We Bought the Cheapest Windows 10 Laptop from Walmart: HP Stream 11 Review

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It's 12am and your laptop suddenly decides to die on you when you need it the most. Today we are going to make an "emergency" trip to Walmart to buy the cheapest Windows laptop they have in stock and test the crap out of it. We will put it through several benchmarks, including passmark, 3D mark, and unigine heaven, attempt to play Crysis on it, test usability with Windows 10, and even toss in a hint of Linux testing. Nothing was left out for this review. If you're looking for a comprehensive HP Stream 11 review, this is it.
Our test unit's specs: Intel Celeron N3060, 4GB DDR3L RAM, 32GB emmc storage, 1366x768 display, Intel HD 400 series graphics.
I forgot to mention this during the video, but the Walmart staff were actually very helpful. They asked us if I needed help earlier but I was filming at that time and was not ready to grab the laptop just yet. That staff member went off to do other things so I had to wait for him to come around again. It's really my fault that it took so long to get the laptop.
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@NikiDaDude 4 года назад

>32GB EMMC Oh god I hate those things, just let Windows 10 run on it for a few months and it will accumulate enough updates/cache files to paint itself into a corner, and then you can't even reset it because there isn't enough space. Try explaining that to someone who doesn't know how to use a computer.

@retrogaminggenesis6102 4 года назад

My beother has a 2014 HP Steam 11. I had to install Windows 10 over USB as it was filled, and no matter what I did it wouldn't reconize the Touchpad. Said screw it and talked him into Mint.

@kennysboat4432 4 года назад

my dad had a 64gb dell version of this. it sucked. after 6 months it was full. he removed all of his files and still windows would not reset/update after this. now he has the 500gb hdd. and even though its a hdd it still works just fine for him. he can do everything he wants. windows wont get screwed up. i think all laptops should be end user upgradeable. the ram should always be removable and upgradeable. the hdd/ssd should always be removable. maybe even the cpu/gpu?

@005AGIMA 4 года назад

My wife has a similar Lenovo which is actually fine for all the tasks she does on it EXCEPT that shitty 32GB EMMC. Since day one, even though I threw in a 64GB Micro SD and made that the default location for apps and OneDrive docs etc, it can not do a single windows 10 update. Even going via USB for the update file, on reboot, it can't SEE the USB until it boots into windows, so the update even fails that way. 32GB main storage is actually "not fit for purpose". Plane and simple, I'd argue no windows 10 device should ship with less than 128GB SSD for primary OS drive.

@005AGIMA 4 года назад

@samantha tang Yep I hear you. A mechanical HDD is slower though, and wont fit in this form factor, and is more prone to failure. As I said, make 128GB a minimum and charge slightly more, and everyone is a winner. I'm amazed at the lack of performance though. What kind of machine struggles to scroll a web browser these days? I have an old P4 desktop running windows XP that I play about with for fun, and even that doesn't have any issues with web browsing. My wife's Lenovo is actually fine too, and as I said, the spec is almost identical to this HP as I considered both. HP are known to load up their machines with bloatware so I wonder if that is part of the issue? Maybe a clean Windows 10 install without the HP monitoring crap installed would be better?

@005AGIMA 4 года назад

@samantha tang hmm we dont quite agree. SSD is much better than HDD which is why they are a must have item for an OS drive even on desktops. HDD is great for storage, but running an OS on SSD is the way to go. They do have issues but the pro's far outweigh the cons, and they are no longer expensive because they have become the norm.

@MartinWimpress 4 года назад

Love the emergency laptop scenario you created 😀 I'm the Ubuntu MATE project lead, thank you for the kind words. Delighted to hear Ubuntu MATE worked well on the HP Stream 👍 As for screen tearing; sorry that's on me. However, screen tearing is fixed in the upcoming Ubuntu MATE 19.10 release 👌

@AAComputersandTechnology 4 года назад

It was the best out of the three I tested. I did not expect everything to just work, excellent job on the development team's part. I have heard you on Jupiter Broadcasting (that's how I first heard of Mate) and I think you have commented on a few of our videos before, the community engagement is much appreciated!

@krazykat64 4 года назад

Ubuntu MATE runs like a top on my 6 year old Thinkpad X240 and as long as I’m able to keep replacing batteries I expect it to keep my machine relevant for some years to come. Thanks to you and your team for your excellent work!

