Memory
4 GB DDR3L-1600 SDRAM
Configuration: 1 x 4 GB
Expandable to 16GB
2 x SODIMM
Hard Drive
128GB SSD
Software
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64 (available through downgrade rights from Windows 8.1 Pro)
This system is preinstalled with Windows 7 Professional software and also comes with a license and media for Windows 8.1 Pro software.
Display
14" diagonal HD SVA eDP anti-glare flat
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Graphics
APU specific (Radeon R4)
Audio
HD audio with DTS Studio Sound
Integrated dual-microphone array located in the display
2 integrated stereo speakers
Stereo headphone line out
Stereo microphone in
Power Supply
HP Long Life 3-cell, 50 WHr Li-ion
45 W Smart AC adapter
Dimensions
Width 13.34"
Depth 9.33"
Height 0.82"
Weight starting at 2.5 kg
Interfaces
3 USB 3.0
1 USB 3.0 charging
1 DisplayPort
1 VGA
1 headphone/microphone combo
1 AC power
1 RJ-45
1 docking connector
1 battery connector (secondary)
Warranty / Miscellaneous
3 Year Manufacturer Warranty
720p HD webcam
All comments (47)
paulmkeith
7 Jan 16#1
Elite in what way? It has a small SSD and only 4Gb of RAM. Is the CPU anything special? If it is a genuine reduction then have some heat :man:
innovationwatch
7 Jan 16#2
terrible cpu, average specs.. not really good..
happymanuk
7 Jan 16#3
Can't go wrong for less than £150 !
99rb
7 Jan 16#4
3 year warranty! worth £50?
damadgeruk to 99rb
29 Jan 16#17
SoGA / Consumer Act is free though not necessarily easy to enforce.
jimyfloyd1
7 Jan 16#5
For the £100 back the qualifying products says "745 G1 - M3N17ES" and this says it's a G2 - does anyone know if it is the same? Ebuyer don't give the product code?
Babboon to jimyfloyd1
7 Jan 16#6
Model number is in the url ebuyer.com/708085-hp-elitebook-745-g2-laptop-m3n17es-abu
and is eligible for £50 according to the hp site
Family Models Purchase Conditions Cashback Promotional Period
HP EliteBook 745 G2 - M3N17ES - £50.00 2016-01-01 – 2016-01-31
jimyfloyd1
7 Jan 16#7
Sorry, I meant for the further £100 for trading in a device mentioned in the initial post...
HP qualifying product states 745 G1 - M3N17ES
not 745 G2 - M3N17ES.
Is HP mistaken? Does this laptop qualify for trade-up cashback or not?
huangxq2
7 Jan 161#9
Hot for me.
It is a brand new Elitebook. Elitebook is good quality, HP highest series of business laptop, and charged at a high premium.
The CPU is not strong.
But with SSD, it is fast for any general use.
Good quality, lasting, premium business laptop, comes with SSD, at a price of budget consumer laptop.
Not to mention if you could get the £150 cashbook.
There were i5 Probook for the same price for quite few weeks. It increased to £330 now. But I believe Elitebook is higher than Probook.
cambargins
8 Jan 16#11
Great busines/everyday laptop. not gaming - video editing machine.
opaninkofi
8 Jan 16#12
only the M3N17ES matters, forget about everything else. I have previously claimed and traded at least 10 laptops within the last 10 months so know what I am saying, don't even give it a second though. I bought this machine earlier on to replace my other halfs probook as the 1 year warranty is running out. Sold the probook (bought £109 after cashback and trade up) for £270 and got this which will effectively be less than £150 to me plus 3 years warranty. Its a crazy price, you wont get it anywhere.
whatsthematter
12 Jan 16#13
I emailed HP to ask them confirm this laptop was included, they confirmed it was.
