Hp Rolls Out New Ai-powered Laptops And Desktops For Enterprises

New AI PCs besides characteristic 'AI Companion,' an on-device AI investigation assistant.

AI PCs — devices that straight merge AI capabilities into hardware and package — are quickly taking complete nan PC market; immoderate analysts person gone truthful acold arsenic to designate 2025 nan “Year of nan AI PC.”

HP is nan latest vendor to subordinate nan fray. It announced coming astatine its HP Amplify 2025 partner convention that it has wholly redesigned its mobile and desktop computers to meet nan demands of mainstream endeavor workers, and its afloat revamped portfolio is now populated pinch AI PCs.

“The measurement we activity now is much demanding than ever,” Cory McElroy, HP’s VP for commercialized merchandise management, said successful a property pre-briefing. “The expectations are different. It’s not capable that devices activity well; we request our devices to expect our needs and really thief america done our day-to-day.”

The caller endeavor devices see some laptops and desktops. Here’s a little look astatine nan offerings:

ProBook 4 AI PCs

The HP ProBook 4 G1i and ProBook 4 G1a (the “i” and “a” bespeak whether nan instrumentality is powered by an Intel aliases AMD processor) target distant workers and roadworthy warriors who, HP said, “need to get productive pinch precocious tech, AI workstyles, and multilayered security.”

They connection up to 32GB SDRAM and up to 1TB of storage, pinch nan action to adhd a 2nd SSD of up to 256GB to nan AMD version. Each processor type tin beryllium configured pinch a 14 inch aliases 16 inch display.

EliteBook 6 AI PCs

The EliteBook 6 G1i and EliteBook 6 G1a are designed for frontline professionals and agency support staff, HP said, and connection aggregate show sizes: 13 inch, 14 inch, and 16 inch screens for nan Intel model, and 14 inches aliases 16 inches for nan AMD versions.

Although they don’t suffice arsenic Copilot+ PCs, they are robustly configured pinch up to 64GB of DDR5 SDRAM and up to 2TB of storage.

Both Intel and AMD models are equipped pinch enhanced conferencing and collaboration features, including Poly Camera Pro, which now uses nan NPU for galore of its precocious features to prevention power.

EliteBook 8 AI PCs

The EliteBook 8 bid offers neural processing portion (NPU) options tin of up to 50 trillion operations per 2nd (TOPS), qualifying immoderate models to beryllium designated Copilot+ PCs and, HP said, providing up to 224% amended powerfulness ratio and 43X faster AI image procreation than erstwhile generations without NPUs. The bid offers up to 64GB DDR5 memory, up to 2TB of storage, and, arsenic pinch each of HP’s PCs, endpoint information is built in.

McElroy pointed to “new levels of serviceability and intentional design,” arsenic nan mobile devices are modular. “Once nan bottommost screen is removed, vertical components specified arsenic battery, fans, retention aliases different cardinal elements tin beryllium overmuch much easy removed than successful erstwhile accepted designs,” he explained, to make it easier for endeavor IT to support nan devices.

HP’s desktop series, EliteDesk 8, is now AI-powered arsenic well, and nan institution besides said it is nan world’s first business desktop PC portfolio to protect against quantum machine hacks.

Further, nan caller HP EliteStudio 8 AiO G1i is nan first commercialized all-in-one PC pinch integrated keyboard-video-mouse (KVM) expertise done HP Device Switch, allowing users to control, toggle between, and negociate aggregate devices via a azygous console. HP calls it an perfect instrumentality for labor perpetually moving astir nan office.

Select models of EliteBook, EliteDesk and EliteStudio besides suffice arsenic Copilot+ PCs, making them peculiarly appealing to endeavor buyers looking to refresh to Windows 11. Microsoft has strict requirements for machines designated Copilot+ PCs: They must tally Windows 11, person an NPU tin of 40-plus TOPS, astatine slightest 16GB of RAM and a minimum of 256GB of coagulated authorities thrust (SSD) retention aliases cosmopolitan flash retention (UFS).

An onboard ‘AI Companion’

The caller devices travel pinch a built-in ‘AI Companion’ that tin retrieve, select and summarize files and create content, among different tasks, each without nan request for an net connection.

Users tin leverage nan AI Companion successful 2 ways: In ‘on-device’ mode, nan companion uses a section ample connection exemplary (LLM) for nan astir backstage AI acquisition aliases erstwhile nan personification needs to activity offline, McElroy explained. Alternatively, they tin move to ‘cloud mode’ erstwhile they request nan “latest and greatest” from industry-leading models online.

The companion allows users to snip an image from their surface and usage that snip arsenic a prompt. Other caller capabilities planned for nan outpouring see what HP called “intuitive sound and matter commands,” and built-in keylogger protection to thief support information secure.

“When you person nan correct tools, activity doesn’t person to consciousness for illustration work,” McElroy noted. “By enabling caller AI experiences, caller ways of moving and nan expertise to do things faster, we’re powering move alteration truthful nan full institution tin beryllium much productive and fulfilled for their time to day.”