@Nanomusheens 4 года назад

I'm running 19.04 and got screen tearing to go away or at least not as noticable. Changing the window compositor to whatever the 4th option was (compiz, I think)

@skybear3530 4 года назад

@@Nanomusheens Compiz is one of the solution for screen tearing issues.

@Zestyclose-Big3127 4 года назад

> I'm the Ubuntu MATE project lead, Just as I was thinking the name seemed familiar....

@autismisnotmysuperpower 4 года назад

These laptops should have an "In case of emergency use only" sticker on them.

@lynnguca7675 4 года назад

Bought one. Hated it! Don't buy one if you need reliability! I can't believe they still sell them! :(

@Minsang1st 3 года назад

@@lynnguca7675 lol cant believe you bought one

@gabysg1505 3 года назад

@@Minsang1st not everyone is a fan of learning laptop specs. Dont be rude.

@mohammedb4ig 2 года назад

@@gabysg1505 what’s he being rude about? people like you love bitching about anything -_-

@spac18 4 года назад

"Get in the car" sounds like the start of a robbery

@mariselojeda0810 3 года назад

"Why did we get a purple laptop?" *the laptop behind the slaughter*

@Lovesthaduckie 5 лет назад

My T60 is faster than that trainwreck of a computer

@SebisRandomTech 4 года назад

Michael Remillard I can second that fact!

@samjackson7701 4 года назад

R61i owner checking in here, I have the Intel GPU model, and it still runs laps around the Stream

@doogledoesstuff207 4 года назад

T400, runs windows 7 great and smashes the stream.

@cee128d 4 года назад

Even with a Spinning Rust Hard Drive in the T60 running a fully bloated Windows 10.

@raydeen2k 4 года назад

T61 owner here - used daily with Ubuntu 18.04. $40 from Ebay and it is in PRISTINE shape. And not even Thor, Captain America, Ironman and The Hulk could lift it. Maybe Thanos, but only if he had the Infinity Gauntlet cranked up to 11.

@Noisyboy-gc6uo 4 года назад

I just subscribed to you're channel. I mostly can't find review were you actually go buy a laptop from Walmart. It was very informative and interesting to watch.

@greygoose3936 5 лет назад

I'd always recomend a $40 Thinkpad T400 from eBay.

@richardlighthouse5328 5 лет назад

You have to wait like 30 to 90 days for it to arrive from ebay. But would definitely recommend that option.

@randomdude3146 5 лет назад

@@richardlighthouse5328 Who are you buying from, I always get my packages in 3-5 business days.

@ManleyEvangelista 4 года назад

@@richardlighthouse5328 I get my packages within 2 days with USPS. Maybe a week if they ship through UPS and FedEx.

@richardlighthouse5328 4 года назад

@@randomdude3146 China of course

@chickenpasta7359 4 года назад

@@richardlighthouse5328 dudes who say this probably bought something off eBay once and it took longer than 2 days

@PuerinTheHunter 4 года назад

Nice review! @10:00 Wow, your bedroom wall looks like some of the bars I've been in. Thanks for mentioning Ubuntu Mate! It is good to know the alternatives.

@thesmellofbacon7595 4 года назад

I got a used laptop from a coworker, $150. I5-6200U, 8Gb ram. installed an SSD for like $30 and use it to play older games like fallout 3

@Roman-nu1om 4 года назад

basically a DOA product due to the ridiculously small 32GB eMMC memory. Which is a real bummer since eMMC memory is cheap as hell but you can't swap it for something bigger

@IMDYT420 4 года назад

I thank that the ps1 is faster than that dang piece of plastic

@bigpapa9269 4 года назад

Love your vids man keep up the good work

@chloedevereaux1801 4 года назад

it's 4Gb of ram....... 32Gb of eMMC storage! so basically an sd card

@GRBtutorials 4 года назад

Yep, eMMC is just a glorified SD card. It’s slightly better than an SD card, but uses the same interface and is significantly worse than good normal flash.

@YR7A 4 года назад

damn, you could pop a SD card in and easily double the storage for like 50 bucks.

