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The International Space Station is getting a big HP laptop refresh

ESA

Few things are more frustrating than a slow, laggy laptop, and I cannot imagine having to put up with one while living and working aboard a space station. And since even astronauts aren’t immune to the slow grind of aging work laptops, NASA is planning a big upgrade.

The Expedition 74 crew recently reviewed a station-wide computer upgrade planned for the weekend, starting with the replacement of network servers and followed by activation of “new, more powerful laptop computers” aboard the International Space Station .

Which HP laptop is going to space?

NASA

The short update from NASA didn’t reveal the name of the hardware, but a NASA spokesperson later confirmed to The Verge that the station’s next laptop platform is the HP ZBook G9 Mobile Workstation.…