The cheapest you can find anywhere full stop, except USA where it is $199. You may get 5% on top in OW Price match. In Yucky pink and brilliant blue!
usual Windows 8.1 64 bit version 2 gigs ram 32 gigs Rom free office 365 for 1 year Usb 3.0 and 2.0 HDMI DTS STEREO HD SCREEN 11.6
It's $253 dollars, cheaper than your average mid end mobile phone.
Gets a good review from Gizmodo:
There have always been cheap Windows laptops, but this Windows laptop is super cheap. At $299, the HP Stream 11 doesn’t cost a penny more than the cheapest Chromebooks currently available. But unlike Chromebooks, this dirt-cheap laptop isn’t handicapped by a web-browser based OS or the need for a constant internet connection. Windows 8 gives you access to way more programs than a Chromebook ever could. That is, as long as the processor can keep up.
"That is, as long as the processor can keep up."
Key point.
Those not looking for garbage can also get at same price a shimmering white HP chrome book at JB hifi
chromebooks have been hailed everywhere as not garbage as Windows 8.1 as it has so much more programs that will work with it and unlike Windows 8.1 you can do everything offline on chromebooks so it is not garbage.
https://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers-tablets/chromebooks/hp/h…
"everything offline" ..really? Pretty sure you have to login initially which requires Internet.
The processing power of that specific HP chromebook is sub par compared to that of an intel X86 N2840 CPU. If you're looking from a web browsing and rendering performance standpoint (e.g Javascript, webGL, flash and so on) the Windows alternative is better.
I bought a chromebook a few months ago, pretty good. battery life really good never lags
"as it has so much more programs that will work with it and unlike Windows 8.1 you can do everything offline on chromebooks"
It's like you've swapped the very definition of what Chromebook's and Windows 8 PCs are.
Windows 8 doesn't require you to be online and has an infinitely larger application catalogue as it runs "normal" apps as well as Store apps.. including Chrome.
And just for emphasis (again)… an Overwhelmingly larger catalogue.
thx
I bought this one from Dicksmith with the $20 discount deal for $267. This is a really good price.
So far the laptop performance is pretty acceptable for the price. It can run Office 2013 .. no problems. No noticeable issues with the browser (FireFox) either.
The real issue is the very limited storage that is actually available. By the time you install MS Office and then have 12 months of updates, there isn't much room for anything else. Yes, I know it has SD & USB support, but they will slow it down even further and aren't always practical.
As stated above, there are many better entry level cpus from Intel out now, including 4 core with fast video encoding hardware, so keep looking and may be pay a little more.
Price isn't the only factor in a bargain.
since my WD Live TV died, I am looking for a replacement HTPC, would this work with OpenELEC? Was considering an Intel NUC, but this may be another option.
If you are a little technically inclined I would look at a raspberry pi. Depending on what you watch with the wdtv live it should replace it easily (Netflix might be problematic).
For an HTPC with OpenELEC I would go with an Intel NUC. You can get the Celeron NUC for less than $200 + $50 for 4GB Ram.
I am sure you could find a better deal than the prices I mentioned here. Keep looking.
Raspberry Pi is another cheap alternative tho it is not perfect. Especially I wouldn't recommend it to someone who got a large collection of Full HD movies/TV shows. The menu navigation can be slow too.
It is 30cents cheaper at OfficeWorks - $253.
Too bad it's garbage.