My last 2 laptops have been HP ProBooks, I knew the ZBook would be a good quality product, but this machine is fabulous. I was up and running within about 5 hours because of how I had configured my data on previous models, but it it so quick, I am very pleased with my choice.
I bought my new laptop about a month ago and found it relatively simple to set up. I subsequently bought an external HP DVD Read/Write drive (USB) which didn't work as well as I had expected with the M-Discs that I was using Since both items were HP I did expect to get some assistance from the support team; that help did not materialise as "we don't do that sort of work involving your data and external units!" I'm disappointed!
Screen was somewhat disappointing, as purchased because of screen brightness but found it be 1/2 what was specified. Updating the BIOS increases it by 30%, but still 100 nits short of the 800 specified. Otherwise decent performance though a bit mediocre in terms of feel.