a website i can get to about 5hours on battery. But if you start kicking it's ass yes, you see it draining.
Overal they are great laptops! I realy like the keyboard and having a numpad is also great. There is also a 'ultrabook' version of the zbook and they are also very capable. But it is true that MacOS does a better job with opening and closing the laptop. Though you can adjust things in the BIOS. Also, the fingerprint is handy for me as a network admin. I do not need to type in the long passwd i just swipe and log in :)
Nice Video thanks you
how about heat and fan noise?
never noticed too much heat, no worse than MBP, also preferred the fan noise of the HP, that said the fans would be on more than the Mac, but generally fans were quiter
I just bought one of the Zbook g3 and the fan is quite noisy and the Pc gets on hot.It seems to be a persistent issue with this module.I have been on the HP forum and most people are complaining about it.Never had such issue?
this is zbook studio. Also depending which cpu you have and what is the power profile set in windows. That basically controls fan activity.
Great review !!! Thanks a lot ..been looking for this for months !
Very good review, I've been looking for a comparison with the macbook pro with similar specs
Great review man! I do have a question though. I've read in other reviews that the keyboard area gets really hot during heavy use, have you experieced this as well or isn't it as bad as they make it out to be?
nope - can't say i noticed the heat while i have been using it - if i had then it was no worse than the MacBook Pro
I use macs 95 percent of the time, but I still like using Sony Vegas Pro (now Magix) over any of the other programs. Have you done any testing with this program? It's interesting, you like the keyboard, many others didn't.
Now that you've used the HP for awhile, would you purchase it again ... or maybe a workstation like Dell 5510.
Again, thanks, great video.
Great video man! It covered most everything I was unsure about and I'm thinking of possibly getting one. I just have one question; how would you say this laptop is suited for someone currently learning programing and animation and leaning towards it as a future career? Thanks
I think it would be brilliant for that kind of work :D depends on the programming language of course - but that's not something i know that much about:)
+RGBHQ .COM
Thanks for the advice☺
good honest review. of course, there is a personal component. I rather have the Macbook Pro Retina panel, it is one of the highest quality panels in the market in my opinion. I rather stare at that beautiful panel while waiting the render, vs staring at that dim kind of sad looking HP panel even if for a shorter amount of time. Of course, I am not sure if you have the dream color panel in the HP.
premiere is a fair point. Premiere loves CUDA cores of the Nvidia cards.
in all your review, should be a very useful headsup for Mac as they prepare their refresh to the Macbook Pro.
Is it suitable for video editing
nice review
how good is this workstation to work on Avid Media Composer
what are some of the main issues you've across since you got it and what issues do others have...??
For adobe premiere editing would you recommend the 4k Dreamcolor display over the standard 4k display? Dream Color is an extra $200 USD. Worth it?
Oh definitely! It won an Academy Award and the contrast here is like day and night and once you see a DreamColour display, ordinary displays appear mediocre by comparison. If your living involves dealing with accurate colours, you need a display that helps you figure out how a scene should be composed. Especially when you’re making or editing a video, that can make a real difference.
Does it support charging over the thunderbolt 3 ports?.. like you can charge it through those ports ...
Thanks for your video, very useful,How's that for 3D CADs such as NX Unigraphics, Creo, catia,? is this good?, do you recommend this for those applications? it will be nice if you give me advice about what Laptop is good for those Cads program. i am wroking with this cads and looking for a soild and fast Loptop , almost same price as this laptop thanks,
Hi, I am not a cad person so hard to judge, but yes I could see how any laptop with one of the nvidia cards would be good
ok , thanks for your replay
Good review Mike. Been using it since May 2016 and it's still impressing.
The unit I have is having 6820HQ with 4K and Z Turbo Drive G2. And it's leaving my Z800 (with dual xeon 5580) in the dust.
Displaying it to additional Dreamcolor as 2nd display and it brings me the most out of the hardware.
I must agree that the hardware combination inside of it are just marvelous in delivering performance on mobile.
BTW, try to play with the power-performance management and get the most out of the settings on battery. It will give you more lifespan, Mike. Got mine up and running on heavy tasks up to 3 hours with my own power management settings. With maximum battery settings, it gives me around 5-7 hours nonstop on use.
How does the Z Turbo compare to the self-encrypted OPAL 2 SSD?
can we switch off the batterie ? And what's the big disatvantage ? (I don't have undertsand all of the video because I speak french ;))
Thx for the answer
P.S I want use this for Cad software.
Nice Video ! Was Looking for something like this for so long! :D
I am considering to buy this Laptop. I just have two Qs. About the life battery, how is it in a normal use? Like not pushing the laptop through rough processes. And the second Q. How loud is the noise of the fans while working compared with the mac?
Thanks for the video! I really like :)
Hi thanks for the feedback, I never really tested the battery life for general use, but on the whole I would assume a 2/3 amount of battery time compared to the mac. The Battery definitely dropped off faster than compared to the MAc.
As for noise, the fans are on a lot more than the mac, but I don't find the noise as intrusive as with the mac, on the whole the fan noise doesn't spike up and down as much.
Thanks a lot for the Info and the video :)
Thanks a lot for the video
What you can tell me about screen in color accuracy? I do photography and video grading and the screen accuracy is the first priority for me. The mac always had a reputation here.
