I received this laptop two days ago. So I've been using it since then. Laptop came in pretty much brand new condition. Don't see a single scratch or dent on it. There are a few places on the keyboard that needs to be cleaned but barely noticeable. Most importantly the laptop works.
Battery is in pretty good shape and looks like it can run 5-8 hours on a full charge:
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inxi -B
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 33.6 Wh (79.6%) condition: 42.2/53.2 Wh (79.3%)
volts: 11.8 min: 11.6
The whole thing is a solid piece of metal so the build quality is nice. Keyboard is very nice as well (this version came with a backlit keyboard). I prefer the keyboard layout of the Dell Latitude 5490. Everything was there in the right spot. The camera has a sliding cover so you can keep it covered. The speakers seem to be pretty good quality but I wouldn't be the best judge for that. The laptop is thin, lightweight, and seems smaller than a 14 inch laptop.
Cons:
1. The keyboard does not have a FN key/number pad like my Dell Latitude. I'm sure there is a way to assign the keys manually to what I want them to be. Need to figure it out without messing anything up.
2. This model came with a 250 nit display. I haven't noticed any issues yet. I need to see how it does in bright light outside. My Dell Latitude's display doesn't do well in bright light outside. I'm expecting this one to be better.
3. Doesn't have an ethernet port and has only two USB A ports. It does have two USB C ports however.
4. Runs a little warm. I left it under a pillow the other night and it was really hot with the fan running on maximum. I wonder if that will happen while in a backpack.
5. The touchpad and mouse buttons are nice but it doesn't have a middle mouse button like my Latitude.
6. I carry my laptops by hand everywhere. I feel like this one can slip from my hand easily. Probably due to the metal surface.
The one that concerns me the most is #4 above. The rest are minor issues. This laptop is a really good value should it last a long time (and I don't see why it shouldn't). The processor lies in between an intel 11th gen and 12th gen processor in terms of performance (at least from my research online).
Here are the specs from inxi -F:
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System:
Host: mx-845g8 Kernel: 6.12.57+deb13-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.1 Distro: MX-25_x64 Infinity November 12 2025
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP EliteBook 845 G8 Notebook PC v: SBKPF
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 8895 v: KBC Version 43.3E.00 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: HP v: T82 Ver. 01.21.00 date: 04/08/2025
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 31.9 Wh (75.6%) condition: 42.2/53.2 Wh (79.3%)
volts: 11.7 min: 11.6
CPU:
Info: 6-core model: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64
type: MT MCP cache: L2: 3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1519 min/max: 400/4289 cores: 1: 1519 2: 1519 3: 1519
4: 1519 5: 1519 6: 1519 7: 1519 8: 1519 9: 1519 10: 1519 11: 1519 12: 1519
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Cezanne [Radeon Vega Series /
Radeon Mobile Series] driver: amdgpu v: kernel
Device-2: Quanta HP HD Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu
resolution: 1280x720~60Hz
API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: kms_swrast,radeonsi,swrast
platforms: gbm,x11,surfaceless,device
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.0.7-2 renderer: AMD
Radeon Graphics (radeonsi renoir ACO DRM 3.61 6.12.57+deb13-amd64)
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.309 drivers: radv,llvmpipe surfaces: xcb,xlib
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo de: xfce4-display-settings
x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Renoir Radeon High Definition
Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Audio Coprocessor driver: N/A
Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel
API: ALSA v: k6.12.57+deb13-amd64 status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.5 status: active
Network:
Device-1: MEDIATEK MT7921 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
driver: mt7921e
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 90:e8:68:b9:1f:93
IF-ID-1: wg0-mullvad state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
IF-ID-2: wwan0 state: down mac: N/A
Bluetooth:
Device-1: IMC Networks Wireless_Device driver: btusb type: USB
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 4 state: down
bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes
address: 90:E8:68:B9:1F:92
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 267.14 GiB used: 75.48 GiB (28.3%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: SK Hynix model: PC711 HFS256GDE9X073N
size: 238.47 GiB
ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: SanDisk model: USB 3.2Gen1 size: 28.67 GiB
type: USB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 232.05 GiB used: 71.31 GiB (30.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0
ID-2: /boot size: 1.32 GiB used: 459.6 MiB (34.0%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
ID-3: /boot/efi size: 252 MiB used: 8.7 MiB (3.5%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 18.95 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) file: /swap/swap
ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 14.95 GiB used: 2.67 GiB (17.8%)
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 43.6 C mobo: 36.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 42.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 14.95 GiB
used: 11.39 GiB (76.2%)
Processes: 461 Uptime: 1d 15h 22m Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.38
Here is a more in depth youtube review of the previous generation of this model:
