HP Chromebook 11, Notebook That Charges Via Micro-USB

[techbeck]

Google unveiled a new addition to its growing stable of Chromebooks today, the HP Chromebook 11. The $279 device is on sale now, and offers a white plastic case that?s reminiscent of Apple?s white MacBook, but with color-splashed variants which draw from the palette of the Google Chrome logo to spice things up a bit.

 

The new Chromebook is a lot more like Google?s other offerings with partners including Samsung and Acer, and unlike its top-tier flagship model the $1600 Chromebook Pixel. The HP 11 is aimed at a different market than the super-powered Pixel, but still offers a lot of the same benefits and value as its higher-priced cousin.

The 11 is remarkably light, too, at just 2.4 pounds, and what?s actually amazing is that it uses micro-USB to charge ? yes, the same charger used by just about every Android smartphone and tablet in existence, as well as most modern mobile devices. So the charger it ships with in the box can also be used to power your Nexus 4, should you need it. The laptop gets a reported six hours on its built-in battery, which is respectable, if not on par with today?s all-day batteries in laptops like the MacBook Air.

 

Other highlight features include the 11.6-inch IPS display, great for a device this cheap, as well as a magnesium frame that supports the plastic exterior and should make it pretty durable. HP is also pretty proud of the speakers, which reside under the keyboard in order to provide better sound, but we?ll reserve judgement before going ears-on.

The whole thing is powered by a Samsung Exynos 5250 processor, so it?s not going to be doing any heavy-duty video processing, but you?ll be running Chrome OS so there?s little hope of that anyway ? unless you set up a dual-boot to Linux situation, which, speaking as a Chromebook owner, you definitely should.

 

For those curious about the HP Chromebook 11, it?s probably still at a stage where those who get the most benefit out of this device are users who live in the browser, and never venture out for anything. But Google is pushing the development of Chrome and Chrome OS at a rapid clip, so it could become more broadly appealing fairly quickly. If you?re still ready to dive in, Google says this is on sale now at Best Buy, Amazon, Google Play and HP?s online store in the U.S., and at Currys, PC World and other places in the U.K.

 

http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/08/google-reveals-hp-chromebook-11-a-279-chrome-os-notebook-that-charges-via-micro-usb/

[Astra.Xtreme]

That's cool and all, but charging it over micro-USB is going to be incredibly slow.

[Growled Member]

That's cool and all, but charging it over micro-USB is going to be incredibly slow.

 

That's true, I guess, but my Samsung Chromebook isn't a speedster when it comes to charging either. For me it would be worth it just to have to keep up with one charger. I usually charge it while I'm working anyway.

[Aletheia]

This might be a dumb question, but: can you install Windows 7 on any Chromebooks?

[Emon]

This might be a dumb question, but: can you install Windows 7 on any Chromebooks?

 

Technically you should be able install Windows 7 on the x86 version of Chromebooks.

[david13lt]

Looking in ChromiumOS commits the next Samsung Chromebook will most likely be with Exynos 5420. But Samsung already announced that new Chromebooks will be only in 2014. In 2014 we will see AArch64 Exynos 6 probably. So, maybe by the end on 2014 we will have 1080p Samsung Chromebook with ARMv8 (AArch64) with 8-core HMP and maybe 3-4GB of RAM. That should be a very nice machine.

[StandingInAlley]

Can't run Windows 7 on this one since its ARM proc - 

 

• Exynos 5250 GAIA Application Processor

 

I wonder if one can run linux distro. For $280 this is dirt cheap. I don't think we can run Windows 8 RT too right? 

[Growled Member]

I wonder if one can run linux distro. For $280 this is dirt cheap. 

 

 

http://www.howtogeek.com/162120/how-to-install-ubuntu-linux-on-your-chromebook-with-crouton/

 

 

Chromebooks aren?t ?just a browser? ? they?re Linux laptops. You can easily install a full Linux desktop alongside Chrome OS and instantly switch between the two with a hotkey ? no rebooting necessary.

 

We performed this process with the $249 Samsung Chromebook, also known as the Samsung Series 3 Chromebook. If you have another Chromebook, read on anyway ? it?s the same process.

 

From the link in the article.