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by voidmain0001 249 days ago
HP ZBook Ultra G1a is a great option and can be bought with up to 128GB RAM.
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Yes. It looks to be the more standard option form factor wise, which is a blessing and a curse.

For instance they went for the standard lower resolution display (1920x1440 for 14" vs 2560x1600 for 13" on the Z13). The thermals also looked better on the Z13, which comes partly with the form factor, partly with Asus optimizing for that for so many years.

Of cours the Z13 keyboard is meh, I expect most owners to have it detached 90% of the time and handle the machine more like a standalone screen/touch/pen input.

The upper tier G1a comes with an OLED 2.8K touch display.

The vapor chamber cooling on the HP seems efficient, but the back side venting on the flow is clearly better.

https://h20195.www2.hp.com/v2/getpdf.aspx/c09119722.pdf

Sounds like it's not available in Japan, or I'm not good enough with HP's site to find the customizable options..but it's good to know!