I have only two complaints for this as a student laptop:
To be more specific the almost planned sale price of $529 and sometimes $499 or $399 with student discounts. Overall, if you’re thinking about getting it but on the fence just get it ! I never felt frustrated with its performance or its feature set. :::Pros:::
Once again the excellent keyboard and track pad are back, if not the best , a top 3 of any laptop i have ever use. A full day of of no use in standby only dropped the battery a percent or 2. I'm a lefty too but I don't write anymore (my handwriting is atrocious and I have since learned just to type things up really, really fast). The 14” 1920 X 1080p FHD IPS touchscreen display looks great. Only the underside of the Chromebook 14 reached concerning temperatures after we watched a 15-minute, full-screen trailer on YouTube. - Seriously Sturdy: The chassis is a solid brushed metal base. But this is completely different ! This Chromebook is a serious device for getting work done while also providing quality entertainment. I wish I could share my side by side photo of it next to a Galaxy Chromebook. I am enjoying it so far. 2 - The lid of this thing is white and beautiful with a really nice texture to it. - Linux: While I’m pretty geeky, I don’t have a lot of experience with linux. I added an expansion card, and it bugs me that the card sticks out from the edge like it does. The speakers re plenty loud and have decent bass it isn't studio quality but great for the device and its intended use.
Great experience , runs smooth and very portable . Display
1 - It is a lot heavier than the basic Chromebooks. Also, details in some of the darker desert scenes were hard to make out because of how dim the panel is. The trackpad is a delight to use. HP deserves a hearty round of applause for offering a 1080p display on such an affordable laptop. Slide that brightness down, and I could easily get a couple more hours. So 10hrs of streaming video at max brightness is pretty good in my opinion. I saw this chromebook, and given the research I did on it, and the price, I figured it would be the best option for me, and boy was I right. Camera is also poor. It also didn’t get overwhelmed by my kids playing fruit ninja, and swiping at it like crazed 4 & 5 year-olds are want to do. The price of the CB is less than half of what I spent and it accomplishes just as much! However, after getting the linux terminal I wanted to select a shell UI. I have not been able to slow it down yet I have opened 25 chrome tabs and it does not even finch like my previous CB with a paltry 4GB of RAM. I have to lift both sides with two hands really strongly, instead of a normal one touch to open like a MacBook. There are probably other shortcomings with Microsoft office products that exist, but I only tried to use Excel. I had to buy this chromebook, when the laptop that my job provided me to work from home with, just completely shut down on me. I haven't gotten it dirty yet, so I don't know how easy it will be to clean and I don't feel like testing it out just to see. TL;DR
I will update my review if anything changes over the next couple of months. I'm gonna buy myself one for xmas . I found the key throw length to be a little too shallow for my tastes, and it slightly impacting my typing. For example, if you need full versions of Microsoft Excel, you can’t get a real version that supports Macros (as far as I know) with Chrome OS. HP has made a great Chromebook that is good for almost anything you want it to do you can get work done in Microsoft Office, watch Youtube, Netflix, read and write emails and still have plenty of battery life left at the end of the day. Please refresh the page and try again. In this case I never got fully comfortable with the keyboard, though others that I let try it had no issues adjusting. I wrote this review in OneNote while watching a Dave Matthews concert on YouTube, with Facebook and Instagram running. Movies, Games and Images all look very clear. I did have this lock up on me while watching videos using chrome and I had to power it down by holding the power button. The keyboard is great, with a really nice feel while typing. With the Student discount putting this awesome Chromebook at 530.00 dollars this is a no brainer. The keyboard and track pad more than make up for the screen as they are both by far the best I have tested and used. Every other Chromebook or Windows laptop I've tested has indicated strong signal in the same spot. The trackpad is spacious and responsive, though I still hate trackpads and I have a bluetooth mouse that I use with this and it works great. With the acquisition of the HP 2-in-1 Chromebook, all of my previous misconceptions have been totally shattered. Selecting and installing linux from Settings was easy. The white outer shell looks fantastic, and its sleek profile reminds me more of a Surface Book or Mac Book than a Chromebook. You really need a well-lit room. Port selection is good. It didn’t feel cheap at all. The 10th Gen Core i3 is still a dual core, but it actually outperforms a gaming processor (8th Gen Core i7-8750H) in web browsing benchmarks. Now this model has a Full HD screen in a 16:9 ratio which is great in comparison to some of the 3:2 ratio screens it is just better in my opinion. Yes, it is a perfectly fine 1080 IPS screen, but it fails in comparison to others in the same sector. I know lefties that don't like it on the right since they often have notebooks or other things on that side of the computer. For Chrome OS you don’t need a ton of computational horsepower to have a fast machine, so the dual core seems to be plenty. The performance is also underwhelming. I highly recommend this device to any student, writer, creative, and even business professionals who are looking to be more proficient at a very reasonable cost. The interior is made of soft touch plastic that has a very light texture to it – almost like a sandblasted metal. Over 30 applications and I still had plenty of room on the 64 GB eMMC Flash Memory. And, just as good track pad there are two pit falls for this device. Again, no sign of it feeling like a low-cost Chromebook.