HP Z2 G1a Amd Ryzen-ai Max Pro 390/32gb/1tb Ssd Mini-pc

HP’s Z2 Mini G1a compact desktop is a tiny powerhouse, packing a serious wallop for workstation tasks and AI dev work with AMD’s Ryzen AI Max+ processor and 128GB of unified memory.

My computer was delivered 3 weeks ago, and almost immediately froze following a Windows update. Wolf security software, as supplied by HP was unable to carry out an automatic repair, but tech support got it running again. Soon afterwards, it froze again, and I asked for it to be returned, and a replacement supplied. I am still awaiting the replacement 2 weeks later. I therefore cannot review the machine, and cannot comment favorably about HP's service. I did eventually receive the replacement computer after a long wait, and started setting up when Windows 11 wanted to do an update, and the computer crashed. I have now returned the 2nd machine, and am awaiting for my money to be returned.

I am seriously impressed with this little “workstation”. Quiet, very powerful, I can run LLMs locally ( including Gpt-oss) plenty of connection ports what is there not to like? That’s it for me now, never going back to hulking tower pc’s.