Hp Eliteone 1000 All-In-One Lets You Upgrade Components

Hp Eliteone 1000 All-In-One Lets You Upgrade Components

- Tom Brant

Although the HP EliteOne 1000’s gorgeous 27-inch 4K display and thin bezels are visually impressive, they aren’t necessarily unique. But this business-oriented machine does have one killer feature that is rare among all-in-ones: easy upgradeability. In fact, it’s so easy to access the components in the EliteOne 1000—and even to remove the display—that both IT departments and consumers might consider buying it instead of a traditional desktop. It also happens to include many of the internal components of the same-price Apple iMac 21.5-inch, which makes it an excellent value and our new Editors’ Choice for midrange AIOs.

ALL ABOUT THAT BASE

Instead of housing the Intel Core i5 processor, 256GB M.2 SSD, and 8GB of RAM inside the display enclosure, HP has placed these and the rest of the components into the EliteOne 1000’s base. That’s the secret to the computer’s easy upgradability, but it also means the base is much bigger than the ones on the iMac or the Dell Optiplex 7450 All-in-One. It’s wedge-shaped, sloping from back to front, and it measures 1.5 by 15.7 by 7.5 inches (HWD). Along the front of the base are a physical power button and a few virtual buttons designed to work with Skype for Business (for example, ending a call and muting the microphone) as well as a virtual slider to control the system volume. All of the buttons are LED-backlit.