HP Chromebook 14 – A first look

Recently the market for Chromebooks has expanded massively with four new models arriving around the same time, the largest of these being the HP Chromebook 14.

Packing a number of extra features over the Chromebook 11, HP have crammed in a 14″ screen, an SD card reader and a new Intel processor with Haswell technology. On a spec sheet this is nowhere near the bleeding edge, and for a Chromebook the step up from the models that have gone before is minimal. This doesn’t seem to be the typical convention of a Chromebook.

Our HP Chromebook 14 review unit came to us without its original box so no unboxing video here this time. However, we do still take you on a tour around the hardware and show you a little of the setup and getting started elements of Chromebook.

HP Chromebook 14  specification

• 14” 200 nit display with 16:9 aspect ratio 1366 x 768
• 13.7 in x 9.4 in x 0.81 inches thin
• 4.08 lbs / 1.85 kg
• Dual-core Intel Celeron 847 / 1.1 GHz
• 2GB RAM
• Up to 9.5 hours of active use
• New Intel Processor
• 100 GB Google Drive Cloud Storage
• 16GB Solid State Drive
• Built-in dual band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n
• HP TrueVision HD Webcam
• 2x USB3.0, 1x USB2.0
• Full size HDMI Port
• Bluetooth®4.0 Compatible