(I'd already ordered it anyway, by the time they replied).
forddan
14 Jan 16#14
price gone up to £320, but just got myself one of these from Techoworld for £298. trading in my old laptop and cash back makes it a bargain for £148
jimyfloyd1
26 Jan 16#15
It says business users only - are you claiming as a business or just personal user?
opaninkofi
26 Jan 161#16
Every living soul is a business. Lol. They once quarried my business documents and I told them that I am a start up and buying these to give to other members of the team for apps/software development so can't provide them any document other than I am an unregistered new start up (you don't have to be registered in order to be a business). What could they do other than approve the cashback? And yes that is only one query in at least 10 claims. I have been buying for all family members and friends who need new laptops or want to replace theirs. Put your name on the company side when filling the form and you are good to go. Any uncertainty about filling form or whatever and give me a nudge
mirrorsaw
3 Feb 161#18
Bought this a few weeks ago and have just posted a £25 tablet (I just bought on amazon) to HP to claim my £100. It's a nice laptop, CPU is weak but personally I don't have a problem with that. Also upgraded it to 8gb RAM for about £13 (ebay).
ukmonkey
3 Feb 16#19
I want one
bobo53
3 Feb 16#20
at £299 I would not expect a cpu with an old 10 years ago performance
Nexusfifth to bobo53
3 Feb 162#35
And so you would go and pay more money to get an i5 with a crappy slow hdd, screen and build quality and wonder why your laptop is crap.
This laptop with its 10 year old cpu performance will give an average user a way way better experience than anything close to this price. (Unless you want to upgrade to an ssd yourself).
It is relatively light, (1.9kg, possibly less, the description is wrong) has a screen with pixel density of a full hd, an ssd in it and people vote cold on it because it doesn't have a fastest cpu on the block.
It is sad how many people judge pcs solely based on the cpu in them. (there is really no point in putting an i5 into a 300£ machine which is crappy in every other respect and yet that gets hot votes, while this which has a crappy cpu and great everything else takes 4 weeks to get hot...).
It is like comparing cars only based on the horsepower count they have and then someone starts selling a Fiesta with 300HP...)
Anyway I believe this is expired now, but I would have sure loved to know about it and because.
john306
3 Feb 16#21
I've got one of these and for my usage and the fact it cost £150 is great, battery life however on mine is a poor 3 to 3.5 hours only, general build and screen top notch.
blaablaa
3 Feb 16#22
I bought one of these to use on-site at a client. It is fabulous VFM. paid £300 for it, have claimed the £50 cashback plus £100 for a trade-in. Spent an additional £29 on 8gb RAM and £39.99 for a 240gb SSD from Amazon. All in all, for £220 (370 less 150 in rewards) I have a 12gb, 240gb SSD elitebook with magnesium aluminium chassis and a true HD screen. It absolutely flies on Windows 10 with Office 2016 and is perfectly fine for movies, internet etc. Frankly it's a total bargain in my book, especially the long battery time and the instant boot-up. Fabulous machine save the lack of HDMI output.
tfsop to blaablaa
3 Feb 16#23
You say good battery, one person above says that the battery is weak? Can't find reviews anywhere!
What battery life do you get in comparison to the 3 - 3.5 hours quoted further above?
prassanchitt to blaablaa
6 Feb 16#42
Hello,
Can you post the links to RAM and HDD you purchsed, please? As a non-techie it will rule out any compatibility issues as these are already working in your laptop. I did purchase this laptop and agree with your comments about value for money (£150) if both cash-back options are availed and battery life of about 4-5 hours for day to day use.
Thanks for your time
blaablaa
3 Feb 16#24
I have my screen on full brightness with no power saver, working continuously and would say easily 4 hours. I think if I did power saver with 75% screen it would be 5+... I will say the screen is a matte type one that isn't overly bright - may not be for all but I find it wonderful to work with for long periods of time. It idn't an ultrabright glossy type screen you would get on your average 15.6 from PC World by example.
tfsop
3 Feb 16#25
Thanks for this!
Sproggy
3 Feb 161#26
Looks like the £100 cashback expired 31st January 2016 according to the Terms and Conditions?
blaablaa to Sproggy
3 Feb 16#28
I can't remember where I saw it but I am sure it is valid in Feb as well. Will try and check.
Gkains to Sproggy
3 Feb 16#29
Well, the deal was posted over three weeks ago but due to the people only looking at the slow CPU didn't reach hot until now.
Those who did manage to get this in time and were able to avail of both the cashback and the trade-in basically got a top quality laptop built-up-to-a-qualty-and-spec for the price of one of those lowest quality Atom plastic laptops build-down-to-a-price. Yes, the CPU is slow and compares very poorly with even the other AMD ones in the other versions of this Elitebook (and this may explain why HP are keen to get rid of these, but I do question who at HP though it was ever going to be a good idea to save $20-$50 on a £500 Elitebook and opted for a single-module CPU).
But then quality seems to count for very little on HUKD...
Superstring
3 Feb 16#27
Comes up as £314.99 for me?
