HP Laptop 17 Business Laptop Silver 2025
Microsoft Surface Laptop 15" 7th Edition Black 2025
What Buyers Say
HP Laptop 17 Business Laptop Silver 2025
The laptop receives generally positive reviews for its speed, large screen, and SSD, especially as an upgrade from older models. However, there are significant complaints about misadvertised features: several users noted the absence of a touchscreen and backlit keyboard that were promised. Gaming performance is good but requires manual configuration of the NVIDIA graphics card to avoid crashes.
Pros
- Fast boot and SSD performance
- Large screen
- Great for gaming with NVIDIA tuning
- Durable build
- Easy setup
Cons
- Missing advertised touchscreen
- Missing advertised backlit keyboard
- Game crashes without manual NVIDIA config
- No DVD drive
Microsoft Surface Laptop 15" 7th Edition Black 2025
Users are very satisfied with this Surface Laptop, praising its build quality, smooth trackpad, excellent screen brightness, and long battery life. One reviewer noted a printer connectivity issue, but overall sentiment is highly positive.
Pros
- Excellent screen brightness
- Smooth trackpad
- Great battery life
- Solid build quality
- Magnetic charging port
Cons
- Printer connectivity issue
Scores
Specifications
| HP Laptop 17 Business Laptop | Microsoft Surface Laptop 15" 7th Edition | |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | ||
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 1600X★ | Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100 |
| CPU Multi-Core Score | No data | |
| Cores | 6 | 12★ |
| Frequency | 2.3 GHz | 3.4 GHz★ |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB★ | 6 MB |
| Graphics | ||
| GPU* | AMD Radeon Graphics★ | Qualcomm Adreno GPU |
| GPU Benchmark Score | ||
| Type | discrete | integrated★ |
| VRAM Type | — | Shared |
| Memory & Storage | ||
| RAM | 32 GB | 64 GB★ |
| RAM Generation | DDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Storage 1 | 1 TB | 1 TB |
| Storage 1 Type | SSD | NVMe SSD★ |
| Display | ||
| Size | 17.3" | 15" |
| Resolution | 1600 px | 2496 px★ |
| Panel | IPS | IPS |
| Refresh Rate | — | 120 Hz★ |
| Brightness | — | 600 nits★ |
| Color Gamut | — | sRGB |
| Connectivity | ||
| USB-C Ports | 1 | 2★ |
| USB Ports | 2★ | 1 |
| Thunderbolt | — | USB4 |
| HDMI | HDMI 1.4b | — |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 6 | Wi-Fi 7★ |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.4 | Bluetooth 5.4 |
| Physical | ||
| Weight | 2.08 kg | 1.66 kg★ |
| Battery | 41 Wh | 66 Wh★ |
| OS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Pro |
Pros & Cons
HP Laptop 17 Business Laptop Silver 2025
- Strong social proof (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
- Strong ram (80th percentile)80th %ile
- Strong storage (67th percentile)
- Below average portability (6th percentile)6th %ile
- Below average screen (9th percentile)9th %ile
- Below average reliability (33rd percentile)
Microsoft Surface Laptop 15" 7th Edition Black 2025
- Strong cpu (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong ram (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong screen (91st percentile)91st %ile
- Strong reliability (81st percentile)81st %ile
- Below average gpu (28th percentile)
Pricing
HP Laptop 17 Business Laptop Silver 2025
No current pricing available
Microsoft Surface Laptop 15" 7th Edition Black 2025
Verdict
Scores 75 overall, wins 6 of 8 usage categories and 12 of 28 specs.