Thanks a lot!
Hey, have you had any fan noise issues using this laptop?
What about photoshop? How it does with A3/A2 sized 600dpi images in 2015 CC?
Hi Mike! I'm considering this machine for editing. I mostly use Premiere, but do use After Effects for some basic graphics. If you had to guess based on your experience, how long do you estimate the battery could last if you were editing a couple layers of proxy footage with a few graphics and a few layers of audio? Thanks for the review!
Hi, I would reckon no more than 2 hours to be safe, it would depend on the type of footage, etc
I bought this laptop in May 2016 shortly after it was released and was forced to return it about 3 weeks later at the loss of over $400 for a restocking fee. And the #1 reason was because of how bad the battery was. I used it mainly for Premiere and After effects, and was very excited at the potential performance increase from my 2013 Macbook Pro. Unfortunately the battery was so bad it made it completely unrealistic to use. Exporting a couple 5 minute long 2K videos in Media encoder would crush about 75 - 80 percent of the battery life in just 10-20 minutes. Not only does the battery die incredibly fast, it also takes extremely long to charge. When I plugged the machine in and continued to work in Premiere or After Effects, the battery would just hold at the percent it was at, and at best, would only go up maybe 1 - 2 percent per hour. Between the battery and some other hiccups I ran into while out in the field with Windows unreliability, I was ecstatic to return to my reliable 3 year old Macbook Pro and its 10 hour battery life.
Nice presentation. I'm looking for a laptop for video editing probably Da Vinci Resolve 16 or Premier CS6 and struggling with the idea of paying £1500 - £2000. I've seen these as used items on E bay for around £700 and wondering if it will suit my needs? Thanks for the tutorial!
Glad it was helpful!, I would be wary about this for resolve, we have found that macs 'tend' to run resolve better than windows......
The ISV certified high end software optimised to work on mobile workstations is more expensive than the mobile workstation itself. If you’re a professional, you’re paying for that too because in one’s line of work, nothing but the best will do.
My Zbook 15 G3 will not charge, not a recall, tried unplugging it off the board, removed CMOS, nothing changed, please help - battery tests fine, but not Charging - Any ideas, I like this PC but its got to charge ! Please HELP !
Have you replaced the battery? If that’s not the issue, you need to take it a computer repair shop to be looked at.
@@NormanF62 I am the shop. I was able to replace the battery.
Hi! Was there any motherboard issue with it?
thanks for this review. I just wanna know which one is the best 'studio G3 mobile workstation' or ' zbook 17 g3 ' thanks
The unit in the review is the G3 Studio,
Zbook G3 15 and G3 17 are different machines, they are bulkier, with an extra disk slot ( not 100% sure on this ) and support up to 64GB of ram ( the studio variant supports up to 32 ), you can easily identify them by the touch pad as they have buttons.Also check HP page for a comparison and check the differences.
Is Hdmi connection working for you?Thanks
www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1266513-REG/hp_x9u00ut_aba_15_6_zbook_15_g3.html
www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1266509-REG/hp_x9t82ut_aba_15_6_zbook_studio_g3.html
which one would you recommend? the M2000M should be better than M1000M but is it woth 2lb heavier and the bad design?
please help me if you have time, thank you!
is everything soldered on, or is it possible to upgrade hardware..?
I have the ZBook 14 G2. Everything is upgradeable including RAM, NvME PCle SSD (Primary OS for SSD), and the empty slot next to battery can be used for a 2nd SSD like Samsung EVO. That is my setup. Well worth the investment and eBay sells the ZBook 14 G2 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD (NvMe PCle) for ~$400. Better getting that model with i7 5th generation and add your 2nd SSD for more storage.
HP doesn't use glue to hold their computers together either...
A ZBook can easily be opened with a latch, not by taking out screws so its painless to service it.
The biggest different between HP and Apple is you can actually fix the HP's....
my first criticism, in 2016, where iPhone 6 and others, Sony nexus 6p and others use instantaneous finger print scanner, it's hp laziness to put a finger print scanner that's 16 yrs old atleast.
I am going with dell precision, the older model until my cad works pays off for the newer m7710.
your xeon would be good investment but low gpu power and i would get my own ssd
nhz013 , My I ask you for your opinion: my daughter is starting architecture and she's asking me for CAD capable laptop. Which is better for CAD - pc or Mac? What do you think? The budget is around £2000
@@sakadabara These HPs are now a lot under 2K pounds...
www.ebay.com/itm/HP-ZBook-Studio-G3-Notebook-E3-1545m-v5-32GB-512GB-Quadro-Mint-Xeon-Warranty/283353021127?hash=item41f927fac7:g:rVMAAOSwnCdcS4O2
The hp G3 screen is too bad , if you buy a 1080p one it is blurry and too white, view angle is even worse can not see anything if you tilt a little bit
??!? win 7 pro ?!?? you sure this is 2016??? O.o or was that some kind of mistake... or maybe a joke?
I loaded windows 10 onto it with no issues
isn't it delivered witih win 10?
i think you can spec windows 7 or 10
Many companies use win 7 pro to date. It is really good in many ways and too many professional enterprise programs are only compatible with win 7 pro so far. Win 10 is kind of unnecessary if you are "only" using your laptop for professional work.