HP Z1 Workstation

Have a peek below at additional HP Z-series hands-on, review, and news posts we’ve published over the past two years, all the way back to the official launch of the series at an event we attended with HP!

High performance; easy to upgrade

No touchscreen capability; poor placement of back ports

Expect power and performance in a sleek, sexy, and easily accessible chassis that will make all the diehard Apple fans sit up and take notice. The Z1 Workstation is available starting at $1,899 with fully customizable options. (For benchmark results,...

Easy to access internal components, space-saving, great screen quality, quiet performance, GPU acceleration is a big bonus

Screen can be quite glossy at times, dual HDDs need to be 2.5

HP prides itself on what they call the “Z-DNA”, which defines their workstation lineup. One aspect of this is the fact that all of HP’s workstations can be fully serviced without the need to remove a single screw. This is especially true of the Z1,...

Sleek design ; Professional-grade components ; Easy-to-access internals for an all-in-one ; Quiet operation

Rear ports are difficult to reach

Whether you view it as a remarkably sleek and slim workstation or an insanely powerful and reliable all-in-one PC, the HP Z1 is unique: it's the first 27-inch all-in-one workstation.

The HP Z1 is a powerful workstation, which comes at a price. Our review unit, which can only be described as fully loaded, was priced at $5,673 (including the stunning 27" display). Visit HP's web site to price a custom configuration to your exact...

Excellent build quality ; Easily upgraded ; Quality IPS screen

Lack of performance ; No SSD as standard ; Price

Whether you're kitting out a design department or creating your own digital artist's studio, this powerful all-in-one will meet your every need

Extremely powerful ; High-resolution screen is great for editing ; Easy to upgrade components

Expensive ; High resolution isn't suited for normal office tasks ; Extremely heavy

The HP Z1 Workstation might be the biggest and heaviest thing you could put on your desk, but it's packed with enough high-spec tech to cope with any tasks a graphics professional could throw at it. The high-resolution screen and the ease with which...

User serviceable all-in-one ; Good display

No high-end graphics SKU ; Stand mechanism is clunky ; Ports on the rear are incredibly difficult to get access to ; Better performance on consumer all-in-ones for considerably less

It's a fascinating concept, and one that we hope bleeds down to consumer all-in-ones from here. Who knows; maybe then MXM might finally take off. Until then, we look forward to the next revision.

Screen Size and resolution

Heavy