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HP Stream 11 Laptop, Intel Celeron N4020, 4GB, 64GB - $189.22 + F/S - Amazon

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Amazon [amazon.com] has HP Stream 11 Laptop, Intel Celeron N4020, 4GB, 64GB for $189.22. Shipping is free.

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$60.77 lower (24% savings) than the list price of $249.99

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★★★★ / 627 global ratings

About this Item:
  • PORTABLE AND EXPRESSIVE DESIGN – Stay productive and connected all day with an HP laptop that is affordable, portable, and incredibly stylish.
  • HD DISPLAY FOR ANYWHERE – Enjoy every bit of detail thanks to your laptop's brilliant high-definition (1366 x 768) display (1); easily take this laptop from room to room or outside due to its lightweight design and its anti-glare panel.
  • DUAL-CORE PROCESSOR – Power through your workday with the great performance and instant responsiveness of the dual-core Intel Celeron N4020 processor (2).
  • STUNNING GRAPHICS – Smoothly stream your favorite content and easily run next-gen games with Intel UHD Graphics 600 (3).
  • STORAGE AND MEMORY – An embedded multimedia card provides 64 GB of reliable, flash-based storage while 4 GB of RAM expands your bandwidth and boosts your performance (4).
  • LIBERATING BATTERY LIFE – Take on the day without worrying about recharging with up to 13 hours and 15 minutes of battery life (5).
  • WINDOWS 11 HOME AND WARRANTY – Experience faster bootup times, increased responsiveness, and added protection against phishing and malware with Windows 11 Home in S Mode (6). And with a 1-year limited hardware warranty, you'll enjoy even more peace of mind.
  • CONNECTIVITY WHENEVER YOU NEED IT – Sync up all your Bluetooth accessories and enjoy strong Wi-Fi connectivity with the reliable Realtek RTL8822CE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (2x2) Wi-Fi (7) and Bluetooth 5.0 combo (8).
  • MICROSOFT 365 – Bring your ideas to life with the Microsoft 365 Office suite, now offering Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, with added smart assistance features to up your creative game (1-year subscription included) (9).
  • BUILT FOR THE FUTURE – Study, stream, and share on a sustainable laptop that is both ENERGY STAR certified (10) and EPEAT Silver registered (11).

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Model: HP Stream 11-ak0040nr 11.6" HD Notebook, N4020, 4GB, 64GB eMMC,W10H S Mode,White

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09-15-2022 at 07:46 PM.
09-15-2022 at 07:46 PM.
A reasonably reputable manufacturer (HP) offering a Windows 11 laptop for sale through a retail seller with a reasonable return policy (Amazon) at a more than reasonable price (under $200). What could be wrong? Well the HP Stream line has generally been designed around a low power Atom-based CPU (like the dual-core N4020 in this example)...

Now simply because a CPU can run Windows doesn't mean that CPU should be used to run Windows. I don't mean to suggest this computer is broken, but I would suggest that anyone shopping for a general-purpose daily driver PC could be making better investments despite the tempting price points manufacturers have achieved with CPUs like the one in this device.

One telling comment about the performance of the N4020 that gives me a chuckle is from NotebookCheck [notebookcheck.net]:
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It is worth noting that Intel Celeron N4120, a quad-core processor, has little trouble leaving the dual-core N4020 behind in most workloads - which is not to say it is a good processor.
Many of these ultra-low power CPUs were originally intended for embedded applications and not as general purpose computers. However, since these CPUs are also fully compatible x86 CPUs - and cheap ones at that! - manufacturers could pump out PCs at new amazing price points. Too bad that for the buyer the experience was never going to be particularly good when using a CPU better suited to digital signage than rendering video in Windows using Adobe Premiere (or Minecraft, or video conferencing with grandma, etc.).

Additionally, Windows doesn't really perform well anymore at 4GB. More than half of the RAM space can be consumed at idle after booting up(!) - and in a 4GB PC this loading is actually incomplete(!) as Windows is forced to limit how much of the operating system is loaded into RAM to conserve space. Paired with a weak CPU this just creates a negative feedback loop wherein your first application loaded after booting up starts demanding loads of page file/virtual memory/SSD-storage-as-RAM and the CPU to service those requests was already being overtasked with the basics of running Windows.

As a general rule I would consider Windows PCs limited to 4GB, especially those not equipped with 4-core i-series CPUs, better suited to power users who can make the appropriate optimizations (possibly including removing Windows for a Linux operating system). Though there are certainly some use cases where this laptop is sufficient, plenty of the most basic operations will prove challenging on a PC as minimal as this one.

Good luck!
Jon
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