HP 240 G7 Notebook review

HP 240 G7 (2020): the light-bodied value pick with a memory trade

The HP 240 G7 is the 2020 run of the budget business line, priced at $339 with a Core i5 8265U — and its record trades memory for mass: 8 GB against a 32 GB class median, but 1.52 kilograms against a 1.8 median, the promoted strength. Its flag sheet matches the G6's: three green minimum checks.

Where it holds up

Weight is the promoted strength: 1.52 kg against a general-class median of 1.8, a 15.6 percent advantage the bands rate light. Portability reads 67.7, high band, confirming the chassis story. The flag sheet cooperates where it counts: minimum-setting Overwatch, Grand Theft Auto V and Rainbow Six Siege all pass — the same calibrated casual-gaming permission the G6 carries, now with a stronger CPU behind it. The Core i5 8265U carries an office row of 47.09 and overall performance of 21.16 — a step up on office from the G6's 45.85, though the G6's performance figure reads higher at 31.9.

Where it falls short

Memory capacity is the flagged weakness: 8 GB against a 32 GB class median, a 75 percent shortfall that caps multitasking and ages the machine faster than its CPU does. Graphics reads 14.08, office-class and 48.3 percent below the class median — the gaming index of 64 lands mid-band, and the green flags are minimum-level only. The value index reads 36.3, mid-band: at $339 with a 10.39 percent annual depreciation rate, the price is fair rather than generous.

Practically: a one-app-at-a-time office machine with genuine light-gaming permission and a light body — the memory row is the constraint to respect.

Price and depreciation

At $339 with a modeled annual loss of 10.39 percent, the G7 prices between its siblings: $50 above the G6, $60 under the G8. No base price is recorded, so there is no dollar projection to quote — the family ladder itself is the value context.

Alternatives to consider

The HP 240 G8 in this batch ($399) is the same machine plus memory — 16 GB, i5 1035G1, portability 69.2 — the rational step up for $60. The HP 240 G6 ($289) keeps 16 GB but steps down to the i3 and drops $50; the HP 245 G8 ($399) maximizes the office axis at 73.74 for buyers who never game.

Bottom line

Fairly priced for the class, the HP 240 G7 is the light-bodied middle rung: 1.52 kg, high-band portability, three green minimum game checks and the family's i5 — paid for with an 8 GB ceiling and a value index that calls the deal fair, no better.