@Quirky813 I ended up purchasing the Dell laptop. Initially my struggle was between the hp and the dell but I decided on the dell after being informed that the university had made a mistake and were advertising a more premium version of the HP laptop through the byod website. They were promoting the nicer Hp Zbook Studio which was a more premium version of that laptop line and actually competed with the dell. The university noticed this (they honored the advertised deal for those that had bought it already) and replaced the it with the laptop they originally intended to show (the zbook 15) which a lower tier model. As it stands now the offerings from hp and lenovo are bigger, heavier , and offer a less premium build than the dell