Laptop hp 14-bs561tu 2ge29pa review năm 2024

A low price on a laptop can make up for a lot of shortcomings. That is, as long as those shortcomings don't interfere with you getting stuff done.

The Good

The inexpensive HP Stream 14 is an attractive, lightweight 14-inch Windows laptop with a long battery life and performance good enough for basic productivity and streaming media. Plenty of expansion ports. Includes 1TB of OneDrive cloud storage and Office 365 Personal for one year.

The Bad

Paltry on-board storage capacity. The screen quality isn't good and the keyboard as well as the touchpad are merely passable.

The Bottom Line

With the Stream 14, HP once again shows that a Windows laptop for email and online apps can be attractive and inexpensive.

The 14-inch HP Stream, for example, is only $220 in the US and £200 in the UK. As long as your needs don't leap too far beyond watching YouTube clips, sending email and using web apps, you're golden. (HP doesn't offer the Stream in a 14-inch size in Australia, but there is the HP 14-am034tu for AU$500, which is similarly configured, but with a 500GB hard drive instead of a 32GB eMMC.)

HP Stream 14 (14-ax010nr)

Price as reviewed $220, £200 Display size/resolution 14-inch 1,366x768 displayPC CPU 1.6GHz Intel Celeron N3060PC Memory 4GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,600MHzGraphics Intel HD Graphics 400 (128MB)Storage 32GB eMMC storage Networking 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.0 Operating system Window 10 Home (64-bit)Expansion One USB 2.0 port, Two USB 3.0/3.1 ports, SD card slot, mic/headphone jack, HDMI out

The 14-inch body is thin and it's light at about 3 pounds (1.4 kg), but if you were hoping for something smaller, HP makes an 11.6-inch Stream for $20 less. It has the same internal components as the 14, but has one less USB 3.1 port and a microSD card slot instead of the 14's full-size slot.

The Stream is a nice-looking laptop, too, assuming you're cool with the bright blue color. It's all plastic with ridges on the lid that give it texture and added grip. The blue continues inside except for the bright white keyboard.

Plenty of ports for peripherals.

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With its meager 32GB of storage only about half of which is available to use it's nice HP didn't skimp on expansion options. An SD card fits almost entirely in the slot, too, so you could easily leave a card in there for files and applications.

You can, of course, use those ports for a keyboard and mouse to avoid the laptop's touchpad and keyboard. The latter isn't altogether unpleasant, but there's very little travel and the keys feel thin and flimsy like they might pop off or stop working if you type too hard. The touchpad is generally OK, but I recommend shutting off most of the multitouch options like pinch-to-zoom and turning up the palm rejection setting.

If you're hooking up a keyboard and mouse, though, you might as well connect a monitor as well. The laptop's screen looks washed out, colors are off and I found myself constantly adjusting the angle in a futile attempt to make it look better. You know what worked? Outputting to a full HD display via HDMI.

As for its stereo speakers, I'll just say there's a headphone jack and Bluetooth 4.0 for a reason and leave it at that.

The touchpad is OK, but turn off a few of its features for optimal performance.

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The Stream's advantage over similarly priced and configured Chromebooks is that it's running on Windows 10, so you're not locked into Google's web-based OS. You can install software like Apple's iTunes, Microsoft's Office or Minecraft. The same goes for hardware drivers for mice, keyboards and printers. Oh, and you can use Microsoft's Edge browser or install whatever other browser you want to use including Chrome.

That's not to say you can install and run any Windows software you want on it. It simply doesn't have the processor power or memory to drive anything too demanding. It even struggled with Chrome once it had a half a dozen tabs open (Edge performance was better, though).

While the performance might not blow you away, the battery life is impressive: The Stream 14 ran for 8 hours on our online streaming test. For more simple tasks like word processing, you should be able to hit more than 9 hours.

With the Stream 14, HP once again shows that a Windows laptop for email and online apps can be attractive and inexpensive. It has its issues, but it's $220 and that's hard to argue with.

Multitasking Multimedia Test 3.0 (in seconds)

Lenovo ThinkPad 13 666Samsung Galaxy TabPro S 856Microsoft Surface 3 1585HP Stream 14 3134HP Stream 11 4756

Note: Shorter bars indicates better performance

Geekbench 3 Multi-Core

Lenovo ThinkPad 13 5192Samsung Galaxy TabPro S 4722Microsoft Surface 3 3432HP Stream 14 1833HP Stream 11 1610

Note: Shorter bars indicates better performance

Online Streaming Battery Drain test (in minutes)

Samsung Galaxy TabPro S 563HP Stream 14 476HP Stream 11 403Microsoft Surface 3 402Lenovo ThinkPad 13 388

Note: Longer bars indicate better performance

System Configurations

HP Stream 14 Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit); 1.6GHz Intel Celeron N3060; 4GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,600MHz; 128MB (dedicated) Intel HD Graphics 400; 32GB eMMC storageHP Stream 11 Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit); 1.6GHz Intel Celeron N3050; 2GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,600MHz; 144MB (dedicated) Intel HD Graphics; 32GB SSDLenovo ThinkPad 13 Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit); 2.3GHz Intel Core i3-6100U; 4GB DDR4 SDRAM 1,600MHz; 128MB (dedicated) Intel HD Graphics 520; 128GB SSDSamsung Galaxy TabPro S Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit); 0.90GHz Intel m3-6Y30; 4GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,600MHz; 128MB (dedicated) Intel HD Graphics 515; 128GB SSDMicrosoft Surface 3 Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit); 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z8700; 4GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,600MHz; 32MB (dedicated) Intel HD Graphics; 128GB SSD

Why is my HP 14 laptop so slow?

There can be several reasons for HP laptop running slow. It could be due to low system memory (RAM), a fragmented hard drive, excessive background processes or startup programs, malware infections, outdated drivers, or overheating. Identifying the specific cause can help in implementing the appropriate solution.

What year was the HP 14 laptop released?

The HP 14-inch Laptop PC arrives at Walmart in October 2021. It's packing Qualcomm-based 7c Gen 2 graphics and processing power.

Do HP laptops have good quality?

It is one of the world's largest and most well-known laptop manufacturers, and it has a reputation for producing high-quality laptops. HP laptops are known for their durability, performance, and features. HP offers a wide range of laptops to choose from, so you can find one that is perfect for your needs and budget.

Should I buy HP Pavilion 14?

The HP Pavilion Plus 14 is good for media consumption. Thanks to its thin and light design, it's very easy to carry around. You can get the laptop with a nice OLED display; it produces deep, inky blacks, which is great for dark rooms, and its full DCI P3 coverage makes it suitable for viewing HDR content.