@mmcblk05studio 3 года назад

@@YR7A 50 bucks? o.o damn expensive

@adammirza660 3 года назад

@@YR7A not double the storege windows wont allow to integrate it with internal storege

@kresky 4 года назад

Great video and providing an insight into what money can buy when 2nd hand machines are plentiful with better price to Performance. I have the blue verson which the family use for simple browsing and totally agree on it use, simple, light Applications and social media use. Keep it up

@customengravingsbyhuntersh657 4 года назад

I have one of these, really only bought it for use in my arduino projects as a controller but for me it was in clearance for 99 dollars so I cant complain, it does what I need it too and RU-vid and Netflix works fine right out of the box 🤷‍♂️ play a 1080p file on it and that also works great. My only complaint was the measly 32gb of storage but I battled that with a 200gb micro sd card that I got from.. you guessed it Walmart! When I need more demanding power I just use my trusty desktop.

@southerncalifornia970 4 года назад

So it's good if it is strictly for web browsing and nothing else?

@callumhaynes1384 4 года назад

I see some Lagavulin 16 in the background! Good man!

@invisiblestacker 4 года назад

Since many students use chromebooks, could you do a duplicate video buying a chromebook at 1am at walmart?

@codykamminga9667 4 года назад

I have never seen a 170 score on firestrike, that’s incredible

@chloedevereaux1801 4 года назад

it was 270..............

@JonathanGonzalez-sn6yr 3 года назад

Cound one thAtz 180

@tommyjohnson2279 4 года назад

Almost bought this as a whim as I didn’t have a computer.... well worth saving and getting exactly what you want.

@william086 4 года назад

i work on laptop and pc. free tip on speeding things up. open start menu, move mouse cursor over any tile, right click on said tile select, 'more' or 'more options', left click on 'more options' then left click 'turn live tile off'.. do this with all tiles.. simple math 20 live tiles moving all at once were a huge resource hog.. also try turning off scheduled defragmentation.. let pc fully update before using, hope this helps. best regards, ck

@abandonedacc 4 года назад

That laptop was actually the first computer I ever own. Gives back nostalgia (except for the time my older brother broke the mousepad and for a while, I didn't have a working mousepad so I had to use an actual mouse but it fixed somehow...)

@jothain 4 года назад

Just buy used business class laptop for same price and use what ever you'd like to as your operating system.

@Jorneytoloveme 3 года назад

Exactly I buy my laptops from a nonprofit company who get donated laptops and computers from corporate companies.

@Jorneytoloveme 3 года назад

Exactly I buy my laptops from a nonprofit company who get donated laptops and computers from corporate companies.

@godessofyouguess 2 года назад

@@Jorneytoloveme what business sells them , plz

@AMD7027 5 лет назад

I had a similar situation with an older laptop that went from Windows 7 to 10. 10 was too much for it, so I rolled it back to 7, and then dropped Windows 8.1 on it. It ran much like the 7 version did and kept compatibility with my programs. With reseller 8 licenses available online, those that want to squeeze a bit more life out of a Windows 7 laptop may want to consider going to 8.1 as it will not reach the end of support until 2023.

@indiawest2025 5 лет назад

Another excellent video.

@josephneale10215 4 года назад

Great video as always ❤️👍 but the HP stream 11 is fit for the bin/ Trash can.

@austin.t5557 4 года назад

For the newer Linux distros you need to head into your settings and go to mouse settings, and select simulate right click to get right click working. Most laptops that have Glass or Plastic surfaces have this issue, even Linux specifc laptops like the System 76 laptops.

@BenShengOw 4 года назад

watching this video brings back memories, as i went thru similar walk of shame, when i got my hot pink stream 11, when they ran out of blue.

@Siddeo 4 года назад

I have HP Stream 11 inch which has Intel Atom x5-E8000 , 4GB Memory and 64 GB Storage. I removed Windows and installed Ubuntu. But the processor could not handle GNOME smoothly. So I installed Linux Mint and the laptop is working smoothly for simultaneously running multiple light to medium tasks. Cinnamon desktop is indeed much less resource demanding than GNOME. And since Cinnamon is based on GNOME and Linux Mint as a whole is based on Ubuntu I decided to run MATLAB and Simulink which was validated to run only on Ubuntu , Debian , Suse and Red Hat. But MATLAB's support page states that it may run on any other distribution having kernel above 2.6 and glibc above 2.12. MATLAB is working fine. I have never been so happy for buying a cheap electronic product before.

@DForce-fn7xm 4 года назад

Heckin awesome video my dood.

