Portable workhorse.The ProBook 450 G5 was one of the first business notebooks offering the newest generation of Intel Core processors. In this review, we will cover, whether this cheap office notebook is worth your time.

With the ProBook 4x0 series, HP offers business notebooks aimed at the entry-level market. This affordable line of business notebooks competes with both Dell's line of Latitude 3000 laptops and ThinkPad’s E series alike in the "small business" sector of the market. All of these are thus aimed, not at large companies, but rather smaller enterprises more focused on affordability.  

Across the series, HP offers four sizes ranging from small (13.3-inch) to large (17-inch). The ProBook 450 G5, the subject of today's testing, is the 15.6-inch model and after the HP ProBook 470 G5 second largest in its series. Its main competitors would be the Lenovo ThinkPad E580 and the Dell Latitude 3590. While we have already finished a review of the ThinkPad, the Latitude has yet to be reviewed, which is why we will instead use the Latitude 5580 for comparison. Additionally, we shall use the Acer TravelMate P2510 for comparison.

Our review unit (2UB53EA) is neither the most affordable, nor the most expensive ProBook 450 configuration available. With a price tag of 779 Euros (~$960), it offers an IPS FHD display (1920x1080), 8 GB RAM, 256 GB of SSD storage and an Intel Core i5-8250U.