HP EliteBook 850 G2 laptop Intel Core i5-5200U 2.20 GHz 8GB DDR3 500GB NVMe

15.6-inch HD business laptop

The HP EliteBook 850 G2 delivers a 15.6-inch HD panel at 1366 x 768 resolution driven by an Intel Core i5-5200U dual-core processor. It ships with 8GB DDR3 memory and a new 500GB NVMe M.2 SSD. The unit arrives without an operating system so the buyer installs their preferred platform.

Upgrade from mechanical storage and 4GB RAM

Replacing a traditional hard drive with the included NVMe SSD cuts boot and application load times dramatically. Moving from 4GB to the installed 8GB DDR3 removes the memory bottleneck that stalls multitasking on older business notebooks. The jump is worthwhile when daily workflows involve multiple browser tabs, office suites and light virtualisation.

8GB memory and 500GB NVMe headroom

The 8GB DDR3 configuration handles typical office workloads, web research and video conferencing without paging. The 500GB NVMe drive accommodates a full OS install, local mail archives and project files with room to spare. Memory caps at 16GB across two slots, so heavier virtualisation or large dataset work will require an upgrade. Storage expansion depends on available M.2 slots not detailed here.