HP Goes After Business Users with Zbook 14 and 15u Workstation UItrabooks

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Thin and light workstations for the mobile road warrior

HP is awfully proud of its reputation for delivering thin and light business-class laptops, and to ensure its name keeps coming up when the discussion turns to such systems, HP today introduced what it claims are the industry's thinnest and lightest workstation Ultrabooks to date, the Zbook 14 and Zbook 15u. If these model names look familiar, it's because they're second generation products.
Both models are similar in features and options, albeit the Zbook 14 G2 sports a 14-inch display with and the Zbook 15u features a 15.6-inch panel, each of which come with optional 10-point touch support. Resolutions range in size from 1366x768 to Full HD 1080p (1920x1080).
A 5th Generation Intel Core i5 5200U dual-core processor (14nm Broadwell) comes standard on each model, though users can upgrade to faster Core i7 CPUs. Other specs include 4GB of RAM upgradeable to 16GB, optional AMD FirePro M4150 graphics (the larger model can be configured with AMD FirePro M4170 graphics), 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, four USB 4.0 ports, SSD and HDD options up to 1.25TB, optional 4G connectivity, and of course Windows 8.1.
HP will beginning shipping the Zbook 14 G2 this month starting at $1,249 and the Zbook 15u G2 at $1,199.
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