HP Ultra Low Price notebook stream 11 experience

In the history of PC development, the netbook is obviously not a successful product: The narrow screen, the slow processor, the expensive price, finally by the user's dislike, disappears from the historical stage. However, PC manufacturers did not give up the introduction of Low-cost notebooks, such as Google's Chromebook, its product form and the netbook is very similar to the main push of the use of simple experience, prices generally less than 2000 yuan, in the low-end, education market has achieved a certain degree.

On the other hand, Microsoft has also taken some action to compete in the low-end market with Google Chromebook. Among them, the introduction of Windows 8.1 with the Bing SKU, the injection of Bing search into the product, and the provision of some OEM subsidies, is a new model to reduce the price of Windows notebooks. As a result, HP also launched two ultra-low-priced notebook stream 11 and stream 13, the price is only 200 U.S. dollars (about 1230 yuan) and 230 U.S. dollars (about 1415 yuan).

So is HP Stream 11 a good low-cost notebook? Let's take a look at the trial experience.

　Appearance and workmanship

One of our impressions of low-cost laptops, especially low-cost windows notebooks, is that the fuselage is black or grey, cheap and rough. However, HP Stream 11 has been surprisingly impressive in this regard. First of all, the blue purple or magenta body looks more fashionable, at the same time its work is very good, the screen hinge solid, the fuselage tightly coupled, is very satisfactory.

Another part worth affirming is the keyboard. HP product page shows that the Stream 11 of the keyboard area reached a full size of 97%, the other keyboard feel more clear, the use of feeling is still quite comfortable. Unfortunately, touch pad feel is not very good, mainly using a hidden key design, feel a little less.

screen, do not have too much luxury, after all, HP Stream 11 of the price is very low. 1366*768 pixel resolution is very basic, in addition to a larger screen border, color is also some deficiencies, visual angle performance is not very ideal. Obviously, because of the price limit, the Stream 11 screen effect may not be inferior to some high-end handset, this is needs to be prepared psychologically.

interface, HP Stream 11 is equipped with a more comprehensive interface, including USB 3.0/2.0 interface, full-sized hdmi, SD card slot, headset/microphone interface and a 720P front camera, which can achieve a good connection and extended experience.

Systems and Software

One reason for the 11 low price of HP stream is the 64-bit Windows 8.1 with Bing system. Reduce product prices by fixing the system browser to Bing in exchange for subsidies. What users need to get used to is the inability to customize the browser search engine, which is different from the main experience of using a typical Windows notebook.

In addition, the system also built a number of Microsoft services, such as free one-year Office 365, 1TB OneDrive cloud space, etc., HP also provides some clients such as Dropbox, McAfee and multimedia applications, and so on, if it feels too complex, you can uninstall.

　Performance features

HP Stream 11 is equipped with a dual-core Intel Celeron N2840 processor with 2.16GHZ (max Core frequency 2.58GHz), integrated Intel HD video card, 2GB RAM+32GB emmc storage, plus 802.11 n WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0 connections are, in a sense, a very entry-level configuration in the Windows field. So, what about performance? Let's look at the performance of the processor, video card and battery life test.

Processor (multi-core) performance test

Gbxbench Graphics Performance Test

　　Battery life Test

With the above test, we can get a general idea of the level of performance at HP Stream 11. In simple terms, the Celeron N2840 processor, which uses the Bay Trail architecture, is basically designed for products such as tablets, plus 2GB RAM, which obviously does not have excellent performance. In other words, HP Stream 11 is more like a low-end Windows tablet.

As for battery life, with a screen brightness of 145 and WiFi connected, HP Stream 11 can achieve about 6 hours and 47 minutes of endurance, while running WEBGL test, full load processor and video card state, endurance for 4 hours 25 minutes, overall performance is not too good.

　Summarize

To be fair, HP Stream 11 is not really a "Chromebook killer", but it is still a low-cost windows notebook to consider. Its advantages are good workmanship and low price, although the hardware configuration is closer to the low-end windows flat. However, Windows 8.1 systems are clearly more likely to require hardware than Chromebook, so the experience may not be as fluent as the latter. As for positioning, HP Stream 11 is more suitable for education, initial computer enlightenment and some simple document processing and Internet applications.

Advantages

· Low price

· Excellent workmanship, comfortable keyboard

· Excellent battery life

Disadvantages

· Performance General

· Poor screen display effect

· Touch Pad Feel General