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The HP Pro C640 is one of the most powerful Chromebooks ever made but should you buy it? The answer may surprise you. While there is a lot to like about this device, there are some very important things to consider before you fork over your hard-earned cash.
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on paper the hp pro 640
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is one of the most powerful feature-rich
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chromebooks that you can buy today
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but that doesn't necessarily mean that
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you should
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let's find out why
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if you're like me you like having a
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powerful chromebook around
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because i like to tinker i'm constantly
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messing with linux apps and
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tinkering with new features and things
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that are popping up in chrome os
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but for the average user a core i7
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device with 16 gigs of ram is just
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overkill you're not going to be doing
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very many things if anything that's
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going to require that kind of horsepower
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the acer spin 713 comes to mind it has 8
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gigs of ram
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core i5 comet leg processor and it's
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more than enough for probably 90 percent
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of the users out there
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if not more the pro c640 offers
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top of the line maxed out specs the most
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you can find on any chromebook on the
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market right now
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and that's great but i would dare say
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there's probably very few people who
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need that type of horsepower
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out of a chromebook right now the day
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may come where we can actually run video
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editors and things of that nature on a
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chromebook
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and those types of internals will be
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important but right now
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using web apps android apps and even
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most linux apps
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don't require that kind of power a core
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i5 is more than enough
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i'm not saying you shouldn't buy this
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device but when you can buy the acer for
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629 it's hard to look at a device like
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this that isn't a convertible
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doesn't have that great of a screen uh
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doesn't support a usi
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stylus and this one happens to cost 1200
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it's really really difficult to
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recommend now i know there are a lot of
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enterprise users out there that are
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going to use this because they're
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developing things they need stuff like
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android studio
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vs code whatever the case may be and
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more horsepower
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is better and i'm sure with a lot of the
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relationships they have with hp
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enterprise they can get these devices on
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offer and save some money
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but i would not recommend that you go
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purchase this device directly from
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hp that said there is a lot to like
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about this device it does have a
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fingerprint sensor so you get the
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security there
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you get your login stuff with just a
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fingerprint sensor and they put it on
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the keyboard deck below
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the keyboard which i personally like the
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speakers are bno branded like most hp
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devices that doesn't really mean
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anything they are upward firing but they
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don't sound any better than anything
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else on the market and they certainly
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don't sound good
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what really disappointed me about this
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device was the screen
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this one does have the best screen they
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offer which is a 250 nit
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full hd 14 inch display and that's great
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but 250 nits is pretty dim when you set
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it beside
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a pixel but go spin 713 or even the og
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pixel book it's just not that impressive
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and when you're asking
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twelve hundred dollars for a device that
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you're marketing towards
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power users developers enterprise types
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a good screen is important 300 nits
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should be the bottom of the bar for this
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type of device
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that said the colors aren't bad it's not
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a horrible screen it's just not bright
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enough
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i'm not going to grab this and go sit
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out front of the office and work on a
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sunny day it's not going to work
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the rest of the device though they've
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really hit on what you would look for in
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enterprise device one thing that they
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did and a lot of the
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oems are doing with these enterprise
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devices it has a full size hdmi port
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and that's important for a lot of users
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employees on the go may have an office
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at home
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and an office at the office and they
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have a monitor there and they want to be
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able just to
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plug in and go and maybe they don't use
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a dock or they don't have a dock
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or they're traveling and they just need
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to plug into a monitor full-size hdmi
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port
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you're good to go hp opted for these
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what they call
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jaw drop usba ports it doesn't really
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matter to me all it is is a little
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plastic piece that goes over top of the
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port that is supposed to protect it
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to me it's a hindrance and it gets in
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the way because you have to kind of
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jam your usb plug in there to get it out
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of the way
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and to me it's something that's going to
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break down the road i don't know we'll
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see maybe they maybe they figured out a
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way to make it work
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uh you get two usbc ports as well
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microsd card slot which is super
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important
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if you're not putting them on a device i
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think that's a miss
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google i'm talking to you the keyboard
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on this is
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really good it does have a backlit
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keyboard i think most of the
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variations of this device which range
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from pentium to core i7
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have a backlit keyboard option but the
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keyboard itself is good
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it's not the hush keys that you'll find
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on the pixelbook go but the typing is
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clicky and accurate which i personally
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like it has a little bit more travel
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than some of the more not more but other
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premium devices
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but i personally like that it has gives
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it a little bit more of an analog
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feel the track pad's glass it's crisp
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it's not floppy you're not going to find
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any of that cheap build materials in
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that
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and then all around the device just
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feels solid it does have an aluminum
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chassis
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everything about the device from a look
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standpoint
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is pretty spot on it just didn't wow me
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in any department and for 1200 dollars
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i kind of want to be wowed and again i
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know enterprise
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shoppers may not be looking for those
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things that a lot of consumers are
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shopping for
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but as a business owner as businessman
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ourselves
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i want a device that's the most
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versatile but i also want something
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that's the most bang for your buck
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and 1200 is not it if you absolutely
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want
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the most powerful device that you can
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get then i would recommend this at
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twelve hundred dollars
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uh you drop down to an i5 and
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you're still at 900 bucks so it's a hard
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sell unless you're going after this for
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the processor and the ramp
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another spot that hp skipped out on even
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the maxed out model only has 128 gigs of
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storage
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and it's not nvme now you probably heard
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robbie and myself both say that's not a
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big deal for the average user
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nvme to emmc you're not going to notice
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the speed difference when you're just
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dragging files around your device
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but the people that are looking for a
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powerful device like this
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are looking for fast storage for
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transferring files for saving files
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and i kind of feel like they missed by
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not at least adding an nvme option on
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the top tier
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or at least going with 256 gigs of
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storage
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so that's about it on this one guys
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again this is not a device that most
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consumers are going to
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be going out and looking for but if you
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want to buy it you can you can go to
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hp's website you can configure it with
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four or five different processors
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different screens all those things you
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can get a chrome enterprise upgrade if
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you want
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i just don't see the point and i'm not
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going to recommend this device to the
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average consumer
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but at the same time i don't want to say
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it's not a good device because i've
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enjoyed working on it for the past
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couple of weeks
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but i'm also looking forward to getting
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back to my pixelbook go
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