{"id":1072,"date":"2025-03-19T01:10:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T01:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/?p=1072"},"modified":"2025-03-19T01:11:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T01:11:29","slug":"hp-follows-dell-by-simplifying-almost-its-entire-pc-range-across-laptops-and-desktops-just-in-time-for-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/2025\/03\/19\/hp-follows-dell-by-simplifying-almost-its-entire-pc-range-across-laptops-and-desktops-just-in-time-for-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"HP follows Dell by simplifying almost its entire PC range across laptops and desktops, just in time for AI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>HP wants to make its AI laptop names more informative<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/Pja7xD3msqtyuwAEKUAbYe-970-80.jpg\" alt=\"HP rebranding\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(Image credit: HP)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>HP has debuted a number of new AI laptops at Amplify 2025<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The company has followed Dell\u2019s lead with AI-driven rebranding across its laptop lineup<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>800 and 600 series become EliteBook 8 and 6, while 400 series is now ProBook 4<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>HPhas launched a range of new AI laptops at its Amplify 2025 event with a host of new brand names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company&#8217;s 800 Series is now EliteBook 8, and the 600 Series is now EliteBook 6 (both systems come in 13, 14, and 16-inch sizes).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 400 Series is now ProBook 4 (in 14 and 16-inch sizes). ZBook Firefly is now the ZBook 8 G1i (Intel) and G1a (AMD), ZBook Power is now the ZBook X G1i, Elite Mini\/SFF\/Tower is now EliteDesk and Elite AiO is now EliteStudio. Clear?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/detail-HP-1744712-HK04XL\">HK04XL Battery for HP EliteBook x360 1040 G7 G8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"easy-to-understand-3\">Easy to understand<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At the start of the year,Delldecided that the arrival of the AI era meant it was time for a fresh start, and in debuting a new Pro range of laptops, it waved goodbye to the belovedLatitudebrand, which was first introduced back in 1994.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ax swinging didn\u2019t end there, though. The company also debuted a new Pro Max mobile workstation family, which replaced the 32-year-oldPrecisionbrand. Intel, which finallyhas a new CEO, has also beenplaying the name game recentlyto try to make things clearer for customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While HP\u2019s rebranding isn\u2019t anywhere near as major as Dell\u2019s (it\u2019s also worth noting that more people will be familiar with Dell\u2019sLatitudeandPrecisionbrands than any of HP\u2019s brands), it\u2019s still another big change for consumers to get their heads around. At least it\u2019s straightforward enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want an EliteBook 8 G1 Series laptop, you can differentiate between the models by size (13, 14, 16), processor (G1i for Intel or G1a for AMD), and Next Gen and regular AI models (which offer different TOPS). Once you know what\u2019s what, you can quickly spot the difference between the HP EliteBook 8 G1a 13\u201d Next Gen AI PC and the HP EliteBook 8 G1i 16\u201d AI PC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/detail-HP-1744192-BT04XL\">BT04XL Battery for HP EliteBook Folio 9470 9470m Ultrabook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is the rebranding totally necessary? That\u2019s a matter of debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe take a very traditional and pragmatic approach,\u201d Tom Butler, Lenovo\u2019s executive director of commercial portfolio and product management, recently told.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;There is a series name for our ThinkPad products, like T series, L series or E series, with screen sizes in the product name for clarity &#8211; T14, T16 and so on. In order to keep it logical and help people keep track, we also put a generational name after. At the moment, we are not making any changes in our direction. Lenovo has solid brand equity, as do our sub-brands like ThinkPad, ThinkBook or Lenovo Yoga for consumers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HP wants to make its AI laptop names more informative (Image credit: HP) HPhas launched a range of new AI laptops at its Amplify 2025 event with a host of new brand names. The company&#8217;s 800 Series is now EliteBook 8, and the 600 Series is now EliteBook 6 (both systems come in 13, 14, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/2025\/03\/19\/hp-follows-dell-by-simplifying-almost-its-entire-pc-range-across-laptops-and-desktops-just-in-time-for-ai\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">HP follows Dell by simplifying almost its entire PC range across laptops and desktops, just in time for AI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[124],"class_list":["post-1072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hp","tag-hp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1072"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1073,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072\/revisions\/1073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}