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http://www.amazon.com/HP-Stream-Laptop-Personal-Horizon/dp/B00NSHLUBU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1427824278&sr=8-1&keywords=hp+stream+11 http://www.amazon.com/HP-St

http://www.amazon.com/HP-Stream-Laptop-Personal-Horizon/dp/B00NSHLUBU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1427824278&sr=8-1&keywords=hp+stream+11 http://www.amazon.com/HP-Stream-Laptop-Personal-Horizon/dp/B... HP Stream 11 is likely the closest to what you're looking for $199 so slightly more expensive, but a year of Office365 included...

jasonlotito 12y ago
For those interested, here is a review http://www.anandtech.com/show/8784/hp-stream-11-review-a-new-take-on-low-cost-computing http://www.anandtech.com/show/8784/hp-stream-11-review-a-new... tl;dr: "...if you have been wanting a Chromebook running Windows, be sure to check out the HP Stream."
pyrocat 12y ago
the first hit is always free
- pyrocat 12y ago
  downvotes for disagreeing with the O365 business model? thanks hacker news!
glenstein 12y ago
I was going to post this if somebody else didn't. To add one important detail: the HP Stream you linked doesn't just exist as a proof of concept or whatever, which would be one thing, but it's currently outselling all the Chromebooks (and every other laptop for that matter) on Amazon. Chromebooks dominated in 2014, but they've been bumped and I'm not sure they'll ever be back at the top. Rather than a sea change, it looks like Google was just ahead of its competitors for a year, and now that year has come and gone.
- pjmlp 12y ago
  Actually that was a USA only phenomenon, I never saw Chromebooks live in Europe. Here in Germany, some chain stores do have a few of them at their little corner being ignored by everyone.
  - tdkl 12y ago
    It's also perhaps that Germans are vary before an OS which is an internet machine and comes from a company where main revenue is ad business.
  - Nursie 12y ago
    Pretty sure Chromebooks dominated amazon.co.uk for a while too...
    - aikah 12y ago
      > Pretty sure Chromebooks dominated amazon.co.uk for a while too... Pretty sure it didn't.
      - Nursie 12y ago
        I wasn't 100% so I had a quick look. Here's a blog post from 2012 with the Samsung/ARM Chromebook shown as the top seller in laptops in the UK (you have to scroll right down to the bottom). http://googlesystem.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/chromebooks-best-selling-laptops.html http://googlesystem.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/chromebooks-best-... You're right though, it wasn't 2014, it was 2012.
rsync 12y ago
Is it possible to install Linux on the HP Stream ?
- Sanddancer 12y ago
  Almost certainly so. It's got a real bios, so you should be able to change how it boots.
  - voltagex_ 12y ago
    If it's anything like the other devices in that series it will be 32 bit UEFI, which not many distros have out of the box. You can certainly build 32 bit GRUB. http://askubuntu.com/questions/392719/32-bit-uefi-boot-support http://askubuntu.com/questions/392719/32-bit-uefi-boot-suppo...
- okaram 12y ago
  I'm running ubuntu on it :)
dpcan 12y ago
I've also seen this system in my search, but it doesn't meet the criteria: 1) This system is listed at $199, not $149. 2) In the questions at the bottom, users do not recommend this as a Minecraft or gaming system.
bane 12y ago
A bit more expensive http://www.costco.com/ASUS-T100TAR-Transformer-Book-2-in-1-Touchscreen-Laptop-%7c-Intel-Quad-Core-%7c-Home-and-Student-2013.product.100148128.html http://www.costco.com/ASUS-T100TAR-Transformer-Book-2-in-1-T... detachable Touchscreen tablet, quad core, 2GB RAM, 32GB Storage
rbanffy 12y ago
I doubt the battery life is any longer than the ARM based competition. "Better" depends on what value you put on which feature. For me, I wouldn't use a Chromebook because Emacs needs Alt and Super keys.

jasonlotito 12y ago

For those interested, here is a review http://www.anandtech.com/show/8784/hp-stream-11-review-a-new-take-on-low-cost-computing http://www.anandtech.com/show/8784/hp-stream-11-review-a-new... tl;dr: "...if you have been wanting a Chromebook running Windows, be sure to check out the HP Stream."

pyrocat 12y ago

the first hit is always free

pyrocat 12y ago
downvotes for disagreeing with the O365 business model? thanks hacker news!

glenstein 12y ago

I was going to post this if somebody else didn't. To add one important detail: the HP Stream you linked doesn't just exist as a proof of concept or whatever, which would be one thing, but it's currently outselling all the Chromebooks (and every other laptop for that matter) on Amazon. Chromebooks dominated in 2014, but they've been bumped and I'm not sure they'll ever be back at the top. Rather than a sea change, it looks like Google was just ahead of its competitors for a year, and now that year has come and gone.

pjmlp 12y ago
Actually that was a USA only phenomenon, I never saw Chromebooks live in Europe. Here in Germany, some chain stores do have a few of them at their little corner being ignored by everyone.
- tdkl 12y ago
  It's also perhaps that Germans are vary before an OS which is an internet machine and comes from a company where main revenue is ad business.
- Nursie 12y ago
  Pretty sure Chromebooks dominated amazon.co.uk for a while too...
  - aikah 12y ago
    > Pretty sure Chromebooks dominated amazon.co.uk for a while too... Pretty sure it didn't.
    - Nursie 12y ago
      I wasn't 100% so I had a quick look. Here's a blog post from 2012 with the Samsung/ARM Chromebook shown as the top seller in laptops in the UK (you have to scroll right down to the bottom). http://googlesystem.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/chromebooks-best-selling-laptops.html http://googlesystem.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/chromebooks-best-... You're right though, it wasn't 2014, it was 2012.

rsync 12y ago

Is it possible to install Linux on the HP Stream ?

Sanddancer 12y ago
Almost certainly so. It's got a real bios, so you should be able to change how it boots.
- voltagex_ 12y ago
  If it's anything like the other devices in that series it will be 32 bit UEFI, which not many distros have out of the box. You can certainly build 32 bit GRUB. http://askubuntu.com/questions/392719/32-bit-uefi-boot-support http://askubuntu.com/questions/392719/32-bit-uefi-boot-suppo...
okaram 12y ago
I'm running ubuntu on it :)

dpcan 12y ago

I've also seen this system in my search, but it doesn't meet the criteria: 1) This system is listed at $199, not $149. 2) In the questions at the bottom, users do not recommend this as a Minecraft or gaming system.

bane 12y ago

A bit more expensive http://www.costco.com/ASUS-T100TAR-Transformer-Book-2-in-1-Touchscreen-Laptop-%7c-Intel-Quad-Core-%7c-Home-and-Student-2013.product.100148128.html http://www.costco.com/ASUS-T100TAR-Transformer-Book-2-in-1-T... detachable Touchscreen tablet, quad core, 2GB RAM, 32GB Storage

rbanffy 12y ago

I doubt the battery life is any longer than the ARM based competition. "Better" depends on what value you put on which feature. For me, I wouldn't use a Chromebook because Emacs needs Alt and Super keys.