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New HP Laptop Would Mean Windows at Chromebook Prices

Posted by timothy on from the is-that-a-bargain? dept.

New submitter nrjperera (2669521) submits news of a new laptop from HP that's in Chromebook (or, a few years ago, "netbook") territory, price-wise, but loaded with Windows 8.1 instead. Microsoft has teamed up with HP to make an affordable Windows laptop to beat Google Chromebooks at their own game. German website Mobile Geeks have found some leaked information about this upcoming HP laptop dubbed Stream 14, including its specifications. According to the leaked data sheet the HP Stream 14 laptop will share similar specs to HP's cheap Chromebook. It will be shipped with an AMD A4 Micro processor, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of flash storage and a display with 1,366 x 768 screen resolution. Microsoft will likely offer 100GB of OneDrive cloud storage with the device to balance the limited storage option.

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  1. Their own game by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    And that game is Calvin Ball.

  2. 2G is not enough RAM! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I had to upgrade from 8G to 16G with Windows 7 in order to be able to run Skype and Notepad++ together at the same time. Otherwise, Microsoft swapped like hell and the audio stuttered constantly. No way Microsoft is going to allow them to run Windows on only 2G. It's against their policies.