HP Elite mt645 G8 AMD Ryzen™ 3 7335U Laptop 35.6 cm (14") WUXGA 8 GB DDR5-SDRAM 256 GB SSD Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) IGEL OS Silver

Product Overview

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For £930.82 ex‑VAT, the HP Elite mt645 G8 with iGEL OS is a bit of an odd one: it’s priced like a “proper” business endpoint, but it’s still fundamentally a thin client (i.e., it’s only as useful as the remote apps/desktops you’re connecting to). If your setup is genuinely thin-client first—VDI/RDP/hosted apps, heavy central control, centrally managed users—then this is a sensible, solid choice. The big win is the HP Elite build quality and the reliability you usually get when you standardise on a mainstream enterprise platform. Also, iGEL tends to reduce admin overhead compared to more DIY approaches.

That said, I wouldn’t buy this if you expect the device to do meaningful local work. It’s expensive for “light” use, and you’re paying for a level of hardware you might not actually leverage if everything runs remotely. If you’re a small team with a handful of users, or you don’t already have (or plan to have) a stable VDI/remote application estate, you’d often be better off either downsizing to a cheaper thin client—or just buying a more straightforward managed Windows business laptop for the same money.

**Who should buy:** organisations with centralised app hosting, want simple iGEL-based management, and need a dependable, office-to-site endpoint that won’t cause headaches. **Who should skip:** anyone mostly using browsers/email locally, or anyone without remote infrastructure to justify thin-client pricing.