HP Chromebook 14-db0411nd
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Source: Tweakers
NL→EN Archive.org versionPositive: Big screen; attractive price; good hardware.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 07/04/2019
Rating: Total score: 100%
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Model: I really want to start with the price tag first. Between 200-300 Euros you can buy the HP Chromebook 14-db0411nd. It is basically a steal with this price. Does it have a lot to provide? It is debatable. Is it worth it? Again, debatable. It may seem like that I am not too optimistic, but hear me out.
Lets say you have a child and you want to give your child something to play with. What are your options? A tablet in best case. If you want to buy something with a keyboard, it will be presumably close to the same price as the HP Chromebook 14. Since it only has 4 GB of RAM, for someone who would like to use it as a secondary work laptop just for web browsing or dealing with other stuff, it may not be sufficient. Considering the 32 GB eMMC, it is not a multimedia device either. It is something that is better than netbooks but worse than laptops. Keeping the price in mind, it provides something that is almost impossible to pass.
But if you say, price is not the point for me, I want something that would be my right hand all day and be my everything, please stop reading. It is not your device. If you are someone who is tight on budget and just looking for something temporary and on a daily basis all you do is browsing websites and using cloud services, you are at the right address. With its performance cap, some android apps may take longer to start or even to adjust after being opened, but it is something that you should expect keeping the price in mind.
One thing you will be definitely lacking is going to be a video out. You will need a dongle for that. Is there anything that I can criticize about the HP Chromebook 14? Well, as I emphasized too many times already, with a price tag of 200-300 Euros, I don’t want to be too neat picky. Compared to tablets, your advantage is a bit more RAM, a bigger screen and of course a static keyboard. Downsize is of course weight. Tablets are around 0.5 kg, but the Chromebook 14 is a bit over 1.5 kg.
Would I buy it for myself? Nope. Would I buy it for my mom? Yup. If my mom were to need a laptop, that would be more than enough for her.
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