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) Windows 10 IoT Enterprise Silver

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Honestly, this looks like a “managed device” thin-client-style purchase rather than a bargain end-user laptop. The price (£992.74 ex-VAT) is fairly high for what you get on paper, and at 8 GB RAM / 256 GB storage you’ll feel the limits fast if staff do anything beyond standard office/VPN/VDI-style work. Where it *does* make sense is in environments that need a reliable, centrally managed HP fleet: predictable build quality, sensible security posture, and a device that will happily sit on the network day after day without fuss. If you’re rolling out IoT Enterprise and you’ve got workflows like remote apps, thin-configuration management, and tight user restrictions, it can be good value.

That said, I wouldn’t buy it for teams that need local horsepower (heavier spreadsheets, local line-of-business apps, or lots of browser tabs) unless you’re confident you can keep workloads light or you’re pairing it with proper remote desktop/VDI infrastructure. Also, be careful about “thin client” expectations: this is still a laptop, so if your goal is to standardise ultra-low-cost endpoints, you can usually do better than this price point. I’d buy it only if your IT team specifically wants HP’s enterprise management story and the device fits a controlled, remote-first use case—otherwise, you’ll likely pay too much for not enough headroom.