Gkains
3 Feb 16#30
Hm, looks like it's the 12.5" Elitebook 725 G1 one this time. Model 725 G1 - H9V84ES. Similar specs to this.
Can't find any Elitebook cashback this month though.
Strange that the trade-in is on but the cashback not. Maybe I googled the wrong terms?
Ah no! Off the EliteBook 700 series, only the 725 is on Febuary's deal: 725 G1 - H9V84ES 01/02/2016 – 29/02/2016
NekomimiHearst
3 Feb 16#32
To me these current Elitebooks are not the same as the Elitebooks of old, I would say they be equivalent to the affordable HP ProBooks of before - slightly better than the consumer line but no longer having that tank like build quality and top tier performance that you would expect of this line.
As a cheap business computer this model should be fine for office work but if you were expecting similar qualities comparable to like the older gen Elitebook 8460p and Elitebook 8570w then they have evolved to become the HP ZBook which as a package is leagues above this. I think it's pretty sad HP have water down the Elitebook range to what it is today and just cashing in on the name.
PDM
3 Feb 16#33
Looks like this one isn't part of the £100 trade up now for February purchases.
opaninkofi to PDM
3 Feb 16#34
u are right, they seem to have removed it from the ones which qualifies for the cashback
blaablaa
3 Feb 16#36
Well I have this as stated - with 12gb of ram and a 240gb SSD (both cheap upgrades). It flies with WIN10 and the build quality goes way beyond your average HP family type pc.
loz_the_guru
3 Feb 16#37
So I take it this is no longer eligible for any sort of Cashback?
A2EEM
3 Feb 16#38
For £150 you can't go wrong. Only downfall for me is the 128GB SSD. Nowadays with the OS taking so much space it doesn't leave you with much. At the end of the day it all depends on what you are using it for.
blaablaa
3 Feb 161#39
The 128gb SSD is split into 15gb of HP recovery and tools across two partitions and 103GB as a main drive third partition. Win10, Office 2016 and a few programs leaves me with 53gb spare. I upgraded to a 240GB SSD just for extra comfort but the 128 is fine for office work, and it has SD slots and USB etc for extra storage of media.
BlueTechie
4 Feb 16#40
I checked with HP Trade Up enquiries last week to be informed this link from EBuyer did not qualify.
In any case this model is no longer on the HP Qualifying product list for February.
john306 to BlueTechie
4 Feb 16#41
Incorrect.
I sent in the actual Ebuyer Invoice and it came back "claim accepted" So no problem with Ebuyer
blaablaa
9 Feb 161#43
Hi, the SSD was the crucial 240gb SSD that was 39.99 on Amazon recently. The 8gb RAM is the memory mentioned earlier in the other thread where this was available from Dabs. I can't remember where I bought it from but it is Kingston I believe and available anywhere. I have been using it for three weeks now and it is faultless.
john306 to blaablaa
9 Feb 16#44
How are you getting on with the battery life now? Over the weekend surfing on 50% brightness and Battery saver i only got 3 hours 15 min, on 70% brightness i only got 2 hours 30 min. After opening a claim with HP they are sending me a replacement battery, hopefully that fixes it.
Well I tend to get four hours without battery saver but I honestly couldn't be too sure because I have the charger in when it gets below 30%
john306
9 Feb 16#46
cheers, I'm disappointed though with it being a business laptop with a "long life" battery I thought it would have lasted ages, not struggled to get to 2.5 hours without battery saving and reasonable brightness, the new battery came today and that doesn't seem much better
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Opening post
£50 cashback
https://hpcashback.com/gb/en/pages/cashback/home
£100 for trading in your laptop/desktop/tablet
https://tradeuptohp.com/gb/en/pages/tradein/home
Processor
AMD Dual-Core A6 7050B 2.2GHz
1MB cache
Memory
4 GB DDR3L-1600 SDRAM
Configuration: 1 x 4 GB
Expandable to 16GB
2 x SODIMM
Hard Drive
128GB SSD
Software
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64 (available through downgrade rights from Windows 8.1 Pro)
This system is preinstalled with Windows 7 Professional software and also comes with a license and media for Windows 8.1 Pro software.
