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by constantcrying 243 days ago
These HP Fury Laptops and many others on that list are such a joke.

A somewhat capable CPU, sometimes just an integrated GPU slapped in a cheap chassis with mediocre build quality. Sold at absurd prices. My employer is "getting scammed" by HP continuously by paying for this absolute crap. The workstations aren't any better.

Nowadays the "business laptops" you get cost the same as a MacBook, have a bad, barely usable, CPU and are made out of flimsy plastic. I do not get how companies like HP keep doing this, what a total embarrassment.

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HP Fury laptops have a metal shell, 16" or 18" screen and the cheapest one comes with an 8gb Blackwell P1000 for about $2600.

https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/pdp/hp-zbook-fury-g1i-16-inch-...

Also, you should never be paying the MSRP unless you're getting a kickback. Your employer may be stupid but that is not the default.

I could be completely wrong about this, but my hunch was the HP Zbook were mobile workstations and you could rip out the wireless components, so I thought this could be useful if you wanted something portable in say a SCIF.