Part of the tradeoff of having one of the thinnest and lightest mobile workstations on the market is sticking with U-series 8th Gen Intel Core CPUs. It has a solid click and its Precision driver means it works with all Windows 10 gestures. I love a big touchpad, and even though some of the space is taken up by physical buttons to go along with the pointing stick sat in the middle of the keyboard, I had no issues here. I assume it's something wonky with drivers. I also couldn't seem to get the display brightness keys working, and though you get the luxury of adaptive brightness, it's odd that you don't have the option to quickly adjust it yourself. Unfortunately these keys don't work with any other software, so if you don't use Skype for Business, you're out of luck. HP has included collaboration keys along the F row, letting you answer or hang up Skype calls quickly and easily. Letters and numbers are apparently engraved into the keys to avoid them rubbing away, there's plenty of key travel for a comfortable typing experience, and three levels of backlight make it easy to work into the night. Space is used wisely here, with a full keyboard with number pad and a large touchpad with physical buttons and pointing stick.

Signing in, you hardly get to see the Windows Hello screen before you're past it. There's likewise the Smart Card reader for a final layer of protection.

The IR camera and standard webcam have a shutter for additional privacy (only available on the non-touch configurations), a Sure View display screen is available with the FHD version, Sure Start checks on startup to ensure the BIOS hasn't been compromised and will take actions if it has, and a fingerprint reader set out of the way on the right palm rest adds another method of signing in. HP has packed the ZBook 15u full of security features that admins and users alike can appreciate. On the left side there's an additional USB-A port and a Smart Card reader. On the right side there's a microSD card reader, a 3.5mm audio jack, USB-A, HDMI, Ethernet, Thunderbolt 3 (with four lanes of PCIe), and an Ultraslim dock port that's been left intact mostly for those enterprise customers who don't want to invest in a new fleet of Thunderbolt 3 docking stations. Plentiful ports allow you to connect more devices when on the go, and you shouldn't have a space problem using most ports simultaneously.

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