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![]() What most reviews of the HP Chromebook miss is, a laptop with a QHD+ display is never going to last anything close to 12-plus hours without a bigger battery. The only downside is that because the Chromebook 13 is fanless the chassis can sometimes get warm.īattery life: Good. I found the 3-cell, 45Wh battery delivered acceptable time between charges. And benchmarks show it's one of the fastest Chromebooks out there at the moment. I use a collection of newer MacBooks and Windows laptops and the Chromebook 13 feels as fast as brawnier Windows Skylake laptops. The M5 processor makes the HP Chromebook 13 scream (at least for what I do). ![]() That extra cost is mostly pegged to the faster Intel 6th Generation "Skylake" Core M5 processor and 8GB of RAM in my model (instead of 4GB). Performance: The HP Chromebook 13 I’m using goes for just over $800. Again, those are specs you typically won't find on a $499 all-aluminum laptop. Other notable HP Chromebook 13 specs include a 2.84 pound weight (but good weight distribution makes it feel lighter) and a thickness of only 0.5 inches. That’s the beauty of a Chromebook, you don’t need a super-fast processor to run Chrome OS or a large hard drive because most storage takes place in the cloud. While the processor, RAM, and storage specs may seem meager, they’re not. ![]() That caliber of 13-inch-class display alone can cost half of the $499 price .) ![]() You won't find a 2016 Windows PC or Mac with that kind of display for anything close to $499. (When HP announced the Chromebook 13 G1, I had to do a double-take on the display specs. For $499 you get a 13.3-inch 3,200-by-1800 “QHD+” display, an all-aluminum chassis, an Intel Pentium 4405Y (1.5GHz) processor, 4GB RAM, and 32GB of storage. Believe it or not, that’s pricey for a Chromebook, which often sell in the $199 to $399 range. HP Chromebook 13: The Chromebook 13 G1 is HP's 2016 high-end Chromebook, starting at $499. ![]()
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