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  • - Hey guys, this is Austin.

  • This is a 188 dollar laptop, and I'm about to give you

  • five reasons why you should pick one up.

  • Starting off at number one, we have the price.

  • At 188 dollars, the HP Stream is one of the cheapest

  • Windows laptops that you can buy brand new today.

  • Now, I took at look at the HP Stream a couple years ago,

  • the original model, and it was good but it had a lot

  • of compromises.

  • However, over the last couple years,

  • while keeping that price low, they've actually done

  • a fair bit to make it a better laptop.

  • Recently, I did a video on a 200 dollar MacBook

  • that I picked up off of eBay.

  • Now it was a good system, however it is not for the

  • faint of heart.

  • Now, not only is it going to be nearly ten years old,

  • but there is no warranty and no guarantee

  • that it's ever going to get updates.

  • At least with the HP Stream, you know that if something

  • goes wrong, you can just go yell at HP about it.

  • To really put the 188 dollar price tag into context,

  • you could pick up 15 of these HP Streams for less

  • than the price of a mid spec 15 inch MacBook Pro.

  • Now obviously, the MacBook is going to be a better

  • laptop.

  • When you consider just how much this is able

  • to do, for so much less, it starts to make sense

  • for a lot of people.

  • And that brings us to reason number two.

  • This is really all that you need.

  • And sure, some people do have specific things

  • they have to do with their laptops,

  • but a lot of people are rocking

  • a thousand dollar MacBook Air in their backpack,

  • and doing nothing besides watching videos

  • and typing some docs or emails or whatever.

  • And it just so happens that the HP Stream will also

  • do that, for less than a fifth of the price.

  • So, no, you should not buy the HP Stream if you plan

  • on doing hardcore gaming, or any kind of video editing.

  • However, if you're doing lighter stuff like most people do,

  • web browsing, watching video, playing games,

  • you know, on Facebook,

  • wait, do people still play games on Facebook?

  • - [Offscreen Voice] Yes.

  • - Okay, well if you're doing any of that stuff,

  • the HP Stream is going to be totally fine.

  • It's also still a full fledged Windows computer,

  • so unlike a Chromebook, you have all the advantages

  • of running a complete copy of Windows 10,

  • as well as all the disadvantages of running a complete

  • copy of Windows 10.

  • This gives you the freedom of using incredibly advanced

  • technology like not Google Chrome, you can install

  • heavy apps, such as Photoshop, if you have a lot

  • of patience, and you're going to get access to the full

  • library of thousands and thousands of Windows apps

  • that have been created over the years.

  • Number three is the hardware.

  • Now when you hear the words, 188 dollar laptop,

  • it probably doesn't fill you with confidence.

  • But the Stream is, well, actually not that bad.

  • Take the keyboard, for example.

  • On a lot of ultra cheap laptops, it definitely feels cheap,

  • and while it isn't on the most premium side

  • for the Stream, it has a little bit of clickiness

  • that does feel pretty nice.

  • The trackpad also isn't too bad, and that follows through

  • with the rest of the chassis.

  • Sure, it's all made of plastic, at this price point,

  • you shouldn't expect anything else,

  • but there's no real flex besides a little bit with

  • the screen, and the overall hardware feels pretty

  • decent, especially considering how light it is.

  • It's definitely not fancy, but you have all the basics,

  • including three USB ports, HDMI, a headphone jack,

  • as well as an SD card reader, which is important

  • for something that I'll get into in just a second.

  • One of the biggest downsides is the screen.

  • So, with a 14 inch 1366 by 768 panel,

  • it was never going to be the sharpest thing in the world,

  • but what really lets it down is the fact that it is

  • a thoroughly average TN panel.

  • Color accuracy isn't great, the brightness could be better,

  • but that being said, for 188 dollars,

  • it is going to be usable.

  • Reason number four is the performance.

  • It exists.

  • So at 188 dollars, you should expect this to be

  • a blistering fast PC, and surprise, surprise,

  • blistering fast, it is not.

  • Inside, you're getting a dual core Intel Celeron processor

  • four gigabytes of RAM, as well as a massive 32 gigabytes

  • of flash storage.

  • Nothing is what I would call snappy, but at least it works,

  • and a big part of that is because this guy has four gigs

  • of RAM, unlike earlier versions, which only had two.

  • As you can imagine, Windows computers really aren't

  • that happy with only two gigabytes of RAM,

  • especially with certain apps.

  • (coughs)

  • Chrome.

  • (coughs)

  • Sorry, cough, I don't know what that was.

  • The processor is decent enough for basic tasks.

  • So because it is so low powered, you actually don't

  • need a fan inside the Stream, which at least does make

  • it completely silent.

  • One of the bigger issues is that 32 gigabytes of storage

  • though.

  • Now, yes, you can get Windows on 32 gigs of storage,

  • but install more than a couple apps,

  • it's going to fill up quickly.

  • Thankfully, though, that full sized SD card reader

  • actually does come in handy.

  • Put something like a 128 gig card, for about 40 dollars,

  • and you actually should be pretty well set.

  • Reason number five is that it's practical.

  • So you think of a lot of the things that will make

  • a good laptop good, the HP Stream has them.

  • I mean, some of them, at least.

  • Battery life is a big one.

  • So with a 41 watt hour battery, while that may not be

  • impressive for a lot of laptops, this has such power

  • sipping internals, that even when you're completely

  • cranking it at 100 percent, you're going to be getting

  • decent battery life.

  • And for normal usage, you're looking at around 10 hours.

  • You're also getting some surprising features

  • at the price point, including 2x2 802.11ac Wi-Fi.

  • Now yes, this is not going to be as reliant on the internet

  • as something like a Chromebook,

  • but you still think about it, it's called the HP Stream

  • for a reason, and most of the time, you're going to

  • be online, so it's nice that it has solid Wi-Fi.

  • The HP Stream is definitely not for everyone,

  • but I'm continuously impressed with just how much you're

  • able to get for so little.

  • So, I'm curious, what do you guys think of ultra cheap

  • laptops, like the Stream?

  • Let me know in the comments below,

  • and I will catch you in the next one.

- Hey guys, this is Austin.

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