HP 240 G8 Notebook review

HP 240 G8 (2021): the family's balanced rung, with a value-index warning

The HP 240 G8 is the 2021 run of the budget business line at $399: a Core i5 1035G1 with the 16 GB pool restored and the family's lightest body at 1.47 kg. It is the balanced record of the 240 ladder here, with one loud caveat: the value index reads 28.3, low band.

Where it holds up

Weight is the promoted strength: 1.47 kg against a general-class median of 1.8, an 18.3 percent advantage the bands rate light — the best weight figure among this batch's priced records. Portability reads 69.2, high band, the family's top carry mark. The flag sheet repeats the family pattern: Overwatch, Grand Theft Auto V and Rainbow Six Siege all pass at minimum settings. The 16 GB pool matches the G6's doubled configuration, and office reads 62.75 — mid-band and the strongest office row of the 240 trio, a full band step above the G6's 45.85.

Where it falls short

Memory remains the flagged weakness at 16 GB against a 32 GB class median — a 50 percent shortfall, halved from the G7's but still the sheet's structural cap. Graphics reads 14.08, below the class median, keeping the gaming index at 64 mid-band with minimum-level permission only. The value index of 28.3, low band, is the loudest number on the sheet: at $399 with an 11.13 percent annual depreciation rate, the pricing outpaces what the receipts support — the same money buys the 245 G8's office-first sheet in this batch.

Practically: the best-balanced 240 with real light-gaming permission; buy it under list, not at it.

Price and depreciation

At $399 with a modeled annual loss of 11.13 percent, the G8 carries the family's steepest curve — the price of being the newest rung. No base price is recorded, so there is no dollar projection to quote; the value index already delivers the verdict.

Alternatives to consider

The HP 245 G8 at the same $399 in this batch trades the gaming axis for office supremacy (73.74, high band) — the better choice for work-only buyers. The HP 240 G9 ($470) is the newest rung with the highest office row of the numbered family (65.66) but a sparse compute sheet; the G7 ($339) is the lighter-priced alternative if 8 GB is tolerable.

Bottom line

Fairly priced for the class, the HP 240 G8 is the balanced rung done right and priced slightly wrong: the lightest body of the priced batch, a restored 16 GB pool, the family's best office row and green minimum flags — against a low-band value index that says to negotiate.