It’s this level of security and manageability that helps to justify the laptop’s very high price. The Dell Latitude 7420 is similar in its simplicity, which is also true of other business laptops. There’s a chrome HP logo on the lid and a subtle EliteBook logo on the keyboard deck, and the speaker grilles on each side of the keyboard have a laser-cut pattern, but otherwise, we’re talking a minimalist design. It’s all silver with little in the way of adornments. The laptop’s hinge is a bit tight and it requires two hands to open the lid, but it’s tapered all the way around to make it easy to open and it reclines to 170 degrees for collaborative viewing.Īesthetically, the EliteBook 840 Aero G8 fits HP’s general EliteBook look and feel. But being so light and so solid is a great combination and not one that you find all that often. Business laptops tend to be more solidly built than some consumer laptops, such as the MSI Prestige 14 Evo, which is aluminum but still has a slightly bendable lid, so this isn’t anything new. The EliteBook is solid all around, with a lid that only bends if you apply inappropriate pressure, a keyboard deck that exhibits zero flex, and a chassis bottom that has no give. The EliteBook 840 Aero G8 also manages to avoid a common pitfall of magnesium chassis, which is that they tend to be less rigid than aluminum. Ultimately, the EliteBook 840 Aero G8 achieves its goal of being extremely light even as it’s not the thinnest laptop around. One laptop that matches the EliteBook is the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 9 at 2.49 pounds and a thinner 0.59 inches, which also uses magnesium in its chassis and is more flexible. The Dell Latitude 7420, for example, is 2.7 pounds with carbon fiber in its construction and 2.89 pounds with an all-aluminum chassis while being 0.68 inches thick. While there are 14-inch consumer laptops in the same weight range, like the Acer Swift 5 that weighs 2.31 pounds and is 0.59 inches thick, there aren’t many business machines that can match it. That’s light for a 14-inch business-class laptop and noticeably easier to carry around. But HP crafted the EliteBook Aero 840 G8 out of magnesium rather than aluminum and managed to shave off almost half a pound, bringing it from 2.92 pounds to 2.5 pounds. If you compare the Aero version of the EliteBook 840 G8 with its non-Aero sibling, you’ll find a laptop that’s almost identical in size, within a few fractions of an inch in width and depth, and exactly as thick at 0.70 inches.

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