![]() ![]() Fine details are reasonably sharp-as with other Chromebooks, you can choose from a handful of "looks like" or scaled resolutions, the default being 1,536 by 864, to avoid squinty-small icons or screen elements.Ĭontrast is fairly decent, though the minimal brightness means similar shades in dark areas blur into each other. Colors are rich and well saturated, and viewing angles are broad. The 13.3-inch full HD touch screen has me tapping the top-row backlight-up key in hopes of getting just a little more brightness (HP rates it at 250 nits), but except for that it's fairly handsome. The Display: Not the Brightest, But Not Bad The one on the left is accompanied by a USB 3.2 Type-A port, a power button, and a volume rocker the one on the right by a microSD card slot and an audio jack. Those 5Gbps ports, suitable for the AC adapter, are located on either side. You won't find an HDMI port here, either, so if you want to connect an external monitor you'll need a DisplayPort adapter for one of the two USB 3.2 Type-C ports. Sadly, albeit expected at this price, you'll find no fingerprint reader. ![]() A slight trench or groove cut out of the front edge makes it easier to get a fingertip grip to lift the lid, and a tiny sliding shutter provides webcam privacy. The x360 13b feels sturdy with hardly any flex if you grasp the screen corners or press the keyboard deck, though the display wobbles when tapped in laptop mode. The HP Chromebook's weight lands between the two Acer convertibles, at 2.95 pounds. The processor also has four Cortex-A55 efficient cores and five-core Mali-G57 integrated graphics.Ĭombining a metal lid and plastic body, the HP measures 0.66 by 12.1 by 8.2 inches, compared with 0.64 by 11.8 by 9.3 inches for the 3:2-aspect-ratio Acer Spin 513 and 0.68 by 12.7 by 8.8 inches for the 14-inch Acer Chromebook Spin 514. The CPU is a MediaTek Kompanio 1200, a 6-nanometer ARM chip matching the Acer Chromebook Spin 513's Kompanio 1380, except that its four Cortex-A78 performance cores peak at 2.6GHz instead of 3.0GHz with the Acer. (HP cites an 80.3% screen-to-body ratio.) The 128GB SSD is ample for ChromeOS, though the 4GB instead of 8GB of RAM is a little skimpy. The 1,920-by-1,080-pixel display has an old-school 16:9 aspect ratio instead of a taller 16:10 or 3:2, surrounded by medium-thick bezels. You can upgrade the Chromebook x360 13b with a 256GB drive for an extra $30 or a backlit keyboard for the same amount, but the $449.99 base model we tested is basically all the HP sells currently. The 13b misses Editors' Choice consideration for being a bit short on memory and ports, but it's a likable consumer contender-even more likable on sale for $349.99 at this writing. It also packs a peppy 128GB NVMe solid-state drive instead of slow, cramped eMMC flash storage. ![]() Take the $449 HP Chromebook x360 13b: It's not a status symbol, not that you'll find one at this price, but it's a capable online productivity partner with a 13.3-inch convertible touch screen that flips and folds from laptop into presentation and tablet modes. If your laptop budget is under $500, chances are you'll do better with a Chromebook than a Windows PC. Best Hosted Endpoint Protection and Security Software. ![]()
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