HP EliteBook 1050 G1 Review

A review of the HP EliteBook 1050 G1 Premium Business Laptop.
A new segment in the laptop market has appeared over the last few years, blurring the line between premium business and consumer notebooks. Apple with their stylish MacBook and MacBook Pro range has been the biggest challenger to the top 3 PC manufacturers.
HP has responded with the EliteBook 1050 G1 weighing in with snazzy designs, powerful components, Fort Knox like security and a price tag to match. Does it have what it takes to beat off competition from the likes of the Dell XPS 15 and Apple MacBook Pros? Let’s find out.
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HP EliteBook 1050 G1 Business Laptop Review

[@oscartheamericanakita3225]

this is what i call an excellent review. thats the way it should be done. thank you so much for your information

[@Dovecomputers]

Thanks for the comments - really appreciate it, makes all the hard work worthwhile - YL

[@MaksRybalchenko]

HP keyboard and layout is just gorgeous! I love it and prefer to all other layouts. For example, Lenovo's laptop has the horrible layout (from developer point of view)

[@midlan6]

exactly! I need dedicated home/end and page up/down buttons. I hate laptops with numeric block, because the always put the touchpad soooo left on the body. The only thing I miss on HP keyboard is extra spacing between F4/F5 and F8/F9 keys.

[@Dovecomputers]

The EliteBook 1050 G1 8th Gen i7 Hexa Core blows away the 7th Gen and U class CPU's. For example, exporting a 1080P video that would normally take approx. 20 mins to render in Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2019, now takes just over 2 minutes. Wow! - YL

[@gabrielo.popoola107]

Excellent review! Just about the best way a complete review should be delivered. And in a way, you made me fall in love with this machine at a time I'm considering replacing my ageing, eight years old HP Elitebook 8460p.

[@aminedr9474]

what a beast pc ... compared to my 840 g1 hp elitebook

[@zvonepandza7075]

amine DR I feel you man 😁

[@thewhitepanda60]

Great video, exacrly what i was looking for. I have a single question: is it still going strong after 10 months? Because a lot of laptops suffer of e. g. long boot times after that period of time..

[@robraff]

excellent review should include price comparison... only critic is that there is no number pad

[@Milijevic]

Excellent review

[@sjundemartelaere]

As I see it this one could replace my 2011 Core i7 MacBook Pro with 16GB memory. But I'll wait for tests on durability and maybe an option for a better screen. The keyboard and trackpad are OK with me but I have to switch from MacOS to Windows...

[@Dovecomputers]

The 1050 G1 is a beautiful piece of kit. Sad to see it go back to HP. Agree with the screen I would sacrifice some battery life for a quad or 4K panel. The i7 CPU, 32GB, 1TB M.2 and Nvidia GPU definitely assists in making it run buttery smooth with things like Premiere Pro and Photoshop. - YL

[@BarbarraBay]

@@Dovecomputers Thank you for another excellent review. I asked you on another video: "Would a i5-8300H outperform a i7-8750H ?" How would they differ? Thanks

[@Dovecomputers]

@@BarbarraBay Thanks. i5-8300H is a quad core vs the hexacore i7-8750H which in benchmarks is the superior CPU of the two. Single core apps fairly equal. With Multi-core applications, the i7-8750H powers ahead. Having said that you could argue the i5-8300H is better value overall. - YL

[@pbj4928]

Your voice is so similar to obsidian ant

[@DoktreSam]

They need to make this smaller, closer to XPS 15 dimensions. Also make the arrows like how Lenovo does, huge laptop but cramped arrows, come on. Reduce the weight to 4 lbs.
Also, that's a full size SD card reader. Not a micro SD card reader.

[@finesto]

does it support touch or pen support

[@Dovecomputers]

No touchscreen option.

[@morningfeeling6460]

Is it possible to open with one hand like MacBook ?

[@Dovecomputers]

Not on the 1050 G1. You need two hands.

[@professorh8398]

0:49

[@FelixAAntai-rm9ke]

Yes it's possible