@KartikeKhandelwalvideos 3 года назад

This video is surprisingly well done

@gracerichey9294 3 года назад

this is the laptop i’ve been using for 5 years lmao

@JemiLover3000 3 года назад

Same, and I'm about to order the same one since I spilled soda on my last one's keyboard 😂 Hope it lasts me another 5 years

@RiadRiad 3 года назад

Bruh u broke? Jk , but its rly bad

@JemiLover3000 3 года назад

@@RiadRiad🤷🏾‍♀️ Worked well for me

@RiadRiad 3 года назад

@@JemiLover3000 bruh , u didnt play any games on it? Well u couldn't even if u tried, it would explode Lol

@JemiLover3000 3 года назад

@@RiadRiad I used it for school stuff, maybe use a gaming console or a laptop intended for games bruh

@Canthus13 4 года назад

...why does it have a lock slot? Nobody is gonna steal it.

@Electronzap 4 года назад

When I worked overnights a few years ago, and loved to do shopping on my days off, I learned to avoid Walmart until the morning crew come on duty at 7am. They instantly go from way understaffed, to massively overstaffed. Half the time I went at like 3am, I had to wait about 20 minutes for the lone cashier to do a return. Company executive don't get overnight at all. They simply cut back crew hours every night that is slow.

@Lovesthaduckie 5 лет назад

I have my T60 with windows 10 LTSC with a 120gb ssd and some system tweaks it runs pretty good despite it being over 13 yrs old

@zg3746 4 года назад

I have a Lenovo IdeaPad 100s with 64gb emmc storage that I got for my college for less than 180€. Win 10 pro was painfully slow so I installed the LTSC version and it's the best choice so far. The OS is very fast and snappy. It's such a shame that this version is only ment to be used in enterprise systems

@killertruth186 4 года назад

Dell Latitude E6410 with 240GB PNY SSD. It has i7 620M CPU. It ran flawless (and yes it is a clean install with Windows 10 Pro).

@toast7698 4 года назад

I got one of these for school, and now the plastic is disintegrating like there is no tomorrow!

@raven89k 3 года назад

mine still looks like new

@spacial2 4 года назад

Nice. Wonder how much improvement, adding more RAM and removing Windows bloat?

@askhowiknow5527 4 года назад

Why does this have a kensington lock port! Who would steal this? You’d be lucky if someone didn’t leave you another one instead of taking the one you have!

@lifeisalie5236 4 года назад

Uhh, how about people who are taking it for parts (for whatever reason)

@xaenon 4 года назад

There are people who will steal literally anything if given the opportunity. Yeah, it might be a cheap piece of shit sub-$200 laptop, but if they even THINK they can make a few bucks selling it to some schnook, yeah, they'll wait until you look the other way and presto, it's gone. And yeah, if you owned it, you'd be mad it was taken.

@9Tailsfan 4 года назад

This comes standard on ALL laptops.

@dmmikerpg 4 года назад

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

@rookmaster7502 4 года назад

Burglars often grab anything that even remotely looks like it could be worth something (both cheap and expensive laptops look fairly similar at first glance), then research the true value later.

@adubseven 4 года назад

The Ron Swanson of Techtubers with that bottle of Lagavulin next to this sad laptop. Great review.

@MrHardrock 4 года назад

Any upgrade on this laptop? Walmart now has it for 108. what would you want to recommend if I go one step better newer nothing old?

@AlexSeibz 4 года назад

My T440p is glorioous. Agreed that Thinkpads are king in budget land.

@9inchpp 4 года назад

>Thinkpad are king in budget land Yeah prolly a used ones from government/company/school auction. Shit costs like 1500 bucks new. Even the X1 carbon is pushing towards 2 grand for upspec model

@naotomori5974 4 года назад

I love my T440p. It has an i7-4800MQ, 8GB RAM (I'm going to upgrade to 16GB), GT 730M, 14" 1080p IPS, 250GB SSD, backlit keyboard, fingerprint sensor, 3G modem. And I paid only 500€ for it

@mmcblk05studio 3 года назад

@@naotomori5974 I would never pay 500 euros for xx40 thinkpad. They have very bad trackpoint buttons, and touchpad is made for you to disable it in bios

@naotomori5974 3 года назад

@@mmcblk05studio That 500€ was over a year ago and it came with a brand new laptop bag. I actually like the touchpad, though I wish it had buttons. My previous laptop was a Latitude E6430 which had a way worse touchpad

@mmcblk05studio 3 года назад

@@naotomori5974 still, trackpoint > touchpad :P

@JTBivens 4 года назад

I recently remote accessed one of these. The moment I saw the disk space I knew what it was lol. Had to show the person that Windows was taking up almost all of the 32gb ssd. Also she had paid for a fake antivirus that I had to remove. A big key to freeing up space on these is to run disk cleanup and remove the old Windows update files.

