HP EliteBook 845 G8 vs HP EliteBook 845 G9

“The RTL8822CE is a WiFi/Bluetooth combo adapter. The Bluetooth part is available on the USB bus of the NGFF interface and is visible as a USB Bluetooth adapter. Unfortunately the error handling inside the adapter hardware is not very resilient. In case when some communication error between the hardware and kernel driver occurs (e.g. a timeout or state machine lockup) the Bluetooth adapter is know to crash and as a result the device is kicked out of the USB bus. There is no way to recover from this situation other than a reboot. The WiFi part of the RTL8822CE works fine.”emirror.d0a.io, iċċekkjat 6 September 2026.

“Based on these issues and a few others, I cannot recommend this machine (even after modifications!) as a computer to use as a Linux daily driver.”wesleytech.com, iċċekkjat 6 September 2026.

“This laptop has two slots that support DDR4 SO‑DIMM memory modules.”ifixit.com, iċċekkjat 6 September 2026.

“Other positives are the comfortable and extensive maintenance options that allow you to replace the working memory and SSD without any problems.”notebookcheck.net, iċċekkjat 6 September 2026.

“I was not completely convinced by the display, which is pleasantly bright and offers strong colors, but the viewing angle is too small.”basic-tutorials.com, iċċekkjat 6 September 2026.