Dell Precision 7530, HP ZBook 15 G5, or Lenovo ThinkPad P52?

Does HP have a return policy?

 

Very good question. No. They have an onsite warranty etc..But as far I can tell no...Which is why I want to know as much details as possible. An alternative is to get the XPS 9570 I am thinking whether it will be more reliable than the HP. It does seem to have throttling issues as well though

 

The HP Zbook should be significantly better than the XPS. Note that the P600 in the Zbook is not very powerful. It's similar to an MX150.

 

I am fine, with P600, graphics is not a big deal, occasional video and some small games of 2012-2013 are all I will ever play. Its mostly dev work with compiling, VM's docker etc.

 

Actually @Blacky its the Zbook 15V G5, note the V. I am sure the zbook is better but it costs a bit too much here...But the 15V is within my budget

 

Yeah, I've noticed. The V is the budget line of Zbook. Still, a Zbook should be a Zbook. Wouldn't be wise for HP to trash their brand.

 

I am betting on that. Zbooks generally have excellent build quality. The thermals worry me. To be fair most 6 core laptops have issue with cooling. I need a bit of portability and service warranties so clevos or Acer Predator 500 is out of the question

 

Anybody tested Lenovo Thinkpad P1 yet? I am leaning toward that. Sadly, no decent or any reviews for the Zbook's lineup yet...

 

p1 has plenty of reviews.. I remember seeing one from Dave Lee, WIndows Central etc. Even Notebookcheck has one :- https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenov...-P2000-Max-Q-Workstation-Review.337120.0.html
Yea i couldn't find any for any Zbooks. Its frustrating. I dont know when can notebookcheck do one, for supposedly one of the most premium line of work stations, its very very frustrating.

 

I have risked it and bought a ZBook G5 (without v). The only drawback was a very cheap thermal paste on processor that caused the cooling to be noisy at 100% fan speed as soon as processor went up to 20% load. After repasting using Thermal Grizzly thermal paste and pads, the machine is much quieter, temperature of CPU only very rarely goes over 90 degrees C and fan never goes over 65% even when compiling huge project. Otherwise, the machine is beautifully built with great upgrade options (added a 2TB m.2 SSD and a 120GB SATA SSD), great screen and generally very good cooling.