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Review on πŸ’» Renewed HP Chromebook 15 - Core i3, 15.6" FHD, 128GB SSD, WiFi, Bluetooth, Backlit KB, Chrome OS by Brian Rogers

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Unspecified model shipped

Advertised: Pentium Silver N5000 processor with Intel UHD 605 graphics and 4 GB LPDDR4-2400 RAM with 14 inch 1366 x 768 display. Obtained: Celeron N4030 processor with Intel processor. UHD 600 graphics and 4GB of LPDDR4-1866 RAM with a 14-inch, 1920 x 1080 display. All other advertised components remain the same. Essentially a dual-core variant of the quad-core Pentium it was intended to ship with, the Celeron halves its potential. In practice, most things you use a Chromebook for won't make good use of a multi-core processor, so the difference in performance isn't all that noticeable. This doesn't justify the performance hit from the advertised specs, but it does make the cost difference more subjective as we're trading that performance for a better screen. I might end up preferring the model that was sent to me. However, be aware that the specs are not checked very carefully and you may end up with something very different than what you ordered, hence the low score.

Pros
  • 2 USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C (5 Gbps data transfer rate, Power Delivery 3.0, HP Sleep and Charge); 1 USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A (HP Sleep and Charge)
Cons
  • Modernity