Display
14" diagonal HD SVA eDP anti-glare flat
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Graphics
APU specific (Radeon R4)
Audio
HD audio with DTS Studio Sound
Integrated dual-microphone array located in the display
2 integrated stereo speakers
Stereo headphone line out
Stereo microphone in
Input Devices
Full-sized, spill resistant keyboard
Touchpad
Networking
Broadcom 802.11a/b/g/n (2x2)
Bluetooth® 4.0 Combo
Power Supply
HP Long Life 3-cell, 50 WHr Li-ion
45 W Smart AC adapter
Dimensions
Width 13.34"
Depth 9.33"
Height 0.82"
Weight starting at 2.5 kg
Interfaces
3 USB 3.0
1 USB 3.0 charging
1 DisplayPort
1 VGA
1 headphone/microphone combo
1 AC power
1 RJ-45
1 docking connector
1 battery connector (secondary)
Warranty / Miscellaneous
3 Year Manufacturer Warranty
720p HD webcam
All comments (47)
and is eligible for £50 according to the hp site
Family Models Purchase Conditions Cashback Promotional Period
HP EliteBook 745 G2 - M3N17ES - £50.00 2016-01-01 – 2016-01-31
https://tradeuptohp.com/gb/en/pages/tradein/home
not 745 G2 - M3N17ES.
Is HP mistaken? Does this laptop qualify for trade-up cashback or not?
It is a brand new Elitebook. Elitebook is good quality, HP highest series of business laptop, and charged at a high premium.
The CPU is not strong.
But with SSD, it is fast for any general use.
Good quality, lasting, premium business laptop, comes with SSD, at a price of budget consumer laptop.
Not to mention if you could get the £150 cashbook.
There were i5 Probook for the same price for quite few weeks. It increased to £330 now. But I believe Elitebook is higher than Probook.
(I'd already ordered it anyway, by the time they replied).
This laptop with its 10 year old cpu performance will give an average user a way way better experience than anything close to this price. (Unless you want to upgrade to an ssd yourself).
It is relatively light, (1.9kg, possibly less, the description is wrong) has a screen with pixel density of a full hd, an ssd in it and people vote cold on it because it doesn't have a fastest cpu on the block.
It is sad how many people judge pcs solely based on the cpu in them. (there is really no point in putting an i5 into a 300£ machine which is crappy in every other respect and yet that gets hot votes, while this which has a crappy cpu and great everything else takes 4 weeks to get hot...).
It is like comparing cars only based on the horsepower count they have and then someone starts selling a Fiesta with 300HP...)
Anyway I believe this is expired now, but I would have sure loved to know about it and because.
What battery life do you get in comparison to the 3 - 3.5 hours quoted further above?
Can you post the links to RAM and HDD you purchsed, please? As a non-techie it will rule out any compatibility issues as these are already working in your laptop. I did purchase this laptop and agree with your comments about value for money (£150) if both cash-back options are availed and battery life of about 4-5 hours for day to day use.
Thanks for your time
Those who did manage to get this in time and were able to avail of both the cashback and the trade-in basically got a top quality laptop built-up-to-a-qualty-and-spec for the price of one of those lowest quality Atom plastic laptops build-down-to-a-price. Yes, the CPU is slow and compares very poorly with even the other AMD ones in the other versions of this Elitebook (and this may explain why HP are keen to get rid of these, but I do question who at HP though it was ever going to be a good idea to save $20-$50 on a £500 Elitebook and opted for a single-module CPU).
But then quality seems to count for very little on HUKD...
Can't find any Elitebook cashback this month though.
Strange that the trade-in is on but the cashback not. Maybe I googled the wrong terms?
I have an ancient HP 2133 netbook - would that work on the £100 rebate? There is a February list: https://tradeuptohp.com/gb/en/pages/tradein/qualifying
Ah no! Off the EliteBook 700 series, only the 725 is on Febuary's deal: 725 G1 - H9V84ES 01/02/2016 – 29/02/2016
As a cheap business computer this model should be fine for office work but if you were expecting similar qualities comparable to like the older gen Elitebook 8460p and Elitebook 8570w then they have evolved to become the HP ZBook which as a package is leagues above this. I think it's pretty sad HP have water down the Elitebook range to what it is today and just cashing in on the name.
In any case this model is no longer on the HP Qualifying product list for February.
I sent in the actual Ebuyer Invoice and it came back "claim accepted" So no problem with Ebuyer
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00CQ35GYE/ref=pe_385721_37986871_TE_item
Not keen on HDD as I am using this for Uni work only and I am using a 64 GB memory stick for storing all my data.
Cheers