![]() People who like to plug USB devices in will only see USB 2.0 here, which isn’t too big a deal, but may annoy some. It’s a strange thing to lack, especially since you can edit photos on a Chromebook using Google’s Snapseed, so we’re a little surprised by this. We’ve seen card slots in netbooks and budget notebooks, and every other Chromebook we’ve had the pleasure of reviewing up until this point has featured one, but not the HP Chromebook 11. Well in either situation, there is no way to just load the card in the HP Chromebook as it is missing a card slot. Maybe you use a camera with a microSD, or the more commonly used SD cards typically associated with digital cameras. Nothing on this side of the computer for plugging things in. We’re also surprised just at how much is missing from this computer, many of which would be not just in competing laptops, but typically budget-grade machines. It’s a shame, too, because outside of this, the screen is very clear, providing an otherwise top front-on experience that looks so much better than other screens we see in similar bodies. ![]() Heaven forbid you use the Chromebook outside or near a window, because the amount of glare you’ll find is just plain irritating. It’s so bright and clear that in many ways you’ll be reminded of a touchscreen, but don’t touch it because that feature isn’t included on this computer.īut the display isn’t perfect, and while viewing angles wash out a little, our real dilemma comes from the reflectivity, which is just so high on this laptop. The screen is nice too when viewed head on, with great colours and clarity, an obvious improvement on the usual displays we see on budget laptops, shifting from the cheap Twisted Nematic (TN) panel to one relying on the In-Plane Switching (IPS) technology that we see used in most tablets. Performance isn’t bad, though we’d recommend not running more than ten to fourteen app tabs at once, as the system can begin to exhibit the odd slow down here and there. Multitouch gestures don’t seem to be the concern of this trackpad, mind you, and we found only two-finger scrolling, and three-finger swiping to work, the latter of which lets you jump between tabs in the Chrome browser, which also technically jumps apps on a Chromebook. The mouse is also usable, though it could be a little more responsive, with a large wide trackpad ever so slightly out of centre from the spacebar. It’s not as big a deal as you might think, because you have to hold the power button down in order to get it to log you out (your onscreen window will also try to expand as you do it), so you’re not likely to accidentally shut down when you just meant to hold the backspace button down, but it’s still an odd placement. This positioning is odd, not because something had to go above the backspace, but because it’s the power button, which is also a key. HP’s positioning of the power button is the only confusing part, though, placing it right above the backspace button. ![]() This is a great keyboard, which given the intended use over with students, makes a lot of sense. In fact, the keys are all decently sized. People who take aim at the netbook design of most Chromebooks will feel at ease here, as neither of the shift keys have been shortened, which is usually what happens to the right shift key on smaller laptops.
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