@indiawest2025 4 года назад

nice what elss

@SirSethery 4 года назад

I actually just bought a Dell E7250 with an i5-5300u for $145. Was a bit loud and hot before I re-pasted the heatsink, now it's pretty good, and it's miles ahead of this thing. Only issue is an odd coil whine when I use the trackpad.

@mirrakirra 3 года назад

What's a good beginner coding program that a laptop like this could run? I'm looking to start to learn.

@PearComputingDevices 3 года назад

I just upgraded my friend, he had a stream that I deployed Mint Linux for him because of speed and storage issues, it made it a usable if grudgingly usable laptop. His new one a 14-dk something AMD Athlon gold powered laptop just absolutely blows this old one away and the Athlon while being Zen based isn't exactly earth shattering performer, the (now) 8gb of ram and 128gb SSD is far more competent.

@justinengland9814 4 года назад

Great video

@dave4shmups 4 года назад

Great video! How did you go about wiping Windows 10 from this laptop?

@AAComputersandTechnology 4 года назад

I just used the option to pave the drive in the Ubuntu install dialogues.

@yanfoo 4 года назад

+1 for using Linux and showing that Windows is a poor choice on lower-end computers.

@TR2000LT 4 года назад

Because it's not winbloat 10

@jaqian 4 года назад

Even Linux would struggle on this piece of rubbish.

@coegj 4 года назад

In the Mate version of Ubuntu if any screen tearing is happening just open Mate Tweak and mess with the different compositors or or click none at all, it cleared my problems on an older laptop, should work for this one. Hope it works for you, good video, thanks.

@christiaqq Год назад

what type of charger works for that laptop?? I’ve recently lost mine and don’t remember what kind it was.

@shippinglard 4 года назад

What was the name of the podcast you mentioned? Awesome video. I always tell my family to stay away from that computer. A Chromebook is probably the better choice at that point

@brentsummers7377 4 года назад

Nice video. The next model up with the N4000 cpu and 64 gb emmc would be a better option if you are going to keep using Windows 10. That said these little HP laptops are very Linux friendly.

@guotao1968 4 года назад

What computer and microphone did you use to record this youtube video? The audio is super!

@MRHOTCAKE 4 года назад

I think Passmark is kind of wrong, in my office there are users using T400 (yes still using them) and they runs very smooth on W10, maybe its because its 4Gb ram instead 2Gb but 160Hdd instead 32Gb ssd, suppose to compensate isnt it? (They have C2D T9550)

@davep2999 4 года назад

I'll stick to my T430 for now. Great video with an all too possible scenario

@jondewey6575 4 года назад

I have a previous year version of this HP laptop. When Windows 10 began to refuse to update (and the warranty expired), I installed Xubuntu 18.04.3. The difference between Windows 10 and Xubuntu performance is like night and day. The external mouse comment is right on also. The trackpad is cheap, and it bounces the pointer around the screen when your hands touch the case typing.

@005AGIMA 4 года назад

Out of interest, does the out of the box Windows 10 install include the usual HP bloatware? Any way to remove this and re-test?

@halfcreative 5 лет назад

I have an Hp stream 11 running Linux mint and that combo has been a total pleasure to work with for simple web browsing and document writing. For basic college uses it works insanely well

@AAComputersandTechnology 4 года назад

Yup, Linux is definitely the way to go for this machine!

@Nanomusheens 4 года назад

I bought the 14" version. I immediately wiped it when I got home and put Ubuntu MATE on it. I just wanted a cheap burner for traveling and very light usage.

@rinzler5549 2 года назад

I know nothing about laptops but do they come with windows 10,or does this already have it.

@GregThomson 4 года назад

The video tearing on Ubuntu Mate can be improved by turning on hardware assisted rendering in Mate Tweak.

