Budget laptops with 8GB of RAM and cramped 256GB storage made sense when premium machines cost a fortune, but that logic falls apart when Amazon slashes over $3,000 off a powerhouse system. This HP 17.3-inch touchscreen laptop has dropped to an all-time low of $1,139, down from its typical $4,399 price tag. That’s a 74% discount that transforms what would normally be an enterprise-level workstation into something actually affordable: With 64GB of DDR5 RAM, a 2TB solid-state drive and Windows 11 Pro, this configuration delivers the kind of performance that eliminates the compromises you’d normally accept in budget machines.
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The specs here genuinely belong in a different price category: The Intel Ultra 7 255U processor features 12 cores split between performance and efficiency cores, and provides serious computational power for demanding tasks while maintaining decent battery life during lighter workloads. This hybrid architecture means the laptop can handle video editing, 3D rendering or running multiple virtual machines when you need performance.
64GB RAM Changes Everything Around
That 64GB of DDR5 RAM is a huge step well beyond the usual consumer laptops. Most come with 8GB or 16GB, which seems enough till you are working with Chrome and dozens of tabs, Photoshop, Excel sheets, Slack, Spotify and all the rest the modern work day requires. With 64GB, you can have professional apps up and running at the same time with no lag and no continual disk thrashing that afflicts machines with too little RAM. Video editors can skim 4K timelines easily, developers can have a multitude of Docker containers and local test sites up and running, and the designer can work with enormous layered files in Adobe Creative Suite without the system playing catch-up.
DDR5 memory also transfers data at faster rates than the older DDR4 used in prior systems: That means faster opening of applications, quicker file operations and improved program switchability. The speed benefit becomes more apparent with activities that transfer large masses of information around, such as compiling code, applying filters in high-resolution images, or opening large and complex sets of data for analysis.
The 2TB SSD provides enough capacity that you store your files locally instead of constantly wrestling with cloud storage subscriptions or external drives. Modern games in general consume 100GB+ each, video productions add up quickly and collections of photos from years’ worth of smartphone shooting add up faster than expected.
The 17.3-inch touchscreen gives you legitimate workspace for productivity. Spreadsheets display more columns without horizontal scrolling, video editing timelines show longer sequences, and photo editing reveals more detail without constant zooming. The touchscreen functionality adds convenient interaction for certain tasks like quickly scrolling through documents, repositioning windows, or navigating touch-optimized applications.
Intel’s built-in AI capabilities rated at 12 TOPS (trillions of operations per second) handle on-device AI tasks without requiring cloud connectivity. This enables features like background blur during video calls, intelligent noise cancellation, automatic photo enhancement, and Windows Copilot functions that run locally for faster response and better privacy.
The bundle also includes worthwhile add-ons like a 7-in-1 USB hub for added connectivity, a 128GB USB pen for transferring files, and a wireless mouse. You’re paying $1,139 for the entire bundle, and you’re actually getting a high-end professional laptop which normally requires a serious budget rationale.
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