You’ll find a 720p webcam at the top center of the screen, which isn’t too bad considering how much you’re paying. It’s less than ideal for editing photos, but it works perfectly well for browsing the web or typing up a paper. The anti-glare coating means colors are going to seem a little dull and washed out but you get the benefit of a slightly clearer picture when you’re outside in direct light. When you crack open the Stream’s lid you’ll be greeted with the 11.6-inch anti-glare display that has a resolution of 1366x768.
Once that year’s up you’ll have to pony up $6.99/month to hold onto that amount of storage, along with access to the latest Office apps. If you don’t want to give up the SD slot for storage-say if you’re a shutterbug who needs it to transfer photos-then you also get 1TB of OneDrive cloud storage for a year. We ended up sticking a 512GB SD card in there to help make the Stream a little more practical. There’s also an SD card reader that can be used as an expansion slot to boost your storage capacity. When you look at the sides of this computer, you’ll find two USB ports (one USB 3.0 and one USB 2.0), a full-size HDMI port, and a headphone port. The slim form factor of the Stream necessitates a meager selection of ports. At 2.8 pounds, it’s no featherweight, but it’s light enough to slip into a bag and carry around with you.
78 inches tall.While there are plenty of thinner laptops on the market-like the Yoga Pro 3-the Stream has a heft to it that makes it feel like it can handle being shuttled from place-to-place. HP’s Stream is 11.81x8.1 inches-almost the exact size of the US Letter standard piece of paper-and a solid. The name of the game is slim and portable. In a crowd of plain laptops, the Stream is certainly going to catch eyes and stand out. Why settle for the drab black plastic casings of other inexpensive laptops when you can have something with a little more pop? The HP Stream-depending on the configuration you get-comes in either electric blue or magenta. Its size and HP’s need to keep the price down mean it won’t be able to handle bigger tasks outside of web browsing, document editing, or watching some Netflix-perfect for young students. While you can do more with Windows 8.1 than you can with Chrome OS, the Stream is still limited by its small form factor. Instead of a limited browser-based operating system, the Stream is running full Windows 8.1 while still maintaining the small, portable footprint that the these small, inexpensive notebooks are known for. The HP Stream 11 (MSRP: $199.99) is one of the first Windows-based alternatives to the Chromebook option.
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