HP Chromebook 11

#1

Post by stuartmemo » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:29 PM UTC

Re: HP Chromebook 11

#2

Post by gugol » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:36 PM UTC

Put a retina display on it, make the screen frame shorter, 4 GB of RAM and >32 GB of space and you have something near perfect.

Edit: Oh and a backlight keyboard...

Re: HP Chromebook 11

#3

Post by ihsw » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:38 PM UTC

Only available in the UK and US. How unfortunate.

Following the link for the US to Amazon, the HP Chromebook is nowhere to be seen on the resulting page.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html?node=2858603011

Re: HP Chromebook 11

#4

Post by mellamoyo » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:39 PM UTC

Took me awhile for find - but full specs:

Full specs

Screen

* 11.6" display with 16:9 aspect ratio (IPS Panel)

* 1366 x 768

* 60% Color Gamut

* 300 nit screen

* Wide viewing angle (176 degree)

Inputs

* Chrome keyboard

* Fine-tuned, clickable touchpad

* VGA Webcam

Ports

* 2 x USB 2.0

* Micro-SIM slot (3G and 4G/LTE model only)

* Micro USB for 15.75W charging and SlimPort video out

Industrial design

* Magnesium chassis for strength

* Available in black or white with a choice of 4 accent colors

* Silent, fanless design

* No visible screws, vents, or speakers

Size

* 297 x 192 x 17.6 mm

Weight

* 2.3lb / 1.04kg

CPU

* Exynos 5250 GAIA Application Processor

Memory

* 2GB (4x 4Gbit) DDR3 RAM

* 16GB Solid State Drive1

Audio

* Combined headphone / microphone jack

* Digitally-tuned speakers with sound ported up through the keyboard

Battery

* Up to 6 hours of active use (30 Wh battery)2

Network

* Dual-band WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n

* Bluetooth® 4.0

* Verizon LTE connectivity (optional and coming soon)

Goodies

* 100 GB Google Drive cloud storage, free for two years3

* 60-day free trial with Google Play Music All Access, and $9.99/month pricing after that4

* 12 free sessions of GoGo® Inflight Internet5

http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/hp-chromebook-1...

Re: HP Chromebook 11

#5

Post by tbassetto » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:39 PM UTC

Wow, it uses a micro USB charger.

Re: HP Chromebook 11

#6

Post by seiji » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:39 PM UTC

Initial impressions (probably all negative): What's the deal with "Just because it looks cool?" A 640x480 webcam in 2013 seems kinda sad (people have become obsessed with video chats these days, quality matters). Using stylized curse words in the copy? Childish. The font on the page is way too small—people have big screens and bad eyes (plus, lots of words/details/reading trying to figure out what/why this things exists).

What's the advantage of this thing over a tablet with an external keyboard?

Re: HP Chromebook 11

#7

Post by alrs » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:40 PM UTC

Hemingway said that one goes broke "gradually, then suddenly."

I hope the same thing is happening to Windows marketshare.

I hope the same thing is happening to iOS.

edit: Note that I said "marketshare." I'm not wishing bankruptcy on Apple and Microsoft. It would be a weird desire.

Re: HP Chromebook 11

#8

Post by vincentkriek » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:41 PM UTC

I like the fact it uses a microusb charger but they removed all the other ports I wanted, like HDMI, Ethernet, VGA and sd. I was planning on getting an Acer C7 and this won't change that.

Re: HP Chromebook 11

#9

Post by jl00080 » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:42 PM UTC

serious work=>Laptop,

casual work=>tablet,

? => chromebook

Re: HP Chromebook 11

#10

Post by untog » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:43 PM UTC

These things are getting increasingly more tempting. I'm actually in the market for something to give my parents, but I actually think an 11" screen is too small for them. 13" might be more like it, but in all honesty they probably still need a 15" machine.

But I'm getting increasingly close to picking up one of these just for the hell of it.