@bertr6741 4 года назад

im always choosing ubuntu xfce, or xubuntu or any distro with xfce, if Im going to use linux on older or low specs computers, i find it much lighter, or its just me

@UnaccountedFour 4 года назад

You can get rid of the video tearing by using Compton or Compiz. There's an option for that in MATE Tweak.

@isettech 4 года назад

Try Cinnamon over Mate for the multiple desktops. Useful with only one screen on a laptop. Highly recommend Mint. I picked up a similar class machine from Bi-Mart and also replaced Windows for the same reason. Had to download a program to get WiFi working, so this is a common issue. I needed a glitch free machine to use with the DJ gigs. The laptop with a good DJ controller and the DJ program MIXXX works quite well on Mint. Only came with a 120G SSD, but that is fine for quickly loading the program and music library. Library expansion is done with a Costco 230 Gig thumb drive. Loads are a little slower of the songs, but not a problem. Looking to upgrade the SSD soon.

@ThriftyAV 4 года назад

The Thinkpad T420 certainly has better specs, but it's bulkier and weighs almost twice as much. One of the selling points of the HP Stream is it's size and mass... If I was going to wipe the native OS from an off-the-shelf Walmart computer, and install Linux, I would probably go with a Chromebook. Did your Walmart have any of those that could be taken home for less than $189.74?

@21April853BC 4 года назад

I love the large bubble wrap. Will you send it to me?

@kbhasi 4 года назад

7:00 That's a GNOME thing, not Ubuntu. It happens on my Inspiron 11-3158 and ThinkPad X250 too! GNOME expects users to tap with 2 fingers instead, as far as I can tell.

@dragunovbushcraft152 4 года назад

I have an HPStream 14. It's only "Ok". You need to either shut off windows 10 updates completely, or use an external USB 3.0 drive, aand have updates directed there.

@srowley85 3 года назад

I did something similar with a Lenovo Ideapad S100 with an Atom processor that I purchased back in 2016. The build quality was better than the comparable HP model, but everything else was the same as you describe. The Atom processor wouldn’t boot directly to a USB drive with Linux on it, but I found ISOrespin, which would take any Ubuntu based distro and make it bootable for Atom processors. Like you I found Ubuntu MATE worked best with all drivers working straightaway

@Robert8455 4 года назад

Good job on testing it with Linux.

@autismisnotmysuperpower 4 года назад

Does anyone know what episode of what Jupiter broadcasting show he is referencing?

@edwardc5700 4 года назад

How will this laptop compares to a Dell Latitude 2120 with 2GB ram and 500GB hard drive storage

@jeffreyzhou1824 4 года назад

I almost fell for a trap similar to this: A $230 hp 14 in laptop with pentium n4200 and non upgradable 2gb ram with 64gb emmc... luckily i escaped and got a $400 dell inspiron with i7 8565u 16gb dual channel upgrade ram and 256gb nvme

@mustasheolll2020 4 года назад

Zhou Jeffrey I’d recommend at least 200gb of storage, and 2gb of ram is nothing.

@RegisBodnar 4 года назад

Ubuntu just seems to have a screen tearing problem. I edited my radeon config files and it's gone, now though; ALSO XFCE (over top Ubuntu) is running on my 3rd Gen Atom tablet competently, in case you ever felt the need to cut back further

@InvidiousIgnoramus 4 года назад

The real surprise of the Stream 11 is that it's using a generations old Celeron instead of new one.

@XulTaiff 4 года назад

Will it be fine if you just run VM ?

@cobaltboy22 4 года назад

I have the dell version of this cheap laptop and installed windows on a micro sd card and it seems to work better all updates are installed and some settings change the laptop works quite fast. :)

@jayrock4ya 4 года назад

I would like to see this with some DSL, or puppy Linux. Mate and Ubuntu are pretty waity OS's, nice concept and review. It seems like a fun little burner computer. Like I'm gonna get ass handed to me at school today maybe I'll bring barny🦖🦕😜😜

@atomicorang 4 года назад

I celebrate my decade old T430s running pop! OS. Works for my situation and there is hardly nary a scratch on her. Ty for your video sir.

@mmcblk05studio 3 года назад

pop!_OS you forgot the underscore

@may-do4kz 4 года назад

Does anyone have any advice on what to do with a newer model Stream? I’m not the best with technology but I don’t really have a lot of heavy needs with it (can run Paint Tool Sai 2.0 and Zoom, not at the same time of course). I don’t know a lot of tech terms but I do want to be able to work efficiently with it.

