I am thinking to buy a HP WAVE. I wanted for office work . Its the model with i7 processor. Any comments about the machine ? Anybody ownes it ? Its not very upgradable i think and difficult with noise and heat. Any thoughts ?
6th gen Intel CPU is a bit of a bummer. I didn't think these came out that long ago. Apparently they haven't been updated.
[Edit, I did find an i5-7400T model I suppose, $700 is...]
What is your primary motivator for choosing the Wave? Size? "Wow factor"? etc?
If small size is what you're looking for, would a 4.5"x4.5"x2" Intel NUC + 512GB SSD + 16GB RAM for $530 suffice? The i5-8259U with 4C/8T @ 2.3-3.9GHz is roughly equal to the i5-7400T with 4C/4T @ 2.4-3GHz.
Are you knowledgeable in building PCs "from scratch", or do you desire/require pre-built machines?
None of these. I have Thinkpad laptop. I dont need a laptop. I use it as desktop. And i found someone to change it for free. He will give me the Wave and i will give me the thinkpad.Βut i think about it..
Then I suppose it comes down to who's getting the better end of this trade. Would need to know the full specs on both machines to determine that.
I can't imagine the wave being worse in the heat and upgrade categories than a laptop. If a reviewer has a standard desktop computer in mind when doing that comparison, I can see why the standard desktop would win though.