Google, HP Team Up for Chromebook 11
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Google(NEW YORK) — HP and Google want the world to take a break from tablets for a little bit. The two companies have joined forces to announce the latest laptop based on Google’s web browser-based Chrome OS — the HP Chromebook 11.
You can think of the Chromebook 11 as a netbook with a nicer hardware design and specifications. The 2.3-pound laptop, which will be available starting Tuesday at various retailers for $279, has an 11.6-inch, IPS 1366 x 768-resolution display and a comfortable chiclet keyboard, and a shiny white design.
The design is very reminiscent of Apple’s old plastic white Macbook, but with a few tricks: it has a magnesium frame with no screws and it has some color accents. You have your choice of blue, green, red or yellow framing around the keyboard.
Google and HP have also paid special attention to the charger. The microUSB charger can also charge most non-Apple tablets and smartphones.
Inside, the specifications aren’t as impressive — it essentially has the guts of a tablet or a smartphone. The notebook is powered by a dual-core Exynos processor and 2GB of RAM. But that might be all the power you need to run Chrome OS, which unlike Windows or Mac OS, is based solely around a web browser.
While there is offline support for Google documents and other apps, this a laptop that is best when connected to a Wi-Fi network. In fact, for its $279 price, Google also includes 12 free vouchers for Gogo’s in-flight Wi-Fi.
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