Best 17-inch HP Visual Designers Laptops in Canada · Page 9

What a Visualist laptop means: a laptop built around the eye,a wide-gamut, color-accurate display with good calibration support, enough power for Photoshop and Lightroom catalogs, and enough portability for shoots or studio days. Typical use: photo editing, graphic design, illustration, layout work, color grading stills, prepping files for print. Fits photographers, graphic designers, illustrators, print designers, photo editors at publications, and art directors.

Also relevant for: photo editing laptops · Lightroom · Photoshop · graphic design · color accurate

Updated: July 2026
Products evaluated: 2281
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Showing: 17-inch · HP or Framework or Microsoft

Showing 81–86 of 86 Visual Designers laptops
  1. #81
    Objective profile
    HP 17
    (i5-1334U, 20GB, 512GB)
    HP · 17.3" · 2023
    C$1,382 – C$1,690
    Visualist SelvaScore
    18 / 100
    Weight2.97 kg
    Battery8.0 hr
    Display17.3" 1600x900
    RAM20 GB
    Storage512 GB
    SelvaScore breakdown
    • 40
      Color Accuracy Chromatic Accuracy
    • 41
      Display Brightness Photometric Luminance
    • 25
      Display Contrast Contrast Dynamics
    • 26
      Display Sharpness Pixel Density
    • 64
      Anti-Glare Glare Attenuation
    • 49
      System Memory RAM Capacity
    • 58
      Storage Speed Storage Throughput
    • 46
      Graphics Performance Rasterization Potency
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  2. #82
    Objective profile
    HP 17t
    (i5-1334U, 16GB, 1TB)
    HP · 17.3" · 2023
    C$806 – C$986
    Visualist SelvaScore
    18 / 100
    Weight2.97 kg
    Battery6.0 hr
    Display17.3" 1600x900
    RAM16 GB
    Storage1 TB
    SelvaScore breakdown
    • 29
      Color Accuracy Chromatic Accuracy
    • 41
      Display Brightness Photometric Luminance
    • 20
      Display Contrast Contrast Dynamics
    • 26
      Display Sharpness Pixel Density
    • 59
      Anti-Glare Glare Attenuation
    • 42
      System Memory RAM Capacity
    • 34
      Storage Speed Storage Throughput
    • 45
      Graphics Performance Rasterization Potency
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  3. #83
    Objective profile
    HP 17
    (i7-1355U, 64GB, 2TB)
    HP · 17.3" · 2023
    C$1,347 – C$1,646
    Visualist SelvaScore
    17 / 100
    Weight–
    Battery8.0 hr
    Display17.3" 1920x1080
    RAM64 GB
    Storage2 TB
    SelvaScore breakdown
    • 46
      Color Accuracy Chromatic Accuracy
    • 41
      Display Brightness Photometric Luminance
    • 46
      Display Contrast Contrast Dynamics
    • 34
      Display Sharpness Pixel Density
    • 44
      Anti-Glare Glare Attenuation
    • 70
      System Memory RAM Capacity
    • 34
      Storage Speed Storage Throughput
    • 35
      Graphics Performance Rasterization Potency
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  4. #84
    Objective profile
    HP 17
    (i3-N305, 32GB, 2TB)
    HP · 17.3" · 2023
    C$922 – C$1,126
    Visualist SelvaScore
    15 / 100
    Weight3.63 kg
    Battery6.0 hr
    Display17.3" 1920x1080
    RAM32 GB
    Storage2 TB
    SelvaScore breakdown
    • 29
      Color Accuracy Chromatic Accuracy
    • 41
      Display Brightness Photometric Luminance
    • 35
      Display Contrast Contrast Dynamics
    • 34
      Display Sharpness Pixel Density
    • 44
      Anti-Glare Glare Attenuation
    • 56
      System Memory RAM Capacity
    • 58
      Storage Speed Storage Throughput
    • 29
      Graphics Performance Rasterization Potency
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  5. #85
    Objective profile
    HP 17
    (i3 (11th Gen), 32GB, 2TB)
    HP · 17.3" · 2021
    C$817 – C$998
    Visualist SelvaScore
    10 / 100
    Weight3.63 kg
    Battery7.0 hr
    Display17.3" 1600x900
    RAM32 GB
    Storage2 TB
    SelvaScore breakdown
    • 46
      Color Accuracy Chromatic Accuracy
    • 25
      Display Brightness Photometric Luminance
    • 25
      Display Contrast Contrast Dynamics
    • 26
      Display Sharpness Pixel Density
    • 53
      Anti-Glare Glare Attenuation
    • 56
      System Memory RAM Capacity
    • 34
      Storage Speed Storage Throughput
    • 32
      Graphics Performance Rasterization Potency
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  6. #86
    Objective profile
    HP 17
    (i3-N305, 32GB, 512GB)
    HP · 17.3" · 2023
    C$760 – C$929
    Visualist SelvaScore
    5 / 100
    Weight3.17 kg
    Battery6.0 hr
    Display17.3" 1600x900
    RAM32 GB
    Storage512 GB
    SelvaScore breakdown
    • 29
      Color Accuracy Chromatic Accuracy
    • 41
      Display Brightness Photometric Luminance
    • 20
      Display Contrast Contrast Dynamics
    • 26
      Display Sharpness Pixel Density
    • 44
      Anti-Glare Glare Attenuation
    • 56
      System Memory RAM Capacity
    • 34
      Storage Speed Storage Throughput
    • 27
      Graphics Performance Rasterization Potency
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Quick Comparison

#LaptopScorePrice WeightBatteryDisplayRAMStorage
81 HP 17 (i5-1334U, 20GB, 512GB) 18 C$1,382 – C$1,690 2.97 kg 8.0 hr 17.3" 1600x900 20 GB 512 GB
82 HP 17t (i5-1334U, 16GB, 1TB) 18 C$806 – C$986 2.97 kg 6.0 hr 17.3" 1600x900 16 GB 1 TB
83 HP 17 (i7-1355U, 64GB, 2TB) 17 C$1,347 – C$1,646 – 8.0 hr 17.3" 1920x1080 64 GB 2 TB
84 HP 17 (i3-N305, 32GB, 2TB) 15 C$922 – C$1,126 3.63 kg 6.0 hr 17.3" 1920x1080 32 GB 2 TB
85 HP 17 (i3 (11th Gen), 32GB, 2TB) 10 C$817 – C$998 3.63 kg 7.0 hr 17.3" 1600x900 32 GB 2 TB
86 HP 17 (i3-N305, 32GB, 512GB) 5 C$760 – C$929 3.17 kg 6.0 hr 17.3" 1600x900 32 GB 512 GB

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