@mmcblk05studio 3 года назад

get a thinkpad

@retrogaminggenesis6102 4 года назад

I wonder if the Strwam 14 has the same display of my T420. Would make since they pushed it from high end buisness machines to low end laptops.

@user-nd7rg5er5g 2 месяца назад

This is 4 years late, but thanks for making this video! It's interesting to me that the cheaper laptops are also the most colorful, which is a shame because that shouldn't be exclusive to cheaper models. However, this laptop would still be good for school or basic work tasks, so it'd work for me.

@henrymach 4 года назад

Ubuntu with gnome is HEAVY. You should try MX or antiX. I see you tried Ubuntu Mate, but MX is even faster and AntiX is lighter (and even faster)

@ChristopherCobra 4 года назад

Good vid - really makes a point.

@JordanCardona 4 года назад

I want to ask you if you should try to use prime OS on the laptop

@MrGaryg20047 4 года назад

WOW I wished we had a Walmart in San Francisco that's open after 11 pm and I bought a HP laptop in 2016 from Target and its still working great with Windows 10.

@Eeveewashere 4 года назад

Not to disparage UBUNTU but why didn't you choose Raspbian instead? The Raspbian interface would have less of a learning curve and may seem easier to use for the typical Windows user. I would love to see a follow-up video with footage showing you using Rapsbian and maybe RetroArch. BTW, is your friend going to keep the HP Stream? Sorry for all the personal questions. I don't usually post comments.

@BenjaminSmith2 4 года назад

I have one of these 'cloud' computers. Picked it up cheaply because it wasn't able to update windows because of the limited storage. It runs manjaro (xfce) alright and debian (xfce). I found Mate to be a bit slower, but not by much. It would be interesting to find one of these on craigslist and do a price to performance comparison there.

@christineayres5339 3 года назад

Dude you aged so fast, i was just watching a video you did on Win10 from 5 years back and now your driving a car and your voice is all deep WTF is happening !!!! scary LOL meanwhile people say i still look and sound the same as when i was 15 but im 35 now lol crazy world this is

@sydsnyds 4 года назад

Are these things upgradable? Can u fit an ssd somewhere in there

@JeffDeWitt 4 года назад

More memory would be a huge help, 4GB is pretty meger these days, but I don't recall you saying anything about it being upgradeable and neither does the HP website. You gave good advice, forget this and get a ThinkPad. I've been using them for years, great machines.

@kylemag1139 4 года назад

I just fixed one of those purple stream laptops last night. It was absolutely horrible. I had to reinstall windows 10 because they managed to virus it out completely. It wouldn’t even show the desktop

@denshi-oji494 4 года назад

great scenario for needing to buy something in the middle of the night. I have needed to buy various computer items from Ethernet cables and USB Flash drives, to internal hard drives from Walmart after midnight many times over the years. Sadly Walmart is in the process of closing all the stores at night. In my area there is only one store that stays open in a 65 mile radius now. It is very busy now at night, as people drive from all directions to meet their might time shopping needs there now. It does not sound like it will remain a 24 hour store for long though, so we will no longer gave a night time shopping option for anything related to computers.

@derpydashdjblazekin 4 года назад

would this work to make an emulation box with a distro like batacera

@LloydLynx 4 года назад

Screen tearing is a normal part of the software compositor, if you want it gone just get mate-tweak and change it to the hardware compositor.

@markweaver1963 4 года назад

Purchased similar acer model and with only 32gb to play with could not even update windows 10. Recently purchased Fusion5 tablet with win 10 but 64gb and this flies.

@sburton015 4 года назад

I bought for about $40 a Dell Venue 10 pro 5055 laptop/tablet convertible. It seems pretty good for watching 720p RU-vid and other light tasks. Instead of a dual core Celeron, this has a quad core Atom cpu.

@bazzeil 4 года назад

I gottas say, with chrome os on a similarly spec'd Acer Spin 360 I've picked up for $200.... My expectations for the low hardware were blown away. It's amazing how well the wacom panel works on this device; the type-c docking for charging and display is great, gaming is possible with android apps as well as linux and lighter windows titles (via crostini and steam's proton). The battery feels like it lasts forever (8-10 hours offline youtube/netflix video playback during these Cali-blackouts) I didnt expect it to run this well, and I'm now regretting only getting the 32GB integrated storage.