Following the Acer C720, which we recently reviewed, HP has brought its own new Chrome OS-harboring laptop to the market, the Chromebook 11. Unlike some of the other Chromebooks that are available, HP has elected to aim its focus on the design aspect of its offering, bringing to market a small laptop that in some ways resembles an older MacBook, adding a splash of color and the ability to charge from a standard smartphone charger into the mix. With this design-centric focus comes a slightly higher price tag than competing Chromebooks, being priced at $279 USD while the new Acer C720 is priced at $249. Read on for our full SlashGear review to see whether the Chromebook meets its premium pricing.
Hardware
The Chromebook 11 features a Samsung Exynos 5250 GAIA processor, as well as 2GB of DDR3 RAM and a 16GB SSD. As a comparison, the aforementioned Acer C720 features an Intel Haswell processor, 4GB of RAM, and a 16GB SSD. It is this hardware difference that puts the biggest divide between the two new Chromebooks, ultimately making up for what the C720 lacks in design and construction and proving to be the Chromebook 11’s Achilles heel.
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